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Friday, 26 September 2014
Booktalk:The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
Hey everyone!
So I'm still catching up with all these booktalks, so lets jump right in. Today we'll be discussing *drum roll please*....... The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan, the third book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.
"It's not every day you find yourself in combat with a half-lion, half human.
So I'm still catching up with all these booktalks, so lets jump right in. Today we'll be discussing *drum roll please*....... The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan, the third book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series.
"It's not every day you find yourself in combat with a half-lion, half human.
But when you're the son of a Greek God, it happens. And now my friend Annabeth is missing, a goddess is in chains and only five half -blood heroes cab join the quest to defeat the doomsday monster.
Oh and guess what. The Oracle has predicted that not all of us will survive..."
-From the blurb of The Titan's Curse
After finishing the Vampire Academy series, I was pretty much craving to go back to Camp Half Blood and Percy Jackson so I decided to pick this one up. And let me tell you absolutely LOVED it. It just made me love this series and all the characters so much more than I did before.
I feel like they matured a lot and it felt more compelling and relatable.
Definitely a 97% for me- just amazing.
If you haven't read any of the PJO books yet, first off, are you living under a rock? And second I'd highly recommend it so check out my booktalk for the first book for more info
Booktalk: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Okay that's it for the non-spoiler section so go ahead and read The Titan's Curse if you haven't already so we can discuss!
*Spoilers for The Titan's Curse ahead*
Okay!
So we open up in a different place than we're used to for this book. It's around the Christmas holidays rather than the Summer and Percy, Annabeth and Thalia are going to this school to help bring in two demi-gods, Bianca and Nico di Angelo. I actually didn't realise that the demi-gods could go out to look for or to help rescue, other demi-gods. Was that just me? But anyway, as they're trying to get the di Angelos out of the school, one of the teachers shows it's true monster form as a manticore, a half lion, half human., who seems to be working for Luke. Unfortunately the rescue mission doesn't exactly go to plan with Bianca joining the Hunters- more on that in a sec- and Annabeth being taken, presumably to Luke. This is the part that I was just like "nooooooo!" because she's one of my abolute favourite character's, especially when she's interacting with Percy.
So about the Hunters. Basically, they're a band of girls who's leader is Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt. I actually can't remember too much about what they do apart from hunt monsters but I do know that in order to join, they have to swear off all romantic interests with men and have eternal maiden-ship as they become immortal. I was a little mad at Bianca for just abandoning her brother like that.
I see where she was coming from but she just kind of went off without a second thought.
The God Apollo (twin brother of Artemis) also pops up in this book and we get to know him a bit better. He's just too funny and the haikus make me die of laughter every time. Plus he's really nice to help them later on in the book.
We also get to know and understand Thalia a bit more. Since she was a tree for the first two books but at the end of Sea of Monsters, the Golden Fleece heals her. She sort of gives off this punk rock vibe to her and you have to love that scene where she was driving the sun car. I wasn't too happy with her at the beginning, especially at the Capture the Flag scene- she was actually pretty annoying there. But you do grow to like her more and learn more about her weaknesses, like her fear of heights, which conflicts with her being the daughter of Zeus- God of the Sky.
So back at camp they get a prophecy from the Oracle about the quest to save Artemis. Percy, being the kind of person he is, doesn't get himself on the quest the first time around. Enter Blackjack, the horse Percy saved in the last book from Luke's ship. He's just so funny and sort of reminiscent of Martha and George (Hermes' caduceus snakes). So he finds the rest of the quest team, Thalia, Zoe Nightshade, Bianca and Grover and they eventually let him stay. He says he's there to rescue Artemis but I think we all really know that his main incentive is to rescue Annabeth.
One of my favourite scenes while they were on the quest was the one at Hoover Dam. Especially those dam jokes ;) . We also meet Rachel Elizabeth Dare, a mortal who can see through the Mist, who helps Percy escape the monster skeletons. I feel like she'll be important and pop up again in the last two books. There's also a sneaky cameo-type appearance of Athena who poses as a tour guide at the Dam- what part when I realised it was her made me a little sad because Percy and Annabeth are separated and we've barely heard from her.
So skipping a little ahead to the end, we find out that it was the Titan Atlas who had kidnapped Artemis and the manticore Dr. Thorn was working for him so Annabeth was there too. Atlas had escaped from his curse of holding up the sky and there was this big battle between him and team good. Eventually he was trapped back under the weight of the sky by Percy but not without fatalities. Zoe ended up being killed by her father- Atlas- just like the Oracle had said which was a big turnaround to what we all first thought about Zeus or Poseidon. I think Zoe was one of the most complex characters that we saw here, especially given that she was only really in this book. She had such a rich back-story and everything just fit in so perfectly.
