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Alice in Borderland, Vol. 4 by Haro Aso

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

β€œπ’―π’½π‘’ π’«π“‡π‘œπ’·π“π‘’π“‚ π’Ύπ“ˆπ“ƒ'𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒢𝓉 π“Žπ‘œπ“Š 𝒸𝒢𝓃'𝓉 π“ˆπ“‰π‘œπ“…. ℐ𝓉'π“ˆ 𝓉𝒽𝒢𝓉 π’΄π‘œπ“Š 𝒸𝒢𝓃'𝓉 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹... 𝒢 π“‡π‘’π’Άπ“ˆπ‘œπ“ƒ π“‰π‘œ π“ˆπ“‰π‘œπ“….β€œ

I’m so glad that I finally decided to pick up the 4th volume of Alice In Borderland. I forgot just how much I loved this series and now that I’ve read this one I’m obsessed all over again! 

I read the last volume in February so I definitely needed quite a few pages to catch up and remember what is going on in this crazy world called Borderland. But it was so good! It was adventurous, exciting and so addicting, I love reading about the games and getting to know the characters. 

I highly recommend reading this manga series if you want something fun and action packed! I can’t wait to read the next volumes!
Love, Lies and Lilies by Tlalane Manciya

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emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

β€œβ„π’» 𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 π“Œπ’Ύπ“‰π’½ π“Žπ‘œπ“Š π’Ύπ“ˆ 𝒢 𝒷𝒾𝑔 π“‚π’Ύπ“ˆπ“‰π’Άπ“€π‘’ π’Άπ“ˆ π‘’π“‹π‘’π“‡π“Žπ‘œπ“ƒπ‘’ π“‰π‘’π“π“π“ˆ 𝓂𝑒, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 π“Œπ’Ύπ“‰π’½ π“Žπ‘œπ“Š π’Ύπ“ˆ π‘œπ“ƒπ‘’ π‘œπ’» 𝓉𝒽𝑒 π’·π‘’π“ˆπ“‰π“‚π’Ύπ“ˆπ“‰π’Άπ“€π‘’π“ˆ ℐ'𝓋𝑒 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝓂𝒢𝒹𝑒...” 

Love, Lies and Lilies is a beautiful poetry collection that explores love, life, joy and loss. I have very much enjoyed reading these poems, they were inspiring and honest. 

Highly recommend this book to any poetry lover.
The Promised Neverland, Vol. 12 by Posuka Demizu, Kaiu Shirai

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

This series is so entertaining and fun! 
I’m so upset that I don’t own the next volumes though, the ending of this one was crazy. I need to know what’s happening next.
The Sacrifice by Indrajit Garai

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emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

β€œπ’―π’½π’Ύπ“ƒπ‘”π“ˆ π’Άπ“π“Œπ’Άπ“Žπ“ˆ 𝒽𝒢𝒹 π“‰π‘œ 𝒷𝑒 π’Ήπ‘œπ“ƒπ‘’ 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 π‘œπ“‡π’Ήπ‘’π“‡ π‘œπ’» π“…π“‡π’Ύπ‘œπ“‡π’Ύπ“‰π“Žβ€”π“‰π’½π’Άπ“‰β€™π“ˆ 𝒢 π“‹π’Άπ“π“Šπ’Άπ’·π“π‘’ π“π‘’π“ˆπ“ˆπ‘œπ“ƒ 𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒢𝒹𝓁𝑒𝒢𝓇𝓃𝓉 π’·π“Ž π“Œπ’Άπ“‰π’Έπ’½π’Ύπ“ƒπ‘” 𝒒𝓇𝒢𝓃𝒹𝒻𝒢𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇.”

Heartbreaking, powerful, inspiring. 
Three words that describe this book perfectly.

The Sacrifice is a collection of three short stories - The Move, The Listener, The Sacrifice 

Each stories are different from each other but the main themes are similar. 
The themes are nature, love, hope and sacrifice. The stories were moving and inspiring I couldn’t put the book down, it definitely is a page turner. 
I love Indrajit Garai’s writing style so much, this was my third book by the author and I highly recommend his works! 
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Her Story by Nika- Jordan

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challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Her Story is a powerful collection of short stories told by women on their experiences. The stories based on relationships between men and women. 

