by CassieSwindon | Oct 28, 2021 | Reviews
Title- Ruin and Rising Rating- 5/5- best of the trilogy Genre- YA fantasy Trope- The chosen one. Morally gray characters Similar Books/Comps- Red Queen My emotions- the second half had me gasping Characters- I loved Alina and Mal’s relationship. It was the best...
by CassieSwindon | Oct 28, 2021 | Reviews
Title- Siege and Storm Rating- 4/5 Genre- YA fantasy POV- first person Trope- the chosen one Plot/Blurb- Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Alina Starkov’s power has grown, but not without a price. She is the Sun Summoner―hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she...
by CassieSwindon | Oct 28, 2021 | Reviews
Title- Shadow and Bone Rating- 4/5 Genre- YA Fantasy POV- First person, past tense Similar Books/Comps- The Gilded Wolves, Ember in the Ashes My emotions- I wanted to feel a bit more but I was sucked in enough to care. Characters- Alina Starkov is a soldier who...
by CassieSwindon | Oct 28, 2021 | Interviews
What’s your pen name and tell me about the books you like to write. My pen name is HM Thomas, and I mostly write Romantic Suspense. I love a good love story in the middle of a little danger. I also write contemporary romance and women’s fiction, because there are just...
by CassieSwindon | Oct 28, 2021 | Reviews
Title- Spellbreaker Rating- 4/5Genre- historical fiction/fantasy POV- I like that there’s two alternating POV of Elsie & Bacchus. (Third person feels distant though) Sometimes POV switched mid chapter which I don’t like head hopping. Similar Books/Comps- It had a...
