2.28k reviews by:

aoutrance

Filter
challenging emotional 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

crying in the club rn
emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I'm honestly surprised that they
solved Juniper's disappearance & murder
- that seemed more like it was a book 7, series finale kind of plot point. Makes me pretty satisfied to leave this series at book 3, tbh.
mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The murderer was more obscured this time - but you really can't trust a rich man.
adventurous informative medium-paced

The cryonics has a wild history.
mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Solid mystery, solid start to a romantic couple - I like that there wasn’t an immediate fall-in-love trope given their individual baggage (i.e. alcoholism + transference with casual sex & a cheating toxic ex who can't take no for an answer for Aslan and Quaid respectively).
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I find it really difficult to give grace to characters who are cops, even though I'm the one who chooses to read these mystery/procedurals - Colly fucked up so many times and still managed to figure it out mostly because she knew the family involved. 

The writing was still engaging enough to keep me going & I always feel vindicated when my choice in murderer is correct. I can tell when the vibes are off.

dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No

This is a failing of men. This same violence, applied to a woman, she does not ask why it is being inflicted upon her, she only struggles unsuccessfully to free herself and grieves the fact she has grieved her entire life, one that she understands fundamentally and innately. That violence simply occurs.

I never knew where we were going, but it was a ride to get there.
emotional funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I was as frustrated as Rory that her mother will never take accountability for what happened. 
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I'm a sucker for a time travel revenge story - they're all the same and I eat it up every damn time.

Skeletons in the Closet

Nicky James

DID NOT FINISH: 19%

Exploring Diem's issues would have been an interesting exercise, even as a romance, if I actually liked his love interest Tallus at all.