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emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No

I really liked this short story. It’s hard to read, but beautiful. A beautiful story about a mother who wants to save her daughter from her horrible husband. A story of how men just want beautiful, pure women who do what they say 

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emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

… so I had this arc via NetGalley so thank you. 
This is an anthology about queer love and queer life (duh). I really thought this would be about queer joy, because of the title… but haha nope there are stories that were hard to read, like stories about death, missed love stories,…
Not all the stories did it for me, and to be honest, a lot of the stories did not do it for me. Like there are some that were amazing, that made me feel so much. But not enough for me to give it 4 stars. Also, even if it’s a queer anthology trans women and transfem writers were clearly missing most of the time. It felt like a lot of men (cis and trans), and some non-binary people. 

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adventurous slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Si elle avait été lesbienne tout cela ne serait pas arrivé 

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lighthearted slow-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

Sympa mais clairement je vais les lire en anglais seulement maintenant parce que voilà…

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-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

Okay. I loved this book. It’s clearly a character focused book and a story about healing. But there were a few things that bother me (2 exactly)
1. Didn’t Bianca choose reincarnation? So why is she in Elysium here?
2. And it was the biggest flaw of the book: THE HAZEL ERASURE. Nico talks a lot about Percy, Annabeth, Jason, sometimes Leo, but he mentions HIS SISTER like 2/3 times in the whole book. And he says that no one took care of him like will since his mom and Bianca died? What about Hazel (even Jason and Reyna). HAZEL WAS THE ONE THAT STOOD UP FOR HIM ON THE BOAT IN MOA
3. Okay a little third point, didn’t he considered Camp Jupiter as a home at some point?

BUT. It’s still a great book. 
1. I loved seeing Nico choosing to move on and deal with his trauma. I loved how he choose. I loved his relationship with Will and the cute names they used. 
2. It made me cry and tear up so bonus point 
3. This book is everything à Nico di Angelo fan, a queer person, a queer kid needs 
4. I loved that Nico got in touch with Piper at the end, I really want them to start a good friendship 
5. Another thing I love, is the message that darkness, sadness and other things like that are not necessarily bad. Will learned that during the story. There is no light without darkness. And he needed it because of his préjugés. And this is a strong message for anyone struggling with them
6. I love how it talks about trauma and overcoming them by letting them go and accepting them as they are. 
7. THEY DID IT. They address how wrong Cupid’s scene and the outing was

Anyway. It’s almost 2 A.M so now I’m going to sleep. Good night everyone

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adventurous dark emotional 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

Une relecture encore mieux que la premiere  
emotional hopeful reflective slow-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

Très bonne conclusion à la série. Les voir heureux ça fait plaisir. L’histoire bonus est dure par contre

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adventurous challenging emotional 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: Complicated

I had the possibility to read it thanks ti NetGalley. And damn, I never thought I would love an alpha shapeshifter romance but here we go. The story is just great, and I really loved how the alpha theme is approached. The characters are great, the themes too, and a lot of emotion. I want to read more about all of the characters. I will definitely read Heather’s story! 

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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Encore une fois on a un tome qui est juste génial. J’adore l’évolution d’Agathe et son « amitié » avec Coco. Mais cette fin? Ça devrait être illégal. Pour ce qui est du bonus avec Olugio? J’ai besoin d’en savoir plus sur cet événement. Et j’adore à quel point il tient aux enfants. 
J’ai aussi hâte de voir ce que ça va donner avec le roi et la confrérie. 

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adventurous challenging tense medium-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: Complicated

J’ai préféré ce livre au premier. Un mystère qui entoure le camp, un rdv amoureux lesbien, un c-o trans qui se passe bien. De l’aventure, de l’action et de l’amitié? Bref. Hâte de lire la suite 

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