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Sounds Fake But Okay: An Asexual and Aromantic Perspective on Love, Relationships, Sex, and Pretty Much Anything Else

Kayla Kaszyca, Sarah Costello

DID NOT FINISH: 33%

This was missing something. I tried to get into it and I just didn’t feel like I was learning anything new or substantial.

Ellen Outside the Lines

A.J. Sass

4.5

adventurous emotional funny inspiring 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

A middle-grade novel full of growth, friendship, adventure, and learning. Friendships can be complicated and sometimes messy. Sass does a great job exploring the ebbs and flows of this complications and resolutions in Ellen Outside the Lines. It was great to see such a dynamic cast of characters, as well. Each growing and learning more about themselves through their trip to Spain.

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Penguin & House, Volume 2

Akiho Ieda

4.25

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

The Prospects

KT Hoffman

4.5

emotional funny inspiring 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

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Chef's Kiss

Jarrett Melendez

4.0

emotional funny lighthearted 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

So cute! I wish there was more to the story!

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The Frozen River

Ariel Lawhon

4.5

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A strong historical fiction that tells the lost story of Martha Ballard, a midwife who delivered over 1,000 babies in her small town.

Maybe a more in-depth review to come?

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Becoming a Queen

Dan Clay

4.25

challenging emotional 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: Yes

Wow is this book full of heart and emotion. A beautifully written story that explores friendship, self-acceptance and -discovery, and grief (in the many facets of life). This is a book I will be thinking about for a while.

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