Category: Book Reviews

Books I Didn’t Finish: September 2013

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on September 25, 2013 | 16 Comments

Blackout by Robison Wells Series: Blackout #1 Published by HarperTeen (10.1.2013) eARC, 432 pagesSource: Edelweiss Add to Goodreads Laura and Alec are trained terrorists. Jack and Aubrey are high school students. There was no reason for them to ever meet. But now, a mysterious virus is spreading throughout America, infecting teenagers with impossible powers. And these four are about to find their lives intertwined in a complex web of deception, loyalty, and catastrophic danger—where one wrong choice could trigger an explosion that ends it all. I made it through 25% […]

Audiobook Review: Rebel Heart by Moira Young

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on September 23, 2013 | 2 Comments

Moira Young is fabulous at world building! I love the world in the Dust Lands series and I was more than ready to dive back into it, bad grammar and all. (Which is why I refused to read it, I actually bought the audio because my library didn’t have it!) I still enjoyed it, but it didn’t quite have the magic that Blood Red Road had. I didn’t feel like there was much happening plot-wise and it was just lacking something […]

Kinslayer by Jay Kristoff Blog Tour: Review + Giveaway

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on September 18, 2013 | 8 Comments

Gods, I don’t know how to get my whirling thoughts into a coherent review! If you’re going to read this book, have a box of tissues ready. And maybe a therapist. My heart has been shattered into a million tiny pieces! How I looked while reading Kinslayer: Mr. Kristoff has outdone himself in this breathtaking sequel! Warning: This book is not rainbows and unicorns. It’s dark, desperate, and violent. Sometimes gory and disturbing. There is no HEA, horrible sacrifices are made, terrible […]

Review: The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on September 16, 2013 | 17 Comments

I’ve been meaning to read this one for quite some time now; I’d been really excited to dive into this story, as there was a lot of hype about it when it was a newer book. I met Rae at a signing not too long ago, and thought she was pretty awesome. So it makes me very sad to say that this one wasn’t really my cup of tea. It was slow, painfully slow, in the first half. I was […]

Review: All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on September 11, 2013 | 14 Comments

I was sure I was going to love this one. I mean, come on – time travel?! How can that not be amazing? I’ve always been fascinated by time travel stories. But sadly, this one fell a bit flat for me. I really struggled in the first half. If I had to rate this book by each half, it’d probably be 1-2 stars in the beginning and 4 stars at the end. I’m glad I stuck with it! The world […]

Review: 3:59 by Gretchen McNeil

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on September 9, 2013 | 7 Comments

Big thanks to HarperTeen for providing a review copy! I had the same problem with this one that I had with Ten: TOO MUCH DRAMA. I mean, I understand that they’re in high school, but jeez! High school is NOT like reality TV. Either that or I just had a ridiculously tame high school. To be honest, this could have been a 4 star book for me if it hadn’t been for the characters. The originality was outstanding, and I […]