It’s Top Ten Tuesday time again friends! This week its a love/valentines freebie so I figure it was the perfect time to list some romance books I want to read this year.
Daisy Haites by Jessica Hastings
Funny Story by Emily Henry
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberley Lemming
Final Offer by Laura Asher
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday prompt is my most anticipated releases for the first half of 2024!
The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins (expected publication January 9th 2024)
House of Flame and Shadow by Talia Hibbert (expected publication January 30th 2024)
Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire (expected publication January 9th 2024)
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett (expected publication January 16th 2024)
Empire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff (expected publication February 29th 2024)
Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano (expected publication March 5th 2024)
Funny Story by Emily Henry (expected publication April 23rd 2024)
One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware (expected publication May 21st 2024)
The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo (expected publication May 7th 2024)
Middle of the Night by Riley Sager (expected publication June 18th 2024)
This year was definitely better than last year in terms of actually enjoying most of the books I read. Here are my absolute favourite books I completed!
A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J Maas
You and Me on Vacation by Emily Henry
Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey
Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola
Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson
Near the Bone by Christina Henry
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
These are the books that I just didn’t quite enjoy this year! I definitely tried to be more honest with my reviews and give more 1 and 2 stars if I wasn’t all that into a book rather than just giving it a three like I usually would. I definitely didn’t actively hate any of these book they just weren’t my style and taste!
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
Happy Place by Emily Henry
Midnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher
Cackle by Rachel Harrison
A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
The Book that Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence
Back in February I picked 5 romance books that are high on my TBR that I wanted to try to prioritize and I’ve actually finished them all which I am stoked about! They definitely weren’t all wins but I am glad I stuck to it and completed my list.
Happy Place by Emily Henry – Overall this was ok. I just couldn’t get over the fact that if these two would of communicated when they were going through their rough patch in San Francisco then all of the drama wouldn’t of happened. Both of them didn’t want to burden the other and they just kept kept this false sense of happiness to keep the status quo. There was definitely some cute and semi-steamy moments, but I don’t think second chance romances are for me. ⭐️2/5 stars
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood – I really like this, I thought the premise was fun and the stakes weren’t too high. I wanted Olive to have a little more confidence in herself and stand up for herself a bit more. I liked the banter between out two main protagonists and learning about Adam more thoroughly and finding out there’s more to him than meets the eye was very cute. ⭐️4/5 stars
Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola – This was amazing! I loved all of the characters, they each felt unique and distinct and had a purpose within the plot. There was a lot of social commentary and the plot as a whole felt realistic and wasn’t forced. I loved Kiki’s attitude and the way that Malakai wormed his way into her heart was so endearing and gave me all the feels! ⭐️5/5 stars
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert – just like the title I found this to be incredibly cute! These two teens actually communicated to each other instead of assuming what the other is feeling and there was more to the story than just their romance! Probably not going to be picking up any more YA romance but this I definitely wasn’t disappointed this give me all the warm fuzzy feels. ⭐️4/5 stars
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang – unfortunately this was a very forgettable read! I didn’t really enjoy our main protagonist as much as the other female leads in this series. She let her family walk all over her and didn’t stand by her boundaries leading to this stagnant nature of the book that dragged all of the conflict out unnecessarily in my opinion. ⭐️2/5 stars
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