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All the Books I Read in 2023 | Part 3

Mar 31, 2024

We are finally getting to the last part of this series! Ah. But as I said in my last post on this series. I had a few issues with my blog, but things are looking good now. I’m so excited to share with you all the books I read from September to December 2023.

One of the reasons I love doing these books is that it lets me look back at all the books I read over the year. I get to see what books I love, the books I may re-read. It even lets me work out the series I need to finish. I also get to see what types of books I read the year. And while I mostly did read romance in 2023, I like seeing the subgenres that really caught my eye.

This series will be done similarly to last year, with three posts. Each post will follow different months and will be as follows, January-April, May-August, September-December.

In 2023, I read 222 books. And while not my biggest year I’m happy with what I read. So, let’s get right into it. Here are all the books I read from September – December 2023. As always these are in no real order.

Allies (The Luna Series, #3) by Letty Frame – 3 Stars. | Healer (The Luna Series, # 4) by Letty Frame – 3 Stars. | The Demon’s Bargain (Peculiar Tastes, #2) by Katee Robert – 3 Stars. | The Gargoyle’s Captive (A Deal With a Demon, #3) by Katee Robert. – 3.5 Stars.

Roommate Arrangement (Divorced Men’s Club, #1) by Saxon James – 4 Stars. | Reclaim: Cedar Valley Bears (Small Town Packs #2) by Cassie Laelyn – 4 Stars. | Awaken: Wolves of Timber Falls (Small Town Packs #3) by Cassie Laelyn – 3 Stars. | String Me Along (Learning to Love Series) by Lilian T. James – 3.5 Stars.

Lola & the Millionaires: Part One (Sweet Omegaverse, #2) by Kathryn Moon – 4.5 Stars Reread. | Lola & the Millionaires: Part Two (Sweet Omegaverse, #3) by Kathryn Moon – 4.5 Stars Reread. | A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor (Tempting Monsters, #1) by Kathryn Moon – 4 Stars. | Flopper (Vegas Venom #1) by Colleen Charles – 2 Stars.

I Was Born Ruined (Death by Daybreak MC #1) by C.M. Stunich – 3 Stars. | I Am Dressed in Sin (Death by Daybreak MC. #2) by C.M. Stunich – 3 Stars. | I Will Revel in Glory. (Death by Daybreak MC, #3) by C.M. Stunich – 3.5 Stars. | Fate of A Faux (Lord of Rathe, #2.) by Meagan Brandy and Amo Jones – 4 Stars Review.

Madame (Salacious Players’ Club, #6) by Sara Cate – 4 Stars. | Twisted Loyalties (The Camorra Chronicles, #1) by Cora Reilly – 3 Stars. | Lyric & the Heartbeats (Sweet Omegaverse, #4) by Lana Kole – 3.5 Stars Reread. | Fighting Instincts (Sweet Omegaverse, #5) by Lana Kole – 4 Stars Reread.

The C*ck Down the Block (The Cocky Kingmans, #1) by Amy Award – 3 Stars. | Knot for a Moment (Slate City Omegaverse) by Devyn Sinclair – 4 Stars Review. | Find Me (WITSEC, #1) by Ashley N. Rostek – 4 Stars. Reread | Save Me (WITSEC, #2) by Ashley N. Rostek – 3.5 Stars. Reread.

The Deal (Off-Campus, #1) by Elle Kennedy – 4 Stars. Reread | The Mistake (Off-Campus, #2) by Elle Kennedy. – 3.5 Stars. Reread. | The Score (Off-Campus, #3) by Elle Kennedy – 3.5 Stars Reread. | The Goal (Off-Campus, #4) by Elle Kennedy – 4 Stars. Reread.

Poison Roses (Boys of Bellerose, #1) by Jaymin Eve and Tate James – 4 Stars. | Dirty Truths (Boys of Bellerose, #2) by Jaymin Eve and Tate James – 4 Stars. | Shattered Dreams (Boys of Bellerose, #3) by Jaymin Eve and Tate James – 3.5 Stars. | Beautiful Thorns (Boys of Bellerose, #4) by Jaymin Eve and Tate James – 4 Stars.

Halo (Fallen Angel, #1). by Ella Frank and Brooke Blaine. – 4 Stars Reread. | Viper (Fallen Angel, #2) by Ella Frank and Brooke Blaine. – 3.5 Stars Reread. | Angel (Fallen Angel, #3) by Ella Frank and Brooke Blaine – 4 Stars Reread. | The Graham Effect (Campus Diaries, #1) by Elle Kennedy – 4 Stars.

Only If It’s You by T’Lyn | The Right Move (Windy City, #2) by Liz Tomforde – 4 Stars. | Taken by the Dark Elf King (Monstrous Mates, #1) by Charlotte Swan – 3.5 Stars. | Collide (Off the Ice, #1) by Bal Khabra – 4 Stars.

