Oh. My. Gods. AMAZING. I want to see these. Now. I'm dying to see the shows... NOW. Rebekah's back! Which is awesome since I love her and Claire Holt. It seems like Hayley is going a little psycho killer, though, poor Hayley, 'loosing' her baby, being a hybrid... But then Ester and Finn are bad -_- Ugh AND Mikael. BUT we saw KOL AHHHHH he better be in season 2! Ugh I really don't like Divinia like seriously what was she thinking about bringing MIKAEL back?!!! He's just going to kill everyone and burn the city again! Which parent to kill first Klaus asks? I vote Mikael then get rid of Ester giving her time to bring Kol back.... Then the Vampire Diaries trailer somehow made a very sad thing funny. I ship Delena really hard so I hope that somehow that'll work back in in season 6. I HAVE heard the rumors that Ian asked to be killed because of their romance together that, well, ended. I can't decide which trailer I like more, The Originals- Intense The Vampire Diaries- Hilarious. I just want both shows up ASAP.
Remember when I said I was avoiding this series because I didn't want to read another series where I didn't know all the words? That was a lie, I avoided this book series because 1. Sorry but Vampire Academy sounds really stupid and 2. because my friend made fun of me when I said I wanted to read this series. Yeah so thanks a lot C!!!! So I freaking loved this series, it was amazing. I would rate the whole series all together 9.8/10 stars, yeah it was that good. Okay so this series has one of the most retarded (sorry!) names I've ever heard but it's actually really good. So if you haven't read it go read it. Now. Because it's one of my favorite books and I LOVE this series. Here's the synopsis
St. Vladimir’s Academy isn’t just any boarding school—it’s a hidden place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them. Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, a bodyguard for her best friend Lissa, a Moroi Vampire Princess. They’ve been on the run, but now they’re being dragged back to St. Vladimir’s—the very place where they’re most in danger. . . .
Rose and Lissa become enmeshed in forbidden romance, the Academy’s ruthless social scene, and unspeakable nighttime rituals. But they must be careful lest the Strigoi—the world’s fiercest and most dangerous vampires—make Lissa one of them forever _________________________________________________ That synopsis doesn't actually sound like at all like the book, but just go and read the book, it's good. One of the things I loved about this series is that there's no main antagonist besides like the strigoi so you're kinda left with some surprise on who is the main antagonist in the book. My favorite book in the series is Spirit Bound, but my favorite part is the fight scene at the end of Blood Promise. My least favorite book is probably Frost Bite. My favorite characters are Adrian, Lissa, Christian and Rose. My one complaint is that the relationships move really fast like how they fall in love way too quickly or make up kinda fast, except for Lissa and Christian's relationship, I thought that was timed well. So if you haven't read the book go read it now and come back and read the review, because trust me, you DON'T want to be spoiled in this series.
SPOILERS FOR VAMPIRE ACADEMY
Okay so sorry if I don't always mention anything in the beginning because I usually forget to take notes until AFTER I start the book. Anyway, I really liked Christian, he has black hair and blue eyes and just like Magnus Bane, it's my favorite combination. Dimitri is one of those characters that I don't love but I don't not like (great grammar right?) Like he's just too... Good and responsible, I prefer the bad boys TBH. Except for Cricket. I loved Cricket. All the dead animals was really gross, especially the one on her bed, I would probably pass out if I found a dead animal on my bed. Because 1. I love animals 2. There would be blood all over my bed. Mia was a real bitch in this book, but in books with High School in them there usually is one. "No I think it's hot." Ah I was dying at that, I loved Christian from the beginning. "And what I did to Ralf won't seem like anything." It was obvious when Jesse found out that Lissa had been feeding off of Rose that he was going to tell everyone I'm not sure why Rose thought he wouldn't. Another thing Christian related that I loved was his relationship with Lissa, since I like both of them I LOVE THEM TOGETHER. They're just such a cute couple. It was so obvious that Mason liked Rose, but also obvious it wouldn't work out since she was already sorta into Dimitri, which is sad because Mason is so cute and sweet. I did not like it when Rose told Christian that Lissa thought he was creepy, but I knew that was going to happen because.... well... I saw the movie first. A good thing about me watching the movie was when I watched it, it was online and the faces were really blurry so I could imagine the characters however I wanted without the Actor's face in my head. I noticed from the start that Lissa had really powerful compulsions, like I've seen The Vampire Diaries, lol, and in that only the Originals can compel other vampires. BTW I like the Originals better than the Vampire Diaries, if any of you are TO or TVD fans, TVD just sorta got too complicated. Plus (SPOILER) Damon died so yeah I'm still upset about that
(SPOILER OVER) It was obvious that even though Christian was being an ass to Lissa that he still liked her but he was hurt by what Rose said. I thought that it was funny when Dimitri said he beat up his Moroi father. I liked him better after they talked about his dad, but I still didn't like like him, he's just too... serious isn't the right word, but that's the one I'm going to use. I bet Mason is going to die because everyone says that the Covenant Series is a rip off of this one and (SPOILERS)
Caleb dies
(SPOILERS OVER)
I see the similarities, but I'm going to give Jen the benefit of the doubt and say she hadn't read the Vampire Academy Series while writing the Covenant Series. But we'll get to the comparing those two series in another blog post. By the Angel, when Mason protected her when like the other people were all calling Rose a blood whore and slut and stuff I just thought that was SO cute. Then when she said "Tell him I'm sorry" I was like AHAHHHHHHH FEELS. The whole thing with Lissa like turning everyone against Mia for Rose, like you could see she had good intentions but it turned her into someone else. Then Christian accused her of faking her feelings for Aaron (which she was) and kissed her and I just can't even describe how I was feeling then. Lissa and Christian are definitely my OTP for this book series. But then Lissa told Christian she hated him and slitted her wrist so that ruined the moment. Just a little. 'Ralf looked kind of like he wouldn't have minded' 😂 I was laughing so hard at that part. When Christian went after Lissa when she ran away from the dance, awwww, but then Christian got whacked in the head and Lissa got captured, they didn't really get a long happy moment really in this book, did they? "You're so beautiful it hurts me sometimes." DYING. "I'm a stowaway." Haha, Christian. The part where they saved Lissa from Victor and then Lissa drank from Rose to heal Christian was one of my favorite scenes in the book. "I won't throw myself in front of her. I'll throw myself in front of you." Even though I don't ship Rose and Dimitri I was STILL crying on the inside about that line. Overall I would rate this book a 9.9/10 AMAZING.
