The Year's Favorite Books: A Romance Reader's Wrap-Up

As a romance reader, I've had the pleasure of devouring some amazing books this year. From steamy and sultry to sweet and heartwarming, my reads have taken me on a journey of emotions and escapism. In this article, I'll be sharing my favorite books from the past 12 months, including some surprises and disappointments along the way.

My Favorite Steamy Books

I've had the pleasure of reading several steamy romance novels that left me breathless and wanting more. One book that stands out in particular is "Wild Love" by Elle Silver, which was seriously steamy for this one reader. I also enjoyed "A Book in Her Chest" that's part of the Spring series, as well as "Number Four: Rained Out", a book that features rain and some pretty steamy moments. Another favorite of mine is "Love Letters to a Serial Killer" by Tasha Collins, although it didn't quite live up to my expectations.

Vacation Mode

A book about a vacation is always on my radar, and this year was no exception. I would have loved "Vacay Mode", but unfortunately, that one didn't make the cut. However, I did enjoy "The Unhoneymooners" by Christina Lauren, which features a vacation to Maui as part of its plot. Another great option is "The Catch", a book that takes place in a small town and has a similar feel to "Vacay Mode". If you're looking for more options, consider "Amy & Rogers' Epic Detour" by Morgan Matson, a YA romance that features road trip adventures.

Amusement Parks

One of my favorite books from the past year is "First Line Wins" by Ashley Winston Elston, which had me guessing from start to finish. This book was like a roller coaster ride, full of twists and turns that kept me on the edge of my seat. Another great option is "The Midnight Feast" by Lucy Foley, a thriller that also kept me guessing until the very end.

Ice Cream

A sweet treat deserves a sweet book, and I've found just the thing in "Practice Makes Perfect" by Sarah Adams. This book is a must-read for fans of romance and relationships, with its focus on communication and trust. Another great option is "The ROM Commerce" by Katherine Center, which combines elements of romance and business to create a unique and engaging story.

Sunrises and Sunsets

A beautiful sunrise or sunset can be the perfect inspiration for a book, and I've found some stunning options in this category. One of my favorites is "Just For The Summer", although I'm not entirely sure if that's the exact title I was thinking of. Another great option is "Weise and Then Nighttime", which features a similar sunset-inspired theme.

Longest Books

Finally, let's talk about the longest books on my list, including some epic romances that took up an impressive amount of time to read. My favorite book from this category is "Love Off with Love" by Maria Zapata, which clocks in at an astonishing 531 pages. While I loved the story itself, it was often times hard to get through due to its length.

