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May Book Releases!

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Happy Friday bookish people! How are you all doing today?

Today I am bringing you a small list of some of the book releases happening in May.

The Tenant by Freida McFadden – 6th May

There’s no place like home…

Blake Porter is riding high, until he’s not. Fired abruptly from his job as a VP of marketing and unable to make the mortgage payments on the new brownstone that he shares with his fiancee, he’s desperate to make ends meet.

Enter Whitney. Beautiful, charming, down-to-earth, and looking for a room to rent. She’s exactly what Blake’s looking for. Or is she?

Because something isn’t quite right. The neighbors start treating Blake differently. The smell of decay permeates his home, no matter how hard he scrubs. Strange noises jar him awake in the middle of the night. And soon Blake fears someone knows his darkest secrets…

Danger lives right at home, and by the time Blake realizes it, it’ll be far too late. The trap is already set.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden knocks at your door with a gripping story of revenge, privilege, and secrets turned sour…

The South Wind by Alexandria Warwick – 8th May

Princess Sarai of Ammara has less than three months to live before death claims her. Cursed as a child to die on her twenty-fifth nameday, she will do whatever it takes to secure her realm’s future, including an arranged marriage to Prince Balior, a handsome young noble from a neighboring kingdom. But another man vies for her attention as well: Notus, the South Wind, god of the desert breeze, and Sarai’s ex-lover.

Sarai is determined to stay away from the god who betrayed her and honor her father’s plan. But Prince Balior has an agenda of his own, and as Sarai learns more about her betrothed, she realizes he might be a dangerous threat to her people. So despite her hatred for Notus, she fakes their engagement to escape the arranged marriage and unearth Prince Balior’s true motives surrounding his obsession with the menacing labyrinth that sits in the palace’s grounds.

But darker forces are at work, and time is running out. Together with Notus, Sarai must face the horrors dwelling inside the labyrinth to save herself and her realm—but in order to succeed, she must confront her pain and the monsters she carries within herself…

The South Wind is a brand-new standalone fantasy romance novel featuring a fake engagement and second chance romance from TikTok sensation Alexandria Warwick. Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Scarlett St. Clair and Raven Kennedy.

A Curse Carved In Bone by Danielle L Jenson – 13th May

A shield maiden fights to break the shackles of prophecy—and to overcome the betrayal of the man who broke her heart—in this searing conclusion to the Norse-inspired fantasy romance duology that began with the bestselling A Fate Inked in Blood.

The secret of her divine heritage revealed, Freya finds herself on a path that will see thousands of lives lost to the magic in her blood. Desperate to avoid this dark fate, she risks an alliance with Skaland’s greatest enemy to seek answers from the seer who foretold her future—the same seer who sent Bjorn to kill her.

While Freya still seethes with rage over Bjorn’s betrayal, the blood oaths that bind her demand that she keep him close as she hunts for a way to avert the looming war. Her magic draws her to the front lines of an old enmity, embroiling her with Nordeland’s Unfated—children of the gods who serve the king she was raised to fear. The same king who, unlike Bjorn, is now willing to fight at her back. For despite the desire that burns hot between Bjorn and Freya, his growing distrust of her chosen path threatens to drag them further apart.

As war approaches, gods and mortals must choose their weapons. Yet the fiercest battle will be the one Freya wages within herself. With the magic of two goddesses burning in her veins, she must weave the threads of destiny to decide her own fate: Will she be the shield that protects her people or the curse that destroys them?

Rewind It Back by Liz Tomforde – 20th May

𝑯𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒆

When I was eleven, my family moved next door to his.
When I was thirteen, he was my first crush.
When I was sixteen, we fell for each other.
And when I was nineteen, we broke each other’s hearts.

Six years later, I’ve landed an internship with a big-name interior designer in a new city. Unfortunately, that city just so happens to be the one he plays hockey for.

I thought Chicago was big enough to avoid him, until I get the surprise of a lifetime and unknowingly move in right next door. Even worse? The renovation project I’m assigned to in hopes of turning that internship into my full-time dream job…

It’s 𝘩𝘪𝘴 house.

But how am I supposed to update his bachelor pad into a family home when we can’t even stand to be in the same room?

I may have loved Rio DeLuca once, but I’m not that same girl anymore.

𝑹𝒊𝒐

I never thought I’d be the only single one left in my friend group. But after years of trying to find love, I’ve concluded it may not exist for me anymore.

That is, until I accidentally hire Hallie Hart to renovate my house and our jaded history has me rewinding memories I’ve kept secret for years.

You see, there’s something that my friends don’t know.

That connection I’ve been looking for since I moved to Chicago, that one person some search their entire lives to find… I had already found her when I was twelve years old.

