I read 80 books this year, which is a personal best, so I'm happy, I also surpassed my initial goal of reading 30 books in May and then increased it to 45 so to read 80 is amazing. I read so many great books this year and not that many rubbish ones so I think 2014 was a success in terms of reading. *These books didn't necessarily come out in 2014*
Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas
This is my favourite book of this year and one of my favourites of all time. It was everything I could have wished for, it had fantasy, magic, assassins, brilliant plot and incredible characters.
Crown of Midnight by Sarah J Maas
If possible this one was even better than the first, I cannot wait to keep up with this series and just see it evolve and get better and better. The fantastical elements were more prominent in this book and I certainly enjoyed it.
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Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
After the disappointment of the first five books of the Mortal Instruments it took me so long to pick up this trilogy, but holy crap, it was incredible and is in my top three trilogies of all time it was incredible, such amazing writing and characters. I would have preferred to have this be the long series rather than TMI but there we go.
Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
This is a spin off to The Vampire Academy series, and this is legions better than its predecessor, each book gets better and better than before, the writing is much more advanced and the plot is much darker.
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Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson
My favourite contemporary book of all time. I love how the characters are independent and the character progression is something realistic but also exciting. I like that this isn't a love story it is a story about friendship.
Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anne Blankman
A thrilling historical fiction set in my favourite period of history. A winner all round. I think it could have served well as a stand alone actually but it does set up the next book well. It was intriguing to see another side of Hitler that I personally haven't read before.
Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
Brilliant conclusion. Couldn't have asked for anything else. The characters all ended up in the correct situations, I did feel sorry for Adrian but then he was being set up for being in the spin off series "Bloodlines".
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City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
If you would have said to me before this book that a Mortal Instruments book would be on my top books of the year list I would have laughed because before this one they just simply were not up to the hype (in my opinion) but it is obvious that after writing The Infernal Devices, Clare had developed her writing and this book was amazing. It was a very acceptable conclusion, although I had issues I basically inhaled this 700+ paged book in less than 24 hours.
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Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
Another amazing conclusion to a brilliant series that is unlike anything that I have read before. This is not just a middle grade book, it had depth and laughs, you can also learn a lot whilst reading. I think that this should be read more in schools because honestly the lessons you learn about friendship and bravery as well as all about the Greek myths is unparalleled to anything I've read before.
The Jewel by Amy Ewing
I was super excited to read this book when I found out about it and for me it did not disappoint, it was exciting, well written and the plot was interesting and the world building was pretty on point. The love interest was a bit naff but I can't wait for the next instalment.
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