My 23 Favorite Books of 2023... (& the books I hated)

the little Nolla is so cute I feel like the characters in the first three books go through so much hardship that it was great in this Novella seeing them just be happy

I think she just had so much character growth in this book it made me so happy and proud of her to see where she started to where she ended

it's so beautiful it's so harrowing it's so gripping I don't think I could give it anything less than five stars but the question of did I enjoy it is a hard one to answer

this is one of my Lucy score favorites that I read this year this is by a thread

I wrote in my good interview for this book how does Cassandra CLA always find new and painful ways to keep characters apart crying emoji

it was full of so many Secrets these six friends who all at different points like turn on each other and have things that they're hiding kind of feel like a social experiment in that way

Flawless is my second favorite with Rhett who's also a bull rider

as soon as I finished this book I immediately started rereading all my favorite scenes and chapters which is how you know I'm obsessed

just being able to read about the original Cinderella Story playing out with new twists and spins on it and a fantasy world with fake characters so cool

then I would say heartless which has Cade he's a single dad

she has this very cut and dry and just very blunt writing style which I think was really effective and making the book feel so honest and so raw and so open

I also really like that both of these books are fairly different got like a lot of spice and great banter between Nate and Anastasia

this book made me realize I just want a page Turner I'm a fast-paced book girl and this was not that for me

I really appreciated that it tackles sexism in the work Workforce but overall I just really felt kind of nothing for this book

I am just stupid grinning every time I read a ly painter book I don't know what it is about her writing style but her books just give me all like the warm gooey mushy like can't stop smiling feelings every time

this was an almost dnf for me but I didn't dnf it because this book is honestly wild

then we've got powerless with Jasper who's a ho player and this one is also childhood friends to lovers

I think Reckless that I'm reading right now is going to end up being my favorite in the series Theo Silva is just chef's kiss like God to your book boyfriend

fast forward 8 9 10 hours later I just read this book in one sitting in one day I had zero plans to do that it was just that good

I think I would say this book is 4.5 stars now looking back on it but also another part of me is like should I honor what past me thought

it's a college sports romance and I think what I love about this book is it just really caught me off guard with how much depth it has

in the ending to this last book it ended so good I feel like it ended so perfectly it couldn't have ended any other way

the setting descriptions were so vivid and a lot of times I feel like very atmospheric books kind of come with the caveat that they could be slower because they have so much emphasis on the setting and The Vibes but this book was so fast-paced while still being atmospheric which I just love

I swear I've like never read a book that is written more beautifully and is more relatable in so many topics and has such a like Bittersweet like melano kind of hurts your heart tone to it

I read the Spanish love deception in 2022 loved it gave it five stars

when you finally get the full picture of their history it just breaks your heart which I didn't expect going into this book and then of course because it's the last one in the series we get a conclusion to all the side plots that we had going out through the series so just a really satisfying and great ending to the series

it's a forbidden romance it's a slowburn it's spicy she's a princess and he's her bodyguard love

then in this book we have Russ and Aurora and Russ is like sweet adorable like a little bit shy so we get really two different couple Dynamics