Top 5 series I will finish* in 2023
Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 series I will finish* in 2023!!
* And by “finish”, I mean “at least get caught up on”. You get a pass if the author releases more books.
Because last week we did books series we are going to START. And if you want to start new ones, you need to finish, uh, something. Otherwise we’re all just running around (or crushed under our TBRs) in the middle of 800 series. And no one needs that kind of chaos in their lives.
I, for one, can’t even remember the convoluted plot of FBAA 4 and will have to go read spoiler recaps before I start the next one because… Well, that was a poor example because honestly, that plot is so far fetched I’m not sure Hansel and Gretel could follow it back with a trail of glow-in-the-dark fluorescent boulders marking the way. But still, we can’t all remember every plotline.
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top 5 series I will finish* in 2023
The Dreamer Trilogy — Maggie Stiefvater
To be fair, I haven’t actually started this trilogy… but I really, really want to. I just have such high hopes for it that I’m genuinely terrified to read it, you know, in case it won’t be amazing (although I’m also certain it will). The thought of reading this is giving me a complex.
But 2023 is the year I will read it, now that it’s completed. I just also really want to do a reread of The Raven Cycle before I start this, so I can immerse myself back in the quest for lost kings and lost dreamers, and found family.
The Winternight Trilogy — Katherine Arden
I have read the first book! I fact, I LOVED The Bear and the Nightingale. Loved it so much I then didn’t read either of the books after it.
I know. I’m like the perfect target audience for these. A trilogy not only influenced by Slavic mythology, but brimming with characters and lore directly from it. And yet, I still have not finished this. I am ashamed. And mildly confused by my own actions.
But in 2023, we will remedy this. Maybe.
Crave — Tracy Wolff
Honestly, if Cherish is NOT the last book in this series, I may scream. Because I just need it to be done now.
I thought Charm was going to be the saving grace (hahahaha) of the series, but alas, it was not what I wanted it to be. It was just as weird as Court. And that would have been fine, EXCEPT, it was supposed to be the Grace and Hudson love story for the ages, and I felt WRONGED.
So anyway, I just need a conclusion now. And this comes out in May. So it better have a conclusion!! *shakes fist (non-threateningly) at Tracy Wolff*
The Montague Siblings — Mackenzi lee
Another series that I have just read the first book in. I mean, I also read the novella, so I guess I’m technically 1.5 books in. Which means I still have two books to go.
And both of the other books are sitting on my bookshelf. I have zero excuses. Also, I quite liked Felicity in The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue. So I assume I will continue to like her in The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy. Plus, we all need a little 1800’s neurodiverse feminism in our lives.
Serpent & Dove — Shelby Mahurin
Oh look, ANOTHER series that I’ve only read book one in. Is anyone else starting to see a pattern??
To be fair to myself, I have started Blood & Honey. But I really didn’t love the three chapters that I read. So I put it down in pursuit of shinier, more engaging things.
And it’s not really Shelby Mahurin’s fault. I read an interview she did not long after Serpent & Dove where she said it was only going to be a duology, and then her publishers pushed for a third book. So I am expecting this to be filler. And all reviews I’ve read so far agree the second book isn’t great.
But the problem is that I need to read the second book to start the third (which I have heard great things about). So, back onto the list this one goes.
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What top 5 series will you finish* in 2023?
12 Comments
Kayla @ Books and Blends
Great list! I need to finish the Crave series too. I only read book one.
meeghan
Cherish is like… book 6? There’s so many and they’re all a million pages long 😂 But a fun series!
suzannarivera
Oh I have The Bear and the Nightingale on my shelf for years but haven’t gotten around to it. I felt the same with Blood and Honey, it definitely took me longer to read (will admit struggling to continue with Gods and Monsters) but I’m hoping after a break I can pick it up with more interest because I really want to finish the series!
Hope you get around to them and enjoy them this year 💕
meeghan
I really loved it, but I get it. I had it on my shelves for years as well 😂
Janette
Everyone loves The Bear and the Nightingale but I’m an odd one as I didn’t really enjoy it that much. I hope that you do enjoy all of these when you get to them.
meeghan
Thank you!! ❤️
jamsu @ jamsudreams
I can’t wait to read Crave. I know what you mean about Charm though. I thought it would’ve had so much more romance.
meeghan
Yes!! I thought it was going to be a lovely, soft romance between them… and we’d just have all this hang out time and conversations. 😭
Carla
I loved the Winternight Trilogy, I think I liked the first one the best, but they were all good. I hope you enjoy them all.
meeghan
Thanks Carla!! I hope so too 🥰
tasya @ the literary huntress
I’m with you with Serpent & Dove- I’ve been dragging my feet on reading the 2nd book because it sounds disappointing, but we need to read it to get to the final book 😭
meeghan
I know!! If only I hadn’t heard such terrible reviews for it. 😭