Changing it up slightly this year, as well as a link to the review and the basic information, I will also include the star rating here! So, immediately you know what the rating was and it acts as a sort of at a glance reminder for me too! I use this page a lot more than the simpler version and so it makes sense to bring a change forward that I implemented there, here too! And the icons are being simplified too:
🌟 – 6 Star Read
🎉 – Book of the Month
🌶️- Contains an element of Spice
January
A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St James
Adult ~ Stand Alone ~ 4 ⭐
Glow of the Everflame by Penn Cole
New Adult ~ Kindred’s Curse #2 ~ 4.5 ⭐ – 🎉
What Fury Brings by Tricia Levenseller
Adult ~ Stand Alone ~ 3.5 ⭐ – 🌶️
Gild by Raven Kennedy
Adult ~ The Plated Prisoner #1 ~ 3.5 ⭐ – 🌶️
The Housemaid’s Secret by Freida McFadden
Adult ~ The Housemaid #2 ~ 2.5 ⭐
Skyshade by Alex Aster
Upper YA ~ Lightlark #3 ~ 3 ⭐-🌶️(tame but there)
The Second Death of Locke by V.L. Bovalino
Adult ~ The Hand and the Heart #1 ~ 4⭐ -🌶️
Thrum by Meg Smitherman
Adult ~ Stand Alone ~ 2.5 ⭐ – 🌶️
Golden Son by Pierce Brown
YA ~ Red Rising #2 ~ 2⭐
We Who Will Die by Stacia Stark
Adult ~ Empire of Blood #1 ~ 4.5⭐
Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
YA ~ Ready Player One #2 ~ 4⭐
February
🌟Warrior Princess Assassin by Brigid Kemmerer
Adult ~ Braided Fates #1 ~ 6⭐ – 🌶️- 🎉
Nightshade by Autumn Woods
Adult ~ Sorrowsong University #1 ~ 4.5 ⭐ – 🌶️
Grace and Glory by Jennifer L. Armentrout
YA ~ The Harbinger #3 ~ 4.5 ⭐ – 🌶️(Tame)
A Stage Set For Villains by Shannon J. Spann
YA ~ Stand Alone ~ 4.5 ⭐
Red City by Marie Lu
Adult ~ The New Alchemist’s #1 ~ 4⭐ – 🌶️
Fearful by Lauren Roberts
YA ~ Powerless #3.5 ~ 3.5 ⭐
The Whisper Man by Alex North
Adult ~ Stand Alone ~ 4.5 ⭐
To Cage a Wild Bird by Brooke Fast
Adult ~ Divided Fates #1 ~ 4 ⭐ – 🌶️
Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli
Adult ~ Artefacts of Ouranos #1 ~ 3.5 ⭐ – 🌶️
Rule of the Aurora King by Nisha J. Tuli
Adult ~ Artefacts of Ouranos #1 ~ 3.5 ⭐ – 🌶️
Morning Star by Pierce Brown
YA ~ Red Rising Saga #3 ~ 5 ⭐
March
Fate of the Sun King by Nisah J. Tuli
Adult ~ Artefacts of Ouranos #3 ~ 3 ⭐ – 🌶️
Glint by Raven Kennedy
Adult ~ The Plated Prisoner #2 ~ 3.5 ⭐ – 🌶️
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
Adult ~ Stand Alone ~ 5 ⭐-🌶️- 🎉
Daggermouth by H.M. Wolfe
Adult ~ The Heart #1 ~ 5 ⭐-🌶️
Bitten by Jordan Stephanie Gray
YA ~ Bitten #1 ~ 3.5 ⭐- 🌶️(too much for a YA, but not quite spice)
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
YA ~ The Inheritance Games #1 ~ 4 ⭐
How to Survive a Horror Movie by Scarlett Dunmore
YA ~ How to Survive… #1 ~ 4 ⭐
This Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara
Adult ~ This Monster of Mine #1 ~ 4.5 ⭐- 🌶️
Iron Gold by Pierce Brown
YA ~ Red Rising Saga #4 ~ 4 ⭐
April
🌟 Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Adult ~ Stand Alone ~ 6 ⭐ – 🎉
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation #1 – 4 ⭐
🌟Rites of the Starling by Devney Perry
Adult ~ Shield of Sparrows #2 ~ 6⭐ – 🌶️
Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood
Adult ~ Stand Alone ~ 4 ⭐- 🌶️
Twisted by Steve Cavanagh
Adult ~ Stand Alone ~ 4.5 ⭐
Servant of Earth by Sarah Hawley
Adult ~ The Shards of Magic #1 ~ 4⭐ – 🌶️
🌟Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Yes, again. I won’t apologise. – 🎉
The City of Brass by Shannon Chakraborty
YA ~ The Davebad Trilolgy #1 ~ 3.75⭐
May
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Adult ~ Stand Alone ~ 4.5 ⭐
