We’re closing out the year with an absolute bang and a stack of books that had us screaming, swooning, crying, and clutching our pearls! In this month’s wrap-up, we’re diving into all the wild, emotional, and magical reads that kept us busy this December.✨ What We Read This Month:📘 The Second Death of Locke – A brand-new romantasy release.🔥 Brimstone by Callie Hart – Our most anticipated release of the year! Book 2 in the Fae & Alchemy series did NOT disappoint. We’re still thinking about those reveals…😭 Taming 7 by Chloe Walsh – The emotional rollercoaster to end all rollercoasters. 😈 Her Soul to Take by Harley LaRoux – A spicy demon romance that was so much more than we expected. Dark, steamy, addictive.⚔️ The Crown of Gilded Bones (From Blood and Ash #3) by Jennifer L. Armentrout – Politics, prophecy, and chaos. Grab a snack, settle in, and let’s chat all things books! 📚✨Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe — we love hearing your thoughts and your end-of-year favourites too! ❤️#readingwrapup #decemberreads #bestiesandbooks #booktube #romantasy #bookreview #brimstone #calliehart #taming7 #chloewalsh #frombloodandash #herSoultotake #harleylaroux #theseconddeathoflocke #bookrecommendations
New year, new stack of books — and of course we’re kicking things off with our trusty TBR jars! 🎉📚 Join us as we draw our first reads of 2025 and set the tone for an amazing reading year.🍯 This Month’s TBR Jar Picks:💛 Funny Story by Emily Henry – Starting the year with a warm, witty, feel-good romance from the queen herself. We’re ready for all the banter and all the swoons.💔 Releasing 10 by Chloe Walsh – The final Boys of Tommen book (for now!) and we are NOT emotionally prepared. Expect tears, chaos, and a full spoiler vlog coming your way soon!🔥 Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole – Ellen’s most anticipated romantasy series kick-off. Magic, danger, and all the vibes? Yes, please. This one is a MUST.Grab your own TBR jars (or live vicariously through ours!), and let’s dive into our January reading lineup! 🌟Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe — let us know what’s on your TBR this month!#januarytbr #tbrjar #bestiesandbooks #booktube #2025reads #emilyhenry #funnystory #releasing10 #chloewalsh #boysoftommen #penncole #sparkoftheeverflame #romantasy #readingvlog #bookcommunity
Get ready, book besties — it’s our first ever BESTIE BOOK SWAP on the channel! 🤯📚
In this episode, Sarah and Ellen choose a book for each other to read in their own time… and let’s just say the picks were bold, chaotic, and very on-brand.
Join us as we reveal our choices, talk about why we picked them, and prepare ourselves for whatever emotional rollercoaster awaits. If you love book recommendations, reactions, and bestie banter — you’re in the right place.
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Let us know in the comments: What book would YOU give your bestie to read?
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Welcome back to Besties and Books!
Today we’re diving into one of our most anticipatedromantasy releases of the entire year — BRIMSTONEby Callie Hart.
This vlog is 100% spoiler-free, so feel free to watch even if you haven’t started the book yet!
Join us for:
🔥 Real-time reactions
✨ The vibes, the tension, the world-building
📚 Our early thoughts (no spoilers!)
💬 And whether Brimstone is living up to the hype…
Grab your favourite drink, settle in, and come read with us!
Let us know in the comments if you’re picking up Brimstonetoo! 💛
Get ready, Besties — this one hurts. 😭🔥In today’s episode, we’re diving head-first into a full-spoiler reading vlog of Taming 7 by Chloe Walsh — Claire and Gibsie’s long-awaited, heart-shredding, emotional rollercoaster of a story.Join us as we experience every twist, every heartbreak, every swoon, and all the chaotic, hilarious, messy, painful moments that make this book unforgettable. From childhood trauma and healing to finally getting the love they both deserve, we’re reacting in real time — tears, gasps, laughter, and full-body rage included.If you’ve read Taming 7, come scream with us. If you haven’t… well, you’ve been warned 👀 SPOILERS AHEAD.📚 And don’t forget to subscribe for more chaotic reading vlogs, wrap-ups, and bookish bestie moments!
