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I had a very tough time deciding between all my favorites, so I decided to expand my list to include 20 of my favorites instead of 10.
I read very few traditionally published books this past year (if any), and there's a reason for that. 2015 found me reading more ebooks, and it's also when I joined this blog. As a result, I immersed myself deeper into the Indie world of books and rarely visited the library to check out traditionally published books.
But anyway, below you'll find a complete list of my top reads of 2015. They are not in any particular order.
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Top 20 of 2015
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Maribel's bookshelf: 5-platypire-reads-of-2015
Take Care, Sara is a book I hold very close to my heart. It's about loss, guilt, and forgiveness. This story was real because it had real characters who experience very real situations. While I don't know the kind of loss Sara experience...
I finally got around to reading this one. I remember the last one had a lot of drama and teen angst, which I liked but hated at the same time. I knew going in that there would be more of that, and I relished it. Lindy's stories always k...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** Where to begin? Words. I should use words. This book was beautiful, like a celebration of life. You get Ricky's good times, as well as the bad ones. As corny as it ...
I won this book in one of Lindy's many giveaways. About two years ago. Anyway, Safe and Sound is the story of Lola, a girl who's had more than her fair share of burdens in her short life than other people see in a lifetime. She finds un...
I was both sad and excited to read this book because it is the last in the trilogy and I need to know how things end with all those involved. The book starts off kind of slow, but it was worth the wait for all the action and suspense t...
This is the last book from Lindy that I won in a giveaway a few months ago. Oh, how this book made me wallow! Many tears were shed, so many that I ended up putting this book on pause for a good two months. I finally finished it a few d...
So close to the end of my list! I had to search for this one, as it was not appearing on my Kindle App. I then realized it was because the edition I had came from Smashwords and is no longer available. Apparently I downloaded it onto my...
***I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** Smother is not what I expected it to be. And at the same time, it was. We were warned beforehand that we wouldn't like Reese at the beginning, but I strangely did n...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** It's so long a wait for the sequel! There were so many things that made me fall in love with this book that I had to make a list. So here goes, in no particular orde...
I freaking loved this novella series! I honestly cannot think of anything I didn't like about any of the volumes, except perhaps that I wish there were more in this series! It's imaginative and creative. It's a bizarre world that the re...
***I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** Let me just start off with this: Michelle K. Pickett has rapidly become one of my favorite authors. I love that she created characters that had great chemistry toget...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** I love this book! I LOVED it! And here's why: There were many times throughout the book where I found myself connecting with Jack. He moves around a lot, he's a lon...
***I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** Holy cow that was great! Destiny's Flame is a vast improvement over Destiny's Wings. The editing was great, there was more action, and we delved a little deeper into...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** I didn't think it was possible for Isabel to be any more badass. I was wrong. I'll admit that the whole ghost haunting intrigued me and I really enjoyed reading that...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** When I first received a copy of this book I had no motivation to read it. Even though I requested it. I have no idea why I was in this kind of mood, but I went on go...
I first heard about this book when we had a Teaser Tuesday on the page and Megan Bailey posted one of her teasers. The title alone hooked me and we began harassing, I mean, er, asking Megan about the book. Fast forward to last month in J...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** There is so much I want to say and so much that I CAN'T! When it came to reading the end of the book, I had some colorful words for Nely, because how could she just...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** I have to say this book pleasantly surprised me when I started reading it. We jump right into the story with Dax as he rescues a girl who has washed up on the shore....
I've had this gem on my kindle app ever since last December (or was is January?) and I've let it gather dust. Since Joood read it, I thought it was high time I brought it out and began reading it. This is the first book from K.C. Finn th...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** I loved this book. I cannot stress that enough. It took me a while to get to this one because I was in one of my reading funks where nothing was appealing to me. The...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** I think this is Lindy's best novel to date. I could relate so much to this particular novel because of the eating disorders that the protagonist, Maggie, struggles w...
