Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten New-To-Me Authors I Read In 2014

 

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted at The Broke & The Bookish. Each week they host a different top ten topic.

This weeks topic is:

Top Ten New-To-Me Authors of 2014

Sarah J. Maas has to top this list because that woman is the shit. She has earned herself a spot on my auto-buy authors list and she's never coming off of it. I finally started the Throne of Glass series this year and I have fallen madly in love with it. The last time I became so obsessed with a series was back when I was 9 and I read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. I am obsessed! I need 2015 to hurry up because we get TWO Maas releases! I read and reviewed Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight and Heir of Fire, as well as The Assassin's Blade.

Jennifer Niven wins the award for author who made me ugly cry the hardest this year. All the Bright Places basically broke my heart, and I am still trying to recover! I have had months to get my review completely written and scheduled, but I am still struggling with the words to express my love for that book.

It took me a while to finally try a Kasie West book, but once I did I couldn't stop. I read everything she had out at the time and was not disappointed. I think if I had to pick a favourite of hers then it would definitely be The Distance Between Us, just because I adored the main characters in that book. Then it would probably be Pivot Point, followed by Split Second and On the Fence. I am very excited for 2015 and her next release, The Fill-In Boyfriend (even if I hate the cover and the title!).

Abigail Haas is another author who earned a spot on my auto-buy list this year. She has written two of the most amazing YA psychological thrillers. If you haven't tried her books yet then you really need to, you won't be disappointed. Both books had me up until the early hours of the morning because I could not put them back. I reviewed both Dangerous Girls and Dangerous Boys, and I completely loved both.

It took me forever to get to the Under the Never Sky series and finally discover Veronica Rossi, something I am kicking myself for now. I absolutely loved this series and can't believe it took me so long to finally read it. But I'm also glad, it meant I didn't have to wait between books! Rossi created some of my all time favourite characters with Aria, Perry and Roar. I reviewed Under the Never Sky, Through the Ever Night, Into the Still Blue and Boomerang this year, and I loved them all. 

Tess Sharpe is a debut author of 2014, so I guess she's technically new to everyone. I was completely blown away by Far From You. I'd been expecting some really predictable YA thriller, with a teen hunting down a killer. That was a tiny part of the story. This book was so much more than that and it took me completely by surprise. I absolutely loved it, one of my top reads of the year for sure.

Pierce Brown is another debut author of 2014! Red Rising was a story that I became completely addicted to. That book was so much more than I could have expected, I admit to assuming it would be a bit of a rip off. The book has similarities to other dystopians, but it's also unique and unlike anything I've read before. I am so excited to dive into Golden Son this month and see what else Brown has to offer.

It's getting to that point where I want to curse blogger and throw my laptop out the window. This post is giving me all kinds of headaches because it won't format correctly. Pictures are doing whatever the hell they want and I've given up. So the last two are E. Lockhart, who gave me the amazing We Were Liars and Mindy McGinnis, who wrote Not a Drop to Drink and In a Handful of Dust. 

Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahern

Films for Thoughts on Thursday: Love, Rosie 

My Weekly Book Haul: 29/11/2014

Prisoner of Night and Fog by Anne Blankman

Top Ten Tuesday: Books I'm Looking Forward To In 2015

Even in Paradise by Chelsey Philpot

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