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The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
fast-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
4.25
Could have used a REALLY thorough line edit, lots of repetitive phrases throughout. Overall, really sweet and heartwarming. I liked that the third act “breakup” wasn’t your average third act breakup.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence and Stalking
Moderate: Death, Car accident, and Death of parent
Minor: Alcoholism and Medical content
The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Suicide
The Only Survivors by Megan Miranda
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
One too many main characters to keep track of, especially the guys. The twist was a bit too obvious but still fun to get to.
And also WHAT ABOUT WILL.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Car accident
Moderate: Drug use, Suicide, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Gun violence
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.75
Things got sort of slow in the middle, too many jumps and small details. But I loved the way this ended and all of the details tied up.
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This book was almost infuriatingly bad. The premise was SO cool but the characters were ridiculously flat. So many cooler ways this could have gone but as it is I just didn’t care.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicide, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Pregnancy
Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
It physically hurts me to rate a TJR book this low.
I’ll give her a pass because it’s early stuff. This just had too much promise to fall this flat. It’s like if someone took In Five Years and wrote two different less good versions.
Do yourself a favor and watch that new Netflix movie with the exact same premise.
I’ll give her a pass because it’s early stuff. This just had too much promise to fall this flat. It’s like if someone took In Five Years and wrote two different less good versions.
Do yourself a favor and watch that new Netflix movie with the exact same premise.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Pregnancy
Lucky Leap Day by Ann Marie Walker
lighthearted
fast-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
2.75
I didn’t hate this, but there was so little here that it was hard to feel anything. Everything was just so rushed and barely flushed out. Even the third act break up didn’t make sense because the rest of the plot was so thrown together. A nice escape but overall forgettable.
Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
THAT ENDING???????
A Vow So Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer
Please for the love of god stop it with the pregnancies for the sake of wrapping up a plot
The final battle felt a little too rushed for my taste but all in all I am happy with the way this series ended. I will miss these characters so so much.
3.75
The final battle felt a little too rushed for my taste but all in all I am happy with the way this series ended. I will miss these characters so so much.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
I liked the background on the games themselves but I could not have cared less about either of the main characters. The Easter eggs were cool, and the history was fun to learn, but I simply did not give a single fig about Snow or Lucy Gray.