by CassieSwindon | Dec 3, 2022 | Blog posts, Reviews
I rated this Nutcracker retelling as 4.87/5 stars. Midnight in Everwood by M.A. Kuzniar starts with a prestigious family dinner. Marietta, in 1906, is age 20 and apparently needs to entertain her suitors more thoroughly according to her parents. Neither know that she...
by CassieSwindon | Nov 30, 2022 | Top 10
Here’s my top ten list of completed duologies. Please let me know if any of them have turned into a trilogy without my knowing. All of these fall into the fantasy genre. Which is your favorite? Which ones have I missed and didn’t make the list that I need...
by CassieSwindon | Nov 25, 2022 | Blog posts, Reviews
The cover is breath-taking. But I’m giving this mermaid-esque fantasy novel a 2.9/5 stars. I read the first novel in this series many months ago but I’m immediately overwhelmed by too many names being dropped by page 2. To be reintroduced to all of these all at...
by CassieSwindon | Nov 21, 2022 | Blog posts, Reviews
I loved her other YA books but this adult fantasy didn’t quite make the cut for me. I rated it a 2.9/5 stars but I actually skimmed the second half. Here’s my live thoughts while reading: The first chapter of “Spells for Forgetting” was about August...
by CassieSwindon | Nov 19, 2022 | Blog posts, Reviews
Well, “The Shadow in the Glass” started out so well but I’d give it a 3/5 stars because I skimmed pages 200-370 to get the gist of it. First of all, I wouldn’t have marketed it as a Cinderella story. Not at all. I agree with the gothic vibe, but none of the...
