Book Review: Reawakened: A Once Upon a Time Tale by Odette Beane

Reawakened by Odette Beane
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Reawakened is basically a summary of season one of Once Upon a Time, and reading and remembering what happened in season one was a joy and a delight to read. You read about Regina being all sneaky and trying to keep Emma away from Henry, being a Karen and the Mayor the whole time you’re reading it, Mr. Gold being sneaky, Henry doing “Operation Cobra” to get Emma to believe the stories...like you see the growth in Emma in the book and the show and finding out where she came from and how she became an orphan till what she is today.

I have to say, the more I read this book, the more I felt like Regina was acting like a Karen when it came to Henry, and it completely went over my head, but honestly, as I read it, the more I just said it: Regina was acting like a damn Karen whenever Emma was around Henry. But I can see how fiercely protective Regina and Emma was to Henry and how the both of them want whats right for Henry.

And Mary Margaret and David Nolan...oooof their relationship in the beginning. Oof, oof, oof. It was almost painful to read, but I’m glad that I saw how that relationship turned out, through them getting their memories back and her calling out “My prince!” when she saw him after thinking of her name made me smile, because honestly, I thought they weren’t gonna get together, but I’m glad they did at the end.

Four out of five stars for me, truly enjoyed this book.

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Book Review: World of Warcraft: Stormrage by Richard A. Knaak

Stormrage by Richard A. Knaak
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Picture this: you have been dreaming in the Emerald Dream for a long time. One day, while you were in the Emerald Dream, you become a prisoner to the Nightmare Lord and everyday you’re being tortured by false memories by the Nightmare Lord. Your partner on the outside of the Emerald Dream wants to save you desperately, and they ask the Druids of your circle to help them save you and also save your world of Azeroth. Alongside an orc with a magical ax who wants your head on a spike and a human with odd powers, these are the heroes that will save you and help you stop the Nightmare Lord from killing your family and friends. This is basically the premise of Stormrage, which is the story of Malfurion Stomrage and Tyrande Whisperwind, fighting side by side so they can stop the Nightmare Lord from taking over Azeroth for good.

This was a really good book, I must say, BUT...did this book stress me out or did it stress me out?? Like...parts of this book just stressed me out that I had to sit the book down and gather my thoughts. I’m happy to see people like Varian Wrynn, Shandris Feathermoon, Alexstrasza, Ysera, Thrall, hell, even Sylvanas. But I have to say, I don’t think I’ll ever survive the Nightmare Lord. Nope, can’t survive him. I want to curl up in bed somewhere in my little home in Teldrassil and never, ever wake again...though if I do that, I’ll be caught up in the thrall of the Nightmare Lord and show me my greatest nightmare. But the more I read this book and see how Malfurion devised a plan to basically bring together people to help him escape the Nightmare Lord and then defeat him with the help of nearly everyone in Azeroth, the more I...actually...started...to...like...him. Shockingly. Because I really didn’t like him that much in the beginning, but the more I read, the more I started to actually like this man. Because he basically outsmarted the Nightmare Lord and brought a war to the Nightmare Lord and won, even though it took a lot out of him.

The side stories were actually pretty fun too. My favorite would have to be Broll Bearmantle and the Circle of Druids. He was actually one of my favorites out of the book, mostly because he was true to himself and knew that Fandral was acting quite sus. He had a friend, Hamuul Runetotem, a tauren druid, help him figure out what the heck was going on with Fandral..only to find out that he was working with the Nightmare Lord, and is taking to a evil spirit of his son, who died a long time ago. Sadly Malfurion had to face him in a fight, but he’s dead and gone now (or he’s completely knocked out) but other than that I liked Broll’s part in the battle with the Nightmare Lord.

But the part that stressed me out the most was Ysera’s part in it. She was CAUGHT by the Nightmare Lord himself, taking out the Eye of Ysera and I got worried for her. I thought Ysera was dead and we’ll never see her again, but then we see she’s in a golden dome, her power being used to fuel the Nightmare Lord’s power. I had to put the book down after that so I won’t read it for a moment, then I picked it up and finished reading it, and I found myself loving this book, even though some parts of it made me want to never go to sleep again, but then realize I can fight this thing no matter what. I gave this book a four out of five stars because of the stress I had while reading this book, and also because Tyrande just...got on my last damn nerves trying to be Miss Superwoman when she could just sit down and let other people help.

