I did not read a lot because of work and travel, so my 2025 books read count is not as high as I would like it to be but I did read some amazing books. Here are my top reads for the year in no particular order: Full review- https://fanfiaddict.com/the-emperors-soul-by-brandon-sanderson/ Amazon-https://a.co/d/dmU7m51 Goodreads- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13578175-the-emperor-s-soul Full review- […]
Fantasy
Harry’s Top 10 Books of 2025
Here are Harry’s Top 10 Reads of 2025!
SPFBO XI: Meet the Fanfiaddict Team
The Fanfiaddict team is so pleased to announce that we’ll be judging SPFBO XI. We have 7 judges this year and we’ve split the 30 books up between us. Every book will have at two judges assigned to it. We can’t wait to start reading! With that, we’d like to introduce the judges and reveal […]
Review: Legacy of Brick & Bone (Tainted Dominion #2) by Krystle Matar
Synopsis: Follow the law and you’ll stay safe. But what if the law betrays you? It all started with the girl from the river: mutilated, tattooed, murdered. Tashué couldn’t help but look for answers and in the process, he uncovered the ugly truths being hidden by the very law he used to believe in—the law […]
Review: To Bargain with Mortals by R. A. Basu
Synopsis An outcast heiress. A notorious gang leader. A country on the brink of revolution. In the colonized nation of Viryana, Poppy Sutherland lives between cultures. As the brown-skinned adopted daughter of the Viceroy, she is both rejected by white high society and alienated from the people of her native island. When she discovers her […]
Review: The Swan’s Daughter by Roshani Chokshi
Synopsis: Prince Arris knows that marriage means murder. After poorly wording a wish to a sea witch, all one needs to rule the Isle of Malys is the heart and hand in marriage of the kingdom’s heir. Thus, Arris expects that the day of his marriage will be the one of his murdering. His only chance […]
Review: The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door by H.G. Parry
Synopsis: All they needed to break the world was a door, and someone to open it. Camford, 1920. Gilded and glittering, England’s secret magical academy is no place for Clover, a commoner with neither connections nor magical blood. She tells herself she has fought her way there only to find a cure for her brother […]
Book Review: Reaper’s Bend by Jonah Evarts
TL;DR Review: A shockingly good debut. A dark and beautiful story about hurt people finding healing through healing another. Synopsis: Kairos will stop at nothing to get his revenge. He chases the man who took everything from him deep into the twisted land of death, Reaper’s Bend. Eris refuses to give into the curse that’s […]
Review: The Cyprian (Elemental Masters #18) by Mercedes Lackey
Synopsis: A cozy, cottage-core Regency fantasy perfect for fans of Bridgerton Elena Whitstone and her seven brothers, abandoned by her mother, find themselves with a new stepmother. At first she seems more neglectful than evil, until just after Christmas she proves herself to be worse than evil; she is an actual magician, a Master of […]
Review: War of the God Queen by David Hambling
Synopsis Jessica: a modern woman, thrown back into the bronze age, alone among a strange and violent people. Amir: a nomad warlord, leading a hopeless battle against monstrous invaders, looking for a miracle. To Amir, the beautiful stranger is a sign from heaven. And Jessica, though no warrior, has hidden talents even she does not […]
Review: Grand Conspiracy (Wars of Light and Shadow #5) by Janny Wurts
Synopsis Where there is light, there must always be shadow… The fifth volume in Janny Wurts’s spectacular epic fantasy, now re-released with a striking new cover design along with the rest of the series. The wars began when two half-brothers, gifted of light and shadow, stood shoulder to shoulder to defeat the Mistwraith. Their foe […]
Will’s Favorites of 2025
So…the end of the year is (checks the calendar) just a few sleeps away. Apparently it is the job of a book reviewer like myself to provide a BEST OF THE YEAR list and I have honestly been keeping a list like this in mind since January 1 of this year. Now, I have 9 […]