2025 Reading List - Book Reviews - Ratings

 

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Here's my list and ratings for each book I have read in 2024 across audio (A), digital (D), and physical (P) books. If I have done an in-depth review, the title will have a clickable link that will take you directly there. This is your one-stop shop for book reviews, all laid out for you in a (hopefully) easy-to-use way. First up, here's my rating scale to give you an idea of what my stars mean! 

RATING SCALE

1* - DNF (I am unlikely to rate any book 1*, my DNFs are usually more about my personal preference and not the writing and I have lots of respect for the passion of the author)

2* - Readable, but maybe left something to be desired (for me this tends to be if the plot is extremely predictable or confusing)

3* - Good all-rounder, easy to read and enjoyable

4* - Highly recommended, robust story that stays with me after I am finished

5* - A book I can't stop thinking about, will actively suggest that people read (even when they aren't asking!)

Easy Peasy! Happy Reading!

BOOK LIST 2025

Say No More - Caroline Overington - 4* (thriller, psychological, sisters, crime, jaw-dropping twist) (A)

A Very Bad Thing - J.T. Ellison - 4* (mystery, thriller, whodunnit, found family, secret pasts) (D)

Happy Bloody Christmas - Jo Middleton - 4* (comedy murder mystery, funny, relatable, festive, family) (D)

Social Class and Stratification - Peter Saunders - 3* (non-fiction, sociology, reading as part of research, interesting subject, social mobility)

Get a Life, Chloe Brown - Talia Hibbert - 5* (spicy rom-com, chronic illness, redhead, healing, powerful, emotional, funny) (D)

The Nesting - C.J Cooke - 3* (secrets, beautiful setting, creepy, nordic folklore, climate/nature, strange ending) (A) 

Mirror Me - Lisa Williamson Rosenberg - 4* (dual timeline, dual perspective, identity, family, predictable yet twisty) (D)

Nightbitch - Rachel Yoder - 3* (fantasy, literary, feminism, motherhood, strange premise, lots to unpack)