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The Other Bennet Sister

Janice Hadlow

4.0

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora

Meg Medina, Mark Oshiro, Jasminne Mendez, Cristina Arreola, Ibi Zoboi, Naima Coster, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Julian Randall, Saraciea J. Fennell, Janel Martinez, Zakiya Jamal, Natasha Díaz, Lilliam Rivera, Kahlil Haywood, Elizabeth Acevedo

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Last Bus to Everland

Sophie Cameron

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix

Aminah Mae Safi

3.25

adventurous hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Darke Toad

Angie Sage

3.75

adventurous hopeful 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: Yes

Witchlings

Claribel A. Ortega

3.5

adventurous hopeful 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: Complicated

Overall, this was very cute and very fun! The reason that this isn't a fully a 4 star is because I did feel the ending a little bit rushed; as a general complaint I wish authors would stop associating in their writing "ugliness" or deformity with evilness/wickedness.