SPOILERS FOR FROSTBITE
Okay to start this out, why in Raziel's name is it called Frost Bite? Like I get all the other names... kinda, except Frost Bite. "I figured you'd have taken it and run by now." 😂 When Dimitri pulls out the stake. It was obvious to everyone, well, me, that Rose's mother really did love her, just in her own tough love way. And it was also obvious that Tasha liked Dimitri, sorry, Dimka, from the beginning too. I liked Tasha in this book, she was fun and nice. I thought that even though Lissa and Christian were officially together in this book that Lissa should still find some time to talk to her, I mean, they're best friends and Rose started keeping a lot from Lissa in this book, how she was feeling about Dimitri and all that stuff. I feel like if Rose had talked to Lissa about it she would feel less of a burden. I also get why Rose was jealous of Christian, it's normal, Lissa isn't all hers anymore. When Rose got dragged into Lissa's head when her and Christian were about to have sex I was just laughing 'it'd be like loosing my virginity virtually'. I was so scared for Mason when he fell on the ski slope, since I had a theory about him dying I was like flipping out, though him dying on the ski slope was pretty unlikely. I knew that there was an Adrian in Frost Bite and he'd be the main third point of the love triangle in the series so when that Moroi talked to her about her smell I was like ADRIAN and I was right. I think it was cute when Rose kissed Mason but I felt like she was just using him because she couldn't be with Dimitri, which, to be fair, she was. I didn't know Adrian was a Spirit User yet but when they shared a dream I was ecstatic since I already loved Adrian's character. I like Adrian more but it's obvious that Rose is going to choose Dimitri because the protagonist always pick their first love Clary and Jace Bella and Edward Tessa and Will Tessa and Jem Ruby and Liam (IF SHE SOMEHOW ENDS UP WITH CLANCY FREAKING GRAY I AM GOING TO BURN IN THE AFTER LIGHT) Alex and Aiden Katy and Daemon June and Day IDK who Cassie is going to choose but I hope it's Evan unless Ben improves Percy and Annabeth Hazel and Frank (I do not count Leo as a first love since that was Sammy) etc. I felt bad for Mia when her parents were killed and it reminded me of when LEA's parents were killed in Halfblood. I had a theory on Adrian being a spirit from the minute he started having an interest in talking to Lissa, and I was right. Then he sent Rose perfume and I was just awwwww. 'Good god. Men everywhere." Lol "That guy's your dad?" "That's what my mom says." and THAT is one of the reasons I love Adrian he's hilarious (it was more funny if you actually read it in the book) I didn't want her to dump Mason when she went to go and break up with him but I didn't want her going out with him because she didn't actually like him, yeah, conflicting emotions. When Mason's roommate said he wasn't there I immediately thought what if he's with Mia? and he was, just not in the way I thought, he, Mia and Eddie had gone to fight Strigoi, like idiots. I predicted from there that Mason was going to die. So I was flying to Iceland while reading this book so when I read that Christian was going with Rose I wrote this 'Christian better not freaking die or I will hurl this kindle across this plane and scream' it's good he didn't die because that would be a little awkward to explain. "Well, um, you see this fictional boy that I like died in the book I was reading, sorry for making you go to the hospital because my kindle fire hit you in the head, I'm sure that's not what you wanted to do when you came to Iceland." When Adrian contacted her through a dream to find her though.. I KNEW Mason wouldn't leave her when she told him to run, even though I knew he was going to die that doesn't mean I wasn't really sad hen he did die. I liked Mia and Rose's half friendship, it was cute but it kinda reminded me of Lea and Alex's sorta friendship so I thought Mia would probably die. 8.5/10 stars SPOILERS FOR SHADOW KISS BELOW
She was virtually having sex with Christian again. 😂 So we didn't really know anything about Eddie because he didn't have anything to do with the story line before but now we really meet him in this book and I really liked him. When Rose got Christian to protect I was laughing so hard. "Picking out curtains, doing each other's hair, telling ghost stories...." Both Christian and Rose are jealous of each other's connection to Lissa which I found kinda funny. And IDK why this is so weirdly spaced, I apologized that I have no idea how to change it back. "You did not just say that. I have a feeling we're on the verge of hugging and coming up with nicknames for each other." "I already have a nickname for you, but I'll get in trouble if I say it in class."
