Tag: Fantasy

ARC Review: Empire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff

ARC Review: Empire of the Damned by Jay Kristoff
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on March 11, 2024 | 0 Comments

A HUGE thank you to St. Martin’s Press for sending me an early copy of the book! “Sunset waits for no saint, and the Dead run quick.”   I. JUST. WOW, YA’LL. I daresay Damned was even better than Empire. This book rocked my fuckin’ socks off! Something I adore about Jay Kristoff is that he is a PRO at middle books. No second book syndrome here! (Actually, I think the second book has been my favorite in all of his trilogies!) […]

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Review: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

Review: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 12, 2024 | 0 Comments

This was such a cute and wholesome read! I wasn’t sure if I would like it, because it’s literally just about an orc opening a coffee shop, and that’s not much of a plot. Tbh it sounded kinda boring. BUT, it definitely wasn’t! It’s true that there’s really not much of a plot going on, because the focus is all on the characters. And in a character driven novel, good characterization is so important. Thankfully, Travis pulled it off beautifully! […]

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Review: Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törz

Review: Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Törz
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 16, 2023 | 0 Comments

Holy. SHIT. Dude. This book. This is the kind of story I dream of finding every time I open a new book (and rarely find). This book GRABBED me from the very first page and never let go! I was hopelessly hooked, and I knew in the first handful of pages that this was going to be a 5 star read for me as well as a new favorite. And I was sooo not wrong! I fucking LOVED every single […]

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

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 […]

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Audiobook Reviews: Spindle Splintered & Mirror Mended

Audiobook Reviews: Spindle Splintered & Mirror Mended
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on June 16, 2023 | 0 Comments

I actually read this book as an ARC before it came out and just….never got around to reviewing it. Oops. This book is a super fun and creative retelling of Sleeping Beauty, but with some fierce feminist vibes! There’s plenty of subverted tropes and gender roles in this book. Gay princesses, badass princesses, masculine princesses, princesses saving themselves or denying the prince in favor of choosing their own path…oh, and my favorite: waking up a princess with a kiss doesn’t […]

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Audiobook Review: Fairy Tale by Stephen King

Audiobook Review: Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on May 29, 2023 | 1 Comment

This isn’t my first King novel – I read the first two Dark Tower books and half of the third (and just…never finished, oops. I hit a suuuper boring part and never picked it back up again *shrugs*). I have to admit that I find his books intimidating, not only because they’re always HUGE but also because he’s SO hyped and I’m a black sheep. Baa. However, this one really worked for me! It’s almost two different stories in one, […]

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