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Nevada by Imogen Binnie

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

4.75

This is really engaging and reflective! I'd definitely recommend it to people who liked Detransition, Baby. I wasn't ready for it to end, especially because my copy had an afterword, so it felt very sudden. But I really appreciated the afterword as well for some context from the author after some time had passed since she wrote it.
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Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

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

4.75

This book was really engaging and interesting! It almost felt like it had a couple different stories inside it, but in a way that completely worked. 
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

This book was really sweet, and I loved the way it was written. It touches on some really important ideas and I'm glad I'll get to talk about it with others in my book club. I'd recommend this to fantasy fans, and people who want a complicated but mostly heartwarming story about love and found family. 
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Honey and Hellfire by Scarlet King

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dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I was so excited to be able to read an ARC of this book, and it did not disappoint. My only wish is that I could read the second book now--
that cliffhanger was so painful!


I haven't read the Revenge duet, so I went in knowing nothing, and I found it easy to follow. However it did reference things from past books just enough to make me curious--I might have to read that series while waiting for Sugar and Surrender!

I'd definitely recommend this to romance fans, while making sure people pay attention to the content warnings and preface. 
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Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-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

4.5

I feel a bit torn when it comes to this book. On one hand, I was very engaged with it and wanted to keep reading to find out what would happen. I liked the mix of characters and perspectives, and even some of the surprising things (that at first felt like a mix of too many genres) ended up feeling natural and fine. 

However, I also feel like I ended the book missing some of the point. Like, there was just so much going on, and I'm not sure what my takeaways were supposed to be. Also, there was just so much transphobia that Katrina had to deal with; it was hard to read and felt like some of it wasn't totally necessary? Idk. I get that that can be real but it's not like every single trans person has to go through all of the things she did, and it just was so rough to read. Between that and the racism and violence, I would definitely recommend checking out the content warnings before reading this. 
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Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

I think this is my favorite in the series so far! At first I thought it would be weird since I love The Song of Achilles so much, but I was able to separate these characters from those surprisingly easily. I loved their dynamic and this one was really fun with the hunger games-esque aspect as well. 
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The Yield by Tara June Winch

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

4.75

This book was very very good. It took me a while to get into it at first, but that was more to do with how I was reading it than the book itself. I love how this story is told, and feel like it's really valuable for anyone to read.
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Electric Idol by Katee Robert

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This was pretty similar to the first one (in a good way!). I liked it, and it's interesting to see more of this world from different perspectives, even if I still am confused by some of the ways this world works in general. 
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Neon Gods by Katee Robert

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adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This was pretty good! Some of the premise doesn't really make sense to me, and I had to make myself not think about it and just go along with whatever the story said. The ending was also wrapped up just a bit too easily for me, but I expected that once I realized we were three quarters of the way through the book. Overall I'd say I liked this book, but like. I wouldn't recommend it for the plot lmao. It's strictly a romance. 
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When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities by Chen Chen

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challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I've had this book sitting on my bedside table for months, knowing I would probably love it, but waiting to read it until "the right time." And part of me wants to say that this was the perfect time to read it, but another part of me wants to yell at my past self. This was sitting here this whole time? I could have been feeling this months ago, but I waited until now?? 

This book is so good, it made me want to scream. I loved so many poems in it, and wrote down so many things I feel I can learn from. I don't even know what to say. This was just so so good and I'm so excited for Chen Chen's next collection.