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Five Star Books

Here are the books I have rated with 5 stars that I loved. Five Star Books.

Please know these are across genres, and some of them might be ARCs, not released yet, or may contain spoilers. I am doing my best to update the reviews (adding trigger warnings, more links to purchase, adding depth).

Five Star Books

Outdrawn

April 20, 2025

Sapphic, rivals to lovers? Yes please!
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Favorites, Finished, Romance, Romance Finished
A Whale of a Crime

April 22, 2025

by Mona Marple ARC Read from Net Galley, Victory Editing NetGalley…
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ARC, Favorites, Finished
Last Chance To Save The World

April 22, 2025

By Beth Revis Book Review ARC from DAW via Net Galley…
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ARC, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi FInished
Iron Widow

April 3, 2025

Book Review Rating: 5 stars Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao…
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Fantasy, Fantasy Finished, Favorites, Finished, Romance, Romance Finished, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi FInished, Young Adult
These Violent Delights

April 3, 2025

Book Review Rating: 5 stars These Violent Delights By Chloe Gong…
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Fantasy, Favorites, Finished, Historical Fiction, Young Adult
Junker Seven

April 3, 2025

Book Review Rating: 5 stars Junker Seven Olive Kelley Publication Date:…
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Favorites, Finished, Romance, Romance Finished, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi FInished
The Companion

March 24, 2025

Book Review Rating: 5 stars The Companion EE Ottoman Publication Date:…
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Finished, Historical Fiction, Romance, Romance Finished
Sweet Touch of Venom

March 22, 2025

Book Review Rating: 5 stars duh Sweet Touch Of Venom Akita…
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Favorites, Finished, Romance, Thriller Finished
Here For A Good Time

April 22, 2025

by Pyae Moe Thet War Release Date: August 26 Book Review…
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ARC, Favorites, Finished, Romance, Romance Finished
Last First Love

March 22, 2025

Book Review Rating: 5 stars Last First Love Tatiana Gomez Publication…
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Finished, Romance, Romance Finished
We Set the Dark on Fire

March 5, 2025

We Set the Dark on Fire #1 by Tehlor Kay Mejia…
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Fantasy, Fantasy Finished, Favorites, Finished
Anne: Bermuda (The Bitch Captain)

March 24, 2025

This book is as rediculous as the title. It’s a WTF…
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Fantasy, Fantasy Finished, Favorites, Finished, Historical Fiction, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi FInished
Dawn of the Obsidian Sun

March 7, 2025

Found this book on Threads and WOW it is amazing. There’s…
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Fantasy, Fantasy Finished, Romance, Romance Finished, Spice
You’re Not Supposed To Die Tonight

March 4, 2025

One of my favorite thriller horror books ever.
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Favorites, Finished, Horror, Horror Finished, Thriller, Thriller Finished, Young Adult
Supersized Bubblegum

March 5, 2025

Ok yes, 5 stars, had me laughing and hungry? But also…
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Fantasy, Fantasy Finished, Favorites, Finished, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi FInished
The Build Up

March 19, 2025

This book is everything and more and I heavily recommend it…
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Favorites, Finished, Romance
The Baby Dragon Cafe

March 19, 2025

I LOVED THIS BOOK SO MUCH.
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Fantasy, Fantasy Finished, Favorites, Finished, Romance, Romance Finished
They All Fall Down

March 22, 2025

A mystery thriller!
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Favorites, Finished, Thriller, Thriller Finished
Fall Into You

March 5, 2025

Want a really good sapphic novella with amazing spice? This one…
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Finished, Romance, Romance Finished, Spice
The Reformatory

March 6, 2025

One of my book club reads this month!
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Finished, Historical Fiction, Horror, Horror Finished, Thriller, Thriller Finished
The Prodigy 2: Rise of a Queen (Family Ties Book Two)

March 12, 2025

Just finished this one!
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Favorites, Finished, Romance, Romance Finished, Spice, Thriller, Thriller Finished
The Prodigy (Family Ties Book 1)

March 5, 2025

I inhaled this book, it was so so so good.
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Favorites, Finished, Romance, Romance Finished, Spice
Splinter

March 6, 2025

By Jasper Hyde Book Review Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ Method Of Reading:…
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Fantasy, Fantasy Finished, Favorites, Finished, Romance, Romance Finished, TBR, Thriller, Thriller Finished
Cinderella Is Dead

March 4, 2025

Kalynn Bayron Book Review Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ Method Of Reading: On…
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Fantasy, Fantasy Finished, Favorites, Finished, Horror, Horror Finished, Thriller, Thriller Finished, Young Adult
The Other Lives of Altagracia Sanchez

April 22, 2025

by Felicia Martínez Book Review Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ ARC Read From Querencia…
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ARC, Fantasy, Finished, Sci-Fi
Bochica