After I finished the previous book, Undone, I didn't think I could get any angrier than I already had. I was wrong. Sage is still making wrong decisions ("loving" Soren being one of them) and putting her loved ones in the path of danger....
I got this book as part of June's Kindle First offer. The synopsis sounded the most interesting of the lot, plus I thought the cover was cool. It wasn't until Jude told me about this event that I decided I would read it (otherwise it wou...
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Maribel's bookshelf: reviewed-in-2015
Take Care, Sara is a book I hold very close to my heart. It's about loss, guilt, and forgiveness. This story was real because it had real characters who experience very real situations. While I don't know the kind of loss Sara experience...
Back to the list! We now continue with another Lindy Zart book. This book was another book that frustrated me because of the characters. Don't get me wrong, I loved them and sympathized with them, but they frustrated me! Angst! Angst e...
I finally got around to reading this one. I remember the last one had a lot of drama and teen angst, which I liked but hated at the same time. I knew going in that there would be more of that, and I relished it. Lindy's stories always k...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** I'll admit that at the beginning of this book, I couldn't quite get into it. I don't know if it was the pressure that this would be my first review ever, or that I h...
I'll admit that after I read the book, I felt that the synopsis was a tad bit misleading, since reading the first sentence implies that Stone suffered an accident in his past. It isn't until very late in the book that we actually find ou...
***I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** This is one of those books. The kind of book which reels you in like a fish on a line. I was skeptical about this book in the beginning, mostly because I have read m...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** Where to begin? Words. I should use words. This book was beautiful, like a celebration of life. You get Ricky's good times, as well as the bad ones. As corny as it ...
Len Webster is an author who I used to follow on Wattpad. I've read two other stories from her, and I loved them. That being said, I blame her for all the tears I shed while reading the ending of this book. I don't know what's up with m...
So I was gifted this book by a fellow fan of Lindy Zart. And, uh, my review may or may not be about two years late (don't judge me). Dating Husbands is a sort-of light read, full of sarcasm (that not everyone can appreciate) and tons o...
I won this book in one of Lindy's many giveaways. About two years ago. Anyway, Safe and Sound is the story of Lola, a girl who's had more than her fair share of burdens in her short life than other people see in a lifetime. She finds un...
I wish I had the second book. That's how good this was. I'll admit that when I won this, I only read until the the halfway point. I honestly have no idea why I didn't finish reading it, but I do regret this 2 years later. Honor is defen...
Another lovely won from one of Lindy's giveaways. Do you know how exasperated I was with this book? Lindy can write everything and anything. The first time I read this book, I hated Taryn. HATED. As in past tense. I can't put my finger ...
And I continue on my list of Lindy books won in giveaways. I read this in a matter of 2-3 hours because this is one of my favorites. Because of Creed. I loved him in Charmed and he has made me fall in love all over again in Charmed Agai...
I was both sad and excited to read this book because it is the last in the trilogy and I need to know how things end with all those involved. The book starts off kind of slow, but it was worth the wait for all the action and suspense t...
This is the last book from Lindy that I won in a giveaway a few months ago. Oh, how this book made me wallow! Many tears were shed, so many that I ended up putting this book on pause for a good two months. I finally finished it a few d...
I've been wanting to read this one for a while because it looked like a light-hearted, funny read. And I needed that after I read Smother. While it is overall hilarious, there are a couple of serious parts, and it is just the right balan...
So close to the end of my list! I had to search for this one, as it was not appearing on my Kindle App. I then realized it was because the edition I had came from Smashwords and is no longer available. Apparently I downloaded it onto my...
***I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** Smother is not what I expected it to be. And at the same time, it was. We were warned beforehand that we wouldn't like Reese at the beginning, but I strangely did n...
Unremarkable takes place six months after the end of Ordinary, and we see Honor waking up and being fed a bunch of **** by Superior Augustus. I want to discuss him a little bit. He's psycho, and I usually try to find a tiny bit of good...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** It's so long a wait for the sequel! There were so many things that made me fall in love with this book that I had to make a list. So here goes, in no particular orde...
