Top Ten Contemporary Romance Reads of 2022
Which was your favorite this year? I may have forgotten to include The Spanish Love Deception. And I still have all of December to read the cozy winter romcoms. Number 10 Love and Gelato by Jenn Evans Welch (4.0/5) Number 9 Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood (4.5/5)...
Top Ten October Books
I read 12-13 books in October and the list below was my ranking. As always, check my full reviews of each at www.cassieswindon.com Have you read any of these? Do you agree or disagree with my ratings? Number 10 The Surface Breaks by Louise O’Neill (4/5) Number 9 River...
Top Ten Young Adult Reads
Do you like YA reads? If so, what subgenre: contemporary, fantasy, drama? I feel as if there's two main groups of YA: the books that middle aged women can read and be happy with and those truly only meant for teens. When there is talk of lockers and classes and...
Top Ten ‘Dark’ Reads
Hey there. If you've seen some of my rants on instagram, you know that I feel 'dark' should be subcategorized into different mini genres. I understand that some authors give content warnings and trigger warnings before some of their 'dark' themes such as rape, but I...
Top Ten Contemporary Novels
These aren't necessarily contemporary romance, but some of them are. Here's my top ten list of books set in current times. What is your favorite contemporary read? Read each individual review on my blog for more information. Number 10 The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark...
Top Ten Steamy Reads
Read each individual review on my blog at www.cassieswindon.com What is your favorite steamy read? Number 10 Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood Number 9 A Ruin of Roses by K.F. Breene Number 8 Music of the Night by Angela J Ford Number 7 A Touch of Darkness by...
Top Ten September Books
I don’t have too much of a variety this month because I binged a trilogy. Most of these are fantasy and next month you’ll be seeing a lot of witchy books. For individual reviews of each book listed check out my blog at www.cassieswindon.com Number 10 From These Dark...
Top 10 Memorable Fantasy
My top 10 most memorable fantasy within the last year. Check out each's individual reviews on my blog complete with the cover image. Number 10 Spellmaker by Charlie N. Holmberg (4.1/5) This is the sequel to Spellbreaker Number 9 King of Battle and Blood by Scarlett...
Top Ten Ocean/Sea Books
I’m a bit obsessed with books involving the ocean, especially in the last 2 months. I actually just wrote my 7th book, a gender reversal Little Mermaid retelling, where the merman Axton sees a red haired beauty dancing on a ship during a storm. Join my newsletter at...
Top Ten August
So, I was so busy writing my 7th book this August that I only finished reading 8 books this month. There were still a few DNF in there, which might’ve added up to 10 total, lol. But, here’s my list ranked in order. For full reviews, please check out...
Top 10 Retellings
Looking back at this list I’m quite surprised about the top 2 because Sleeping Beauty is one of my lease favorite fairytales. And to top it off, Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorites but the 2 least favorite are based on B&B. I don’t know how it all flip...
July Top Ten
I read 14ish books in July, kind of lost track this month since a few were DNF. Here's my top ten list. I had heavy fantasy this month to prep for my next writing projects, so there's not much variety of genre this time around. For individual reviews of each of these...
Top 10 Enemies to Lovers
If you ADORE enemies to lovers like I do, check out the following blog. My favorite is at the bottom, so keep scrolling! Which is your favorite enemies to lovers book? Do you have a trope you like more? Number 10 The Girl the Sea Gave Back by Adrienne Young (4.0/5)...
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...
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...