Monthly Reading Wrap-Up: February 2023

I’ve been focusing hard this year to try to pick books (and accepts ARCs) I legitimately think I will enjoy. Out of 80+ books, I’ve only had TWO two stars. And that to me is really impressive. I’ve also been doing a lot of rereading and I’m here for that era too.

FAVORITES OF THE MONTH:

First to Fall
A Game of Hearts
Final Offer
Into the Churn
All Rhodes Lead Here
A Waltz with Traitors
Edenbrooke
Wing and a Miss
Exes and O’s
The Bluff
The Work of Art
A Dawn of Onyx
Sensibly Wed
Running Barefoot
Royal Gone Rogue

LEAST FAVORITES OF THE MONTH:

Falling Hard for the Royal Guard

First to Fall (Lost Story Bookshop #2) by Jenny B. Jones
[Reread/ALC] Game of Hearts by Joanna Barker
Final Offer (Dreamland Billionaires #3) by Lauren Asher
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
[ARC] Into the Churn by Hayley Reese Chow
Well of Eida (The Fallen Kingdoms #1) by KB Benson
[Reread] All Rhodes Lead Here by Mariana Zapata
The Curse of Ophelia (The Curse of Ophelia #1) by Nicole Platania
Lord of Chaos (The Wheel of Time #6) by Robert Jordan
My Phony Valentine (Holidays With Hart #1) by Courtney Walsh
The Shattered City (The Last Magician #4) by Lisa Maxwell
[ARC] A Waltz with Traitors by A.L. Sowards
[Reread] Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson
Wing and a Miss (Deadlights Cove #3) by B. Perkins and Aimee Vance
Spice Road (The Spice Road Trilogy #1) by Maiya Ibrahim
[Novella] Mysteries of Thorn Manor (Sorcery of Thorns #1.5) by Margaret Rogerson
[Reread] Exes and O’s (The Influencer #2) by Amy Lea
[Gifted] Lovely Dark and Deep (Fallow Creek #1) by Claudia Cain
[Reread/ALC] The Bluff (Graham Brothers #2) by Emma St. Clair
These Infinite Threads (This Woven Kingdom #2) by Tahereh Mafi
[ARC] Happy Place by Emily Henry
Spare by Prince Harry
[Gifted] Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes
[ARC] Falling Hard for the Royal Guard by Megan Clawson
[Novella] Coming Home by Kennedy Ryan
Blood & Steel (The Legends of Thezmarr #1) by Helen Scheuerer
The Work of Art (Somerset Stories #1) by Mimi Matthews
A Dawn of Onyx (The Sacred Stones #1) by Kate Golden
In Spotlight and Shadow (Doors to the Past #11) by Rachel Scott McDaniel
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion (The Unselected Journals #1) by Beth Brower
Sensibly Wed (Bradwell Brothers #1) by Kasey Stockton
[ARC] Love Buzz by Neely Tubati Alexander
Running Barefoot by Amy Harmon
Beauty and the Blade by S.C. Grayson
Mr. Gardiner and the Governess (Clairvoir Castle Romances #1) by Sally Britton
[ARC] The Enchanted Hacienda by J.C. Cervantes
Stardust in Their Veins (Castles in Their Bones #2) by Laura Sebastian
[ARC] Royal Gone Rogue (Sweet Royal RomComs #2) by Emma St. Clair
Chain of Thorns (The Last Hours #3) by Cassandra Clare
A Tournament of Crowns (A Trial of Sorcerers #3) by Elise Kova