And now the only girl I’ve ever loved is moving into the house next door.

Again.

Malevolent Eight by Sebastien De Castell – 22nd May

The stakes have never been higher.

The world is teetering on the brink of annihilation. The Lords Celestine and the Lords Devilish, celestial and infernal beings locked in an age-old enmity, have at last found the perfect battlefield for their apocalyptic Great the mortal realm.

Cade Ombra, former Glorian Justiciar turned mercenary wonderist, leads a band of emotionally unstable mages in a desperate bid to prevent the impending clash of divine and diabolical titans. Failure will leave humanity to be conscripted into an eternal war, serving as foot soldiers doomed to oblivion.

The mission seems impossible, but Cade and the Malevolent Seven aren’t exactly pacifists, so they’re determined to bring peace no matter how many people they have to kill first. With wit as sharp as their blades and a moral compass that points only toward survival, they’re ready to cut down anyone in their path to stop the war before it begins.

Prepare for a whirlwind of dark magic, irreverent humour and relentless action in The Malevolent The Bad, The Worse and The Wicked. The fate of the humanity hangs in the balance, and only the most malevolent can hope to save it.

Damned by Genevieve Cogman – 22nd May

For a former English maid, the stakes have never been higher . . .

Damned is the final book in the Scarlet Revolution series, a spellbinding adventure of magic, vampires and mayhem from the bestselling author of the Invisible Library series.

1794. Eleanor, former English maid, is a member of the League of the Scarlet Pimpernel – and now a promising mage. With a vampire plot thwarted in Paris, the League’s next daring rescue is that of the Pimpernel’s beloved wife, Lady Marguerite, imprisoned in her London townhouse on unjust charges of treason and espionage.

But Lady Marguerite’s captivity is only the first threat from the League’s vampiric enemy. With the King known to be ill, possibly mad, England is not as it should be. Vampires conspire to take control over the whole country whilst challenging Eleanor and the League at every turn.

But then, using her growing magical powers, Eleanor uncovers a devastating, centuries-old secret. It is one so steeped in blood, that it will change not only England, but the entire vampire world, forever . . .

Discover where Eleanor’s journey first began in the Sunday Times bestseller, Scarlet.

The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig – 20th May

From BookTok sensation and NYT bestselling author Rachel Gillig, comes the next big romantasy phenomenon: a gothic, mist-cloaked tale of a prophetess who is forced beyond the safety of her cloister on an impossible quest to defeat the gods with the one knight whose future is beyond her sight.

Sybil Delling has spent nine years dreaming of having no dreams at all. Like the other foundling girls who traded a decade of service for a home in the great cathedral, Sybil is a Diviner. In her dreams she receives visions from six unearthly figures known as Omens. From them, she can predict terrible things before they occur, and lords and common folk alike travel across the kingdom of Traum’s windswept moors to learn their futures by her dreams.

Just as she and her sister Diviners near the end of their service, a mysterious knight arrives at the cathedral. Rude, heretical, and devilishly handsome, the knight Rodrick has no respect for Sybil’s visions. But when Sybil’s fellow Diviners begin to vanish one by one, she has no choice but to seek his help in finding them. For the world outside the cathedral’s cloister is wrought with peril. Only the gods have the answers she is seeking, and as much as she’d rather avoid Rodrick’s dark eyes and sharp tongue, only a heretic can defeat a god.

No One Was Supposed To Die At This Wedding – 29th May

The second in a witty, USA Today bestselling series following author Eleanor Dash as she goes from wedding guest to murder mystery investigator at her best friend’s wedding on Catalina Island.

Attending your best friend’s wedding should be a piece of (wedding) cake, but not for Eleanor Dash, bestselling author of the Vacation Mysteries series. Because murder seems to follow her every time she goes on vacation and is definitely her uninvited plus-one to the special occasion.

Emma Wood, Eleanor’s best friend since childhood, is starring in the movie adaptation of When in Rome, Eleanor’s first novel. Emma is also marrying Fred Winters, a major movie star and Emma’s co-star, who just happens to be playing Connor Smith, Eleanor’s ex and leading man of the series.

Filming wraps and they invite the whole cast and crew to their wedding at nearby Catalina Island. There may be a storm headed their way—because of course there is—but nothing will stop their nuptials . . . that is until Emma receives a note that says “Someone is going to die at the wedding.”

Eleanor is a professional at this point, and she’ll do everything she can to uncover the murderer so true love can prevail . . . before it’s too late for her and the rest of the storm-trapped wedding party.

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April Book Releases

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Happy friday bookish people! It is time to bring you a list of some of the book releases of April.

