Genre: Fantasy

Review: House of Ivy and Sorrow by Natalie Whipple

Review: House of Ivy and Sorrow by Natalie Whipple
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on April 7, 2014 | 5 Comments

Always in the shadows, draped in ivy and sorrow, the house waits for a child too daring for his own good. Yes, this book was kind of fluffy, but there was a decent undercurrent of darkness that I loved. Maybe it didn’t quite achieve the ominous feeling that the name implies, but it had its fair share of seriousness. I absolutely LOVED the magic of this story! I loved that there was always a high price for magic and I feel as […]

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Review: Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong

Review: Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on March 28, 2014 | 10 Comments

I love Kelley’s Darkest Powers series, and I really enjoyed her Adult UF books featuring Elena Michaels. I thought for sure I’d love this one, since it sounded intriguing and I’ve liked her stories in the past. I did enjoy it, but I was disappointed somehow. It was good, but…forgettable. Which is sad, because the story line was unique. The writing didn’t wow me, though. What I did really love was that Ashyn and Moria’s companions were animals! I love any story where […]

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Review: Evertrue by Brodi Ashton

Review: Evertrue by Brodi Ashton
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on March 21, 2014 | 7 Comments

So…I really don’t know how to write this review completely spoiler-free. So readers beware! While this book wasn’t quite as good as the rest of the series, I did enjoy it and it was a good ending to a great series! “You are my peace and my home. You are the everything.” You have to really feel for Jack and Nikki…despite everything they’ve done to be together, the world just keeps working against them. It’s very tragic! But the great […]

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Review: Promise of Shadows by Justina Ireland

Review: Promise of Shadows by Justina Ireland
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on March 7, 2014 | 9 Comments

Man, did this book have wonderful potential. I wanted so badly to love this – it had fabulous mythology, originality, and I was in love with the fact that our main character is a Harpy. In the beginning I was rather enjoying it. The setting was awesome – Tartarus! – and there was a big monster thing called a Draken; and I thought it was awesome that the MC, Zephyr, was not only a Harpy with blue hair and wings, that […]

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Mini Review: Praying for Rain by Jay Kristoff

Mini Review: Praying for Rain by Jay Kristoff
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on March 1, 2014 | 0 Comments

My god I missed this world so much!! I loved jumping back into it, even for such a brief time. I had forgotten how beautiful and compelling Jay’s writing was! This is a very short story, so there’s not much to it. But Jay still found a way to pull on my heartstrings. Even though I pretty much knew how it was going to end, I still enjoyed it and it still sucked to see it end! The subject of […]

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Mini Review: The Last Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff

Mini Review: The Last Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on March 1, 2014 | 0 Comments

OH MY GOD JAY WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BREAK MY HEART?! I should have known this would end in tears. IT ALWAYS DOES. *sigh* I’m not usually a fan of novellas because most of the time they only tell a more detailed story of what you already know. But I loooved this one! I freaking love the arashitoras, and reading in the POV of one of them again was like having a little piece of Buruu back. (I […]

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