____________ "I think you have a promising future as a housewife while Lissa worlds and makes millions of dollars." "Funny, exactly my dream." ____________ I could tell that Christian was jealous of Adrian from the beginning. It was obvious that the whole thing with Jesse was a set up so I was like DON'T GO WITH HIM and smart Christian didn't though, it wasn't really a set up and it wouldn't work that well on him since he sucked at compelling people. Rose had a fangirl 😂 Jill. Brett Ozera? I didn't realize the Ozera's had any other family so I was surprised to hear the name. So someone was beating up the royals and I was like, was is Mason's ghost? but yeah I was WAY off. Hey look, the formatting got back to normal. Yay, Adrian got them into the trial. I love him. When she got that head ache I literally wrote 'Oh shit what does this headache mean.' Like I said before I really like Eddie, but I feel bad for him since he blames himself for Mason's death. Tatiana seemed like a bitch but she wasn't to Adrian apparently. Like I also said earlier I think the relationships move really fast in these books like Adrian loves Rose really quickly and I feel like Dimitri did too I think it would be better if Richelle worked up to it a little more. I was surprised when Mia and Rose hugged. "It's called persuasion not harassment." It's really obvious as I said earlier that Christian does't like Adrian because he is jealous of him and Lissa, and I gotta admit that Adrian and Lissa would be a cute couple but I love their relationship already, it's kinds older brotherly which I find really cute. I always wanted a protective older brother (I've said that way too many times) "And I'm her favorite great nephew. Well, I'm her only great nephew, but that's not important. I'd still be her favorite." Ugh Victor and his note. -_- "I'd do a lot of things to protect you, Roza." Aw, still team Adrian though.
When they did the tarot card thing and Dimitri's said he would loose what what he most valued I thought it meant Rose but nope it was his SOUL. When the ice storm happened and they and to land in the regular air port I was like SOME MOROI MADE THAT AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ATTACKED! but no... Rose was just attacked by some ghosts. I didn't like how they were kind of treating Lissa like a little innocent puppy, oh she can't know this it'll hut her. Sometimes not knowing things will hurt her too. "Then you'll never see us again and we'd be very sad." "Yes," said Christian. "I'd cry into my pillow every night." ______________________________________________________ Ugh Jesse and Ralf's club is retarded. They attack people to see if they can compel them? Ugh. Aw they said they loved each other (Dimitri and Rose) heck, I STILL prefer Adrian. It's so funny Adrian and Rose have this intense moment when they're ABOUT to kiss then the bell rings and "Now I can see Lissa," Adrian says happily. _____________________________________________________ The Strigoi are on campus but looking on the bright side Rose finally got her stake. I was SO scared Christian would die when he was fighting with Rose, like I'm always scared Christian will die, sometimes I swear authors kill people just to piss their fans off lol (VERONICA!!!) The first thing I thought after the battle was over was IS EDDIE OKAY?! and no. he wasn't but luckily they saved him. But lost Dimitri in the process. I've realized from these books that Richelle sets the books up then around 70% in she adds the main fight and the action, did you notice? "When you come back, will you give me a fair shot?" I was feeling like crying for Adrian at that point.. But then I was ACTUALLY on the verge of tears when Lissa had begged Rose to stay, ugh I hate it when friendships break up, even though theirs didn't it was just really sad. 9.5/10 stars
SPOILERS FOR BLOOD PROMISE BELOW
"You're the only one I want, Rose." Seriously , I would SO give up on Dimitri for Adrian. So in that prophecy she got about her and the dead I was like okay this is going to be a big thing, not really, she calls upon the dead once accidentally to help her in a Strigoi. So we meet Sydney in this book, I didn't know much about the Bloodlines series, but I knew that Sydney was the main character of it so I paid close attention to her in the VA series. Haha, ironic that she went out to go and kill Dimitri and ends up staying with his family. So when Avery is all nice to Lissa all these alerts went off in my brain IS SHE TRYING TO SET HER UP TO LOOK BAD? IS THIS SOME TYPE OF PLAN?! yeah, I'm that paranoid about my books. When Yeva made Rose carry garden bricks I was laughing my head off. Ugh then Rose started acting all bitchy and she like started yelling at Adrian over the dream about Avery and stuff, like I get she's taking away Lissa's anger but I was upset when she yelled at Adrian. I got really mad when Rose got captured by Dimitri I just wanted her to kill him because it was what he wanted plus I like Adrian... (she says guiltily.) I was SO upset when Christian and Lissa broke up like What? what? no this isn't happening. So (Apologies I say 'so' and 'lol' way to often) I had this crazy idea that Oksana was Avery's MOM and that Avery was a spirit (after Rose got kicked out of Lissa's head) well, half that crazy theory was right, but the whole mom thing was a little too far out there. When Rose killed Dimitri I was almost cheering but then I was like, wait a minute Rose can see the dead, is that how she and Dimitri are going to continue come of their relationship? Nope he just wasn't dead. Okay then. This book kinda bothered me because of Rose's separation from Lissa also because she was stuck with Dimitri for a really long time. So I figured out Avery was a spirit before they said it, but when she was trying to get Lissa to jump out of the window I was like SOMEBODY KILL THIS BITCH then I added Adrian maybe? lol. 'And that's when something truly beautiful happened. Lissa socked him in the nose.' this was my favorite scene for a lot reasons one of them begin it's easy for like Rose to fight because that's what she's trained to do but Lissa? she's never fought before so it was fun to read. I have no idea why but I found it funny that they were all trying to compel Simon to do different things. When we found out Victor's brother was a spirit user I was just like OHHH that's how he knew so much about spirit. But I read it wrong and thought Robert was BONDED to a spirit user not a spirit user, hey give me a break I was jet lagged in Iceland, as opposed to being jet lagged in America, lol. So I thought oh Abe must be her dad or know her dad because he obviously cares for her and then CALLED IT! I love being right, I'll admit it. "There was poetry in that motion." I love how proud Rose if of Lissa punching Reed. "But I dropped out." "Then drop back in!" ______________ Okay Okay ADRIAN AND ROSE SAID IT! Ugh when we found out Dimitri was alive I was just like NOOOO I want Rose and Adrian together.
