Blood Promise Review

3/5 ☆☆☆

This book may not have been as exciting as the first three books,
but it was definitely important
because we get to see some serious
 character development on Rose's part.

Yes she is still the same old Rose
Sarcastic
stubborn
and
bad ass,
but we see a lot of maturity is some of the things she does.

Unlike when we first met her,
she no longer believe she can take on the world on her own. 

She knows that there are much stronger, bigger, and badder things out there then her.
she understands the importance of working with others and she
also learns a few more things about her world.

She takes things in and access the situation she is in before making her moves
and that is something she teaches a bunch of rogue Dhampir's she meets while in Russia
.
She is no longer by Lissa's side and although it is a strain on both of them this alone time
helps the girls to grow and deal with issues they so dearly need to handle.

For rose it's her resentment towards Lissa
 Not being able to be with who she wanted to be with,
 not being able to live her own life,
 and always having to put Lissa's needs and safety before her own.

All of these things make it hard for Rose to be around Lissa especially now that the love of her life is,

for all intents and purposes, dead.

Now we all know
- from reading the previous book -
 that the main reason for Rose leaving the academy is so that she can keep her promise

and not let Dimitri live his life as a strigoi.

And although she has learned a lot since coming back to the academy
and taking out a few strigoi of her own
 this promise might be one that she
 can not keep, and if she is not careful she might end up facing and fate worse than death.

xoxoxo
Natasha Blaxk

The Fault In Our Stars Review

5/5 ☆☆☆☆☆

Emotionally damaged.

I have been I have been utterly and irreversibly damaged emotionally by John Green 

and the characters of this absolutely wonderful novel.

but seriously

I do not care what you think you know about love or

 if you think that Bella and Edward had an amazing love story or

 even if you think that the story of Romeo and Juliet was a tragedy

because if you do then you are a fool.

Sorry but that is the truth. 

Hazel Grace is a sixteen year old girl who just happens to have cancer 

and although she's been given this miracle - the miracle being that the test drug that has been 

given to her has hardly worked on anyone, yet for some reason worked on her 

now extending her life by ... oohhh I don't know, but still longer than it would have been while she was lying on her death bed drowning from the liquid filling her lungs- she is still what she calls herself a grenade. 

Any day could be her last and thus she distance herself from others in hopes of lessening the damage 

she will create when her time comes. She keeps to herself, mostly, and her best friend is An Imperial Affliction - her favorite book.

That is until she meets Augustus Waters, a seventeen year old cancer survivor,

 at one of her support group meetings. 

Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters develop this beautiful relationship and together they 

embark on an amazing journey through this fantastic roller-coaster ride called life along with all of it's 

side affects.

xoxoxo

Natasha Blaxk 

Possession Review

4/5☆☆☆☆

Once again we find ourselves in a controlled society where not everything is as it appears.

We have goodies who aren't really good,

Baddies who really aren't that bad,

Thinkers who can get into or control people's mind,

Creepy robots, and

A rebellion on the rise.

Walking with a boy 

Out past curfew

Wearing contraband

Not plugging in to her transmission at night

and Cutting and dying her hair

Yeah Vi has always been a rule breaker

A free thinker

You'd think that would be a good thing right?
(Being a free thinker I mean, not a rule breaker.)

Not in the City of Water.

Violet has gotten up to seven offenses.

It's off to prison for Vi after being spotted past curfew with a boy-
 even if he is her match or that Zenn is as good as they come. 

While in prison she meets Jag. 

A baddie.
 Probably the worse kind with his tanned skin and jet black hair.
You can tell, just by looking at him that he's a rule breaker.

At first Violet could not stand Jag
but soon they learn to depend on one another
and develop a close bond. 

They have to stay together to survive

But can she really trust a baddie?  

With all the lies, half truths, spies and betrayal
it's a wonder she can trust her self.

***

I loved this story
but damn 

Goodies

Badies

Thinkers

Come on! There could have at least been a little more creativity with the names here.

Oh well what's done is done.

The main reason why I love this book is because
Violent is a very strong  free thinking individual.
She refuses to be controlled and put into a category.

She's presented with many choices:

duty or death

Zenn or Jag

Left or right 

control or don't control

alone or together

But it seems to me that Violet is always fighting for a third option
 because she understands that not everything is either good or bad.
Somethings just don't fit in either category.

I also love how Jag isn't one of those guys who hides behind a mask - at least when it comes to Vi.
 The fact that he cries in front of her or let's her see when he's vulnerable has got to be the sweetest thing ever. Even if he is supposed to be this big bad ...Badie?

xoxoxo
Natasha Blaxk

Devour Review

4/5☆☆☆☆

We all know what happens when an immortal being and a human fall in love.

All hell breaks lose!

Eli is a devour. 

His kind feeds off of the negative emotions that humans feel.

They force them in to a reverie and well mostly scare the living poo out of them

so that they can feed.

 They think highly of themselves and believe themselves to be the superior race over all species.

Although it is his nature to be -what he considers - evil, he fights it. 

For years he has fought his nature yearning to be human, 

refusing to force fear or lust (or any negative emotions) onto people, he feeds on  whatever emotion someone may be feeling as he passes by. 

Of course for someone of his kind that is an impossible way to live

and he suffers dearly for it. 

Until he meets Clara.