That's my wrap-up for the year, folks! If you're interested in reading any of these books or exploring more romance novels, I hope this list has been helpful. Don't forget to share your own favorite reads with me on social media using the #RomanceReaderChallenge tag – I'd love to see what you've read and discuss it further with you all in my next video.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello everyone my name is Heather and welcome to the channel bookables and welcome to a tag video today I'm doing a tag that I have made myself I've made a few tags in my lifetime are they amazing no are there trillions of other tags like this absolutely but mine's just a little different much like FB Elsa's there's amazing summer tags out there this is just one I made so if you want to do it feel free if you want to do someone else is totally understand I am not original whatsoever we're going to do the tag I created there is 10 questions so let's Buckle in and get into it up we have sand in your toes a book that is perfect to read on the beach for this one I'm going to go with the paradise Problem by Christina Lauren this is her newest release and as you can tell by the cover it is perfect to read on the beach it's about two characters that fake a marriage and they're on like this vacation with his family at this private island and it's set in a private island I couldn't think of a more perfect book to read on the beach next up is summer thunderstorm a book that truly spooked you I'm trying to think if anyone's this year like truly spooked me and I don't have one so I'm going to have to go to my Thrillers I'm going to have to go with my darling girl by Jennifer man this one thoroughly spooked me I think I read this in the fall of last year a lot of people don't like this book I loved it scared the crap out of me it's about a woman that has her mom move in when she's on her kind of deathbed and then she thinks her mom's possessed by a demon and it gets freaking creepy heating up which is just fun because here it is 95° right now we are in July and I live in South and it is humid as mess as soon as I step outside every Orphus of my body is covered in sweat the humidity is but I always say come winner I'm like I can't wait for summer for spring for a nice I can't wait for summer for green for hotness and then come middle summer I'm like freaking like cursing it I don't know it's just how it goes anyway a book that was seriously steamy for this one I'm going to have to go with literally every single ulle silver book I read this year so far I've read four of them of wild love super steamy any book in her chest that spring series super steamy number four rained out which I think rain is coming here in the next few hours and I'm pretty freaking excited for it cuz my flowers could use it yes I am 100% in my grandma ERA with flowers and bird watching and I'm okay with it a book you were anticipating but was let down immensely for this one hands down would have to be love letters to a seral killer by Tasha Cornell I was looking so forward to this one and it just was wasn't for me wasn't that great just wasn't wasn't good next up is vacay mode which I would love I'll never get that a book that features a vacation of course that features a vacation we could also do another Christina Lauren book The unhoneymooners by obviously Christina Lauren they have a vacation to Maui that's true also the catch by Amy Lee she kind of goes to a vacation at a small town that's another great one so we'll just go with those too hopefully that's okay next up we have road trip a book that's all about a road trip a road trip book is Amy and Rogers epic detour by Morgan Matson this is a ya one but I love and adore it it has pictures playlists Morgan Matson took this road trip herself and I thought it was just amazing so it's definitely my favorite road trip book and one I will always always recommend next up we have amusement park a book that felt like a roller coaster where it took you up and down with emotions all those sort of things for me I would have to say um first line wins by Ashley Winston Elston I always have to pronounce myself um this one definitely had me guessing up and down I was like what's going to happen next I don't know I don't know also another great one that had me guessing a lot is the midnight Feast by Lucy Foley both Thrillers that I really enjoyed this year that constantly have me guessing and had me literally feeling like I was on a roller coaster next up is ice cream a perfect treat a deliciously sweet book for this one of course I have to look to my girl Sarah Adams super super cute all of her books are Del sweet my favorite of hers is hands down practice makes perfect so cute so adorable so sweet just like the rule book but if I had to pick one it'd be this one so another recent one that I thought was really really sweet is the ROM Commerce by Katherine Center next up is sunrises and sunsets a book that has a sunrise or sunset on the cover or similar colors for this one I'm immediately thinking of can I find it oh here it is just for the summer kind of has the sunset thing going on or maybe Sunrise but either way it's got that kind of vibe to it let's look for some other ones shall Weise and then nighttime also another ABY him medine book um so there's that one I don't know if that's right or not I don't know but you know what oh there's another one happy place is another one that's kind of sunsett as well so I've given you options I've given you some options the last one we have is long days a the longest book you've read this year oh oh I should have prepared for this I'm going to have to say it's got to be either an Elsie silver or Maria Zapata let's go with let's just go wild love um Wild Love 452 remembering this great Reckless 440 so that's not the winner so far Wild Love is in first place with the longest book powerless this one might win powerless is 430 so still not winning heartless is 420 okay now we have this year okay oh we have a winner we have a winner folks and it is Maria zapad from luk off with love coming in at a whopping 531 Pages for a romance that is too long I love the book just it's too long it's too long for a romance this is the size I expect a fantasy non adult romance maybe I'm alone and feeling that I don't know that was the summer book tag I hope you enjoyed enjoyed if you're interested in doing this tag go on and do it that's why I made it for you to do and all that kind of stuff I hope you enjoyed it I'm