Wow, this was a fantastic and important read. Some of the stories were romantic but some were violent and heartbreaking. But it definitely worth reading every second!

This book deserves so much more attention that it has, this is the book that everyone should read and talk about!
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Soichi: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito

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dark mysterious relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

What could be even more perfect than a short story collection revolving around Junji Ito’s antihero Soichi?! 

I loved these stories so much, they were so much fun to read. Soichi is such a creepy character but I can see something good in him in deep, deep down. I think all he needs is love. 

I highly recommend reading this manga to any horror fan, it was an amazing time!
Lost Kingdom by Laurel Black

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adventurous emotional mysterious 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

β€œπ’²π‘’ 𝒢𝓁𝓁 𝒽𝒢𝒹 π‘œπ“Šπ“‡ π“ˆπ’Έπ’Άπ“‡π“ˆ; π“ˆπ‘œπ“‚π‘’ π“Œπ‘’π“‡π‘’ π’Ώπ“Šπ“ˆπ“‰ π“‚π‘œπ“‡π‘’ π“‹π’Ύπ“ˆπ’Ύπ’·π“π‘’ 𝓉𝒽𝒢𝓃 π‘œπ“‰π’½π‘’π“‡π“ˆ.”

I need book two in my life right now! 
How can I ever move on after this ending, I need to know how the journey continues.

Wow, this book was truly amazing and mind blowing, I can’t believe that this is the author’s debut novel. She’s incredibly talented and I already cannot wait what she’ll write in the future.

Lost Kingdom was everything and more that I could have ever imagined in a YA fantasy novel. It was adventurous, exciting, and the most irresistible page turner. The characters were so lovable and strong. I feel like I’ve known them my whole life! 
The world was fantastic, I loved the tribes the magical elements and the storyline.

Thank you so much Laurel Black for reaching out to me and sending an ARC of your wonderful debut novel in exchange for my honest review! 
Clearlake by Stanislava Buevich

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

β€œπ’―π“‡π“Šπ‘’ π’»π“‡π’Ύπ‘’π“ƒπ’Ήπ“ˆ 𝒸𝒢𝓃 π“ˆπ‘’π‘’ π’·π‘’π“Žπ‘œπ“ƒπ’Ή 𝓉𝒽𝑒 π“ˆπ“Šπ“…π‘’π“‡π’»π’Ύπ’Έπ’Ύπ’Άπ“. π’―π’½π‘’π“Ž 𝒸𝒢𝓃 π“ˆπ‘’π‘’ π’Ύπ“ƒπ“‰π‘œ 𝑒𝒢𝒸𝒽 π‘œπ“‰π’½π‘’π“‡'π“ˆ π“ˆπ‘œπ“Šπ“π“ˆ."

Clearlake is a beautiful tale that shows the readers the power of friendship. It’s a mysterious, dark and beautiful story.

I had a wonderful time with this story, I felt like I was in the Clearlake Institute with Moon, Lucy and all the other kids. 
The characters of this book were so lovely and strong, the storyline was amazing and unique. I didn’t wanted to put the book down even for a moment, there was always something interesting and adventurous thing happening in this world.

While the book is marked as a YA horror novel I would definitely consider this a middle grade novel than a young adult. 

I highly recommend reading this novel if you want something mysterious and unexpected.
Joy of Christmas by Cathty Nortey

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Joy of Christmas is a wonderful and meaningful book about the real meaning of Christmas. It tells us the story of baby Jesus’s birth.

This was such a beautiful and powerful book to children but I would highly recommend it to all ages. 
All The Kings Fall by A.M. Dunnewin

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

I’m not sure how I didn’t realized that this is the third book in a trilogy when I signed up to this book tour. But luckily I didn’t had any trouble understanding the story, of course I didn’t knew the characters that well but otherwise I had a fun time. The story was adventurous and interesting, I loved the ending it was sweet and satisfying.

I would definitely recommend reading this trilogy but obviously start with the first book! All the Dark Souls