Welcome back to Besties & Books! 💕It’s time for our November Reading Wrap-Up, and trust us… this month delivered feels, fantasy, spice, heartbreak, and everything in between. Please note that this reading wrap up will be spoiler FREE. We’re diving into five incredible reads:🔥 Redeeming 6 – Chloe WalshThis one destroyed us (in the best possible way). If you missed it, check out our full spoiler reading vlog on the channel for all the meltdowns, reactions, and emotional damage.👑 Kingdom of Flesh and Fire – Jennifer L. ArmentroutBook 2 in the From Blood and Ash series! We’re talking romance, betrayal, plot twists, and whether we’re officially JLA girlies now.💋 Sinners Anonymous – Somme SketcherDark, messy, addictive. We have THOUGHTS. Many. Many thoughts.🚀 Skyward – Brandon SandersonOur sci-fi era is HERE. Did Spensa win us over? Did Sanderson convert us? Let’s discuss.🌙 One Dark Window – Rachel GilligEerie atmosphere, gothic vibes, and magic gone wrong. Perfect November read.Join us as we break down what we loved, what shocked us, what made us cry-laugh, and what we’ll be thinking about for months. Don’t forget to like, comment your fave November read, and subscribe for more chaotic bookish content! 💫📖
✨ December TBR Picks Are HERE! ✨We’re wrapping up 2025 with a banger of a TBR — and let’s just say, chaos, romance, and maybe a few emotional breakdowns are incoming 👀This month we have two set reads:📚 Taming 7 by Chloe Walsh (Book 5 in the Boys of Tommen series) — and YES, a full spoiler vlog is coming, so get ready for all the feels!🔥 Brimstone by Callie Hart (Book 2 to Quicksilver) — expect a non-spoiler vlog, because you need to experience this one for yourself.Then, we pulled from our trusty TBR jars and the book gods delivered:💀 The Second Death of Locke — a brand new romantasy release we can’t wait to dive into!🩸 The Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer L. Armentrout — continuing our From Blood and Ash journey (finally!).😱 Her Soul to Take by Harley Laroux — our random genre pick this month is paranormal romance and we’re honestly terrified.Come hang out as we pick our December reads, chat predictions, and maybe spiral a little about what’s to come 👀📖💬 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and tell us your December TBR in the comments!
It’s happening, besties — we’re revealing our ultimate fan cast for A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) by Sarah J. Maas! 💫 With talks of an ACOTAR TV show adaptation still swirling, we’re picking our dream actors to bring Feyre, Rhysand, Nesta, Cassian, Azriel, and the rest of Prythian to life on screen.Expect chaotic debates, bold casting choices, and a whole lot of love (and thirst) for the Inner Circle 👀 From the Night Court to the Spring Court, we’re casting every major character — and we want to know who YOU think should play them too!💬 Drop your own ACOTAR fan cast in the comments — let’s see who the fandom agrees on!🎥 Subscribe for more bookish chaos, fantasy deep dives, and our dream book-to-screen casts!
We’re back with another Besties & Books full spoiler reading vlog — and this time, it’s all about Redeeming 6 by Chloe Walsh! 💔📖 Join us as we dive deep into Joey and Aiofe's world once again — expect tears, laughs, heartbreak, healing, and chaos in equal measure. From the emotional rollercoaster to the moments that absolutely wrecked us, we’re bringing you our raw, unfiltered reactions every step of the way.If you’ve been following our Boys of Tommen journey, you already know this one hits different — so grab a snack, tissues, and maybe your own copy of Redeeming 6, because this vlog is PACKED with feels. 🥹💬 Comment your favorite Redeeming 6 moment below — we want to hear your thoughts!📚 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and join us for the next chapter in our Boys of Tommen saga!#Redeeming6 #ChloeWalsh #BoysofTommen #BookTok #ReadingVlog #EmotionalReads #BestiesAndBooks
October was packed — from heartbreak and high stakes to fantasy worlds and morally grey chaos, we read it all! This month we tackled 9 books across every genre imaginable, and we have thoughts. 👀✨ Books we read this month:💔 Saving 6 by Chloe Walsh — the emotional rollercoaster continues🩸 Direbound by Sable Sorenson — dark, spicy, and absolutely unhinged🐉 Jade City by Fonda Lee — family, power, and one epic fantasy ride🎂 Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas — age gap romance we couldn’t put down⚡ Quicksilver by Callie Hart — a reread before Brimstone drops💖 A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber — the Once Upon a Broken Heart finale we’ve been waiting for🏚️ The Housemaid by Freida McFadden — domestic thriller with twists for days🌌 The Awakening (Zodiac Academy #1) — diving into the madness at last🔍 The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes — teenage profilers and murder? yes pleaseWe laughed, we cried, we argued (a little 👀), and we might have found some new favourites along the way. Join us as we break down what we loved, what we didn’t, and what absolutely wrecked us this spooky season.👇 Don’t forget to like, comment, and tell us your October reads!#OctoberWrapUp #BookTube #ReadingVlog #BestiesAndBooks #BookRecommendations #FantasyBooks #RomanceBooks #ThrillerBooks