9/10 stars
SPOILERS FOR SPIRIT BOUND I love watching people who are still in love with each other sorta edge around the other so I found this book hilarious for Christian and Lissa's relationship (still my OTP for this series I just predicted they'd be back together sometime). It's funny that they both got so jealous when the other talked to anyone of the opposite sex. 'And by girl stuff I mean breaking and entering.' You got it, Rose, it's my favorite thing to do, how'd you know? Ugh I didn't want them to break Victor out JUST LEAVE DIMITRI AND STAY WITH ADRIAN HE'S AMAZING but obviously that wasn't going to happen. "Did you know," He said slowly. "That Victor Dashkov is sitting on your bed?" Ah I loved the break out scene it was awesome. Though, I'm disappointed that they never went back to the mental place to check out the spirit users there, I thought since Richelle mentioned it that she would weave that back in, but she didn't, though when I heard there were spirit users there I was like AVERY IS THERE. I felt so bad for Adrian because she was only with him because she couldn't be with Dimitri and she'd dump him in the blink of an eye if Dimitri said he loved her. "Gentle girl or drunken sod?" Lol. So they mentioned how Eric went to like the strip club or something so why would Richelle mention that if it wasn't important? Ah Christian is suspicious of Rose, good smart boy. Christian offers to go and teach Lissa how to stake strigoi so he can be around her aww but Rose 'Oh I'll teach them how to fight, starting with punching Christian in the face' lol. She says something similar about Serena. I really like that Lissa wants to learn to fight, I don't want her to be helpless. "You knocked out Reed Lazar. Rose mentioned it, like, a hundred times. I've never heard her so proud of something." 'Punching Reed Lazar had been a beautiful thing.' Aw when Christian shielded her with his body I was practically drowning in the feels. 'She increased the stakes- no pun intended'. lol When Christian brought the ring of fire around Dimitri and Lissa stuck her arm through it to try and stake him it was so intense. Oh right, when Lissa and Christian were training together ahh hilarious, so much sexual tension. "It would take a lot for that to change." and then she lay against his chest and he whispered happy birthday to him. I WAS drawing in the feels there. When Dimitri was describing being strigoi it reminded me of Jace in City of Lost Souls, he was there but not really. Christian still being really protective of Lissa THE FEELS THE FEELS As I've said before Lissa and Adrian have a really cute brother/sister relationship and I would have liked to see more of that, heck I kinda just want the whole series to have another series of the same thing from Lissa's point of view. Not-so-subtle mask, nice job Christian. 'Adrian apparently got the passwords for half the party' lol I feel bad for the guard people they have to like memorize all the passwords. 'Okay, it was hard for me to imagine him involved with anyone. His getting together with Lissa was monumental.' "It's not my fault I'm a genius." Ugh she keeps betraying Adrian for Dimitri STOP IT ADRIAN LOVES YOU!!!!! Her screaming at the queen was a bad rash move on Rose's part. Rose and Adrian get back together but she's eventually going to choose Dimitri I'll bet on it :( "That was the best not-sex ever." "There's only one person I have ever wanted." I just died of the feels. 9.9/10 stars
SPOILERS FOR LAST SACRIFICE I felt really bad for Adrian off the bat, his great-aunt is dead and his girl friend- whom he loves- is in prison and will drop him at the first sign that Dimitri wants her back. I didn't believe Adrian was out drunk for a minute so the real question was where was he really and what were they moving too fast on? "Breaking out of jail is okay. But steal a car, and you sound totally outraged." Okay I thought Rose was being an idiot when she ran away but it wouldn't be nearly as interesting a book if she just sat in West Virginia, actually, she could meet Daemon and Katy! When Joshua proposed to her and then Angeline was like 'Fine you can marry my brother' I was dying of laughter. I thought that when Angeline ran off into the woods to cry that she would follow them or something but nope, though she does have a part in the bloodlines series, a kinda annoying part. Yay when Lissa got nominated by her friends to be queen I was cheering in my head, though, not out loud that's be awkward because I was on a plane to London. Lissa is smart so I knew she'd be able to pass the tests and that eventually she'd probably became queen. After hearing so much about Mrs. Karp we finally meet her, she's a lot younger than I thought she was. GO LISSA! (When she lights the fire) "You can call me Lissa." "You can also let go of her hand now." "I've seen you too. Ozera. Crispin, right?" 😂 _________________________________________________ "So what brings you and Christopher here?" "CHRISTIAN." ___________________________________ I was really suspicious of Daniella about killing Tatiana but it seemed like the obvious choice so obviously it wasn't her (did that make any sense?) "Oh and Kreskin too." The fight between Sonya and Robert was pretty intense since they both know their spirit abilities. Lissa's dream was like her own fear serum. When they were talking about Liss's sibling Jill was actually my first guess because of a line that caught my attention back in Spirit bound about Lissa kinda reminding her of Jill, but how awesome would it be if Adrian was Lissa's sibling? I'm STILL not really sure if I like Jill as a Dragomir I kinda found her a little annoying. "Make a toga out of a blanket?" Poor Eddie, he was just doing his job of protecting Lissa. I was FLIPPING out at Rose when she cheated on Adrian, it pissed me off so much I can't even put it into words. Victor's death seemed really swift to me, like he's always been a villain hovering in the background since book 1 so it was surprising finally seeing him dead, but poor Robert. For the question about the queen my first answer was Trust but apparently the answer is nothing. Ugh Rose just used Adrian :( Poor Adrian :*( 'Under the irrational assumption that anyone in nice clothes must be royal and all royals hated Lissa' LOL Aw Sonya and Mikhail reunited that was so cute. When Adrian saw Dimitri kiss Rose's head I was so sad for him. The killer was so obviously not Daniella because they were avoiding saying his/her name, but I was not expecting it to be Tasha, that was a big plot twist for me, poor Christian though. Then poor Adrian after his fight with Rose. I don't like that their bond is broken, and as I predicted Lissa became queen. At the end of this book I'm still unsure of how I feel about Jill and I was very unsatisfied with the ending of this book, I WANT MORE ROSE LISSA ADRIAN AND CHRISTIAN. Really that's the only reason I read the Bloodlines series, but we'll get to my review on that series later. I would rate Last Sacrifice 9.8/10 stars it was really good.