Encore (Academy of Stardom, #5) by Bea Paige – 3.5 Stars. | Caught Up (Windy City, #3) by Liz Tomforde. – 4.5 Stars. | Pucking Ever After: Volume 2 (Jacksonville Rays) by Emily Rath – 3.5 Stars. | Caution to the Wind (The Fallen Men, #7) by Giana Darling. – 4.5 Stars. Review

Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young – 4.5 Stars. | Mafia And Angel (Marchiano Mafia, #2) by Isa Oliver. – 2 Stars | Meet Your Match (Kings of the Ice. #1) by Kandi Steiner – 3.5 Stars. | Hopeless (Chestnut Springs, #5) by Elsie Silver – 4 Stars.

Tinsel & Tentacles by Kate McDarris – 3 Stars. | Heist (Valenshek Legacy, #1) by Tate James – 3.75 Stars. | Forgery (Valenshek Legacy, #2) by Tate James – 3.5 Stars. | Fate Hollow Academy: Term 1 (Fate Hollow Academy, #1) by Lyra Winters – 3.5 Stars.

Fate Hollow Academy: Term 2 (Fate Hollow Academy, #2) by Lyra Winters | Puck It Up by Cameron Fox – 3 Stars. | Trick Shot by Kayla Grosse – 3 Stars. | Crossing the Top Line (Pack Mystic, #1) by Thora Woods – 4 Stars.

Plier (Ironside Academy, #1) by Jane Washington – 4 Stars. | Tourner (Ironside Academy, #2) by Jane Washington. – 4 Stars. | Sauter (Ironside Academy, #3) by Jane Washington – 4 Stars. | All In by Sara Cate – 4 Stars.

Don’t Puck With My Heart (Pucked Up Omegaverse, #2) by Sarah Blue – 3.5 Stars. | Wildfire. (Maple Hills, #2) by Hannah Grace – 4 Stars. | Harper’s Renegades (Hidden Empire, #4) by Elizabeth Knight. – 3.5 Stars.

So, there we go those are now all the books I read in 2023! Whoo. Have you read any of these books? What did you think of them? Are you planning on reading any of them? What books did you get to in 2023? And how about this year? How’s your reading going? So, let’s chat!

All the Books I Read in 2023 | Part 2

Mar 17, 2024

So I know it’s March, but after having a few issues with the blog, I can finally get back into it. Over the past few years, I’ve liked sharing all the books I’ve read the previous year. And while it takes me ages, I love sharing them with you. And today is part two of this adventure.

This series will be done similarly to last year, with three posts. Each post will follow different months and will be as follows, January-April, May-August, September-December.

In 2023, I read 222 books. And while not my biggest year I’m happy with what I read. So, let’s get right into it. Here are all the books I read from May to August. As always these are in no real order.

Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) by Rebecca Yarros – 5 Stars. | Bloody Lucky: A Thornbriar Academy Story by Cali Mann. – 1 Stars. | Lavender Moon by Sarah Blue. – 3 Stars. | Knot All that Glitters by Devyn Sinclair – 3.5 Stars.

Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail (Bright Falls. #2) by Ashley Herring Blake – 4 Stars. | Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner – 3 Stars. | Take My Daddy, I’ll Take Yours by Jenika Snow – 2.5 Stars. | Not Your Pucking Girl. (Kings of Denver #1) by Sheridan Anne. – 3.5 Stars.

Dance Butterfly Dance (Masked Duet, #1) by Reese Rivers – 4 Stars. | Burn Butterfly Burn (Masked Duet, #2) by Reese Rivers – 3 Stars. | Under Locke by Mariana Zapata – 4 Stars Reread. | Puck Me Secretly (Vancouver Wolves Hockey, #1) by Odette Stone – 3.5 Stars.

Obsession (The Mate Games, #1) by K. Loraine and Meg Anne – 4 Stars. | Rejection (The Mate Games, #2) by K. Loraine and Meg Anne – 3.5 Stars. | Possession. (The Mate Games. #3) by K. Loraine and Meg Anne. – 4 Stars. | The Temporary Wife (The Windsors, #2) by Catharina Maura. – 3.5 Stars.

Meet Me Halfway (Meet Me Halfway, #1) by Lilian T. James – 3.5 Stars. | The Scepter (The Mortal Fates, #0.1) by J. Bree. – 4 Stars. | The Sword (The Mortal Fates, #0.2) by J. Bree – 4 Stars. | The Crown of Oaths and Curses (The Mortal Fates, #1) by J. Bree – 4.5 Stars.

Mile High (Windy City, #1) by Liz Tomforde – 4 Stars. | Temptation (The Mate Games, #4) by K. Loraine and Meg Anne. – 3.5 Stars. | A Soul to Keep (Duskwalker Brides, #1) by Opal Reyne – 4 Stars. Reread | Queen Takes Knights (Their Vampire Queen, #1) by Joely Sue Burkhart. – 3.5 Stars. Reread.

Queen Takes King (Their Vampire Queen, #2) by Joely Sue Burkhart – 3.5 Stars. Reread | Boys of Brayshaw High. (Brayshaw, #1) by Meagan Brandy – 4 Stars. | Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood. #1) by J.R. Ward – 3 Stars. Reread | Lover Eternal (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #2) by J.R. Ward – 3.5 Stars. Reread.

