tier ranking every book I read in 2025 ⭐️📚 | 188 books!!

Dark Mafia romance. That is a good fun spicy time.

A Court of Mist and Fury is a solid five star

my god tier books in the Acatar series are A Court of Wings and Ruin and A Court of Silver Flames are six stars for me.

A Court of Thorns and Roses I give four and a half stars cuz it does have its flaws. Like it is slow to get into but I still really like it.

my god tier books in the Acatar series are A Court of Wings and Ruin and A Court of Silver Flames are six stars for me.

This wasn't mafia romance but the same thing with the couple just gave me nothing. There was no it was just lust.

Beautiful writing. Loved it. got a little bit boring at points, but I still like will absolutely recommend cuz Rebecca Ross' writing is amazing.

My only DNF of the year. My first DNF in like ever.

They were both like three stars. I was rather bored.

One of my favorite books ever. Six stars.

That was so boring. That was like pulling teeth.

So, I read the second book. , the second book, no

They were both like three stars. I was rather bored.

Angelic Vengeance was just so much fun. I loved it.

It was dark romance spice. It didn't give what my ovulation wanted. It just made me recoil.

It felt like being like felt like coming home and I was just so emotional and just I love how Christa and Becca Richie write romance.

The chemistry was not there but the insta lust was there and nothing else was happening.

I gave me nothing. Like I gave that one star. It felt like the Teimu version of Jeremy Volkov.

Behind the net, book one. No, just know.

So, I only read Binding and Keeping 13, which god tier.

Their romance is impeccable. Like impeccable. And it's a huge age gap, but I didn't mind it.

Oh, bittersweet memories. No. No. Why were you flirting with her when she was underage? That's really weird.

Born Darkly and Born Madly. This was five stars as a whole.

This was five stars as a whole. Book two was four and a half.

Same with Bound by Gravity. It's like a second chance. And it was also very, very boring.

They both were insta lust so bad and like I just did not feel the chemistry

They both were insta lust so bad and like I just did not feel the chemistry

I already put Braving the Storm under Dead to Me.

And this was book two and I loved it. I loved it. It does have its flaws.

Broken whispers was also Single Dad in the Mafia and it was so fun.

It's not like the best book. I had so much fun reading it. It was four star.

Brava Butcher, the daddy's book. Absolutely. Five stars.

Nikolai Volkov will change your brain chemistry. He's insane. And it's also like I cry.

Brata Menace is the final book in this and she's his stalker. Oh my god. Oh my god. And he's obsessed with her.

Brava Prince, five stars, but like it was five stars, but I loved it.

Burn Dreams I hated with every fiber of my being.

Iced out. Caught stealing. Fair catch. So fun. So fun. Four stars.

My favorite is Caught Up. That's my daddy. That's single dad nanny.

This was Ex-boyfriend's Daddy, and this was an audation read, and it was a successful one. It was a good spicy time.

God Tier, six stars. Obsessed. Darian Castle is in my top five book boyfriends.

This was so good. I loved it. But it wasn't like the six-st star feeling that I got from the others.

City of Souls and Sinners was book two and I reread that and I reread book one, City of Gods and Monsters. God Tier, six stars. Obsessed.

Consider me is dead to me. Hockey romance.

Cruel malady is like a another like dark romance psychological thriller. Like they're both absolutely insane. Good book, though.

Darkest Sins was a four star.

Everyone really loved this book and cried a lot. I felt not much at all.

I'll reread one of my favorite trilogies, Daughter of No Worlds, which is amazing. Six stars fantasy romance.

Deviant Hearts. So average, so fine.

Deviant King, guys, this was not my year for Reena Kent. I love The Taste of Nothing with that.

There were way too many similarities to Fourth Wing that it felt like it was like jarring and it was done poorly. Like it wasn't even done well. I didn't like it.

This is the second book and this was genuinely a good book. This was second chance romance, rivals to lovers, forbidden romance. Oh my god, I love that book so much.

They were there for too long and it was boring and just did not care. It was predictable.

This is Unhinged Echoes and Ravage. There's the final book that I haven't listened to yet. This is a why choose like prison romance.

I really like them, but like they're nothing special, but they're definitely not spicy. So, this these are just two nollas that I have in here.

I really liked this was romanty. It was four stars and I did really like it.

Enchantra obsessed. The first book is Fantasma. This is fantasy romance, interconnected standalones.

Enigma, I loved that book. This was a dark academia secret society was dark like dark gothic romance.

Iced out. Caught stealing. Fair catch. So fun. So fun. Four stars.

I gave that like 4.5 stars. I loved it but like it was such a good spicy time.

I'm so happy I did cuz it's my favorite book in the series. I gave it 4.5 stars. I loved it.

I was not expecting to love it so much. It also made me cry so hard. It is so spicy.

This reread gutted me. Like, I can't explain what this series does to me.

Fractured Souls was another five star. I actually cried reading Fractured Souls.

I'm going to say it was fun, spicy time. Super spicy. Definitely insta lust, but I loved Scott and Kip.

I loved that book. This was a standalone second chance romance and you get like past and present timelines and she has a daughter with him and it's oh my god it is so good.

