Frontlist is books that were published in 2016 that I read in 2016 or 2017. Backlist are the ones I read late but that still made my end of the year favorites when I eventually read them.

Frontlist

Romance

• A Gift for Guile by Alissa Johnson (Thief-Takers #2) 8/10

A Gift for Guile is the second Alissa Johnson I read, and going through her backlist lead me to one of my all time favorite stories.

Comics

• Mockingbird Vol. 1: I Can Explain (2016) Chelsea Cain, Kate Niemczyk, Ibrahim Moustafa, Joelle Jones 9/10
• Rivers of London: Night Witch (2016) by Ben Aaronovitch, Andrew Cartmel, Lee Sullivan, Luis Guerrero : 9/10

I loved the Mockingbird run, and like X-23, wish there were more stories with these characters as leads.

The Rivers of London comic, however… I feel like Andrew Cartmel took over most of the story lines, and I enjoyed them less and less until I pretty much hated to last one I bothered reading.

Backlist

Romance

• Glass Tidings by Amy Jo Cousins 8/10
• Blank Spaces by Cass Lennox 8.5/10
• Society of Gentlemen series by K.J. Charles: A Fashionable Indulgence 8/10, A Seditious Affair 8/10

The Society of Gentlemen series is not my favorite KJ Charles, but the other two books are ones I’ve read multiple times as those stories stuck in my brain.