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The Bruising of Qilwa

Naseem Jamnia

4.25

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Jonny Appleseed

Joshua Whitehead

4.5

challenging dark emotional funny 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: Yes

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Nothing Burns As Bright As You

Ashley Woodfolk

4.25

dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Lucky Red

Claudia Cravens

5.0

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Thanks to Dial Press for the free copy of this book.

- LUCKY RED has that perfect blend of gorgeous writing, deep emotions, and edge of your seat action.
- I adored Bridget and the crew of the Queen, rooting for them to make the best of impossible situations.
- The summary of this book promises lesbian gunslinging, and while it does have that (holy cats those last few chapters! I was riveted!) but it comes near the end of the novel. It's a slightly different book than is promised, but wow, the book you get is truly a special one.

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Fourth Wing

Rebecca Yarros

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense slow-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

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Rainbow Rainbow

Lydia Conklin

3.0

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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All This Could Be Different

Sarah Thankam Mathews

4.25

emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Yellowface

R.F. Kuang

4.5

dark emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home

Lorrie Moore

1.5

funny reflective sad fast-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

Wtf was the point of that?

Thanks AAKnopf for the free advance copy of this book.

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Imogen, Obviously

Becky Albertalli

5.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

- IMOGEN, OBVIOUSLY is an enormous hug for people who took awhile to figure themselves out. For me. I was Imogen. Now, it was 20 years ago and I did not have all the language she does in the book, but the confusion and feelings are the same.
- I adored Imogen and her friends. They all felt so real - finding themselves and freedom for the first time in their lives and spreading joy and chaos while doing it.
- I just...I can’t even put into words what it means to have this book exist in the world. My heart hurts for Albertalli to have the experience to write it, but I’m so glad she was able to.

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