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Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

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challenging dark hopeful sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I knew exactly how this book was goin to end after 20 pages. I think it would be a good read for someone who is starting their mental health journey, but I just found it a bit cliche and boring sadly. 
Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

If you are a fan of The Locked Tomb series, you will love this story (or vice versa). It straddles on new adult (with a bit more YA writing, but dealing with adult themes) and at 25 is a really good read, and I think if I read this at 18 it would've been life changing. I love all of the queer representation and how its incorporated as part of the characters rather then being "the gay" one (you know that stereotype?). 

Highly recommend! 
How to Make Friends with a Ghost by Rebecca Green

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adventurous funny relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
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The Poetry of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson

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adventurous emotional relaxing medium-paced

4.0

I can tell why she became such a famous poet. I never knew her works were a posthumous publishing. 
A Long Time Dead by Samara Breger

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A cute and sweet sapphic vampire story. The final confrontation felt a bit rushed, but overall a very good read
The Complete Poems of Sappho by Sappho

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medium-paced

4.0

Very neat poems. Have a handful I've marked. 
Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda

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dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I found this to be a bit disappointing. A middle of the road vampire story that analysis good vs evil. I wish it was better then it was. 
Wild Spaces by S.L. Coney

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

An interesting little read
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow, what a rollercoaster this series has been. It's awesome to read a book in this series with such an uplifting main character. As the quote at the front says, I did fall in love with Nona instantly. It was really cool to see the world through her eyes. I can't wait to see what the next book brings and how this story wraps up! 
Galatea by Madeline Miller

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fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

Beautiful little short story that, in true Miller fashion, takes a well known greek myth and makes it more, adding to the original in different ways.