The best of 2015 read, in a lot of categories of my choice.
Book that crushed your soul
Luscious, by Lexi Blake
Book that made you cry, or nearly
Trouble when you walked in, by Kieran Kramer
Best world-building
Gunmetal magic by Ilona Andrews
Best setting
Julia Quinn, The viscount who loved me
Most memorable character
Lord St. Vincent in Devil in winter by Lisa Kleypas
Best woman
Amelia Hathaway in Mine till midnight by Lisa Kleypas
Best saint woman
Faith McDonald in Master No by Lexi Blake
Best action woman
Andrea in Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews
Best man
Tennesse in Master No by Lexi Blake
Best couple
Anna and Charles in Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs
Best suffering hero
Will Parker in Morning glory by LaVyrle Spencer
Male character that you weren't excited about and thought you weren't going to like and then loved very much
Cam Rohan in Mine till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas
Female character that you weren't excited about and thought you weren't going to like and then loved very much
Princess Jacqueline of Sensaire in Kisses, she wrote by Katharine Ashe
Best family
The Hathaways in Mine till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas
Jennifer Crusie, Faking it
Best sex scenes
Molly O'Keefe, Wild child
Best female improvement
Ruthie Knox, Truly
Newest fictional crush from a book
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Most beautifully written book
La famosa invasione degli orsi in Sicilia, by Dino Buzzati
Favorite quote from a book you read in 2015
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Book that shocked you the most
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Most life-changing book
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Book you can't believe you waited until 2015 to finally read
Breathing room by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Most action packed/thrilling book
Shards of hope by Nalini Singh
Best series
Master and Mercenaries by Lexi Blake
(other series are wonderful too, as Psy-Changeling, Alpha and Omega, Shifters Unbound, Bridgertons, Wallflowers, Castles ever after, but Mrs Blake has 6 books and 2 rated 5, so she is the winner!)
Favorite new author discovered this year
Jennifer Crusie
Best book from a genre you don't tipically read or was out of your comfort zone
The seventh million by Tom Segev
Best love letter
The one in Lisa Kleypas, The wallflower Christmas
Best garden in books
Julia Quinn, The viscount who loved me
Best book with friends to lovers
Codi Gary, Make me crazy
Best book with enemies to lovers
Jennifer Crusie, Bet me
(Why Hugh Jackman?...'Cause this blog is mine!)