Rapid-Fire Book Reviews That Happened Before The Recap Vault

 Before I started writing full reviews here on The Recap Vault, I read quite a few books that never got their moment in the spotlight. I tend to forget what I read about a week after I read it, which is the primary reason I wanted to start this blog. 

So here’s a lightning-round list of titles (in no particular order) I devoured before this blog existed—complete with star ratings from what I remember, but no spoilers.

  • Verity - Colleen Hoover - ⭐4.5/5
  • Layla - Colleen Hoover - ⭐4.2/5
  • Heart Bones - Colleen Hoover - ⭐3/5
  • The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell - Robert Dugoni - ⭐5/5 - reintroduced me to reading.
  • Me Before You - Jojo Moyes - ⭐4.2/5
  • After You - Jojo Moyes - ⭐3.6/5 - hate when the second isn't as good as the first.
  • November 9 - Colleen Hoover - ⭐4/5
  • The Watcher Chronicles #1-4 (Broken, Kindred, Oblivion, Ascension) - S.J. West - ⭐4.3/5
  • Ugly Love - Colleen Hoover - ⭐4/5
  • You Are A Badass - Jen Sincero - ⭐5/5
  • The Fault in Our Stars - John Green - ⭐4.2/5
  • Heaven is for Real - Todd Burpo - ⭐5/5
  • Crank #1-3 (Crank, Glass, Fallout) - Ellen Hopkins - ⭐4.7/5
  • A Child Called "It" - Dave Pelzer - ⭐I will not rate this book. Period. 
  • Reminders of Him - Colleen Hoover - ⭐3.9/5
  • Things We Never Got Over - Lucy Score - ⭐4.4/5
  • Say You Swear - Meagan Brandy - ⭐4.3/5
  • To Love Jason Thorn - Ella Maise - ⭐4.4/5
  • That Boy - Jillian Dodd - ⭐3/5
  • To Hate Adam Connor - Ella Maise - ⭐4.5/5
  • Unmissing - Minka Kent - ⭐4.2/5 - I still think about this book
  • Maybe Someday - Colleen Hoover - ⭐3.8/5
  • The Soulmate Equation - Christina Lauren - ⭐3.8/5
  • Never Never - Colleen Hoover - ⭐3/5
  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid - ⭐4/5
  • None of This Is True - Lisa Jewell - ⭐4.1/5
  • The Last Thing He Told Me - Laura Dave - ⭐3.9/5
  • I Will Find You - Harlan Coben - ⭐4.2/5
  • The Chain - Adrian McKinty - ⭐2.4/5 - made me uncomfy
  • The Inmate - Freida McFadden - ⭐4.4/5
  • It Ends with Us #1-2 (It Ends with Us, It Starts with Us) - Colleen Hoover - ⭐4/5
  • Twenty Years Later - Charlie Donlea - ⭐2/5
  • The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah - ⭐4/5
  • The Housemaid - Freida McFadden - ⭐4.5/5
  • Never Lie - Freida McFadden - ⭐4.3/5
  • The Teacher - Freida McFadden - ⭐2.8/5 - my least fav Freida book, sorry.
  • The Housemaid's Secret - Freida McFadden - ⭐3.7/5
  • Ward D - Freida McFadden - ⭐4.2/5
  • The Boyfriend - Freida McFadden - ⭐4.1/5
  • The Third Gilmore Girl - Kelly Bishop - ⭐5/5- If you know, you know.
  • Pages of Promise - Jessica Ashley - ⭐4.4/5
  • The Coworker - Freida McFadden - ⭐3.4/5
  • The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides - ⭐4/5
  • The Business Trip - Jessie Garcia - ⭐3.5/5 - sorry, but no.
  • The Perfect Marriage - Jeneva Rose - ⭐4.2/5
  • Hidden Pictures - Jason Rekulak - ⭐4.4/5
  • The Unhoneymooners - Christina Lauren - ⭐4.6/5 - very cute!
  • That's Not My Name - Megan Lally - ⭐4.5/5
  • Listen for the Lie - Amy Tintera - ⭐4.2/5
  • Love, Mom - Iliana Xander - ⭐4.5/5 - twistyyyyy
  • Death Row - Freida McFadden - ⭐3.5/5
  • Before We Were Strangers - Renee Carlino - ⭐4.3/5
  • The Locked Door - Freida McFadden - ⭐4/5

✨ It’s fun to look back at these and think about which ones I still think about today—and which ones have faded from memory.

Which one from this list should I give the full Recap Vault treatment to?

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