ryinwonderland's Reviews (892)

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

Evil AI, a killer robot, a smart house gone wrong…a horrifying Halloween cautionary tale. 
dark emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

SGJ does it again. A slasher from the perspective of the slasher himself. A teenage boy is cursed to enact bloody revenge in the way another kid might be cursed to turn into a werewolf every full moon. 
Unflinching, brutal, heartbreaking. 
lighthearted 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: Complicated

Extremely cute romance between a spooky bookseller and a documentarian working on a film about local hauntings. 
emotional mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Riley Sager never fails to make me gasp aloud while reading. I always forget there will be a *twist*, so I never see it coming! I liked this one a lot. A kid goes missing while camping in his best friend’s yard. 30 years later his best friend is still haunted by it, perhaps literally, and is desperate to finally solve the mystery. 
emotional reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated

This book starts out campy and silly (HGTV but make it haunted) then slowly and quietly the camp is carved away to reveal a tender and thoughtful meditation about what makes a person and what makes life worth living. This book hit me in unexpected ways. 
emotional lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

This rivals to lovers trans, gay romance is a grand slam. 
lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes

A super steamy polycule romance! With cocktails! And forced proximity! And healthy communication! And growth! And trans nb rep! Level 5/5 on the Steam scale 🔥
dark fast-paced

A Black woman moves into a gated community with her Korean wife and is immediately suspicious of the sinister vibes, which her wife either doesn't notice, or chooses to ignore. Is the HOA evil? Is the neighborhood a hive mind? What's with the creepy children? Why is everything so weird? This is really fun suburban horror.
emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Delicious, decadent, sexy, sweet. A former couple unexpectedly find themselves on the same tour across Europe and after some long overdue communication, their rekindled friendship - and more - blooms with each passing day.