2025 Wrapped Up

The 2025 Refresh: Books & Beverages

Top Tier Book: The Score by Elle Kennedy

• Why did it win?
• Rating: ✨✨✨✨✨
• This book was amazing and the romance between Dean and Allie was superb. It felt like a true romance with a bit of drama, hockey, and overall love. 
• Drink match: The drink to sip while reading this one would be Pibb Xtra. This has a super punch of cherry which is a direct correlation of the direct romance punch this book brings. 

The Golden Goblet: Sprite Winter Spiced Cranberry

• Why did it win?
• Rating: 🍾🍾🍾🍾🍾
• This was a classic winter soda that really makes the season feel like its winter (even if there is no snow). 
• Book Match: This drink is perfect to enjoy while reading Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand. It matches the ups and downs of the drama that occurs because of a kiss from Santa. 

The Biggest Disappointment: I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan

• Why was it such a letdown?
• Rating: ✨
• I wish that I could have given this no stars, but I did read it, so I couldn't. The overall secret was such a letdown, and the reveal was too plain.
• Drink match: I would pair this with A&W Ice cream Sundae Soda. This was what I was excited for, but it honestly let me down more than I anticipated. 

The Roughest Sip: A&W Ice Cream Soda

• Rating: 🍾
• I wish this tasted more like an ice cream sundae than melted ice cream in a can. It was not as nostalgic as I had expected, given the intended flavor profile. 
• Book match: I would say it would have fit with the malt shop books from Nadine C. Keels, but it was such a disappointment that it did seem to fit more with I Know What You Did Last Summer (sorry, I really was hoping to enjoy the book).