December 2025 reading round up

12 months of books, and my grand total was (drum roll please) 107! I'm pretty proud of that, my aim was 100 so to surpass that is really nice. I read such a wide range of genres, and my ratings were all over the place, but overall I feel it was a good reading year for me! Without further ado, here's everything I read in December to round out the year...

Good Spirits by B K Borrison

My second A Christmas Carol retelling of the year! A very cute and fun rom-com - dual POV following a young woman who is visited by the hot ghost of a sailor meant to show her the error of her ways. But all is not as it seems and also he's hot, so you can imagine what happens there. I really enjoyed this!! 4 stars.

Hot to Go by Kristen Bailey

This was just SO much fun! Another dual POV romance, this time following two people who meet on holiday and form an instant connection but things go south and they lose touch ...until now. It's not particularly spicy, but it's really funny and the characters were well developed. Just an all round good time and 4 stars from me.

The Yacht Party by Benedict Brown

This was an ARC from netgalley; I loved the premise (any thriller which is set during a reunion of some kind is right up my street) but this fell kind of flat. It's told from three different POVs, one after the other, which meant the pacing felt a bit all over the place - the characters were all quite unlikeable, and the plot was vastly unbelievable. An easy read nevertheless but 3 stars from me.

Love in the Fast Lane by Tyra Prince

This year I officially became an F1 girlyyy and I am truly obsessed; however, this was my first motorsports romance - another netgalley ARC, and this time a YA. Is it the most realistic depiction of motorsports? Probably not, but it was really sweet and follows a girl who is headhunted to be an engineer for a team, only to have their two superstar drivers fighting over her. I flew through it and really enjoyed it. 4 stars!

Do You Remember? by Freida McFadden

I'm not a Freida lover, but I do find her popcorn thrillers are good to stick on as an audiobook while I'm working or doing bits around the house - which was exactly what I did with this one, which follows a woman who has complete amnesia, waking up every morning believing it's 7 years ago, not recognising her husband and so on. By it's very nature, it's repetitive; I feel like some authors would be able to write this without it being boring, but alas. The twist was pretty good, though. Overall it's 4 stars from me.

Skate It Till You Make It by Rufaro Faith Mazarura

A good old ice hockey romance but this time set at the Olympics?! Sensational, I absolutely adored this (another netgalley ARC) - it teeters on the edge of YA and adult, and only has the most teeeeeny bit of spice which is rare for a hockey romance so if that's something you're looking for, this is a winner. It follows an ice hockey star at her first games, who is fake dating a photographer who just so happens to be her biggest rival's brother... yikes! Actually 5 stars from me for the final read of 2025, how exciting.

So there's my final reading round up of 2025 - I read 107 books and of course, had the best time. I'm aiming for 100 books again in 2026, so we'll see if I hit that... Follow me on Goodreads if you're on there, I'd love to connect!