Tag: Magic

Audiobook Review: A Door in the Dark by Scott Reintgen

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on April 17, 2023 | 0 Comments

I am so incredibly disappointed. This was one of my most anticipated 2023 releases. The concept was super cool and unique! Reintgen always writes books unlike anything I’ve ever read before. I loved the scientific magic system and thought it was interesting how there were wands and other vessels used to store basically magic, and they had to be recharged with a kind of points system (it sounded like ‘ocklies’ but I have no idea how to spell it) to […]

Review: Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on March 24, 2023 | 0 Comments

Little thieves steal gold, and great ones steal kingdoms, but only one goes to the gallows. Holy WOW! This book took me completely by surprise! To be honest, this book wasn’t even on my radar until I saw that my bookstabestie Christy (@cbookaddiction) was reading it and enjoying it, so I took a second look at it. Before that, I didn’t plan on reading it at all. I had tried to read Merciful Crow a couple years back and couldn’t […]

Mini ARC Reviews: A Long Stretch of Bad Days, Mysteries of Thorn Manor

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 30, 2023 | 0 Comments

I don’t have all that much to say about this one, other than I enjoyed it! Mindy’s contemporary books are almost always a hit for me, which is funny because I’m not usually a fan of contemporary. Even funnier that her fantasy books usually don’t work for me. Her contemps just knock it out of the park! This one felt so realistic, like the events had actually happened. There isn’t really a whole lot going on plot wise for a […]

Audiobook Review: Kingdom of the Cursed (WORST sequel EVER)

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 23, 2023 | 0 Comments

Before we get into this shit show: THIS IS NOT YA. There is lots of sexual content in this book. If you want an angsty smutty romance with zero plot, LOOK NO FURTHER. WORST case of Second Book Syndrome I’ve read in as long as I can remember. This year must be all about sequels that disappointed me! This one is the worst yet, though. I think this is the single most disappointing sequel I’ve ever read. I loved the […]

ARC Review: Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amelie Wen Zhao

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 2, 2023 | 0 Comments

This book was awesome! I got an ARC at YALLfest, and honestly I was just in it for the cover and the fact that it’s Asian fantasy. For some reason I was afraid I wouldn’t like it, even though I haven’t read anything else by Zhao. I went in with little to no expectations, and the result? I was blown away! First of all, it’s been a long time since I’ve read a book so cinematic! In the opening scenes […]

ARC Review: Unseelie by Ivelisse Housman

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on December 12, 2022 | 0 Comments

I have never read a book with an autistic MC (that I know of), and now that I have, I wonder if maybe I’m on the spectrum. Because I have never related to a main character as much as I related to Seelie. She’s brash, and stubborn, and reactive, and feels too much…and I honestly saw myself in her. She’s also super socially awkward (like to the point of it being painful, lmao) and shies away from human interaction and […]