I'm not sure if it was just me, but I definitely sensed the hormones sneaking up on all the characters and their relationships altering into more complex ones. Percy and Annabeth's more specifically. He was actually really mature after the talk with Athena and he definitely dealt with it better than he would've in the first two books. One of my favourite scenes at the end was where they were slow dancing in Olympus which pretty much brought the story full circle from where they were dancing at the beginning.
If you think not much can happen in the last chapter (or last few pages) of a book you're sadly mistaken (and obviously haven't read City of Lost Souls). We find out that Nico, and Bianca, are both the children of Hades he fathered them BEFORE the Oath was made because they were stuck in the Lotus Casino for a long time. So Nico could be the child in the Prophecy! And that isn't great because he seems pretty unstable and reckless at this point so we'll see where that goes.
What did you think of The Titan's Curse? I know lots of people didn't like this one too much because of the lack of Annabeth action in it but I really enjoyed it! Leave your thoughts below in the comments
Bye for now,
Amber xxx
-From the blurb of The Titan's Curse
After finishing the Vampire Academy series, I was pretty much craving to go back to Camp Half Blood and Percy Jackson so I decided to pick this one up. And let me tell you absolutely LOVED it. It just made me love this series and all the characters so much more than I did before.
I feel like they matured a lot and it felt more compelling and relatable.
Definitely a 97% for me- just amazing.
If you haven't read any of the PJO books yet, first off, are you living under a rock? And second I'd highly recommend it so check out my booktalk for the first book for more info
Booktalk: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Okay that's it for the non-spoiler section so go ahead and read The Titan's Curse if you haven't already so we can discuss!
*Spoilers for The Titan's Curse ahead*
Okay!
So we open up in a different place than we're used to for this book. It's around the Christmas holidays rather than the Summer and Percy, Annabeth and Thalia are going to this school to help bring in two demi-gods, Bianca and Nico di Angelo. I actually didn't realise that the demi-gods could go out to look for or to help rescue, other demi-gods. Was that just me? But anyway, as they're trying to get the di Angelos out of the school, one of the teachers shows it's true monster form as a manticore, a half lion, half human., who seems to be working for Luke. Unfortunately the rescue mission doesn't exactly go to plan with Bianca joining the Hunters- more on that in a sec- and Annabeth being taken, presumably to Luke. This is the part that I was just like "nooooooo!" because she's one of my abolute favourite character's, especially when she's interacting with Percy.
So about the Hunters. Basically, they're a band of girls who's leader is Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt. I actually can't remember too much about what they do apart from hunt monsters but I do know that in order to join, they have to swear off all romantic interests with men and have eternal maiden-ship as they become immortal. I was a little mad at Bianca for just abandoning her brother like that.
I see where she was coming from but she just kind of went off without a second thought.
The God Apollo (twin brother of Artemis) also pops up in this book and we get to know him a bit better. He's just too funny and the haikus make me die of laughter every time. Plus he's really nice to help them later on in the book.
We also get to know and understand Thalia a bit more. Since she was a tree for the first two books but at the end of Sea of Monsters, the Golden Fleece heals her. She sort of gives off this punk rock vibe to her and you have to love that scene where she was driving the sun car. I wasn't too happy with her at the beginning, especially at the Capture the Flag scene- she was actually pretty annoying there. But you do grow to like her more and learn more about her weaknesses, like her fear of heights, which conflicts with her being the daughter of Zeus- God of the Sky.
So back at camp they get a prophecy from the Oracle about the quest to save Artemis. Percy, being the kind of person he is, doesn't get himself on the quest the first time around. Enter Blackjack, the horse Percy saved in the last book from Luke's ship. He's just so funny and sort of reminiscent of Martha and George (Hermes' caduceus snakes). So he finds the rest of the quest team, Thalia, Zoe Nightshade, Bianca and Grover and they eventually let him stay. He says he's there to rescue Artemis but I think we all really know that his main incentive is to rescue Annabeth.
One of my favourite scenes while they were on the quest was the one at Hoover Dam. Especially those dam jokes ;) . We also meet Rachel Elizabeth Dare, a mortal who can see through the Mist, who helps Percy escape the monster skeletons. I feel like she'll be important and pop up again in the last two books. There's also a sneaky cameo-type appearance of Athena who poses as a tour guide at the Dam- what part when I realised it was her made me a little sad because Percy and Annabeth are separated and we've barely heard from her.
