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Small Game by Blair Braverman

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

5.0

I could not put this down 
Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation by Dan Fagin

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informative sad medium-paced

3.75

Really close to 4 stars and I give Fagin props for making the science very accessible. Just a LOT of digressions from the main story
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I still love this book as much as I did when I was 14 🖤
The Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

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

4.0

really good as far as sequels go
minus .5 for some
anticlimactic
moments
minus .25 for
us knowing literally nothing about kuwei despite him being the entire plot
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

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

4.75

so good, a tiny bit too abstract/nonlinear for my taste but I still really enjoyed
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

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

4.0

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

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adventurous mysterious 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

4.5

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

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adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Difficult to manage the whole pandemic thing after living through one but this was absolutely worth it
All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda

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

4.0

Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

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emotional funny inspiring 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? No

4.0