WORST BOOKS OF 2024

one perfect couple by Ruth wear and 27 minutes by Ashley Tate you could take out the middle 200 pages of both of these and they would be the exact same story

two St Gibsons being on my list is pretty devastating considering how much I Lov a dowy of blood

an academy for liars by Alexis Henderson because I adore this author and I can't believe the potential this story had the unique m magic system it could have been absolutely everything to me this school for magic and the secret societies but with such an ambitious magic system there just wasn't the time to also develop the romance that I hated between a student and her adviser

Archer's Voice their connection didn't make any sense either and I don't like that couple together if they were real people I'd be telling that guy to run

are you sleeping by Cathleen Barber and out by Natsu oiro which I gave like just under a three to both so I don't think they were the worst things ever but I've completely forgotten them now

assistant to the villain by Hannah Nicole mayor I read against my will knowing that I would hate it but I have liked some Romany so I am continuing to try to find the ones that I'll like

book of night by Holly black and one dark window by Rachel gillig are fantasy stories that I felt pretty much nothing towards don't think they had compelling characters or a magic system that really brought me in

also bride by Ali Hazelwood is something I shouldn't have read along with Archer's Voice by Mia Sheridan I thought the World building was pretty abysmal and both of these characters were completely uninteresting uncharismatic unimaginative their connection didn't make any sense

next pairing Butcher and Blackbird by Weaver and the mind series yes I read all five books by S Abby serial killer romance not my genre

cold snap by Lindy Ryan and the woods all black by Lee mandelo had such interesting things to say and focuses we've got reproductive Justice and grief but the plot was just focused in the weirdest places and I didn't understand what we were doing with neither of them

conversation of the three wayf fars by Peter Weiss was completely nonsensical but I think that's what it was going for

Coupe degross by Sophia RM could have been such an interesting story of this man in an underground Labyrinth contemplating ending his life and having to confront that but instead it had writing that didn't really make sense with the character we understood it to be

dark fever is another one that I read that I have forgotten by this point but really didn't work for me and I wanted to like it I want to like Fairy stuff

this one a teacher who was attracted to a students and time travels and then gets to sleep with them all while also having to survive these dinosaur attacks I don't even know what to say about it like survival smut not my genre

Dirty Heads by Aaron dries I don't really remember

does it hurt it did it hurt me a lot and I was desperately trying to just get on board with these silly smutty things that other people love

an education and Malice was just not the writing that I remember from this author

everything the darkness eats by Eric laka just felt like two of their short stories and I love their short stories they just got combined and try to turn into a novel and it just didn't work and I hate a lot of what this book actually had to say

evocation is so beautiful can we please look at this one last time before I donate it was about this like fantasy world this unique Magic this secret society but we weren't in that we were in this polyamorous relationship that was such a snoozefest

none of the Sister by Lisa Jewel and first light wins by Ashley ston were about people lying to each other that was it

graveyard shift by ml Rio had so much potential but it felt like the middle 100 pages of like a 400 page Epic book about finding something strange in this grave and how all the characters deal with it and the research they have to do but instead it just kind of gave us nothing

Grim route by Bonnie Joe Stuffle beam had a lot of potential as this haunted reality show book but it didn't commit to The Haunting or the satire the way that I wanted it to

then Holy Terrors by Mary de te is a bed and breakfast mystery hated this Moon character so much

Ice plan A barbar like I can just Chu up to not being for me it could have been really fun though if it just stayed in that lane but it was so dark and so intense things around consent and breeding gave me a big ick

violist things by Khloe gong is a sequel to one of my favorite books Immortal longings

B Castro an author whose stuff I adore her ideas but Immortal Pleasures taking this azte vampire and the real life story that exists and turning it into this just like sex like okay I'm approved sorry I guess sex filled and like gross sex filled stuff putting her in the modern day and having all of these like modern technology around it made things cheap