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Book Review: The Legacy (Legend of Drizzt #7) by R.A. Salvatore

The Legacy by R.A. Salvatore
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Hello, and welcome to This book broke me in a million ways, lemme tell you how because OH MY GOOD LORD THIS BOOK. This book right here broke me in a million ways. Well for one, the whole entire thing happened in Mithral Hall/near the Underdark. Secondly, I didn’t like the way Wulfgar went out the way he did, thirdly, I would like to throw Artemis Entreri, along with Dio Brando, STRAIGHT TO FLORIDA WHERE THEY BELONG. Because honestly, WHAT THE HELL MAN.

So first off, let’s start off in the beginning. Vierna, Drizzt’s sister (yes, the nice, kind sister) had came to Jarlaxle (that, turns out, I really like) and told him and her other brother, Dinin (yeah, him. He’s still alive. Shocking) that she’s going to bring House Do’Urden back to power, back in the Lloth’s good graces. How, you might ask? BY GETTING MY BABY BOY, MY HUSBAND, DRIZZT DO’URDEN, AND SACRIFICING HIM. So Vierna comes up with a plan, somehow roping Entreri into this so he can get into a fight with Drizzt, and also turn Dinin into a drider. THAT’S RIGHT, SHE TURNED HER OWN BROTHER INTO A GODDAMNED DRIDER.

On the other side of the world, Wulfgar and Cattie-Brie are about to get married (hooray!) and Brueor couldn’t be happier. All except...Artemis, using the mask Drizzt used to get into Calimport, pretended to be Regis and planted some not-true memories thanks to the ruby pendant that Regis always had. He planted in Wulfgar’s head that yes, Drizzt and Cattie-Brie did meet, but...they also kissed?! The eff? And that made Drizzt and Wulfgar get into a fight for NO DAMN REASON, but at least they laughed about it. So everything was going well until they went to the Underdark and fell into a trap set up by Vierna and Artemis, and Drizzt got caught. I mean, it was one painful reunion because of Vierna slapping Drizzt and bringing up Zaknafein to hurt him (and it did).

Then Drizzt and Enteri got into a fight but they didn’t get to a conclusion, and the last fight of theirs happen on the edge of the mountain thing I believe, and Artemis fell to his “death” like I wanted, but the fool is alive, and Wulfgar didn’t make it. Thanks to a yochol eating him after he stepped in and tried to save Cattie-Brie, who nearly got eaten.

I hated the way Wulfgar had to go. I really didn’t want him to go out the way he did, and I feel like we won’t see him again in the books, though I feel like we will. But the way he went-inside the yochol’s mouth-I hated it. And Drizzt making a vow to only raise his swords in defense and had to kill if he had to, all because he broke a vow to himself that he will never kill his kind ever again. That little passage made me pause a bit and I’m kinda glad he made that vow to himself, because that shocked the hell out of me, like I was stunned about it, so very stunned.

But Vierna dying the way she did because she wanted to sacrifice Drizzt, being a power-hungry bitch, hurts, but sometimes you have to tell the people in your family bye, throw up the deuces and go live your life. I honestly liked Vierna, but then she got her powers back and tried to get Drizzt, but failed in the end.

Speaking of the end...MATRON BAENRE. THAT TWO THOUSAND YEAR OLD DARK ELF THAT SHOULD BE DEAD, BUT OH NO, SHE’S ALIVE. And she has the tooth of one Gandalug Battlehammer, AND HIS SPIRIT. Like...WHAT THE FUCKETY FUCK MY DUDE. I enjoyed all of the action, but the book broke the hell out of me and I’m sad about Wulfgar and want to send Enteri STRAIGHT TO FLORIDA WITH DIO.

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Book Review: JoJo's Bizarre Adventures-Part One: Phantom Blood by Hirohiko Arashi

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 1—Phantom Blood, Vol. 1 by Hirohiko Araki
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

For the longest time, I have sworn to my friends that I will never, in a million, gazillion years, that I will watch the show. In fact, I said that I hate this show with a passion...until someone told me to read the manga, to see if I like it better. So I did-after I got my vaccine, I went to Barnes and Nobles and got it. Now that I have read it...I have to say, this book is a 3.5 out of stars for me-mostly because of Dio.

