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Top Ten Books in 3rd person
Please check out my recent third person narrative reads that I've enjoyed. They're in order, with my favorite at the bottom. Do you like third person or first person narration better? As always, I have tons of other Top Ten posts as well as 265 book reviews on my...
Review #270
I gave this one a 3.9/5 stars which is a little lower than the first book. “For the Throne” is the sequel to “For the Wolf” and I believe it finishes the duology. This is a YA fantasy with a “good vs evil” theme. This one didn’t feel as much of a fairytale retelling...
Top 10 witchy books
Number 10 The League of Gentlewomen Witches by India Holton (3.9/5) Number 9 A Witch in Time by Constance Sayers (4.0/5) Number 8 Sea Witch by Sarah Henning (4.1/5) Number 7 The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith (4.2/5) Number 6 Sweet and Bitter Magic by Adrienne...
Review #269
I rated this fantasy fairy-tale retelling a 4.4/5 stars. This will hopefully be one I remember details of compared to other novels because the woods are s described in such detail. I started to get frustrated with the repetition of the plot in the 30-60% part of the...
Top 10 authors of color
So, first let me start out by saying that I wasn’t sure how to title this blog. Some of my friends want to be referred to as Black. Others want to be called a person of color. And another prefers African American. I could possible label the blog “Diverse Authors” but...
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...