Category: 5 Star Reads
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Top 10 Books of 2019
These are definitely not in order, but they are my favourite reads for this year overall. My top 10 consists of books that were published in 2019 and I added a few more at the bottom that weren’t published this year, but still deserve to be recognized. Top 10: Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson…
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The Queen of Nothing – Holly Black
The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Queen of Nothing is the third and final book in Holly Black’s The Folk of the Air series. I started the series with the Cruel Prince, which I enjoyed but was not one of my top few books of the year.…
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Sorcery of Thorns – Margaret Rogerson
Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson is a beautifully written world that will appeal to book lovers and make you want to live in its rich depths. It is a world in which certain books are magical, called grimoires, and are capable of…
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Finale – Stephanie Garber
Finale by Stephanie Garber My rating: 5 of 5 stars Finale by Stephanie Garber is the third and finale book in her Caraval series. Caraval began the series and was Garber’s debut novel. I was immediately entranced by the world that she crafted, but was certainly left wanting more. (More detail, more worldbuilding, etc). She…
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Bloodwitch – Susan Dennard
Bloodwitch by Susan Dennard My rating: 5 of 5 stars Bloodwitch by Susan Dennard picks up after the events of Windwitch, in which Safi and Iseult are separated and a lot has happened in their world. I would highly recommend either reading a detailed summary of the previous two books in the series (Truthwitch and…
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Muse of Nightmares – Laini Taylor
Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor My rating: 5 of 5 stars Muse of Nightmares is the second book in the Strange the Dreamer duology by Laini Taylor. I loved the second book just as much as I did the first, but for very different reasons. I was so incredibly enamored by the first book…
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Sarah’s Scribbles – Sarah Andersen
Adulthood Is a Myth by Sarah Andersen My rating: 5 of 5 stars Big Mushy Happy Lump by Sarah Andersen My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars Herding Cats by Sarah Andersen My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars If you’ve ever wondered if you’re weird and not as social as all of your peers – this…
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Strange the Dreamer – Laini Taylor
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor My rating: 5 of 5 stars Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor is the first book in a fantasy duology. From the first few pages, I was drawn into the story like a moth to a flame and it never let me go. The author has a way with…
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Reflection – Elizabeth Lim
Reflection: A Twisted Tale by Elizabeth Lim My rating: 5 of 5 stars Reflection is the fourth book in the Twisted Tales series, although this is the first book not written by author Liz Braswell. Reflection is written by Elizabeth Lim and focuses on Mulan’s story, just after she steals the canon and causes an…
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Furyborn – Claire Legrand
Furyborn by Claire Legrand My rating: 5 of 5 stars I am a huge fan of epic fantasies and this book hit all the right notes. It was clear from the beginning that the author put an incredible amount of time and thought into her world-building, magic system, and history. I felt that it could…
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