Author: Jeff Giles

Jeff Giles grew up in Cohasset, Massachusetts. Most recently, he was the deputy managing editor of Entertainment Weekly, where he oversaw all coverage of movies and books, including the magazine’s championing of YA fiction. Jeff has written for Rolling Stone and The New York Times Books Review. He also coauthored The Terrorist’s Son, a nonfiction book that won an Alex Award from the American Library Association and has since been translated into more than a dozen languages. While reporting on the Lord of the Rings movies for Newsweek, Jeff was invited to be an extra in The Return of the King. He played a Rohan soldier, and–because he didn’t have a beard or mustache–they glued yak hair to his face. Jeff lives with his family in Montana.

Review: The Brink of Darkness by Jeff Giles

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Review: The Brink of Darkness by Jeff GilesTitle: The Brink of Darkness (The Edge of Everything #2)
Series: The Edge of Everything #2
Author: Jeff Giles
Also by this author: The Edge of Everything (The Edge of Everything #1)
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's
Genres: Supernatural
Publication Date: July 10, 2018
Rating: three-half-stars
Series Rating: four-stars

Summary (from Goodreads):

Things have changed for seventeen-year-old Zoe ever since the otherworldly events that brought her together with the mysterious bounty hunter she calls X. In order to save Zoe and her family, X has done the unthinkable - he's given up his freedom and returned to captivity in the Lowlands.

X is determined to break the lords' hold on him once and for all, but being stripped of his power pushes him toward a darkness he's never experienced and a past he's never known. The secrets that surface could be the key to reuniting X and Zoe... or they could mean the destruction of everything they have been fighting for.

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Review: The Brink of Darkness by Jeff Giles

The Brink of Darkness by Jeff Giles is a book that I had been highly anticipating since I finished The Edge of Everything, and this instalment is definitely more X-centric. I enjoyed the setting and the main characters, but I was disappointed with the slow pacing. The book was still enjoyable, however, I wish I could have enjoyed it as much as I had been hoping. Continue reading →

Review: The Edge of Everything by Jeff Giles

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Review: The Edge of Everything by Jeff GilesTitle: The Edge of Everything (The Edge of Everything #1)
Series: The Edge of Everything #1
Author: Jeff Giles
Also by this author: The Brink of Darkness (The Edge of Everything #2)
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's
Genres: Supernatural
Publication Date: January 31, 2017
Rating: four-half-stars
Series Rating: four-stars

Summary (from Goodreads):

For the perfect love, what would you be willing to lose?

It’s been a shattering year for seventeen-year-old Zoe, who’s still reeling from her father's shockingly sudden death in a caving accident and her neighbors’ mysterious disappearance from their own home. Then on a terrifying sub-zero, blizzardy night in Montana, she and her brother are brutally attacked in a cabin in the woods—only to be rescued by a mysterious bounty hunter they call X.

X is no ordinary bounty hunter. He is from a hell called the Lowlands, sent to claim the soul of Zoe’s evil attacker and others like him. X is forbidden from revealing himself to anyone other than his prey, but he casts aside the Lowlands’ rules for Zoe. As they learn more about their colliding worlds, they begin to question the past, their fate, and their future.

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Review: The Edge of Everything by Jeff Giles

The Edge of Everything by Jeff Giles is a supernatural book that intrigued me. This is a story about a bounty hunter from hell who falls in love with a regular girl from our world, and the main characters are both enjoyable. There is also a theme of family, and I couldn’t help but love the main character’s little brother. This is different from anything I’ve read before, and I would recommend it to those looking for something new. Continue reading →