monarchbooks's Reviews (547)

United We Spy

Ally Carter

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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: Yes

Down Among the Sticks and Bones

Seanan McGuire

5.0

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I misinterpreted a summary I saw of this book and thought it said that Jack and Jill came back (again) after the events of EHaD so I was expecting that story, but this was a great prequel for such complex characters.

Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens

5.0

emotional sad tense 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

Books don't make me cry much these days but this one did

This Is How You Lose the Time War

Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

5.0

challenging emotional mysterious

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I love love love this book but I honestly have no clue how to describe it

The Titan's Curse

Rick Riordan

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

When We Were Magic

Sarah Gailey

4.0

dark emotional 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: Yes

While the plot was interesting, I found the ending forced and lackluster

Gods of Jade and Shadow

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

Very different from my expectations; I also feel like the same story could be told with about 100 less pages

Misrule

Heather Walter

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I found this book hard to get into, at first, due to the whole new cast of characters but I quickly began to love the story

The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture

Grace Perry

4.5

funny informative fast-paced

I love pop culture, I love queerness, I love Taylor Swift, and I love this book

Aphrodite the Beauty

Joan Holub, Suzanne Williams

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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