I needed something fun and not too heavy to clear my mind before I dived into Kindred, and The Epic Crush of Genie Lo ended up being the perfect fit (thanks emmalita for the rave review!). Genie Lo grew up in the poor side of the Bay Area, and she wants out. She and her friend Yunie (they share the name Eugenia) are using academics and an extraordinary amount of extracurriculars as their ticket out, though Yunie’s accomplishments on the piano may give her a […]
Great. I was permanently stuck as a Fae Princess from Emotionland.
I saw this reviewed by J back in February and thought it sounded awesome. It is awesome. It starts off fast and keeps going. I cannot stress enough what a flat out fun read this was. Eugenia “Genie” Lo is a high school student in the Bay Area. Her town is the poorer, less nice pocket of affluent Silicon Valley. She wants out, and the way out is acceptance to an Ivy League school and a career far away from San Francisco. Her single minded […]
Can we talk about California as the Hellmouth?
The Epic Crush of Genie Lo is the story of a high school girl who learns that it’s not enough that she has to work her butt off to get into an Ivy and please her traditional Chinese mother. Now it turns out she has to prevent some of the worst demons of Chinese mythology from eating the people of the Bay Area. Can a girl get a break? I can’t remember where I stumbled over the synopsis for Genie Lo, but it has been […]