Publisher: Penguin

Audiobook Review: The Scorpion and the Night Blossom by Amelié Wen Zhao

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 23, 2026 | 0 Comments

This book is rather hard for me to review, because my feelings about it are so hot and cold that I have trouble pinning down exactly how I felt about it. In the first half, I was hooked. I absolutely LOVED the world and mythology! It had strong Inuyasha vibes, and I was intrigued. I also really loved the idea of the immortality trial. However, right around the halfway mark, it started losing me. I began to get frustrated and […]

ARC Review: The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 15, 2024 | 0 Comments

FIRST FIVE STAR BOOK OF 2024!! Holy shit, ya’ll. This book was fuckin’ awesome!! I think going into this book totally blind is what made me love this so much, and I implore you to skip this review if you have not yet read it. The only thing I knew going in was that it was about witches, and I ended up being completely broadsided! I read House of Hollow last year, and while I enjoyed it, I didn’t love […]

Audiobook Review: The Book That Wouldn’t Burn by Mark Lawrence

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 14, 2023 | 0 Comments

I had really high hopes for this one, but in the end I think my expectations were just too high. The ratings for this book are crazy high, and I was hoping to be blown away. Sadly, I felt pretty ‘meh’ about this book. I wanted SO badly to love this book. Baa, baa, black sheep. The concept is where this book really shines. It’s SO cool! The premise is wholly unique, and the atmosphere is inviting and uncanny. It’s […]

Audiobook Review: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 11, 2023 | 0 Comments

I’m so sad that I didn’t love this book. It’s a parallel world sci-fi, which absolutely should have been my jam; but despite the cool concept and world, there were too many things that annoyed me and completely ruined the enjoyment. First of all, the prose is not great. It’s quite dry and unfeeling, leaving me incredibly detached from the story. (The MC’s apathetic tone did not help with that fact, but I’ll get to that in a moment.) There […]

Mini Audio Reviews: Drowned Woods, Year of the Witching

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on July 28, 2023 | 0 Comments

I saw that this book had a connection to Bone Houses, which I enjoyed a lot, so I was pretty excited to read it. Unfortunately, this one was absolutely nothing like Bone Houses. I wouldn’t even have known they were in the same world if I hadn’t seen it in the synopsis. (I have learned by now that Emily Lloyd-Jones books are very hit or miss for me; and like The Hearts We Sold, this one was also a miss.) They’re […]

Mini Audio Reviews: Weyward, House of Hollow

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on July 14, 2023 | 0 Comments

This is one of those kinds of books that I enjoy while reading, but forget about entirely in a short amount of time. It’s not a story that will stick with me. I liked the way all three women’s stories tied together, as well as the history of the Weyward women and the magic they possessed. The connections were the driving point for this book, because there really wasn’t much else going on plot-wise. This book is more or less […]