The best of 2015 read

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

Best humor
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



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