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Don't ever watch Teen Wolf then. It was good til season 3, when the writers went batshit crazy or something. Also: Plot holes everywhere. I tried Bitten but I lost interest rather quickly, just like Beauty and the Beast.
What is it about, honestly? I'm wary of heavy romance and heterosexual centered things. I'm tired of reading the same things. Boy save girl from X things, girl is spineless as fuck .. bla bla bla. (Put it under a spoiler, if you'd like). As for The Raven Cycle series, it seems to have beautiful quote (I google stuff) and my friend is ready the first book. I'd love to hear about it before I make any move to purchase something.
I'm trying Wolfsbane because it looked alright. It seems like there is a lot of sex and dominance? and if I ever get bored of it, I'll give it to charity like I do with the books that bore me. Here is a link to the book itself, praise Goodreads. Indeed, it's Nightshade, I always mix them up. I'm just really wary of the damn love triangle, I loathe them to no end.
As for Half-Blood (From the Covenant series), it looks like Vampire Academy, which I loathed to much to describe my hate. I'm only relying on the reviews. If I hate, I throw away o/!
If I could recommend a series, I would suggest Penryn and the end of days from Susan EE. I waited for the last book like a woman thirsty for water.
I have a friend who's into that show so thankfully I learned enough about it that I never even had to watch it myself, if that's how it went, haha.
Shiver
Well, the main focus is a hetero romance, I'll make that clear right now. I will also say that there are other things going on, other characters involved in what's happening, and it isn't just a romance, but the book is split into the point of views of the girl and the guy. I'm not really into sappy teen novel romance, though, and if it makes a difference I thought their relationship was pretty mature and non-dramatic.
Basically this girl, Grace, was attacked by a pack of wolves that live in the woods behind her house during the winter, and she becomes obsessed with them, they're her wolves. Years later as she's in high school they attack and kill a boy, and his father sets out with a group of hunters to cull the wolves, and that sets off a chain of events, and it's a race against time for Grace, all cold intelligence and practicality, to save Sam, this sensitive and kind of troubled boy who's living on time that's running out.
I really like what they did with the werewolves in that novel, but I'm not really sure how much you care about spoilers so Idk I didn't want to go into major details.
And, to be honest, I think I like all the characters in that novel (with the exception of her parents, Jesus), which is a rarity for me, like I've already said I'm very critical. That's why I've held off on reading the third book because one of the POVs in it is an antagonist and I expect to learn more about her story (which I already suspect is going to be fucked up) and I know I'll probably sympathize with her, haha.
The Raven Boys, if you're interested in some info about that.
This one's about a girl, Blue, who's born into a family of psychic women - her mother, her aunt(s), her cousins, etc, all the women except her, though she was for whatever reason born with the ability to make their psychic energies stronger. Anyway, for as long as she's been born probably her family has predicted, over and over, that she'll kill her true love, or that her kiss will kill him - basically that it'd be a very bad idea for her to fall in love. So she makes it almost a life's goal to do the exact opposite, and just not fall in love at all, but then suddenly it becomes less of a goal and a thing she's always been told, and an actual reality.
Then there's some... magic and a quest for some "sleeping" Welsh king and it's said that whoever finds/wakes him gets a favor, and this dude, Gansey, and his bros Adam, Ronan (the dude I am just so into), and Noah, are out to find him and get that favor.
I'm on chapter sixteen and so far no really noticeable romance, but it is honestly pretty intriguing imo, and I like the way the characters are written. I think this author is very, very good at characters, and as a writer who hasn't written in a while I'm super jealous.
Just a general trigger warning about both The Wolves of Mercy Falls and The Raven Cycle.
Shiver contained some abuse and serious parental neglect and some death, and I know Linger (second book in the series) contains some illness, death, and drugs. And I strongly suspect the third book, Forever, involves abuse.
There's abuse, alcohol, and suicide themes in The Raven Boys so far. Also death.
