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Geist

Philippa Ballantine

3.45 AVERAGE

arca_mina's review

2.5

adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

somelazyreader's review against another edition

3.0

Eher so 2.75 Sterne

Gut aber Irgendwie auch nicht. Spannend aber irgendwie auch langweilig. Keine Ahnung wie ich dieses Buch einordnen soll. Jedenfalls ist es vom SuB runter und ich werde erstmal die Reihe nicht weiter verfolgen.

thelibrarylady42's review

3.75

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

writings_of_a_reader's review

1.0

I started reading this but did not finish. I just couldn't get into it. Someone had said in a review that it was like Ilona Andrews's Kate Daniels series but set in a traditional fantasy world. I didn't find that to be the case. Also I dislike when main characters in stories are married and have affairs. That is probably my biggest complaint about the book.

krimsonraine's review

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

samp1815's review

5.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

amaustin's review

3.0

This book was really interesting. I like the main characters alot. They are all different and unique. Towards the end, the book lost some of its excitement for me. It got a bit too predictable. But overall, I really like the concept and hope Ballantine does more with this story. A pretty short read. I read a third in Barnes and Noble and finished the rest in a few hours.

mbpartlow's review

4.0

While I enjoy larger-than-life characters, I also enjoy characters I can relate to. This solid, intriguing fantasy gave me a variety of characters that felt real to me. It left me wanting to read more in the series. Of course, I'm a sucker for a strong female character, but in this case, all the characters were well fleshed-out.

laureenreads's review

3.0

Geist is the first time we meet Sorcha (in a blowup power match, no less where she is kicking ass) and Merrick, her new Deacon. This is a strange world, and it's full of interesting bits and pieces that held my attention far longer than the book's length.

grace_b_3's review

3.0

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I don’t think this book was bad by any means, but I don’t think I would continue the series, hence the rating.

I liked the characters, but didn’t love any of them.

I thought the writing was solid, especially as a debut (I believe), but the world-building left a little something to be desired.

While the world was interesting,

I wasn’t a fan of how different the various forms of geists were. Most of the geists are a sort of demon undead, the archgeists feel completely different. The Otherside could have used more explanation as well, especially as it is both the source of the geists and the Order’s power

. I don’t really feel like I have a good handle on the magic system or the magical creatures.

What I liked the most about this is that dark vibe,

with the demons, and secret plots and threats, etc

. I’d recommend this if you like demon-fighting stories with a dash of cloak-and-dagger.

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