Hello, 2025! Let’s greet the new year by closing the book on the old year and revisiting y’all’s favourite posts from 2024.


10. Book Review of Heavenbreaker (Heavenbreaker #1) by Sara Wolf

Cover of Heavenbreaker, featuring a large bird around a gold circle with the title in it

Y’all dug Mandy C.’s review of a book with a cool cover that contains A LOT of familicide, among other topics. (Heed those content warnings!)

9. Book Review of Funny Story by Emily Henry

Cover of Funny Story, an illustration of a white, dark-haired woman and man toasting at a bar against a blue background

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Emily Henry will appear on a FYA Top 10 list, like she has with Sarah’s review here. (See also: 2023 and 2022.)

8. FYA’s Grown-Up Guide to Romance Novels, Trope Edition: Enemies-To-Lovers

For our annual romance novel series in November, Kandis reviewed Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver, with some bonus rivals-to-lovers recommendations!

7. Friday Night Lights Rewatch Project

How did it take us 15 years to get around to rewatching Friday Night Lights?! (But also: holy shizz, FYA turned 15 last year!) For a show so near and dear to our clear eyes and full hearts, it’s no wonder that so many of our writers have joined in!

6. Book Review of Dreadful by Caitlin Rozakis

Y’all definitely didn’t find Stephanie’s review to be dreadful!

5. Book Review of Sweet Nightmare (The Calder Academy #1) by Tracy Wolff

Cover of Sweet Nightmare, featuring a gold snake wrapped around an ornate silver dagger

Also sweet: Mandy C.’s review! (The book itself seems less sweet and more nightmare lol.)

4. Book Review of Destroy the Day (Defy the Night #3) by Brigid Kemmerer

A throne sits amongst a destroyed and crumbling building in orange sunlight while moonflowers fly out past the title towards the reader.

Also destroyed: Stephanie after reading this series finale!

3. Book Review for A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston

Cover of A Novel Love Story, featuring a woman looking around a book and a man coming out of the pages

Y’all loved Mandy C.’s review of this novel!

2. Book Review of I Hope This Doesn’t Find You by Ann Liang

… but y’all DID find Brian’s book review!

1. Book Review of House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City #3) by Sarah J. Maas

Sarahs take the top spot, with ours reviewing the latest installment of J. Maas’ series!


Did your fave post make the list? What would you like to see more of in 2025? Let us know in the comments!

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Mandy (she/her) lives in Edmonton, AB. When she’s not raiding the library for YA books, she enjoys eating ice cream (esp. in cold weather), learning fancy pole dance tricks, and stanning BTS. Mandy has been writing for FYA since 2012, and she oversaw all things FYA Book Club from 2013 to 2023.