Tag: Young Adult

Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth

Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on November 22, 2013 | 11 Comments

This is not the first time I’ve read this book; I read it back in 2011 when it first came out. I liked it the first time, but it didn’t wow me. I probably would have given it 3-3.5 stars. That was before I started blogging, and I remembered next to nothing, so it was almost like reading it for the first time again. I was never really on the Divergent bandwagon with all of the crazed fans, but with […]

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Review: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

Review: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on November 20, 2013 | 10 Comments

I wasn’t a big fan of Shadow and Bone. I was the black sheep on that one. I was hoping that Siege and Storm would blow the first book out of the water and I would love it, like everyone else did. Sadly, I was wrong. It was exactly the same for me as Shadow and Bone was: Meh. I did fare a bit better with all of the foreign/made up terms in this one, because there was a map and […]

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Review: Infinityglass by Myra McEntire

Review: Infinityglass by Myra McEntire
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on November 15, 2013 | 6 Comments

Infinityglass was a cute conclusion to the Hourlass series! While I feel like the magic of the series fizzled out somewhat as it progressed (it’s just not the same without Emerson and Michael!), I’m happy with the way it ended and would still recommend this series to any fan of sci-fi or time travel. I must confess I didn’t like Hallie much at all in the beginning. She was one of those girls. You know, the kind that wear skanky things […]

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Review: Pawn by Aimee Carter

Review: Pawn by Aimee Carter
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on November 11, 2013 | 15 Comments

I did not like The Goddess Test at all, so even though this sounded interesting I didn’t go in with high hopes. I ended up being pleasantly surprised. Aimee’s writing has come a long way! I loved the idea of this book. I thought it was fascinating how people had to take a test at 17 years of age to determine how their life would be. They were marked by a number I – VII; the higher the number, the higher your […]

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Review: Thornhill by Kathleen Peacock

Review: Thornhill by Kathleen Peacock
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on November 8, 2013 | 12 Comments

I absolutely LOVED Hemlock (I gave it 5 stars!), and have been jonesing for the sequel for months and months. But for some reason, it just didn’t have the magic that the first book had for me. It was still good, but I was disappointed in some small way with it. My main problem was that I couldn’t connect (seems to be the theme these days, doesn’t it?) as well as I did with Hemlock. I enjoyed the story, but I wasn’t invested […]

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Review: Feed by Mira Grant

Review: Feed by Mira Grant
Posted by Jessi (Geo) on November 1, 2013 | 4 Comments

Once again, I am the black sheep here. I really thought I could FINALLY find a zombie book I could actually love (so far, there are none), but again, I was wrong. I just want to say first: I really enjoyed Parasite. I loved the convincing world building, and the concept was so realistic it was almost scary. So, if you agree with me and didn’t like Feed, I still suggest picking up Parasite. I am very character driven when it […]

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