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My 5-Star Rated Book List

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Since 2020, I have read so many amazing books (as well as some absolutely unhinged ones, but that’s for another blog post). These are my absolute, not just five-star books, but I wish I could give them six, seven, ten star books. These are MUST READS!

The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow

Groundhog day x King Arthur, in the most heartbreaking way. Alix E. Harrow is one of my favorite authors, and this is, in my opinion, her best work yet.
Read my review here.

The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir

I will never stop talking about The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir. I cried my way through Gideon the Ninth, and have spent every day since finishing Nona checking to see if there are any announcements for Alecto. I have reread these a few times, now, and will probably do another re-read this year!

The Broken Earth series by N.K. Jemison

The first time I read The Fifth Season, I was awestruck. Jemison’s world building is unmatched. It is a brilliant, emotional fantasy series set in a world that keeps ending. Multiple characters try to survive apocalypse after apocalypse. This series will change how you look at the fantasy genre.

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Would you like to cry? Because this might make you cry. An unlikely correspondence between two rival agents turns into something romantic and gut-wrenching. Good luck.


Sisters of the Salt Series by Erin A. Craig

A gothic retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses. I am a big fan of Erin A. Craig‘s writing, and House of Salt and Sorrows was a fantastic debut novel.

Cinderella is Dead

This book made Kalynn Bayron an auto-buy author for me. I love this YA LGBTQ retelling!


The Letters of Enchantment series by Rebecca Ross

I was instantly obsessed with Iris and Roman. Rebecca Ross combined historical fiction, romance, and fantasy in this duology, and while it does not feel like we have the whole story in Divine Rivals, it’s because we don’t. There’s a whole other book, plus an incredible standalone prequel. Ross’s writing is poetic, and I will read anything she writes.

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Review: The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow

“I loved you by then, or would soon, or always had. It was inevitable, foretold: When I look up, I will see the sky; when I fight, I will win; when I meet Owen Mallory, I will love him.”


5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

King Arthur x Groundhog Day vibes.

Owen Mallory is a worn-out scholar who becomes captivated by the legend of Sir Una Everlasting, the knight whose death helped shape an entire nation. When Owen is hurled back in time and into Una’s true story, the two find themselves repeating a cycle they have lived countless times, each one ending in tragedy. If they want a different ending, they need to reshape a history that their entire world depends on.

Harrow seamlessly blends epic fantasy with genuinely emotional storytelling. Una and Owen’s connection feels raw and real, and watching their bond evolve across timelines is both heartbreaking and hopeful. Harrow’s writing is stunning, moving between humor, heartbreak, and commentary on storytelling and the forces that drive a nation. The time loop structure is brilliant, making every return to the past feel more devastating and more meaningful.

“Let us lie here forever. Let us be buried as wild things are, by tooth and claw and worm. Let the grasses grow up through the sockets of our eyes. Let them find us in seven years or seventy, and let their brows furrow, because they cannot tell my bones from yours.”