going to go try to cool off because like I said it's 95 freaking degrees hoping it rains soon to cool it down some because I'm sweating even inside fun thanks for watching I'll see you in my next video byehello everyone my name is Heather and welcome to the channel bookables and welcome to a tag video today I'm doing a tag that I have made myself I've made a few tags in my lifetime are they amazing no are there trillions of other tags like this absolutely but mine's just a little different much like FB Elsa's there's amazing summer tags out there this is just one I made so if you want to do it feel free if you want to do someone else is totally understand I am not original whatsoever we're going to do the tag I created there is 10 questions so let's Buckle in and get into it up we have sand in your toes a book that is perfect to read on the beach for this one I'm going to go with the paradise Problem by Christina Lauren this is her newest release and as you can tell by the cover it is perfect to read on the beach it's about two characters that fake a marriage and they're on like this vacation with his family at this private island and it's set in a private island I couldn't think of a more perfect book to read on the beach next up is summer thunderstorm a book that truly spooked you I'm trying to think if anyone's this year like truly spooked me and I don't have one so I'm going to have to go to my Thrillers I'm going to have to go with my darling girl by Jennifer man this one thoroughly spooked me I think I read this in the fall of last year a lot of people don't like this book I loved it scared the crap out of me it's about a woman that has her mom move in when she's on her kind of deathbed and then she thinks her mom's possessed by a demon and it gets freaking creepy heating up which is just fun because here it is 95° right now we are in July and I live in South and it is humid as mess as soon as I step outside every Orphus of my body is covered in sweat the humidity is but I always say come winner I'm like I can't wait for summer for spring for a nice I can't wait for summer for green for hotness and then come middle summer I'm like freaking like cursing it I don't know it's just how it goes anyway a book that was seriously steamy for this one I'm going to have to go with literally every single ulle silver book I read this year so far I've read four of them of wild love super steamy any book in her chest that spring series super steamy number four rained out which I think rain is coming here in the next few hours and I'm pretty freaking excited for it cuz my flowers could use it yes I am 100% in my grandma ERA with flowers and bird watching and I'm okay with it a book you were anticipating but was let down immensely for this one hands down would have to be love letters to a seral killer by Tasha Cornell I was looking so forward to this one and it just was wasn't for me wasn't that great just wasn't wasn't good next up is vacay mode which I would love I'll never get that a book that features a vacation of course that features a vacation we could also do another Christina Lauren book The unhoneymooners by obviously Christina Lauren they have a vacation to Maui that's true also the catch by Amy Lee she kind of goes to a vacation at a small town that's another great one so we'll just go with those too hopefully that's okay next up we have road trip a book that's all about a road trip a road trip book is Amy and Rogers epic detour by Morgan Matson this is a ya one but I love and adore it it has pictures playlists Morgan Matson took this road trip herself and I thought it was just amazing so it's definitely my favorite road trip book and one I will always always recommend next up we have amusement park a book that felt like a roller coaster where it took you up and down with emotions all those sort of things for me I would have to say um first line wins by Ashley Winston Elston I always have to pronounce myself um this one definitely had me guessing up and down I was like what's going to happen next I don't know I don't know also another great one that had me guessing a lot is the midnight Feast by Lucy Foley both Thrillers that I really enjoyed this year that constantly have me guessing and had me literally feeling like I was on a roller coaster next up is ice cream a perfect treat a deliciously sweet book for this one of course I have to look to my girl Sarah Adams super super cute all of her books are Del sweet my favorite of hers is hands down practice makes perfect so cute so adorable so sweet just like the rule book but if I had to pick one it'd be this one so another recent one that I thought was really really sweet is the ROM Commerce by Katherine Center next up is sunrises and sunsets a book that has a sunrise or sunset on the cover or similar colors for this one I'm immediately thinking of can I find it oh here it is just for the summer kind of has the sunset thing going on or maybe Sunrise but either way it's got that kind of vibe to it let's look for some other ones shall Weise and then nighttime also another ABY him medine book um so there's that one I don't know if that's right or not I don't know but you know what oh there's another one happy place is another one that's kind of sunsett as well so I've given you options I've given you some options the last one we have is long days a the longest book you've read this year oh oh I should have prepared for this I'm going to have to say it's got to be either an Elsie silver or Maria Zapata let's go with let's just go wild love um Wild Love 452 remembering this great Reckless 440 so that's not the winner so far Wild Love is in first place with the longest book powerless this one might win powerless is 430 so still not winning heartless is 420 okay now we have this year okay oh we have a winner we have a winner folks and it is Maria zapad from luk off with love coming in at a whopping 531 Pages for a romance that is too long I love the book just it's too long it's too long for a romance this is the size I expect a fantasy non adult romance maybe I'm alone and feeling that I don't know that was the summer book tag I hope you enjoyed enjoyed if you're interested in doing this tag go on and do it that's why I made it for you to do and all that kind of stuff I hope you enjoyed it I'm going to go try to cool off because like I said it's 95 freaking degrees hoping it rains soon to cool it down some because I'm sweating even inside fun thanks for watching I'll see you in my next video bye\n"