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A Darker Shade of Magic

V.E. Schwab

DID NOT FINISH: 27%

I think I'll like this book when I'm more in the head space to focus on it
emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I think it's amusing that this book was inspired by the author joking with her husband "what if I left you for a musician" and he encouraged her to write it as a book. 

May/December NSFW romance of a nearly 40 year old divorced single mother of a teenage girl dates a lead member of a boy band. I was entertained and also impressed by the Author's, narration of her own book. 

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

A few relays on this book that I didn't see coming and sets up a 4th book too. I'm enjoying this series. 
emotional hopeful 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

I love this format of historical fiction books that a ounce between two story lines - past and present that are seemingly unconnected and then connect. I became invested in both story lines and wanted them to keep going. Just wish the authors had included a author's note to talk about what was based on real historical events and what was made up. 
adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I liked this book more at the end than the beginning. I had a tough time keeping track of the various alien nations and how the were allied and opposed. 
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

3rd novel in the Stitch in Time series. This one follows Miranda who goes back in time instead of forwards. Mystery ensues, ghosts revenged. Ended more abruptly than I liked. 
dark tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Started slow with a lot of background and set up of family histories before the story finally gathered steam and started moving. Follows the lives of two families for a few generations. There's lawyer stuff, crime stuff, murder and prison. All the elements to expect in a good John Grisham novel. 

Not sure this is my thing. 
mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Mystery thriller with a time travel twist as a mother  inexplicably travels back in time to prevent a crime.