Gloves Off, however, was five stars. No notes. No notes.

I did read God of Fury and I liked it a lot. I gave it like 4.5 stars. I love that book.

Gold by Raven Kennedy dead to me. We are not continuing.

Hatrick will rip your heart out. That's my favorite one.

Heated rivalry. Five stars. Perfect.

Like, I didn't see you don't see their romance built. So, I really could not connect with them at as a couple at all.

Like Hidden Truths book three was five stars. We were for the vibes.

Him and Us. These were both 4.5 stars. I was obsessed.

Iced out. Caught stealing. Fair catch. So fun. So fun. Four stars.

This was single dad so I'm surprised I didn't like it. His kids were so annoying.

Insta lust. Don't care. Not suspended. Wasn't suspended. I was not suspended. There was no suspense to be had.

This reread gutted me. Like, I can't explain what this series does to me.

Red Rising and Iron Gold were just like solid five stars.

And this was just so boring. He's her bodyguard cuz she's a princess and she's going to school for alchemy. And it was it was so boring.

Fantasy romance. True enemies to lovers. I loved that book. I gave it 4.5 stars.

But who am I? A [ __ ] Because I read Juniper Hill book two. Because Larry told me it was Got Better and it's Single Mom. I was so bored.

I related so deeply with this main character and I just I loved I loved every single thing about it.

So, I only read Binding and Keeping 13, which god tier.

I did not feel the chemistry at all between the couple. Like Vuke was hot, but I did not feel their romance at all. So, I gave it one star.

I also loved King of Greed. That no notes. Like, that was perfect to me.

I gave King of Pride 3.5 stars. This is a little bit up. Like, it was average.

King of Sloth, guys. Nothing. One star snoozefest. So boring.

Oh, I loved this book. This was Arranged Marriage Perfection. The only issue is wasn't five.

Kiss the Villain. I absolutely [ __ ] hated. It was awful.

Leave me behind dead to me. This is like a dark military romance and something happens in the end of this book that really gets my panties in a twist, let me tell you.

Lightbringer, my new favorite book.

Limrance, another one. So boring.

This one, Little Liar, I'm going to have to say mid. It wasn't awful. I did give this three stars, but like it wasn't anything to run home about and it was absolutely unhinged.

Swift and Saddled: Lost and Lassoed Cowboy Romance. Cringe Central.

Loving the Reaper was like so close to five stars. I loved them.

Loving the Tormentor is one of my favorite dark romance books literally ever. It is perfect. It is absolutely perfect.

It was just arranged marriage. Billionaire also nothing. I was so bored.

Oh my god, this was one of my favorite romance books of the year. It's not god tier, but it's absolutely perfect.

First book was fine. I was intrigued in the ending picked up and so I gave it three stars.

I gave four stars. Felt too long and a bit too drawn out at points, but I still loved it.

I liked it. It was a good spicy time, but I wasn't like obsessed with it.

First book is on Wings of Blood and that is that was like four stars. It was so good, but it was a little bit took a little bit to get into

One Curse Rose was a good spicy time. Like I like gave that four stars. That was a lot of fun.

One Dark Kiss book one was average. Like it was fine.

Onyx Storm is one of my favorite books of all time.

paid in full dead to me that book is dead to me

Like Painted Scars book one I gave three stars.

But A photo finish is one of my favorite Elsie Silver books ever.

Play along is another fake marriage. And like this man yearns and is so pathetic and is like a golden Isaiah Rhodess he's like a golden retriever with like a tortured soul like he's also a sad boy

Power Play had its flaws, still obsessed. Power Play and Slapshot were so close to five stars, but there was just a little something missing.

Like, it's not a well-written book. It's a vibe read, but I had so much fun reading Powerless book one.

Priest and sinner, both dead to me. Dark romance that is dead to me.

I loved this book so much. It wasn't quite five stars because it felt very unfinished.

Quicksilver was five stars. like no notes.

This is Unhinged Echoes and Ravage. There's the final book that I haven't listened to yet. This is a why choose like prison romance.

Book two, I hated I hated book two. Reckless.

Red Rising and Iron Gold were just like solid five stars.

Red Thorns another Reena Kent book that for the same reason of Deviant King just like copy and paste so boring.

releasing 10 came out this year saddest book I've read all year I deeply connect with Lizzy in a way that makes that book cut me deeply

Rewind it back. Oh my god was second chance romance. Oh. Oh my god.

They like ruin all other contemporary romance book men. Like he literally learns sign language for her because her dad is deaf and like I literally can't like he does everything for her.

Beautiful writing. Loved it. got a little bit boring at points, but I still like will absolutely recommend cuz Rebecca Ross' writing is amazing.

Obsessed. I gave it four stars. Like, was it perfect? No. Like, I was obsessed.

Ruined Secrets was the one with the creepy age gap obsession.

I only like Say You Swear, which is the first book in that series.

I really like them, but like they're nothing special, but they're definitely not spicy. So, this these are just two nollas that I have in here.

Silent Lies was a foreign star.

