Frostbite Review (Book 2 of Vampire Academy series) *spoilers*

Spoilers!


 Ok so I just finished reading Frostbite last night and it was soooo good. I wouldn't necessarily say it was amazing but definitely a great addition to Vampire Academy.  This book caught my attention from Chapter one and held it till the very last word. It was so nice to get to see Lissa spend some quality time with Christian and to watch them get closer and closer. All the while watching Rose struggle with her feelings for Dimitri. Rose both wanted to keep Dimitri away and to hold him close, causing inner conflict expressed throughout the novel. And when a new woman comes into Dimirti's life, Rose is forced to sit by and watch as her love spends his days with her, speaking in casual tones and having playful banter. As the story develops you see as Mason-Rose's best friend-  shows his feelings for Rose at their true strength. Rose begins a relationship with Mason that is soon seen to be nothing but a cover for her feelings towards Dimitri. When Rose and Dimitri leave the school for an important test they come across a horrific scene, leading to life altering news that will forever change the world they live in. And when Rose's mother comes to town Rose is faced with the shadows that she has lived in her entire life. When the school leaves for winter break and heads to a ski resort, things become stranger as they go. Then when a notorious royal becomes interested in Rose and Lissa, Dimitri tries to stop it without revealing his feelings for Rose. And in the rising action of the story hearts race as you see Rose and Mason get into a fight and in turn, Mason make a potentially deadly mistake. When Rose discovers Mason has left the resort on a mission to kill Strigoi-along with Eddie and Mia- Rose enlist the help of Christian to save them from the worst of fates. Then when the group is captured by humans, their worst fears are realized, humans are working with Strigoi. When captured and unconscious Rose finds that Lissa is not the only one who uses spirit. After countless days and hours of torture, giving the group no sustenance, and having to watch as Eddie is drank from every day, Rose has a plan. Giving a signal to Christian the group manages to break free and tie up the humans. And when Rose and Mason go to scout they come face to face with the real threat, Strigoi. The novel takes a heart wrenching turn and in the end leads to a powerful and open ending.


Overall Frostbite receives no criticism and can be said to be a 'forget your kids' sort of novel.

So I know that was realllllllly formal like but I wanted to try it out, please, let me know what you think. Either good or bad I don't care just give me some feedback.

Divergent-Book to Movie Review (spoilers)

There is about to be some serious reviewing going on here and therefore this post will DEFINITELY contain spoilers to both the book annnnnnd the movie Divergent.

