Tag: YA fiction

ARC Review: Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

ARC Review: Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on March 27, 2023 | 0 Comments

This is a hard book to review for me. I don’t have a whole lot to say about this book, because overall it was just okay. The concept was really cool, but nothing about it really stood out for me and it was a pretty mediocre space opera. I think a lot of people will love this, but for someone who reads a lot of science fiction it might feel a bit generic. The main thing I have to comment […]

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Review: Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

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 […]

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ARC Review: Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken

ARC Review: Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on March 20, 2023 | 0 Comments

“Three magics to be feared: curses born of the wrath of gods, poisons that turn soil to ash, and that which leaves one dark of heart and silver in the bone.” I got this ARC at YALLfest last November, to my utter delight! It was one of my most anticipated 2023 releases, and one of the ARCs I wanted to get my hands on the most at the festival. To be honest though? I wasn’t sure how this one would […]

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Audiobook Series Review: The Initial Insult by Mindy McGinnis

Audiobook Series Review: The Initial Insult by Mindy McGinnis
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on March 10, 2023 | 0 Comments

Warning: There’s dog killing in this book. I’ve said before that Mindy’s contemporary books are almost always a hit for me. This one was no different! (Which makes me the black sheep in a good way for once, because the reviews for this book are pretty bad.) Mindy loves to write brutal stories, and you know I love brutal. This one is said to be a retelling of Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado, which I can’t speak of because I […]

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Audiobook Review: Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame by Meg Long

Audiobook Review: Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame by Meg Long
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on March 3, 2023 | 0 Comments

This book was quite a letdown for me. Not to say it was bad, but I think maybe my expectations were just too sky high going in. It was one of my most anticipated 2023 releases! Thankfully my library had the audiobook on Libby, so I didn’t waste any money/Audible credits on this book. It started off fairly strong. I love space books and stories set on other planets, so I was interested in the beginning. Sadly, my interest waned more […]

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Mini Audio Reviews: Merciless Ones, Genesis Wars

Mini Audio Reviews: Merciless Ones, Genesis Wars
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on February 24, 2023 | 0 Comments

I am SO. SAD. that I didn’t love this one. I adored Gilded Ones, and the sequel was a highly anticipated release. However, it had a raging case of Second Book Syndrome and left me feeling extremely disappointed. I never really got into the story or the world like I did in the first book (and both of those aspects were fantastic in the first book) and felt pretty disconnected overall. It didn’t leave much of an impression on me. […]

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