For some reason Clara is different to him. 

He can feel positive emotions from her, something that he has never felt before. 

He grow an attachment towards her,but as they grow closer and their bond grows stronger trouble finds it's way toward them.

The devourer counsel is after them now -thanks to a jealous and vindictive devourer named Angelina- Eli because he is a traitor to his kind and Clara... well, because she is simply human.

***

Shelly Crane is beyond amazing. 

She is one of my favorite authors and if you've read and enjoyed her Significance series you will definitely love this series as well. 

What is there not to love?

Perfect title

Gorgeous book cover 

Amazing book boyfriend

Incredible story

Talented author 

Danger

Action

Romance

*inhales*

I could go on  forever 

but you should really be reading the first page of this book  right now sooo

 chop,chop!

xoxoxo

Natasha Blaxk

The First days (as the world dies) Review

5/5  ☆☆☆☆☆

Another amazing Zombie Book !

The First Days is the first book in the As the world dies trilogy.

 Here we have Katie and Jenni - two women thrown together in this new world of death and mayhem.

Jenni watched her abusive husband eat her children 

and stood in horror as she watched them both die and came back to life.

 No, not life.

 Whatever they were they weren't living.

 They were vicious creatures with an intense hunger for human flesh and their main course was their own mother and wife. 

Katie was attacked on her way to work by a man who had his guts hanging out, but the real trauma for her was when she fled home only to witness that her beautiful wife had turned and was savagely attacking their mailman. 

Together these two completely different women develop a strong bond.

They do everything  they can to survive in this new world and soon find out that although they would do anything to have their old lives back, where everyone they love is still alive, they were

Made for this world.

 Jenni is pretty great with a rifle and a bit trigger happy. 

Katie too seems to have adapted to this new world doing all that she can to survive and protect her new home, and yea she's also handy with a gun. 

In this story you'll meet a bunch of characters each with different personalities and each struggling in their own way to over come the losses they have all suffered.

Together our survivors learn to accept new friendship, love, tragedy, and all the complications that comes along with the end of the world.

     

***

Yes! Slow clap it out for Rhiannon Frater pleeease. 

This book is fan-freaking-tabulous!

Seriously there is no way this book could disappoint you. 

I mean I waaassss hoping for a three way romance between - 

well you'll see when you read it .

xoxoxo

Natasha Blaxk

          

xoxoxo

-Natasha Blaxk

I was asked if I remember the first time I cried because of a book/character.

I was asked if I remember the first time I cried because of a book/character. 

*Sigh*

If you must know...

*sniff*

...I..

*sniff*

..I..do remember

*wipes away tear*

Tara Brown's

The Born trilogy 

was the first to make me cry and I have been crying ever since.

Just thinking about the last book 

and my OTP has me like

TARA BROWN YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT! 

HOW COULD YOU!?

UM ... So ... yeah

So.. I'm going to go cry

xoxoxo

-Natasha Blaxk

Dorothy Must Die Review

5/5 ☆☆☆☆☆

Dorothy Must Die 

is a book that everyone must read.

Danielle Paige is an incredible author. 

I could think of a million ways this story could have been 

ruined, but Danielle Paige did a remarkable job. 

This book has made it's way up the ladder and landed a spot as one of my favorite books.

I have read many books, but this is the one that I will be taking about to my friends 

and family a month from now.

Our heroine, Amy Gumm, starts off as a non-violent and lonely 

teenager with only sarcasm as her weapon against the schools biggest bully

but after being dropped in Oz 

and being trained by the revolutionary order of the wicked

she begins to show some major 

character development.

Amy Gumm is Oz's last hope against Dorothy 

and her vicious friends.

 Glinda "the good witch", The Tin Woodsman, The Scarecrow, and The Lion

are stealing the magic from Oz and are terrorizing it's citizens.

Amy has everything she needs to defeat Dorothy:

Brains

Courage

Skills

and

Magic

but in this new Oz is there really anyone 

that she can trust? 

The Order?

Nox?

 The Wizard?

Is killing Dorothy the only way to save Oz?

and most importantly,

in a world where the meaning of the words Good and Wicked

are not what they should be,  

what kind of witch is will Amy Gumm become?

Is she Good or is she Wicked?

Find out what happens to Dorothy 

in this retelling of Oz 

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Original Summary

I didn't ask for any of this.

I didn't ask to be some kind of hero.

But when your whole life gets by a tornado-taking you with it- you have no choice but to go along, you know?

Sure, I've read the books.

I've seen the movies.

I know the song about the rainbow and the happy little blue birds.

But I've never expected Oz to look like this. 

To be a place where Good Witches can't be trusted, and winged monkeys can be executed for acts of rebellion.

There's still the yellow brick road, though-but even that's crumbling.

What happened?

Dorothy.

They say she found a way to come back to Oz.

They say she seized power and the power went to her head.

And now no one is safe.

My name is Amy Gumm- and I'm the other girl from Kansas.

I've been recruited by the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked.

I've been trained to fight.

And I have a mission:

Remove the Tin Woodsman's heart

Steal the Scarecrow's brain

Take the Lion's courage

Then and Only then- Dorothy must die!

xoxoxo

-Natasha Blaxk

CURRENTLY READING: Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige 

xoxoxo

-Natasha Blaxk