This is my second time reading this book, and I have to say it’s better than I remembered. It is one of those books that once you pick it up, it absorbs you completely. It was the first thing I picked up in the morning and the last thing I put down at night. This story picks up with Kvothe’s at the University. He ends up taking some time off, due to his notorious misadventures, and he extends his story beyond the University. Like it’s predecessor, I give […]
A Promising Start as I Embark on a New Comic Book Series
A recommendation from my sister who hasn’t even read this series yet, but she was told by my cousin that it is really good. And I have to say, the first volume of Locke & Key is a solid and intriguing start to this somewhat spooky and supernatural comic book series. Collecting the first 6 issues, volume 1 is entitled Welcome to Lovecraft and is written by Joe Hill, with engaging artwork by Gabriel Rodriguez: the artwork has a clean style that isn’t too flashy, […]
There will be blood… and angst.
The Vampire Academy series is as follows: 1. Vampire Academy (CBR5 review) 2. Frostbite 3. Shadow Kiss 4. Blood Promise 5. Spirit Bound 6. Last Sacrifice These are pretty mediocre books. I read the whole series because I’m a completist (sadist?) and at this point I’d be hard-pressed to describe exactly where in the overall plot each book began and ended. The whole story goes something like this — and I’ll be as vague as I can to avoid specific spoilers — Rose is a half-vampire who […]
This Book is Brilliantly Bonkers
Pros: An amazing main character and two very excellent supporting characters. I want to be friends with these people. A completely insane story that makes me want to write clichés about rollercoasters. (Nonstop thrill ride! Hold on tight! Etc.!) Funny stuff. Gross stuff. Surprisingly thought-provoking stuff. A palpable sense of dread during the appropriate suspensey parts, and an urge to stomp around heroically during the ‘frak yeah!’ parts. An ending that manages to not tie up everything in a neat little bow, but still be […]