MoodsnBooks 2022 Favorite Books & Your 2023 Must Reads

First of all, Happy New Year from BooksnMoods’ team to everyone!

Our 2022 was full of great reads, and we can’t recommend them enough. We prepared for our readers, all our team’s Top 3 Books from 2022, hoping that you will find some of your next favourite reads in them during 2023.

It was hard to choose a top 3, so you might find some honourable mentions.

• Julie’s Top 3 Books

  • Dirty Wicked Prince by Eden O’neill 
    Dorian Prinze is as cruel as he is beautiful and once he sets his sights on me, he refuses to let go. Something tells me going to war with the cruel prince of Maywood Heights may level both our foundations, but I won’t go down without a fight.
  • Darling Venom by Parker S. Huntington
    My first love ended in tragedy. My second began with his brother. They say all love stories look the same and taste different. Mine was venomous, disgraceful, and written in scarlet scars.
  • Riot Rules by Callie Hart
    You think you know me, but you’re wrong.  I’ve been careful to hide my sins, and even more careful to follow the rules. If I’m not careful, Wolf Hall’s golden boy will do more than make me break the rules. He’ll wind up breaking me.
    

• Val’s Top 3 Books

  • Darling Venom by Parker S. Huntington
    My first love ended in tragedy. My second began with his brother. They say all love stories look the same and taste different. Mine was venomous, disgraceful, and written in scarlet scars.
    
  • By Fate I Conquer by Cora Reilly
    Do you believe in love at first sight? In a love so strong and bright, it ignites you even in your darkest hours? Do you believe that somewhere in this world there’s someone who’s destined to be your other half? Your soulmate? I didn’t. Until I met her.
  • Terms & Conditions by Lauren Asher
    I’m destined to become the next CEO of my family’s media empire. The only problem? My grandfather’s inheritance clause. Our marriage was supposed to be the perfect solution to my biggest problem. Caring about Iris was never part of the deal. Especially not when breaking her heart is inevitable.

• Mary’s Top 3 Books

  • Misfits Like Us by Krista Ritchie & Becca Ritchie
    As the eldest daughter of famous parents, Luna Hale is anything but normal.  Her brother’s bodyguard, eight years older (okay, sometimes, nine), and the son of meth addicts—the tattooed, shameless bodyguard is the only one her dad really hates. Yet, the more they try to stay away, the more the universe has other plans.
    
  • Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
    They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life a decade ago, that has felt too true. Six summers to fall in love. One moment to fall apart. A weekend to get it right.
    
  • Mindf*ck Series by S.T. Abby
    They took too much. Left too little. I had nothing to lose…until him. Revenge is best served cold… They never see me coming, until I paint their walls red.

• Sofia’s Top 3  Books

  • Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
    After serving five years in prison for a tragic mistake, Kenna Rowan returns to the town where it all went wrong, hoping to reunite with her four-year-old daughter. But the bridges Kenna burned are proving impossible to rebuild. The only person who hasn’t closed the door on her completely is Ledger Ward.  As their romance grows, so does the risk. Kenna must find a way to absolve the mistakes of her past in order to build a future out of hope and healing
  • Darling Venom by Parker S. Huntington
    My first love ended in tragedy. My second began with his brother. They say all love stories look the same and taste different. Mine was venomous, disgraceful, and written in scarlet scars.
    
  • By Fate I Conquer by Cora Reilly
    Do you believe in love at first sight? In a love so strong and bright, it ignites you even in your darkest hours? Do you believe that somewhere in this world there’s someone who’s destined to be your other half? Your soulmate? I didn’t. Until I met her.

Honourable Mentions

• Final Offer by Lauren Asher. The book is coming out late January by some of our team members had the chance to read in advance and they loved it.
• You’ve Reached Sam by Dustin Thao. The perfect book for YA readers and one that explores grief.
• In the Absence of Light by Adrienne Wilder. A MM romance, perfect for those who want to read one for the first time. Sometimes funny and emotional.
• Parallel by Elizabeth O’Roark. A paranormal romance about time-travelers and second chances.
• Arranged by R. K. Lilley. A perfect mix of marriage of convenience and age gap. Warning: There’s mention of cheating but a good groveling too.