Over winter break I was at Target with my sister (who is also an avid reader), and I said,"The book I'm reading now is ok, but I'm really in the mood Over winter break I was at Target with my sister (who is also an avid reader), and I said,"The book I'm reading now is ok, but I'm really in the mood for some trashy romance right now." And she unbeknowingly led me to this monstrosity. In her defense, she did not read it before she recommended it to me, but nonetheless, I am obviously not extremely happy with the experience.
I don't even know where to start.
Though slightly cringe, like any trash romance book before you really get into it, I had hope in the beginning. I was like,"you know, this could really go somewhere.� They tricked hooked me with a sexy, stupid rich, supernatural man who I felt had promise. They were onto something in the beginning!
And then it went absolutely nowhere.
I don’t even know how to explain it exactly, but if I had to put it into words, I would say that except for the very end, this entire book felt like a first chapter. Nothing happened and I was very bored. Not even the surprise orgy had me interested.
Basically this chick agrees to fake date a vampire so he can avoid being forced into an arranged marriage, and in return gets all of her debt paid off (and also tricked into going to an orgy?). The premise was good! It could have been so good. The writing was honestly not that bad, it’s just the dialogue was painful to read, and as you may have picked up, the plot went essentially nowhere until the VERY bitter end.
I feel like I’m probably going to end up reading the second one even though I wasn’t super fond of the first, just because it really did pick up and actually get good towards the end and I kinda wanna know what happens. My experience with this book sort of reminded me of when I read A Court of Thorns and Roses, for the first time, I felt like most of the book was very slow but then ended really well in a way that made me want to read the next. I will keep you posted.
Also should I make a booktok? I will be so honest, I would love to just film myself ranting about books in the most obscene, ridiculous way, let me know your thoughts!...more
I was intrigued to read this because I thought the art was cool, but I couldn't tell you for the life of me what happened or what this was aboutNah...
I was intrigued to read this because I thought the art was cool, but I couldn't tell you for the life of me what happened or what this was about.
There was... magic? (question mark?)
There was... A girl with blue hair? (I liked her hair). If you came up to me and were like,"I will give you 50 million dollars if you can tell me this characters name" I still wouldn't be able to ...more
Here is a compilation of my reviews for the series (:
Volume #1
3 stars
Rereading this has given me some mixed feelings.
Scott Pilgrim has historHere is a compilation of my reviews for the series (:
Volume #1
3 stars
Rereading this has given me some mixed feelings.
Scott Pilgrim has historically been one of, if not my absolute favorite comic book series of all time. I read it at least once or twice a year, and I've always considered myself a die-hard fan, so it's definitely sort of disappointing that re-reading it has left me picking up some questionable vibes.
If you're not familiar with the premise, Scott Pilgrim is a 20-something broke-ass Canadian. He plays bass in a horrible band and lives with his gay roommate, Wallace (who is my absolute favorite). Scott meets this girl named Ramona and becomes totally obsessed with her, but the catch is that he has to battle her 7 evil ex-boyfriends in order to date her.
I'm not even gonna lie, Scott is a d*ck and a little bit of a creeper.
See, Scott, who is 23 years old, starts off this book dated Knives Chau, who is a 17 year old Chinese girl, attending the town's local catholic school. (Knives is the worlds biggest sweetie and my favorite, after Wallace). But like CMON that is gross, a 17 year old and a 23 year old? And Scott doesn't even like Knives all that much, he openly admits he's just using her to get over his old ex.
Knives is literally done so dirty in this book that it's not even funny, y'all did my girl wrong from the very start and never let up. Scott meets Ramona at a party and after basically stalking her and then orders a CD from amazon because apparently she's the only delivery person in the area and then he begs her to go out with him until she agrees. And the whole time I was literally just like, WHAT ABOUT KNIVES!! WHAT ABOUT MY SWEET ASIAN CHILD, KNIVES??? HOW U GONNA DO HER SO WRONG LIKE THIS????
And that was basically me for the whole rest of the book, specially the 2 or 3 times Scott and Ramona make out and/or almost have sex.
See, I could sort of cut Scott a little bit of slack or at least understand slightly better if the thing with Ramona wasn't so much of a pre-meditated thing, like if they ended up kissing at a party in the spur of the moment or something like that, but Scott literally stalks her and thinks about her and all the ways to try and get her attention and asks her out like 3 separate times and has SEVERAL chances to come clean to Knives, or at least break up with her, and he doesn't. So boo.
That being said, this is still one of the most absolutely hilarious comics I've ever read, I think the art is great, and the side characters are literal icons. I just think on my latest read that I'm kind of not really feeling Scott all that much. I know I normally don't write reviews for shorter graphic novel series, but I think I'm going to try and attempt it because the series only has 6 books and is something that I re-visit often. Happy Reading!! <3
Volume #2
4 stars
Scott is slightly less of a douche bag in this one and Knives is creepy and evil now? What???
Knives, I thought we were cool, I wrote a whole rant review defending your innocence in the first volume ...more
Idk WHAT Y'ALL ARE ON ABOUT, in my opinion, this was by far better than Dance of Thieves in every capacity.
It's not that I didn't like Dance of ThIdk WHAT Y'ALL ARE ON ABOUT, in my opinion, this was by far better than Dance of Thieves in every capacity.
It's not that I didn't like Dance of Thieves, I did, but I just felt this one had a lot more umph to it, the plot was fast-paced and every second had me on the edge of my seat. I felt like the first book was a bit slow in the beginning, and the romance felt a little bit insta-lovey too, but this was beautifully well-paced and thought out.
Mild spoilers if you haven't read the first installment in the duology!
Kazi and Jase are returning to Hell's mouth, Kazi is staying in Tor's Watch as an ambassador, as Tor's Watch has finally become it's own kingdom. Upon their return, they are attacked by mercenaries and separated, Jase is injured and sent to hide in a near-by settlement and Kazi is taken prisoner by King Montague, who has taken over the territory. The two must work together on each of their own ends to save their families and take back the kingdom.
Like I mentioned earlier, I just liked this one more than the first. It was more exiting, there was more stuff happening, it was twisty, and the angst was off the chart.
We love some good angst ❤️
Jase Bellenger, please build me a village. I promise I'll treat you right.
I feel like some magic could have really tied the series together, I know there was a little bit of magic, but I wanted more in that department, it's supposed to be a fantasy novel after all.
Anyways, I think I might look into reading some of the Remnant Chronicles at some point, let me know how you liked them and if they are worth a peek (:...more
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