WWW Wednesday — 1 January 2025

Title: Can’t Spell Treason without Tea
Author: Rebecca Thorne
Series: Tomes and Tea #1
Released: 15 Sep 2022
Read: December 2024
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Book Club friends got my rant… but this book was fine. Unless you love unresolved stories, somewhat plotless chapters where nothing happens, and a weird origin story in the epilogue. Which should have been a prologue. Then I guess you’d love it. I thought it was a cosy fantasy mystery, but it’s not. It’s cute and sapphic, but I was expecting more. Sorry.
I might continue this series.

Title: Hooked
Author: Emily McIntire
Series: Never After #1
Released: 5 Sep 2021
Read: December 2024
Rating: ⭐️⭐️
The more I think about this book, the more I want to rate it 1 star. Maybe I will. This book felt like I was reading YA Peter Pan fanfic, where the author shoved as many references into this as possible. And they aren’t clever. It’s also not fantasy (like I assumed), but a “dark romance” where the darkness is just stalking, gratuitous violence and breath play. All of which I’m fine with if it’s written well. This was not.

Title: Matching All the Way
Author: Veronica Eden
Series: N/A
Released: 18 Dec 2023
Read: December 2024
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
An older brother’s best friend, forbidden love, ice hockey romance. NOT set at university. That has diverse characters who are supported by friends and family. What a wonderful book to end the year on. I laughed, I cried, my heart melted. Not sure why (maybe the title?) but I thought it was a Christmas romance. There is a Christmas IN the book, but also just over a year of other holidays and events too. It was sweet and spicy.

I know I only read Fourth Wing in 2024, but it’s up first for my book club pick in 2025. Then we’re reading Iron Flame. All in preparation for Onyx Storm‘s release in late January.

I will likely be audiobooking this one this time around, because I am planning to paint my home office and reorganise my home library. Including adding a shelf to the tops of my Billy bookcases on one wall. So, it’s the perfect time to listen while I work. I also purchased the audio for Iron Flame in case I have time to listen to it as well.

If I get a chance to read from a physical book in the next week, my plan is to start my buddy read with DB for The Witch King.

And if I need an ebook to pick up as well then I can always read A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston. I do love reading her books in January — my summer.