Dio pretty much ruined the book for me for many reasons. He has done so much terrible shit to everyone around him-and for what? Because he's plain evil, money hungry (yes I said it, money fucking hungry, fight me) and he made Jonathan Joestar's life a living hell. I mean, this man has done so much shit throughout the book, that when it came to Jonathan's father, he poisoned him the same way he poisoned his own father. But thank god for Jonathan who found the guy and found the antidote to save his own father, even though Dio ruins his whole life because Joanthan was a sweet and kind boy.

Now here's the shocking part: I was honestly worried and sad for Jonathan Joestar. He didn't deserve what Dio did to him-all he was was a nice young man, living in a nice house with his father, had a dog that loved him back, and then here comes someone who hates you for no reason, wants to make you an outcast FOR NO REASON, and wants to make you have no friends, no girlfriends, no nothing because to them, you are beneath this person. But at LEAST Jonathan rose up from all of that and continued to do what he was supposed to do, amid all the bullshit Dio put him through.

I will be continuing to read the manga because it's actually a really good story, but I just want to kill Dio in his sleep or send him to Florida so he can fight the legendary stand....FLORIDIA MAN (joke from my friend because I was contemplating how to kill Dio.)

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Book Review: Descendant of the Crane by Joan He

Descendant of the Crane by Joan He
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Descendant of the Crane by Mrs. Joan He is, without a doubt, a ten out of five stars. This book made me feel things for the characters, made me worry about some of them, and it also made me shocked at the same thing. This book is written so well that I can see myself reading this book over and over again. It’s that damned good and I wish there was second book in this series, because I want to know what happens to Yan after she leaves.

This book is about a princess named Haseina who learned that her father just died by some unnatural causes, and she goes through this journey to find out who killed her father and put the killer to justice. She uses the soothsayers to help her, but in the end it backfired on her because of her dumbass brother. But she does get help by a prisoner named Akira, who turns out to be very smart and had pretty much shut down two court cases, but wasn’t there when Hesina herself went to court for treason, which is fucked up.

When Hesina tried to save the sooths and finding all these clues about her father and who he really was hit home for me. She thought that he was her superhero, like most girls think about their fathers. But when she learned the truth, it shocked her to the point that it brought her to her knees-it hit that her father and her mother were one of the Elevens, and then they faked their deaths so Hesina can rule.

Cool, right?

Oh it was...until shit hit the fan, when they arrested Mei, and it turns out she’s a sooth who works/is side by side by Yanjing, Hesina’s brother, and survived a blast that should’ve killed her. Then LILIAN, the girl I really, really like, is killed, and then Hesina’s on trial thanks to her dumbass brother/viscount Caiyan, who allied himself with the Jin Guanyao/Meng Yao looking MFer Xia Zhong, who reminded me of that no good SOB in the Untamed SO BAD. If I can do an review or a character post on Xia Zhong, I would. Because he was just a creepy man that reminded me of Jin Guanyao SO MUCH that I hated him on sight.

And the prince of Kendi’a, thinking it’s a really cool idea to enslave those soothes like that...like fuck him, man. I’m glad she didn’t take the deal, because I would be angry if she did. But the ENDING...the EPILOGUE….CAIYAN’S POINT OF VIEW...he’s a sooth, and he orchestrated ALL OF THIS. Like...THE FUCKERY, MY BROHIEM?? MY BROHAM??? BUT WHY??? I want answers so bad, but at the same time I kinda understand too, but THE ENDING. WHY.

I loved this book so much, and I wish there was a second book so I can read it.

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Book Review: Tokyo Ghoul:re vol.1 by Sui Ishida

東京喰種トーキョーグール:re 1 [Tokyo Guru:re 1] by Sui Ishida
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This manga fell flat for me. Honestly, it was so confusing that I didn’t enjoy it like I thought I would. The only thing I liked about this story was the artwork and the one instance that Kaneki showed up. Other than that, the agents having to investigate ghouls with weird names like the Torso and Orochi, though when I saw that name the first thing that came to my mind was Orochimaru, oddly, and was actually looking for him.

