As 2025 draws to a close, I wanted to wrap up the month of December. It was a quieter month for me blogging wise as I took a slight break, but I still read plenty of great books! During December, I read 26 books and completed my monthly TBR – you can check out my thoughts on some of them in my Recent Reads post.
Reviews:
Haul:
The ever amazing Nina Douglas and the team at Simon YA kindly sent me The Wycherleys: Love and Other Curses by Annaliese Avery and Hutchinson Heinemann made my Christmas dreams come true by sending me The Barbecue at No. (9 by Jennie Godfrey. Also, the lovely team at Scholastic sent me Beth is Dead by Katie Bernet and Heartbreak Era by Sophie Jo, while the team at Little Tiger sent me Control Alter Delete by K. L. Kettle. Zaffre sent me The Weekend by T. M. Logan and kindly invited me to be part of the #TM10 celebrations in 2026 so keep an eye out for more information coming soon!
Bloomsbury gifted me These Shattered Spires by Cassidy Ellis Slater and Pan Macmillan treated me to Unapologetic Love Story by Elle McNicoll. As I was lucky enough to get a proof of this at YALC, I’ll be doing a giveaway in early 2026.
I was lucky enough to receive Mr Poirot: Mischief on the Nile and Little Miss Marple: Murder at the Vicarage; Local Heavens by K. M. Fajardo, Play Nice by Rachel Harrison, Darker Days by Thomas Olde Heuvelt and You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego from loved ones during December.
Finally I treated myself to the playtext for Next to Normal and How to Survive a Horror Story by Mallory Arnold.
Netgalley Haul:
- How the Other Half Kill by P. C. Roscoe
- Andromeda by E. S. McLeod
- Dollface by Lindy Ryan
- Vile Lady Villains by Danai Christopoulou
- When I Was Death by Alexis Henderson
- Honey by Imani Thompson
- The Death Bed by Chris Bridges
- The Escape Game by Marissa Meyer and Tamara Moss
- One of Your Number by L. J. Shepherd
- I Think We Should Kill Other People by L. M. Chilton
- Main Characters by Bobby Palmer
- A Deadly Pledge by M. A. Bennett
- The 10:12 by Anna Maloney
- I, In The Shadows by Tori Bovalino
- The Last Place You Look by Nikki Smith (cover TBA)
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