My review quality has tanked on my blog in the last year and I know I’m missing a bunch from the list below, that I forgot to record but it’s because so many other good things are happening these days! I attended sooo many events as an author/vendor in 2025 that I need a 4-year nap. Also, in the past few months, I cofounded a small bookish vendor business that will do pop ups in different breweries around Raleigh. So, let’s just say my reading pace and tracking has suffered.
These are in order of favorite. Have you read any?
All books read in 2025:
- The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young (5/5)
- Sounds Like Love by Ashley Poston (5/5)
- Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli (5/5)- 1st in duology
- The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang (5/5)- reread & audio
- Pen Pal by J.T. Geissinger (4.9/5)
- Overruled by Lana Ferguson (4.9/5)
- Hello Stranger by Katherine Center (4.9/5) – audio
- The Best of All by Karla Sorensen (4.9/5)- audio
- The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce (4.9/5)
- Tourist Season by Brynne Weaver (4.9/5)- audio
- Somewhere Beyond the Seat by TJ Klune (4.8/5)- sequel
- Under Loch and Key by Lana Ferguson (4.8/5)- audio
- Mate by Ali Hazelwood (4.8/5)- audio
- Foxglove by Adalyn Grace (4.8/5)- audio -2nd in series
- The Knight & the Moth by Rachel Gillig (4.75/5)- 1st in series
- Bride by Ali Hazelwood (4.75/5)- audio
- Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood (4.75/5)- audio
- The Perfect Son by Freida McFadden (4.7/5)- audio
- Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry (4.7/5)
- Reckless by Lauren Roberts (4.7/5)- sequel
- Do Not Disturb by Freida McFadden (4.6/5)- audio
- The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson (4.6/5)
- The Darkness Within Us by Tricia Levenseller (4.6/5)
- The Locked Door by Freida McFadden (4.5/5)- audio
- Better Luck Next Time by Cara Bastone (4.5/5)- audio
- You, With a View by Jessica Joyce (4.5/5)- audio
- Etched in Frost by L.Friedman (4.5/5)
- Belladonna by Adalyn Grace (4.5/5) -audio
- Once Upon a Crime by Brynn Kelly (4.5/5)- audio
- Birding with Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb (4.4/5)- audio
- A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang (4.4/5)
- Rebel Witch by Kristen Ciccarelli (4.4/5)- 2nd in duology
- Powerless by Lauren Roberts (4.4/5)- 1st in trilogy
- Fearless by Lauren Roberts (4.4/5)- 3rd in trilogy
- The Worst Guy by Kate Canterbary (4.5/5)- audio
- The Off-Limits Rule by Sarah Adams (4.3/5)- audio
- The Queen’s Rising by Rebecca Ross (4.3/5)- 1st in series
- The Wife Upstairs by Freida McFadden (4.3/5)- audio
- One by One by Freida McFadden (4.25/5)- audio
- Secret Sister by Sarah A. Denzil (4.25/5)- audio
- Wisteria by Adalyn Grace – 4.25/5 (series)
- What Kind of Mother by Anna- Lou Weatherley (4.25/5)- audio
- The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley (4.2/5)- audio
- Silence and Shadow by Erin Beaty (4.2/5)- sequel
- Lucy on the Wild Side by Kerry Rea (4.25/5)
- Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry (4.2/5)- audio
- Always a Bridesmaid by Erin Clark (4.1/5) – audio
- Till There Was You by Lindsay Hameroff (4.1/5)
- You, Again by Natalie Cooper (4.2/5)- audio
- The Gossip and the Grump by Pippa Grant (4/5)- audio
- Those Three Little Words by Meghan Quinn (4/5)- audio
- Sugar and Snow by Irene Davis (4/5)
- The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley (4/5)- audio
- If You Love Me by Helena Hunting (4/5)- audio
- The Queen’s Resistance by Rebecca Ross (4/5)- sequel in duology
- Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood (4/5)
- Shameless by Gina Maxwell (4/5)- audio
- Under Your Spell by Laura Wood (4/5)
- The Stranger in the Woods by Kiersten Modglin (4/5)- audio
- Maid For Each Other by Lynn Painter (4/5)- audio
- The Match by Sarah Addams (4/5)- audio
- The Coworker by Freida McFadden (4/5)- audio
- Of Poison and Pumpkins by Cassie Swindon (4/5)
- Ward D by Freida McFadden (4/5)- audio
- The Best Wrong Move by Lily Parker (4/5) – audio
- The Love of my Afterlife by Kristy Greenwood (4/5)
- Of Toxin and Teacups by Cassie Swindon (4/5)
- Of Venom and Vineyards by Cassie Swindon (4/5)
- Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez (4/5)
- Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros (4/5)
- Crash Landing by Annie McQuaid (3.9/5)
- Of Magic & Rum by Carly Spade (3.9/5)
- Want to Know a Secret by Freida McFadden (3.8/5)- audio
- The Surrogate Mother by Freida McFadden (3.75/5)- audio
- Recipe for Rivals by Kasey Stockton (3.75/5) – audio
- Always Practice Safe Hex by Juliette Cross (3.5/5)
- Haunting the Hunter (3.2/5)- audio
- The Anatomy of Us by Leah Hazard (3/5)- audio