This review is a long time coming. But I'm doing it now, and believe me I sorely regret not reading this book earlier. This is the story of Aro. We are thrown right into the action two or three pages into the story. And it doesn't stop...
I must say that I wish these pieces of flash fiction were longer. They way in which they are written got me interested in seeing how some of these storylines would develop if they were fully-written books. Some were laugh out loud funny,...
I freaking loved this novella series! I honestly cannot think of anything I didn't like about any of the volumes, except perhaps that I wish there were more in this series! It's imaginative and creative. It's a bizarre world that the re...
Let me start off by saying that this book was freaking awesome! I've had this book sitting in my kindle app for about 2 years...don't judge. Anyway, I promised myself that I would read and review it, and I'm so glad I did. My Soul to k...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** Milayna's Angel picks up right where Milayna left off. Except now there is trouble in paradise. Specifically, Chay's and Milayna's paradise. Xavier is a new characte...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** In all honesty, this one fell a little flat for me. I did, for the most part, enjoy reading most of it, but there were times where some the more dramatic scenes lac...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** I'll start by stating that the characters start out a little cliched at the beginning. You have your popular girl who rules the school and you have your typical bad ...
***I received this book in exchange for an honest review.*** I like that this was a different take on the apocalypse theme. Normally, books that talk about the apocalypse or talk about dystopian worlds are focused solely on a world made...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** I was so excited when this book became available to me because of how the first book ended. Lir is still my favorite, but we see a difference in him in this book, pr...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** I have mixed feelings on this book. Don't get me wrong, it was funny at some parts, and at other times I wholeheartedly sympathized with Kara, but something nags at ...
***I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** Let me just start off with this: Michelle K. Pickett has rapidly become one of my favorite authors. I love that she created characters that had great chemistry toget...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** I liked the overall concept of the story. I've always wondered about the adoption process of other countries, and the fact that this one was about Russia certainly p...
*****I was given a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.***** Meritropolis vaguely reminds me of another story I read recently that involves a series of mutated creatures of sorts. They’re terrifying, carnivorous creatures...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** The beginning of this book reminded me of a series I read in middle school, about 3 siblings who were orphaned and were being handed off to unknown relatives. It's t...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** I'll start off by saying that before I read this book, I was in a reading funk. I could not bring myself to read anything, despite the fact that my long list of book...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** I love this book! I LOVED it! And here's why: There were many times throughout the book where I found myself connecting with Jack. He moves around a lot, he's a lon...
***I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** Holy cow that was great! Destiny's Flame is a vast improvement over Destiny's Wings. The editing was great, there was more action, and we delved a little deeper into...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** This book was awesome. Like a few have said, it does remind me of The Southern Vampire Series, but that didn't stop me from enjoying the book. The book starts off wi...
I was gifted this book awhile ago by the author. I don't even know how long it has been, but I remember her asking me to consider leaving a review. Actually, now that I checked my FB messages, she gifted it to me in October 2014. So not ...
This is another book I won in a giveaway. Anyway, I'll start off by saying that I did like the novella, but I did have some issues with it. When I read books that are YA, I expect there to be some sort of angst, because let's face it,...
I won this book in a giveaway. This is the second novella in the Off the Grid series. This one was a slight improvement over the last one, but it still lacked personality. There was one aspect of the relationship between Hunter and Gr...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** I didn't think it was possible for Isabel to be any more badass. I was wrong. I'll admit that the whole ghost haunting intrigued me and I really enjoyed reading that...
***I received a copy of this novella in exchange for an honest review.*** I wasn't sure if I was going to like this novella, if I'm being honest. I read this before I read Creatura or Fruit of Misfortune, and I must say that it helped m...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** When I first received a copy of this book I had no motivation to read it. Even though I requested it. I have no idea why I was in this kind of mood, but I went on go...
