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Books I Read in 2025
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items This is a list separated by genre of all the books I read in 2025 with my reviews!
Sections
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Young Adult
Romance
Fantasy
Romantasy
Horror
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
This was just okay. Nothing special. It started out funny but then just kinda stopped being funny for some reason. A couple funny lines towards the end but in between had like no humor. Everything was just average I guess.
Warm Bodies #1 - Isaac Marion
This was a re-read. Didn’t necessarily hold up as an adult but I LOVED this when it first came out. Like I ate it up as a young teen. So if you’ve got young teens I would recommend for them.
The Darkest Minds #1 - Alexandra Bracken
This felt like a romance novel with a slasher side plot. I wanted a slasher not a romance.
There's Someone Inside Your House
First I’d like to say this concept would be so cool to see in a horror setting. Like I would eat that shit up. But I felt like this book was so underwhelming, not flushed out very much, and I didn’t really care about most of the stuff. I didn’t care ...
Caraval
I can’t believe I waited this long to read this book. I’m mad at myself for not reading this BEFORE seeing the movie. But even though I know what happened did not diminish my enjoyment of the book. It definitely gave more context and more understandi...
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel)
This was a re-read. This YA DOES hold up as an adult. I still love it. Don’t read powerless. JUST READ THIS.
Red Queen
Just read Red Queen. Victoria Aveyard did it first and better. This is literally the same thing. Lauren Roberts doesn’t have an original thought in her head. I only gave it 1.5 stars because *some* of the banter got me. Just a little bit. Like the ti...
Powerless
I mean if you want something for kids then here you go.
Sheets
Romance
Okay. I wanted to give it 1 star but I gave it half a star extra because I appreciate the horror movie references that all tie into the same real life serial killer. However, everything else was pretty boring. It was an okay book up until we got to t...
Butcher & Blackbird: The Ruinous Love Trilogy - Books
YALL. So close to being my first five star of the year but I docked it a little bit because I felt like it was getting kind of repetitive. Like how many times is Magnolia going to walk in on BJ with another girl and be like “umm wtf” like it hasn’t a...
Magnolia Parks (Collector's Edition: Jessa's Version)
Not as traumatizing as Credence but like still not good.
Corrupt
Holy shit. The best book so far for 2025. I’m absolutely devastated. This was the most emotional rollercoaster of a book I’ve ever read in my life. My heart is absolutely shattered and I can’t function. Everybody read this book but absolutely check y...
Binding 13 (Deluxe Edition)
I have never cried so much while reading a book. I never cry when reading but for some reason this is the THIRD book in a row that has made me cry and idk what’s happening to me. The ONLY reason I docked this book a quarter of a star was because I wa...
Keeping 13 (Standard Edition)
Okay so I’m not a contemporary romance girly so this being a 3.75 stars is actually a really good rating for me. I actually really enjoyed this book but you know it falls into the same formula as every single contemporary romance. While I really enjo...
King of Wrath
Just like Magnolia Parks this book had me HOOKED with all the toxicity. I absolutely loved it. My only complaints are that even though I loved the male love interest it was still insta lovey. They said I love you after less than a week of meeting so ...
The Conditions of Will
Fantasy
Overall, this book was really good. However it was so hard to finally understand the world. There was so much infodumping that it took me out of the story a lot of the times. However I’m excited to continue the series. The last quarter of the book wa...
Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle #1) by Jay Kristoff
Ugh. It’s finally over. This was so ridiculously boring and confusing. And I had no idea wtf was going on. I hated every second of this. Booooo. Tomato tomato 🍅
The Fifth Season
Romantasy
The writing was atrocious. Five stars. *this was a re-read*
Zodiac Academy (12 book series) Kindle Edition
This was just a typical romantasy. Nothing made it stand out from other romantasies.
Quicksilver
FINALLY a hyped up popular book that is ACTUALLY worth the hype. This was AMAZING. I loved the dragons and reading all the interactions with the dragons and their riders. The romance was a perfect balance. I genuinely enjoyed and felt for the romance...
Fourth Wing (Wing and Claw Collection)
Still not as good as zodiac academy but also still really addictive. The spice is spicing.
Savage Fae (Book 2 in the Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac series)|Paperback
Okay. I was gonna rate this 3 stars because while it’s easy and fun to read it was just sex sex sex sex and absolutely zero plot. But THOSE LAST 100 PAGES GOT ME. I feel like while the twisted sisters are able to write amazing spicy scenes I wish the...
Vicious Fae (Book 3 in the Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac series)|Paperback
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The Book of Azrael: Deluxe Limited Edition
This book was basically Divergent. Like it felt so similar to divergent. And at one point it even used the word divergent. While some parts of it I loved because it reminded me of Divergent (the military aspect and the training. I will eat that shit ...
