Halfway through, and I've already learned so many interesting things! I loved "Why Magnus Was Banned from Peru." While it wasn't exactly a burning question, it was a little piece of story that was never explained in TMI, and it made a highly amusing little tale. It was also exciting to see Will and Tessa again. After all, Infernal Devices skipped right from their youth to old age, with Will's dying moments. It's nice to have a little piece in the middle of their life together. I'm wondering if we'll see more of their family in the Shadowhunter Academy books; it seems likely from the previews.
I'm really starting to see the patterns in Magnus's life. He falls in love, then gets his heart broken; everywhere he goes, tragedy comes and he decides to move on. It's interesting seeing how different his early dealings with Shadowhunters are, and also trace the family names through the stories. Graymark, Morgenstern, Josiah Wayland. Magnus's flamboyant personality is always good for a laugh, but between the funny moments you start to see the price he pays for immortality.
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Friday, February 6, 2015
Fantasy/Romance: The Bane Chronicles 1
Cannot WAIT for this. My sister hates The Mortal Instruments, but I think TMI might be one of the best series I've read recently. The last one in particular, City of Heavenly Fire, with that one... intimate... scene between Jace and Clary was stunning! And I'm really excited for the Dark Artifices, Last Hours and Shadowhunter Academy. I can't wait to meet back up with all my favorite characters! Especially Simon as his memory comes back. And that teaser in the back of Heavenly Fire, about Mark maybe coming back... wow. But the Bane Chronicles are going to answer some very different, but just as burning questions about a guy who's always been something of a mystery- Magnus. Where did he come from, who has he met, what secrets does he know about the Shadowhunter families? He is hundreds of years old; he's got to have had some pretty spectacular adventures. Let's get started!
Thursday, September 4, 2014
In transition
I'm now turning this from a school project into a regular blog, which means I may or may not use the three-post format. Also, it's going to be a lot more relaxed now that I don't have to include the elements of the project. Enjoy!
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Free Choice/Fantasy: Rage Of Lions 3
Wow. Just wow. Oh. My. Goodness.
TRENT????????? NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!
When did THIS happen? I mean, they loved each other! And now he wants to go out and kill Drew?
Hang on.
Maybe... he STILL THINKS DREW KILLED HIS MOTHER.
Oh, no.
Mark Ferran was told by the Duke after he joined the army that Drew actually tried to defend his mother. But no one ever went and tracked Trent down to tell him!
Oh boy. This could be interesting. I mean, obviously, Trent can't succeed, since there are more books for Drew to live through. But maybe he'll accidentally kill Hector or Whitley, even Gretchen, in and attempt to get to Drew.
I really hope Drew gets a chance to explain what happened to Trent before any of that happens. But Whitley dying would actually make sense plot-wise. It would create some nice tension, with the confused romantic situation between Drew and Whitley and Gretchen. Maybe Drew is still mourning Whitley, and Gretchen makes her move and he rejects her? There are all kinds of possibilities in that direction, although I'd be sad to lose Whitley. She's a great guiding influence so far for Drew.
Maybe Trent winds up joining the rebels? But then someone might come to kill them both, Drew because everyone seems to want him dead lately, and Trent for betraying the Catlords of Bast. And what the heck is happening to Hector? I have to think that black mark on his hand is nothing good, and a huge foreshadow of darkness taking him over as Vincent whispers in his ear.
TRENT????????? NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!
When did THIS happen? I mean, they loved each other! And now he wants to go out and kill Drew?
Hang on.
Maybe... he STILL THINKS DREW KILLED HIS MOTHER.
Oh, no.
Mark Ferran was told by the Duke after he joined the army that Drew actually tried to defend his mother. But no one ever went and tracked Trent down to tell him!
Oh boy. This could be interesting. I mean, obviously, Trent can't succeed, since there are more books for Drew to live through. But maybe he'll accidentally kill Hector or Whitley, even Gretchen, in and attempt to get to Drew.
I really hope Drew gets a chance to explain what happened to Trent before any of that happens. But Whitley dying would actually make sense plot-wise. It would create some nice tension, with the confused romantic situation between Drew and Whitley and Gretchen. Maybe Drew is still mourning Whitley, and Gretchen makes her move and he rejects her? There are all kinds of possibilities in that direction, although I'd be sad to lose Whitley. She's a great guiding influence so far for Drew.
Maybe Trent winds up joining the rebels? But then someone might come to kill them both, Drew because everyone seems to want him dead lately, and Trent for betraying the Catlords of Bast. And what the heck is happening to Hector? I have to think that black mark on his hand is nothing good, and a huge foreshadow of darkness taking him over as Vincent whispers in his ear.
Free Choice/Fantasy: Rage Of Lions 2
Oh, snap. I cannot bring myself to believe that in this seemingly hostile city, the soldiers forcing the Greencloaks to walk through the city unarmed by sending their weapons ahead of them is anything but a trick. Good thing they don't know Drew is among the scouts, or things would really get bloody. I don't trust these Horselords at all. If I were Broghan and the Greencloaks, I'd be running out of there as fast as possible- I could tell as soon as they started talking that they were slimy and stubborn, if not already turned traitor.
