Genre: Urban Fantasy

Review: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Review: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on April 24, 2012 | 3 Comments

I was not a wolf, but I wasn’t Sam yet, either. I was a leaking womb bulging with the promise of conscious thoughts: the frozen woods far behind me, the girl on the tire swing, the sound of fingers on metal strings. The future and the past, both the same, snow and then summer and then snow again. A shattered spider’s web of many colors, cracked in ice, immeasurably sad. “Sam,” the girl said, “Sam.” She was past present future. […]

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Review: Wrecked by Anna Davies

Review: Wrecked by Anna Davies
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on April 22, 2012 | 5 Comments

Let me just say right now that I didn’t read the whole thing (made it to page 169, little more than halfway), but this still isn’t totally a DNF for me because I skimmed the last half and read the ending. So I can, in all fairness, give it a one starfish rating. I do not want to hear even ONE more person compare this book to The Little Mermaid. The only thing remotely similar was that the mermaid (in […]

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Review: Spell Bound by Rachel Hawkins

Review: Spell Bound by Rachel Hawkins
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on April 19, 2012 | 4 Comments

WOWZA. What a stunning, glorious, heart-breaking end to a fantabulous series! Rachel Hawkins really knows how to bring it! From the first page to the very last, I loved every minute and didn’t want to put it down. I do believe Sophie is one of my favorite female leads. I LOVE THIS GIRL. She’s strong and witty and she jokes at the worst moments possible to cover up any weaknesses she feels.  If she were a real person, we’d be biffles! […]

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Review: Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins

Review: Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on April 18, 2012 | 3 Comments

**CAUTION: Possible spoilers for Hex Hall if you have not read it!!** Holy hell weasel, this book was just as good (if not better) than Hex Hall!! Hawkins really brings it in the second installment with even more twists, danger, and betrayal. There were so many things I never saw coming! Demonglass was riveting, particularly in the last quarter – and okay, I admit it, I got a little misty in certain parts. But it also made me giggle a […]

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Review: Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

Review: Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on April 16, 2012 | 6 Comments

I devoured this book within 3 hours. I think that’s a record for me! I don’t finish a book in one day very often, but it usually takes me 4 or 5 hours for a 300 page book. Hex Hall was just that amazing!   I loved Sophie. She was a very easy lead to relate to – seemingly average, not the most popular and maybe even a bit nerdy. She was strong willed and sarcastic, and even though she […]

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Review: Half Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Review: Half Blood by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on April 11, 2012 | 4 Comments

It seems like lately I’ve been disappointed in books that everyone is raving about. I’m not saying I didn’t like this one, because I did. I just didn’t love it the way I hoped I would. Obsidian still remains my favorite Armentrout novel! I don’t really have much to say about this book, sadly. I liked the premise, I liked the characters, I just wasn’t wowed by it. Alex was a pretty cool lead, but I didn’t really feel a […]

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