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Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison

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dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 37%.
Some of the worst writing I have ever read, as well as insufferable characters, and terrible yet vanilla yet vile sex scenes. No wonder it's self published and "banned" as the authors note claims.
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Cackle by Rachel Harrison

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lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes

4.0

The Return by Rachel Harrison

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

Good, but definitely feels like a fan fiction mashup of Red Queen and ACOTAR with unnecessary sex scenes and a thin layer of interesting dragon plot. Violet is straight up Mare from Red Queen, Dane is Cal from Red Queen and Xander is Rhysandy-Azriel from Acotar.
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi

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slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

This is the most insert-yourself-as-the mc fantasy I've finished in a long time. All I could think the entire time was "this is Red Queen if you strip the good writing, thorough characters, the actual plot and make the mc a skeletal, starving, wetblanket brunette every single boy she comes in contact with is unfathomably enraptured by". Maybe it really amps up later in the series. Maybe she gets a personality later. I might try to slog through and see after I look up more reviews.
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All of Us Villains by C.L. Herman, Amanda Foody

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adventurous dark medium-paced

4.0

Starting the second half rn because I loved the gentle torture this put me through.
Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 6%.
This is less about the actual book and more about the audiobook. The writing was a bit juvenile, made worse by the bad reading. Might try to pick up the physical copy because I was interested in the story.
Ararat by Christopher Golden

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 56%.
The beginning was so interesting, the Thing meets At the Mountains of Madness but with a biblical twist. It went downhill as soon as Walker got settled in. A lick of dread was there, but the pacing was too slow with little action and the tamest murders to do anything. And that one dude who really wanted to Alabama his cousin for some reason? WHY
Anoka: A Collection of Indigenous Horror by Shane Hawk

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 56%.
Couldn't get past the poor writing.