So skipping a little ahead to the end, we find out that it was the Titan Atlas who had kidnapped Artemis and the manticore Dr. Thorn was working for him so Annabeth was there too. Atlas had escaped from his curse of holding up the sky and there was this big battle between him and team good. Eventually he was trapped back under the weight of the sky by Percy but not without fatalities. Zoe ended up being killed by her father- Atlas- just like the Oracle had said which was a big turnaround to what we all first thought about Zeus or Poseidon. I think Zoe was one of the most complex characters that we saw here, especially given that she was only really in this book. She had such a rich back-story and everything just fit in so perfectly.
I'm not sure if it was just me, but I definitely sensed the hormones sneaking up on all the characters and their relationships altering into more complex ones. Percy and Annabeth's more specifically. He was actually really mature after the talk with Athena and he definitely dealt with it better than he would've in the first two books. One of my favourite scenes at the end was where they were slow dancing in Olympus which pretty much brought the story full circle from where they were dancing at the beginning.
If you think not much can happen in the last chapter (or last few pages) of a book you're sadly mistaken (and obviously haven't read City of Lost Souls). We find out that Nico, and Bianca, are both the children of Hades he fathered them BEFORE the Oath was made because they were stuck in the Lotus Casino for a long time. So Nico could be the child in the Prophecy! And that isn't great because he seems pretty unstable and reckless at this point so we'll see where that goes.
What did you think of The Titan's Curse? I know lots of people didn't like this one too much because of the lack of Annabeth action in it but I really enjoyed it! Leave your thoughts below in the comments
Bye for now,
Amber xxx
Wednesday, 17 September 2014
Quick Update and Coming Soon
Hey Everyone!
So this is more of a quick update plus apology more than anything else.
I'm not gonna go off on a tangent with excuses and a story but what I will say is that I'm getting less and less time to blog so don't worry, I'm still here, just maybe not as often as I'd like.
I have pre-written The Titan's Curse and The Battle of the Labyrinth so they just need to be edited and previewed before they get published. The Last Olympian is definitely getting done as soon as I get a chance and before I have to give it back to the library.
For those of you wondering if I'll be doing a Mockingjay Trailer Review/Discussion.... Yes I'd love to but do you want to see that before or after the late Booktalks? Comment what you'd like below.
As for how my reading is getting on, I should be getting The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan any day now, from the library.
Sorry for all the delays but the posts will come eventually...even if it does take a while :/
Hope you guys understand,
Bye for now,
Amber
So this is more of a quick update plus apology more than anything else.
I'm not gonna go off on a tangent with excuses and a story but what I will say is that I'm getting less and less time to blog so don't worry, I'm still here, just maybe not as often as I'd like.
I have pre-written The Titan's Curse and The Battle of the Labyrinth so they just need to be edited and previewed before they get published. The Last Olympian is definitely getting done as soon as I get a chance and before I have to give it back to the library.
For those of you wondering if I'll be doing a Mockingjay Trailer Review/Discussion.... Yes I'd love to but do you want to see that before or after the late Booktalks? Comment what you'd like below.
As for how my reading is getting on, I should be getting The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan any day now, from the library.
Sorry for all the delays but the posts will come eventually...even if it does take a while :/
Hope you guys understand,
Bye for now,
Amber
Saturday, 6 September 2014
Booktalk: Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
Hey everyone!
So today we'll be reviewing and discussing.... The Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead. The final book in the Vampire Academy series! A little late since I finished this early August but better late than never.Oh and just a heads up, the first part will be spoiler free but after the warning they'll be major spoilers for the entire series. Okay then, lets get started.
"Murder, love jealousy and the ultimate sacrifice.
The Queen is dead and the Moroi world will never be the same.
Rose Hathaway is awaiting wrongful execution and there exists only one man who can stall this terrible fate.
Rose must look to both Dimitri and Adrian, the two great loves of her life, to find him.
With her best friend, Lissa, in a deadly struggle for the royal throne, the girls find themselves forced to rely upon enemies and questioning those they thought they could trust...
But what is true freedom means sacrificing the most important thing of all?"
So I absolutely LOVED this book and the entire series as a whole. Definitely a 97% from me. The ending was a little bittersweet for me since this has fast become one of my favourite series and I was sad to see it end but glad things tied up nicely. Plus there's always the spin-off series to look forward to, Bloodlines.
If you haven't picked up this series yet, first of all where have you been if you've been on this blog before? and second, go ahead and pick it up.
Here's the booktalk for the first book if you want to know more :Bookalk: Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
That's it for the non-spoiler section, a little short I know but I've got so much to discuss so if you haven't already go ahead and read it and if you have, brilliant.