So this manga is about a group of investigators who got implanted by a kagune, which is a ghoul organ of predation, which is weird as hell. They work for a organization called The Commission of Counter Ghoul (or CCG-weird, once again) and they’re trying to look for this ghoul called the Torso, who steals the Torso of women near hospitals, and they didn’t find him, but then Orochi showed up, and one of the investigators, Haise Sasaki...has the powers of Kaneki Ken inside him??? Weirdly??? Like...that part confuses me so much. I thought, ‘oh Kaneki is alive, working in Anteiku serving coffee, and living his best half ghoul life’ but I’m confused as to what happened to him and how he ended up in a nice, soft boy like Haise Sasaki?? I feel like I need a backstory to understand how that happen...or is Haise Sasaki IS Kaneki??? This is so confusing and I need someone to explain this to me.

There was one trans character, but I didn’t like what the Torso did to him, which is fucked up and that automatically turned me the fuck off because I really liked her. The other two-Shiraku and Urie?? I...I honestly didn’t care about them. I know it sounds like I’m bashing this manga, but I’m not. I’m just confused with the whole thing, and I feel like I need to read the first Tokyo Ghoul to understand it (I did watch the anime, but the first season). This one...felt like a let down because everything was so confusing that once I was done, I felt...unsatisfied. The action was okay, it lacked a bit, but it was an okay manga.

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Book Review: Trinity Blood vol. 1: The Star of Sorrow by Sunao Yoshida

Trinity Blood: Reborn on the Mars, Volume 1: The Star of Sorrow by Sunao Yoshida
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

CW: Mention of Rape, Brittany cusses out two people

This is my first and only Trinity Blood novel I have in my possession, and I would love to get more of them when I can. But for now i’m going to review the only book I have, and hope and pray that one day I can get more.

So this light novel is about AX Agent Abel Nightroad coming to the city of Istavan, a city where he was going to be a priest of a local church, Saint Matthias. When he gets there, he has to deal with the City Police, which is run by one Gergey Radcon, who is a horrible piece of shit who nearly (and I mean this) NEARLY raped Esther in the trainstaton, which is really fucked up. Thank god for Tres, who stopped it. After that horrible piece of shit ruins Abel and Esther’s day, they go to Saint Matthias Church, which is run by Bishop Vitez. Abel settles down...and that’s when the shit goes DOWN.

The Istavan City Police and the Partisans engage in a all-out war in the streets, and the Marquess of Hungary, Guyla Kadar (sounds like a dick, and he does, but keep reading), and he wants to get revenge on the Terrans that somehow killed his wife.

I’m sorry, kid....DRACULA FROM CASTLEVANIA DID IT BETTER. You had a fucking “ace” up your sleeve called the Star of Sorrow, and you thought that’ll help...awe, poor baby, bless your dead heart….but I’m sorry. DRACULA. THE DRACULA TEPES FROM CASTLEVANIA DID REVENGE BETTER, CLASSIER AND BETTER THAN YOU. Yes, your excuse was to get revenge on the people that killed your wife, but did you actually go down there, travel like a human and EXPERIENCED human life? No, you probably sat up in your fancy-smancy castle, drink your fancy-smancy blood wine, whatever the hell it is you drink, and when you heard about what happened to your wife, what did you do? Throw a fuckin’ hissy fit, use the Star for your revenvge, only to get it taken away like a bitch and have it being controled by ya boy, Dietrich, WHOM I ALSO HATE AS A PASSION, BUT OMG HE GIVES ME A WHOLE LOT OF NIKOLAI (not Lanstov, because Nikolai is better than this piece of shit, but my oc demon) VIBES GOOD LORD.

About Dietrich von Lohengrin...first off, he’s a sly dog (not like our boy Nikolai) and he pretends to be friends and help Esther with her cause...only to betray her, saying that he loves her and that he’d do anything for her...but he uses some kind of control mechanism to fucking control her, making her shoot poor Abel, WHO DIDN’T DO A DAMN THING TO THEM, really, he’s a good boy, damn, and then turns around and betrays Guyla, as he fucking deserves.

And when Tres shot Radcon after he DISGUSTINGLY fucking says what he did to Bishop Vitez (like, he says thirty men raped her….VERY FUCKING DISGUSTING)...I was so glad that he shot him and took him in, because I really, REALLY fucking hate him because he’s a cruel son of a bitch and I wanted him dead the moment I saw him.

All in all, this was a really good book, all except the mention of rape that made me put the book down and make me go “WTF”. I also loved the characters (Abel, Tres, Caterina, the young Pope, Esther) and hated a lot of them (Francesco, Dietrich, Radcon, Guyla). I wish I had more of these books so I can read all of them, but maybe one day I’ll read them.

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