Genre: Mystery

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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Mini Audio Reviews: Inheritance Games, Weight of Blood, Nettle & Bone

Mini Audio Reviews: Inheritance Games, Weight of Blood, Nettle & Bone
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 6, 2023 | 0 Comments

This was good, not great. It was a quick read, and fairly entertaining, but it felt kind of juvenile to me. I feel like there was more focus on drama and romance than the puzzles we were promised. All of the boys felt like the exact same person (with extra jerkness to Grayson, maybe) and I was continuously having issues telling them apart. I was also confused about the love triangle (square??) and the fact that every freakin’ dude in […]

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Audiobook Review: Secrets So Deep by Ginny Myers Sain

Audiobook Review: Secrets So Deep by Ginny Myers Sain
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on December 19, 2022 | 0 Comments

Like many other reviewers have said, this book wasn’t nearly as good as Dark and Shallow Lies (which had a fantastic atmosphere, btw). But still, it was a decent read. I liked the summer camp setting and the fact that it was on the ocean. The pacing was rather slow for most of the book, but the little snippets we got here and there were enough to keep me interested. The audiobook narrator was pretty good, which also helped with […]

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Mini Audiobook Review: Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson

Mini Audiobook Review: Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on March 4, 2022 | 0 Comments

These audiobooks are FANTASTIC! One of my fave narrations out there. Not to mention this story was insanely engrossing and kept me on the edge of my seat! It’s one of those that you think about when you’re not reading (listening) and can’t wait to get back to. I usually only listen at work, and I found myself making excuses to listen at home, too! So good! It was very interesting to see this story unravel as Pip got little […]

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Audiobook Review: One of Us is Next by Karen M. McManus

Audiobook Review: One of Us is Next by Karen M. McManus
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on May 11, 2020 | 1 Comment

I really enjoyed One of Us is Lying, but sadly this one didn’t quite have the same magic. I adored the characters in the first book (and the amazing narrators brought them to life and gave them unique and distinct personalities), but I struggled with the characters in the sequel. Honestly, for the first half of the book I kept getting Maeve and Phoebe mixed up. Their narrators sounded too similar, and I had trouble keeping them separate in my […]

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