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The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

I'm crying, but they're mostly happy tears, I think. I knew going into this that I loved Ashley Poston's writing. What I didn't realize was how much this book would affect me. And I don't have all the words right now, but I hope I will someday. Because this book is magical, and I hope you love it as much as I do. Thank you, Ashley, for writing such an absolutely magical book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicide

Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Holy. Fucking. Shit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

The Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

5.0

Reading this felt like a giant hug. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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

5.0

initially: I might write a review for this AMAZING fucking book if I ever stop crying 😭😭😭

twenty minutes later: hello yes this book is wonderful and amazing and really fucking heavy and I absolutely LOVE it!

I want to take Nora and Iris and Wes and Lee and just give them all hugs until ... forever, probably.

will I ever have the words to talk about how good this book is? maybe. but not right now. just- I love it. so, so much. 

The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan

adventurous funny fast-paced

5.0

Over the Woodward Wall by A. Deborah Baker

adventurous mysterious 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

4.75

Flap Your Hands by Steve Asbell

hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

Thief Liar Lady by D.L. Soria

mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Classism

The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0