Ok so can I just say WHAT THE HELL PEOPLE!!!! So to start off I just want to say that me and my friend-who also read the book- went to see Divergent last night and we counted 65 (am I the only one that wishes you could cap numbers?) things wrong with the movie. Now to be fair the movie itself was amazing and I loved it but the number of things WRONG-as far as not accurate with the book- was soooooo high. For instance the very first sin(I'm stealing the idea of mistakes from CinemaSins on youtube) was that in the freaking OPENING CREDITS they telllll you that they are in Chicago! Like wtf?! You aren't supposed to find out about that until the feel jerking third book. I honestly would have been able to overlook that if not for the fact that the people who we went to the movie with-who hadn't read the book- said "Why is it important they are in Chicago? Do we need to know that? What happened to the rest of the world? Why is the outside off the wall nicer than the inside"? So yeah, I counted that as my number one sin. My second sin was just something that made me angry and not something necessarily wrong with the movie, the cast. I personally feel that  Shailene Woodley is both way to pretty and tall for Tris. Tris is meant to be short and awkward, not MODEL gorgeous. Alsoooo Shailene is very proportional(if that makes sense). As for Theo James, well he is perfection so moving on. Well the rest of cast is just nit picking so I guess I'll skip to a different sin. Oh but I do need to say that I am SOOOOO PISSED that they barely emphasized on Uriah and Zeke(more Uriah but still).  Okay since I don't remember all the sins the next thing I am going to say is that the they had multiple days when the movie starts before the aptitude test. ANNNNND that the serum is a drink and not a shot. Annnnnd where was the rest of the test? Where was the man on the bus thingy? Also they completely left out Tris's neighbors but I can get over that. Next is that Jeanine Mathews DID NOT speak to Tris and Caleb at the choosing ceremony, Tris never met her until when she went to visit Caleb. I counted this as I sin because it seemed out of character-the Dauntless should NOT have clapped for Tris when she chose them. Next is the train, this isn't a big deal just something I noticed, where was the one guy that DIDN'T make it on the train? Okay now we are at one that had me sooooo angry because to me it was important, where was the girl who died when jumping of the train? Then there is the part where the sleeping area was wrong, the room was sooo not supposed to be that big, and the beds were supposed to be bunk beds, and the bathroom was definitely its own room. Next I have the fact that in training they made Tris fight first because she jumped first where in the book i'm pretty sure she sat out that day. Also, I didn't like that they got to see their rank move the whole time. Next on my list is that when Christina got in trouble and had to hang over the chasm the chasm was supposed to be a giant gushing waterfall, not a leak in a pipe. Also another thing that made me angry was that they barely showed how much Christina and Will liked each other. Then there is the whole part where Edward NEVER GOT STABBED IN THE EYE! Like really people? Then there is a small one where when Tris was taking Al's place in front of the target Tobias threw four knives instead of three, and he never taunted her. Then during capture the flag they DID NOT shoot each other with dart like thingys, they shot each other with paintballs, also Christina never tried to steal the flag. Then when Tris was being molested and about to be murdered, she did NOT take off Al's mask, mostly because she was the one with the mask on!  Then there is when they start stage two, it seemed to me like Tobias practically said "I know what you are" and well, that never happened so there. Oh and just because I'm just remembering this, when Tris ended up in the hospital she was NOT almost thrown out of Dauntless. But back to stage two. Well that was it for stage two so now a quick couple side sins, no visiting day, saw mom at random loading dock, never met Will's sister, was NOT supposed to run into Jeanine, why the hell does everyone know about fucking diveRgence except Tris(SOOOO WRONG), then there is when Tris and Tobias went into the cave by the chasm-oh wait that NEVER HAPPENED IN THE MOVIE- then there is the fact that IN THE BOOK the transfers were not MADE to burn their old factions clothes, then there is the part where Erik catches Tris sneaking back in after seeing Caleb- oh wait that ALSO never happened in the movie. Ok so now I'm at stage three, I didn't really have a problem with stage three other than Jeanine was not there watching the simulations. Then there is when the simulation is going on and Tris was caught, she was supposed to be drowned not shot you dumb fucks. And then when she got in to Dauntless, well to say the VERY least no Erudite was supposed to be controlling the simulation, it was only Tobias. Then there is the part where the skipped out on like 50 pages of ending. 

Overall if I hadn't read the book I would give the movie a 8 out of 10. But I did read the book so on the scale of 1-10( 1 being this was a book? and ten being omg they did this perfectly) I give Divergent a 6. 

In case you want to know the scale:
1-this was a book?
2-are you sure this is based off of ___?
3-this was a really bad movie but the book was awesome.
4-I guess this could pass for ____.
5-They just royally fucked up this ending.
6-This would be perfect if not for ___________.
7-Terrible choice for cast and I can't believe they took ____ out.
8-This was pretty damn good if not for the fact that THAT NEVER HAPPENED.
9-This was so accurate!
10-ITS LIKE WATCHING THE WORDS! THEY DID THIS PERFECTLY!

Spring Break 2014

Sooo, its spring break! YAY! lol. So far this spring break has actually been pretty crappy, but lets not get into that. Well I just wanted to let you all know about my plannnnns so that when I'm either late or completely gone for a few days its not like "OH NO!" Okay sooooo, today I am cleaning my house and doing online school, and later tonight I am going to watch Divergent with some friends(btw I will be posting a book to movie review almost directly after viewing the movie), and tomorrow I am doing some more online school and probably writing a couple chapters if I can, then Monday my bestfriend is coming down and we are hanging out with a group of friends at our local hangout spot, then tuesday she goes home and I go with her, I'll spend tuesday-friday with her than I leave for Martial Arts camp on Friday evening-FINALLY, I've only waited a year! And then when I get back from Taekwondo camp I go home sleep and wake up and go to school. So thats my week. lol I guess you could see some areas where I might not get to post. Wednesday for instance. I most liekley won't be posting my 'What's New Wednesday' onnnn Wednesday, also I probably won't be posting again till I get back from camp because I have no wifi or cell service in the woods-go figure. Oh yeah and just because I won't be here on Wednesday to tell you I got Frostbite-second book of vampire academy- on thursday, so I'll be reviewing that soon.

Okay well good typing to you. lol see what I did there? Yeah you saw. lololol sorry I'm bored. Anywayyyys have a good week guys, and if you-like me- are on spring break, MAKE GOOD CHOICES(don't date werewolves #insidejoke)

What's New Wednesday #7

Hey everybody, how's life? Lol like you ever respond. Anyyyyways, so basically whats new is that there is one more day of school before spring break, that guy thingy I had... well he now has a girl that is more than a thingy-but thats old news, also I have begun to write the rising action to "The Shadow War" so thats exciting. Well not much more is new other than my brother-in-law is back in town. So this was short but I don't really have anything else to say.