Bye non spoiler peeps!
*Spoilers for The Last Sacrifice ahead*
Okay!
So we started off the book with Rose in prison, awaiting her execution. To be honest I sort of hated this bit. Okay so hate is a bit of a strong word. More like I was actually in the prison with her. I'm a little claustrophobic in real life, so the descriptions were great from a writing perspective but were very visceral so I had to work a little to get through that.
As soon as there was the block on Lissa's mind I knew that he gang was planning something.But one thing I wasn't expecting was Dimitri joining in on the action. I'm too sure why that was, given that I totally ship those two- I guess it was just at the back of my mind.... Sorry I'm rambling :). So Rose is watching through Lissa's mind, watching the Queen's funeral and then the statues just explode and the whole Court is in chaos. Trust Abe and Adrian to get hold of a bunch of explosives *rolls eyes*
I actually really liked the scene where Rose and Dimitri had split up and she was in the Mall and it sort of reminded me in a roundabout way of the scene where Lissa and Rose were shopping together in the first book. And Sydney turns up! I absolutely loved Rose's one liners all though the book, especially near the beginning since she's more than a bit ticked off at hiding away. While they were in the motel I just knew she'd pull the kissing stunt since as much as she tries to forget, she is in love with Dimitri.
One scene I loved with those two, was where they were in the library and it was almost like old times with them just joking around and talking without the whole Strigoi thing looming over them
Did any of you expect Victor and Robert to come up with the plan for Lissa to go for the throne? I knew their whole input on the situation was a little suspicious and I definitely wasn't upset when Victor died. As for Robert... well I feel like he might be turning up again in the Bloodlines series.
Rewinding a little- I also didn't expect Sonya Karp to be back in the picture. It seemed to bring the whole thing full circle and give it some closure which was really great. And it was also nice to have another female on Rose's side (with her on the road at least). Plus it was pretty helpful to have her around in general once Victor had died.
So the missing Dragomir child was Jill! It was one thing I definitely didn't see coming. The planning was so good that even though we all knew that the illegitimate child would have to be someone big I never really thought about her. Yes she was a character that we knew, but I for one completely skipped over her and what I knew about her when trying to guess who it was.
So the whole running for Queen thing. Personally I wanted Arina Szelsky to get it, just because Lissa is so young and has enough drama what with the Spirit and really doesn't need any more pressure, especially at the end of the series. But after Ariana failed one of the tests I had a feeling it would go that way.
All the way through the book, I was pretty much agreeing with the characters about who the real murderer was but when Daniella Ivashkov (Adrian's mum) was a suspect I wholeheartedly believed it was her without a shadow of a doubt. But right before Rose said who it actually was and looked over at Christian... I just knew then but was in complete denial "No no no no it can't be Tasha no no-way she is on their side she can't be the one oh god oh god oh god!" But once she actually says the words, it just makes so much sense- she was very passionate about everything especially her campaign about Moroi fighting. So if she had a grudge against Rose because she was also in love with Dimitri.... If she wasn't Christian's only close relative and if she hadn't been so close to the gang....I wouldn't have put it past her except she had even Dimitri and Rose fooled right up until the end.
And oh my gosh she fooled we well because when she threatened Mia it was so out there and ugh!
Can we just talk about the shooting for a second? When Rose jumped in front of Lissa.... I was terrified to turn the page. I so certain that this would be her "Last Sacrifice" like the title of the book. More than once her it had been foreshadowing her death- her not wanting to have her death date pencilled in on someone's calendar, wanting to die in battle, when Lissa was seeing her fears and one of them was Rose dying- lots of things that seemed to be important. I was so scared that the next chapter would be from Lissa';s or Dimitri's or even Adrian's point of view and they would be saying goodbye to Rose.
Luckily that wasn't the case and I can tell you now that I did sigh with relief right then. One thing that I wasn't in love with though, was the fact that the bond broke between Lissa and Rose. It just felt like a huge part of their friendship and with it gone I feel like something huge would be missing. Plus Lissa can't be healed any more by Rose since there's no bond. I'm still not sure how I feel about that.
Plus I really didn't expect Rose to cheat on Adrian. Of course I'm overjoyed that Romitri got back together sooner rather than later but I still had better expectations of Rose. But I guess you can't have things both ways. Hopefully he'll get together with Sydney maybe? But he might have some competition with the Alchemist Ian.... we'll see....
So that was the Last Sacrifice! As nit picky as I seem in this booktalk, I did really enjoy this book and the entire series and I even own my own copy of them now.
