by CassieSwindon | Feb 23, 2022 | Reviews
This review is more of a set of discussion questions I created for a book club. Feel free to comment so of your responses below. I’d love to hear from you if you’d like to read my personal responses as examples, or enjoy the blank template of questions...
by CassieSwindon | Feb 22, 2022 | Reviews
Title- A Song of Wraiths and Ruin Author- Roseanne A. Brown Series- the sequel is A Psalm of Storms and Silence Rating- 4.8/5 Genre- YA fantasy POV- third person, dual POV Trope- coming of age, magic, enemies to (we shall see), I came to kill you & developed...
by CassieSwindon | Feb 19, 2022 | Reviews
Title- Sisters in Arms Author- Kaia Alderson Series- standalone Rating- 4.0/5.0 Genre- historical fiction POV- third person, past tense Trope- war Cover- representative of the genre Comps- I’ve read a lot of books in the war set in France recently, but this is the...
by CassieSwindon | Feb 19, 2022 | Reviews
Title- How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House Author- Cherie Jones Series- standalone Rating- 4.1/5 Genre- women’s fiction, literary fiction POV- see below Cover- a bit inconspicuous for the genre Plot/Blurb- In Baxter’s Beach, Barbados, Lala’s grandmother Wilma...
by CassieSwindon | Feb 19, 2022 | Reviews
Title- With the Fire on High Author- Elizabeth Acevedo Series- standalone Rating- 4.0/5.0 Genre- YA contemporary POV- first person, present tense Trope- teen pregnancy, coming of age Cover- I’m in love with the cover and the hardcover without the jacket is gorgeous. I...
by CassieSwindon | Feb 18, 2022 | Reviews
Title- A Song Below Water Author- Bethany C. Morrow Series- “A Chorus Rises” is #2 Rating- 3.8/5 Genre- young adult fantasy yet contemporary POV- two points of view, alternating first person present tense Trope- shunned/racism/coming of age Cover-...