I'm wondering, though, if Larimer is really a bad person, or merely weak, or even doing what Bergan did during Leopold's reign and trying to protect the innocent people of the Longridings, caught up in someone else's fight. Bergan strikes me as simply choosing a quieter, less open kind of rebellion, though. If the Longridings secedes, they're going to bring down war on their heads from someone, whether it's Drew, Bergan, or somebody else altogether- especially if Leopold should happen to regain the throne.
Viscount Colt actually feels like more of the villain here, telling Larimer what to do and say, who to listen to. The very picture of a sleazeball adviser, manipulating the entire country to his own ends through one guy who put his trust in the wrong place.
Come to think of it, this is reminding me strongly of the scene from Lord Of The Rings, where another king of a people of horseback riders is led to ruin and disaster by a corrupt adviser listening to the devil on his shoulder.
I'm wondering, though, if Larimer is really a bad person, or merely weak, or even doing what Bergan did during Leopold's reign and trying to protect the innocent people of the Longridings, caught up in someone else's fight. Bergan strikes me as simply choosing a quieter, less open kind of rebellion, though. If the Longridings secedes, they're going to bring down war on their heads from someone, whether it's Drew, Bergan, or somebody else altogether- especially if Leopold should happen to regain the throne.
Viscount Colt actually feels like more of the villain here, telling Larimer what to do and say, who to listen to. The very picture of a sleazeball adviser, manipulating the entire country to his own ends through one guy who put his trust in the wrong place.
Come to think of it, this is reminding me strongly of the scene from Lord Of The Rings, where another king of a people of horseback riders is led to ruin and disaster by a corrupt adviser listening to the devil on his shoulder.
Free Choice/Fantasy: Rage Of Lions 1
All right. So I already read the first chapter preview, and speculated a little on it in my last post. I'm really chomping at the bit to get at this one. I can't wait to find out if they manage to kill Leopold and put Drew on the throne. And I have to think that he's going to find other Werewolves eventually- maybe not in the country of Lyssia. But maybe in another country- there have to be more around them, if they have an army. And Wergar the Wolf has to have been fighting somebody on these campaigns he reportedly led his men on all the time.
I'm wondering if Whitley is ever going to become a full therianthrope like her brother and her father the Duke. She almost certainly has the Bear within her, like they do, but she's never mentioned it or used it.
I'm wondering if Whitley is ever going to become a full therianthrope like her brother and her father the Duke. She almost certainly has the Bear within her, like they do, but she's never mentioned it or used it.
Free Choice/Fantasy: Rise Of The Wolf 3
Well, that was a lot better than I expected. It's a miracle, Bob the Builder creator guy can actually write! I still find that so ironic. I mean, look at the cover.
Does this look like the kind of book created by someone who writes television shows aimed at toddlers?
Anyway, I think Drew is going to make a fantastic king. After all, don't they always say that those who are best suited for power are those who don't want it? I think Drew will spend some time fighting against taking the crown, and there will be some challenges. After all, he's just a teenage boy, and people might want someone more charismatic as king. He also has no way to prove his claim as a legitimate son of Wergar the Wolf, other than his own lycanthropic nature. And Leopold still has the crown inside the castle where he has barricaded himself.
The preview of the next book was pretty intriguing. I would have thought that the young man who escaped was Prince Lucas, if he wasn't already proven to be the kind of spoiled brat who sends someone else with his messages. Could just be a random messenger, but the third person limited viewpoint makes me think that it's somebody we either already know, or will know later, since Jobling was so careful to describe the young man's state of mind as he made his daring escape, his fascination with horses. Or maybe I was right the first time, and there's more to Prince Lucas than meets the eye. Gretchen changed dramatically in the first book- maybe the prince is a bit more independent than he makes himself out to be.
Does this look like the kind of book created by someone who writes television shows aimed at toddlers?
Anyway, I think Drew is going to make a fantastic king. After all, don't they always say that those who are best suited for power are those who don't want it? I think Drew will spend some time fighting against taking the crown, and there will be some challenges. After all, he's just a teenage boy, and people might want someone more charismatic as king. He also has no way to prove his claim as a legitimate son of Wergar the Wolf, other than his own lycanthropic nature. And Leopold still has the crown inside the castle where he has barricaded himself.
The preview of the next book was pretty intriguing. I would have thought that the young man who escaped was Prince Lucas, if he wasn't already proven to be the kind of spoiled brat who sends someone else with his messages. Could just be a random messenger, but the third person limited viewpoint makes me think that it's somebody we either already know, or will know later, since Jobling was so careful to describe the young man's state of mind as he made his daring escape, his fascination with horses. Or maybe I was right the first time, and there's more to Prince Lucas than meets the eye. Gretchen changed dramatically in the first book- maybe the prince is a bit more independent than he makes himself out to be.
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