Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the lovely Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. This week’s prompt is Dynamic Duos (Submitted by Elley @ Elley the Book Otter). I love this prompt, and it immediately made me think of all the dual point of view books I’ve read lately. So I’m twisting the prompt a bit to the last ten books I’ve read with dual POVs.
Hello Readers! February is flying by and we’re inching closer to Spring here in Texas, which I’m ready for. But Winter has not left us yet. While we’re supposed to be balmy and warm today, we’re expecting colder temps and maybe even some freezing rain later in the week. Such is life in the south. 😉
Recently I’d noticed many of the books I’d been reading were dual points of view. I didn’t know if it was typical and for some reason I was just noticing it, or if it was a new trend, since several of the books were advanced reader copies. But when I saw this prompt, it’s where my mind went immediately. So I went with it. I’ll be listing the last ten books I read with two points of view, starting from most recent, and I’ll also be using three words to describe my thoughts for each one.
Let’s wander in!
(Link to Goodreads synopsis through book title.)
- Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover – Entertaining, quick, but melodramatic
- One Night on the Island by Josie Silver – Heart-wrenching, inspiring, and joyful (My Review)
- Home for Christmas by Camilla Isley – Light, fun, and snowy (My Review)
- Good Girl Complex by Elle Kennedy – Sexy, angsty, and unputdownable (My Review)
- Digging Up Love by Chandra Blumberg – Refreshing, sweet, and yummy (My Review)
- The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain – Mysterious, enthralling, and satisfying (My Review)
- The Certainty of Chance by Jacquelyn Middleton – Musical, swoon-y, and heartwarming (My Review)
- The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater – Fantastical, consuming, and perfect
- Fool Me Twice at Christmas by Camilla Isley – Comical, festive, and charming (My Review)
- Heard It in a Love Song by Tracey Garvis Graves – Contemplative, heartfelt, but forgettable (My Review)
Do you enjoy books with dual points of view? Let me know in the comments!
Happy Wandering!
Oh, I like this topic!! I love dual POV’s! Reminders of Him was so good! Haha. Ugh, the weather is like whiplash! Was 20 then 60 yesterday and today. Will be low 30s tomorrow. 🤦🏻♀️
I’m a fan of dual POVs, too. Especially romances. It always helps to get that other point of view. Yeah, we’re over this cold weather. Just pick a temp and stick with it, Mother Nature! Haha!
Right?! It’s so nice to get that other side in the same book. I don’t love having the same book re-done in the other POV after. Yes, I’m hoping it’s soon now that we are coming into March!
Oooh, I hadn’t even thought about the books redone with the other POV… I’ve only read a few of those and yeah, they can be hit or miss. The main ones I enjoy are the books that I’ve obsessed over and I’ll take any new addition in the series, like Midnight Sun. Haha!
Yes, I have a hard time with it because I feel like I’m re-reading it but not… hahaha! Oof, I know you loved Midnight Sun! I struggled with that one.. it was just sooo long. haha.
Yeah… Twilight is definitely my ‘guilty’ pleasure (although I don’t feel guilty at all lol). I’ll take any little scrap in the world and probably enjoy it. 😆
Nice tweak to the topic, those dual narrators… I do find them a little hit-and-miss personally, sometimes they work brilliantly; at other times, they fall totally flat!
These are the character duos that I loved and found dynamic!
Yes, if one of the narrators isn’t as strong as the other, it can be disappointing!
Interesting list, Dedra. I had trouble to start with this topic but found quite a few good books in the end.
My TTT this week.
Thank you! I didn’t have the brain power to think about duos in books this week. It seemed overwhelming. So I’m excited to see what others came up with.
Well, your twist was very interesting. As I said on my page, the other takes on the prompt is the best of these challenges.
I agree!
Great list! I’ve gotten so used to reading dual POVs now, especially for romances, that it feels incomplete when there’s only one POV? I’m a fan of dual or multi POVs for sure 😍 Great list, Dedra!
Same here! It works especially well in romances. I like having both love interests POVs. 🙂
I loved many of these (and great three word reviews). I find most of the romances I read written in dual POV. I don’t see it as much in (women’s) fiction, which is the other genre I often read.
It’s definitely a big player in romance. If I pick up a romance now without dual POV, it seems a little strange at first. Ha!
Fun way to tweak the topic! Dual POVs is still a favorite of mine when it comes to romance novels.
My TTT: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2022/02/22/top-ten-tuesday-quotes-again/
Thank you! Yes, that seems to be where it works the best. 🙂
Though I also love a good dual timeline story, with one POV in each timeline. (Too many more timelines than that, though, and my head starts spinning.)
Right?!
Great take on today’s topic. So many books are dual POV.
It’s weird that I really just started noticing it. Haha!
Nice take on the topic! I forgot that The Scorpio Races had dual POVs. I haven’t read any of the others.
I like dual POVs but I don’t think I could read many of them too close together. I always prefer one POV over the other and can’t wait to get back to the one I prefer. Same with dual timelines.
A fun dual POV book that was published a few years ago is The Thorn and the Blossom by Theodora Goss. It’s hard to describe. But the book is physically more like an accordion. It doesn’t really have a spine, although you can certainly hold it together like it has one. But you read it in one direction and get her story. Flip it the other way and get his story. There’s probably a video out there somewhere that shows how it works. It was so different, I just loved the idea of it.
Oh, thank you for the book recommendation! I have read another book like that where you flip it for the other POV, but I can’t think of what it was right now. 😉 There are definitely those books where I want to just get back to the other POV. Usually books with multiple POVs.
Great twist on the topic! I love dual-timeline novels, especially if one POV is from the past and one is from the present. I read a lot of those because the format just really appeals to me. THE LAST HOUSE ON THE STREET is the only one from your list that I’ve read. It’s not my favorite Chamberlain book, but I did enjoy it.
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
Chamberlain is so good with the dual-timeline and POV books. I’ve only read a few of her other books, but this was the first one I’d read that was more of a mystery. Any of hers you’d recommend off the top of your head? 🙂
Reminders of Him is 100000% on my list! After I read It Ends With Us which I bought last year haha. Too many books and not enough time 🙂
It Ends With Us is waiting on my shelf. Never enough time. Haha!
Great twist Dedra. I automatically assumed authors, but I like what you chose. I have read 4 of these and definitely enjoyed them.
Thanks Carla! Those dual POV books have just been sticking out to me lately. 😉