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193 reviews

Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood

emotional funny sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Ali Hazlewood could hit me with a car. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death of parent

False Start by Kandi Steiner

emotional funny hopeful sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

A who hurt you with a second chance with a love for mom bodies idk what to tell u this took me out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Pregnancy

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Miscarriage

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

Silmarillion tattoos, banter that that’s as sweet as it is sharp, absolutely feral libidos, second chances, TENDERNESS & YEARNING, food descriptions so precise I was drooling…new favorite McQuiston EASILY. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Grief

Offside Play by Lyssa Lemire

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

Lots of mine and being possessive and who did this to you so I’m not like other girls I’m worse etc. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Toxic relationship

Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings

emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

A tender, generous hug of a book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

adventurous emotional informative reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Incredible. Triumphant. Remarkable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Lesbophobia, and Colonisation

Truly, Madly, Deeply by Alexandria Bellefleur

emotional funny hopeful 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? No

5.0

I adored this book. The airport metaphor about queer folks in straight presenting relationships + the spice. MY GOODNESS. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Biphobia

Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland

adventurous dark 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? Yes

3.0

A jumpscare of a why choose, to wit, “if you can’t dazzle them with brilliance (sprayed edges, gorgeous end pages, stamped foil covers), baffle them with bullshit (almost no world building, scant magic system, rampant anachronism, a major twist that isn’t telegraphed really AT ALL despite first person POV, & FADE TO BLACK/OPAQUE SEX SCENES). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Animal death and Trafficking

The Roommate Risk by Talia Hibbert

emotional funny hopeful 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

An absolutely perfect read: friends to lovers, SEVEN YEARS OF PINING, forced proximity, bossy in the bedroom shy accountant MMC, & a really thoughtful exploration of attachment and family of origin impact. And honey the SPICE. The scene outside the arcade?🥵🥵🥵Rahul & Jasmine 4ever. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment and Alcohol

Guarding Temptation by Talia Hibbert

emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Love a good bodyguard moment with a radical bad ass FMC. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Racism, Sexism, and Police brutality