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Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier by Marisa Meltzer

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informative reflective fast-paced

3.5

One of the Good Guys by Araminta Hall

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challenging dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

great if you’re all about taking down “the man”. The man’s perspective aka part one draggssss and now that I’m thinking about it maybe that was intentional. I loved the addition of the mixed media and the different opinions and forms of trolling that came from it. All in all is solid read and one that definitely made me think!
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Role Playing by Cathy Yardley

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emotional funny 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

4.0

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28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand

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emotional hopeful sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I haven’t read an Elin book and forever but wow this was good. Never did I ever think I would root for two people in a relationship like Mallory and Jake. Lowkey justice for Ursula who is not the real villain in this story!! The ending destroyed me 
The Partner Plot by Kristina Forest

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funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

This one was so fun! Second chance, high school sweet hearts, marriage of convenience… all the tropes! Violet and Xavier are perfect together and I loved the reappearance of characters from the neighbor favor! Can’t wait for the third book in this series!
Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

I was so pleasantly surprised by this book. It read to me like a dolly Alderton Book and maybe that’s why I loved it so much. Yinka is at a crossroads single and jobless at 30. She makes a goal for herself to find a wedding date for her cousins wedding and what follows is pure chaos. This book is so relatable for anyone that’s in their 30s at crossroads trying to figure out life!
Bye, Baby by Carola Lovering

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dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

To some of this book in one word, it would be chaos. I loved that the title of the book has more than one implication within the story, and I think that that is just brilliant. The dual point of views/timelines really set the scene for how this book comes to be. The friendship between the two main characters and how broken it is, is the central point, and to be honest I don’t know how their friendship lasted as long as it did. it was built one of the characters being stronger than the other, and this protection and lie that they had. In my opinion, there’s too many characters and the side characters don’t add to the story. That being said are too many characters are very messy and have a lot of trauma. The backstory of Billie actually destroyed me, and I had to stop reading at one point because I was so sick to my stomach.
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Sammy Espinoza's Last Review by Tehlor Kay Mejia

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dark emotional funny hopeful 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

3.75

The Catch by Amy Lea

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Sweet and steamy but overall a little meh to me. For the length that it is I feel like not much was accomplished. I did like the characters a lot and the setting but idk I wanted more. I did like the appearance of other characters from this series!
The Royals Next Door by Karina Halle

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emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.25

This book was so good, and I loved every single character. Piper and Harrison are definitely like a will they won’t. They and the sprinkling of the Royals is fun. I someone that’s not into the Royals I really still appreciated this also it’s very hot so just know that!!
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