Genre: Mystery

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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Audiobook Review: Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters

Audiobook Review: Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on July 21, 2023 | 0 Comments

This book was one of those that I enjoy while reading and then never think about it again. Mostly I just enjoyed the murder mystery aspect and the setting. The vibe of this book was by far my favorite part! I loved the bayou/backwoods southern gothic atmosphere of this book. The fiddle that brought ghosts back was awesome, too! I wish there had been a lot more of that, because those parts are where this book really shines. Sadly, the […]

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Mini Audio Reviews: Truly Devious, Come Find Me, Night Shift

Mini Audio Reviews: Truly Devious, Come Find Me, Night Shift
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on April 14, 2023 | 0 Comments

This one was overall just meh and not at all memorable. I had been craving mystery-esque kind of books when I picked this one up, and I guess I was just wanting (and expecting) much more from this story. It was lacking the driving intrigue of a great mystery that keeps you reading because it’s, y’know, mysterious, and you want to know more. This one did not have that at ALL. It’s labeled as a thriller but wasn’t even the […]

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Audiobook Review: The Night Swim by Megan Goldin

Audiobook Review: The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on April 7, 2023 | 1 Comment

TW: Rape and sexual assault, child molestation, physical abuse I’m not gonna lie, I probably never would have picked this up if my book twin Christy hadn’t recommended it. That cover is awful, sorry. But I’m glad I did give it a try! This book had some major A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder vibes, which is the kind of mystery I’ve been after ever since I read it. It even featured the same narrator, Bailey Carr (who is fantastic, […]

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Audiobook Series Review: The Initial Insult by Mindy McGinnis

Audiobook Series Review: The Initial Insult by Mindy McGinnis
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on March 10, 2023 | 0 Comments

Warning: There’s dog killing in this book. I’ve said before that Mindy’s contemporary books are almost always a hit for me. This one was no different! (Which makes me the black sheep in a good way for once, because the reviews for this book are pretty bad.) Mindy loves to write brutal stories, and you know I love brutal. This one is said to be a retelling of Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado, which I can’t speak of because I […]

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Mini ARC Reviews: A Long Stretch of Bad Days, Mysteries of Thorn Manor

Mini ARC Reviews: A Long Stretch of Bad Days, Mysteries of Thorn Manor
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 30, 2023 | 0 Comments

I don’t have all that much to say about this one, other than I enjoyed it! Mindy’s contemporary books are almost always a hit for me, which is funny because I’m not usually a fan of contemporary. Even funnier that her fantasy books usually don’t work for me. Her contemps just knock it out of the park! This one felt so realistic, like the events had actually happened. There isn’t really a whole lot going on plot wise for a […]

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