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Books I’ve read in 2025 🌟
30
items Rating books I finished this year. | NO SPOILERS! | Descriptions of each book. | 1-5 Stars
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Fantasy
Romance
Thrillers
Sports Romance
Horror
Fantasy
1-5 STARS
Authors - V.E Schwab | Rachel Gillig
4 (read in August) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - The novel follows three women across three different periods and settings: María in 16th-century Spain, Charlotte in 19th-century England, and Alice in 21st-century Boston. Each woman wrestles with hunger, love, and rage...
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
4 (read in August) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - The Knight and the Moth is the first book in the Stonewater Kingdom series and follows the story of Six, one of six prophetesses known as Diviners, as she explores the truth of the religious system that governs her kingd...
The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)
Romance
1-5 STARS
Authors - Julie Soto | Parker S. Huntington + L.J. Shen | B.B. Reid | Lindsay Straube | Ashley Poston | Naomi Loud | Tate James | Ali Hazelwood | Emma Hamm
4.5 (read in January) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 - In "Not Another Love Song" by Julie Soto, two gifted string players find themselves in a fierce competition for both the spotlight and each other's hearts.
Not Another Love Song by Julie Soto
3 (read in January) ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - The story revolves around Briar Rose and Oliver von Bismarck, two individuals bound by a shared past filled with emotional baggage and unresolved tensions.
My Dark Prince (Dark Prince Road #3)
5 (read in January) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - From teen star to international phenom to the biggest celebrity in the world, Aurelia George has suddenly found herself on the other side of adoration. The public thinks they hate her when they never really knew her. ...
Crucible (Men of the Wilds, #1) by B.B. Reid
1.5 (read in March) ⭐️.5 - Set in a patriarchal world where young women are “trained” by mystical creatures called basilisks to become ideal wives for the prince, the novel follows Tem, a seemingly unremarkable village girl, on her journey of sexual ...
Kiss of the Basilisk (Split or Swallow, #1) by Lindsay Straube
4 (read in March) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - The Seven Year Slip centers on Clementine West, an overworked and grieving book publicist in New York City. Clementine has inherited a magical apartment from her late aunt and finds herself in a time slip where she meets ...
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
4 (read in July) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Connie Broadbent loves to run away from her mistakes. So when her glossy Hollywood life turns into a tabloid nightmare on the eve of her twenty-ninth birthday, she does what she knows best and books a one-way ticket back t...
Play the Part (Marsford Bay, Book 2)
4.75 (read in July) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.75 - Dear Reader by Tate James is a captivating story of Ashley, a college student trying to navigate through a life full of emotional challenges, complicated relationships, and dangerous encounters. Set in the high-stak...
Dear Reader (Devil's Backbone Book 1) - Kindle edition by James, Tate. ...
4.25 (read in July) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.25 - The second book in the Devil’s Backbone series by Tate James, Watch Your Back, continues the story of Ashley Layne, the four boys who are obsessed with her, and the devious secret society they’re all wrapped up with.
Watch Your Back (Devil's Backbone, #2) by Tate James
4.75 (read in July) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.75 - The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood follows a female scientist’s comedic journey to true love that’s fraught with lies, tears, and awkward moments.
The Love Hypothesis - Hazelwood, Ali: Books
4 (read in July) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Misery Lark, a Vampyre, is forced to keep an old alliance between the Vampyres and Weres by marrying Lowe Moreland, the handsome alpha of the Weres.
Bride #1 - Ali Hazelwood
2 (read in August) ⭐️⭐️ - Love, Theoretically centers on Elsie Hannaway, a theoretical physicist and chronic people-pleaser. Within the novel, Elsie navigates the difficulties of being a woman in academia and falls for the rival physicist who nearly ...
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
3.25 (read in August) ⭐️⭐️⭐️.25 - Alys Fairweather has always loved the sea.
So when her father gets the opportunity to build a city beneath the waves, she is the first in the submarine with him. She never expected to discover an entire species of m...
Wave Song: A Deep Waters Novella eBook
Thrillers
1-5 STARS
Authors - Frieda McFadden
5 (read in January) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - The story follows Millie Calloway, a young woman with a criminal past, who is employed as a housekeeper by a rich woman, Nina Winchester, with a seeming mental health condition.
