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Jemma and the Raven by B.D. Reeves

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adventurous challenging fast-paced

4.0

๐‰๐ž๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง was a fast-paced adventurous young adult epic fantasy novel. Full of plot twists, a beautiful friendship between Jemma and Edgar and very vivid world-building. The story was beautifully written, it was easy to get lost in this unique world and the atmosphere was exquisite.
I highly recommend it to fantasy lovers!
Machiavellianism by Viola Tempest

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dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

โ€œ๐’น๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“…๐‘’๐“‡๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’ ๐“‰๐’พ๐“‚๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐’ธ๐’ถ๐“๐“๐‘’๐’น ๐’ป๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐’น๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“…๐‘’๐“‡๐’ถ๐“‰๐‘’ ๐“‚๐‘’๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐“Š๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆโ€

Ahh the cliffhanger is killing me! 
I need to be honest, the beginning of the book was super slow paced I felt like itโ€™s just the same story as the first book in this trilogy was. I needed around 40% to really get into the book, true to told I started reading this book on January 31 and because I just didnโ€™t enjoyed that much at the beginning I put the book down at the time. Iโ€™m really glad that I picked it back up though. 

Overall I enjoyed the story, it was very dark and gripping, definitely kept me at the edge of my seat the entire time. I feel like I enjoyed this book-Azazelโ€™s story more than Nataliaโ€™s book which I now doesnโ€™t show on my rating since I rated the previous book 4 stars and I decided on a 2.5 stars for this one.
Alice in Liars Land by Diana Shafran

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adventurous dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


โ€œ๐’œ ๐’ฝ๐“Š๐“‚๐’ถ๐“ƒ ๐’ถ๐“๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐“ˆ ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐’ป๐“‡๐‘’๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐’พ๐“๐“ ๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐“‚๐’ถ๐“€๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐’ถ ๐’ธ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐’พ๐’ธ๐‘’. ๐’ฒ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“‚๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐“€ ๐’ป๐’ถ๐“๐“๐“ˆ, ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“‚๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐“ˆ๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡ ๐’พ๐“ˆ๐’ท๐‘œ๐“‡๐“ƒ.โ€œ

๐€๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐‹๐ข๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‹๐š๐ง๐ is a mysterious, engaging and entertaining novel. If you enjoy dark academia then I can assure you, youโ€™ll love this book.

A magical school, a missing girl and a new student who takes her place. So many exciting moments, puzzles and intrigue. I never knew who to trust so honestly I just didnโ€™t trusted anyone. I loved how everything revealed itself towards the end, there was so many twists, I truly had a fun time!

Perfect for fans of Harry Potter, Academy of Breath and Fire and One of Us is Lying.
The Serpent's Call by Mason Marks

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

5.0

โ€œ๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“‰ ๐‘œ๐’ป ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“Œ๐‘œ๐“‡๐“๐’น ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’ฟ๐“Š๐“ˆ๐“‰ ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐’ท๐“๐’ถ๐’ธ๐“€ ๐’ถ๐“ˆ ๐“‚๐‘’; ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“Ž ๐“ˆ๐’พ๐“‚๐“…๐“๐“Ž ๐’ป๐’พ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐“Œ๐’ถ๐“Ž๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐’น๐“‡๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“ˆ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‚๐“ˆ๐‘’๐“๐“‹๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐“Š๐“… ๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐“ˆ๐‘œ๐“‚๐‘’๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘” ๐‘’๐“๐“ˆ๐‘’.โ€

I absolutely loved how the book was told from the serial killerโ€™s perspective, it was so captivating! I just couldnโ€™t resist loving Dalton Asher, his thoughts and actions.

To every horror lover out there, donโ€™t hesitate to pick up this phenomenal book right now! It will blow your mind! I couldnโ€™t put the book down but in the same time I didnโ€™t want it to end. It was so incredibly well written and brilliant. I really loved the ending as well, I just found a new favorite read in โ€œ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐ฅ๐ฅโ€œ.
A Sea of Song and Sirens: The Naiads of Juile Book One by Whit Stanfield

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adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

"๐’ฒ๐’พ๐“๐“ โ„ ๐“‡๐‘’๐‘”๐“‡๐‘’๐“‰ ๐’พ๐“‰?"  
"๐’ฏ๐“‡๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐“ˆ๐’พ๐“‰๐’พ๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐‘”?"  
"๐’ด๐‘’๐“ˆ."  
๐’ฎ๐‘’๐“๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ถ ๐“ˆ๐“‚๐’พ๐“๐‘’๐’น. "๐’ฉ๐‘’๐“‹๐‘’๐“‡."

