What’s your name and what genre books do you love to read? Hey, my name is Hanne. I mostly read fantasy books, but I can also enjoy a good military romance. I fell in love with this genre last year. I also discovered this year that I also like to read books with an lgbtq+Continue reading “Reader Q+A #4”
Author Archives: CassieSwindon
Review #30
Title- Red Queen Rating– 4/5 Genre- YA Fantasy POV- Red Queen is one of only present tense stories that hasn’t been jarring for me Trope- Enemies to lovers, Forbidden love, two brother love triangle, teen revolution leader Similar/Comps– The City of Brass (I DNF this one), Angelfall (This one seemed darker than Red Queen), ShadowContinue reading “Review #30”
Reader Q+A #3
What’s your name and tell me about the books you like to read. My name is Anjali Giri. I love reading YA fictions and mythological fictions. I also love reading poetries. Do you like reading stand-alones or series and why? It’s hard to answer because they both are special at their own place but stillContinue reading “Reader Q+A #3”
Catherine X. Zombie
What’s your pen name and tell me about the books you like to write. My pen name is Catherine X. Zombie and I love writing high fantasy middle grade books. What character of yours would you lock in a dungeon and why? My main villain, Mal. She is so dangerous and has wreaked havoc onContinue reading “Catherine X. Zombie”
Review #29
Title- Arsenic & Adobo Rating– 3.5/5 Genre- A contemporary with upbeat humor and some sassy spice in and out of the kitchen (Book of the Month selection) POV- First person, past tense Trope- rom com, match-making aunts Similar/Comps– A Pho Love Story (I will write a review on this later 3.5/5) My emotions- relaxed, calm,Continue reading “Review #29”
Reader Q+A #2
Instagram username: @booksxphotographs Tell me a book you’d want to live in and why? Outrageously in Love by: Jen Morris Harriet, despite her past, takes the courage to fly to New York City, my favorite country. Just getting out of my comfort zone What’s a book that made tears cascade down your cheeks and why?Continue reading “Reader Q+A #2”
Review #28
Title- Anna and the French Kiss Rating– 3/5 Genre- Contemporary Romance/YA POV- First person, present tense (yet tense switches back and forth some) Trope- Boarding School Similar Books/Comps– No We Can’t Be Friends, Kisses and Croissants My emotions- Content, relaxed Plot/Blurb- Anna can’t wait for her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a greatContinue reading “Review #28”
September Top 10
10th best read in September Ruin and Rising 9th best read Scorpio Races 8th best The Darkest Park of the Forest 7th Defy Me and Restore Me (tied) 6th Imagine Me 5th The Love Hypothesis 4th Paris is always a Good Idea 3rd place The Beautiful 2nd place Fable 1st place book in September …Continue reading “September Top 10”
Review #27
Title- The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany Book of the Month Selection Rating– 4/5 Genre- Contemporary POV- First person, present tense Trope- Family love Similar Books/Comps– One Italian Summer, Sweet Forgiveness My emotions- Almost a tear jerker at the end, satisfied Characters– Emilia- the happily-single baker at her grandfather’s Brooklyn deli Lucy- sexy, desperate-for-love cousin ofContinue reading “Review #27”
Jemma Ryken
Interview with Author, Jemma Ryken What is a trope/element that you’d NEVER take out of your most recent novel and why? I would never remove the cannabis element of my stories. I’ve set this as my niche to normalize it’s use and kill the stigma’s surrounding this medicine. Looking back, what do you wish youContinue reading “Jemma Ryken”