Oh yeah, that's the book I had on my Kindle at one time. It just lingered there for so long, though, and I never got around to it. It did look okay to me as well, but I do also hate love triangles. They're kind of... tedious.
Omg, I read this trilogy by Meg Cabot once? NEVER AGAIN can I read another Meg Cabot novel. I used to love her books as a mid-teen but since Idk becoming a young adult I guess her main characters, whose POVs the books are almost always in, make me want to tear my hair out, and in that one trilogy the entire first two books were devoted to one dude and then out of fucking nowhere in the third one she's in a love triangle with his best friend, who was dating her best friend, who left him but says that she always thought he should be with her (the main character, because apparently that's what you do - you date the dude you think's just perfect for your bff). I was furious.
Omg, I read Vampire Academy. I liked Lissa and Christian a lot more than the character whose POV the book was actually in and I could never continue the series.
I'll look at both Half-Blood and Penryn!
Teen Wolf? I still watch it. Why? No idea. I don't even enjoy it anymore. I've been a fan since the very start but after season 2, I found myself struggling to enjoy it.
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Is Sam a werewolf? Does she has a spine? If she does, then it changes for me. I'm not a fan or romance, but I like to get some romantic shenanigans from time to time.
How are the dude connected to the girl?
I'm okay with triggers as well :)
My kouhai wanted me to start Vampire Academy. After watching the movie, I wanted to stab myself with a fork. It was not appealing at all and it looked more like a horny girl wishing to be noticed by an older guy. The eeend.
I don't suggest Convenant since I did not start yet, but Penryn is really good.
I might become like that with the new Scream TV show. So far it's only three episodes long and I'm not into it whatsoever but I still watch, eh.
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Sam is a werewolf, yes. She has a spine, yes.
Okay, well, not a huge spoiler because it happens in, like, the first two or so chapters, but - every year Blue and her mother make this trip to this old, decrepit church, on a certain night of the year, and they see spirits or something - not of people who've died, but of people who are going to die in the next year. And she, having none of the energy her mother does, can't see them, she's just there to take names that her mother gets - but this year she sees one, a boy, named Gansey. And she's promptly told that the only reason she'd be able to see him is that he loves her or that she kills him.
About Vampire Academy, that's essentially what I took away from the character, too. Rose, I think? Rachel? I don't remember. Obviously the only thing that stuck with me as far as she goes is her shitty attitude and her interest in the dude. I can't read a book that's narrated by a character I hate. Maybe if it was third person, but definitely couldn't keep going in first person. There's a related series by that author that I was told might be better, it's about different characters at least, but I haven't tried it. I'm not really a vampire girl anyway, aside from Cirque du Freak I can't even remember particularly enjoying a book about vampires (though I will admit that I was cool with Twilight before it got weird as fuck).
I watch Teen Wolf for Lydia Martin and Stiles Stilinski. Not gonna lie tho, the Dread Doctors are cuuuute (google them).
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How
How cliche
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I just didn't like the story at all. I tried for my friend, but she loves stereotypical romance with lots of deja-vu, which I'm sick of. I used to like Twilight since I've seen the movies and read the books. I gave the movies to my mom, since she's a big fan of stalker and manipulative Edward and I gave the books to a charity. I'm more of a werewolf, monsters person than vampires.
I always prefer a little romance in the mix because I like that kinda thing, but what I'm into lately is mystery and well-developed characters.
Anyway, how are you?
My headache was gone by the time I woke up this morning and I've been busy most the day chatting with my bf but I was able to read a bit more of The Raven Boys and I like more now. I feel like maybe it's going to catch me by surprise. I went into it thinking x was going to connect to y in this particular way, but I think I was wrong and I would love to be, so that's nice. I'm also pretty into the bro relationship(s).
I like a little of romance, I guess? Well, who am I kidding. I have to be biased to like the romance :'D
I'm a bit nervous? I have a weird mole under my armpit and it looks like a start of skin cancer tbqh. It's red, it has a texture and a small black dot. So yeah, nervous. I shall call the doctor tomorrow.
