by CassieSwindon | Aug 5, 2022 | Blog posts, Top 10
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...
by CassieSwindon | Aug 4, 2022 | Blog posts, Reviews
Above the Sea earned a 4.2.5 stars for this YA fairytale retelling, clean HEA romance. The plot is very fast paced and I don’t feel as if there’s time to settle in a scene or into the characters. Their dialogue is saying exactly what they think instead of making me...
by CassieSwindon | Aug 3, 2022 | Blog posts, Reviews
Master of Salt & Bones is a dark/modern gothic contemporary standalone romance. I gave this a generous 4.0/5 stars. Sometimes it felt more like a psychological thriller/almost erotica. At times I couldn’t determine what was real and what was a hallucination which...
by CassieSwindon | Jul 31, 2022 | Blog posts, Top 10
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...
by CassieSwindon | Jul 30, 2022 | Blog posts, Reviews
I did not finish Kiersten White’s novel. I made it to page 50 but not much had happened and there was too much head hopping. I bet once the “instigating event” takes place the ball will start rolling but it was only setting up the stage for the story instead of...
by CassieSwindon | Jul 29, 2022 | Blog posts, Reviews
Solid 5/5 stars!! I loved loved loved so much about this book that I read it in under 9 hours with a few meal breaks and interruptions from kids thrown in there. I barely made any comments which showed proof of how smooth it felt. If you are a fan of clean YA...