Binding 13 by Chloe Walsh
Upper YA ~ Boys of Tommen #1 ~ 5 ⭐
Keeping 13 by Chloe Walsh
Upper YA ~ Boys of Tommen #2 ~ 4.5 ⭐- 🌶️
Saving 6 by Chloe Walsh
Upper YA – Boys of Tommen #3 – 4.5 ⭐-🌶️
The Escape Game by Marissa Meyer & Tamara Moss
YA ~ Stand Alone ??? ~ 4.5 ⭐
Redeeming 6 by Chloe Walsh
Upper YA ~ Boys of Tommen #4 ~ 5 ⭐- 🌶️-🎉
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
Adult ~ Dungeon Crawler Carl #1 ~ 4.5 ⭐
Rain of Shadows and Endings by Melissa K. Roehrich
Adult ~ Legacy #1 ~ 5 ⭐- 🌶️
The Gravewood by Kelly Andrew
YA ~ The Gravewood #1 ~ 3 ⭐
The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke
Adult ~ Stand Alone ~ 4.5 ⭐
Fury Bound by Sable Sorenson
Adult ~ Wolves of Ruin #2 ~ 3 ⭐- 🌶️
Taming 7 by Chloe Walsh
Adult ~ Boys of Tommen #5 ~ 4 ⭐- 🌶️
June
Tourist Season by Brynne Weaver
Adult – The Season of Carnage #1 – 4 ⭐ -🌶️
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
Adult ~ Stand Alone ~ 3.5 ⭐- 🌶️
Heat of the Everflame by Penn Cole
New Adult ~ Kindred’s Curse #3 ~ 5 ⭐~🌶️~ 🎉
You’ve Found Oliver by Dustin Thao
YA ~ You’ve Reached Sam #2 ~ 3.75 ⭐
When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker (reread)
Adult ~ Moonfall #1 ~ 4 ⭐~ 🌶️
Releasing 10 by Chloe Walsh
Upper YA ~ Boys of Tommen #6 ~ 4.5 ⭐~ 🌶️
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Adult ~ Stand Alone ~
5 ⭐~🌶️
Beth is Dead by Katie Bernet
YA ~ Stand Alone ~ 4 ⭐
July
To Dance with Death by Brittney Arena
Adult ~ The Edge of Glass #2 ~ 4.75 ⭐~🌶️
The Baby Dragon Bakery by A.T. Qureshi
Adult ~ The Baby Dragon #2 ~ 2 ⭐~🌶️
The Baby Dragon Bookshop by A.T. Qureshi
Adult ~ The Baby Dragon #3 ~ 3 ⭐~🌶️
The Crucifix Killer by Chris Carter
Adult ~ Robert Hunter #1 ~ 5 ⭐~🌶️~ 🎉
The Bookbinder by Helen Scheuerer
Adult ~ The Bookbinder’s Bargain #0.5 ~ 4 ⭐~🌶️
The Executioner by Chris Carter
Adult ~ Robert Hunter #2 ~ 4.5 ⭐
August
One of Us is Guilty by Steve Cavanagh
Adult ~ Eddie Flynn #10 ~ 4.75 ⭐
Vicious by V.E. Schwab
Adult ~ Villains #1 ~ 5 ⭐
Rider of Dragons by A.T. Qureshi
Adult ~ Rider of Dragons #1 ~ 3.5 ⭐~ 🌶️
The Poet Empress by Shen Tao
Adult ~ Stand Alone ~ 5⭐~🌶️
Sorrow & Strangers by Jeanette Rose & Alexis Rune
Adult ~ Avalon University #2 ~ 4 ⭐~🌶️
Starside by Alex Aster
Adult ~ Starside ~ 4.5 ⭐~🌶️
Daybreak by Autumn Woods
Adult ~ Sorrowsong University #2 ~ 5 ⭐~🌶️
The Night Stalker by Chris Carter
Adult ~ Robert Hunter #2 ~ 4.5 ⭐
Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson
Young Adult ~ A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder #2 ~ 5⭐
Heir of Illusion by Madeline Taylor
Adult ~ Verran Isles #1 ~ 4.75 ⭐~🌶️
September
Verity Guild by Mai Corland
Adult ~ Verity Guild #1 ~ 3.5 ⭐~🌶️
Immortal by Sue Lynn Tan
Adult ~ The Celestial Kingdom #2.5 ~ 4.5⭐~🌶️
In The Veins of the Drowning by Kalie Cassidy
Adult ~ The Siren Mage #1 ~ 1.5 ⭐ ~🌶️
A Perfect Mother by Miranda Smith
Adult ~ Stand Alone ~ 4 ⭐
Dissection of a Murder by Jo Murray
Adult ~ Stand Alone ~ 5 ⭐
Riftborne by Grenwich & Lennox
Adult ~ Esprithean Trilogy #1 ~ 4 ⭐🌶️
The Call by Christian White & Summer De Roche
Adult ~ Stand Alone ~ 4 ⭐
Avalon Tower by C.N Crawford and Alex Rivers
Adult ~ Fey Spy Academy #1 ~ 4 ⭐
Still House by Christian White & Summer De Roche
Adult ~ Stand Alone ~ 4 ⭐
🌟Burn of the Everflame by Penn Cole
Adult ~ The Kindred’s Curse Saga #4 ~ 6 ⭐
The Poisoner by I.V. Ophelia
Adult ~ The Poisoner #1 ~ 1.5 ⭐
Carl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman
Adult ~ Dungeon Crawler Carl #2 ~ 4 ⭐