Silver Elite
I feel like this is just like scratching the surface of what this world, series, and story can be. I know the next books are much longer than this one so I hope they get better and just have better world building than this one. I still want to try th...
Gild
I 100% predicted the ending of this book from a mile away. Did I still cry at the end? Yes.
The Knight and the Moth
Okay I actually really enjoyed this book. The world and the lore is so fascinating to me. I also love the dynamic between the love interests. However I do have some criticisms that kept it from being five stars. I wish we would’ve gotten a perspectiv...
Shield of Sparrows
Nothing special. This book doesn’t really stand out compared to other romantasy books. But it was a fun time. I also have higher hopes for the sequel. I’m very interested in how the story continues. While I wasn’t surprised by the ending in the sligh...
Empire of Flame and Thorns
Okay but why was this so good. I absolutely loved this book. The only reason I’m not giving it five stars was because the romance was just lust. There was no relationship or love it was just sex let’s be real. But the whole book’s vibe, plot, everyth...
Nocticadia (Deluxe Edition)
I just want to go back to zodiac academy. Respectfully I just don’t care about these characters or what happens to them.
Broken Fae
This book is apparently an adult book but read like young adult. The writing is very very juvenile and it’s instalust which I hate. I don’t recommend lol. This was marketed as a fey academy for spies but there was hardly anything related to the spy s...
Avalon Tower
Holy shit. The majority of this book felt like a normal tropey romantasy Book. I knew that there was a plot twist at the end, but I could not figure it out throughout the entire book and that ending shook me to my core. that ending is what made this...
Metal Slinger: Fire & Metal: Book One
The first like 60% was just a love story but I also feel it was still important to the story. The last 40% was so interesting and much more fantasy elements. I cannot wait to continue the story and see where it goes and what happens with a lot of the...
The Lies of Lena
Eh. Mid. At this point I think I was just burnt out on all the romantasy.
Arcana Academy
Horror
✨God forbid a man has hobbies✨
This was definitely the most disturbing grossest thing I’ve ever read. I was conflicted on whether to rate it low because of how disturbing it was or rating it high because it succeeded in disturbing me which never hap...
American Psycho
I’m rating it a 3.5 for rn because I need some time to think on this one. Definitely weird and interesting and crazy. I just don’t know how I feel lol. It’s pretty similar to American Psycho but also very different. I definitely wasn’t expecting the ...
Victorian Psycho
This book is like thirteen reasons why meets jurassic park meets Jennifer’s Body. I didn’t love it but it was definitely interesting. This was the first bug horror I’ve ever read and i definitely love that aspect. I docked it to 3.75 because I just f...
The Queen: A Novel
I thought this was a mermaid horror book. If I’m gonna read a mermaid horror book, I want killer mermaids. This has no killer mermaids. Everyone acts like this book is sooo crazy but I predicted exactly what she was gonna do one chapter in so when it...
Chlorine: A Novel
Super quick but a fun read.
Below
Not bad. Not good either. Not gonna remember anything I read in like a week from now probably. I had really high hopes for Ronald Malfi. Not sure if I want to try more of his books. I probably still will but there wasn’t really anything special about...
Small Town Horror
Respectfully, wtf did I just read. This started out as a normal boring, what I thought was a thriller book. This bitch turned in Bunny by Mona Awad out of nowhere and absolutely not. I genuinely don’t even know what to rate this but Fable won’t let m...
Julie Chan Is Dead: A Novel
It started to get good but then the ending was just anticlimactic. I felt like we got no resolution and none of my questions were answered. So I rated it 3 stars because the middle parts were really good but it was a very slow first 100 pages and the...
The Between
This book was so good until the end. The ending was just confusing and anticlimactic. But the rest of the book was so so good 😭😭😭
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng: A Darkly Funny, Gory, and Ghostly Horror Novel
So the writing was so gripping and phenomenal and just worked for me so well. I well 100% be reading more of Keisling’s books. The plot and story was very interesting but I was just hoping for something shocking and exciting to happen. Nothing really...
The Sundowner's Dance
Middle of the road. Nothing special. Not bad either.
Come Closer
Historical Fiction
Eh. It existed. Another example of a book that sooooo hyped up and it’s just mid.
James (Pulitzer Prize Winner): A Novel
Sci-Fi
THIS BOOK WAS SO FUN. I CANNOT wait to read the rest of the series. I feel like it’s just gonna get better and better. It felt like a video game but with a talking cat that references gossip girl and gilmore girls. Absolutely LOVED this book and cann...
Dungeon Crawler Carl
General Fiction
Not bad. Just a little too romance heavy for my liking. Wish it focused more on the astronaut and space aspect.
Atmosphere: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Love Story