This book is the best example of an emotional rollercoaster. ๐ŸŽข

Packed with jaw-dropping plot twists, emotional, sometimes infuriating moments until you donโ€™t know the truth. I just knew it would end on a cliffhanger by how the story was goingโ€ฆ Ahh I need the sequel right now!

I absolutely loved the strong female protagonist Maren she was incredible. Kye on the other hand, well I have a love-hate relationship with him. First I loved him, then hated him, and now Iโ€™m loving him all over again. Like I said a true emotional rollercoaster. 

โ€œKeep your hands off my wife.โ€ Ahh I melted reading this line! ๐Ÿฅตโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ

I highly recommend reading this beautiful story to fans of โ€œMoanaโ€ and โ€œThe Little Mermaidโ€ ๐Ÿงœ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ›ถ
The Garden of Memories by Amanda James

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

5.0

โ€œ๐’ซ๐‘’๐‘œ๐“…๐“๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐“‡๐‘’ ๐“๐’พ๐“€๐‘’ ๐’ป๐“๐‘œ๐“Œ๐‘’๐“‡๐“ˆ. โ„๐’ป ๐“Ž๐‘œ๐“Š ๐‘”๐’พ๐“‹๐‘’ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‚ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“‡๐’พ๐‘”๐’ฝ๐“‰ ๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‹๐’พ๐“‡๐‘œ๐“ƒ๐“‚๐‘’๐“ƒ๐“‰ ๐’พ๐“ƒ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’พ๐’ธ๐’ฝ ๐“‰๐‘œ ๐‘”๐“‡๐‘œ๐“Œ, ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“Ž๐’ท๐“๐‘œ๐‘œ๐“‚.โ€

The book ended up so abruptly I was shocked. I hope there will be a sequel to it as this one ended very much open, I would love to read more about these wonderful characters and continue their stories.

I absolutely loved ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ it was such a heartfelt journey of friendships, family, love, memories and flowers of course. I have no words to express how special and unique this story was, I love the idea of a memory garden. 

I highly recommend this heartwarming book to everyone!
My Girl by Audrey Rush

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dark mysterious
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

โ€œโ„๐“‰ ๐’น๐‘œ๐‘’๐“ˆ๐“ƒ'๐“‰ ๐“‚๐’ถ๐“‰๐“‰๐‘’๐“‡ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡๐‘’ ๐“Ž๐‘œ๐“Š ๐’ธ๐‘œ๐“‚๐‘’ ๐’ป๐“‡๐‘œ๐“‚ ๐‘œ๐“‡ ๐’ฝ๐‘œ๐“Œ ๐“Ž๐‘œ๐“Š'๐“‡๐‘’ ๐“‡๐’ถ๐’พ๐“ˆ๐‘’๐’น: ๐“ˆ๐‘œ๐“‚๐‘’๐“‰๐’พ๐“‚๐‘’๐“ˆ ๐“‹๐’พ๐‘œ๐“๐‘’๐“ƒ๐’ธ๐‘’ ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐’พ๐“ƒ๐“ˆ๐’พ๐’น๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป๐“Ž๐‘œ๐“Š.โ€

Ahhh I absolutely loved this twisted, dark and erotic horror novel! A masked main male character who is a psychopath, an insane twist, gore, brutality and lots of trigger warnings! Could not imagine a better novel, Iโ€™m so obsessed with Crave and Raeโ€™s characters and relationship they are so unique and this is just such a phenomenal story. Iโ€™m in so in love with this entire book! Iโ€™ve previously read Skin by Audrey and loved and Iโ€™m so happy that I finally picked up My Girl as well. I seriously cannot wait to dive into another novel by the author. This definitely is a new favorite book of mine!

