Episode:Rosemary Beach (Fallen too far by Abi Glines)

“Talk. We are going to talk first. I want to see you smile and laugh. I want to know what your favorite show was when you were a kid and who made you cry at school and what boy band you hung posters of on your wall. Then I want you naked in my bed again.”- Rush

This is my first Abi Glines book and this wont be my last.  Fallen too Far is intense from start till the end.

I loved Blaire from the beginning. I love tough girls.  When she pulled the gun, I knew I’d love her.  Getting to know her background made me love her more. She went through a lot, alone, but was able to stay strong.  If I was a guy, I’d be in love with her.  I didn’t have insta-love for Rush.  He was hot but he scared me. He was cool and cold but voice in my head was always intense.  It didn’t matter what he said, it was just always intense.  Guys like that scare me so I had to resist, didn’t last long though. Or maybe coz my insta-love went to Grant. hihihi

This story is my Full House fantasy.  2 people forced to live together, parties, tension and sex.  There was always tension every time Blaire is around.  Whether there are other people around or just her watching Rush doing another girl. That, honestly, made me blush. If it was me, I might not have had the strength to tear my self away that fast.  And my mouth would definitely fall.

Sex between them was intense but was nothing compared to the intensity when Rush linked his pinkie with Blaire while they were at the beach. 

The only problem I had with this story is the family drama. I thought it was kind of a stretch.  It reminded me of those soap operas my mom likes, story about people with compounded problems. Or maybe something in this drama is missing or I missed something. It was actually weird.   Abe got Rush’s mom pregnant but got completely drawn to Blaire’s mom so he left Rush’s mom.  Rush’s mom and Blaire’s mom were friends so why didn’t she know that Abe was just lying to her? And if Abe was really drawn to Blaire’s mom, how could he have left them? How could he have not gone back when she got sick? And after he left, he just kept following Rush’s mom every where.  Plus the whole Nan daddy issues.  It was just really weird.  I liked it better when I didn’t knew what her real issue was. It was irritating but didn’t bother me much.  

I love it and I’m hooked. I’m looking forward to what happens to Blaire.  I have a feeling she’ll get pregnant.   

Episode: Gargoyle love (Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier )

Xemerius!!!!

The ghost…no, DEMON gargoyle made me enjoy this more than the first.  I always had something to say about everything and it was all very entertaining.  He made me laugh, A LOT. It would have been a totally different experience if Xemerius wasn’t there.  There were a lot of aspects that made me frustrated (not in a bad way) and he lightened it up. I went thru Sapphire blue like I was Gwen. 

 “It was so frustrating that there are a lot of things that weren’t clear to me. I didn’t know what the end game was. There’s something missing. Why did they had to work with that creepy count, why is he like the boss and why do they trust him? Are those written in the Annals accurate?  Lucy and Paul stole the chronograph, and stealing is bad. I get it. But I’m sure they had a reason.  Why isn’t any one interested in finding out?  They just assume they’re the bad guys! And Gideon!!! Why does he just accept all of these? I thought he was smart but he’s not thinking.  And why does he blame Gwen, he said it him self, she couldn’t have hit him in the head. He’s a time traveler! Didn’t he think that it could have been him hitting himself in the head? Does he have a thing for Charlotte??? Why does he keep kissing Gwen then!?! Is he just playing with her or using her for something??? is this an i-didn’t-wanna-fall-for-you-but-i-did-that’s-why-I’m-acting-like-a-jerk angle?”

Those were some of the stuff running thru my head that made me frustrated.  I seriously don’t mean it in a bad way.  Those questions made me more interested in the story, I got sucked in completely.  It also helped that time travelling was kept simple simple.  As much as the science behind the concept of time travel intrigues me, I don’t like them discussed much in stories or movies. It makes it confusing.   It might seem weird to other people but I really liked the Gideon-Gwen relationship. Gideon is a jerk most of the time that whenever he gets nice and kissy kissy I just fall for it.  I’m pretty sure he’s like that coz he’s falling for her and is trying to fight it and losing…or something like that. (In real life it won’t work coz those things don’t happens. Jerks are jerks period.)

This is my favorite among the 3 books.

episode: ruby red by kerstin gier

“I’m afraid and I’m trying to runaway from them. Not sure who they are or what they are, I just know they’re there and they’ll kill me when they catch me.  I try to run as fast as I can but my legs are to heavy, I’m unable to make ground and it’s like I’m tripping forward. What’s worse there’s nowhere to hide. All I can see is grass.  No trees, no houses or cars.  It’s like a huge garden.  I keep running but I know I can’t keep it up.  I’m too scared my legs are turning into noodles.  Somebody grabs my arm and pulls me. Suddenly I’m in an alley.  Bricked walls left and right. The guy wrapping his arms around me feels familiar. “You’re safe now” I know that voice.  He grabs my hand and he leads me thru the alley. He glanced back at me as we cross the street.  Seeing his smile gets my tummy in a twist and my heart beat faster.  I like him. No, I love him. I’ve always had. The only problem is, every time I look at him, I can’t see his face. I know he has short black hair, cute Asian eyes, and a really sweet smile but I can’t really see him.  I just know.”  