What were your thought of this book and the series overall? Leave your thought below.
Hope you enjoyed this booktalk!
Bye for now,
Amber xxx
So today we'll be reviewing and discussing.... The Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead. The final book in the Vampire Academy series! A little late since I finished this early August but better late than never.Oh and just a heads up, the first part will be spoiler free but after the warning they'll be major spoilers for the entire series. Okay then, lets get started.
"Murder, love jealousy and the ultimate sacrifice.
The Queen is dead and the Moroi world will never be the same.
Rose Hathaway is awaiting wrongful execution and there exists only one man who can stall this terrible fate.
Rose must look to both Dimitri and Adrian, the two great loves of her life, to find him.
With her best friend, Lissa, in a deadly struggle for the royal throne, the girls find themselves forced to rely upon enemies and questioning those they thought they could trust...
But what is true freedom means sacrificing the most important thing of all?"
So I absolutely LOVED this book and the entire series as a whole. Definitely a 97% from me. The ending was a little bittersweet for me since this has fast become one of my favourite series and I was sad to see it end but glad things tied up nicely. Plus there's always the spin-off series to look forward to, Bloodlines.
If you haven't picked up this series yet, first of all where have you been if you've been on this blog before? and second, go ahead and pick it up.
Here's the booktalk for the first book if you want to know more :Bookalk: Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
That's it for the non-spoiler section, a little short I know but I've got so much to discuss so if you haven't already go ahead and read it and if you have, brilliant.
Bye non spoiler peeps!
*Spoilers for The Last Sacrifice ahead*
Okay!
So we started off the book with Rose in prison, awaiting her execution. To be honest I sort of hated this bit. Okay so hate is a bit of a strong word. More like I was actually in the prison with her. I'm a little claustrophobic in real life, so the descriptions were great from a writing perspective but were very visceral so I had to work a little to get through that.
As soon as there was the block on Lissa's mind I knew that he gang was planning something.But one thing I wasn't expecting was Dimitri joining in on the action. I'm too sure why that was, given that I totally ship those two- I guess it was just at the back of my mind.... Sorry I'm rambling :). So Rose is watching through Lissa's mind, watching the Queen's funeral and then the statues just explode and the whole Court is in chaos. Trust Abe and Adrian to get hold of a bunch of explosives *rolls eyes*
I actually really liked the scene where Rose and Dimitri had split up and she was in the Mall and it sort of reminded me in a roundabout way of the scene where Lissa and Rose were shopping together in the first book. And Sydney turns up! I absolutely loved Rose's one liners all though the book, especially near the beginning since she's more than a bit ticked off at hiding away. While they were in the motel I just knew she'd pull the kissing stunt since as much as she tries to forget, she is in love with Dimitri.
One scene I loved with those two, was where they were in the library and it was almost like old times with them just joking around and talking without the whole Strigoi thing looming over them
Did any of you expect Victor and Robert to come up with the plan for Lissa to go for the throne? I knew their whole input on the situation was a little suspicious and I definitely wasn't upset when Victor died. As for Robert... well I feel like he might be turning up again in the Bloodlines series.
Rewinding a little- I also didn't expect Sonya Karp to be back in the picture. It seemed to bring the whole thing full circle and give it some closure which was really great. And it was also nice to have another female on Rose's side (with her on the road at least). Plus it was pretty helpful to have her around in general once Victor had died.
So the missing Dragomir child was Jill! It was one thing I definitely didn't see coming. The planning was so good that even though we all knew that the illegitimate child would have to be someone big I never really thought about her. Yes she was a character that we knew, but I for one completely skipped over her and what I knew about her when trying to guess who it was.
So the whole running for Queen thing. Personally I wanted Arina Szelsky to get it, just because Lissa is so young and has enough drama what with the Spirit and really doesn't need any more pressure, especially at the end of the series. But after Ariana failed one of the tests I had a feeling it would go that way.
All the way through the book, I was pretty much agreeing with the characters about who the real murderer was but when Daniella Ivashkov (Adrian's mum) was a suspect I wholeheartedly believed it was her without a shadow of a doubt. But right before Rose said who it actually was and looked over at Christian... I just knew then but was in complete denial "No no no no it can't be Tasha no no-way she is on their side she can't be the one oh god oh god oh god!" But once she actually says the words, it just makes so much sense- she was very passionate about everything especially her campaign about Moroi fighting. So if she had a grudge against Rose because she was also in love with Dimitri.... If she wasn't Christian's only close relative and if she hadn't been so close to the gang....I wouldn't have put it past her except she had even Dimitri and Rose fooled right up until the end.