April 22, 2025

by Carolina Flórez-Cerchiaro Book Review ARC Review from Atria Books via Net…
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ARC, Finished, Horror, Horror Finished, Thriller, Thriller Finished
Mexican Gothic

April 19, 2025

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Book Review Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ Method Of Reading:…
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Favorites, Finished, Horror, Horror Finished, Thriller
The Stone Sky

March 24, 2025

By N.K. Jemisin Book Review Rating: 5 stars duh This book…
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Fantasy, Fantasy Finished, Favorites, Finished, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi FInished, Thriller, Thriller Finished
The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery

April 22, 2025

by Clarence A. Haynes ARC Read from Grand Central Publishing | Legacy Lit through…
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ARC, Fantasy, Finished, Sci-Fi
Julie Chan Is Dead

April 22, 2025

By Liann Zhang Book Review ARC Read Rating: Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️…
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ARC, Favorites, Finished, Thriller, Thriller Finished
All the Noise at Once

April 22, 2025

By DeAndra Davis ARC Book Review Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ Release Date:…
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ARC, Favorites, Finished, Young Adult
The Obelisk Gate

March 5, 2025

By N.K. Jemisin Book Review Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ Method Of Reading:…
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Fantasy, Favorites, Finished, Horror, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi FInished, Thriller, Thriller Finished
My Sister, The Serial Killer

March 5, 2025

By Oyinkan Braithwaite Book Review Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ I honestly read…
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Favorites, Finished, Thriller, Thriller Finished
You’re Not Supposed To Die Tonight

March 12, 2025

Working on updating the format for this post but THIS IS…
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Favorites, Finished, Horror, Horror Finished, Thriller, Thriller Finished, Young Adult
The Fifth Season

April 18, 2025

By N.K. Jemisin Book Review Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ Lots of thoughts…
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Fantasy, Fantasy Finished, Favorites, Finished, Horror, Horror Finished, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi FInished, Thriller, Thriller Finished
The Milk Carton : A short story

March 19, 2025

By Line Langager Book Review Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ Hi uhm I…
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Finished, General Fiction
If We Were A Movie

April 22, 2025

by Zakiya N. Jamal Website Book Review Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ Method Of…
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ARC, Romance, Romance Finished
The Last Bloodcarver

March 26, 2025

By Vanessa Le Book Review Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ I am still…
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Fantasy, Fantasy Finished, Favorites, Finished, Romance, Young Adult
Deadly When Disturbed

April 22, 2025

By D. M. Barr Book Review ARC Reading From Level Best Books…
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ARC, Finished, Thriller, Thriller Finished
Of Monsters and Mainframes

April 22, 2025

Barbara Truelove Book Review ARC Read From Bindery Books! Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️…
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ARC, Finished, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi FInished
Blood On Her Tongue

April 22, 2025

by Johanna van Veen Book Review ARC Read Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ Coming…
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ARC, Fantasy, Fantasy Finished, Finished, Horror, Horror Finished
The Compound

April 22, 2025

By Aisling Rawle ARC (Random House Publishing Group – Random House | Random…
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ARC, Finished, Thriller, Thriller Finished
The Atrocity Vendor

March 6, 2025

Nick Cato Book Review Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ Nick Cato is just…
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Finished, Horror, Horror Finished
A Mortuary for Songs

A new release from GraveSide Press!!!
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ARC, Finished, Horror, Horror Finished, Thriller, Thriller Finished
Deus Ex Mechanic (The Cricket Chronicles Book 1)

March 6, 2025

A sapphic pirate series in space!!!
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Favorites, Finished, Romance Finished, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi FInished, Spice
Wildblood

Lauren Blackwood Book Review Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ I am usually pretty…
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Fantasy, Fantasy Finished, Favorites
Amplitudes

April 22, 2025

Edited by Lee Mandelo ARC Read Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ This is…
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ARC, Favorites, Finished, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi FInished
LandLocked In Foreign Skin

March 6, 2025

Drew Huff ARC Read LandLocked In Foreign Skin Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️…
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ARC, Favorites, Finished, Horror, Horror Finished, Romance, Sci-Fi FInished, Spice
Gig of the Damned: Slay the Competition

April 19, 2025

by Phrique Book Review Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ if you like splatterpunk,…
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Finished, Horror, Horror Finished
Error Code

March 26, 2025

Zaq Cass Book Review Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Method Of Reading: On my…
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Favorites, Finished, Horror, Horror Finished, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi FInished
The Staircase In The Woods

April 22, 2025

Chuck Wendig ARC Read (via Random House Worlds | Del Rey from Net…
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ARC, Favorites, Finished, Horror, Horror Finished, Thriller, Thriller Finished
The Divine Flesh

