The best books of 2024

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My favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Moonscript

❤️ loved this book because...

I loved the Christian themes combined in a fantasy world

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Outlook 🥈 Thoughts
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐕 Good, steady pace

By H.S.J. Williams ,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked Moonscript as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 13, 14, 15, and 16.

What is this book about?

"It is said that Darkness is empty and whatever vanishes into its depths is lost forever. I know this better than anyone. For I have suffered here in the shadows, and there are none who might find me.”

Seventy years. Seventy years the elven prince has been lost to the darkness, assumed dead by his people and endlessly broken for a book that connects to the hidden realm of his ancestors, a land untouched by evil.

And now a light in the shadows. A chance for freedom. But those willing to help him come from the unlikeliest of worlds.

The…


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My 2nd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Warbreaker

❤️ loved this book because...

Loved the colorful and complex world building with a bit of romance.

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Immersion 🥈 Originality
  • Writing style

    ❤️ Loved it
  • Pace

    🐌 It was slow at times

By Brandon Sanderson ,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked Warbreaker as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the God King one of them has to marry, the lesser god who doesn't like his job, and the immortal who's still trying to undo the mistakes he made hundreds of years ago.

Their world is one in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren's capital city and where a power known as BioChromatic magic is based on an essence known as breath that can only be collected one…


My 3rd favorite read in 2024

Book cover of Royal Decoy

❤️ loved this book because...

Loved the fairy tale type romance

  • Loved Most

    🥇 Emotions 🥈 Originality
  • Writing style

    👍 Liked it
  • Pace

    🐇 I couldn't put it down

By Heather Frost ,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked Royal Decoy as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 13, 14, 15, and 16.

What is this book about?

Clare made a mistake when she saved the princess’s life . . .

In one horrible night, Clare is forced to give up her life as a kitchen maid to become the princess’s decoy. Thrust into a dangerous new world of royals and deadly politics, she must learn how to be the princess’s perfect double to ensure her betrothal to an enemy prince. Desperate to survive, Clare throws herself into self-defense training, taught by her distractingly attractive bodyguard, Bennick. The spark between them is undeniable, though a relationship is forbidden. When a ruthless assassin begins stalking her, it becomes frighteningly…


Book cover of Moonscript
Book cover of Warbreaker
Book cover of Royal Decoy

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