And oh my gosh she fooled we well because when she threatened Mia it was so out there and ugh!
Can we just talk about the shooting for a second? When Rose jumped in front of Lissa.... I was terrified to turn the page. I so certain that this would be her "Last Sacrifice" like the title of the book. More than once her it had been foreshadowing her death- her not wanting to have her death date pencilled in on someone's calendar, wanting to die in battle, when Lissa was seeing her fears and one of them was Rose dying- lots of things that seemed to be important. I was so scared that the next chapter would be from Lissa';s or Dimitri's or even Adrian's point of view and they would be saying goodbye to Rose.
Luckily that wasn't the case and I can tell you now that I did sigh with relief right then. One thing that I wasn't in love with though, was the fact that the bond broke between Lissa and Rose. It just felt like a huge part of their friendship and with it gone I feel like something huge would be missing. Plus Lissa can't be healed any more by Rose since there's no bond. I'm still not sure how I feel about that.
Plus I really didn't expect Rose to cheat on Adrian. Of course I'm overjoyed that Romitri got back together sooner rather than later but I still had better expectations of Rose. But I guess you can't have things both ways. Hopefully he'll get together with Sydney maybe? But he might have some competition with the Alchemist Ian.... we'll see....
So that was the Last Sacrifice! As nit picky as I seem in this booktalk, I did really enjoy this book and the entire series and I even own my own copy of them now.
What were your thought of this book and the series overall? Leave your thought below.
Hope you enjoyed this booktalk!
Bye for now,
Amber xxx
Tuesday, 2 September 2014
August Wrap up and September TBR
Hey everyone!So I really didn't get all that much read this month, even though it was four books (on target for my 52 by the end of the year) three of them were less than 300 pages....BUT I did finish two series that I ended up completely LOVING so much (more on that in a sec).
If you follow me on Goodreads, -just a little plug there...haha :) - you'll know that I finished The Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead in early August. It's the last book in the Vampire Academy and absolutely amazing. I'd give it a 97% so highly recommend it, and the rest of the Vampire Academy series. There's also a spin-off series called Bloodlines that I'm definitely looking forward to reading as soon I can get around to it.
Click to see my booktalk for the first Vampire Academy book: Booktalk: Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Click to see my full booktalk for The Last Sacrifice: Booktalk: Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
After this, I really wanted to go ahead and read the third book in the Percy Jackson series, The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan. I found his book to be the first book where I felt like I was really sucked into the series instead of just being "pretty good" for me. It started, pulled me in with it's paper and and it's printed words and didn't let me go, even after I finished it. I'm giving this book a 97% and once again definitely recommend this book (and the rest of the series so make sure you read them in order...obviously :) )
Read my full booktalk here: Booktalk: The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
Because I was so immersed in the PJO world by now, I went to reserve and get the next (and last) two books in the series. The next book was The Battle of the Labyrinth. I feel like I'm getting a little repetitive by now but I enjoyed this book so much and all of this series just gets better and better and you go along. So just to save myself from sounding like I broken record, I give this book a 97% . Go ahead and read my full booktalk if you want to know more.
Read my full booktalk here: (Coming soon)
And finally, I read The Last Olympian, the final book in Rick Riordan's incredible series.I gave this book a massive 100%. I'm still in a bit of a PJO withdrawal after this book- it just gives you all the feels but it's absolutely amazing. But luckily for me and the rest of the fandom, there is another series called the Heroes of Olympus which is basically a continuation of Percy Jackson and the Olympians but told from lots of points of view? I'm not too sure about the specifics since I haven't read it yet but I'm so psyched to dive right in. The last book, The Blood of Olympus, is due to be released in October of this year so not too long of a wait.
Read my full booktalk here: (Coming soon)
If any of this talk of Percy Jackson sounds even vaguely interesting or you're just plain nosy, go read my booktalk for the first book- The Lightning Thief- where I go into more detail about the plot and such.
Click here to see that: Booktalk: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Here's the final list of book I read in August:
Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead
The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
Okay! That's it for this month's wrap up. Onto the TBR List
To be read...
So last month I said I would definitely read The Last Sacrifice (which I did) and hopefully City of Heavenly Fire. As for the latter, I didn't because of me being OCD about my books. But hopefully this month I'll be able to do better.
If everything goes to plan, (aka I get all my posts that I've got behind on, written before I go back to school on Wednesday) I'll be off the hook for the "no reading any more books" ban so I should be able to get going and read more this month.
