thebookishmel's reviews
405 reviews

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.25

Took me TWO MONTHS to finish this book….

I was bored ⅔ of the way through which made continuing that much harder. BUT it did make for a great ending. Curious as to how book 3 shapes up!

Vicious by L.J. Shen

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Idk man, this was a wild, dark, AND JUST NOT MY VIBE for romance lol. You have to go in knowing that this is just the style of the book, but like WOOF was it a lot of possessiveness and wild revenge.

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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

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adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-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

4.0

The value this adds to the OG trilogy is a 10/10 for me. I just didn’t loooove the pacing between parts. SO impressed with how SC made Snow’s life THAT much more complicated and his decisions in THG make so much more sense heheh

Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

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emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

4.5

I ADORED THIS BOOK but I also recognize the good and the bad LOL. I love the cast of character and how they ride for each other. I love how sensitive topics of ED, familial relationships, and obligations to who and what you love were addressed and dealt with. And I love Anastasia’s name and nicknames c:

This is also a SUPER smutty book and I can see how it can be a LOT. But you have TWO COLLEGE STUDENTS LUSTY IN LOVE. it makes sense IMO lmao

I will say it was indeed TOO DAMN LONG (14 hr audiobook!!?) and I’m gonna pretend that epilogue didn’t exist bc ew.

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Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan

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sad tense slow-paced

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

1.5

I did not enjoy this. I didn’t like Wyatt’s character, or Sam’s, or the fiancées for that matter I found all of these characters, extremely boring and extremely delusional. I refuse to believe that Sam doesn’t have friends that would help change her perspective or at least open up her eyes, this was just a no from me

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