There are two releases on the 1st of April: the first being Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez and the other is Vera Wong’s Guide To Snooping

On the 3rd of April there is one release: Fearless by Lauren Roberts

On the 8th April there is a release of the second book in the Phantasma series: Enchantra by Kaylie Smith

On the 15th April there are two releases: Watch Me by Taherah Mafi and Wild and Wrangled by Lyla Sage

and finally on the 24th April: Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

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March Book Releases

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Happy Monday bookish people! I hope you are doing well today.

Today I am bringing you a list of some of the amazing book releases happening in March, note: some of these books will already be out by the time this list goes up but I will have the dates listed next to each book. Also note that the dates I give are the UK dates of publication.

Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid – 4th March

By encouraging massive accumulations of debt from its underclass, a single corporation, Caerus, controls all aspects of society.

Inesa lives with her brother in a half-sunken town where they scrape by running a taxidermy shop. Unbeknownst to Inesa, their cruel and indolent mother has accrued an enormous debt—enough to qualify one of her children for Caerus’s livestreamed assassination spectacle: the Lamb’s Gauntlet.

Melinoë is a Caerus assassin, trained to track and kill the sacrificial Lambs. The product of neural reconditioning and physiological alteration, she is a living weapon, known for her cold brutality and deadly beauty. She has never failed to assassinate one of her marks.

When Inesa learns that her mother has offered her as a sacrifice, at first she despairs—the Gauntlet is always a bloodbath for the impoverished debtors. But she’s had years of practice surviving in the apocalyptic wastes, and with the help of her hunter brother, she might stand a chance of staying alive.

For Melinoë, this is a game she can’t afford to lose. Despite her reputation for mercilessness, she is haunted by painful flashbacks. After her last Gauntlet, where she broke down on livestream, she desperately needs redemption.

As Mel pursues Inesa across the wasteland, both girls begin to question everything: Inesa wonders if there’s more to life than survival, while Mel wonders if she’s capable of more than killing.

And both wonder if, against all odds, they might be falling in love.

The Ragpicker King by Cassandra Clare – 4th March

In the epic follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Sword Catcher, praised by George R. R. Martin as “everything I look for in fantasy,” Lin and Kel must chart a perilous course between love and lies.

Kel Saren, body double to Conor, crown prince of the dazzling city of Castellane, is caught between two worlds. In order to protect his beloved prince, Kel must find the culprits responsible for a massacre at the royal palace—and the only clues are held by the Ragpicker King, the notorious criminal who rules Castellane’s underworld. The trail Kel follows leads back to the Hill, where among decadent nobles and glittering parties a dark conspiracy to destroy the royal family has taken hold—a conspiracy headed up by the monstrous Artal Gremont, the man engaged to marry the woman Kel adores.

Meanwhile, Lin Caster must face the aftermath of the greatest risk she’s ever taken. To save the life of a dying friend, Lin has falsely claimed to be the Goddess Reborn, the legendary heroine destined to save her people. Now the terrifying—but strangely magnetic—leader of her people has arrived to test her powers. The price of failure is exile, and only through her alliance with the Ragpicker King can she continue to access the magic that may save her.

Then Prince Conor reappears in her life, demanding that she use her healing powers to cure the madness of his father, the King. Lin soon realizes the King is gripped by an ancient and terrible magic, one whose lure she cannot deny any more than she can deny her growing passion for Conor.

As the simmering tensions in Castellane reach a fever pitch, Lin and Kel must decide who to trust when any false move means death—or worse.

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins – 18th March

When you’ve been set up to lose everything you love, what is there left to fight for?

As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes.

Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves.

When Haymitch’s name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He’s torn from his family and his love, shuttled to the Capitol with the three other District 12 tributes: a young friend who’s nearly a sister to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up girl in town.

As the Games begin, Haymitch understands he’s been set up to fail. But there’s something in him that wants to fight . . . and have that fight reverberate far beyond the deadly arena.

To Steal From Thieves by M K Lobb – 25th March

In this high-stakes heist novel, an alchemologist and a con man team up to steal a rare necklace—but complicated feelings of attraction and deception threaten to destroy everything and everyone they love—for fans of Alexandra Bracken and Judy I. Lin.

Within the dazzling halls of London’s Crystal Palace, the event of the season has arrived: The Great Exhibition. An opportunity for the greatest minds of the century to come together under one roof in an unprecedented display of art and invention. And for two unlikely partners in crime, it’s about to become the score of a lifetime.

Charming conman Kane Durante works alone—or on occasion with his best friend, Fletcher. But when his boss, the infamous Kingpin of London’s magical dark market, gives him the impossible task of stealing a priceless artifact from the Great Exhibition, he knows it’s a job he can’t pull off alone. Enter Zaria Mendoza, daughter of one of London’s greatest alchemologists. Ever since her father’s death, Zaria’s been struggling to keep her underground business afloat, and impatient clients are becoming violent. When the infuriatingly handsome Kane offers her the promise of enough money to get out of debt and leave London entirely, she knows she can’t walk away from this dangerous partnership.

