Top Books I Read This Summer But Never Reviewed Here

So I would like to say I post a review here every time I read a book but the (very) sad FACT IS I don't, even when that book is fabulous. I do try to post on Goodreads and Amazon (when I remember Amazon) though because I think the author deserves that much but when it comes to here, not so much. 

So I thought it might be fun to post those top reads I read this summer that I absolutely loved but didn't get around to posting about here but that definitely deserve some love. 

Even though this hasn't been my genre lately, I took a chance and read this, and oh boy, did I love it. Like, love loved it. Seriously read this one, you won't regret it. 

And of course because I tried her YA book, I had to look into more of her reads which leaves this series. To imagine, I almost overlooked this series and I don't even know why I did other than the simple fact that book three is so hard to find and very expensive in kindle format but because I loved the first two, I broke down and got a copy anyway. I don't regret it. I still have the last book to read but so far, I have loved them all, even the novella. There is just something about UF that has a family dynamic (even one made up of friends), that  I just adore.

This next series is another that I overlooked (silly me) because I loved it too! Seriously, so much fun. Why do I overlook all these fabulous reads? 

After having fallen in love with The Bourbon Thief earlier, I had to try something else by this author and her next book, did not disappoint. I love the mystery and drama in these, so much fun.

This next one is labeled as YA but it is more historical and a mystery than anything else. Yes the main characters are teenagers but they don't act like them, maybe because this takes place during WWII? I don't know, either way it was a fun read and took me a little by surprise with it's originality. 

I love the In Death series but I'm seriously behind on them. I think the series is over 40 books strong and I haven't even made it to 20 yet but I do love Eve and Roarke and I truly do try to make time for them when I can.

This next series I am deliberately behind on. Why you ask? because I save them for when I really need a laugh. This series never fails to crack me up and put a huge smile on my face, I love them all and it has some of the best fleshed out characters I have ever read. They are all so lovable and memorable. I actually read three of these over the summer, I couldn't help myself I wasn't ready to put the series back down yet. I loved all three of them and was tempted to pick up the next but I resisted, just barely though.

This is one I couldn't resist reading (I actually just read it, so not quite over summer but close). It is a beautifully written ghost story with just the right amount of historic detail (set in the early '20's) and romance to keep me up late turning the pages.

You know those YA cliches that you tell yourself you are over with? Well, this is a case of those cliches, through and through and yet, I wanted to continue reading this story so on a whim late one night, I picked up this book and, I'm (almost) ashamed to admit, I had a really hard time putting it down. I once again fell right back into the story and all the tropes and cliches didn't even matter anymore, I was sucked in. *sigh* Now I have to finish the darn trilogy and novellas, all because I need more. Plus, I just saw on Goodreads that a fourth book is planned for early next year... so yeah, darn the author. 

I wasn't too sure about this series but I have yet to read anything by Caine that I haven't really liked so I gave it a chance. Book one was good but book two was even better. So glad I gave it a chance. 


So that's it for this summer, at least I think so. I could add so many books over the years that I've read and never reviewed here, it is so shameful but what's a girl to do right? I can't review them all! Well I could but who has time for that some weeks?

So are you guilty of this too, please say you are because if not, I will feel even worse and you don't want that now do you? ;)