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Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf
4.5
dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

This was so good??? Holy shit??? What a great twist on the typical murder mystery, LOVED the themeing around Scrabble and the word play and the twist? Mwha. Najwa was fantastic and I really liked the rest of the characters, Trina is a haunter™️ and I love that type of narrative a lot, I also like that she wasn't a good person by any means, and the conversation about what love is and what it should be was so good. This was also shockingly sad? Like my stomach hurts thinking about it.