Reviews 2023

Listed A-Z by book title.

In case you need a reminder, my rating system is at the end.

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6 Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did) by Tess Sharpe

A

A Midnight Kiss On Ever After Street by Jaimie Admans

After the Forest by Kell Woods

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

B

Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton et al

The Break-Up Clause by Niamh Hargan

C

The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra Benedict

D

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

F

The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

G

Gallant by V.E. Schwab

The Girl Who Fell Beneath The Sea by Axie Oh

Going Dark by Melissa de la Cruz

H

Happy Place by Emily Henry

The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Heights by Louise Candlish

Hydra by Matt Wesolowski

I

If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come by Jen St. Jude

In One Life and Out Another by J Mercer

K

The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai

L

Love on the Island by Jessica Gilmore

Love To Hate You by Camilla Isley

The Luminaries by Susan Dennard

M

The Making Of Mrs Petrakis by Mary Karras

Maps Of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer

The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe

N

Not Here To Stay Friends by Kaitlyn Hill

Now She Is Witch by Kirsty Logan

O

Once Upon A Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

P

Pax and the Missing Head by David Barker

Penance by Eliza Clark

Q

Queen Bee by Amalie Howard

R

Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey

Reputation by Lex Croucher

Royal Blood by Aimée Carter

S

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

Straight Expectations by Calum McSwiggan

T

This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

This Wicked Fate by Kalynn Bayron

Twisted Pride by Cora Reilly

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Wicked Knight Book 1 by Diana A. Hicks

Wicked Knight Book 2 by Diana A. Hicks

The Witches of Vardø by Anya Bergman

Review ratings

I didn’t like it. I might have made myself finish it or I might have had to put it to one side. This book will have too many flaws for me to even mention. I’m hoping I never have to use this, I can’t think of any of the books I have ever read that would fall into this category but there is a first time for everything.

It was passable. Whilst I might have found an aspect of the book intriguing, say the plot or a character or the writing style, this book still has a lot of work to do.

I liked it. There will be parts that I felt were really strong, but there will still be some elements that aren’t reaching their full potential.

I really enjoyed this book. Mostly everything will be top notch, however, I may have found a few things throughout that I wasn’t keen on but I will be recommending this book.

Absolute brilliance! This book will be near perfection, one that I know will be staying with me for a while and that I will be telling people they must read.

I will also be attributing half ratings because sometimes there are some books that just deserve that little half extra or I’m being indecisive on what rating it sits between.