my favorite books of 2025🪡✨🐌🗡

So, book number two on my list is Ann of Avon Lee and book number one is Ann of the Island. I'm sure at this point if you've watched like any of the videos on my channel this year, you know how much I love the Ann of Green Gable series.

But, I read this first book back in May and I absolutely loved it so much. I feel like this is probably this could have gone on my honorable mentions, but I didn't want to talk about, you know, like the ant series too much.

Book three is my favorite out of the series, hence it being my top book of the year because I loved following an through her time in university. I just loved watching Anne go through all of these life experiences in this new place with all of these new friends and it was just so delightful.

I loved those scenes so much. And I feel like CG Drews' writing only amplified the creepy and unsettling vibe that those scenes were trying to portray. And I feel like I also read this book at the perfect time because I also read it during fall.

I read the first one and the second one this year and I've had such a good time so far and I'm currently in the middle of the third one. Also really liking that.

But I really love the way that this book wrapped up and kind of connected the other books in this series really well. The first two books in the series obviously are connected, but I feel like they don't feel quite as connected as I would expect for the first two books in a trilogy to feel connected, if that makes sense. But I feel like this book just did such a good job at pulling in elements from both the second and the first book and making this trilogy feel really whole and well thought through and complete.

I did really love the dynamic between our two main characters because it is very much grumpy sunshine. And even though I feel like that is overdone, especially these days, I do still eat it up every now and then. I feel like it's done really well in this one.

I also really love CD Drewses CT Drews CD Drews other book that came out earlier this year, which is Hazelthornne. really loved Hazelthornne as well, but this one did remain my favorite.

I also really loved the relationship between Steven and Grace. They are a little bit older than like typical fantasy romance protagonist and I love the way they approach the relationship in this one because it's not the typical like oh my god we're immediately obsessed with each other and I can't live without you and I can't be without you which you know like it's fun every now and then but like it's a little bit overdone at this point. I love that they made room for this relationship in their lives without it absolutely taking over their lives.

I think I just really, really love Teing Fisher's fantasy romance books. I really love Sword.

I also love how these books kind of satarize the fantasy genre in general. I feel like a lot of Terry Patchet's books are satire on like whatever he wants to focus on in that one. In this one, it's definitely just like poking fun at fantasy a little bit, but in a very loving way.

But The Light Fantastic and The Color of Magic were so enjoyable. And I know some people say not to start with these as your first two Discworld books because they are not as strong as the other books like later down the line. But I thought these were super fun.