This is my favorite Hepworth book to date. I can’t recommend it highly enough! Going to be a favorite thriller of the year for me.
ARC Review: Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes: Science-Fiction/Horror
I devoured this book! This is Barnes’s best yet – officially an auto-buy author for me now, I will read everything she writes. Easily going to be a favorite read of the year for me.
The Woman with No Name by Audrey Blake
I think this is going to be one of the most popular historical fiction releases this year. The writing, characters, and plotting are phenomenal.
ARC Review: Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh – Mystery/Thriller
One of my favorite books of the year! Wow, wow, wow! I am still thinking about this book. I loved this book so much that I annotated it.
ARC Review: Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera – Mystery/Thriller
Wow, what a fierce and compelling experience! Highly recommend this very impressive, adult thriller debut. I hope she writes more in the future. If so, I will definitely be reading them!
ARC Review: Where You End by Abbott Kahler – Mystery/Thriller
I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes a dark, character-driven thriller. If you’ve enjoyed books from Mona Awad, Rachel Harrison, or Ashley Winstead, I think you’ll also really like this one.
ARC Review: A Fate Inked in Blood (Saga of the Unfated #1) by Danielle L. Jensen – Fantasy
Obsessed!!! I loved everything about it. Probably going to be a new favorite fantasy series of mine. All the stars for this one!
Best of 2023: Literary, Contemporary, Historical, & Romance Books (My 5-Star Reads)
This list will give you a great start if you, like me, don’t normally read these types of books but are looking to branch out of your comfort zone. These are all easy and fun books I would recommend to beginners in these genres. I am primarily a fantasy and thriller reader. Many of these books have those elements in them as well, which helped me to really enjoy them.
Best of 2023: Fantasy & Science Fiction Books (My 5-Star Reads)
With Goodreads Choice Awards becoming largely a popularity contest, I decided that this year I wanted to share what I consider to be the best new books that I read in 2023. These are my top, five-star, fantasy and science fiction reads from 2023.
Best of 2023: Mystery/Thriller & Horror Books (My 4 & 5 Star Reads)
With Goodreads Choice Awards becoming largely a popularity contest, I decided that this year I wanted to share what I consider to be the best new books that I read in 2023. In no particular order, these are my top mystery, thriller, and horror reads from the past year.
Twenty-Seven Minutes by Ashley Tate
This is an author to watch for! This is going to be the biggest and best new thriller writer of 2024. I’ve truly never read anything quite like this before! Which is such an accomplishment in this genre that seems to rewash tropes. It’s a profound and emotional story that you won’t want to miss. I cannot recommend it highly enough – you have to read it!
ARC Review: No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall – Mystery/Thriller
Highly recommend! I think this is definitely going to be a top popular thriller of the year. I couldn’t put this one down. It’s my favorite book by her so far. She has cemented her place as an auto-buy author for me.