It’s that time again — we’re picking our November reads using our TBR jars and we’re SO excited about what we pulled this month 😍✨ From our fantasy jar, we’ll be diving into Skyward by Brandon Sanderson and One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig — two books we’ve been dying to read!💋 From our non-fantasy jar, we picked the mafia romance trope (!!!) and chose Sinners Anonymous — and you already know we’re ready for all the angst, danger, and morally gray men 👀💫 Plus, we’re continuing two of our fave series:Redeeming 6 (Book 4 in the Boys of Tommen series by Chloe Walsh)From Flesh and Fire (Book 2 in the From Blood and Ash series by Jennifer L. Armentrout)We’re feeling some 5-star predictions coming this month — and we can’t wait to chat about these reads with you!📖 What’s on YOUR November TBR? Let us know in the comments below 💬#TBRJar #NovemberTBR #BestiesAndBooks #Booktube #FantasyBooks #MafiaRomance #BookRecommendations #ReadingVlog
Grab your tissues and buckle up, because this Saving 6 reading vlog is an emotional rollercoaster! 💔😭 We’re diving deep into full spoilers for Saving 6 by Chloe Walsh, and it’s safe to say our hearts may never recover. Expect raw reactions, ugly crying, and screaming over Johnny and Gibsie’s cameos (because we are OBSESSED).If you love intense romance, emotional character arcs, and books that hurt so good, this is the vlog for you. Watch along as we share our thoughts, theories, and all the feels from this unforgettable installment in the Boys of Tommen series.📚 Books Mentioned:Saving 6 by Chloe WalshBoys of Tommen series💬 Comment below — are you Team Shannon or Team Joey? And which Boys of Tommen book broke you the most?#Saving6 #ChloeWalsh #BoysofTommen #ReadingVlog #BookTok #BookTube #RomanceBooks #EmotionalReads #IrishRomance #SlowBurn #DarkRomance
🔥 Besties and Books presents… our Ultimate Fourth Wing Fan Cast! 🔥If you’ve ever wondered who we’d cast as Violet, Xaden, Rhiannon, and the rest of the crew from Rebecca Yarros’ Fourth Wing, this is the video for you. We’re breaking down all of our dream picks for the Empyrean world, from the Riders Quadrant to the political players, and of course—our favorite dragons 🐉.Expect laughter, passionate debates, and maybe even some unexpected choices as we share who we think could bring these beloved characters to life on screen.✨ Tell us in the comments who your perfect cast would be—we can’t wait to hear your takes!#FourthWing #RebeccaYarros #FanCast #BestiesAndBooks
📚 Let's review the 7 books we read in September, including multiple 5-STAR reads ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
September was hands down our BEST reading month yet! 🎉 We read 7 books and had everything from Sarah’s first ever ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ read (!!), multiple 4-star favorites, a few solid 3 stars, and even a couple of 1–2 star disappointments. Talk about a rollercoaster!
In this wrap up, we review:
✨ Binding 13 & Keeping 13
✨ The Feathers So Vicious duology
✨ Six of Crows
✨ From Blood and Ash
✨ The Ballad of Never After
Whether you’re here for the swoons, the plot twists, or the spicy takes—we’ve got you covered. 💕
👉 Don’t forget to like, comment, and let us know YOUR best (and worst!) reads of the month!
🎃✨ OCTOBER TBR TIME! ✨🎃
We're back with our trusty TBR jars to pick our October reads, and this month is looking AMAZING! 🍂📚
We've pulled 4 fantasy/romantasy picks that we're beyond excited about — including MULTIPLE predicted 5-star reads 👀🔥 — and we’ve also got two random genre picks that are shaking things up:
📖 Saving 6 by Chloe Walsh
📖 The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Get ready for cozy vibes, chaotic picks, and our (very passionate) reactions as we build our spooky season reading list! Let us know in the comments what YOU’RE reading this October, and if you've read any of our picks!
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✨ BESTIES & BOOKS: Keeping 13 Reading Vlog | FULL SPOILERS! | 5-STAR FANGIRLING INCOMING ✨
We're back with another reading vlog, and this time we’re diving DEEP into Book 2 of The Boys of Tommen series – Keeping 13 by Chloe Walsh… and OMG. We are absolutely obsessed. 😍
This book gave us everything – the angst, the healing, the swoon-worthy moments, the emotional gut-punches – and we were not okay (in the best way). Join us as we laugh, cry, scream, and share ALL our thoughts while reading.
