It’s time for another Top 5 Saturday (led by the wonderful Mandy @ Devouring Books)! There are so many amazing books by debut authors this year that it was hard to choose!
Rules!
- Share your top 5 books of the current topic– these can be books that you want to read, have read and loved, have read and hated, you can do it any way you want.
- Tag the original post (This one!)
Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
This is the only book on this list that is already out, and I keep hearing so much about it! Whenever I read the synopsis for this book, I always get so hungry! It also just sounds like an adorable romance. I’m very excited to pick this one up!
Those Who Prey by Jennifer Moffett
Those Who Prey sounds so incredibly creepy. There’s just something fascinating about cults, and the premise of a young freshman in college in the 1990s who joins one with terrible consequences? Sign me up for this book, please!
Shielded by KayLynn Flanders
THIS COVER Y’ALL. I’ve heard this fantasy is suspenseful and exciting and twisty, and I really just need to read the ARC that’s on my Kindle because I’ve been putting it off KNOWING I’m going to love this book to pieces.
Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar
When I found out Star Daughter is comped to Neil Gaiman’s Stardust, I was instantly intrigued. Plus that’s another cover to die for.
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
Retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in 1920s Shanghai? YES PLEASE. I mean, what else is there to say? I’m a sucker for historical fiction. I’m a sucker for Shakespeare retellings. I’M A SUCKER. It’s fine. I’m fine. Or I will be once I get my hands on this book.
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Ohhh, I would definitely and highly recommend Tweet Cute, it is adorable and so much fun to read! Also great list, I found a new book (Those Who Prey) to add to my Goodreads shelf for 2020 releases I want to try out.
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Thank you! I’m so excited, and I’m so glad I can share that excitement 😆
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I received a copy of Tweet Cute through Netgalley so long ago so thank you for the reminder!! I had forgotten about my excitement to read it when I first read the synopsis.
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No problem! I hope you like it!
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I haven’t heard of these violent delights before, but that cover is amazing!
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That’s definitely what drew my eye in the first place!
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I enjoyed Shielded and hope you get to read it! I’m looking forward to Mexican Gothic and The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. 🙂
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Star Daughter almost made my list. I started reading it and it’s got very lush writing and I really love the Hindu mythology aspect! I also keep debating on if I should request a copy of These Violent Delights but I keep thinking about it so I think I should
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That’s how I always know I need to request a book, if I keep thinking about it 😊
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Haha I guess it’s time for me to do it! Last night I kept thinking about a blurb I read and I couldnt remember the title so I spent like 3 hours looking through upcoming releases before I found it. It was Splinters of Scarlet and I want a copy
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I want to read that book so bad 😭
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Omg I was trying to figure out what book it was forever. I found it really cool that every use of magic leaves a build up that could kill.
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HA! You are the only other person I’ve seen that has included These Violent Delights
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It sounds so freaking amazing!
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100%!
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