Category: Book Reviews

ARC Review: Starter Villain by John Scalzi

ARC Review: Starter Villain by John Scalzi
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on September 18, 2023 | 0 Comments

This is a fairly difficult book for me to review, because I absolutely hate that I didn’t love it. This was one of my most anticipated 2023 releases…why, you ask? Sentient. computer-savvy. cats. And that cover?! SIGN ME TF UP. And the cat part of it? Fucking AWESOME. That was by far the selling point of this book for me, and it’s what kept me going when things got rocky. I absolutely ADORED Hera (and Persephone, but we don’t get much of […]

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Mini Audio Reviews: Sea of Tranquility, Outsider, Book Thief

Mini Audio Reviews: Sea of Tranquility, Outsider, Book Thief
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on September 15, 2023 | 0 Comments

Won’t most of us die in fairly unclimactic ways, our passing unremarked by almost everyone, our deaths becoming plot points in the narrative around us? I don’t have a whole lot to say about this book, but between FANTASTIC narration and one of the single most mind blowing twists I’ve ever read, I really enjoyed it! It reminded me a lot of Cloud Atlas, spanning multiple stories across multiple timelines that all interconnect and come together in the end in […]

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ARC Review: A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

ARC Review: A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on September 11, 2023 | 0 Comments

“Survival is bravery, too.” I had sky high hopes for this book going in, and while it sadly didn’t meet my expectations, I did still enjoy it for the most part. It was actually quite hard for me to rate this book because I had such mixed feelings over it. While I adored certain aspects of this book, I found others to be rather dull and dragging. My absolute favorite thing about this book is how atmospheric it is! The […]

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Audiobook Review: The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

Audiobook Review: The Honeys by Ryan La Sala
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on September 8, 2023 | 0 Comments

Wow, what a wild ride!! I honestly didn’t know much about this book going in. Ryan La Sala has been at YALLfest a couple of times and will be back again this year, and I’ve had at least one of his books on my TBR for a while. I don’t even remember how this one popped up on my radar, but whatever drew my attention was enough to make me go request it from Libby immediately. I actually loved going […]

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ARC Review: Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

ARC Review: Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on September 4, 2023 | 0 Comments

This one started off extremely slow, and I was lamenting the fact that there will never be another Harrow book to rival The Ten Thousand Doors of January. I was actually considering possibly DNFing in the beginning. It took forever, but thankfully it picked up right around the 35% mark. And when it picked up, it picked up HARD!! If it weren’t for the extremely slow beginning, this absolutely would have been a 5 star book for me. Anyway, from […]

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ARC Review: Find Him Where You Left Him Dead by Kristen Simmons

ARC Review: Find Him Where You Left Him Dead by Kristen Simmons
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 21, 2023 | 0 Comments

What a wild ride!!! This was the book I didn’t know I needed. I’m a huge fan of Japanese culture, so love Japanese fantasy; which are unfortunately few and far between (and it can be hard to find a good one). And let me tell you, this one was epic! I think this is one of my all time favorite bookish worlds! Kristen knows how to write unique stories, and this was no exception. Think Jumanji, but if it were an anime […]

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