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...
by CassieSwindon | Jul 28, 2022 | Blog posts, Reviews
DNF. I got through enough of this one to leave a short review. This is a sequel to a YA fantasy all about demons, female power, and seeing things through another perspective. Here’s the blurb: It’s been six months since Deka freed the goddesses in the ancient...
by CassieSwindon | Jul 27, 2022 | Blog posts, Reviews
Until this last chapter I had averaged my rating of a 4.1/5 stars. Because of the last chapter, this contemporary witchy fantasy was immediately bumped up to a 4.7/5 stars! I loved the main heroine and the overall inclusivity but wished there were only two pov instead...
