by CassieSwindon | Nov 29, 2022 | Top 10
Which was your favorite this year? I may have forgotten to include The Spanish Love Deception. And I still have all of December to read the cozy winter romcoms. Number 10 Love and Gelato by Jenn Evans Welch (4.0/5) Number 9 Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood (4.5/5)...
by CassieSwindon | Nov 27, 2022 | Blog posts, Reviews
I absolutely loved this unique contemporary romance by Ashley Poston. I gave “The Dead Romantics” a 4.9/5 stars. It was written all in one point of view, first person-past tense. Here’s my live thoughts while reading: Florence Day is a ghost writer for a best selling...
by CassieSwindon | Nov 25, 2022 | Blog posts, Reviews
The cover is breath-taking. But I’m giving this mermaid-esque fantasy novel a 2.9/5 stars. I read the first novel in this series many months ago but I’m immediately overwhelmed by too many names being dropped by page 2. To be reintroduced to all of these all at...
by CassieSwindon | Nov 21, 2022 | Blog posts, Reviews
I loved her other YA books but this adult fantasy didn’t quite make the cut for me. I rated it a 2.9/5 stars but I actually skimmed the second half. Here’s my live thoughts while reading: The first chapter of “Spells for Forgetting” was about August...
by CassieSwindon | Nov 19, 2022 | Blog posts, Reviews
Well, “The Shadow in the Glass” started out so well but I’d give it a 3/5 stars because I skimmed pages 200-370 to get the gist of it. First of all, I wouldn’t have marketed it as a Cinderella story. Not at all. I agree with the gothic vibe, but none of the...
