by CassieSwindon | Jul 20, 2024 | Blog posts, Reviews
This series was a choice for a local book club. Early on this book is hitting a bit too close to home and so I’ll need to read an easy escape at the same time to not feel too stressed. Side complaint- There are a lot of side characters to keep track of. Okay. I...
by CassieSwindon | Jul 19, 2024 | Blog posts, Reviews
Review #488 Now that I’m finished, the title doesn’t quite fit the storyline. I gave this standalone- modern fantasy romance a 4.3/5 stars. The first half had me very hopeful, especially with the plant themes but the second half didn’t meet my expectations. It’s...
by CassieSwindon | Jul 18, 2024 | Blog posts
Gasp. Classics aren’t my favorite. I never actually read Emma when younger. Despite the animated audio voices in dialogue to make this more interactive I was bored and didn’t like how much telling there was over showing in the prose. There were also way too many...
by CassieSwindon | Jul 17, 2024 | Blog posts, Reviews
Review #487 I give Mad Love by Wendy Walker a strong 4.5/5 stars. So I’m learning that I can only focus on romcoms or thrillers for audiobooks so far. This one was short but had so many different voices I still had to concentrate pretty intensely to know who was...
by CassieSwindon | Jul 13, 2024 | Blog posts, Reviews
Review #486 I picked this romcom book up because I loved the cover and it’s a comp to my current work in progress- Of Poison & Pumpkins. I enjoyed the steam but I wasn’t a huge fan of Grant, even at the end unfortunately. The prose weren’t super strong compared to...
