The Best Books of 2020

 The beginning of the year was so far away! You actually expect me to remember anything about the books I read? *Laughs* Fool. 

Red Rope of Fate

by KM Shea

Genre: YA Fantasy

Magic // THE THREE GUARDS // Language learning // THE DRINKING SCENE? // Of course I'm just a dancer // "The elf can't hold his liqueur" -Gimli // The shippers at the end // Clean read // Have some candy // Here's a treat for your dog // *smacks you with fan* // SHE REALLY JUST ASKED YOU THAT //

Royal Magic

by KM Shea

Genre: YA Fantasy

Sequel to Red Rope of Fate // THOSE GUARDS AGAIN YO // Protecting each other from family // FAKE RELATIONSHIP // Fight Club // Slytherin + Slytherin romance!? // SWORD FIGHTING // We can't help, but we can hold the door open // clean read // Favorite Daughter in Law // 

The Prince's Bargain

by KM Shea

Genre: YA Fantasy

LIBRARY // Clean read // Hurt my books and I'll hurt you // THE GUARDS // Externally: Excuse me sir, I am a very old man!  // Internally: *gremlin laugh* // You learned that? What, like it's hard? // Pyromaniac BFF //

 

King of Scars

by Leigh Bardugo

Genre: YA Fantasy

ZOYA // NIKOLI // Bees? Bees // DRAGON DAD // Every mention of the crew from SOC had me like !!! // Nina doing anything she learned from SOC // BLOW IT UP // Sew your hair back on // This is my emotional support corpse // THAT ENDING THO // MONSTERS // Someone tuck the king into bed // The guard and the princess ship //

For the Broken Heart, For the Broken Girl

by Lia Marie

Genre: Poetry 

Why must you hurt me like this // Sure the ombre page look is cool...but at what cost? // Let me fight the boy // Also, send the author chocolate // But mainly fight the boy //

Finale

by Stephanie Garber

Genre: YA Fantasy

I actually remember nothing // Like, I saw it on my book list and thought, Wait. I read that? // What was the ending? // I gave it 5 stars though so I guess I liked it? // *shrugs* // SERIOUSLY THO WHAT HAPPENED // I literally don't remember the end // Something about cards // Cages // Thanos level dad // Sometimes you have to be your own mom //  

The Merciful Crow

by Margaret Owen

Genre: YA Fantasy

THE MONEY DANCE AT THE BEGINNING? // "Here's a cat"... "How about I just take your teeth instead?" // *knocks over pot of nails* // I'm fine! *passes out* // I'm probably unfairly biased to like crows after SOC // Some of the world building too late? // Would be nice to know how they're named sooner // The first couple of chapters were AMAZING and the rest was just ok //Stressed about going into second book and kind of avoiding it...//

 

Summer Bird Blue

by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Genre: YA Contemporary 

HAWAII // Grumpy neighbor //  That crazy dog // *sprays her with hose* // Song writing // Grief // Remember liking it...but can't remember why // April was so long ago, help // goldfish memory//

Much Ado About Nothing

by William Shakespeare

Genre: Classic / Theatre Script 

ENEMIES TO LOVERS // So many plots. Funny plots. Not funny plots // Would not have forgiven him, the dramatic baby // 10/10 would have still ate his heart in the market place // THE SASS // THE BANTER // THE EPIC ONE LINERS //

Don't Date Rosa Santos

by Nina Moreno

Genre:  YA Contemporary

CUTE BOY // CAKE // CUTE BOY WITH CAKE // "Hey! Cuba!" // I LOVE THE GRANDMA // Attacking? // Will make you want ice cream // Cool setting // Community coming together // Assigned to a project together // 

MK