R29 Reads: All The Books We Read & Loved In May

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We're big bookworms here at Refinery29 Australia, and one of our favourite things to do at the end of the month is swap recommendations on all the books we devoured in the previous few weeks.

Whilst it's just as fun to browse in our favourite bookstores and pick out what we're going to read next, there's something special, exciting and communal about sharing our monthly favourites (and our opinions on literature with anyone who will listen). And now we want to share our thoughts with you, too.

From tender experiences of young adulthood to sexy smut, exciting thrillers and young adult fantasy, we covered a lot of literary ground in May.

Ahead, are the 13 books we collectively read last month and what exactly we loved about them.