alexandriaslibrary's Reviews (250)

Baby

Annaleese Jochems

4.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Snow Child

Eowyn Ivey

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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: No

Because Venus Crossed an Alpine Violet on the Day that I Was Born

Mona Høvring

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I Fear My Pain Interests You

Stephanie LaCava

4.5

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

We All Loved Cowboys

Carol Bensimon

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

A stunning novel following Cora and Julia, two former lovers/best friends who return home to Brazil go on a road trip. This book is reflective and revealing. From the first page I knew I was in love with the voice and couldn't wait to see how the story unfolded

The perfect mixture of present, past, urgency, and motives

This has immediately become one of my all time favorites and I will be recommending it forever to those who are looking for "hot girl" or "sad girl" or "gay girl" lit especially because latina voices are so often missing in those spaces