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The Sins on Their Bones by Laura R. Samotin

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

Absolutely beautiful found family story!!!

The Inadequate Heir by Danielle L. Jensen

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

adventurous dark funny 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

3.5

⭐⭐⭐✨/🌶️🌶️🌶️

The duet narration really carried this audiobook, there's no way I would have read it. Lots of funny parts, but also many "ew wtf" moments.

The tension and banter is good, but this IS a slow burn. 
A VERY slow burn.

 I don't know why everyone is talking like it's so smutty 🤣. Any book where they don't even kiss for 75% of the book is *not* smutty. It just happens to have some spicy scenes near the end of the book. 🤷

I also loathe when authors use miscommunication 4/5 of the way through a book because there isn't enough plot to have a proper climax without it. I immediately eye rolled at that.

A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

5.0

All these years and I still adore this book, and can't understand how people don't.. or think it's skippable! So much happens, we learn so much about everyone! Also, I think after the stress of the last two books we deserve a holiday with the inner circle.

Beautiful.

A Court of Wings and Ruin (3 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

This is by far my favourite way to read this book now! So many beautiful moments were made better, and so many moments that didn't have an emotional impact for me when reading the book had me in tears! Just because of how the lines were delivered!

Bride by Ali Hazelwood

emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.5

I have never before finished an Ali Hazelwood book, so it is truly shocking that I not only finished this. BUT, I finished it in one day AND I liked it a lot!

The writing is much stronger in this book, and her FMC was less whiny/catty than usual.. with a super strong female friendship at play.

The chemistry between the MMC and the FMC was *chefs kiss*.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Blood

Moderate: Cursing and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping

Gods & Monsters by Shelby Mahurin

adventurous emotional slow-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? Yes

2.0

I ADORED the first 200ish pages of this book, and then one of my least favourite tropes showed up.. and lingered. 😩 It took me days to even get through 90 pages after that, so I gave up and skimmed the rest of the book.

Tragic really, because I loved the first two books.

A Court of Wings and Ruin (2 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

Piper by Jessica Freeburg, Jay Asher

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Fathomfolk by Eliza Chan
Did not finish book. Stopped at 14%.

 unfortunately I couldn't get into it. Reading had become a chore.

There's something about books with massive paragraphs that just don't appeal to me. The formatting is annoying. 🤷