I first heard about this book when we had a Teaser Tuesday on the page and Megan Bailey posted one of her teasers. The title alone hooked me and we began harassing, I mean, er, asking Megan about the book. Fast forward to last month in J...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** There is so much I want to say and so much that I CAN'T! When it came to reading the end of the book, I had some colorful words for Nely, because how could she just...
***I received a galley of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** If I am being honest, I have to say that the beginning of the book was a little boring. About a third of the story is just background info on Corbin. I'm not sayin...
***I received a copy of this book from Penguin's First to Read program in exchange for an honest review.*** When I started reading this book, I did not realize that it was the fifth book in the series and while these books can sort of b...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** I want to start off by stating that the prose in this story is absolutely phenomenal. It's been a while since I last read a story where the words blend together beau...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** I have to say this book pleasantly surprised me when I started reading it. We jump right into the story with Dax as he rescues a girl who has washed up on the shore....
I've had this gem on my kindle app ever since last December (or was is January?) and I've let it gather dust. Since Joood read it, I thought it was high time I brought it out and began reading it. This is the first book from K.C. Finn th...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** I'm not going to lie. I struggled to finish this book. I felt that the characters lacked emotion, lacked life. Maybe it's because the way the story is written is not...
***I received a galley of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** I started this book back in June of 2015 and then I got distracted by other books from one of my favorite publishers. But as December approached, I figured I shoul...
The story starts out with the mental abuse Beth's father put her through as a child. It's appalling just how extreme and fanatical her father is about God and the Bible, and this helps me sympathize with Beth and feel sorry for the child...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** I began reading this book right after I finished reading Sweet Contradiction because it was the middle of the night and I couldn't sleep. I have to say I liked Perfe...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** Let me start off by saying that I had no idea this book was horror. I signed up based solely on my opinion of the cover. I thought, "Hmm, this looks interesting," an...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** I loved this book. I cannot stress that enough. It took me a while to get to this one because I was in one of my reading funks where nothing was appealing to me. The...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.""" I don't know where to start with this book because it was so fantastic. Shannon L. Maynard really knows how to draw a reader into the story by answering questions fr...
I grabbed my copy of this book upon an indirect recommendation. I don't remember exactly who was raving about this author, but I know it must have been someone on this blog. That was enough for me to purchase this book and another by thi...
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** I think this is Lindy's best novel to date. I could relate so much to this particular novel because of the eating disorders that the protagonist, Maggie, struggles w...
Where do I even begin? I loved this book and that was a nice surprise! I had read some other books by this same author before, but none of those drew me in like this one did. Sure, it's a short, slow start, but one you get going, the mys...
After I read Fated, I decided that I absolutely needed the next book and so I purchased it. Now here I am, after a storm of emotions I didn't see coming, and all I can say is, "Why Sage? WHY!" I don't know why Sage's choices keep surpr...
After I finished the previous book, Undone, I didn't think I could get any angrier than I already had. I was wrong. Sage is still making wrong decisions ("loving" Soren being one of them) and putting her loved ones in the path of danger....
***I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.*** In Spellweaver, Olive is back with Kull and they are facing impending doom if they don't save the Everblossom and protect it from the evil goblin Geth. In her quest...
I got this book as part of June's Kindle First offer. The synopsis sounded the most interesting of the lot, plus I thought the cover was cool. It wasn't until Jude told me about this event that I decided I would read it (otherwise it wou...
I was looking for a cute Christmas story to get me into the mood for the holiday season. I didn't read the synopsis, so I didn't know it wasn't a clean read. It's okay though, I just skipped those parts and it did not take away anything ...
I read this early last year after I finished reading Unspeakable. It's a novella prequel to Unspeakable, and it's from Brody's POV and his life leading up to his first encounter with Willow. It was short and sweet, and left me wanting t...
I got this book from Kindle's First to Read program for the month of November. I wanted something that would put me into the Christmas spirit, and this book did the job. This was a sweet, predictable read that kind of reminded me of a H...
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