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Top 10 Strong Heroines
Which of these strong women are you similar to? Which is your favorite name of these bad ass girls? Which of these books have you read? Do you have a favorite? What characteristics do you appreciate in a leading lady? They're ranked in order of overall book star...
Review #268
I had a really hard time rating this. If you see my Instagram post, it talked about some parts feeling like a 2/5 stars and other parts feeling like a 4.7/5 stars. I settled on a frustrating 4.0/5 stars. this standalone witchy book was set in 4 different years/time...
Renegades
I loved Marissa Meyer’s: The Lunar Chronicles series. The last one I remember was a beast, over 800 pages and this one here is 556 pages but feels massive. I’m a bit worried since I don’t like reading books much over 400 pages. I genuinely believe that if an author...
The Secrets in Shadow and Blood
So The Secrets in Shadow and Blood is the NEXT installment in the Fae Guardians book. So I guess it wasn’t the best place to start. Each book features a separate couple so apparently I should’ve started with Season of The Wolf. Because of this I already have a feeling...
Review #267
I love when books are set in my state of North Carolina. This standalone romance got a 4.8/5 stars from me. Here are my notes while reading: In the prologue we meet Nora who lays out all the tropes she’s used to reading as a book agent & pegs herself as...
Top Ten Books in 1st person
These are some of my most recent reads in first person narrative. Check out my other Top Ten lists and 265+ book reviews on my blog at www.cassieswindon.com Do you like reading in first person or third person more? Which of these have you read? What did you rate them?...
Top 10 Two-Points of View
Here is a list of my favorite recent reads with two points of view. Some are romance, some are mother-daughter, or other relationships. Some are even split in two different timelines/decades. Which of these have you read? Which of these do you now want to read? #10...
Delicious Prose
Captivating words. Enchanting sentences. And gripping paragraphs. These five novels have scrumptious prose ready for devouring and these authors do a fantastic job with writing poetic narratives in their novels to set the mood and scene. The top ranked one is listed...
Review #266
I give this FF fantasy romance a 4.4/5 stars. I believe it’s a standalone because of the great closure. I enjoyed the two points of view from both Tamsin and Wren. In regards to the plot, some comps that come to mind are “A Nature of Witches” and “The Witch Haven.”...
Review #265
I gave this little mermaid retelling a 4.1/5 stars. Evie was such a sweet character always trying to help her friends. I love YA fantasy in first person narrative so this was right up my alley. The flashbacks took me out of the scene and felt like whiplash sometimes...
Review #264
I rated this (darker) Peter Pan retelling a 4.8/5 stars. This YA contemporary/fantasy was NOT a romance but had a few moments in there. It was refreshing that the whole story was in Wendy’s POV. Here are my live thought while reading: Chapter 1 had TONS of info. So,...
Review #263
I rated this sequel a 3/5 stars. So now that I’m in book two, I’m hoping these aren’t spoilers. I wanted to comment on these at the end of the first but was worried my review would give away secrets. These are my thoughts live. So- I already have issues and questions....
Review #262
I rated this fantasy a 4.6/5 stars. I loved the circus/ magician performer theme with the dark vibe of the haunted mirrors. I thought the first half was much better than the last Act which is usually the opposite for me so I’m not sure what happened. There is a sequel...
June Top Ten
#TEN The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark (3.8/5) Contemporary/Suspens-ish #NINE Life’s Too Short by Abby Jimenez (3.9/5) Third novel in a contemporary romance series #EIGHT The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young (4.0/5) Sequel to Sky in the Deep #SEVEN The Fire in...
Review #261
I give this standalone happily-ever-after contemporary a 4.4/5 stars. The story by Melissa Ferguson is in first person, present tense and has an adorable office romance trope. As much as I love novels with two points of view, it’s refreshing that this one sticks with...