But robbing one of the most public, heavily-guarded buildings in London isn’t going to be easy, especially when love and betrayal threaten to ruin everything they’ve worked so hard for.

Slaying the Vampire Conqueror by Carissa Broadbent – 25th March

She was commanded to kill him with a single strike to the heart. She didn’t expect her own to betray her.

Sylina has sacrificed everything for her goddess–her soul, her freedom, her eyes. Life in service to the Arachessen, a cult of the Goddess of Fate, has turned Sylina from orphaned street-rat to disciplined killer, determined to overthrow Glaea’s tyrannical king. But when a brutal vampire conqueror arrives on their shores, Sylina faces an even deadlier adversary. She’s tasked with a crucial mission: infiltrate his army, earn his trust… and kill him.

Atrius is a terrifying warrior carving an unstoppable path through Glaea. Yet when Sylina becomes his seer, she glimpses a dark and shocking past–and a side of him that reminds her far too much of parts of herself she’d rather forget. Sylina’s orders are clear. The conqueror cannot live. But as the blood spilled by Glaea’s tyrant king runs thicker, her connection with Atrius only grows stronger. A connection forbidden by her vows. A connection that could cost her everything.

Slaying the Vampire Conqueror is a standalone fantasy romance set in the Crowns of Nyaxia world, full of heart-wrenching forbidden romance, dark curses, and epic battles – perfect for fans of The Bridge Kingdom and the From Blood and Ash series.

How To Seal Your Own Fate by Kristen Perrin – 27th March

Kristen Perrin is back with the second novel in her Castle Knoll series. Annie Adams is caught in a new web of murder that spans decades, returning us to the idyllic English village that holds layers of secrets.

Present day: Annie Adams is just settling into life in Castle Knoll when local fortune teller Peony Lane crosses her path and shares a cryptic message. When Peony Lane is found dead only hours later inside the locked Gravesdown Estate, Annie quickly realizes that someone is out to make her look guilty while silencing Peony at the same time. Annie has no choice but to delve into the dark secrets of Castle Knoll in order to find out just what Peony Lane was trying to warn her about, before the new life she’s just begun to build comes crashing down around her.

1967: A year has passed since her friend Emily disappeared, and teenage Frances Adams finds herself caught between two men. Ford Gravesdown is one of the only remaining members of a family known for its wealth and dubious uses of power. Archie Foyle is a local who can’t hold down a job and lives above the village pub. But when Frances teams up with Archie to investigate the car crash that claimed the lives of Ford’s family, it quickly becomes clear that this was no accident—hints of cover-ups, lies, and betrayals abound. The question is, just how far does the blackness creep through the heart of Castle Knoll? When Frances uncovers secrets kept by both Ford and Archie, she starts to wonder: What exactly has she gotten herself into?

The Shadow Bride by Shelby Mahurin – 27th March

In the thrilling conclusion of the duology set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Serpent & Dove series by Shelby Mahurin, a vampire and the woman who tried to kill him prove that true love can conquer anything, even Death. Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Mass.

Célie’s life is over. She took her final breath trying to save the people she loves—including the powerful and enigmatic vampire king, Michal, who refused to let her go. When Célie wakes, she cannot walk in the sun; she can hear her friends’ heartbeats and she craves their blood. Michal has cursed her to the eternal existence of a vampire.

But Célie isn’t the only dead roaming the earth. Her sister, Filippa, has returned as a shadow of her former self, and other revenants are rising from their graves intent on revenge. The fragile balance between life and death has broken, awakening an even darker force—and he is coming for Célie, ready to claim her as his Bride. With the fate of their world at stake, Célie and Michal must set aside their searing attraction to mend the veil and right the balance, once and for all.

The Prince Without Sorrow by Maithree Wijesekara – 27th March

A prince born into violence, seeking peace.

Prince Ashoka is the youngest son of the tyrannical Emperor Adil Maurya. Considered an outcast by his father for his rejection of the emperor’s brutal onslaught against the witches of the empire, Ashoka longs for change. When the sudden and unexpected death of his father leaves the monarchy in disarray, Ashoka is sent to govern a tumultuous region annexed by Emperor Adil that is terrorized by nature spirits—a task many see as doomed to fail. Suspected by a disdainful governor and evaded by distrustful witches, Ashoka must question his rigid ideals and fight against becoming the one person he despises the most—his father.

A witch shackled by pacifism, seeking revenge.

