Genre: Fantasy

Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Review: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on July 27, 2012 | 8 Comments

I’ve been wanting to read this book forever, and with the depth of that desire and all the hype surrounding the book, I was afraid I was going to be disappointed. That was definitely not the case. Meyer painted a beautiful and vivid world that I enjoyed living in! This is only the second fairytale retelling that I’ve read (Beastly being the first). While there were a few similarities between Cinder and its inspiration, Cinderella (evil step-mother and two step-sisters, the shoe, […]

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DNF review: Between the Sea and Sky by Jaclyn Dolamore

DNF review: Between the Sea and Sky by Jaclyn Dolamore
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on July 9, 2012 | 2 Comments

I only got about 100 pages through (which is actually almost half the book because it’s so short) and was so bored out of my mind that I decided it was time to put it down. Reading should be enjoyable, and I’d rather spend my time reading a book that doesn’t send me into violent fits of narcolepsy. The writing was a bit sophomoric and dry, which was a main cause of boredom for me. The second cause was that […]

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Review: Raised by Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Review: Raised by Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on July 5, 2012 | 3 Comments

This one dragged a bit in the beginning for me, but around page 100 or so – when Bryn opens her mind to the pack – it really picked up and from then on, the rest of the book flew by. Bryn was only 15, but had a mature voice. I felt as if it was a bit too mature at times – and really, what kind of 15-year-old uses words like obfuscation, eschewed, and impertinent? I don’t mind big […]

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Review: Witchling by Yasmine Galenorn

Review: Witchling by Yasmine Galenorn
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on July 2, 2012 | 1 Comment

I’ve been wanting to read this series for a while…and this isn’t the first time I’ve read Witchling. But, it was a loooong time ago and I had pretty much forgotten everything – except that I enjoyed it – so it was almost like reading it again for the first time. It’s a world I love to live in; exciting and magical, filled with all sorts of fantasy creatures imaginable! That was my favorite part: Meeting all of the vamps, […]

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Review: Glimmerglass by Jenna Black

Review: Glimmerglass by Jenna Black
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on June 20, 2012 | 0 Comments

The hardest reviews to write are for books that didn’t inspire much of anything in me either way – love or hate. This was one of those. It was good, but not great. It was a quick and light read and I don’t regret reading it, but I don’t think I would read it again. I had mixed feelings about Dana. She was an alright lead, but she annoyed me at times. First of all, she was selfish. She ran […]

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Review: City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare

Review: City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on June 11, 2012 | 4 Comments

Remember what I said about CoFA? How the plot was more of teen angst and relationship drama than danger and action? Well, the same goes for CoLS, except throw in a little sexual tension. That seemed to be all that the first half of the book was about. Don’t get me wrong, I love the Mortal Instruments. Still do. But it has gone downhill since City of Glass. I still enjoyed this book, but found myself a bit bored at […]

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