Monthly Reading Wrap-Up: June 2023

SUMMERTIME READING has been a blast and I LOVE how many great indie books I read this month!! Anything on my favorites list are considered must read recommendations.

Favorites this month:

  • American Gauntlet
  • The Pocket Pair
  • Spark of the Everflame
  • Queen of Shadows (Reread)
  • Same Time Next Summer
  • Love, Theoretically
  • Empire of Storms
  • The Seven Year Slip
  • Back to Class
  • The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley
  • Foul Heart Hunstman
  • The Matrimonial Advertisement
  • Fear the Flames

Least favorites:

  • Crossroads of Twilight
  • Love Songs Suck by Beck Monson
  • [ARC] American Gauntlet by Allie Lewis
  • An Improbable Season (Unexpected Seasons #1) by Rosalyn Eves
  • [ARC] Love Unseen by Rachel Kelley Stones
  • Emma of 83rd Street by Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding
  • [ARC] The Pocket Pair (Graham Brothers #3) by Emma St. Clair
  • Starlight (Angels of Elysium #3) by Olivia Wildenstein
  • The Duchess Takes a Husband (The Gilded Age Heiresses #4) by Harper St. George
  • Spark of the Everflame (Kindred’s Curse #1) by Penn Cole
  • [ALC] Borrow My Heart by Kasie West
  • [Reread] Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass #4) by Sarah J. Maas
  • Queen Charlotte by Julie Quinn and Shonda Rhimes
  • [ARC] A Beautiful Disguise (The Imposters #1) by Roseanna M. White
  • I’m Not Charlotte Lucas by Kasey Stockton
  • Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan
  • [ARC] Betting on the Best Friend’s Brother (Betting on Love #2) by Melanie Jacobson
  • The Tarnished (The Blameless #2) by E.S. Christison
  • [Reread] A Kingdom of Exiles (Outcast #1) by S.B. Nova
  • You First by Caitlin Moss
  • Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
  • [Reread] Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass #5) by Sarah J. Maas
  • Things We Hide From the Light (Knockemout #2) by Lucy Score
  • Crossroads of Twilight (The Wheel of Time #10) by Robert Jordan
  • [ARC] Kiss the Girl (Meant to Be #3) by Zoraida Cordova
  • Heart of the Raven Prince (Entangled With Fae #2) by Tessonja Odette
  • Threads That Bind (Threads That Bind #1) by Kika Hatzopoulou
  • [ALC] The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
  • [Novella] A Duchess for the Duke (Clairvoir Castle Romance #0.5) by Sally Britton
  • Back to Class (The Thornback Society #3) by Aspen Hadley
  • [ALC] Dark Water Daughter (The Winter Sea #1) by H.M. Long
  • Honorably Engaged (Bradwell Brothers #3) by Kasey Stockton
  • The Lost God by Sheila Masterson
  • The Best Thing by Mariana Zapata
  • Ruling Destiny (Stolen Beauty #2) by Alyson Noel
  • The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley by Courtney Walsh
  • The Rithmatist (Rithmatist #1) by Brandon Sanderson
  • Foul Heart Huntsman (Foul Lady Fortune #2) by Chloe Gong
  • The Matrimonial Advertisement (Parish Orphans of Devon #1) by Mimi Matthews
  • [ARC] A Cross-Country Wedding (Road Trip Romance #2) by Courtney Walsh
  • Silver Bounty (The Royal Rose Chronicles #2) by Victoria McCombs
  • Fear the Flames (Fear the Flames #1) by Olivia Rose Darling

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Monthly Reading Wrap-Up: June 2021

My reading was a bit all of the place this month. Started off super strong and I feel like downhill was the only place to go. That’s okay! Definitely a positive month overall.

Favorites: The Poplar Falls series (of which I binged in 3 days), KULTI!!!!!, Ugly Love if you’re looking for a good cry, Southern Sun Northern Star (for crying reasons as well), The War I Finally Won, and We Free the Stars

Least favorites: The Roommate Situation, and The Trustworthy Groom

  • Stone Hearts (Poplar Falls #2) by Amber Kelly – (☆☆☆☆☆)
  • Wicked Hearts (Poplar Falls #3) by Amber Kelly – (☆☆☆☆)
  • Fragile Hearts (Poplar Falls #4) by Amber Kelly – (☆☆☆☆)
  • Crazy Hearts (Poplar Falls #5) by Amber Kelly – (☆☆☆☆)
  • The Lion’s Den by Katherine St. John – (☆☆☆☆)
  • Kulti by Mariana Zapata – (☆☆☆☆☆)
  • In the Penalty Box by Lynn Rush and Kelly Anne Blount – (☆☆☆)
  • [ARC] A Feeling Like Home by Haleigh Wenger – (☆☆☆)
  • A Fate of Wrath & Flame (Fate & Flame #1) by K.A. Tucker – (☆☆☆)
  • Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover – (☆☆☆☆☆)
  • [Graphic] Heartstopper Vol. 1 by Alice Oseman – (☆☆☆☆☆)
  • [Graphic] Heartstopper Vol 2. by Alice Oseman – (☆☆☆☆☆)
  • [ARC] Between You, Me, and the Honeybees by Amelia Diane Coombs – (☆☆☆☆)
  • Foundryside (The Founders Trilogy #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett – (☆☆☆☆)
  • A Fall from Grace (Clavering Chronicles #1) by Jennie Goutet – (☆☆☆)
  • Southern Sun, Northern Star (Glass Alliance #3) by Joanna Hathaway – (☆☆☆☆☆)
  • The War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life #2) by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley – (☆☆☆☆☆)
  • The Bone Thief (The Bone Charmer #2) by Breeana Shields – (☆☆☆☆)
  • At Love’s Command (Hanger’s Horseman #1) by Karen Witemeyer – (☆☆☆)
  • Pride and Premeditation (Jane Austen Murder Mystery #1) by Tirzah Price – (☆☆☆☆)
  • Eye of the Beholder (Stone Springs #1) by Gracie Ruth Mitchell – (☆☆☆)
  • [Reread] The Bridge Kingdom (The Bridge Kingdom #1) by Danielle L. Jensen – (☆☆☆☆☆)
  • The Roommate Situation (Only in Atlanta #1) by Katie Bailey – (☆☆☆)
  • Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado – (☆☆☆☆)
  • Only When It’s Us (Bergman Brothers #1) by Chloe Liese – (☆☆☆☆)
  • [Graphic] Soppy by Philippa Rice – (☆☆☆)
  • The Trustworthy Groom (Texan Titans Romance) by Cami Checketts – (☆☆)
  • We Free the Stars (Sands of Arawiya #2) by Hafsah Faizal – (☆☆☆☆ 1/2)
  • Knitted Hearts (Poplar Falls #6) by Amber Kelly – (☆☆☆☆)
  • Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor #3) by Jessica Townsend – (☆☆☆☆)

How was your reading month? Lets talk in the comments!

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