Sinbin, five stars.

And they both gave me the ick so bad it's not even funny.

Sinners Anonymous is book one and that's 4.5 stars. I love that book, but like it definitely has its flaws.

Definitely not my favorite. I gave it four stars, but like I still loved it for what it was.

But Sinners Condemned and Sinners Consume follow Rafe and Penny. And Rafe Fuscanti is one of my favorite book boyfriends and they are like one of my favorite book couples. I'm obsessed with them.

But Sinners Condemned and Sinners Consume follow Rafe and Penny. And Rafe Fuscanti is one of my favorite book boyfriends and they are like one of my favorite book couples. I'm obsessed with them.

Power Play and Slapshot were so close to five stars, but there was just a little something missing.

Stolen Touches was mid.

The Striker, nothing. It was so bland and boring.

this is my favorite my second favorite Hunger Games book to Catching Fire. Stole a piece of me.

This was my first single dad mafia romance book. Eight down.

I initially gave it three stars, but I bumped it down to two and a half because I realized how like the FMC was so insufferable. But while I was reading it, like I didn't want to rip my hair out.

Swift and Saddled: Lost and Lassoed Cowboy Romance. Cringe Central.

take me apart was mm dark mafia romance and it was also average

Bomb That Burns, five stars, absolutely perfect.

The Dragon Republic book two and Burning God. Those are six stars.

The Charlie method. That book is dead to me.

The Conditions of Will, one of my favorite romance books. So messy.

And I did not like her. And I did not like the friend situation. the other women drama.

The Dragon Republic book two and Burning God. Those are six stars.

The first half I liked, then it just got really boring, but it wasn't bad by any means, but it wasn't like impressionable.

Speaking of five stars, no notes, the entire DC Star series. So, this is my new favorite hockey romance series, and I cannot shut up about it.

But book two, The Fake Out, obsessed with that book. So good. I gave it like 4.5 stars.

And then Misborn and Well of Ascension are just solid five star reads. Cannot recommend me. I can't recommend it enough.

I loved that. Like, it was like so close to being five stars.

Hero of Ages is book three and that is my six stars. Like that is like one of my new favorite books of all time.

I did not like at all. I gave it one star. I felt very bored.

This is so unhinged and like little stranger. This is a duet. I would put good spicy time.

The long game ripped my heart out in ways that I was not expecting. I cried so much.

we read The Poppy War, which is an a god tier trilogy for me.

I think it has a lot of potential. I'm going to read the next book in the series, but it was very slow and something about the writing style of it. I don't know how to explain it.

It was just a little bit boring, but it was fine. Like I still liked it.

Nope. Gave me nothing. Gave me a headache.

So, we read The Way of Kings, five stars. Obsessed.

And then Misborn and Well of Ascension are just solid five star reads. Cannot recommend me. I can't recommend it enough.

The Wingman, which is the third book in this series, was fine. It was average. It was a bit boring.

Wolf that was like a dark biker romance also. Installust [ __ ] no chemistry biker romance.

The wrong bride. Guess what that is, [ __ ] Guess what you are? You are dead to me.

It's my new least favorite book of all time. Like that is a feat in and of itself.

This Wing Kingdom, you guys are going to hate me, but this is a very popular YA fantasy romance, and it was average.

Tragedy of Felix and Jake was just mm romance and this will emotionally damage you. This was also like four stars.

Trust me always. Dead to me. That series I just No.

They have two books, and I just felt this one I gave three stars. It just didn't give me much. I loved them and I still liked reading about them, but it I was bored.

Guys, guys, Twisted Emotions was one of my favorite dark romance, dark mafia romance and I guess dark romance books I read all year.

Another book that I ate up that was so fun is Twisted Games. And Twisted Games I gave five stars.

I didn't give it quite five stars, but listen, everyone was I gave it 4.5. Everyone was gearing me up to like hate this. It was toxic and I ate that [ __ ] up.

Twisted Lies. My favorite in the series. Christian Harper. One of my new favorite book boyfriends.

Twisted Love though, I hated. Gave me the ick so bad.

This was 4.5 stars. Well, this was a good spicy time and it was a good book.

This is Unhinged Echoes and Ravage. There's the final book that I haven't listened to yet. This is a why choose like prison romance.

But I loved this romance and it was so adorable and they're so wholesome and Payton Karen does mental health rep so well.

Would I recommend it? No. It's dark hockey romance and it was fine.

Him and Us. These were both 4.5 stars. I was obsessed.

I hated that book and I wish I did not read that book. I would like to unread that book.

I loved this magic system. It's like breath based magic and color magic and there's a little romance in here and the characters are so good and funny.

Hard pass. No thank you. That book is dead to me.

Wildcard is ex-boyfriend's daddy. Good book. M maybe. Maybe. Good time. Absolutely. Yes.

She also wrote Wild Reverence, one of my new favorite books ever.

Gave me the ick a little. I didn't care. I didn't care. I still gobbled it up.

Words of Radiance, six stars. That book is phenomenal. My favorite in the series.

It seemed it didn't pick up until the end and it seemed like a lot of things were like very low stakes.