• A Court of Thorns and Roses

The A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas is thrilling and has multiple tropes. All of the books follow the life of Feyre Archeron as she jumps through hoops for the ones she loves. Throughout Archeron’s story, she discovers her true self and finds her soulmate in the process, but not without challenges. She encounters many obstacles on her journey, but what she finds in the end will be worth the read. 

I love this series for multiple reasons. One was that it put me through a lot of emotions, and it felt like I knew the characters. Second, I was in a different world when I was reading the books. Even if I meant to read just one chapter, there was no way to get me to put the book down. Third, the characters are well-developed and you feel like you are with them through every twist and turn, and every growth in their life. I love this series an amount that is incomprehensible. It breaks my heart that I can’t truly be with the characters in the stories, other than by watching the ink on the paper fade as I read the words over and over again. 

• The Inheritance Games

The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes are games upon games. Avery Grambs is a lower-class high school student with amazing grades and a knack for puzzles and chess. When all Grambs wants to do is survive high school, she gets an unknown visit, and in the blink of an eye, Grambs has a fortune one could only dream of because the death of Tobias Hawthorne, an eccentric billionaire who leaves everything to her. The only unusual thing is that Grambs has no connection to the Hawthorne legacy, or so she thinks. 

With every page you’ll get a mystery and a game. I found that I would stop reading and try to figure out where the game was headed, though, I never got it right. In every book, there is something new, but one thing I love is that all the games build on each other giving more information to the ‘why’. So, if you were to read the books (there are three total), you would have to read them in order. However, there is a stand-alone book that adds to the story of Grambs, from the Hawthorne brothers’ perspective. The stand-alone book follows the story of Grayson and Jameson Hawthorne as they go through their lives after getting disinherited. 

• Dreamland Billionaires

Dreamland Billionaires by Lauren Asher is about three brothers who all have something they need to work out in order to receive their grandfather’s inheritance, which happens to be in a clause. In this three-book series, the brothers are Rowan, Decaln, and Callahan Kane. Each brother has to finish their part of the clause within a certain time frame, and if they don’t then they don’t get what their grandfather has promised them. All the brothers have a story to tell and a future to find, but with the clause on their backs, their forever future is closer than they think. 

I enjoyed reading all three books, while the beginning was slow, by the middle the plot had taken place. All three books have separate perspectives and different storylines. I adore this type of writing because I can have more of a timeline compared to other books. Also, every book has two different points of view, for example, Rowan Kane and Zarah Gulian. I love this style since I can read both of their sides and then choose a favorite character. I read this book within four days while riding in the car to a vacation. The books were easy to read and had hilarious side characters. I also really like how when you first open the book, you are greeted with a playlist that is specific to it. It added a little something to the series and the playlist was greatly appreciated. 

• Shatter Me

The Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi is set in a dystopian universe, and is about a girl who can’t touch anyone. Or so she thought. Juliette Ferrars is a teenage girl who can’t touch anyone; if she does, bad things occur. In this seven-book series, you go through the life of Ferrars as she faces plenty of highs and lows. This series has four novellas and each is in a different characters’ points of view.

I recommend this book to anyone who wants something that will keep them occupied. I’ve read this series twice and each time I’ve found something that I hadn’t before. The book has a bit of spice but it doesn’t focus on that, which is why I like the series. It gives me a needed break from my other books. While the series is long, I would say it’s worth the time spent reading it. None of the books are too long and the chapters are shorter, and because of that, it felt like I was reading at a lighting pace. 

• Red Queen

The Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard has a dystopian style of writing. The books are based on Mare Borrow, an almost normal person. In The Red Queen series, the land they live in contains two different social classes; silver bloods and red bloods. the silver blooded are rich and are nobility, and they have gifts that help them in society. The red blooded are poor and live in shacks; they barely have the opportunity to have a job. 

This series was the first book series that I’ve read that was dystopian and it did not disappoint. The first book was a little slow at the beginning and there is a lot of information to swallow, but once you get through the first half of the book it goes faster and the plot thickens. This is a four-book series plus a novella, and the books aren’t super long. The plot twists and lows the characters have to overcome left me on the edge of my seat every time. The side characters have funny wit, and the friends-to-enemies-to-lovers trope is to die for.