Shakti is a a witch bound by a pacifist code. After witnessing the murder of her aunt and village at the hands of the emperor, Shakti hurtles down a path of revenge, casting a curse with unexpected consequences. Posing as a maidservant in the famed palace of the Mauryas and armed with newfound powers beyond her imagination, Shakti attempts to dismantle the monarchy from within by having the royal progeny ruin themselves and turn their father’s legacy into nothing but ash.

In a world where nature spirits roam the land, and witches are hunted to extinction, Ashoka and Shakti will be forced to grapple with the consequences of to take it for themselves or risk losing it completely.

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February Book Releases

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Happy Monday bookish people! I hope you’re all having a good day today. It is February and that means it is time to share some of the books that are coming out in February.

Let me know, are there any books that you have your eye on this month?

The Dark Mirror by Samantha Shannon – 28th February

The Rebel Witch by Kristen Ciccarelli – 27th February

The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith- 4th February

Cursebound by Saara El- Arifi – 18th February

The Queen Who Came In From The Cold by S J Bennett – 6th February

The Antique Hunter’s: Death on the Red Sea by C L Miller – 18th February

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25 to read in 2025

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Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you are all good today, a bit of a warning, this might be a long one.

I have been seeing these lists everywhere and I thought it would be fun to do my own. So, these are the 25 books I want to prioritize in 2025. I have chosen these books because they are either: oldest on my TBR, continuing series I have started which is one of my goals for the year or they are books I feel like I should have got to by now.

The ACOTAR series (yes, I am counting the books I have left to read – A Court of Wings and Ruin, A Court of Frost and Starlight and A Court of Silver Flames – as one together because I really want to finish this series in 2025)

I Hope You’re Listening by Tom Ryan

Capturing the Devil by Kerri Maniscalco

The Gilded Cage by Lynette Noni

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber

The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V E Schwab

The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid

Sabriel by Garth Nix

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

Assassins Apprentice by Robin Hobb

Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson

Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon

Map of Days by Ransom Riggs

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Traitors Blade by Sebastien de Castell

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer

City of Brass by S A Chakraborty

Where Dreams Descend by Janelle Angeles

Us in Ruins by Rachel Moore

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

The Painted Dragon by Katherine Woodfine

That’s the ones on my list, what books do you want to read in 2025?

Have you read any of these books? What did you think of them?

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January Book Releases!

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Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you’re all having a wonderful day. Today I wanted to share some of the exciting book releases happening in January. Please note: this is not an extensive list, actually it is usually quite small, it is only a selection of the books that sound most interesting and also the dates I include are the UK release dates.

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

Water Moon by Samantha Sotto YamBao

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

A Sea of Unspoken Things by Adrienne Young

Are you looking forward to any of these releases?

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Top Five Favourite Books of 2024!

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Happy Friday bookish people! How are you all today? I hope you are all good. This is the big one everyone. Today I will be sharing my favourite books that I have read this year.

Share with down in the comments what some of your favourite books have been this year, I could easily have done a top ten with almost all five star books that I have read this year but I decided to stick only with a top five, the best books I have read this year.

In at number five is…

Powerless by Lauren Roberts

I was torn on this decision, actually until I was writing this list down to make this post I had a different book in this spot but I have just read Powerless and I gave it a 4.5 stars to begin with and then I just could not stop thinking about it. I had to change it to a five star and put it in spot number five.

In number four is…

Murder At The Dolphin Hotel by Helena Dixon

This is a series I have discovered this year, this book is the first in the series, and I absolutely adore it. If you love cosy mysteries set in the 1930s then I am sure you would love these as much as I do.

In number three is…

Throne of the Fallen by Kerri Maniscalco

Kerri Maniscalco is now definitely one of my favourite authors, I loved her Stalking Jack the Ripper series and then her Kingdom of the Wicked series and now this is the first in the spin off series and this one follows Prince Envy. It is a brilliant book, I loved it.

In number two is…

The King’s Mother by Annie Garthwaite

This novel is a follow up to her first novel, Cecily, it follows Cecily Neville – the mother of King Edward IV, his wife Elizabeth Woodville and Margaret Beaufort – the mother of Henry VII as they navigate the royal court as women. It is powerful and beautiful and emotional and it will always be one of my favourite books I have ever read. Especially as I got to visit the Neville’s family Castle the day after I read this book.

And finally, in my number one spot is…..

A Study In Drowning by Ava Reid

This novel is gothic and enchanting and just everything I hoped it would be. I know some people don’t love this book but I honestly can’t think of one thing that I did not like about it.

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Top 5 Least Favourite Books of 2024!

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Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you are all doing well today. It is that time f the year, time for me to share of the 50+ books I have read this year, which ones are the five I have least enjoyed. I can tell you this year has been very varied, I have had a few five stars which you will see next week in my favourite books of the year post so keep your eyes peeled for that but on the other end I have also had some books that I really did not enjoy.

