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Cheri is Currently Reading

Cheri Thomas is currently reading

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

by Sherman Alexie

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Apr 01, 2026 12:23PM

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Shield of Sparrows (Shield of Sparrows, #1)

by Devney Perry (Goodreads Author)

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Cheri Thomas said: " My favorite book to date in 2025!

This story had me invested from the very beginning and just kept getting better. The writing style flowed well and even without descriptions that went on and on, I felt completely immersed in every scene and this worl My favorite book to date in 2025!

This story had me invested from the very beginning and just kept getting better. The writing style flowed well and even without descriptions that went on and on, I felt completely immersed in every scene and this world.

Odessa as our FMC seemed more grounded and logical than many other fantasy FMCs - at 23 years old, this might have been the extra few years she has over most of our 18-19 year old heroines, or it could be that Devney Perry just wrote her better. She was a little naive at times, about one point in particular, but in the end, she comes to her own conclusions and finds her own inner strength.

The Guardian is what you expect (and want) in a MMC. Tall, fierce, strong, broody (except with one person of course), protective. He is wonderful, but there isn't anything that makes him especially stand out from many other fantasy romance MMCs, other than a ticking clock.

The world building and the story - and my immediate love for Odessa - is what makes this a 5-star read. She is a reluctant and self-doubting heroine, until she's not - again, it's a story we've seen before, but it's just done so well here. Her journey to find herself and connection to others after being isolated by her family is such fun, even when she learns who she can and cannot trust in hard ways. The monsters have just enough similarities to beasts in this world that it was easy to imagine them. There is a found family that emerges in such a natural way you hardly notice it until it's fully formed around her. There is even an adorable animal side kick.

And that ending! 😯

I don't get a true book hangover often, but this book put me there. I dreamed about it. I thought about all day. I was SAD the day after I finished this book because I didn't have more to read of this story. Not even just because I want to know what happens next but because I missed the world and Odessa, Ransom, Zavier, Evie, and Faze. It will be a long wait for the next book, but I'm already looking forward to my reread of this one! ...more "

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May 26, 2025 08:24AM · see review

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The Last Labyrinth

by Gwendolyn Womack (Goodreads Author)

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Mar 29, 2026 09:02AM

Cheri’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Daughter of No Worlds (The War of Lost Hearts, #1)

Daughter of No Worlds (The War of Lost Hearts, #1) by Carissa Broadbent

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“It’s too early. I’m not made for this.” Max began slinking back towards his bedroom.

I have never related to a character more!

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Cheri’s Quotes

“March is such a fickle month. It is the seam between winter and spring—though seam suggests an even hem, and March is more like a rough line of stitches sewn by an unsteady hand, swinging wildly between January gusts and June greens. You don’t know what you’ll find, until you step outside.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

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