Nice! I finished Percy Jackson, what a beautiful read.
Calling the doctor is a good call, they'll figure it out. If it's cancer and you only just noticed it maybe it'll be early enough that they they can cure it up real good, and if it's not cancer that's great! I hope the doctor can give you some good news.
Tbh: Pls not cancer. HOW CAN I HAVE IT ANYWAY? I never go outside! And when I do, I wear long sleeve, long pants, a cap .. come on brooo.
I think you have a good chance of it not being cancer considering you're never in the sun. We're young anyway so even though it's obviously possible to get cancer while young it's probably unlikely and rare. But you're going to call the doctor and that's the best thing you can do in any situation like this and it'll work out. They'll set you right up and get you what you need, if that's even anything, and in my experience the right doctor will also be extremely sympathetic if you're concerned even if it's nothing.
I loathe the sun, seriously. It's too sunny outside? I cry and curse. I should move to a really really cold place, without sun ;__;
How are you, btw?
I get you. I burn so easily because of my skin problems and the medication I use for them. My dad seems to think, however, that the burning is caused by the fact that I'm never in the sun, so he actually tells me, over and over, no matter how much I disagree, that I should spend more time in the sun, and that I won't burn if that happens. (I won't be doing that. My mom has had skin cancer and I'm at a hereditary risk of it already, no need to drive that risk up. And it's not even the sun/sunnyness that I avoid to begin with, it's the freaking bugs that love me and the humidity and the general outdoorsyness of the outdoors.)
You know the days I like? When the sky is just totally gray, and there's a slight, WARM breeze, and there's maybe the tiniest rumble of thunder off in the distance. Before it rains. I hate AFTER it rains, when it's wet and smelly and too warm and humid, but the calm before the storm is my favorite time.
I was great this morning but then my day tanked and I was like okay well I am just destined to cry today I guess so I went to take my makeup off. It's the first day I'm wearing makeup in well over two years? And I just got this new BB cream to try this morning and it went on my skin fine, color matched perfectly (that was my main concern) with my skintone, did some pretty bronzy pink eye shadow. Couldn't even tell I was wearing any makeup but I like that, felt light on my skin, great. Then went to take it off, because the crying thing, because I knew it would burn my eyes if I cried makeup into them, and Idk if it was the makeup, or the face wash I used, or the sponge I used, but now my face is now covered in itchy, STINGING swollen pink dots. :/ Pinker than the rest of me anyway.
Everything is fair on me, so there is no way. But anyway, we seem to be in the same situation. Let's shade our club under a big umbrella.
I like gray sky. However, I cannot say I enjoy the humidity or rain much. If I don't care to be wet? Sure. Otherwise, don't pee on me :c
Why have you cried? :c I cannot help for the makeup thing since I can't wear any.
Omg, we should get a tent. One of those ones with fairy lights all over the top and full of pillows and blankets that are cozy, all pretty and shit. It'll protect us from the elements but also we can lounge and read.
I don't like the rain because I'm only 4'11 so when my pants get wet from puddles they're wet up to like my freaking knees, and it's cold, sooo cold. ;_; Gray sky is great, though. I love it.
Mostly I get sad off and on throughout the days by default like if things that make me sad like less fortunate and suffering people pops up somewhere but there's also family crap and stress that comes with that thrown in, there's always some kind of drama or problem in my family, and particularly my dad doesn't take things smoothly so he ends up yelling and stomping around and cussing a lot and that stresses me out, and he doesn't really seem to understand how I function and feel about things and there's a lot of "you should act/feel/think as I think you should, the computer is responsible for all of your problems" from him while he melts down about whatever things he's bothered by. And I'm a pretty emotional person and cry a lot in general I guess. ;_;
OMG A NERD NEST?! I'm all for it, woop woop! ❤️ It would be amazing .. aw man, why soo far.
