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Quick Introduction To Bratt's Style. At around 1/2 to 1/3 of the length of a "normal Kay Bratt book" (at least in my experience reading the

More Evidence That Strong Stories Don't Need High Page Counts. This entire series is testament to this, but this book in

Powerful (And Short) Story. This is the book where the power of the Dragonfly Cove concept really begins to shine throu

Crushing Grief Helped By Puppy Love. While the previous two books in this series - Hearts Unleashed and Back In The Pack - both dealt

Best In Series For Making You Want To Explore The Author's Other Works. With some of the other books in this series, the authors do a great job of referencing their other books, maybe even bringing in a character

When Death Inadvertently Takes Santa. This is one of those short, quick

Solid Book Within Genre. This is one of those dystopian YA tales that shows clear influences from and, at least to my mind,

Pacing Issues And Out Of The Blue (And Unnecessary) Epilogue Mar Promising Sequel. With how this book ultimately comes out, to my mind it actually would have worked better as one single book rather than two, even tho

Most Hallmarkie Book In Series. In a series built basically specifically for dog

For this year's Top Fiction books, I introduced a few rules to attempt to help me narrow down from the 100+ fiction books I read this year to a list of just 24. Namely, sequels or other books later in a series were out. Also, one book per author. And, since it *did* come up... one book per release day. Just as a National Champion in a sport should at minimum be its League/ Conference champion as well, so too should a "best book of the year" be the best book that released on its release day. Oh, and the book had to be both released and 2024 and I had to read it in 2024.

Even with these rules in place, I still had over 60 candidate books, and y'all, the decisions to arrive at just these 24 were *tough*. In all honesty, that entire 60+ book "short list" probably deserved to be listed here. But that would be *too* much, and I really wanted to get this list to a "manageable" 24. So I made the tough calls, and the following books are the ones that made the cut this time. :) Principles Of (E)motion by Sara Read (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐) From my review on BookHype.com:

Yes, it is messy. Yes, it can be convoluted at times. Yes, it may or may not feel particularly "swoon worthy" romantic at times. Hell, there are times when it feels like our lead exists for little more than sex. (That is rare, btw, but yes, "clean"/ "sweet" crowd... you've now been warned that this may be a bit racy for your tastes.) But all of this, to me, makes it feel all the more "real". Because let's face it, our lives rarely feel any of those things all the time (thank God, really).

The Resort by Sara Ochs (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐) From my review on BookHype.com:

The scenery is both beautiful and visceral in this tale - you're going to feel like you're there as much as you want to be there. Indeed, the scenery is used so well in the tale that at times it actively overshadows the overall plot... but that is actually a great thing in the early stages of a tale such as this, because I in particular almost *want* that to happen in a book such as this. Ground me in the lush tropical setting. Gi