Vampire Academy Movie

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I think I've come to realize that I don't like movies that are made from long series of books. If it's a solo book, like Perks Of Being A Wallflower, which is a great movie BTW, I think there's less to focus on and less pressure to create a franchise.

I knew years ago that Richelle Mead had sold the rights to her book for a movie and a company was going to produce it. But I hadn't heard much about it so I forgot for over a year until about a week ago. I got to see who was playing all the characters and....I was severely disappointed.

I don't know why Hollywood insists on screwing up book series (and I wish more authors were vocal about it).

Rose is supposed to be half Turkish and have tan skin and dark brown eyes. She's supposed to be curvy. And here we have Zoey Deutch.

Don't get me wrong, she's beautiful. But she's not who I pictured for Rose, at all.

I'm a bit happier with the pick for Dmitri, Danila Kozlovsky. I hope he looks good with long hair!

And, of course, there's Lucy Fry as Lissa. I think they could make her look more thin and pale!

But the character who I think looks most like who I pictured, is Victor. He'll be played by Gabriel Byrne. He has that creepy but good-feature thing going on!

And who can forget Mason! He'll be played by the amazing Cameron Monaghan, from one of my favorite TV shows--Shameless.

I would never, as an author, sign away rights to the movie unless I was involved int he script and the casting.

And one last thing, I like that instead of just plain old Vampire Academy, the movie title will be Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters!

Song Stuck In My Head Saturday (21)

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This is one of my memes that I'm bringing back on my blog! We all always have that one song we hear on the radio or we listen to on our iPods that just can't get out of our heads--whether we like the song or not.

It's been almost 2 weeks since Warped Tour and months since I purchased Sempiternal by Bring Me The Horizon. They are on eof my favorite bands but I know they're an acquired taste if you're not used to metalcore.

It's hard to pick one song because the whole album is amazing and I find many of them in my head throughout the day!!! But Empire is one of my favorites! Listen from Spotify:

It's also on YouTube for free streaming FYI.

My Golden Comfort

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For as long as I can remember, I have always been watching Golden Girls.

I can remember every network it's ever been on the times they showed it. Nowadays, it's on the Hallmark Channel every night from 12-2 am and every morning 8-10 am. And this summer TvLand picked it up and it plays at different times every day. It's a dream come true!!

Oh, and I own all the seasons on DVD...

If Golden Girls isn't making me feel better when I'm in a bad mood or down in the dumps, then everyone knows there's something wrong.

When I moved into my dorm last year, my first roommate (who I had never met) bought me a mini poster at the bookstore's poster sale the first week of classes. For my birthday in April, my hall's CA (Community Assistant) wrote a 'Happy Birthday' sign like she did for everyone and she referenced the Golden Girls.

You know how each person is known for something? Well my thing is watching the Golden Girls every night.

Fever by Lauren DeStefano Review

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From Goodreads: Rhine and Gabriel have escaped the mansion, but danger is never far behind.

Running away brings Rhine and Gabriel right into a trap, in the form of a twisted carnival whose ringmistress keeps watch over a menagerie of girls. Just as Rhine uncovers what plans await her, her fortune turns again. With Gabriel at her side, Rhine travels through an environment as grim as the one she left a year ago - surroundings that mirror her own feelings of fear and hopelessness.

The two are determined to get to Manhattan, to relative safety with Rhine’s twin brother, Rowan. But the road there is long and perilous - and in a world where young women only live to age twenty and young men die at twenty-five, time is precious. Worse still, they can’t seem to elude Rhine’s father-in-law, Vaughn, who is determined to bring Rhine back to the mansion...by any means necessary.

In the sequel to Lauren DeStefano’s harrowing Wither, Rhine must decide if freedom is worth the price - now that she has more to lose than ever.


Rating: 5/5

Plot: 5/5

Characters: 5/5

Ending: 5/5

Rhine and Gabriel have left the mansion and instead of finding the freedom they wanted, much to my disappointment but not shock, they get caught up in another new-world scheme: a "carnival". Madame, a first generation who is an addict and most often fakes a light French-German accent, runs a prostitution ring in a desolate area. All she cares for is money and when Gabriel is saved by Rhine's beauty and ability to gain some of Madame's trust. Rhine, once again, must blend in with her environment in order to escape and get to Manhattan.

Fever was as exciting and rich as Wither and I really enjoyed the new storyline. A lot more information was found out, secrets revealed, and depth was added to the story when I thought it was already perfect.Everything was planned perfectly and I didn't have many qualms about this book. It all seemed to fit together and was believable (for their world anyway). There was so much story packed into this book I thought it could have been 2 books!

I need to get my hands on the next book ASAP!

**SPOILERS**

The one thing I had a minor issue with the past two books of the series was the pro-naturalists. I don't get how anyone would not want to try to find a cure. I feel like, in Wither, a lot of history was condensed and I wish the reader could know more about the history and the first generations.

I always get the feeling that all first generations are creepy. Especially when Rhine, Gabriel, and Maddie stay overnight at the restaurant they find. It seems like they're all corrupted because of the death of their children and the seemingly end of their world.

I loved that Gabriel opened up more and become more dimensional. He and Rhine faced reality and this story definitely wasn't as cushy as the Florida mansion. Even Rhine is learning more about herself and seeing the faults in Rowan and the world; except that she can't accept the fact that she will die at age 20.

Although I was at first disappointed that we weren't clued in more with how Rhine's eyes are so special and what she has to do with a cure, I did come to realize that that wasn't the sole focus of the story and the next book, the last one, should explain everything. I hope Rhine finds her brother early on because there's going to be  a lot going on: finding Rowan, learning about her eyes and her parents, getting back to Gabriel. It's going to be intense but I trust Lauren DeStefano to end this series well.