Besties and Books

⚠️ FULL SPOILER WARNING ⚠️ This vlog contains FULL SPOILERS for Redeeming6 by Chloe Walsh — please do not watch unless you’ve finishedthe book. This is it. The final book (for now) in the Boys of Tommen series… and wow, we were not prepared. In today’s full spoiler reading vlog , we’re sharing our raw, unfiltered reactions to Redeeming 6 — Chloe Walsh’s darkest, most emotional, and most devastatin...

✨ 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 emotion...

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 releas...

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...

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 recommen...

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 livi...

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 ch...

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 spoil...

✨ 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) — expec...

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...

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...

October was packed — from heartbreak and high stakes to fantasy worlds and morally grey chaos, we read it all! This month we tackled 9 books across every genre imaginable, and we have thoughts. 👀✨ Books we read this month:💔 Saving 6 by Chloe Walsh — the emotional rollercoaster continues🩸 Direbound by Sable Sorenson — dark, spicy, and absolutely unhinged🐉 Jade City by Fonda Lee — family, power...

It’s that time again — we’re picking our November reads using our TBR jars and we’re SO excited about what we pulled this month 😍✨ From our fantasy jar, we’ll be diving into Skyward by Brandon Sanderson and One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig — two books we’ve been dying to read!💋 From our non-fantasy jar, we picked the mafia romance trope (!!!) and chose Sinners Anonymous — and you already know w...

Grab your tissues and buckle up, because this Saving 6 reading vlog is an emotional rollercoaster! 💔😭 We’re diving deep into full spoilers for Saving 6 by Chloe Walsh, and it’s safe to say our hearts may never recover. Expect raw reactions, ugly crying, and screaming over Johnny and Gibsie’s cameos (because we are OBSESSED).If you love intense romance, emotional character arcs, and books that hu...

🔥 Besties and Books presents… our Ultimate Fourth Wing Fan Cast! 🔥If you’ve ever wondered who we’d cast as Violet, Xaden, Rhiannon, and the rest of the crew from Rebecca Yarros’ Fourth Wing, this is the video for you. We’re breaking down all of our dream picks for the Empyrean world, from the Riders Quadrant to the political players, and of course—our favorite dragons 🐉.Expect laughter, passion...

📚 Let's review the 7 books we read in September, including multiple 5-STAR reads ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ September was hands down our BEST reading month yet! 🎉 We read 7 books and had everything from Sarah’s first ever ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ read (!!), multiple 4-star favorites, a few solid 3 stars, and even a couple of 1–2 star disappointments. Talk about a rollercoaster! In this wrap up, we review: ✨ Bi...

🎃✨ OCTOBER TBR TIME! ✨🎃 We're back with our trusty TBR jars to pick our October reads, and this month is looking AMAZING! 🍂📚 We've pulled 4 fantasy/romantasy picks that we're beyond excited about — including MULTIPLE predicted 5-star reads 👀🔥 — and we’ve also got two random genre picks that are shaking things up: 📖 Saving 6 by Chloe Walsh 📖 The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barne...

✨ BESTIES & BOOKS: Keeping 13 Reading Vlog | FULL SPOILERS! | 5-STAR FANGIRLING INCOMING ✨ We're back with another reading vlog, and this time we’re diving DEEP into Book 2 of The Boys of Tommen series – Keeping 13 by Chloe Walsh … and OMG. We are absolutely obsessed . 😍 This book gave us everything – the angst, the healing, the swoon-worthy moments, the emotional gut-punches – and we w...

BINDING 13 Reading Vlog - SPOILERS 🖤 | Full Reactions, Tears & More | Besties & BooksCalling all Binding 13 fans (and soon-to-be fans) — this one’s for YOU. In this unfiltered spoiler-filled reading vlog, we take you along as we devour Binding 13 by Chloe Walsh… and yes, we laughed, cried, screamed, and maybe lost our minds a little 😭💅This was one of the most emotional, intense, and add...

Our Most Anticipated Book Releases! | Brimstone, Ballad ofFalling Dragons & More 🔥📚 It’s that time again — we’re talking about the book releases that have us. SCREAMING with excitement! 😍 From sequels we’ve been patiently waiting on (looking at you, Brimstone by Callie Hart and Ballad of Falling Dragons by Sarah A. Parker 👀🐉), to surprise updates like Sarah J. Maas finishing the first dra...

August Reading Wrap-Up | Besties and Books 📚✨We're back with our August Monthly Wrap-Up, and it’s been a whirlwind of fantasy, romance, and surprise hits (and a few misses)! This month, we continued diving into two series: Trial of the Sun Queen (Books 2–4) and Storm of Secrets and Sorrow (Book 2 in The Legacy Series). Plus, we shook things up with our random genre picks — Once Upon a Broken...

September TBR Jar Picks! | Fantasy, Romantasy & a Surprise Sports Romance?! 🏈📚It’s that magical time again—TBR jar time! 🫙✨ Join us as we pick our September reads using our trusty TBR jars! We each draw 5 fantasy/romantasy books, plus one wild card genre… and surprise! We’re heading to the field with a sports romance pick that neither of us saw coming! 😲🏈💕Will we fall in love with these...

📚 The Ultimate Bestie Book Tag (Unfiltered + Unhinged) This week on Besties and Books, we’re getting a little unhinged with the Bestie Book Tag — a chaotic mix of personal, hilarious, and spicy bookish questions! From guilty pleasures and controversial opinions to book boyfriends we’d risk it all for, no trope or hot take is safe. Grab a cuppa (or a cocktail 🍷), because things get real as we div...

📚✨ What’s ACTUALLY on Our TBR?! ✨📚This week on Besties and Books, we’re finally revealing the chaotic, overstuffed, and oh-so-exciting mess that is our current TBR! From towering stacks of fantasy and romantasy to a wild mix of genres including dark romance, sci-fi, paranormal, thrillers, and contemporary romance — nothing is off-limits. 😍💀🛸💘Whether you’re looking for your next favorite re...

🔥 Besties & Books – July Wrap‑Up! 🔥 Join us this month as we dive head‑first into a wildly varied lineup: 📚 “Torch Against the Night” – Book 2 of the Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir 🎶 “Song of the Marked” – Patricia A. Saunders (sometimes SM Gaither) 🏰 “Gilded Cage” – Book 2 of The Prison Healer series by Lynette Noni 🕶️ ALL THREE books in the Made series by Danielle Lori (the Ma...