Tag: YA fantasy

Review: Forever by Maggie Stiefvater

Review: Forever by Maggie Stiefvater
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on December 22, 2014 | 3 Comments

As far as series endings go, I felt like this one was kind of mediocre. Not that I didn’t enjoy it, because I did. Just not as much as the rest of the series. I feel like not much really happened in this book. In fact, it moved a little bit slow and I was pretty bored in the first half. There were only two scenes that really stuck out to me, and in turn those were the only two […]

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Review: The Rising by Kelley Armstrong

Review: The Rising by Kelley Armstrong
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on December 19, 2014 | 1 Comment

Out of the entire series, I think that this book is the best one! I was very pleased with a few little twists that were added, and it made it overall more enjoyable. And I don’t want to say why without using spoiler tags because I don’t want to ruin it for anyone! The first half was kind of slow, honestly. It didn’t pick up until the appearance of what I mentioned in the spoiler tag. The first half would […]

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Review: Linger by Maggie Stiefvater

Review: Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on December 12, 2014 | 2 Comments

This was a re-read for me – it’s been a couple years since I last read it, and I had pretty much forgotten everything except for the very end. Looking back, I wondered why I gave it 4 stars, but reading again I realized why. While it’s not exactly memorable, it was enjoyable while I was reading it! First of all, this book is a romance. We all know how Jessi feels about romance. But, it wasn’t bad at all. […]

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Review: Every Other Day by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Review: Every Other Day by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on December 5, 2014 | 2 Comments

This book and I had a love/hate relationship. On one hand, I kind of hated it. The writing was HORRIBLY sophomoric, the interactions were juvenile, and the action scenes weren’t really believable. The writing didn’t sell the story. I think this had the potential to be an awesome book if the execution had been better. The beginning was rough for me. I was really struggling for a while. The attempt at humor was so ridiculous it had me rolling my eyes and […]

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Endsinger by Jay Kristoff Blog Tour: Review & Giveaway

Endsinger by Jay Kristoff Blog Tour: Review & Giveaway
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on November 26, 2014 | 2 Comments

Gods. I don’t even know where to start. One word to describe this book? INTENSE. There were so many scenes where I had the book in a death grip, on the edge of my seat frantically flipping pages. SHIT HAPPENS, GUYS. And it’s crazy! I also forgot how beautiful Jay’s prose was. It’s a bit on the purple side, but not in a bad way at all. It’s descriptive and flowing, painting a vivid picture of the world in your […]

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Review: The Walled City by Ryan Graudin

Review: The Walled City by Ryan Graudin
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on October 17, 2014 | 2 Comments

This was a tad difficult to rate. It was mostly enjoyable while I was actually reading, but now that I’m not it’s….fading. While there were things happening, I don’t really feel like all that much happened. It seemed like a bunch of running around and avoiding getting killed, with no real plot. We don’t find out what Dai’s purpose is (or what the point of the numbers is) until closer to the end. There was a lull around 20% or so where […]

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