I've had some time on my hands and I believe I've used it quite wisely. It seems that in the past school year I haven't gotten to pick up a book and just read. I finally did that.
I found out about the "Vampire Academy" series from a YouTuber (who's channel is abookuptopia) named Sasha who raved about these books. However, I'm not a big fan of book series because of two reasons. One: I never finish a series... EVER. I have finished Harry Potter (because it's my favorite), the Hunger Games, Twilight and that's about it. Two: the author has a huge break between the first book and the next which means I either lose interest in the series or I forget. For example, Divergent was probably one of my most favorite books but the library never had a copy of the next book on hand (obviously because it was popualar). I simply moved on to different books, and then as time went along I realized I never finished the series and people ruined the end for me too. Another example is Delirium. I read this book for my high school summer reading project and again I fell in love with it but the school didn't have the second book they only had the third... So again, just another title for the "Books Taylor Has Never Finished list". Oh I need to add the Gone series to that too, but I just stopped reading because they started to become cannibals.
Another reason I don't read the other books is I feel like something is always going to end stupidly, so I'd rather just picture how the characters will end up.
I decided to give in to the powers of book series and try Richelle Mead's. I was pleasantly surprised on how strong the characters were. Rose isn't your stereotypical "Bella" vampire book character, not even close. She's strong and independent and Mead was able to capture me in series. I read Blood Promise, Spirit Bound and Last Sacrifice all this weekend. Keep in mind all three of these books are over 450 pages. There was something intruiging in each book that left me wanting more.
The only criticism I have is that the later books did become a little too long. I feel like everything became long winded and I did find myself skimming sections because I got the point.
Overall, I fell in love with this series and will now be in a book coma until I can find another book to engage me.
 |
| via www,richellemead.com |
~They've updated the covers from the picture above to more sleek and sophisticated covers but this was the picture from Mead's website.
Check out my social media:
Tumblr
Latest YouTube Video
No comments