Of those, here are the five books I enjoyed the least this year.

In at number five is…

The Twat Files by Dawn French

This is a nonfiction book that I got a signed edition of when I went to see her at my local Theatre with Darcey Bussell, I enjoyed the show but the book was a miss for me. I didn’t find it funny and I wasn’t entertained by it. That’s why it is number five on my least favourite books of this year.

In Number four is…

The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman

This is the fourth book in the Thursday Murder Club series and some of the books in the series I have enjoyed but this one I really did not. I have put up a book review for this one in November if you’d like to read all of my thoughts.

In number three is…

Love Letters to a Serial Killer by Tasha Coryell

This one was such a disappointment for me. The premise of this book was very promising with a woman needing something in her life and writing letters to a serial killer and then getting wrapped up in a murder mystery but the execution of this novel was not good. It could have been much better in my opinion.

In number two is…

The Housekeepers by Alex Hay

This was another mystery book that had a great premise but poor execution. In my opinion this book felt lazy and there were more than one plot point that didn’t fit or was never finished and it was a book that I wish I had DNF’d it instead of pushing on to finish it.

My least favourite book of this year was….

Nine Lives by Peter Swanson

This was not a terrible book, I will say that, my problem with it was that it too closely resembled another book to the point where I felt that it bordered on plagiarism. Obviously it was a more modern version of that book but the plot was very similar and that ruined it for me.

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Book Series Tracker

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Happy Friday bookish people! I hope you are all doing good. I wanted to do something a little bit different today. I have been seeing everywhere people tracking the series’ that they are reading. How many they have started, how many they have completed and reminding themselves of which series’ they are currently in the middle of. So, I thought, why not have a look at how many series’ I am reading… there’s a lot. It’s about the amount I was expecting because I do love reading a series and getting all that time with a group of characters but I am terrible at keeping up to date with them. I have found over the years that I can’t binge a series one book right after the other, I have to spread them out with other books inbetween so then it takes me forever to get around to reading them again.

So, here’s a breakdown of the series’ I own and the ones I have read – or not.

BOOK SERIES’ I HAVE COMPLETED:

  • The Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead – a nostalgic favourite
  • The Bloodlines series by Richelle Mead – a spin-off to the Vampire Academy series
  • The Spellslinger series by Sebastien de Castell – LOVED this series
  • The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorogood – as it stands I am up to date on this series but a new book will be coming in 2025
  • The Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo
  • The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman – i have read the four books currently out even though he is writing more but I think I am going to dnf this series.
  • The Stalking Jack the Ripper series by Kerri Maniscalco – a favourite for me
  • The king dom of the wicked series by Kerri Mnaiscalco
  • The Caraval series by Stephanie Garber – another favourite series
  • The Cruel prince series by Holly Black – started my love of fae
  • The Brown Sisters trilogy by Talia Hibbert – a romance series that surprisingly I enjoyed
  • The Hatmakers trilogy by Tamzin Merchant – a middle grade series which is stunning
  • The new Faraway Tree series by Jacqueline Wilson – up to date on the two currently published
  • The Dog Sitter Detective series by Antony Johnston – two books out currently so I am up to date
  • The Trial/The Suspect by Rob Rinder – a great new murder mystery series that has two books out currently and I have read both so I am up to date as of 2024
  • Gir, Missing trilogy by Sophie Mckenzie
  • City of Ghosts by V E Schwaab – a short children’s series following Cassidy who can see ghosts
  • The Maze Runner series by James Dashner
  • The Divergent series by Veronica Roth
  • The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  • The Vicious Duology by V E Schwaab – a great morally grey, are they heroes are they villains kind of book
  • Name of the Star series by Maureen Johnson – I absolutely loved this when I was younger, it is for teen readers but it is pretty dark

That is all the current series that I have finished/ got up to date with = 22 – not bad but not great either, the next category is the big one…

BOOK SERIES’ I HAVE STARTED BUT NOT FINISHED:

  • The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen – currently reading but I am unsure if I will continue the series or not.
  • Powerless by lauren Roberts – a definite five star for me
  • Shadow and Bone by leigh Bardugo
  • Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas
  • The Maid by Nita Prose
  • A Court of thorns and roses by Sarah J Maas
  • The Miss Underhay series by Helena Dixon
  • Sabriel by Garth Nix
  • The left handed booksellers of london by Garth Nix
  • The three dahlias by Katy Watson
  • Crescent City by Sarah J Maas
  • Finlay Donovan is killing it by Elle Cosimano
  • Grave Expectations by Alice Bell
  • The Cat who solved three murders by
  • Throne of the fallen by Kerri Maniscalco
  • The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni
  • Once Upon A Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
  • Shatter me by taherah Mafi
  • A Marvellous light by Freya Marske
  • The strange case of the alchemist’s daughter by Theodora Goss
  • Six Tudor Queens by Alison Weir
  • A Curious beginning by Deanna Raybourn
  • Hercule Poirot series by Sophie Hannah
  • The art of the dying by Ambrose Parry
  • Bringing down the duke by Evie Dunmore
  • Clockwork Sparrow by Katherine Woodfine
  • Pages and Co by Anna James
  • Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
  • Anatomy a love story by Dana Schwartz
  • Love and gelato by Jenna Evans Welch
  • The vanished bride by Bella Ellis
  • Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price
  • The windsor knot by Sophia Bennett
  • Truly devious by Maureen Johnson
  • How to solve your own murder by Kristen Perrin
  • The Good Girl’s guide to murder by Holly Jackson
  • An ember in the ashes by Sabaa Tahir
  • Spin the dawn by Elizabeth Lim
  • Court of miracles by Kester Grant
  • From blood and ash by Jennifer L Armentrout
  • The beautiful by Renee Ahdieh
  • Dangerous remedy by Kat Dunn
  • Serpent and dove by Shelby Mahurin
  • house of salt and sorrows by Erin A Craig
  • The wisteria society of lady scoundrels by India Holton
  • A curse so dark and lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
  • The Bear and the nightingale by Katherine Arden
  • The Invisible library by Genevieve Cogman
  • A darker shade of magic by V E Schwaab
  • Scythe by Neal Shusterman
  • The raven boys by Maggie Stiefvater
  • Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
  • Miss Peregrines by Ransom Riggs

Which gives us 53 started series…

BOOK SERIES’ I OWN BUT HAVE NOT STARTED:

  • The Graceling series by Kristen Cashore
  • Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
  • Faebound by Saara-El Arifi
  • Phantasma by Kaylie Smith
  • The Bone Spindle trilogy by Leslie Vadder
  • The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
  • Legendborn by Tracey Deonn
  • Crown of Ivy and Glass by Claire Legrand
  • Furyborn by Claire Legrand
  • Sisters Grimm by Menna Van Praag
  • Bone Criers Moon by Kathryn Purdie
  • The Guinevere Deception by Kirsten White
  • Traitors Kiss by Erin Beaty
  • The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
  • The Crowns Game duology by Evelyn Skye
  • Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
  • The fate of wrath and fame by K A Tucker
  • Shadowscent by P M Freestone
  • Seafire by Natalie C Parker
  • Al of us Villains by Amanda Foody
  • Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody
  • Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
  • Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
  • Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
  • Traitors Blade by Sebastien De Castel
  • This Savage Song by V E Schwaab
  • Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J Tuli
  • The library of the Dead by T L Huchu
  • Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer
  • Library of the Unwritten by A J Hackwith
  • Song of the Forever Rains by E J Mellow
  • lightlark by Alex Aster
  • Scarlet by Genevieve Cogman
  • Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
  • Chain of God by Cassandra Clare
  • Swordcatcher by Cassandra Clare
  • Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Fairies by Heather Fawcett
  • A Winter’s Promise by Christelle Dabos
  • Threadneedle by Cari Thomas
  • Set Fire to the Gods by Saara Rasch
  • Scavenge the Stars by Tara Sim
  • Everyone in my Family has killed someone by benjamin Stevenson
  • One of us is lying by Karen M Mcmanus
  • Lockwood and co by Jonathan Stroud
  • Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare
  • lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
  • The Diviners by libba Bray
  • Daughter of smoke and bone by laini Taylor
  • All the stars and teeth by Adalyn Grace
  • Fable by Adrienne Young
  • Incendiary by Zoraida Cordova
  • Where Dreams Descend by Janelle Angeles
  • Deal with the elf king by Elise Kova
  • Well Met by Jen DeLuca
  • A Thief’s Justice by Douglas Skelton
  • Marion Lane and the midnight murder by T A Willberg
  • Blood and sugar by Laura Shepherd Robinson
  • The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder by C L Miller
  • Twin Crowns by Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber
  • A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
  • Empire of the vampire by Jay Kristoff
  • little thieves by Margaret Owen
  • This Woven Kingdom by Taherah Mafi
  • Godkiller by Hannah Kaner
  • The Atlas six by Olivie Blake
  • A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross
  • Stolen Heir by Holly Black
  • Realmbreaker by Victoria Aveyard
  • Belladonna by Adalyn Grace
  • Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall
  • Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim
  • The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten
  • One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
  • The Wren in the holly library by K A Linde
  • Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland
  • Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
  • Castles in their bones by Laura Sebastien
  • Dance of Thieves by Mary E Pearson
  • Only a monster by vanessa len
  • The North wind by Alexandria Warwick
  • The Crimson Moth by Kristen Ciccerelli
  • The Coven by Harper L woods
  • Crucible of chaos by Sebastien de castell
  • Play of shadows by Sebastien de castell
  • A Dark and hollow star by Ashley Shuttleworth
  • These Hollow vows by Lexi Ryan
  • Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
  • The Serpent and the wings of night by Carissa Broadbent
  • Way of the argosi by Sebastien de castell
  • When the moon hatched by Sarah A Parker

Which brings us to 90 series I own at least the first book for but I have not started. Let me know if you have read any of these and what you thought of them.