I love Ruby Red.  I love everything about it, the mystery, the time travels and the cute love story between Gwen and Gideon. I got absorbed that I feel everything they were feeling.  The freakiness of Gwen’s first time travels, the creepy meetings with the Count and Racozsky. (wait, are they vampires??)  The confusion and frustration with all this ruby red, complete the circle thingy. The kiss.  I felt all of them.  And I loved every minute.  The only problem, slight problem, I had was I can’t picture their faces out.  I know Gideon has curly hair and green eyes. Gwen has dark hair and blue eyes.  Charlotte has red hair.  But I can’t see them in my head.  It wasn’t really a huge problem.  My head just made up its own Gwen, Gideon, etc.    

I loved the characters.  If I was there, I probably would have strangled Charlotte’s mom.  I loved hating her. And Charlotte.  Phantom symptoms my ass! I kept waiting for Lady Arista to shout “off with her head”. I like her.  I love Gwen.  She’s just a normal 16yr old, except maybe for the time traveling talent that she has.  She sometimes childish, she tries to be mature about things.   She gets confused but she works it out. She’s crazy in love but does not want to show it (she tries). I loved it when she felt jealous.  I felt jealous myself hahaha.  I love Gideon.  He’s irritating, damn confusing and he likes kissing.    My favorite character among all of them would be Madame Rossini. I love it every time she talks about how bad Gideon is for not wearing the clothes she makes properly.  I love how she talks about the clothes.  I wish I could meet her and try on some of the dresses and gowns she made. 

By this time, I’ve already finished the trilogy. The guesses I’ve made in this book turns out to be true at the end. I love it!

Episode: Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa

I love Iron Queen.  I was afraid that this would just be a repeat of Iron King but it isn’t.  Main plot is the same, travel through the Iron Realm then kill the Iron King/false Iron King, but with a totally different and more exciting adventure.  It started slow for me.  The side story on Meghan’s dad was something I could have lived without.  It just slowed the story for me.  The longing for her dad, the desperation to make him normal, and her hatred towards Puck coz she felt betrayed, fell flat. Ok, maybe not on the my-best friend-betrayed-me episode she had, that majorly irritated me.   I didn’t get why she was that mad.  It was too much.  But the irritation faded as soon as Puck was back in to the picture regardless of his mood.  He also made the Meghan-Ash love story lighter.  Ash is overly protective and Meghan’s fatal for him and uhm, horny (?), it turned my Meghan-Ash love love smiles to “this is getting kinda emo, where’s Puck…oh there he is, hihihi”. I’m not saying Meghan should be with Puck, NO! I like Puck as he is, it’s sad but I can’t imagine him with Meghan.  Unless the genre gets changed to New Adult, hehehe.  I like her with Ash. They just got a bit more emo or intense than I expected/wanted and so my system needed Puck.

The story got awesome as soon as they got back to Nevernever and were told to kill the false king. New character’s were introduced, new areas within the iron realm was shown. It also revisited places and met people we’ve met in Iron King.  The fights were exciting. It was like watching an action anime, colorful and with cool fight scenes.  It’s similar when Fairy Tail fighting against another guild or Naruto.  It got even more awesome ‘coz I my question got answered. The Iron knight looked like ash coz the iron knights were patterned with the courts.  And, I didn’t expect the ending, I like! I’m so excited to begin reading Iron Knight.

Episode: Slap her already (Strange Angels book 5:Reckoning by Lili St Crow)

This is the best book in the series and this is final. She has finally bloomed (Thank you God!!) which ended her shaking every time a vampire shows up. The action didn’t make me dizzy and I actually enjoyed it.  My favorite would be when Gran’s house was burning. She was kicking ass then Christophe, Ash and Graves showed up.  Aside from the action, Dru also started telling her head to shut up.  I found myself saying “its about time” when she was being chased but still kept thinking of things not related to fighting back or escaping then she tells herself to stop thinking about those things. 

If I’d rate this, I’d give it a 3/5. I know I said that this is the best but the rating is lower than the rating I’d give defiance. Let me run down the reason. Dru! Yes she finally kicked ass but she was so irritating!!! She was crying while she was at the restaurant with Christophe. WTF!!! She almost went crazy when she found out that the excuse Christophe gave the waiter for her fainting was coz he proposed. Big Deal, it was just an excuse!  Then she went all out crazy coz Graves was leaving.  She was nagging him. If I was Graves, I would have slapped her. I would have slapped her again during the council meeting.  You can reason out with the bitch. Then she starts thinking she killed Sergej, with Christophe’s help but it was still her…whatever. And there’s the ending, she tells Christophe he’s old and creepy but when he asks if he has a chance she says she doesn’t know.  She also told him that she doesn’t wanna be with anybody, so that’s why she went mental when she found out Graves was leaving.  She’s irritating!

If I skipped the last chapters, if I stopped after they were rescued, I would have given this a 4.5. The missing 0.5 is for the “that would have been funny…”, “it would have been hilarious if…” and the caramel skinned Asian, half-Asian (this is not really irritating, just kinda bugs me coz I haven’t seen caramel skinned guys from Japanese descent unless they got sunburned).