https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4161370220Thanks to Netgalley for this book!

This one was a little weird, but in a good way. I had the feeling throughout there just wasn't something quite right about Sigrun's love. I won't go into details as clearly that's a spoiler. I just had a feeling early on. It was so fast, nearly flawless and a massive lot of life milestone steps with seemingly little to no drama. Then boom. All the drama in the last few chapters. I couldn't figure out if the novel was leaning towards realism or something more paranormal and the story line and main character give nothing away in this respect either till the conclusion. I'm just not sure how I felt about it. Slightly cheated maybe? Maybe the twist was too twisty? Maybe I'm just boring!

However, the book was written very eloquently and you can tell the author has a love for words and prose. A poet, at times it made me question my own intelligence and education levels wondering if people so actually write letters like this! I don't have the flare for elegancy so look on in wonder with a touch of confusion.

Overall 3.5 or 3.75 stars as I just didn't love the ending.

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Hold My Place by Cassondra Windwalker—what can I say—It’s a 5. Very gothicy, very not normal. I thought I knew where we were going and I was sort of right but not quite and that makes all the difference. I loved this dark and twisted tale. It left me unsettled and that’s what we like in a horror story, isn’t it? I found the pace just about right—a bit slow in spots, yes, but that only made me more anxious to see how events would unfold. I found it suspenseful enough to keep me reading and the payoff was worth it. I did connect with the main character—and I tried to talk her down, but did she listen? No. She just merrily went on her way with no regard to the excellent advice I muttered into my Kindle in the wee hours of the morning. We also like that.
I highly recommend Hold My Place to anyone who needs a jolt of disquiet to keep you awake and worried about what’s out there—watching--plotting.

I went in with high expectations because of the prologue and it kind of disappointed me.

It was slow paced in some parts, not as gripping as I would've liked it to be and I couldn't really connect to the characters.

What I did like was the writing style, the darkness, the madness and the plot twist although it didn't really make much sense to me and was kind of rushed.

I love Cassondra Windwalker's writing - will definitely be looking to read more from her if they are as good as Hold My PLlace

I don't know what I was expecting this book to be, but it was definitely not that!
There was this really great dark mystery/thriller atmospheric throughout that I really liked.
I didn't like how it started with the main character saying something like "I'm not like most women" and it just gave a bad vibe to the whole beginning.
I would like the pacing to be a little bit faster at times but otherwise I really enjoyed this book.
Overall the book was good. Not my kind of book but I can see how other people would love this.

I really wanted to enjoy this book but unfortunately it did not work for me. It was not gripping enough and was very slow at parts. I was a little disappointed overall.

This was very quick and easy to read. Filled with flowery (but not over the top) prose, and a gothic atmosphere. Set in the present time during a pandemic.

I enjoyed the the atmosphere the most. There were parts that I wanted more of, and parts where it could have been less. The ending was one that could have benefited from being longer. I wanted more of that uncertainty in the middle as well.

Overall it was very enjoyable. The cover is pretty too.

I’m not sure what I think of this book.

It began strong with Sigrun, a librarian, falling for Edgar, a handsome but married man. It’s a mix of a thriller and romance with gothic tones.

However, the book seemed to be uneven to me. It should have been longer to flesh out the plot and character development. I felt as though we were told the ending but didn’t get build-up for it.

I just love a good twisty mystery/thriller. I really enjoyed this one. It was a domestic type thriller and gave me Rebecca/Janye Eyre vibes. It was gothic and I liked how the story was tied to magic/fantasy elements. I recommend this book to everyone who loves thrillers with fantastic elements.

My first Windwalker, but definitely not my last. I honestly didn't know what to expect with this book. Thriller? Romance? IDK, I didn't read the synopsis all of the way through. And I'm SO glad I didn't! The prose is engrossing. The story is intelligent. The twists got to me. I'm so happy I was able to read this!

Insidious suspense and notes of Mehphisto Waltz - you know something is wrong, but what exactly is it? Kind of figured it out before the end, but not exactly. A definite must read if you like a slow burn that grabs you and doesn't let go.

I throughly enjoyed this short book. The writing was beautiful. The idea of falling in love so quickly is dreamy for many ... a little unreal, but we have all tried it. Ha.

I was surprised at the outcome. Pleasantly surprised.