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For the Book Lovers: My Top-Rated Picks 📚

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if you are an avid book reader, want to try out new genres, or someone who is just getting into reading… THIS IS FOR YOU!!               I love to share my favorite reads and *hopefully* this list will influence you to read them too, so you can share in my love for them 😊
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Fantasy Romance 🖤

 
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9/10 🫶🏼 this is what started my life affair with fantasy romance and I had no idea what was in store for me when I started this…
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses Series #1)|Paperback
 
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10/10🤩 I would do so much to be able to read this again for the first time — Rhysand… the High Lord that you are 😮‍💨
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses Series #2)|Paperback
 
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8/10 🖤 2/3 in the Fourth Wing series & the ending had me like 😳😨
Iron Flame (Paperback)
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9.5/10 ❤️‍🔥 includes a lot more action and had my emotions EVERYWHERE. Crying, denial, heartbreak, etc
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses Series #3)|Paperback
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5.5/10 — definitely felt like a filler book that could’ve been an extended chapter somewhere. almost felt like a hallmark movie vibe
A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses Series)|Paperback
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9/10❤️‍🔥 written from a different POV, so it took some getting used to, but the level of smut in this one is too good. This is the last book in the series and it broke my heart in the best ways —- PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING GOOD, READ THIS SE...
A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses Series #4)|Paperback
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8/10 🖤 perfect choice switching from ACOTAR series — filled with dragons, lots of action and overall so enthralling; I never wanted to put this book down! + you should get the special edition that includes added chapters of Xaden’s POV
Fourth Wing (Paperback)
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8.5/10🖤 A great ending* to the Empyrean (Fourth Wing) Series. Lots of action, and again, the ending??? Oh my gosh I NEED the next book immediately Rebecca…
Onyx Storm (Deluxe Limited Edition) - by Rebecca Yarros (Hardcover)
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6.5/10 - This series has a lot of opinions of which order to read, but I started with this one first and I'm glad I did. Even though I didn't very much like it, it did a good job setting up the storyline, characters, connections, etc. (some read Assa...
Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas (Paperback)
 
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8/10!! (2 of 8) Loved this book because it had action, romance, mystery, and a huge plot twist that had me like ?!?! Crossing fingers that it only gets better from here!
Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass) by Sarah J Maas (Paperback)
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Romance ❤️

 
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I absolutely loved this book from start to finish - such an easy but captivating read <3
Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover (Paperback)
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first intro into ✨smut✨ and it did not disappoint 😏
Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover (Paperback)
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Thrillers & Mystery

 
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such a good psychological thriller!!
Verity by Colleen Hoover (Paperback)
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10/10 creep factor but SO DAMN GOOD. this book is pretty short and starts off with “based on a true story”, so I was already freaked lol
The Patient by Jasper DeWitt
 
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another 10/10 because the plot twist was so good I never saw it coming 👀
Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (Paperback)
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(1 of 4) a great, easy mystery read that I could not put down! reminded me of the movie “Knives Out” as it's plot invovles similar aspects - this one is definitely my favorite out of the first 3 *didn't read the fourth*
The Inheritance Games | Paperback
 
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this was such a good thriller book! easy to read and I finished it in one day
Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins (Paperback)
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General Fiction

 
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the first book that's ever made me cry 😭 loved this one
The Secret of Clouds by Alyson Richman
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