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The Night Is Alive by Heather Graham

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The Unholy by Heather Graham

adventurous funny informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The Evil Inside by Heather Graham

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Sacred Evil by Heather Graham

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Vol. 1: Revolutions of Terror by Nick Abadzis

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

 I found this book as I was searching one that would fit a prompt for our local book club (#a book with a number in the title) and then realised it would also fit a prompt for another reading challenge (#a duology_1). The characters are very interesting and different from what we usually read in YA novels. Since I haven't read the Grisha books, though, I felt a bit out of the loop and lost in this complicated world. 

Heart of Evil by Heather Graham

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

Phantom Evil by Heather Graham

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Prelude to a Witch by Amanda M. Lee

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I am in a love-hate relationship with these stories. Amanda M. Lee produces books in bulk, there are a ton of new releases every year and one of the things that make this possible is that they are repetitive. Bay encounters a murder, Logan and she investigate, she is acting unreasonably, Logan cares for her too much, her aunt saves the day with Bay of course and Logan picks up the pieces. It is the same in every book, hence me disliking them. On the other hand, though, you fall in love with many characters and are invested in their life (I mean, come on, 18 books!), which makes it difficult to give them up. This book was better than the last few were, so I still have hope for the series.

The Witch is Back by Amanda M. Lee

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0