Mortal Enchantment by Stacey O'Neale | Review

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Mortal Enchantment by Stacey O'Neale

It took me a long time to get around to reading this gem but when I did finally start reading it I couldn't stop. I'm looking forward to reading the next book in the series.

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Author: Stacey O'Neale

Title: Mortal Enchantment

Publication: May 20th, 2014 by Phoenix Reign Publishing

Format: Paperback, 230 pages

Source: won in a Goodreads giveaway

Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Fiction, Young Adult

Rating: ★★★★★

Synopsis:

In Kalin Matthew's world, elementals control the forces of nature. They are divided into four courts: air, woodland, fire, and water. At sixteen she will leave the life she's built with her mortal mother. Kalin will move to Avalon to rule with her father—the elemental king of the air court. Along the way, she's attacked by a fire court assassin and saved by Rowan, a swoon-worthy elemental with a questionable past. 
Worst of all, she learns her father is missing.
To rescue him, Kalin will have to work with a judgmental council and a system of courts too busy accusing each other of deceit to actually be able to help her. But, they aren’t her biggest challenge. With the Midwinter’s Ball only five days away, Kalin must take over her father’s duties, which includes shifting control of the elements—power Kalin has yet to realize.
As Rowan attempts to train her, a war looms between the four courts. If Kalin fails, her father will die and the courts will fall, but the betrayal she’s about to uncover may cost her even more... 

Thoughts:

I loved this book.
I had a hard time finding time to read this book but, once I got to it I couldn't stop and just wanted to finish it. I wanted to know what would happen to Kalin and Rowan and if King Taron was okay. I was glad I read this book. It did not fail me.

I loved the scene were Rowan was teaching Kalin how to control her powers by the beach. That was too cute. I loved how I could see it in my head when Ariel did Kalin's makeovers. I loved how Kalin would deny that she was obviously looking at Rowan. I know what that's like.

I think most of all I liked the world. Avalon is such an intricate world filled with different being and places. I wished the book had a map like some other fantasy books have. It would have been nice to see where each kingdom was and stuff.

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The Shadow Prince by Stacey O'Neale | Review

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The Shadow Prince by Stacey O'Neale

I finally got time in between classes to read The Shadow Prince and by the time I finished reading it, I was left wanting more.

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Author: Stacey O'Neale

Title: The Shadow Prince

Publication: March 25th, 2014 by Phoenix Reign Publishing

Format: Paperback, 110 pages

Source: won it on a Goodreads giveaway

Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Fiction, Young Adult

Rating: ★★★★

Synopsis:

Every sacrifice has consequences. 
Sixteen-year-old Rowan has spent most of his life living among the mortals-learning to control the element of fire, impatiently awaiting the day his vengeful mother, Queen Prisma, will abdicate her throne. When he finally returns to Avalon for his coronation, his mother insists he must first prove his loyalty to the court by completing a secret mission: 
Kill Kalin, the half-human, half-elemental daughter of the air court king. 
Willing to do anything to remove his mother from power, he agrees to sacrifice the halfling. He returns to the mortal world with his best friend, Marcus, determined to kill the princess. But as he devises a plan, he starts to question whether or not he's capable of completing such a heinous task. And what price he will pay if he refuses? 

Thoughts:

To speak truthfully -which I always do- I really enjoyed reading The Shadow Prince. Rowan was such a good character and I loved him. I loved how he was a good friend even with the circumstances.I loved how he fell for Kalin. I loved how he knew that even though he had to do a dark thing he still found a way to make it right.

The action was thrilling and the characters were very interesting. They made me want to know more about them. I hope there's more Rowan & Kalin in the next one.

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Landline by Rainbow Rowell | Book Review

Landline by Rainbow Rowell

I remembered just now that I forgot to review Landline. 

One word I have for this book is: wondrous.

Vacancy by Jen Lee and Lost Property by Andy Poyiadgi | Book Review

Lost Property & Vacancy

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Updated: April 12, 2016

Nobrow a publishing company that creates mainly comics and graphic novels have been so gracious and sent me two really awesome comics that were absolutely well received and loved by me.

They have a bunch of really cool artist doing really cool things so I totally recommend you give them a visit.

The ones I got are Vacancy by Jen Lee and Lost Property by Andy Poyiadgi and I can honestly say that when I got them in the mail I was extremely excited to see them. I guess its the cuteness of short story through art. Though I did love them more when I finished reading them. I gave them both five out of five in Goodreads and here in this review.

Follow the artists on Twitter. They're really cool people.

@repoghost & @ajpoyiadgi

Also their sites.

Jen Lee & Andy Poyiadgi

Title: Vacancy

Author: Jen Lee

Publication: June 2nd, 2015 by Nobrow

Format: Paperback, 24 pages

Source: Nobrow

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novel, Fantasy

Rating: ★★★★★

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Synopsis:

In a disheveled and ransacked backyard, a dog named Simon has been forgotten by his owners. Simon breaks free and partners with a raccoon and a deer who take him into the woods. But Simon realizes he is not quite ready to live in the wild. And in the abandoned areas of the town strange things begin to happen. . . .
Vacancy explores the ways that animals think; how they internalize their changing environment and express their thoughts, fears, or excitement.

Thoughts:
These are 24 paged comics so the chance they get to make a good story is limited but Jen managed to create a story that I still remember.

For me, Vacancy was like a weird dystopian dream.
Like it's about this dog that can speak and walk on his two hind legs and wear clothes basically he's a human-like dog. and he is stuck in his backyard with nothing to do but look through a hole in his fence into the woods. That's when he meets a raccoon and a deer who take him along with him and they become friends. It was so interesting how all the animals became more human and the humans disappeared so it makes you think that this is what happened after something big and the people either went away or dies. Its a really interesting story for me and I really liked it, I can't say that enough.

Holding a comic in my hands after so many years reminded me of my love of art and how I used to draw almost every day of my life until I stopped. And having grown up around it. As my father left his paintings on our living room walls and my brother loved anime and manga and what he drew.

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Title: Lost Property

Author:  Andy Poyiadgi 

Publication: April 21st, 2015 by Nobrow

Format: Paperback, 24 pages

Source: Nobrow

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novel, Mystery

Rating: ★★★★★
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Synopsis:

Gerald is just your regular everyday mailman. One day, having lost a precious and personal item, he visits his local lost and found. There he finds far more than he bargained for, because in this "self storage", each and every one of Gerald’s lost possessions has been kept and contained.

Thoughts:
This comic is about a mailman who discovers that there is a lost and found place where all the things inside used to belong to him. That they were his lost things.
I love how he really didn't freak out that this store had all the things he had lost since he was a kid but instead chose to do the first thing that came to his mind and something he used to love to do created works of art.
Truly a really cool story.

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