It’s time to switch over and start a new yearly book list! As I finish each book, I share it and a mini review in real-time on my Instagram Stories and I also keep an updated list here.
If you’re interested in my previous lists, you can find them here: 2020 Book List, 2021 Book List, 2022 Book List, 2023 Book List and 2024 Book List. Feel free to bookmark this page, as I will keep it updated as I finish each book. I’ll also stick a link to this post over on the right sidebar for easy access.
Here are the books I’ve read so far in 2025:
| Book #, Information & Link | Mini Book Review |
| Book #1 of 2025: Powerless by Elsie Silver (Chestnut Springs 3) | Childhood friends who’ve been secretly in love with each other and a runaway bride situation meet our friends in Chestnut Springs. Still loving this series and I’ll be so sad when I run out of Elsie Silver books to read. If you enjoy a bit of an angsty romance with some extra spicy bits, you’ll love this series! |
| Book #2 of 2025: Reckless by Elsie Silver (Chestnut Springs 4) | Book 4 in the Chestnut Springs series and this one had me in tears within the first 1/3 of the story. I absolutely loved Winter and Theo’s story. I can’t really my favorite parts without spoilers, so let’s just stick with it was absolutely swoony. |
| Book #3 of 2025: Hopeless by Elsie Silver (Chestnut Springs 5) | Ahhh the end of the Chestnut Springs books and I’m not ready! I’m so happy we finally got to Beau’s story and that by the end of this books we not only got his Happily Ever After, but were able to enjoy the after of the Happily Ever Afters for the rest of the characters I’ve grown to love over the series. Wonderful series and it gave me all the warm fuzzies. |
| Book #4 of 2025: Hate Hex by Gina LaManna | Trixie has spent a lifetime repressing her magic, until one night, she meets a grumpy, devilishly handsome vampire in a dark alley, and she accidentally activates her powers. After Trixie puts a teeny, tiny hex on her new nemesis, Dom retaliates in a big way. It’s all clever enchantments and witty curses, until Dominic’s brother suddenly returns, hellbent on revenge. A nice little paranormal romance to shake things up! I enjoy this author and other books in her connected series. This was a fun stand-alone book and is currently free on Kindle Unlimited. |
| Book #5 of 2025: Fourth Wing (The Emperean Book 1) by Rebecca Yarros | I hardly ever do it and definitely not this quickly, but with the 3rd book in the series coming out this month I decided to do a re-read of the first two. I actually enjoyed it more upon the second reading, knowing some of the twists and recognizing the breadcrumbs dropped along the way. It is a very satisfying book with interesting world building. Of course, I hate a cliffhanger ending (which is why I wanted to throw the second book at the wall when I realized I caught up to real time). With that being said, on to (or back to) book 2! |
| Book #6 of 2025: Iron Flame (The Emperean Book 2) by Rebecca Yarros | The second book of my re-read to get ready for the newly released third book. Once again I enjoyed a second look and seeing all the clues scattered around that I overlooked the first time. With that being said, knowing about some of the difficult parts made me dread getting through them all over again. With the shocking cliffhanger, I’m so happy that I can start the next book now! |
| Book #7 of 2025: Onyx Storm (The Emperean Book 3) by Rebecca Yarros | The third book in the series and I’m so glad I re-read the first two before jumping into this one. This one was a book of growth, for all of the main characters we have grown to love over the series. There were some battles that left me hanging on the edge of my seat and some pretty hilarious moments that had me giggling. This was the best in the series so far, even though I hate yet another cliff hanger that makes me want to throw my book at the wall. This is also the first time in quite a while when I’ve read a popular book series as it has come out and I am loving all the social media reactions content surrounding this book! |
| Book #8 of 2025: | …Coming soon… |
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I also regularly use my local library for physical books and both Overdrive and Hoopla through my local library website for online books (you can download them straight to your Kindle or read them on your web browser). If you have a library card, be sure to check your library’s website to see if they work with an online partner. I mean, FREE BOOKS!
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