Oh! Me and some of my friends are going to see Divergent on friday. Which will definitely spark a section on books to movie. In future I will be reviewing Vampire Academy, Beautiful Creatures, Mortal Instruments, Hunger Games, and Divergent. So yeah, I hope that these will be good.

Allegiant (spoilers)

WARNING DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT READ DIVERGENT, INSURGENT, AND ESPECIALLY ALLEGIANT!!!!!! MASSIVE SPOILERS!!!!!!!

* also I spoil the coveinent series as well (sorry)
SERIOUSLY SPOILERS!


LAST CHANCE TO KEEP SCROLLING!!!!

Ok so I started reading Allegiant in december after I go tit as a christmas gift.... well its March. And I'm no slow reader. What happened was I was reading Allegiant and it already was pissing me off-freaking Tobias- when my friend-hate her- TOLD ME THE ENDING!  So knowing what was going to happen and being EXTREMELY displeased with the ending I shut the book, through it into my closet, and vowed to never finish nor open the book every again. And I didn't until I today. I got bored. And I was perfectly fine up until the freaking moment when Tris says "tell Tobias I didn't want to leave him". At that exact moment I realized this was the part when she dies and basically I broke down into a terrible fit of tears, calling out of name, makeup smearing, and yelling at my friend. Then when Tris actually didn't die-the way I thought she was going to I mean- well I stopped crying and was like "oh so she isn't going to die". Only to about ten sentences later when she gets shot repeatedly. Well I didn't resume my sobs then- Personally I felt Tris's death scene was very quick and utterly unemotional. I mean the only feel invoking part was she saw her mother but in actuality... she had been picturing her mother for a long while and to me it wasn't anything entirely tear jerking. But none the less I continued sobbing the second that Tobias found out, and well continued crying till the very end of the book. I usually would be upset that a character dies yes that is true BUT... when you kill off the protagonist who's point of view we have experienced for THREE BOOKS now well... I cannot forgive that. I feel like I have been stabbed repeatedly by Veronica Roth. She made me fall in love with Tris and not only did she make me go through an almost death AND an almost breakup but she made me go through my favorite characters death... TWICE!  Who does that!?!?!?!?!?!? I am very sorry because I love the divergent series but I have now come to HATE Veronica Roth for the decision she made, and as an aspiring author I acknowledge that it was ultimately the creative decision she chose and that I have no real input on the matter but SERIOUSLY?! ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?! This is almost as bad as the ending to the Covienent series. The only difference is the Jennifer Armentrout was even worse because she gave me SIX books, AND a real breakup, AND a turning evil, and then she made me go through and almost death on my TWO favorite characters and also made me go through a real death of like seven of my main sidecharacters, and the ultimate fuckery... made me go through the most feels in my life with a insanely emotion death sequence... TWICE!!!!!! Ok so that was my anger for the day.... just felt that I needed to express my anger and feels to you all.


Oh and if you get mad for something being spoiled... READ THE WARNINGS NEXT TIME!

What's New Wednesday #6

Hey peoples, so nothing extremely new has happened since last week. My school had a blackout today, and my best guy friend/ sort talking to/ drama well he got a girlfriend thing soooo..... well I have lots to write about. But anyways, I also have gotten absolutely no writing done in the past week because my lovely mother signed me up for ANOTHER online class and just because she loves me she made it an honors class in my worst subject! Go mom! Yeah its whatever though because i'm probably just being over dramatic about it. In addition my dog Mozart turned 14 today. He is a grey/black/white/brown 16 pound shitzu with a curly tail. I have had him since I was a baby and he was just a pup. So we made him little treats and well thats about it. Now I have just done another lesson in the wonderful new online class, geometry honors(Kill me now), and well logged onto here. I'm about to catch up on my shows,  then I am going to do the dishes, take a shower, and go to sleep! FINALLY!  I have had such a long week so far filled with rehearsal this and schoolwork that and well... you get the jist. And also I want to talk to the bestie at some point tonight. Me and Becca have some seriousssss planning to do. We have this taekwondo camp coming up and we have to start getting things in order! Its only 15 days away! AHHHH

Oh just a little heads up, I might not get to but, I am thinking about doing my random blogs on video instead of writing them. Tell me what you think before I make the change?

