I’m still posting my 2019 wrap up posts haha! Today I wanted to look at debut authors that I read the works of last year!
The first ones in this list I really enjoyed, the ones more at the end I liked less.. (all reviews are linked!):
- Victoria Lee (the fever king) – 5 stars!
- Temi Oh (do you dream of terra two?) – 5 stars!
- Christine Lynn Herman (the devouring gray) – 5 stars!
- Nicki Pau-Preto (Crown of feathers) – 5 stars!
- Rory Power (wilder girls) – 4.5 stars!
- Kat Cho (wicked fox) – 4 stars!
- Erin A craig (house of salt and sorrows) – 4 stars!
- Oyinkan Braithwaite (My sister, the serial killer) – 4 stars!
- Angie Kim (Miracle creek) – 3 stars!
- Shelby Mahurin (Serpent & Dove) – 2 stars!
- Tamsyn Muir (Gideon the ninth) – 2 stars!
- Kalyn Josephson (The storm crow) – 2 stars!
- Kate williams (the babysitters coven) – 2 stars!
I also wanted to look at the debut books that I read this year, that didn’t actually release this year. So authors debut books, that released before 2019. This doesn’t mean this was the first book I read of this author!
- RF Kuang (the poppy war, 2018) – 5 stars!
- Jessica Townsend (nevermoor, 2017) – 4.5 stars!
- Shannon Messenger (keeper of the lost cities, 2012) – 4 stars!
- Emily Suvada (this mortal coil, 2017) – 4 stars!
- Elizabeth Acevedo (The poet X, 2018) – 3 stars!
- Megan Whalen Turner (The thief, 1996) – 3 stars!
- Margaret Rogerson (An enchantment of ravens, 2017) – 3 stars!
- Erin Morgenstern (The night circus, 2011) – 3 stars!
- VE Schwab (The near witch, 2011) – 3 stars!
- Somaiya Daud (Mirage, 2018) – 2 stars!
This list ended up being way longer than I expected!
Nice list! I think of the first group I’ve only read Kat Cho! 🙂
I loved her work!
Nice list! I really enjoyed the Temi Oh book too, and I’m still looking forward to reading Gideon the Ninth!
Glad to hear!
I can’t wait to read The Fever King as I’ve heard a lot of good things about it so I’m glad you enjoyed it!! It sounds so good!
I want to read Wilder Girls too!!
I hope you find some great debut authors this year too!! <3
I hope you will enjoy them!
I was so impressed with House of Salt and Sorrows – probably one of the best reads of 2019 for me!
~ A Darker Shade of Rosie
Good to hear you loved it too! It is definitely high up the list!
I loved House of Salt and Sorrow and Crown of Feathers! They are great authors and can’t wait for their next books.
Samee!