Here's the Vampire Academy Movie Trailer
I am not going to post a review on the movie because
1. I saw the movie with a crappy quality
2. I skipped a lot of it when I saw it
3. I just spent four hours on this and I'm jet lagged and I want to see my friends :)
If you are friends with me on goodreads then you know, these books have been on me to-read list for a while. I finally got to reading Ruby Red yesterday. It was AMAZING! I love these books so much! Ruby Red was my least favorite book in the series, it started off kinda slow in my opinion but by the end of the book I HAD to buy Sapphire Blue ASAP. I can't decide which book I like better, Sapphire Blue or Emerald Green. I just finished Emerald Green literally fifteen minutes ago. So I would rate these books- Ruby Red 7/10 then Sapphire Blue 9.8/10 and Emerald Green a 9.8/10 also. Bravo! Overall I would rate this whole series a 9/10 stars. I recommend this to anyone, just wait through the beginning-- it's pretty boring but no worries it gets really good! :D If you want to buy these books yourself click here for the paperbacks and here for the hardcover of Ruby Red here for the hardcover of Sapphire Blue here for the hardcover of Emerald Green I LOVE hardcover books and I am most definitely buying these books in hardcover. (I buy them on my kindle first then if I like them I get them in hardcover) This book series-- wow. I am still getting over the ending to Emerald Green. It was fairly short, I would love it if they added like 300 pages into each book (I mean, I was ably to finish the whole series in a day). It had a few confusing parts but I got over them. Also A LOT of foreshadowing that I figured out way before they actually said it. Here is the summery for Ruby Red (Book 1)
Gwyneth Shepherd's sophisticated, beautiful cousin Charlotte has been prepared her entire life for traveling through time. But unexpectedly, it is Gwyneth, who in the middle of class takes a sudden spin to a different era!
Gwyneth must now unearth the mystery of why her mother would lie about her birth date to ward off suspicion about her ability, brush up on her history, and work with Gideon--the time traveler from a similarly gifted family that passes the gene through its male line, and whose presence becomes, in time, less insufferable and more essential. Together, Gwyneth and Gideon journey through time to discover who, in the 18th century and in contemporary London, they can trust.
To me, that didn't sound all that interesting, but I read it anyway and can I just say I was not disappointed. Like I said before, the series gets better from the end of book 1. There was a movie made out of Ruby Red, in German sadly but I'm going to see if I can find it with English subtitles though I heard it's nothing like the book, but I HAVE TO SEE IT. It can't be worse than City of Bones or Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters and The Lightning Thief. Those were just insulting. Here is the English version of the Trailer for Ruby Red
Looks okay... But there's no way it could be better than its books. Actually no movie can be better than the book. SO GO READ THESE BOOKS and come back so we can compare thoughts. :)
SPOILERS FOR RUBY RED
When I read about Charlotte in the description of the book I thought I'd hate her, I kinda did for a bit but then she showed a nice-ish side so I was very confused. (I got over that later I DO NOT like Charlotte) But I knew for sure from the beginning- I would despise living with Arista and Glenda. I would probably get a migraine every day. From the first mention of Gideon in the book I was like HE IS THE LOVE INTEREST. There were no doubts in my mind. Just like the first mention of Tobias in Divergent. Glenda, I can't even count the number of times I just wanted to jump into the literature and punch that woman in the face. Like when she was shrieking about how her little sister is lying for attention, why in the world would she do that?!!! At first I thought the prologue was Gideon and Gwen but then it turned out to be Paul and Lucy, who, by the way, I like a lot. I did feel some empathy for Charlotte after all she'd trained her whole life for this, but then she went on and was a snotty bitch about it so me feeling bad about it didn't last long. I THOUGHT from the beginning that Lucy and Paul were good. I'm so used to authors plot twists that I saw that one coming. I also thought from the moment that Grace didn't want Gwen to see the count- ALERT ALERT THE COUNT IS EVIL. I was very unsure of what to think of Gideon from the beginning. He's cocky but not like Jace, Will, Nine, Gabriel M., Daemon B. Damon S. etc. I was just very confused on whether or not I liked him or not. I didn't like him at first but now I do so that's cleared up. I decided that the count was as I wrote a 'bitch face' from the moment he dissed the feminine race, then he choked Gwen so then I defiantly didn't like him. Choking the protagonist does't really earn you points unless it's a really annoying protagonist, which, Gwen was only annoying, no need to add the really. Another excuse is if you're the love interest *couch* *cough* Peeta Mellark and Tobias Eaton *cough* *Cough* which the count was not, thank Raziel. I was very suspicious when the people attacked them on the carriage ride back, though it was about time some action came into the book. "And dammit it was rather brave of you," I started liking Gideon after that. I was very confused, wondering if it was Lucy and Paul who wanted them dead, but it wasn't it was Alistair or however you spell it. When Gideon came to pick Gwen up in the limo. I was literally cracking up because Gordan was like "Please tell me he's your gay cousin" "He's gay" "He's gay" "He's gay" LOL. If only I had emoji on this. Then when Gideon was just like "Have you grown overnight?" I was hysterical. Robert is such a cutie, I felt really bad after hearing his story. Gideon sounded jealous when he was asking about Gordan, but he wasn't exactly allowed to be jealous since he kissed Charlotte.... on the cheek. Personally if Char was my delightful cousin I would have beaten the crap out of her (Who cares if she knows Krav Maga or whatever, okay maybe I would take a frying pan or something with me Jocelyn Fairchild has proved to us all that those are very useful) okay I probably wouldn't have beaten the crap out of her, just her insufferable ego.
