5 Star Tier Rank: Do They Still Deserve 5 Stars?! 🌟 // 30+ Fantasy Romance & Romance Book Recs

2023's 5-Star Reads: Do They Still Shine? | Fantasy & Romance Book Tier Ranking
📚 Welcome back to my channel, fellow book lovers! Today, we're diving into a special tier-ranking episode where I reassess all my 5-star reads from 2023. Were my ratings too generous, or do these books truly deserve their sparkling stars? Join me as we revisit the enchanting worlds of fantasy romance, with a sprinkle of contemporary and dark romances. Let's see if these reads still hold their charm! 🌌💖
🔖 Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro & What to Expect
01:07 - Fantasy Romance Tier Rank
37:56 - Conclusion & Final Thoughts
📚 Books Mentioned & Affiliate Links:
FANTASY
The Will of the Many by James Islington
FANTASY ROMANCE
Six Scorched Roses by Carissa Broadbent
amzn.to/3RWKSEZ
Fouth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
amzn.to/3uSvRe8
The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber
amzn.to/488sXAq
Anastasia by Sophie Lark
amzn.to/3GWLjZo
Court of Blood and Bindings: A Steamy Fae Fantasy Romance (Fae Isles) by Lisette Marshall
amzn.to/426yoOk
A Heart of Blood and Ashes (A Gathering of Dragons) by Milla Vaine
amzn.to/48IjTml
A Soul of Ash and Blood: A Blood and Ash Novel (Blood And Ash Series) by Jennifer L. Armentrout
amzn.to/3u2vVYI
Between Wrath and Mercy (The Divine Between Series) by Jess Wiscup
amzn.to/4939wJs
Ensnared (The Spider's Mate #1) by Tiffany Roberts
amzn.to/3SqRsDG
Hell Bent: A Novel (Ninth House Series, 2) by Leight Bardugo
amzn.to/47EYRDL
Iron Flame (The Empyrean, 2) by Rebecca Yarros
amzn.to/3Sr7pKc
Order of the Scorpions by Ivy Asher
amzn.to/3S60N2C
Soul Eater: M/M Fantasy Romance (Monstrous) by Lily Mayne
amzn.to/492ybOt
The Coven (Coven of Bones) by Harper L. Woods
amzn.to/3SaWMts
DARK ROMANCE
Butcher & Blackbird: The Ruinous Love Trilogy (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, 1) by Brynne Weaver
amzn.to/3SoDGl8
Gothikana: A Dark Academia Gothic Romance by RunYx
amzn.to/3HpFlk2
Heartless Heathens: A Why Choose Gothic Romance by Santana Knox
amzn.to/3RZtXQQ
PERFECTLY IMPERFECT: Painted Scars, Broken Whispers and Hidden Truths by Neva Altaj
amzn.to/3NE1AGA
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
June First by Jennifer Hartmann
amzn.to/4945Ibg
A Little Complicated by Kelise Rae
amzn.to/3O9mZra
Between Hello and Goodbye by Emma Scott
amzn.to/3ObGkYX
Keeping 13: Boys of Tommen #2 by Chloe Walsh
amzn.to/3RyU9Sa
Dismount by Lucia Franco
amzn.to/3O6ReyX
Heartless (Chestnut Springs, 2) by Elsie Silver
amzn.to/3NHgZWx
Home Game by Odette Stone
Maestro: A Love Story by Auden Dar
amzn.to/48aBMKr
Out on a Limb by Hanna Bohnam Young
amzn.to/47LfpKD
Rush: City Lights Book III: New York City by Emma Scott
amzn.to/3vLAszl
The Summer We Fell by Elizabeth O'Roark
amzn.to/3vNsmX2
Unbreak My Heart by Nicole Jacuelyn
amzn.to/492ykBv
FAN FICTION
Love In A Time of A Zombie Apocolypse by Rizzlewrites
archiveofourown.org/works/281...
Manacled by Senlinyu
archiveofourown.org/works/144...
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💬 Let me know in the comments: Which of these books have you read? Do you agree with my re-rankings? I'd love to hear your thoughts!

[@HonestFiction]

Thanks for watching! 💕

[@mamaneedstoreadromance]

Jess, this is SOOO fun! I actually updated one of my five stars this year already ,LOL.

[@miyayume_eclectic_dream]

This was really a good Idea! I will be using you tier ranking for my book journal. Six Scorched Roses are still my top✨️.

[@AmandasBooktopia]

I love watching your tier ranking videos. They’re so fun! Also if you like Emma Scott I highly recommend Forever Right Now. It’s amazing! I cried so much.

[@BeingDaphne]

I don’t give out many 5 stars. I’m stingy lol but I LOVED heartless too and couldn’t not give it five stars. I have binding 13 and keeping 13 and I hope I love them. I’m very excited 😁 and I can’t wait to read manacled too!

[@pattyrileywu]

I'm so thankful for your channel and all your audiobook recs! My eyesight is shot and I can only listen to audio books at this point. I'm listening to Manacled because of your recommendation. When you said it was your favorite book of the year, I thought, how can a Harry Potter fanfic be a book of the year? Well, now I know and I have to agree. It's one of the best books I"ve listened to in a while. I would love for you to do a video of your audio fanfic recommendations when you've listened to more. I tend to be more of a Relyo fan and thought Hurricane Wars was amazing (until I read Manacled 😄). Also, were you able to find the epilogues to Manacled on Spotify or KZbin? (or are the epilogues the last three chapters?) I'm on chapter 54 at the moment.

[@MuseMaribethh]

A curse for true love was SO disappointing to me!

[@JayyBabyy89]

I need to reassess my TBR for february lol

[@bookedforromance]

I agree with you about Iron Flame

[@mamaneedstoreadromance]

I had to see what you did with the Boys of Tommen series! 🥳

[@liezllovesbooks]

I’m still not sure about what happened at the end in the will of the mony

[@MedievalMary]

You should try Forging Hephestas by Drew Hayes. Honestly a book I think you'd enjoy.

[@zenda7569]

someone let me know what is the books on the left above off balance books🥺

[@HonestFiction]

Not sure which book you’re referencing, above Dismount is Painted Scars by Neva Altaj and to the left of that is Manacaled - if you watch the video, I always say the title and enlarge the picture of the book I’m discussing

[@zenda7569]

@@HonestFiction hiii ty for replying and sorry for not being specific, i just discovered your channel and was saving this for later but was curious to know what are the books on your left in the video with the art with 2 guys on each side😅

[@bookedforromance]

I want to read house of beating wings 🤣😂

[@ShawntitaSmith-fu6ob]

Sahwnttasmth you too love you too love books 📖 seé you love you book 📖📚 gat ❤