Monthly Review – August 2025

In August I read 12 books. You can see the reviews for all of them, which ones were my favorite, etc. below.

Hope you all had a great month of reading!

I started the following series:

• Second Sight (Arcane Society, Book 1) by Amanda Quick (4/5 stars)

I finished the following series:

• A Steeping of Blood (Blood and Tea, Book 2) by Hafsah Faizal (4/5 stars)

My Favorite Books of the Month Were:

• Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta (5/5 stars)
• The Devil in the Lake (Lady Mechanika, Vol 8) by Joe Benitez, M.M. Chen, Siya Oum (5/5 stars)
• The Summer War by Naomi Novik (5/5 stars)
• Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross (5/5 stars)

– Goodreads Reading Challenge (Progress: 142/150)

The full list of books that I read this month are shown below:
1. Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta (5/5 stars)
2. The Devil in the Lake (Lady Mechanika, Vol 8) by Joe Benitez, M.M. Chen, Siya Oum (5/5 stars)
3. BuyMort: 30,000 Leagues (Shopocalypse Saga, Book 4) by Damien Hanson, Joseph Phelips, Narrated by Wayne Mitchell (4/5 stars)
4. The Last Soul Among Wolves (The Echo Archives, Book 2) by Melissa Caruso (4/5 stars)
5. Making History by K.J. Parker (4/5 stars)
6. The Summer War by Naomi Novik (5/5 stars)
7. To Clutch a Razor (Curse Bearer, Book 2) by Veronica Roth (4/5 stars)
8. Second Sight (Arcane Society, Book 1) by Amanda Quick (4/5 stars)
9. A Steeping of Blood (Blood and Tea, Book 2) by Hafsah Faizal (4/5 stars)
10. Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross (5/5 stars)
11. Oathbound (The Legendborn Cycle, Book 3) by Tracy Deonn (3/5 stars)
12. Vinland Saga Vol 14 by Makoto Yukimura (4/5 stars)