If you love erotic horror with lots of trigger warnings then I highly highly recommend picking this fantastic novel up!
A Matador by Borsa Brown

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  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.0

I need to be honestโ€ฆ the beginning caught me by surprise that the main characters were children, they were ten in the beginning. They grew up together, we could read about their childhood together and how they came from different worlds. A typical rich girl, poor boy scenario. So basically the girlโ€™s parents banned him from being friends with the girl and he did so without telling the girl why they stopped being friendsโ€ฆ 

I expected them to be adults based on the title of the book and I thought there would be a lot of spice in the book. Since โ€œSpanish Fireโ€ is what the series called. But this was more of a coming of age novel where they found themselves. They were only sixteen which definitely wasnโ€™t what I expected going into the story. I feel misled by how the book was promoted and how it seemed it would be a spicy and passionate novel between a matador and a dancer... There were definitely some passionate scenes which threw me off guard as they were only sixteen! I donโ€™t knowโ€ฆ I donโ€™t want to read about 16 year olds making love to each otherโ€ฆ

Iโ€™m so conflicted by my feelings towards this book because what it was I really enjoyed it but it definitely wasnโ€™t what I expected or wanted going into the storyโ€ฆ In the beginning I was genuinely waiting for them to grow up, I just thought there would be a few chapters from their childhood and then their adulthood. But it never happened, at least in this novel.

There was a thing toward the end. As a vegetarian and animal lover, I understand Rosa and what she did and why but in the same time it was the total betrayal of her father and his beliefs and what he and his elders worked so hard forโ€ฆ Me whose father died when I was eight, I could never understand how Rosa could backstab her own father like that, who literally gave her everything that she could ever asked for.

THE CLIFFHANGER!!! ๐Ÿ˜ซ๐Ÿ˜ซ๐Ÿ˜ซ๐Ÿ˜ซ
I need the sequel right nowโ€ฆ.. ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ
Iโ€™m so mad by the ending! I decided to rate the book 3 starsโ€ฆ but overall I very much enjoyed it so please donโ€™t think my rating is negative itโ€™s just my feelings towards the whole novel.
Crescent Earth Scatter Plot by Ilia Epifanov

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

5.0

โ€œ๐’ฏ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡๐‘’ ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“ƒ๐‘œ ๐“‰๐’พ๐“‚๐‘’ ๐’ฝ๐‘’๐“‡๐‘’, ๐’ฅ๐’ถ๐“‚๐‘’๐“ˆ โ„ณ๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐‘œ๐“ƒ. ๐’ฉ๐‘œ ๐“…๐’ถ๐“ˆ๐“‰, ๐“ƒ๐‘œ ๐’ป๐“Š๐“‰๐“Š๐“‡๐‘’, ๐’ฟ๐“Š๐“ˆ๐“‰ ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐‘’ ๐“ƒ๐‘œ๐“Œ. ๐’œ๐“ƒ๐’น ๐“‰๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐’พ๐“ˆ ๐“Œ๐’ฝ๐’ถ๐“‰ ๐“Œ๐‘’๐’ธ๐’ถ๐“ƒ ๐“‰๐’ถ๐“€๐‘’ ๐’ถ๐’น๐“‹๐’ถ๐“ƒ๐“‰๐’ถ๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐’ป."

The most incredible journey continues in this fun and thrilling ride! 

I really enjoyed my time with this amazing story, it was so exciting and unique. I loved it!

If youโ€™re looking for a big adventure with time traveling and intrigue then donโ€™t look further, pick up this fascinating book and enjoy the ride.
Crescent Earth by Ilia Epifanov

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Time machine as a flying saucer ๐Ÿ›ธ !? Could not imagine a better thing!

Wow, this was such an adventurous, captivating and addicting experience. Loved it so much and the plot twists were truly mind blowing. 

If youโ€™re looking for a sci-fi murder mystery novel donโ€™t hesitate to check out this fantastic book because I can assure you that it will be a unique ride. The ending left me super intrigued to pick up the next book and see where this fun ride takes me!

If I donโ€™t respond to your message right away just know Iโ€™m reading the sequel. ๐Ÿ˜Œ