April 22, 2025

by Drew Huff Book Review ARC Read Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I finished…
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ARC, Favorites, Finished, Horror, Horror Finished
At Midnight We Possess The Damned

April 22, 2025

Andre Duza, Anna Kubik (editor), Nick Cato ARC Review At Midnight We Possess The…
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ARC, Favorites, Finished, Horror, Horror Finished, Thriller, Thriller Finished
Bookshops and Bonedust

March 24, 2025

By Travis Baldree Book Review Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Ok so initially I…
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Fantasy, Fantasy Finished, Favorites, Finished, Romance, Romance Finished
Frankenstein

Mary Shelley – a baddie (WIKI PAGE) Book Review If you…
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Fantasy, Favorites, Horror, Sci-Fi
Grave Matter

April 22, 2025

Available October 23rd! If you loved Mexican Gothic and are into…
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ARC, Fantasy, Favorites, Finished, Horror, Spice, Thriller, Thriller Finished
Hammajang Luck

April 18, 2025

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ You don’t want to miss this one, it’s realllly…
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ARC, Favorites, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi FInished, Young Adult
I’m Fabulous Crab

March 19, 2025

I want to be a fabulous crab
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ARC, Children’s Books, Finished
Dead Silence

March 29, 2025

Currently on KU. The Titanic meets The Shining!!!
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Finished, Horror, Horror Finished, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi FInished, Thriller
Full Speed To A Crash Landing

March 29, 2025

A fun feminist thriller sci-fi!
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Favorites, Finished, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi FInished
Mantee

March 19, 2025

My palette cleanser feel good YA book. Will be keeping this…
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Children’s Books, Favorites, Finished, Young Adult
Sigils and Sushi

March 25, 2025

You need to read this if you like urban fantasy.
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Fantasy, Fantasy Finished, Favorites, Finished, Sci-Fi
The City Of Ember

Jeanne DuPrau Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ I remember being gifted this book…
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Favorites, Finished, Sci-Fi, Young Adult
Becoming A Bi-con

April 22, 2025

Out on KU now! (SEP 24 2024) Read this now if…
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ARC, Favorites, Finished, Romance
The Revenge of Captain Vessia

March 25, 2025

Coming out October 4th! A wonderful sapphic pirate fantasy.
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ARC, Fantasy, Favorites, Finished, Romance, Thriller, Thriller Finished
The Bane Witch

A spooky new take on a witchy fantasy.
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ARC, Fantasy, Finished, General Fiction, Horror, Horror Finished
The One

Jon Marrs Book Review Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ This book hit me…
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Favorites, Finished, Horror, Horror Finished, Sci-Fi FInished, Thriller, Thriller Finished
Curtsies & Consequences

March 24, 2025

Melissa Constantine Book Review Rating:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Published October 3, 2024 What I…
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ARC, Fantasy, Finished, General Fiction, Romance, Romance Finished
The Husband’s Secret

One of the books that got me into reading as a…
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Favorites, Finished, General Fiction, Thriller, Thriller Finished
The Glass Castle

This book altered my brain chemistry.
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Favorites, Finished, Non-Fiction
The Alchemist

This book is up there with The Glass Castle and Educated…
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Fantasy, Favorites, Finished, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
Educated

This book altered my brain chemistry. It was one of the…
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Favorites, Finished, Non-Fiction
Project Hail Mary

March 25, 2025

Currently reading – just finished. Contains Spoilers:
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Favorites, Finished, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi FInished
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice For Murderers

March 25, 2025

The perf cozy mystery
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Favorites, Finished, General Fiction, Thriller, Thriller Finished
Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend

March 25, 2025

I went into this book thinking it would be a bit…
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Favorites, Finished, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fi FInished, Thriller, Thriller Finished

Thrillers!!

The Unwelcome Guest

Cori Nevruz ARC Review Rating: 3 stars Book acquired through Booksirens, via Masonboro Press Full Review: The cover and description pulled me into this one. It was…
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Dissolution

April 22, 2025

A sci-fi thriller released March 25!! SO GOOD
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Sweet Touch of Venom

March 22, 2025

Book Review Rating: 5 stars duh Sweet Touch Of Venom Akita Sparks Publication Date Publisher Method of reading: Kindle Unlimited Full Review: (link to my review here)…
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Sci Fi!!

Dissolution

April 22, 2025

A sci-fi thriller released March 25!! SO GOOD
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Last Chance To Save The World

April 22, 2025

By Beth Revis Book Review ARC from DAW via Net Galley Rating: 5 stars I was so excited for this one and it was…
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Iron Widow

April 3, 2025

Book Review Rating: 5 stars Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao Publication Date: September 21, 2021 Publisher: Penguin Teen Method of reading: bought the…
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