5-star Series

over the years, as a bookworm, i've read many, many books.

so if i rec them, trust me on this. b/c after all these days (hey, if a book is good, i can polish it off in a day), they're still memorable.


                                           ...BLUE BLOODS...

































breakdown: Gossip Girl meets Vampire Dairies. Every moment is purely delish.

there is one word, and one word only that would do this book justice: suspense. suspense. suspense. the characters are mysterious, feelingsare hidden, true intentions never revealed

Synopsis: let me intro Schuyler van Alen, a rich girl in Manhattan--you know the drill--rich, old money, private school (catholic).

but what you didn't expect was adding vampires to the mix. and Schuyler isn't a blonde-goddess: she's goth. she isn't the captain of the cheerleading squad: she's an outcast w. long-time bud, Oliver.

but she falls in love with the golden pair's boy: Jack. but Jack & Mimi have been together since forever. the dawn of time. literally.even though they're brother & sisters in this life.

rave: there is nothing like this. de la Cruz's interpretation is simply breath-taking. it has the suspense of gossip girl, and the doomed vampire love from twilight. 

this is simply a new breed of vampire books.

i love the series because this is bigger then Jack & Shuyler's feelings for each other.


                                                     ...EVERNIGHT...

















quick rave: "romance+suspense with forbidden love = evernight"

synop: this gal, "Bianca, has just left the small town where she's spent her whole life. She's a new student at Evernight Academy, a creepily Gothic boarding school where her classmates are somehow too perfect: smart, sleek and almost predatory.

Then she meets Lucas, another loner, who seems fiercely determined not to be the "Evernight type." There's a connection between Bianca and Lucas that can't be denied. She would risk anything to be with him—but dark secrets are fated to tear them apart... and to make Bianca question everything she's ever believed to be true."

rave: i think that this book is special because of the suspense, suprizes, and unsuspecting turns the novel takes--there are just so many instances where you never saw it coming.

and it's not like any other shallow teen romance novel--it has depth--it's more than just a love story: it's a journey of self-discovery & hidden secrets.

claudia gray really puts the forbidden in forbidden love. the journeys they go on together--the lies, the blood--i devour these books.
                                                ...GENERATION DEAD... 


  













synopsis: Phoebe is your average goth gal. She was always a misfit, but she takes it a step further by befriending the "differently biotic". The differently biotic are teens that come back to life after death--it is an unexplained phenomena that has scientists puzzled, people scared, suspicious, families ripped apart again, parents refusing to love their "differently biotic" kids...

Enter Tommy Williams, a differently biotic boy at Oakvalle High, who takes the lead for the differently biotic community, giving them a voice, asking for the world's attention when he joins the football team to prove that differently biotic should be given equal opportunity.

Twist: Phoebe's best-friend since forever and next-door neighbor, Adam crushes on Phoebe. Adam is your all-American boy: football player, handsome, next-door kinda guy that doesn't have the guts to tell Phoebe his feelings.

People don't have answers, parents don't have the love, and the law doesn't know how to deal with them--are they citizens? Do they have rights? What happens when they're accused of murder sprees in Oakvalle? What happens when Tommy joins the football team? What will Phoebe do if Adam dies trying to save her?

rave: readers come in looking for a teen romance--but they get so much more. because this is more than that.

call me a nerd, but what i like about this book is the real-ness of it all:

i can see so many paralells to the KKK, anti-semites, racists--it's about haters that hate on others--it's about organized violence, terrorism, and equality.

you can see a MLK persona in Tommy.
you can see the all-american boy in Adam.
you can see the average jane in Phoebe.


                                                                             ...SHIVER...

















synopsis: Grace, your average teenage gal in Mercy Falls, has observed the pack of wolves in the woods behind her house for a long time. They've been there since her earliest memories, but one wolf sticks: her yellow-eyed wolf. And one summer, she meets Sam, a boy with the same mysterious yellow eyes as her wolf. Can it be? Who is this boy?

rave: I think that this series is ok... well, it's been SUCH a long time since i read the first book (Shiver), so i guess my feelings on it is based off of the second book, which i just devoured yesterday in a couple hours.

I don't think that the second book (linger) was well-written all the way through. don't mistake me, there were huge chunks of the book that i ABSOLUTELY LOVED, such as the addition of Cole, his point of view with Isabel's... but i do have to say that her constantly switching point of views shredded my nerves in the beginning. I wanted to get down to business, and details (important details from the first book) were fuzzy, so I couldn't really connect to Sam's yearning in the second book.

                                                           ...VAMPIRE DIARIES...



 













i really like the books. the TV show... not so much. i didn't really give it a chance, i admit, but i don't like other people's interpretation. I like to keep Elena's face true to what I think she looks like, not how the actress looks b/c no such person that matches the book's description exists.

synopsis: Stefan comes to the little town of Fell's Church and falls in love with Elena, the golden girl: blonde, popular, but most of all, pretty. But when Stefan refuses to even glance her way, much less fall helplessly in love with her, Elena is determined to win his heart. Onto the scene comes Damon, Stefan's older, more powerful brother, who has set his sights on Elena. Unlike Stefan, Damon will do whatever it takes to make her his queen of darkness. Will Stefan rise up to the challenge?

rave: i think that the series is just delicious. it's perfect for a TV show/motion-picture, but i hate it.

this is just a classic, well-written forbidden romance between a vampire and a human that over come so many obsticles just to be together: the third wheel, dark influences, demons, vampires.

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TWILIGHT!

y'all know what this is gonna be about, so i won't really other. i know thousands of ppl would disagree with me, and i shouldn't say this, but i am a team Edward fan, and also a team Taylor.

the book + the movie are two different entities.

one: the book rocks.
two: the movie sucks.
three: robert pattison is... not worth a second look
four: taylor lautner on the other hand...

so you see?
but the books are worth waaaaay more than the movies.

my fave book in the series: the last one, breaking dawn (pic) & eclipse.