Tag: 2.5 heartbeats

Review: Touch of Death by Kelly Hashway

Review: Touch of Death by Kelly Hashway
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 7, 2013 | 0 Comments

I love mythology! That was what drew my interest to this one. I think my expectations were a little too high, though. It was a pleasure to work with Kelly on her blog tour, so it makes me sad to say I was disappointed with Touch of Death. It’s so, so hard to write a not-so-great review for an author you like, and pretty much everyone else loved it…maybe it’s just me :(  Don’t get me wrong, I still enjoyed it […]

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Review: The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour

Review: The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 2, 2013 | 0 Comments

I’d say I was disappointed, but to be honest I didn’t go into this one with very high hopes. Then why the crap did you even read it, you ask? Well, I thought to broaden my reading horizons. Brilliant idea, Geo. *sarcasm* I think the issue here is that this book just wasn’t for me. I love music, yes, but all of the bands mentioned in this book were either ones I hadn’t heard, or just plain hadn’t heard of. […]

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Review: The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter

Review: The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on September 19, 2012 | 8 Comments

I love mythology. A lot. And although I haven’t read up on the Persephone myth all that much, it fascinates me. I was sure I was going to love this. So sure. Perhaps I set my expectations sky high, or perhaps there was too much hype for this book, but I was extremely disappointed. My main problem? Kate. I couldn’t stand her. She was alright in the first half or so, average and nothing special to speak of…but not necessarily irritating, […]

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Review: Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama

Review: Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on September 3, 2012 | 4 Comments

I’ve been looking for another mermaid book that I could love as much as Forgive My Fins. Alas, this was not the one. I loved the premise, really I did. The back story was fantastic. I just didn’t care for the delivery or the prose. Or any of the characters. I was skeptical about the book as soon as I read the prologue, but I decided to give it a chance anyway. In the beginning, a mermaid is ‘in love’ with […]

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Review: Fateful by Claudia Gray

Review: Fateful by Claudia Gray
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on July 30, 2012 | 5 Comments

I was a bit disappointed with this one, as I had pretty high hopes. I loved the movie Titanic and love werewolf stories, so I was eagerly anticipating a book that mixed the two together. I couldn’t connect with the characters at all, which dragged the book down for me. But my main problem? The romance. I understand that it’s on a ship and time is limited, so things have to move fairly fast, but there’s a difference between fast-moving romance […]

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Review: Revived by Cat Patrick

Review: Revived by Cat Patrick
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on June 16, 2012 | 6 Comments

Sadly, I was disappointed in this one. I’m having trouble forming those disappointments into exact sentences, but it just left me with an overall feeling of…meh. The idea of it sounds awesome – a drug that brings you back from death? Sounds like a thrilling, gripping read, right? Wrong. It was more of a contemporary with a sci-fi twist. I was expecting some deathly encounters involving Daisy – after all, it says she’s died a whopping FIVE times. The only death […]

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