💬 Spoiler alert: It’s a 5-STAR READ from both of us, and this series is officially climbing the ranks to become one of our all-time favourites. 🖤
🚨 This vlog includes full spoilers for Keeping 13, so if you haven’t read it yet – proceed with caution or come back when you’re done!
📚 Let us know in the comments:
👉 Would you like to see spoiler-FREE reading vlogs in the future? We’d love to make content that works for everyone!
🖤 Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe if you're loving the Tommen series as much as we are!
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BINDING 13 Reading Vlog - SPOILERS 🖤 | Full Reactions, Tears & More | Besties & BooksCalling all Binding 13 fans (and soon-to-be fans) — this one’s for YOU. In this unfiltered spoiler-filled reading vlog, we take you along as we devour Binding 13 by Chloe Walsh… and yes, we laughed, cried, screamed, and maybe lost our minds a little 😭💅This was one of the most emotional, intense, and addictive reads we’ve ever picked up, and it might just be entering god-tier status on our bookshelves 👑 From rugby boys and slow-burn romance to deep trauma and beautiful healing — this book did not hold back, and neither do we.📚 Expect:💥 Real-time reactions😭 Full spoilers and raw emotions💬 Deep discussions🔥 Final thoughts & our honest reviewIf you've read Binding 13, read along with us and relive the highs and heartbreaks. If you haven’t… well, consider this your sign to pick it up ASAP. Hit play, grab your tissues, and let's talk about the book that's taken over our lives.💬 Comment your thoughts — we want to scream about this one with you!#Binding13 #ChloeWalsh #ReadingVlog #BookTok #BestiesAndBooks #SpoilerVlog #BookTube #EmotionalReads
Our Most Anticipated Book Releases! | Brimstone, Ballad ofFalling Dragons & More 🔥📚
It’s that time again — we’re talking about the book releases that have us.
SCREAMING with excitement! 😍 From sequels we’ve been patiently waiting on (looking at you, Brimstone by Callie Hart and Ballad of Falling Dragons by Sarah A. Parker 👀🐉), to surprise updates like Sarah J. Maas finishing the first draft of the next ACOTAR book (!!) — our TBRs are about to be out of control.
In this episode of Besties and Books, we’re breaking down:
✨ The fantasy and romance sequels we NEED now
✨ New releases from our favourite authors
✨ Theories, cover talk, and release date guesses
✨ And what’s earned a top spot on our pre-order list
Whether you're a fantasy girly, romance lover, or just here for the chaos, this one's for you!
👇 Drop your most anticipated reads in the comments! Let’s build each other’s TBRs (and cry about release dates together).
Acotar theories youtube video: https://youtu.be/1lKeZSJWzVU?si=10M7vTR5SMNhMWli
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August Reading Wrap-Up | Besties and Books 📚✨We're back with our August Monthly Wrap-Up, and it’s been a whirlwind of fantasy, romance, and surprise hits (and a few misses)! This month, we continued diving into two series: Trial of the Sun Queen (Books 2–4) and Storm of Secrets and Sorrow (Book 2 in The Legacy Series). Plus, we shook things up with our random genre picks — Once Upon a Broken Heart and Yours Truly — and let’s just say, the ratings were all over the place!⭐ Expect multiple 4-star reads, some solid 3-star books, and yes... a 2.5-star moment we definitely need to talk about.Join us as we dish on all the drama, magic, slow burns, and plot twists from this month’s reads!👇 Let us know in the comments what you read in August and if you've picked up any of these titles!#ReadingWrapUp #BookTube #FantasyBooks #RomanceReads #BestiesAndBooks #AugustReads #BookSeries #OnceUponABrokenHeart #YoursTruly
September TBR Jar Picks! | Fantasy, Romantasy & a Surprise Sports Romance?! 🏈📚It’s that magical time again—TBR jar time! 🫙✨ Join us as we pick our September reads using our trusty TBR jars! We each draw 5 fantasy/romantasy books, plus one wild card genre… and surprise! We’re heading to the field with a sports romance pick that neither of us saw coming! 😲🏈💕Will we fall in love with these stories or bench them halfway through? Come hang out, laugh with us, and get inspired for your own September reads! 💬 Let us know in the comments what you’re reading this month — or what genre you’d throw in your TBR jar!Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and ring that bell 🔔 so you never miss a chaotic bookish moment with us! 💕📖#TBRJar #SeptemberReads #BestiesAndBooks #FantasyBooks #Romantasy #SportsRomance #BookTube #ReadingVlog