So, final tallies are: 90 series’ not started, 22 completed series, and 53 series that I have started and not finished

Grand total = 165 series!! Wow, that’s a lot. Hopefully I will make better progress with them in 2025. What are your priority series’ for 2025?

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December Book Releases

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Happy Monday Bookish People! How are you all doing today? I hope you are all doing well.

As we approach the end of the year I am continuing with a post I now do monthly which is to mention some of the books that are being published in the coming month. I have to say, I live in the UK, and I really struggled to find some books that were being published this month, I believe I have three to share with you which is a bit disappointing but I wanted to make this post anyway and just share those three. So, those books are:

A Monsoon Rising by Thea Guanzon – coming out 5th December

Two hearts circle each other in the eye of the storm in this highly-anticipated follow-up to The Hurricane Wars—prepare for more enemies-to-lovers romance, magical adventures, and political schemes in this Southeast Asian-inspired world.

After a lifetime of war, Alaric and Talasyn were thrust into an alliance between their homelands that was supposed to end the fighting; however, being married to their sworn foe feels far from peaceful. Now Talasyn must play the part of Alaric’s willing empress while her allies secretly plot to overthrow his reign. But the longer the couple are forced together, the harder it becomes to deny the feelings crackling like lightning between them. When the time comes to act, can she trust him, or must she ignore her heart for the sake of so many others?

As the master of the Shadowforged Legion, Alaric has trained for battle all his life, but marrying a Lightweaver might be his most dangerous challenge yet. With tensions between nations churning, he needs to focus on the greater threat—the Moonless Dark, a cataclysmic magical event that could devour everything. Only he and Talasyn can stop it, with a powerful merging of light and shadow that they alone can create together. But saving their world from this disaster is a mere preface to his father’s more sinister schemes, and his wife is a burning flame in the darkness, tempting both his loyalties and his desires.

The Hurricane Wars aren’t over. It’s time to choose what—and who—to fight for. The world holds its breath amidst a whirlwind of new magic and old secrets that could change everything.

The Voyage Home by Pat Barker – this is coming out in the beginning of December

The follow-up to Pat Barker’s Number One bestseller THE WOMEN OF TROY

Continuing the story of the captured Trojan women as they set sail for Mycenae with the victorious Greeks, this new novel centres on the fate of Cassandra — daughter of King Priam, priestess of Apollo, and a prophet condemned never to be heeded. (When she refuses to have sex with Apollo, after he has kissed her, granting her the gift of true prophecy, he spits in her mouth to make sure she will never be believed.)

Psychologically complex and dangerously driven, Cassandra’s arrival in Mycenae will set in motion a bloody train of events, drawing in King Agamemnon, his wife Clytemnestra and daughter Electra. Agamemnon’s triumphant return from Troy is far from the celebration he imagined, and the fate of the Trojan women as uncertain as they had feared.

Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson – coming out 6th December

The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the #1 New York Times bestselling Stormlight Archive―the iconic epic fantasy masterpiece that has sold more than 10 million copies, from acclaimed bestselling author Brandon Sanderson.

Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future of Roshar on the line. The Knights Radiant have only ten days to prepare―and the sudden ascension of the crafty and ruthless Taravangian to take Odium’s place has thrown everything into disarray.

Desperate fighting continues simultaneously worldwide―Adolin in Azimir, Sigzil and Venli at the Shattered Plains, and Jasnah at Thaylen City. The former assassin, Szeth, must cleanse his homeland of Shinovar from the dark influence of the Unmade. He is accompanied by Kaladin, who faces a new battle helping Szeth fight his own demons . . . and who must do the same for the insane Herald of the Almighty, Ishar.

At the same time, Shallan, Renarin, and Rlain work to unravel the mystery behind the Unmade Ba-Ado-Mishram and her involvement in the enslavement of the singer race and in the ancient Knights Radiants killing their spren. And Dalinar and Navani seek an edge against Odium’s champion that can be found only in the Spiritual Realm, where memory and possibility combine in chaos. The fate of the entire Cosmere hangs in the balance.