Trouble at Brayshaw High (Brayshaw, #2) by Meagan Brandy. – 4 Stars. | Reign of Brayshaw (Brayshaw, #3) by Meagan Brandy – 4 Stars. | Lover Awakened (Black Dagger Brotherhood. #3) by J.R. Ward – 4 Stars. Reread. | Thief (Sweet Little Sinners #1). by Cassie Mint – 3.5 Stars.

Hacker (Sweet Little Sinners #2) by Cassie Mint – 3.5 Stars. | Honey Trap (Sweet Little Sinners. #3) by Cassie Mint – 3.5 Stars. | Blade (Sweet Little Sinners #4) by Cassie Mint – 3.5 Stars. | Reckless (Chestnut Springs. #4) by Elsie Silver – 4.5 Stars.

Reckless (Chestnut Springs. #4) by Elsie Silver – 4 Stars. | The Dare (Losers, #0.5) by Harley Laroux. – 3 Stars.| Sin by Seven Rue – 2 Stars. | Fate of a Royal (Lords of Rathe. #1) by Meagan Brandy and Amo Jones. – 4 Stars Review.

The Anti-Hero (The Goode Brothers) by Sara Cate – 4 Stars Review. | Wicked Heir (Chernov Bratva, #1) by Mila Kane. – 2 Stars. | Silver Or Lead. (Mafia For Hire #1) by Darcy Halifax – 4 Stars. | Be My Brayshaw (Brayshaw High #4) by Meagan Brandy. – 4 Stars.

Wrecked (Dirty Air, #3) by Lauren Asher – 4 Stars. | Break Me (Brayshaw High #5) by Meagan Brandy – 3.5 Stars. | Sabotage by Shantel Tessier – 3.5 Stars. | Redeemed (Dirty Air. #4) by Lauren Asher – 4 Stars.

Unforgettable (Cloverleigh Farms. #5) by Melanie Harlow – 3 Stars. | Ignite (Cloverleigh Farms, #6) by Melanie Harlow – 4 Stars. | The Ritual by Shantel Tessier – 4 Stars. | Waiting to Score (Pierson U, #1) by Elouise Tynan – 4 Stars.

Babymoon or Bust by Ava Hunter. – 4 Stars Review | The Unwanted Marriage (The Windsors, #3) by Catharina Maura. – 4 Stars Review. | Taste (Cloverleigh Farms, #7) by Melanie Harlow – 3.5 Stars. | Tease (Cloverleigh Farms, #8) by Melanie Harlow – 4 Stars.

Tempt (Cloverleigh Farms, #9) by Melanie Harlow – 4 Stars. | Ruthless Heir (Ruthless Dynasty #1) by Sasha Leone. – 2.5 Stars. | Grump Gone Wild (Grumps Unleashed #1) by Cassie Mint – 3 Stars. | Wretched Love (Sons of Templar MC: New Mexico #1) by Anne Malcom – 3.5 Stars.

Wilting Violets (Sons of Templar MC – New Mexico, #2) by Anne Malcom – 4 Stars. | Hard as It Gets (Hard Ink, #1) by Laura Kaye. – 3.5 Stars Reread. | Pucking Wild (Jacksonville Rays, #2) by Emily Rath. – 4 Stars. | Luna (The Luna, #1) by Letty Frame. – 3 Stars.

Mated (The Luna, #2) by Letty Frame – 3.5 Stars. | Captured by the Orc General (Monstrous Mates #2) by Charlotte Swan – 4 Stars.

And there we go, those are all the books I read from May to August in 2023. As you can see there were so many ups and downs. But I found books I loved in these months.

What books did you read last year? What were some of your favourites? Have you read any of the books that I read? So, let’s chat!

New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2023

Jan 30, 2024

This week I’m sharing some of the new-t0-me authors I discovered in 2023, and loved. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and Bookish and is hosted by The Artsy Reader Girl.

I discovered a lot of new authors that I hadn’t read before last year. There were some I found and would probably never read, but there are also some that I immediately read more books and will be reading more as they bring out more. So today I am sharing some of the books that I read for the first time last year and loved.

So let’s get right into it. These are the new-to-me authors I read in 2023, and are jumping on my tbr for this year. And as always these are in no real order.

Grace McGinty – Sports Romance, Omegaverse, Why Choose, Paranormal. | J. Bree – Fantasy, Paranormal, Why Choose, Dark Romance. | Elsie Silver – Contemporary Romance, Sports Romance, Small Town. | Angel Lawson and Samantha Rue – Dark Romance, Why Choose, College.

Meagan Brandy – Contemporary Romance, Sports Romance, Fantasy, Dark. | Devyn Sinclair – Omegaverse, Why Choose, Paranormal. | Catharina Maura – Contemporary Romances, Work Place, Billionaire. | Kat Blackthorne – Dark, Fantasy, Paranormal, Why Choose.

Shantel Tessier – Dark Romance, College, Mafia, Secret Societies. | Liz Tomforde – Sports, Contempoary Romances.

And there we go. Those are the new-to-me authors I read in 2023 and cannot wait to read more of this year. Have you read any of these authors? What did you think of them? What authors made it to your list? Let’s chat!