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Early Review: Eve and Adam by Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on September 14, 2012 | 6 Comments

Eve and Adam was a bit strange at times, but I loved the writing style because it was quirky and engaging. There was humor at frequent intervals (and some innuendos) and the prose held my interest even when there wasn’t really anything exciting happening. It was fairly short, so it was a quick and easy read. Evening was a solid lead. She was smart and witty and there was nothing she did in the book to annoy me, which is […]

DNF Review: Origin by Jessica Khoury

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on September 6, 2012 | 16 Comments

**WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD** I usually hate to include spoilers in any review, but the reason I put this down is based off of a spoiler, so that’s most of what this review will entail. I think my hopes for this one were much too high before I picked it up. The story was decent. The originality was great. The characters…eh. I love the premise, really I do. A flower that can make people immortal and a perfect being with impenetrable […]

Review: Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 24, 2012 | 9 Comments

Fans of Perfect Chemistry will love this one! I know I’m really into a book if it can make me cry, and this one did several times. It also made me laugh frequently, which earns even more bonus points. Noah and Echo were both beautifully flawed. They had both been through a lot for being so young, and had the scars to prove it. I love how at the start, things seem very black and white in their lives, and […]

Review: Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 22, 2012 | 12 Comments

I found this book to be a bit disappointing. Maybe I was just expecting too much out of it. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed it. But it didn’t wow me like I thought it would. The beginning was very discouraging for me. There were so many terms and made up words thrown around without explanation that I very nearly gave up on it because I didn’t know what the hell was going on. I really think the world should […]

DNF review: Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 16, 2012 | 5 Comments

I wanted to finish this one. I really did. Because it’s very similar to Stephen King’s The Mist and I loved that movie (didn’t read the book though). But, the prose was such a train wreck that I couldn’t even focus on what was happening anymore. Be warned, this may get ugly. The beginning started out pretty good, with some (fairly) well done 2nd person. The first paragraph (as seen above in the synopsis) was very catching, with the exception of […]

Review: Inbetween by Tara Fuller

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 13, 2012 | 6 Comments

Not gonna lie, I really waffled on writing this review because I wasn’t sure what I was going to say. I liked it but it wasn’t amazing…the end. Ha. I’ve been looking for a good reaper book for a while, because I’ve read a few in the past that I didn’t care for at all. This book didn’t wow me like I had hoped, but it was a light and cute read! I was a little overwhelmed at first, because […]