1.  Bride, Ali Hazelwood - I had no intention of reading this book.  It has been all over booktok since I became obsessed with booktok, but I wasn't interested in the least....for a lot of reasons.  (Vampires are really not my thing.)  Then, Bride absolutely shocked me by showing up on NPR's Books We Love 2024.  With that endorsement, and needing a bit of a palate cleanser after an epic 1,800+ page trilogy, I decided to try it.  Friends, I think I love Ali Hazelwood.  This book was so much fun!  I absolutely love Misery, who is one of the more entertaining and unique main characters I've come across this year.  The story was engaging enough that I had trouble putting it down, and the spicy stuff was just right.  Bonus, a quick google search showed me that Hazelwood is working on a sequel! 2.  How My Neighbor Stole Christmas, Meghan Quinn - I wanted a spicy holiday rom-com, and I got a spicy holiday rom-com.  Enough said!...