kouya's Reviews (431)

The Bad Ones

Melissa Albert

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-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: Yes

The Companion

E.E. Ottoman

DID NOT FINISH: 22%

After a while it started to feel more romance focused and that's just not my cup of tea

She Who Became the Sun

Shelley Parker-Chan

5.0

challenging dark reflective tense 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

Content Warnings

Méreggel átitatott varázslat

Judy I. Lin

4.0

adventurous mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Murder on the Night Train to Paris: A totally addictive cozy murder mystery

L.B. Hathaway, L.B. Hathaway

4.0

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The Theft of Sunlight

Intisar Khanani

5.0

adventurous challenging dark inspiring fast-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

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London

Garth Nix

5.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

An Unreliable Magic

Rin Chupeco

3.75

adventurous emotional funny 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

Murder Through the Mirror

L.B. Hathaway

3.0

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

I feel like Posie and Richard are both losing their capacity for empathy. Richard's accusations felt rushed and completely baseless, like the author was just forcing the drama to allow Posie more time in limelight. And the ghost thing was kind of pointless

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