I LOVED THIS PART 'He grabbed her with both arms and held her close. "Don't you touch her!" '
I mean it was just Paul but that was cute you gotta admit.
"As if she were his favorite teddy bear" I love Paul. It was so funny when he was like "He pulled her along with him everywhere I would never do that!"
Then Lucy said something like that "You did do that." tehe I love Paul and Lucy.
The hair she gets from me. I was just like ..... What? Is she Lucy and Paul's daughter?????
Then Lucy said Gwen was in love with Gideon and I was just like, well, we all knew that. This series takes place in like 2 weeks, like I said earlier, very short series.
"When I next see him, I'm going to tell him to keep his hands off her." Ah Paul....
SPOILERS FOR SAPPHIRE BLUE
When I read the name I was like OMG will Lucy be a bigger part?..... Nope.
"If I ever catch up with Larry Coleman, I'll punch him in the nose." I really love that all the epilogues and prologues are from Paul's POV. It really pissed me off during that book when they're all PAUL AND LUCY ARE MENACES.
OBVIOUSLY not. It's like they're idiots-- how could they not see Paul and Lucy were not evil??
When Gwen first saw the Gargoyle I thought he'd have a big part, I just didn't realize how big a part in these books. "You have amother?" Aha.
"And I can fly too!" that just makes me smile. Xemerius is definitely one of my favorites in these books.
"There are rules."
"No picking my nose, no ruse words, no scaring dogs," Chanted the gargoyle. (Just imagine him doing that many times before)
"Will you buy me a cat?"
I was so curious to know what exactly Gwen DOES in the future because of Gideon being whacked in the head.
When Charlotte was like smirking at Gwen I just was like WHY DOESN'T SHE HAVE XEMERIUS SPIT ALL OVER HER HEAD?? I was really hoping that'd happen sometime, sadly not.
You know how you can feel the protagonists embarrassment? I was feeling so embarrassed when I read "What's Charlotte like at kissing?" Like I had to look away from the book for a bit.
Then they're kissing again on the couch, or as Xemi might say, the haystack.
Then Raphael joined the game by running away from the home and coming to England. Any TMI fans reading this? Wasn't it weird having a Raphael?
When someone hit Gideon in the head and he said he saw Gwen I was like, what if she ends up teaming up with Paul and it was Paul? OR MAYBE it was GIDEON that hit himself in the head in the future. Like seriously that is on my notes.
"He's cursing under his breath nonstop which I guess is a good sign."
I didn't exactly understand what her power was, was it seeing the dead?
I took a wild guess to say that argument Gwen saw between her and Gideon was at the ball.
Raph and Gideon were both flirting with Char, boys these days, that's what I wrote lol.
I don't remember why, but I wrote GIDEON -> ASSHAT so I assume it was because he was being an asshat.
When Xemi said that Raphael fell fast asleep during the movie then talking about the dinner,
Giordano is terribly afraid Gwyneth will get everything wrong tomorrow that she can get wrong
Gideon: Pass the olive oil, please
Char: Politics and history are a closed book to Gwyneth. She can't even remember the names- they go in one ear and straight out the other. She can't help it, her brain doesn't have the capacity. It's stuffed with the names of boy bands and long cast lists of actors in soppy romantic films.
Raphael: Gwyneth is your time-traveling cousin, right? I saw her yesterday at school. Isn't she the one with the long dark hair and
blue eyes?
Char: Yes, and that birthmark on her temple, the one that looks like a little banana.
Gideon: Like a little crescent moon.
Raphael: What's that friend of hers called? The blonde with freckles? Lily?
Char: Lesley Hay. Rather brighter than Gwyneth, but she's a wonderful example of the way people get to look like their dogs. Hers is a shaggy golden retriever crossbreed called Bertie.
Raphael: That's cute!
Char: You like dogs?
Raphael: Especially golden retriever crossbreeds with freckles
Char: I see. Well, you can try your luck. You won't find it particularly difficult. Lesley gets through even more boys than Gwyneth.
Gideon: Really? How many... er, boyfriends has Gwyneth had?