Last Kiss by laureland Page and Ice Planet barbarians by Ruby Dixon this I read the first I reread the first book first touch and last kiss and this was just the most boring way to end out the duy it was just people like fighting over this guy basically for 300 pages and trying to fix their friendship but like nobody was actually interesting in there

with lur of the wild there was so much prepping for a scene that was about to happen and then reflecting on the scene that just happened that there wasn't actually much substance and then when you introduce a whole new plot that changes things up and a whole new love interest at like 70% of the way through such an already short book I don't know this was a mess

middle of the night by Riley Sager and you know what you did by K were the most predictable things that I've read in a while and honestly with the authors that I've been reading for so many years I just think that they it's time for a Rebrand

model home by river Solomon is such a crazy one because I love this author and other people are loving this and so I'm still going to recommend it like a lot but I just didn't end up liking what the story was focused on the messaging is fantastic but I found it so chaotic with all of the characters

and then my husband you are in the inner ramblings of this woman who thinks that her husband is leaving her signals that he doesn't love her anymore and it was just really uninteresting

some short story collections that didn't land for me are 19 Claws and a black bird by Austina Basta

none of the Sister by Lisa Jewel and first light wins by Ashley ston were about people lying to each other that was it

and now you're one of us but ASA n Nami both of these were so dull considering the family is taking her into like they're doing horrific things behind the scenes and she's trying to uncover things it was just so much like family drama and back and forth of people trying to convince her that she's being manipulated

book of night by Holly black and one dark window by Rachel gillig are fantasy stories that I felt pretty much nothing towards don't think they had compelling characters or a magic system that really brought me in

one perfect couple by Ruth wear and 27 minutes by Ashley Tate you could take out the middle 200 pages of both of these and they would be the exact same story

are you sleeping by Cathleen Barber and out by Natsu oiro which I gave like just under a three to both so I don't think they were the worst things ever but I've completely forgotten them now

how you make a horror story about ghost dinosaurs in a haunted Museum boring is beyond me he clearly did so much research about paleontology it was fascinating to learn about the different like the field in general and all the different pieces maybe he just written a non-fiction cuz he clearly didn't care about the plot

these were body horror filled but I think focused too much on wanting to make the reader feel grossed out that forgot to give an actually compelling plot they actually both had interesting messaging it was just hard to Wade through all of the liquids we were talking about to get to the point

poor one for the Devil by the r c van altz Jr I also don't really remember

the small and the Mighty by Sharon McMahon was a really great concept and I think highlighted great people who need more praise in history but I thought it was kind of poorly written really chaotic and the author was talking down to us

story of the eye by George batai was just gross for no reason

and the corrections by Jonathan Franzen oh I didn't care either family drama Royal drama

some short story collections that didn't land for me are 19 Claws and a black bird by Austina Basta zombie sharks metal te Steven gr Jones which was the biggest let down because I love this author but what the was that and the devil you know by Jen frell

the honey Witch by SJ Shields and L of the Wilds by analy sabron these were cozy fantasies about fairies which I've really been liking lately and witches with both of these it was the absolute Breakneck Pace to get from The Real World into the fantasy one that completely threw me off

the house in the Pines by anaras and the quiet tenant by Clos michelon were mystery books or thriller books about evil men being evil and that was the only takeaway

I didn't love the first two books in the all for the game series anyway so there's no reason that this wouldn't have been a one the King's Men by Nora sakovic I do get why other people are into it just not me

the house in the Pines by anaras and the quiet tenant by Clos michelon were mystery books or thriller books about evil men being evil and that was the only takeaway

this one had so much potential such a unique premise so fascinating and then just kind of fell apart

the tale of the tayor and the three dead Kings by Dan Jones this is a retelling of a ghost story and I liked the intro which taught me about the original but having read that and then the actual story his idea of like making it more interesting more of a proper ghost story like no it wasn't actually that

cold snap by Lindy Ryan and the woods all black by Lee mandelo had such interesting things to say and focuses we've got reproductive Justice and grief but the plot was just focused in the weirdest places and I didn't understand what we were doing with neither of them

violist things by Khloe gong is a sequel to one of my favorite books Immortal longings and I just don't think that this lived up to its own potential everything was lesser than the first book the romance didn't feel as interesting the concept not as interesting the game not as interesting the magic not as interesting

where I end by Sophie white and Paradise rot these were body horror filled but I think focused too much on wanting to make the reader feel grossed out that forgot to give an actually compelling plot they actually both had interesting messaging it was just hard to Wade through all of the liquids

Wolf Hall by Hillary mantel I just don't care

middle of the night by Riley Sager and you know what you did by K were the most predictable things that I've read in a while

you should have left by Daniel calman was just like the most pointless Haunted House story ever

is the final book in 26 how many letters are in the alphabet 26 book mystery series by D meire read the first three and then this last one and it's shocking how little changed with this main character from the first to the final book and how the writing remained the same

zombie sharks metal te Steven gr Jones which was the biggest let down because I love this author but what the was that