The Epic Crush of Genie Lo
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Genie Lo is one among droves of Ivy-hopeful overachievers in her sleepy Bay Area suburb. You know, the type who wins. When she’s not crushing it at volleyball or hitting the books, Genie is typically working on how to crack the elusive Harvard entry code.
But when her hometown comes under siege from hellspawn straight out of Chinese folklore, her priorities are dramatically rearranged. Enter Quentin Sun, a mysterious new kid in class who becomes Genie’s self-appointed guide to battling demons. While Genie knows Quentin only as an attractive transfer student with an oddly formal command of the English language, in another reality he is Sun Wukong, the mythological Monkey King incarnate—right down to the furry tail and penchant for peaches.
Suddenly, acing the SATs is the least of Genie’s worries. The fates of her friends, family, and the entire Bay Area all depend on her summoning an inner power that Quentin assures her is strong enough to level the very gates of Heaven. But every second Genie spends tapping into the secret of her true nature is a second in which the lives of her loved ones hang in the balance.
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2 primary booksThe Epic Crush of Genie Lo
The Epic Crush of Genie Lo is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2017 with contributions by F. C. Yee.
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A fun romp of a book! Think Buffy, with Chinese mythology and super powers. I didn't love that it was so focused on telling vs. showing but I suppose it sets the stage for future novels.
As a Bay Area local, I didn't love the city name changes (Santa Firenze, which I think was SF but possibly San Jose, Anderton = Atherton, Edison Park = Menlo Park or PA). To me it was distracting, especially since other areas and businesses went unchanged.
DNF - PG 16 (ish)
Okay, read my update down there then come back.
You back? It gets worse. So we spend the next chapter with Quentin stalking Genie. He shows up at her volleyball practice. Forgivable, yes, but that's just the start. He asks to walk her home, takes her silence as yes, when she basically tells him to get lost, he spouts off about what her dreams are, when she disagrees, he claims that that proves she ‘really is mine.' When she finally gives him the slip, she arrives home to find him sitting at the kitchen table with her mom.
This is not okay and I am done.
(No, I don't care if he is some non-human whatever that doesn't know how society works now. I don't care because this will make me furious and I don't care because I simply don't care and don't want to read it.)