Char: Oh, my God! This is kind of embarrassing. I don't want to speak ill of her, it's just that she's not very discriminating. Particularly when she's had a drink. She's done the rounds of almost all the boys in out class and the class above us... I guess I lost track at some point. I'd rather not repeat what they call her.
Raphael: The school mattress?
Gideon: Pass the salt, please.
I hope you enjoyed that as much as I did otherwise I just spent that much times typing that word for word for nothing.
I hate it/love it when the protagonist gets drunk because it's embarrassingly entertaining.
Maddy's vision was really obvious, wasn't it? The Lion- Gideon obviously and the ruby heart was obviously Gwen. And it turned out to be true that he was KINDA playing her not really kinda.
I knew as soon as the epilogue started that how Gideon got that cut was he had haloed Paul. I liked that he did though, and then Paul tossed him the papers and I was like YESSS.
SPOILERS TO EMERALD GREEN
Gideon did no trust break Gwen's heart, he shattered it. which was kinda depressing to read about.
The pigeon convo, I ATE THE PIGEON from Xemi, that was pretty funny.
I really ship Raphael and Lesley, what did you think of them? I thought they were quite the cute couple.
That embarrassing moment where he says just friends? and she screams YOU BASTARD!
I like Mr. George he seems the most trustworthy of the Inner Circle. When Falk asked about Grace having a steady boyfriend I was just like, Oh, he so misses her.
I loved Lucas, he was awesome, pisses you off knowing that the count killed him doesn't it?
It never once crossed my mind that maybe the first chronograph was in the box, but then she and Lucas figured it out and I was like YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS lol.
"See you tomorrow-- unfortunately"
I guessed right away when they said the key had been missing i was just like, it's the key she gave Lesley, and look who was right. Char really needed to keep her nose out of other people's business she was being a real bitch in this book.
When Raphael was trying to make Lesley jealous by going to the cinema with Cindy. Or was it Cara? lol.
Why was Dr. White helping Gwen out by saying she was sick, I still don't understand that.
I guessed that the Ruby has to die when the circle was complete from the beginning, I mean it was pretty obvious, for me at least.
Xemi was so cute and protective of Gwen and we all know how much I adore the protective characters. (Giving Gideon a nasty look lol)
Sorry I say lol too much, I'm working on it.
I'm kinda curious why she didn't just tell Gideon that it was her behind the curtain, but whatever. Wow I never suspected Lavinia to be a part in the murder of Gwen and Gideon, did you?
Then she died and came back, I thought that might be part of the power of the Raven, but nope turns out she's immortal.
As usual, Glenda was being a pain in the ass, no wonder Char is such a bitch, just look at her mother and I'm not surprised she and Charles got divorced, too bad it wasn't before she had darling Charlotte though.
Gideon being Gollum lol. I love LOTR.
That must be it, I haven't showered yet!
Awkward that I was right about Paul and Lucy being her parents. That means she's kinda distantly related to Gideon.
I'm glad they used Madam Rossini's costumes for the party though I kinda guessed they would.
Those. Are. From. 1932. Not. 1912. LOL That part was just too good.
"Will you be coming around more?"
"I'm afraid so, yes." -Xemi
"I hope so, yes." -Gideon
"I'll... I'll spit torrents of water over them!" Very threatening, Xemi.
Charlotte being drunk was embarrassingly delightful, not sure how you felt about that but I felt bad for her and was laughing at the same time.
Oh look another one of my predictions was right, Gideon did hit himself in the head, it's funny because Gwen was freaking out over that and Gideon was like "He'll be fine" It was very amusing when she was looking between both the older and younger Gideon and the older was like making hand motions and the younger was like "What the hell are you doing here?"
It kinda reminded me of Hook from Once Upon A Time knocking himself out. Kinda.
"Is it because I don't kiss properly?" Like mother like daughter. Right Lucy?
I never thought Whitman was the count I thought maybe Thomas because he was so nice but nope it was Whitman. I was like GIDEON IS NOT DEAD, and thank Raziel he wasn't how horrible would that be for an ending. Well, it could be very Romeo Juliet like the count said. BUT GIDEON IS IMMORTAL!!! I didn't like that we didn't get much closure on Gideon/Gwen since he went off to college, I mean I guess they have eternity together, but WE DON'T GET TO HEAR ABOUT IT!!! I ALSO did not like that she never actually told Gideon that she could see ghosts, unless I missed that part which I'm fairly sure I didn't.
Lucy is pregnant again!
So there's the end of that, I'll see you guys next Time
Look what I actually got around to seeing. So I'm typing this off my iPod and I have 3 minutes before I have to leave to go to school so this may be a bit short. GO SEE IT, this movie is better than the first Captain America. I would rate it 9.5/10 stars, see? That's how much I liked it!
Anyway I finished Maze Runnee by John Dashner yesturday so the review should be up someday lol (happy birthday to.... Me!) (Posted on my other blog 4/22/14)
Book This was really good I really liked it. if I were to rate it, it would be a8/10 stars. This book is a Romance, written by John Green. Synopsis Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.