Dustin Lynch/Being in the friendzone

Okay so this really has nothing to do with writing, or books. But it does have something to do with me. Haha. So last-night I went to a Dustin Lynch concert with a group of friends and he sang this song called 'Middle of nowhere' which is about being in the friendzone. Well this song got my attention so bad because I have been friendzoned so many times and well....... I have also been the person to friendzone. I guess that its what every person deserves but if you really think about it... what is the friendzone? To me the friendzone is a special place people are placed when when they like someone or have been talking to someone and they are soon classified as 'just friends' for instance, one example of me being friendzoned was I was talking to this guy for like 3 months and when I finally was about to say that we should go on a date he was like "You know you're such a good friend, you've become like a sister to me" and that ladies and gentlemen would be known as 'Being Friendzoned'.  Another example of friendzoning is the type that is completely unknown. Say the rules of the previous situation were reversed. Say that guy was completely oblivious to the fact I liked him and basically was just stating our friendship... but he later finds out I liked him. See that is an accidental friendzone. And yes you could say "but if thats really how he felt then it wouldn't have made a difference if he knew or not" but be real people... you are ten times more likely to like someone AFTER you find out they like you then if you didn't know. So that is why it is accidental, because what if AFTER he accidentally friendzoned you he say "oh well I actually did like her" then you were just friendzoned for no real reason. Or what if afterwards he goes "wait she likes me? hmm do I like her?" because trust me, any oblivious guy does NOT know if they like you or not UNTIL they know if you like them, its a defense mechanism. Anyways the point to this all is that people do things sometimes that hurt other people, both intentionally and unintentionally, therefor we need to protect ourselves, so-for me- from now on i'm not letting myself be friendzoned. I will just come out and say how I feel and then if they don't feel the same way then that is that. Because in order to be put into the friendzone you have to need to be. And if I know flat out how they feel than there is no reason for me to be placed into the land of relization. So the next time you are thinking about putting someone in the friendzone, don't, just tell them flat out how you feel. Okay so this has been another random and mostly pointless blog by me. Have a good sunday everyone haha.

What's new Wednesday #5 (late)

Hey, sorry that this is late. I didn't get a chance to do much of anything on Wednesday other than homework and rehearsals, oh and I got a haircut but thats not really relevant. But anyways, it's currently Friday and I'm home alone listening to music from the musical Ragtime, and well... blogging. It's sad I know.... but hey... you're reading this so I guess i'm not alone. Haha Just kidding. No but really, my whole life has become school, rehearsals, and writing. and basically in that order. Although my actual amount of time writing has been short, a lot of people have been reading. My... well honestly I don't know what to call him but for now he is my best guy friend, well he started reading. He hasn't given me much feedback though because he works two jobs and is training for the olympics soooo.... yeah. Also, I have become more and more anxious as to the future. I was thinking about college and how I need to start deciding what I am going to do. Of course I want something to do with writing, duh, but when I say that most people automatically go to English. The truth is though.... there isn't much to do with a major in English. I know for sure I want to minor in theatrical arts but as for my major... well I haven't got a clue. I've thought about continuing on in journalism because I  will have done four years on the newspaper, and also been not only a staff writer but also a layout editor and editor in cheif. All in all.... I pretty much ran the newspaper.... not being cocky or anything. Haha anyways, I have been seriously considering e-mailing either Shana Galen or Tera Lynn Childs and asking their opinion... not that I expect to get a response but more so for the mental assurance that I am making some progress. God, I can't believe that it is March already.... I fell like just yesterday it was August and I was walking in to school, seeing my friends, meeting new people, and new teachers. I honestly think that this year has kind of sucked... but not because of any one act in particular but more so the small things that have added up. For instance.... I have gone through a lot of emotional stress... which lead to some things happening.... but I'm not here to talk about that. But on top of everything emotional there has been a lot of physical stuff as well. I feel like I am always tired now. I never wake up and jump out of bed and just go about my day. Each day that I wake up I have to force myself to do the simplest things. I force myself to actually put on clothes, like if it were professional and socially acceptable I would totally walk around in my minnie mouse pajamas, well I guess I would still have to put pants on... and a bra.... oh don't judge me. I feel that pants are just traps and so are bras. Of course I wear those things when I'm around other people but hey... when I'm sitting in my bed writing a new chapter... I want to feel comfortable. FYI I AM currently sitting on my couch and wearing both pants and a bra. Wow not only has this gone way off topic but it has also become very long. Okay I think I"ll wrap this up. Have a good week. I'll see... scratch that... I'll type you next wednesday... or sooner.