4 Star Reads that I Adore

Rating books is weird for me. 

As a writer and bookworm, it's hard to separate my different perspectives when the enjoyment and the storytelling of a book don’t always match. I often talk about 5 star rated books on here but there are so many great books out there that I don’t rate quite as high!

5 star reads are my absolute favorites but there are many 4 star reads that I love and will read again and again. I usually rate a book 4 stars if I really enjoyed reading them but something fell short of the full five stars. Continue reading to see some of my favorite 4 star reads and why you should read them!!

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To Best the Boys by Mary Weber

A girl disguises herself as a boy to try her hand at winning a school scholarship to save her mother’s life - but puts her own life at danger in a deadly maze.

(Buy on Bookshop)

 

Olivia Twist by Lorie Langdon

Raised as a boy in thieving gangs, a feisty young lady is brought into high society but can’t seem to escape her past when an arrogant young man she once knew enters her new world. 

(Buy on Bookshop)

 

Rogue Princess by B.R. Myers

In a gender-bent sci-if retelling of Cinderella, a duty-bound princess fleeing an arranged marriage accidentally kidnaps a snarky commoner and must work together to uncover a rebel plot.

(Buy on Bookshop)

 

Dearest Josephine by Caroline George

Mourning her father’s death, a girl finds comfort in an English manor house and discovers 200 year old love letters by novelist writing to a girl that shares her name.

(Buy on Bookshop)

 

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

A refugee orphan discovers that she is the long-awaited-for savior of her shadow torn country but must confront the secrets of her untamed power as well as of her heart. 

(Buy on Bookshop)

 

 

Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia

The world of an awkward webcomic creator starts to fall apart when she meets the biggest fanfiction writer of her stories.(Buy on Bookshop)

 

The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White

A princess has arrived in Camelot to marry King Arthur but how will she navigate court and the dangerous magic around her when her real name isn’t Guinevere and her whole existence is a lie?

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Fable by Adrienne Young 

The daughter of a powerful trader escapes the island she’s been stuck on for years and must survive the cutthroat seas with the help of a handsome, secretive captain and his ragtag crew.

(Buy on Bookshop)

Have you read any of these? What did you rate them?

What's your favorite 4 star read? I'd love to hear!

Until next time!

~ K.J. Haakenson