I've already got Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell ordered so that should be coming in within the next couple of days. I've heard lots of good things about this book and need to jump of this band-wagon soon. Plus I've read barely any contemporary this year (I'm more of a fantasy/dystopian gal myself). So little in fact that I might even do a blog post about it- maybe look out for that? So I'm looking forward to reading this one.
That's one that I'm practically certain I'm gonna read.
I'm hoping that I'll get The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan this September, but I'm third on a waiting list at the library so unless I'm able to buy the series, things aren't looking too good for that.
So if that doesn't work out I'll probably try and reserve Bloodlines by Richelle Mead.
That's already two to three books but if I get time -given that I'll probably be logged down with homework and extra-curricular- I'll update you to what I'm reading either here or on Goodreads so make sure you're following me there.
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Hope you enjoyed the August wrap up and this month's TBR! What books are you planning to read in September and what do you think of my choices? Comment your thoughts below. Oh also subscribe to this blog if you enjoy these posts!
Bye for now,
Amber xxx
Booktalk: Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead
Hey everyone!
So I'm trying to catch up on all the booktalks I've got behind on, before I go back to school. I'm not even letting myself reserve any more books 'till I'm done which is pretty difficult. But getting back to the point, here's the booktalk for Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead, the fifth book in the Vampire Academy series.
"Rose's life will never be her own
Rose Hathaway has been outrunning death ever since she swore to be the protector of her best friend, Lissa, no matter what.
She's finally back to the haven of St. Vladimir's Academy but with Dimitri, the boy she once loved, stalking her, Rose can only run so far.
She failed to kill him when she had the chance, and now her worst fears are about to come true. Dimitri has tasted her blood, and she knows in her heart that he is hunting her. And if Rose won't join him, he won't rest until he has silenced her.
Salvation has it's price..."
-From the blurb of Spirit Bound
So Oh. My. God. This Book. This was just SO amazing, a huge leap up from Blood Promise. I feel like I almost say that but honestly this book was so kickass and just ugh SO GOOD!
Definitely a 98% LOVE LOVE LOVE. I honestly couldn't put it down and read it in like, a day? Yeah it was pretty amazing.
So that's it for the non-spoiler section. PLEASE go ahead and read it so we can come back and discuss!
Byee!
*Spoilers for Richelle Mead's Spirit Bound ahead*
Can we just take a moment to bask in the epic-ness that was this book. Just uhh... amazing
So at the very beginning of the book Rose has to take her final trials to become a Guardian and being Rose she completely kicks ass- aka the bridge scene. We also get a little tid-bit on the Hathaway family dynamic with Abe being back in the picture and Adrian dating Rose. The little moment with her mum was so sweet but like Rose, I did wish Dimitri was there for her before the Trials. But she definitely proved she doesn't need a man by her side to kick butt.
So Rose gets her promise mark and very quickly is at the Royal Court. And I'm sure most of us knew that she'd chase down any way for Dimitri to turn back into a dhampir, especially since it was mentioned in Blood Promise. So it wasn't exactly surprising that she'd even go to the length of breaking out Victor Dashkov, the man who kidnapped and tried to make their lives a misery, just to find his brother.
I was actually pretty surprised and proud of Lissa when she managed to do that much magic and wield Spirit so well because she really hasn't been doing stuff that big before. And especially the way it didn't affect as badly as I did in the first book.
When they're in Las Vegas we find out that the only way to bring back a Strigoi is to charm a stake with Spirit and a Spirit user must be the one to stake the Strigoi. This actually brought be back to the second book- I think- when the wards on a Moroi house had been broken by a stake and Rose realises that they're only infused with the common magic, Earth, Water, Fire and Air, and NOT Spirit.
They end up losing Victor and Robert but I'm pretty sure they'll come up again in the next book.
So I'm trying to catch up on all the booktalks I've got behind on, before I go back to school. I'm not even letting myself reserve any more books 'till I'm done which is pretty difficult. But getting back to the point, here's the booktalk for Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead, the fifth book in the Vampire Academy series.
"Rose's life will never be her own
Rose Hathaway has been outrunning death ever since she swore to be the protector of her best friend, Lissa, no matter what.She's finally back to the haven of St. Vladimir's Academy but with Dimitri, the boy she once loved, stalking her, Rose can only run so far.
She failed to kill him when she had the chance, and now her worst fears are about to come true. Dimitri has tasted her blood, and she knows in her heart that he is hunting her. And if Rose won't join him, he won't rest until he has silenced her.
Salvation has it's price..."
-From the blurb of Spirit Bound
So Oh. My. God. This Book. This was just SO amazing, a huge leap up from Blood Promise. I feel like I almost say that but honestly this book was so kickass and just ugh SO GOOD!
