It’s the end of November 2021 and my last Weekend Reads post, so I wanted to make it a favorite reads of 2021. I’ve read so many great books this year! And I've read a few new authors I intend to keep following. Have you read any of these?
Here are my favorite reads of 2021 (more in order read than favorites among favorite).
(These are all clean. Most are YA, fairytales, or fantasy romance.)
A delightful short story by new-to-me-author. I love the illustrated cover and look forward to more in this series.
A surprising and adorable Cinderella retelling.
Secrets of the Mist by Morgan Busse
A great steampunk tale with a bit of a zombie twist. I am eagerly awaiting book 2.
Death of Mungo Blackwell by Lauren Brandenburg
A delightful, quirky contemporary story.
Firethorn Crown by Lea Doue: I finally finished this series! Delightful reads
Power On by H.L. Burke
I loved this YA superhero story. I am a sucker for a redemption story.
Healer's Rune and Guardian Prince by Lauricia Mutuska. I am very ready for more of this series! I really connected with the heroine in the second book and really liked the potential love interest.
Traitor by Laurie Lucking
A sweet story of a princess sent away from home for an arranged marriage. I'm always happy to have another book by our very own Laurie Lucking.
Princess of Shadows by A.G. Marshall
A great "Princess and the Pea" retelling with Sleeping Beauty thrown in. Humorous with a hint of danger and interesting magic and, of course, romance.
Here are some of the authors I read multiple books from. I have a link to the author page on amazon and one or two book covers.
I love all her books and read a bunch this year! I am looking forward to more Eleven Alliance books and more fae books. I liked the bits of Shakespeare and mythology in her fae books. Some I read include Lost in Averell; Eleven Alliance books; Sword Maiden, Stolen Midsummer Bride; Bluebeard and the Outlaw
I confess I have seen her books around for a while and have been curious around them. I am glad I finally got around to readying some! I enjoyed The Princess Search and Crown of Secrets and look forward to finishing the Hidden Mage series soon and reading more.
Another author whose books I have seen around and heard good things about. I devoured her urban fantasy series with Magic Forged, Magic Redeemed, and Magic Unleashed; plus the Snow White duology; and enjoyed her Beauty and the Beast retelling.
I was drawn to her amazing Faceless Mage cover and was so happy to discover it was a clean fantasy book and was just as amazing as the cover promised. I love Kenley's writing style, the character depth, the storylines, and especially the noble heroes. She writes fairytale retellings and fantasy romance. I am looking forward to reading more of her books! So far I've read Faceless Mage, Unseen Heir, Stolen Thorn Bride, Traitor's Mask, Golden Heart, and Piroutte.
I loooved Dawnsong, Reluctant Godfather, Traitor, and Tara Grayce's books! And I really need to read Secrets in the Mist and the rest of the Firethorn Crown books, especially, but so many others on here too. Loved this list. :)
ReplyDeleteOoh, so many amazing books by some of my favorite authors, and some I haven't yet read! I must remedy that immediately. ;) Some other wonderful stories that are missing which I loved this year are from some of my favorite fairytale authors: Camille Peters, Deborah Grace White, and Lucy Tempest. I also read a lot of wonderful clean Regency romance. So many wonderful books out there!
ReplyDeleteOoh, some of these are on my own TBR!
ReplyDeleteI've read The Firethorn Crown series. Healer's Rune. And Traitor. Power On is near the top of my TBR, I loved the original superhero series and am looking forward to the spin-off series... but I know I'm gonna read them super fast, so I'm soooorta waiting until she has all the books out (because Heidi almost writes faster than I read, and that's a feat!) :) cause I don't want to wait between books for the next one. :)