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🔥 Besties & Books – July Wrap‑Up! 🔥

Join us this month as we dive head‑first into a wildly varied lineup:

📚 “Torch Against the Night” – Book 2 of the Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir

🎶 “Song of the Marked” – Patricia A. Saunders (sometimes SM Gaither)

🏰 “Gilded Cage” – Book 2 of The Prison Healer series by Lynette Noni

🕶️ ALL THREE books in the Made series by Danielle Lori (the Mafia romance trilogy)

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✨It’s TBR Jar time again on Besties and Books!✨

In this episode, we let fate (aka our TBR jars) decide what we’ll be reading for August—and we’ve got a magical, romantic, and emotional lineup! From fantasy realms to heartfelt letters, we’re diving into four very different books this month:

📚 Rule of the Aurora King by Nisha J. Tuli – Book 2 in the Trial of the Sun Queen series brings the heat, betrayal, and delicious fae drama.
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Let’s Roast Our Favourite Books 🔥📚 It's Trash Talk TimeIn this episode of Besties and Books, we let ChatGPT do the dirty work—roasting our absolute favorite books and series! 😱📚 From fantasy and romantasy to dark romance and beyond, no beloved read is safe as we prompt AI to deliver some brutal, hilarious, and occasionally too-real truths.Expect plenty of laughs, savage burns, and light-hearted chaos as we trash talk our to...

Mid-Year Book Wrap Up 2025 📚 | 20+ Fantasy, Romantasy, Dark Romance & More Reads Reviewed!Hey book lovers! In this episode of Besties and Books, we're diving into our mid-year reading wrap-up for 2025, featuring over 20 books across a mix of genres — from fantasy and fantasy romance to dark romance, historical fiction, and more!We’re spilling the tea on which books hit the 5-star mark 🌟, which ones left us disappointed 💔...

Our BIGGEST Monthly Wrap-Up Yet! | June Reading Wrap Up 📚In this June Monthly Reading Wrap-Up, we dive into six incredible books across fantasy, dark romance, and historical fiction. From epic battles to heartbreaking stories, June was packed with emotional reads, plot twists, and some new five-star favorites!📚 Books We Read This Month:1. Rain of Shadows and Endings by Melissa K. Roerich 2. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir3. ...

July TBR Jar Picks 🌙 | Fantasy & Dark RomanceIt’s that time again — our trusty TBR jars are back to choose our July reads, and this month is serving spice, shadows, and sequels! 🔥💀✨In this episode of Besties and Books, we pull our July TBR picks and end up with a delicious mix of fantasy and dark romance. We’re diving back into some beloved series and exploring new worlds filled with magic, rebellion, and morally grey love i...

✨ Pour a glass of wine and join us, Ellen and Sarah, on Besties and Books as we dive deep into our hottest ACOTAR Book 6 theories! ✨ In this week's episode, we're spilling all our wild predictions for the next instalment in Sarah J. Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses series. From guessing the ACOTAR 6 title and release date to crafting a possible synopsis and exploring how it might connect to the Crescent City crossover...

Judging Books by Their Covers | Chaos, Laughter & Wild Plot Guesses! 📚🤣Welcome back to Besties and Books! In this episode, we’re throwing all logic out the window and doing what every reader secretly loves to do—judging books by their covers 😅We take turns showing off book covers from all genres and making our best (and most unhinged) guesses about the plots. Think we nailed it? Spoiler alert: we absolutely did not. Eventual...

📚 This Month's Book Reviews Are Wild... 🔥 | Besties and BooksIn this episode of Besties and Books, we dive into two very different reads — and one of them absolutely blew us away in the best (and darkest) way possible.✨ First up: The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni. We unpack the magic, the mystery, and the twists of this YA fantasy favourite. Did it live up to the hype? Tune in to hear our thoughts!🖤 Then comes our mystery pi...

📚✨ In this episode of Besties and Books, we're diving into the Descended series by Australian indie author Ingrid Adams—including an exclusive ARC of Book 3!This is a SPOILER-FREE review.

Join us as we explore this gripping paranormal fantasy filled with angels, ancient secrets, and a slow-burn romance. We’re breaking down the characters, the twists, the worldbuilding, and sharing all our (spoiler-free!) thoughts on why this in...

🌸 June TBR Jar Picks | Besties and Books 🌸It’s time for our June TBR jar reveal and challenge! ✨ This month, we’re diving into fantasy book recommendations, romantasy books, and stepping outside our comfort zone with a powerful historical fiction novel. If you’re looking for your next best fantasy books or just love chatting all things BookTube TBR, you’re in the right place. 📚💛Here’s what we’ll be reading for our May TBR jar c...

✨ Welcome back to Besties and Books! ✨It’s here — our final deep dive into Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, covering chapters 31–39 — and trust us, we laugh, cry, and squeal our way through it all. 🥹⚡️ From heart-stopping battles to jaw-dropping revelations, we’re unpacking everything that made the ending of this book unforgettable. And yes… we’re ending it with a bang. 💥But we’re not done yet! We also dish on all our theories for ...

In this episode, we’re diving deep into Chapters 21–30 of Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros — and trust us, things are getting INTENSE. We are unpacking it all.We’re talking:Shocking reveals that change everythingOur takes on THAT scene (you know the one 😱)Character growth, betrayals, and new alliancesTheories for what’s coming next…Grab your copy, pour your favorite drink ☕, and join your favorite book besties for laughs, feels, and ...

Hey besties! It’s time for our monthly reading wrap up for the month of April!This month, we read 4 books together —and Ellen went the extra mile and read House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City) by Sarah J Maas as bonus reads (we had to give them an honourable mention)! 🌙🔥We will be spilling all the tea and keeping it spoiler free. Whether you're looking for your next favorite book or want some ho...

Welcome back to Besties & Books! 💕📚 It’s time for our May TBR Picks and we’re letting fate (and our trusty TBR jars) decide our next reads! This month, we each pulled one fantasy romance and one mystery book to dive into — and as always, we’re keeping things fun, chaotic, and full of bookish banter. 😄✨ PLUS, we’ve got something extra special lined up — we received an ARC of Book 3 in the Descended series by Ingrid Adams! So,...

🐉 Besties & Books | Episode 3 – Fourth Wing Chapters 11–20 Deep Dive

We’re back with another Fourth Wing deep dive! This time, we’re breaking down Chapters 11–20 of Rebecca Yarros’ bestselling fantasy romance, and wow—there’s so much to talk about.⚠️ Spoiler Warning: This episode contains spoilers for Fourth Wing.In this episode, we chat about:✨ Our favorite moments 🧠 Violet’s continued character development (and how Xaden is ...

Welcome back to Besties & Books! In this episode, we’re diving into Chapters 1–10 of Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros — and there’s a LOT to unpack 👀🐉 ⚠️ Spoiler Warning: This episode contains spoilers of Fourth Wing ⚠️We’re breaking down:✨ A quick recap of chapters 1–10🧠 Character deep dives – Violet Sorrengail, Xaden, and more⏳ Thoughts on pacing, world-building, and those early plot twists📚 Popular romantasy tropes we’re se...

🎉 Welcome to our very first episode of Besties & Books! 🎉In this kickoff video, we let our TBR jars decide our April reads — and it gets chaotic, cozy, and full of fantasy feels! 😍We’re diving into some of our favorite genres including fantasy, romantasy, and a touch of mystery, and chatting about our God Tier books:

✨ ACOTAR, Throne of Glass, and Crescent City by Sarah J. Maas🔥 Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros📖 Plus a little ...