I returned to reading in 2012 and deep dived into Indie authors. Sharing collections of my faves by year. So many authors who are underrated and I never hear anything about these days. Booktok is missing out!
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2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2012
Team Edward…obviously
The Twilight Saga Complete Collection
Beginning of the spicy book journey
Fifty Shades Trilogy (Grey/Darker/Freed)
One of my fave young adult and now made into a movie!
Beautiful Disaster: A Novel (Series)
Spicy and underrated
Gabriel's Inferno
Forbidden triangle
Thoughtless
Because Jack f**king Carter (iykyk)
The Perfect Game: A New Adult Romance
My first Colleen Hoover book
Slammed: A Novel (1)
Gideon Cross-underrated
Bared to You (A Crossfire Novel)
Jake Wethers, hot rock star
The Mighty Storm (The Storm, 1)
My first Tarryn Fisher book
The Opportunist (Love Me With Lies)
First book to make me question my morals
Captive in the Dark (Platinum Edition) (Dark Duet)
2013
She is such an underrated author. This began my love of her books!
There Is No Light In Darkness
Book 2 in the duet. Author Claire Contreras
Darkness Before Dawn
Great series!! Another author I never hear about!
Consequences (Consequences Series)
Devoured this series! Wanted to be friends with them!
Rock Chick
Absolutely underrated must read!
The Sea of Tranquility: A Novel
Beginning of my MC loves
Undeniable
Jack McLachlan
Beauty From Pain (Beauty Series)
Camden McQueen-hot tattoo artist
Sins and Needles (The Artists Trilogy Book 1)
So good! Emotional
The Final Piece
One of my all time favorites!
Making Faces
Cue the tears…
In the Stillness
Can't go wrong with any of her books!
Catch Me
2014
Tik Tok made it popular but I've loved it for years!
Ugly Love: A Novel
Loved this book and it had a great movie adaptation
Me Before You (Me Before You Trilogy)
Great book and loved the movie adaptation! Keep the tissues close by
The Fault in Our Stars
Another author I never hear about. Love her!
The Law of Moses
Love Ridge!
Maybe Someday (1)
Soooo good!
Monster in His Eyes
love!
The Devil's Contract (Contracts & Deceptions)
I see on booktok now but have loved it for years!
Archer's Voice
Another great author I never hear about!
53 Letters For My Lover (Original)
MC and age gap
Nine Minutes (The Nine Minutes Trilogy)
So good!
Love, in English
2015
Loved this book so much!
Eleanor & Park
I could not put this down, sucked me in right away!
The Sweet Gum Tree
Amazing story that really tugged at my heart strings. I hope every boy like Colton finds their Lilly
Puddle Jumping
Tik Tok is not wrong on this series! Loved it all!
The Deal (Off-Campus, 1) by Elle Kennedy
Normally this author writes hysterical books but this is beautiful!
Fisher's Light
A bad boy Penelope Ward book no one talks about and should!
Jake Undone
I remember this book bringing me out of a book funk when I read it. This story has everything.
The Paper Swan
Tillie Cole is another author I have loved since I started her books. Many different styles of her stories but all great!
Eternally North
If you like MC books, this series is everything!! One of my fave to date.
It Ain't Me, Babe (A Hades Hangmen Novel)
That's right Tik Tok, I read this in 2015. Colleen Hoover books are all worth the hype!
November 9: A Novel
2016
Part of an amazing MC series. Good girl versus bad boy. Hot, dangerous, love this whole series. Check trigger warnings.
Soulless (The King Series)
Mafia, forced marriage, check your trigger warnings
Sparrow
I recommend this to anyone I can, especially young adult readers. So beautiful and emotional. You'll need tissues near by for sure with this one, but sooooo worth it!
A Thousand Boy Kisses
Enemies to lovers!
Paper Princess: A Novel (The Royals, 1)
Enemies to lovers that begins with a lost phone and returned with a sexy pic. Talk about an ice breaker
Stuck-Up Suit
She's sick and feels like she has nothing left. Makes her bucket list and meets someone along the way that may change the ending she wanted. Loved this one!
