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Harbor Me

Jacqueline Woodson

4.25

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

The Wild Book

Margarita Engle

3.0

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

Iveliz Explains It All

Andrea Beatriz Arango

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective sad 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: Yes

The Book Eaters

Sunyi Dean

DID NOT FINISH: 83%

I tried. But I’m at 83% and feel no investment in this story or these characters. I’m dnf-ing.

The Book of Living Secrets

Madeleine Roux

DID NOT FINISH: 0%

Maybe I’ll revisit this one, but the place I’m in right now with it is mostly just frustration at a cool premise with an execution I personally haven’t cared for. Totally could be a me thing.

The River Has Teeth

Erica Waters

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Becky Chambers

4.5

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Anatomy: A Love Story

Dana Schwartz

5.0

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Everything I hoped it would be. Delightfully gothic with a great sense of place, set in my favourite city on this earth. I can’t wait to read it again.

Little Thieves

Margaret Owen

5.0

adventurous dark funny reflective 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

This is an utter triumph of contemporary YA Fantasy. I have read a LOT of retellings of The Goose Girl and this one is so very unique. The cast of characters is compelling and complicated, with very real emotional struggles. I can’t wait to read it again

Gallant

V.E. Schwab

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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: No

Just the book I’ve been looking for. I can’t be too objective about this one, I’m just straight up the target audience so I loved every second of it.

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