the reading log

BOOK REVIEWS

I read around 80 books a year and review my favorites (and my almost-favorites) here — heavy on romantasy and romance book reviews, with the occasional thriller or craft book. Every rating is out of 5 stars, every review is spoiler-free, and I always tell you the truth. Click any cover to read the full review.

Every book review, rated

Women Who Run With the Wolves book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Women Who Run With the Wolves
★★★★★
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
The Poet Empress book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Poet Empress
★★★★★
Shen Tao
The Body Keeps the Score book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Body Keeps the Score
★★★★★
Bessel van der Kolk
Across the Vanishing Sky book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Across the Vanishing Sky
★★★★★
Catherine Cowles
Catch and Kill book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Catch and Kill
★★★★★
Ronan Farrow
Two Can Play book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Two Can Play
★★★★★
Ali Hazelwood
How to Do Nothing book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
How to Do Nothing
★★★★★
Jenny Odell
The Witch Collector book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Witch Collector
★★★★★
Charissa Weaks
Bad Blood book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Bad Blood
★★★★★
John Carreyrou
Metal Slinger book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Metal Slinger
★★★★★
Rachel Schneider
Real Artists Don’t Starve book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Real Artists Don’t Starve
★★★★★
Jeff Goins
The Ever King book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Ever King
★★★★★
L.J. Andrews
Born a Crime book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Born a Crime
★★★★★
Trevor Noah
A Court This Cruel & Lovely book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
A Court This Cruel & Lovely
★★★★★
Stacia Stark
The Artist’s Way book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Artist’s Way
★★★★★
Julia Cameron
City of Lies and Legends book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
City of Lies and Legends
★★★★★
Kayla Edwards
Gone Girl book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Gone Girl
★★★★★
Gillian Flynn
City of Souls and Sinners book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
City of Souls and Sinners
★★★★★
Kayla Edwards
The Hunger Games book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Hunger Games
★★★★★
Suzanne Collins
City of Gods and Monsters book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
City of Gods and Monsters
★★★★★
Kayla Edwards · 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Educated book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Educated
★★★★★
Tara Westover
Heat of the Everflame book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Heat of the Everflame
★★★★★
Penn Cole
Enchantra book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Enchantra
★★★★★
Kaylie Smith · 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Glow of the Everflame book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Glow of the Everflame
★★★★★
Penn Cole
We Who Will Die book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
We Who Will Die
★★★★★
Stacia Stark · 🌶️🌶️
Spark of the Everflame book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Spark of the Everflame
★★★★★
Penn Cole · 🌶️🌶️
Daughter of No Worlds book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Daughter of No Worlds
★★★★★
Carissa Broadbent · 🌶️🌶️
Slaying the Vampire Conqueror book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Slaying the Vampire Conqueror
★★★★★
Carissa Broadbent
A Violent Masterpiece book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
A Violent Masterpiece
★★★★★
Jordan Harper
The Traitor Queen book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Traitor Queen
★★★★★
Danielle L. Jensen
The Bridge Kingdom book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Bridge Kingdom
★★★★★
Danielle L. Jensen · 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Born of Blood and Ash book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Born of Blood and Ash
★★★★★
Jennifer L. Armentrout
House of Earth and Blood book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
House of Earth and Blood
★★★★★
Sarah J. Maas · 🌶️🌶️🌶️
A Fire in the Flesh book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
A Fire in the Flesh
★★★★★
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Throne of Glass — the Series book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Throne of Glass — the Series
★★★★★
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A Light in the Flame book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
A Light in the Flame
★★★★★
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Onyx Storm book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Onyx Storm
★★★★★
Rebecca Yarros · 🌶️🌶️🌶️
A Shadow in the Ember book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
A Shadow in the Ember
★★★★★
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Iron Flame book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Iron Flame
★★★★★
Rebecca Yarros · 🌶️🌶️🌶️
The War of Two Queens book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The War of Two Queens
★★★★★
Jennifer L. Armentrout
The Love Hypothesis book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Love Hypothesis
★★★★★
Ali Hazelwood · 🌶️🌶️🌶️
The Crown of Gilded Bones book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Crown of Gilded Bones
★★★★★
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Verity book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Verity
★★★★★
Colleen Hoover · 🌶️🌶️
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
★★★★★
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Heartless Hunter book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Heartless Hunter
★★★★★
Kristen Ciccarelli · 🌶️
The Serpent and the Wings of Night book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Serpent and the Wings of Night
★★★★★
Carissa Broadbent · 🌶️🌶️
From Blood and Ash book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
From Blood and Ash
★★★★★
Jennifer L. Armentrout · 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
A Court of Frost and Starlight book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
A Court of Frost and Starlight
★★★★★
Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Wings and Ruin book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
A Court of Wings and Ruin
★★★★★
Sarah J. Maas · 🌶️🌶️🌶️
When the Moon Hatched book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
When the Moon Hatched
★★★★★
Sarah A. Parker
Upgrade book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Upgrade
★★★★★
Blake Crouch
Recursion book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Recursion
★★★★★
Blake Crouch
Wayward book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Wayward
★★★★★
Blake Crouch
Pines book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Pines
★★★★★
Blake Crouch
Dark Matter book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Dark Matter
★★★★★
Blake Crouch
It Ends with Us book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
It Ends with Us
★★★★★
Colleen Hoover
Project Hail Mary book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Project Hail Mary
★★★★★
Andy Weir
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
★★★★★
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Fourth Wing book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Fourth Wing
★★★★★
Rebecca Yarros · 🌶️🌶️🌶️
A Court of Mist and Fury book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas · 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Phantasma book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Phantasma
★★★★★
Kaylie Smith · 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Quicksilver book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Quicksilver
★★★★★
Callie Hart · 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Everybody Knows book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Everybody Knows
★★★★★
Jordan Harper
A Court of Thorns and Roses book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
A Court of Thorns and Roses
★★★★★
Sarah J. Maas · 🌶️🌶️
Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea
★★★★★
Rita Chang-Eppig
The Guest book cover — reviewed by Amy Suto
The Guest
★★★★★
Emma Cline

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My bookshelf (the ones I wrote)

Write for Money and Power by Amy Suto — book cover
Write for Money and Power
Nonfiction · 2026
The Ash Trials by Amy Suto — book cover
The Ash Trials
Romantasy · Kindle Unlimited
Let Me Be Your Ghost by Amy Suto — book cover
Let Me Be Your Ghost
Serialized romance
The Nomad Detective: Vol. I by Amy Suto — book cover
The Nomad Detective: Vol. I
Mystery · 2024
Six-Figure Freelance Writer by Amy Suto — book cover
Six-Figure Freelance Writer
Nonfiction · 2023

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