Friday Reads
HUZZAH! I read 3 books this week! As always, no spoilers.
Firelight
If you like dragons, this book is for you. An ancient race of beings, Draki are dragons that walk among us and have the ability to present themselves as human. The earth and gemstones make them stronger, singing to them, but Jacinda, the rarest type of Draki in existence, loses all of this when she almost trapped by hunters. In a moment of desperate fear, her mother takes her away to the dessert to snuff the dragon out of her.
But as much as her mother wants her to, Jacinda can't deny the animal within her. Can Jacinda befriend an enemy and return to her people? Can she leave her family behind to be with her kind? Follow Jacinda as she makes this Sophie's Choice about who she is and who others want her to be.
The DUFF
Have you ever felt like you were the Ugly Fat Friend? You're not alone there my dear. When snotty school pretty boy, Westley, calls Bianca the DUFF of her group of friends, it sends her reeling. Bianca starts pushing everybody away, everybody except Westley, who she can't seem to get enough of. As her life unravels around her, Bianca turns to Westley to blow off some steam, and in turn blow off everything else for a few moments of silence. She's playing a dangerous game with all of the secret meetings with this boy she claims to hate.
But there's something different about this bad boy with the cocky attitude.
Bianca's dealing with a lot because of her parents, and the only reprieve she gets is in her fling with Westley when she can turn off her mind and surrender to her baser urges. She thinks she's just using Westley for sex, but soon it becomes way more than that.
This book was phenomenal. There's a lot of heat and passion surrounding a really home situation. You're cheering for Bianca the entire way, that is if you're not condemning her. The only thing I didn't like about this book was the plot twist near the end. I won't say anything about it so as to avoid spoilers, but I felt it was unnecessary. I think the author could have done more dealing with Bianca's feelings and development away from throwing in some alternate characters and awkward dialogue. She should trust her characters to carry the story without adding anything else in. It was overkill. But again, PHENOMENAL! Keplinger really captured how teens are really the adults of yesteryear dealing with adult emotions, urges, and problems in their own way.
A Storm of Swords
Damn. I don't even know where to begin with this review. Damn.
I'm really glad I met Martin before I read this book because I would probably punch him in his face.
The second book was a little slow, whereas this book, days after I finished reading it, still has me reeling. I've never been this mad at a book since Harry Potter. I haven't been this invested in a book since The Hunger Games (and House of Night, but the last 2 books have really soured me to the series). I almost threw my e-reader across the room. I can't tell you any of the plot points because the whole book, from page one, is a giant spoiler.
If you haven't picked up this series, DO. IT. NOW! Oh. My. Fracking. God. FOR REAL! Intrigue, lust, passion, power, deception, death, violence, DRAGONS, HOLY EFFING SHITE YO! Go get this book. Don't walk. Don't put it on your To Be Read list. Go get it NOW! It will change your world. Not playing or exaggerating.
Just.
Damn!
Firelight
If you like dragons, this book is for you. An ancient race of beings, Draki are dragons that walk among us and have the ability to present themselves as human. The earth and gemstones make them stronger, singing to them, but Jacinda, the rarest type of Draki in existence, loses all of this when she almost trapped by hunters. In a moment of desperate fear, her mother takes her away to the dessert to snuff the dragon out of her.
But as much as her mother wants her to, Jacinda can't deny the animal within her. Can Jacinda befriend an enemy and return to her people? Can she leave her family behind to be with her kind? Follow Jacinda as she makes this Sophie's Choice about who she is and who others want her to be.
The DUFF
Have you ever felt like you were the Ugly Fat Friend? You're not alone there my dear. When snotty school pretty boy, Westley, calls Bianca the DUFF of her group of friends, it sends her reeling. Bianca starts pushing everybody away, everybody except Westley, who she can't seem to get enough of. As her life unravels around her, Bianca turns to Westley to blow off some steam, and in turn blow off everything else for a few moments of silence. She's playing a dangerous game with all of the secret meetings with this boy she claims to hate.
But there's something different about this bad boy with the cocky attitude.
Bianca's dealing with a lot because of her parents, and the only reprieve she gets is in her fling with Westley when she can turn off her mind and surrender to her baser urges. She thinks she's just using Westley for sex, but soon it becomes way more than that.
This book was phenomenal. There's a lot of heat and passion surrounding a really home situation. You're cheering for Bianca the entire way, that is if you're not condemning her. The only thing I didn't like about this book was the plot twist near the end. I won't say anything about it so as to avoid spoilers, but I felt it was unnecessary. I think the author could have done more dealing with Bianca's feelings and development away from throwing in some alternate characters and awkward dialogue. She should trust her characters to carry the story without adding anything else in. It was overkill. But again, PHENOMENAL! Keplinger really captured how teens are really the adults of yesteryear dealing with adult emotions, urges, and problems in their own way.
A Storm of Swords
Damn. I don't even know where to begin with this review. Damn.
I'm really glad I met Martin before I read this book because I would probably punch him in his face.
The second book was a little slow, whereas this book, days after I finished reading it, still has me reeling. I've never been this mad at a book since Harry Potter. I haven't been this invested in a book since The Hunger Games (and House of Night, but the last 2 books have really soured me to the series). I almost threw my e-reader across the room. I can't tell you any of the plot points because the whole book, from page one, is a giant spoiler.
If you haven't picked up this series, DO. IT. NOW! Oh. My. Fracking. God. FOR REAL! Intrigue, lust, passion, power, deception, death, violence, DRAGONS, HOLY EFFING SHITE YO! Go get this book. Don't walk. Don't put it on your To Be Read list. Go get it NOW! It will change your world. Not playing or exaggerating.
Just.
Damn!