Holy crap, you are short. I used to think I was 5'1, but my father mesured me with a tape and I am 5'5?? (not sure about it since I look short ???). I hate going to college and taking the bus with a wet sloppy umbrella :|
Hug Sorry if you're having a hard time. Tbh, my life is shit but I don't really care anymore? I just suck it up and I yolo a lot. It's okay to cry, seriously! I wish I could do it freely, but I have too much anger to do so I think.
Also .. I started Half-Blood and I hate it x) ??
Here are my feelings!!
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IT'S LIKE VAMPIRE ACADEMY. FUCK MY LIFE
It would be cozy. Omg we could wait for fall when it gets cooler and pretty outside and then we could just chill in the blankets with warm drinks and read and I would spend 10000 times more time outside if we had a nerd nest.
Omg, you're so tall if you're really 5'5. xD I used to think I was 5'1 too but then measured and nope 4'11. T_T DID I SHRINK? WAS I ALWAYS MEASURED WRONG? Who knows. Also umbrellas are gross, I wish they were water resistant or whatever like the water would just roll right off.
hugs Thanks for being here and letting me complain to you, that cheers me up. I'm sorry things are shit for you but it is probably a lot stronger to deal with it that way rather than letting it get to me like I always do. Although I will cry at anything, even good things. I'm a cryer. ;w;
Omg are you going to abandon that ship?? I hope the main character is at least more likeable than in VA if you're going to stick with it.
A cabin in a tree!? It would be soo amazing, what even. I'd never leave lmao __ (We can dream).
I have no idea if I am really 5'5 tbh LOL (I seriously doubt it. I'll have to ask my doctor okay). Maybe I always mesured wrong too .. oh my. Or I grew since I have gone to the gym? xD Umbrellas are a sad, sad lie. It can't do shit, especially when it is windy.
I'm a good listener. I don't say shit about me, but I'm always willing to listen.
I HAVE NO CLUE BUT ALEX IS ALREADY ANNOYING ME. I don't need a paragraph to tell me the beauty of Sentinel Aiden blah blah blah. Fuck him, get him out of your system and entertain me, damnit!
OMG I HAVE BEEN TELLING MY BF FOR DAYS THAT I WANT A CABIN let's do a cabin in the trees and and it can have a tire swing that hangs down from it
That's a good idea since you have to call the doctor anyway! Also I've heard some growth spurts happen between like 18-21 years of age. It didn't happen for me but supposedly it happens. xD
I think there is actually a spray you can spray on things that makes water run off objects but omg umbrella I should not have to spray you to make you work, this is literally your one job.
Isn't the romance in that book a forbidden one? I'm not sure how I feel about forbidden romance in books, like i'd be cool with it but I need some kind of physical reason they can't be together - like something is physically stopping them, not like... rules. Idk.
WITH LIGHTS AND CARPETS, A COUCH, A PLACE TO HIDE FOOD AND AND - yeah okay it's amazing. If only not broke tho o/
I got one but I am not sure if my father took the right stuff. He might have been super wrong too. If I am 5'5 .. then lmao, I have lived a lie!
I've seen it on TV, but never tried. The umbrella pees on me anyway .. especially my butt and shoulders :c
Ye, indeed. She's a half eh .. thing and he's a pure thingy. Not my thing, sadly. R.I.P book - you shall be given with the Twilight junk that I've read. Onto Nightshade weee! (pls, don't disappoint) @ damsel
i cannot write for shizzz
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Omg, that'd be so weird though. Always thinking you're short only to find out you're actually tall. I can't imagine. xD Or maybe you're short like me!! I don't mind being 4'11 at all except that I'm a) not allowed to be an astronaut, and b) not allowed to be a Disney princess in the parks. There is a height requirement for each and tbh it's the only reason I'm interested in either (except I really wanted to be a Disney princess and it broke my heart but oh well).
I have the worst time with the umbrella when I'm shutting it and bringing into the car with me. Even if it protected me while I was in the rain I'll end up wet because of that. >c
Omg do tell me how Nightshade goes though. I didn't mind the way it was written, from what little I read of it - I think I just ended up liking Ren and didn't like that I thought he would come out on the losing side of the love triangle.