Tag: YA sci-fi

Audiobook Review: The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on January 20, 2025 | 0 Comments

I had pretty mixed feelings on this book. While I did enjoy it overall, there were some things that seriously bugged me. I’ll start with the good first. The concept is fantastic! I loved the idea of a bookstore – possibly the last bookstore – being open during the apocalypse, trading goods for books. Because even in the apocalypse, literature is relevant. Also, there’s something about a post-apocalyptic book that I just love. I don’t know why; I wouldn’t want to […]

Mini Audiobook Reviews: The Empress & Nemesis by S.J. Kincaid

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on February 2, 2024 | 0 Comments

Full disclosure: I almost didn’t read this. The first time I picked it up I was bored out of my mind with the politics and I DNFed it. It took me years, but I finally decided to give it another shot! I think listening to the audio really helped, honestly. It was much easier to get through this time around! It was still pretty slow in the beginning, but the last half really picked up. And THAT ENDING!!! I never knew […]

Audiobook Review: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 11, 2023 | 0 Comments

I’m so sad that I didn’t love this book. It’s a parallel world sci-fi, which absolutely should have been my jam; but despite the cool concept and world, there were too many things that annoyed me and completely ruined the enjoyment. First of all, the prose is not great. It’s quite dry and unfeeling, leaving me incredibly detached from the story. (The MC’s apathetic tone did not help with that fact, but I’ll get to that in a moment.) There […]

Audiobook Review: The Will of the Many by James Islington

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 7, 2023 | 0 Comments

In the first half, this book really had me. It had a VERY strong Red Rising vibe, and the narrator was amazing, and I was HERE for it. I loved the hierarchy and the world and the idea of Will. However, about halfway through the book, it started losing me. The comparison to Red Rising got stronger and stronger until it was almost uncomfortable how similar they are. Because this book is a straight rip off of Red Rising. And […]

Review: Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on August 4, 2023 | 0 Comments

“You don’t have to be good. You just have to be better than the bad you’ve done.” So, I really thought (and hoped) that I would love this book more. It wasn’t bad or anything, I just found it overall mediocre and was expecting a lot more. I actually started this book on audio – my preferred format – and for some reason I could NOT focus on it to save my life. I kept zoning out and having to […]

Audiobook Duology Review: Unearthed by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner

Posted by Jessi (Geo) on June 9, 2023 | 0 Comments

I don’t know why I waited so long to read this book, it was so fun! It was kind of a mash up of The 100 (season 7 specifically), Skyrim, and Tomb Raider. I loved the setting being on another planet in an alien temple full of puzzles. So cool! Those scenes made me want to play Skyrim! The world was absolutely my favorite part of this book and I had no problem picturing it all in my head. I […]