✨ January Reading Wrap Up | Besties & Books ✨January was an emotional rollercoaster of a reading month and we’re breaking it all down! From devastating heartbreak to swoony romantasy and one very disappointing rom-com, we’re giving you our full thoughts on everything we read this month 📚💔✨In this video, we chat about:📖 Releasing 10 by Chloe Walsh — hands down her darkest and most emotional book yet. Boys of Tommen readers… brace yourselves.🔥 Spark of the Everflame & Glow of the Everflame by Penn Cole — absolutely LOVED these and the perfect palette cleanser after the emotional damage of Boys of Tommen. Romantasy readers, this one’s for you.💔 Funny Story by Emily Henry — we hate to say it… but this was a total flop for us. Sorry 😬Expect honest ratings, emotional reactions, and plenty of bookish chaos as we wrap up our January reads. Let us know in the comments if you agree with our takes or if we’re about to be cancelled for our Emily Henry opinion 👀😂✨ Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and join the Besties & Books fam!#BestiesAndBooks #JanuaryWrapUp #ReadingWrapUp #BookTube #ChloeWalsh #BoysOfTommen #PennCole #RomantasyReads #EmilyHenry #HonestBookReviews #BookishBesties

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