It's really good as I said before. You should try it. Especially if you liked The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp. This book 8 stars to me because I'm more into the action/adventure/romance type not just the romance type, so I got a little bit bored, but it had a beautiful romance in it <3 It was adorable. Movie The Fault in our Stars Movie is to be released June 6, 2014 (USA) starring Shailene Woodley as Hazel Grace Lancaster (also known from Divergent as Beatrice Prior, The Spectacular Now as Aimee Finecky, The Descendants as Alexandra King, and The Secret Life of the American Teenager as Amy Jurgens) Ansel Elgort as Augustus Waters (Also known from Divergent as Caleb Prior (haha real life reference to the Mortal Instruments) and Carrie as Tommy Ross) Nat Wolff as Isaac (Also known from Stuck in Love as Rusty Borgens, The Last Keepers as Simon, and Palo Alto as Fred)
Starring Shailene Woodley as Beatrice Prior (Also known from The Fault in Our Stars as Hazel Grace Landcaster, The Spectacular Now as Aimee Finecky, The Secret Life of the American TeeFnager as Amy Jurgens and The Descendants as Alexandria King) Theo James as Tobias Eaton (Also known from Golden Boy as Walter Clark, Underworld: The Awakening as David, and London Fields as Guy Clinch) Kate Winslet as Jeanine Matthews (Also known from Labor Day as Adele, The Titanic as Rose DeWitt Bukater, Sense and Sensibility as Marianne Dashwood, and The Dressmaker as Myrtle Dunnage) Jai Courtney as Eric (Also known from I, Frankenstein as Gideon, A Good Day to Die Hard as Jack McClane, Jack Reacher as Charlie, and The Water Diviner as Lt-Col Cecil Hilton) Miles Teller as Peter (Also known from The Spectacular Now as Sutter Keeley (Staring in it with Shailene) Get a Job as Will Davis, That Awkward Moment as Daniel, 21 & Over as Miller, Footloose as Willard, Rabbit Hole as Jason, and Two Night Stand as Alec) Ansel Elgort as Caleb Prior (Also known from The Fault in Our Stars as Augustus Waters (Staring in it with Shailene) and Carrie as Tommy Ross) Zoe Kravitz as Christina (Also known from After Earth as Senshi Raige, and X-men First Class as Angel Salvadore) Ray Stevenson as Marcus Eaton (Also known from Thor as Volstagg, Thor: The Dark World as Volstagg, and The Three Muskateers as Porthos) Maggie Q as Tori (Also known from Nikita as Nikita)
Spoilers do not read below if you have not yet seen the movie and you don't want it to be spoiled So here's something to ask people who say they love Divergent, oh yeah? what is the significance of a butter knife, huh? Like seriously, the butter knife is missing, really?! Also Uriah, no Uriah. And No Lynn and Marlene. Like I saw Lynn's name on the score bored but that was literally it. Caleb is supposed to kinda believe Tris when she comes to him, and all throughout the movie they're just like You're Divergent that's dangerous, it could kill you, they remind Tris that way too many times. And how could Tris be scared of intimacy if she had it the night before? Also like 'you have to take the Dauntless way out'?! What was that?! Like seriously in Tobias's fear landscape they do jump off the building, then in the box they crouch together so it gets smaller and smaller. Then In her fear landscape she makes a gun, not swatting at them with a branch, then she does break the glass, and to put out the fire, she calls down rain, then she climbs the rocks, the Tobias part was kinda realistic, but she never shot her family! WTF!!!!! And she never gets kicked out of training. And she faints after she gets attacked. So many things they were missing. and she never meets with Jeanine and makes her shut down the computer! Seriously! I just think they could have done a lot better. But overall, it was pretty good at following the book, I guess, well comparing to how much City of Bones followed the book, yeah, it really followed the book.
starring Alex Pettyfer as David Elliot (Might know from I'm Number Four as Four/ John Smith, Magic Mike as Adam, or Beastly as Kyle) Gabriella Wilde as Jade Butterfield (Carrie as Sue Snell, or The Three Musketeers as Constance) Bruce Greenwood as Hugh Butterfield (Lost Luck as Mark, Star Trek into the Darkness as Pike, or Super 8 as Cooper) Joely Richardson as Anne Butterfield (Vampire Academy as Queen Tatiana, The Devil's Violinist as Ethel Langham, Thanks for Sharing as Katie) Rated PG-13 for Sexual Content, Brief Partial Nudity, Language (Some) and Teen Partying Drama/Romance
So I went to see this movie last week. (Guess who was too lazy to post of a review of it until now?) it was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. I loved it. You should go see it if you haven't already. Plus Alex Pettyfer is in it. How could you not want to see it? (lol if you couldn't tell I'm not as mad at him for turning down the role of Jace.) Serioulsy go see this movie, it'll be worth the money. I would rate it 9/10 stars. that's how amazing it was. I loved it. <3 (scroll down for the trailer)
OK I am so bored waiting for May 27. So I started a new book IDK but it's a romance (I don't usually read them) #1 best selling author Nicholas Sparks's (wrote The Notebook, The Vow, etc.) new novel is at once a compelling family drama and heart trending tale of young love. Seventeen year old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and ailentated from her parents, especially her father... until her mother decides it would be in everyone's best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Ronnie's father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immerst in creating a work of art that will become the center-piece of the local church. The tale that unfolds is an unforgettable story of love on many levels-- first love, love between parents and children-- that demonstrates, as only Nicholas Sparks novels can, the many ways that love can break our hearts.... and heal them. (Gotten straight off amazon) Romance/Drama I would rate this book a 7/10 stars. Because it was a really good romance (ADORABLE) and a cute story, but as I've said before, I don't really like romances compared to action/adventure/romance I like the action and the fighting. :) If you read The Spectacular Now, or The Fault in our Stars this is a must read. (and liked them of course) MOVIE
The movie was good (especially liam <3) I would rate it a 6/10 stars because as usual, it didn't follow the excellent book.