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
Sports Romance
1-5 STARS
Authors - Liz Tomforde | Elle Kennedy | Becka Mack | Chelsea Curto
5 (read in February) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Caught Up by Liz Tomforde is a contemporary sports romance that brings together a single dad and a high-end pastry chef in an unexpected love story. Kai Rhodes is a star pitcher for Chicago’s fictional MLB team, jugg...
Caught Up (Windy City, #3) by Liz Tomforde
4.75 (read in February) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.75 - The story follows Kennedy Kay, the Windy City Warriors’ ambitious female trainer, and Isaiah Rhodes, the team’s fun-loving, handsome shortstop, who has had a crush on Kennedy since the day he met her.
Play Along (Windy City, #4) by Liz Tomforde
4 (read in February) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - College senior Charlotte Kingston is living two lives―and she's nailing both of them. By day, she's the perfect sorority girl, a STEM student in biomedical engineering, and the adopted daughter of an overachiever famil...
The Charlie Method (Campus Diaries, #3) by Elle Kennedy
5 (read in March) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - This novel delves into the intricate romantic journey of Luke Ryder and Gigi Graham, the daughter of Garrett and Hannah Graham from Kennedy’s earlier novel, The Deal.
The Graham Effect (Campus Diaries, #1) by Elle Kennedy
4 (read in March) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - The novel follows Briar University cheer captain, Diana Dixon, who agrees to fake-date hockey player Shane Lindley to rid herself of her possessive ex-boyfriend and simultaneously make Shane’s ex-girlfriend jealous.
The Dixon Rule (Campus Diaries, #2) by Elle Kennedy
3.75 (read in March) ⭐️⭐️⭐️.75 - A romance novel that follows Hannah Wells and star hockey player Garrett Graham as they strike a mutually beneficial deal to achieve their individual goals but develop an unexpected romance in the process.
The Deal (Off-Campus, #1) by Elle Kennedy
4 (read in April) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - The Right Move by Liz Tomforde is a contemporary romance about Ryan Shay, the disciplined captain of the Chicago Devils NBA team, and Indy, his sister’s best friend who moves in with him after a breakup. Their story unfo...
The Right Move (Windy City, #2) by Liz Tomforde
3 (read in April) ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - This book explores a tumultuous college romance between hockey player John Logan and freshman Grace Ivers. Their journey begins with a chance encounter that leads to complications, misunderstandings, and ultimately, self-di...
The Mistake (Off-Campus, #2) by Elle Kennedy
4 (read in April) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - This book tells the story of Allie Hayes, a college senior in crisis mode. She faces graduation without a plan and a broken heart. A wild rebound with charming hockey star Dean Di Laurentis complicates her feelings. Can A...
The Score (Off-Campus, #3) by Elle Kennedy
5 (read in April) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Mile High traces the developing romance between the professional hockey “bad boy” Evan Zanders and a down-to-earth flight attendant named Stevie Shay.
Mile High (Windy City, #1) by Liz Tomforde
4 (read in May) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - It follows Garrett Andersen, a dedicated hockey player who finds himself breaking the one rule he swore to abide by: stay away from his team captain’s sister, Jennie Beckett.
Play with Me (Playing for Keeps, #2) by Becka Mack
4.25 (read in May) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.25 - A heartfelt romance novel that explores healing, vulnerability, and self-worth through the unlikely love story of Jaxon Riley, a rough-around-the-edges hockey player, and Lennon Hayes, a photographer rebuilding her li...
Fall with Me (Playing for Keeps, #4) by Becka Mack
2.75 (read in May) ⭐️⭐️.75 - A heartfelt exploration of love, loss, and personal growth, woven through the lives of Rio and Hallie, two individuals connected by a shared history and emotional baggage. The novel delves into the complexities of family...
Rewind It Back (Windy City, #5) by Liz Tomforde
4.5 (read in June) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 - A compelling sports romance that follows the emotional and physical journey of Riley Mitchell, a professional hockey player whose career is abruptly halted after a devastating injury. With the help of Lexi Armstrong, ...
Hat Trick (D.C. Stars Book 4) Curto, Chelsea
Horror
1-5 STARS
Authors - Meg Smitherman
3 (read in July) ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Kit Fox needs a fresh start. Her essays on quantum physics are too outlandish for the mainstream, and her writing career is fizzling. But things look up when she’s offered the opportunity of a lifetime: a private three-day i...
Entity by Meg Smitherman