Definitely a 98% LOVE LOVE LOVE. I honestly couldn't put it down and read it in like, a day? Yeah it was pretty amazing.
So that's it for the non-spoiler section. PLEASE go ahead and read it so we can come back and discuss!
Byee!
*Spoilers for Richelle Mead's Spirit Bound ahead*
Can we just take a moment to bask in the epic-ness that was this book. Just uhh... amazing
So at the very beginning of the book Rose has to take her final trials to become a Guardian and being Rose she completely kicks ass- aka the bridge scene. We also get a little tid-bit on the Hathaway family dynamic with Abe being back in the picture and Adrian dating Rose. The little moment with her mum was so sweet but like Rose, I did wish Dimitri was there for her before the Trials. But she definitely proved she doesn't need a man by her side to kick butt.
So Rose gets her promise mark and very quickly is at the Royal Court. And I'm sure most of us knew that she'd chase down any way for Dimitri to turn back into a dhampir, especially since it was mentioned in Blood Promise. So it wasn't exactly surprising that she'd even go to the length of breaking out Victor Dashkov, the man who kidnapped and tried to make their lives a misery, just to find his brother.
I was actually pretty surprised and proud of Lissa when she managed to do that much magic and wield Spirit so well because she really hasn't been doing stuff that big before. And especially the way it didn't affect as badly as I did in the first book.
When they're in Las Vegas we find out that the only way to bring back a Strigoi is to charm a stake with Spirit and a Spirit user must be the one to stake the Strigoi. This actually brought be back to the second book- I think- when the wards on a Moroi house had been broken by a stake and Rose realises that they're only infused with the common magic, Earth, Water, Fire and Air, and NOT Spirit.
They end up losing Victor and Robert but I'm pretty sure they'll come up again in the next book.
Skipping onto where Lissa and Christian get kidnapped by Dimitri to bait Rose. I think that's part of what makes him such a threat to Rose is the fact that he knew her so well that it's so easy to target her weaknesses. So Lissa manages to stake Dimitri with the special stake which she somehow was able to hide from Rose! I'm not too sure how this happened given that I feel like Rose would've sensed Lissa using that much magic but I'm not complaining here- it got Dimitri back and that's what counts.
But the way both Lissa and Dimitri acted after he had been changed back got me worried because it almost seemed like he was then bonded to her or that he wouldn't be the same as he was before and way more vulnerable.
A few chapters on I realised that wasn't true but I was SO annoyed at Dimitri for ignoring her and even going to the extent of lying to her about the way he feels. I mean its so obvious he's got feelings for her but he's just too darn stubborn to admit it! And I get it,he's still shocked about what he did and would've done to her and about all the death he cause. But she freakin' broke a high security prisoner out of JAIL for you! Risked everything to try and save him and all he says back is that he doesn't love her any more... grrr. :/ (Yeah I'm not sure if he actually knew about the whole prison break thing at this point, but still, he knows Rose and what she's capable of).
Okay so Rose goes through a bunch of drama and things finally seem like they're settling (okay yeah the Age Law thing is bad but still....) and then Queen Tatiana is KILLED. I was in complete shock and even worse, Rose was framed and locked in prison. But right before that we find out that Lissa has a half brother or sister because of an affair that her dad had. Argh! Man I had no clue about what to do after I finished and basically just stared at the wall for a good ten minutes after! What an ending!
I'm lucky in the fact that I don't need to wait to read the next one and actually ended up reading Last Sacrifice the next day since it was already out, unlike everyone else to had to wait about a year.
So what were your thoughts of Spirit Bound? Were you shocked at the ending and who did you think killed Tatiana? Who's Lissa's half brother or sister? Share your thoughts below.
Bye for now,
Amber xxx
Okay so Rose goes through a bunch of drama and things finally seem like they're settling (okay yeah the Age Law thing is bad but still....) and then Queen Tatiana is KILLED. I was in complete shock and even worse, Rose was framed and locked in prison. But right before that we find out that Lissa has a half brother or sister because of an affair that her dad had. Argh! Man I had no clue about what to do after I finished and basically just stared at the wall for a good ten minutes after! What an ending!
I'm lucky in the fact that I don't need to wait to read the next one and actually ended up reading Last Sacrifice the next day since it was already out, unlike everyone else to had to wait about a year.
So what were your thoughts of Spirit Bound? Were you shocked at the ending and who did you think killed Tatiana? Who's Lissa's half brother or sister? Share your thoughts below.
Bye for now,
Amber xxx
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