by CassieSwindon | Oct 5, 2022 | Blog posts, Reviews
I didn’t finish this coming of age story, where family and magic is everything, but highly recommend it for teens instead of middle aged women who like reading young adult (like myself). Some YA crosses over for generations but this one didn’t do that for me. In...
by CassieSwindon | Oct 4, 2022 | Blog posts, Reviews
I gave this standalone contemporary romance a 3/5 stars. I had trouble with liking Elliott throughout the book and didn’t quite see what she saw in him. Overall this book was a little flat for me in the emotion department. I wanted to feel more than I did. The looming...
by CassieSwindon | Oct 3, 2022 | Blog posts, Reviews
I gave this contemporary romance a 4.5/5 stars. It marked off all the boxes for contemporary genre. Levi is adorable. It was highly predictable but that’s okay because it’s expected. What wasn’t expected was how well the steamy scenes were written. I’ve read a variety...
by CassieSwindon | Oct 1, 2022 | Blog posts, Reviews
I almost stopped at page 30 but am so glad I continued because I rated it a 4.7/5 stars. It’s a standalone enemies to lovers with dual points of view. The author mentioned that this idea came from a gender reversal Beauty and the Beast to see if she could write a boy...
by CassieSwindon | Sep 30, 2022 | Blog posts, Top 10
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...
by CassieSwindon | Sep 30, 2022 | Blog posts, Reviews
So the finale of this steamy fantasy trilogy is a 4.6/5 stars. The author has done a really good job of the pacing for the believability of going from enemies to “I’d scorch the earth to save you” I’ve decided that this series is like the movie, Inception. The first...
