Genre: Fantasy

Review: Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch

Review: Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 6, 2014 | 2 Comments

As far as high fantasies go, this one was fairly well done but it felt very generic. The pacing was fast, making the 432 pages go by pretty quick. The main thing that ruined my enjoyment of this book is that I felt like I’d already read it before: In Throne of Glass. There were too many similarities – strong, ass-kicking orphaned heroine, a dead queen talking to her in her dreams, a princely untouchable love interest, …and a quasi love triangle […]

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Review: Sanctum by Sarah Fine

Review: Sanctum by Sarah Fine
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on September 29, 2014 | 5 Comments

This book will get under your skin. When I wasn’t reading it, I wanted to be. I gobbled this book up in two days, and it only took me that long because I had to work both days! I was completely engrossed because the concept for this book is amazing. It’s deliciously dark, but more than that, it’s 100% unique. I’ve never read anything quite like it! I looooved the setting. It has this dark and gritty feel (picture Silent Hill after […]

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Review: Fiendish by Brenna Yovanoff

Review: Fiendish by Brenna Yovanoff
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on September 19, 2014 | 4 Comments

Meh. That’s the best word I can describe this book with, and it’s mostly all I have to say about it. But I can’t write a one word review, can I? First of all, this book was weird. And confusing. There were a lot of WTF moments, and sometimes it didn’t make any sense at all. There were a lot of terms that weren’t explained, either: downhollow, fiend (which I eventually figured out was basically a demon), crooked (I finally […]

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Review: Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

Review: Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on September 15, 2014 | 2 Comments

I’m going to be honest, I really struggled with this book at first. The first half was excruciatingly boring, to the point that I almost gave up. I had to put it down several times – I read to 10%, put it down and picked up Trial by Fire; picked it back up after I finished that one only to put it back down at 20%; started and finished Fiendish, then picked HoF back up again, this time pushing myself through […]

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Review: Illusions of Fate by Kiersten White

Review: Illusions of Fate by Kiersten White
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 29, 2014 | 5 Comments

While fairly fluffy (as per usual with Kiersten White), Illusions of Fate was a cute and magical read! I liked Jessamin for the most part. She was stubborn, but determined, and stood up for what she believed in no matter what. I love that she’s not white! It’s so rare to find that in YA, it was refreshing to have an MC with a different background. I’m not quite sure how I felt about Finn, though. At times he reminded me a […]

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Review: Trial by Fire by Josephine Angelini

Review: Trial by Fire by Josephine Angelini
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 25, 2014 | 7 Comments

Oh jeez, this book is going to be very hard to rate. As you can see from my Overall Assessment breakdown, I was very torn on ratings. While the idea, the plot, the world, and the originality were great; the writing style, characters, and feels were not so great. Pretty bad, in fact. In the beginning the book mostly just annoyed me (sometimes straight ticked me off), but it did get better toward the end. My main issue was that […]

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