The Epic Crush of Genie Lo

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.)