Talon Book Review

 Sooo I know I haven't done book reviews in, like a long time... But my Mom for whatever reason wanted me to review the whole bunch of books that we got from the library (like 10) so here's the first one.

Title: Talon

Author: Julie Kagawa

Summary:

 Ember and Dante Hill are the only sister and brother known to dragonkind. Trained to infiltrate society, Ember wants to live the teen experience and enjoy a summer of freedom before taking her destined place in Talon. But destiny is a matter of perspective, and a rogue dragon will soon challenge everything Ember has been taught. As Ember struggles to accept her future, she and her brother are hunted by the Order of St. George. Soldier Garret Xavier Sebastian has a mission to seek and destroy all dragons, and Talon's newest recruits in particular. But he cannot kill unless he is certain he has found his prey: and nothing is certain about Ember Hill. Faced with Ember's bravery, confidence and all-too-human desires, Garret begins to question everything that the Order has ingrained in him: and what he might be willing to give up to find the truth about dragons. 

My Review:

So first off, I have been meaning to read SOMETHING with dragons ever since I've been on Paperfury, so this was seriously overdue. I really really liked this book. The overall storyline and the characters were really good. Though there was a slight love-triangle. which usually I like, or at least tolerate, but I don't really think it worked in this case.

Caution Spoilers Ahead 

One of the things I loved was the difference between Ember and Dante, with him having nothing to do with her rebelliousness. But this book was really predictable in the sense that as soon as Garrett was introduced I knew that him and Ember were going to fall in love and it would be the classic they can't love each other because they're enemies. But the thing I didn't predict was Riley. Just anything to do with him was a shock. His whole character was a shock. 

My Rating: ★★★★☆⭒

All in all I thought this book was pretty darn great and I'm excited to see what comes next in the series.

Bye Sincerely

Winter Life Updates

 Heyo guys! So as I'm sitting on my couch, eating a tootsie pop, and watching Star Wars it occurred to me that I haven't done a post about Christmas or any kind of winter whatever. So here I am with a winter life update post.
 So, I got on Winter break on Wednesday. It was cool because... oh screw it. It wasn't really cool. All week I had finals. And if you don't know, this year ws my FIRST YEAR to have finals. I... I just... why? Why are finals a thing!? Like 75 math questions? Really? What do we gain from that? All the elementary students are partying it up but for us? NOPE! You get FINALS! Merry Christmas!
 Speaking of Christmas. I am looking forward to Christmas! I love love love Christmassss!!! I've already done gift exchanges with Weirdo and Derpy Dog and I just love it!
 Sooooo now I'm going to share random quotes from my wip that doesn't have a name yet.

• "Well, first things first." Said Olivia. She got up with a grunt and went over to the fridge. She opened the fridge, grabbed a jar of Nutella, and pulled the lid off.
• "Piece of shiz drugged you to get you here, but me? Oh he probably hit me in the back with a fire extinguisher."
• "Darn it Lilith! Haven't you ever used peroxide before? It's supposed to sting, so it can, like, clean the cut."
• "Well, as long as you're not going to tell me your name, I'll call you Bob."
• "What kind of sicko stocks a fridge with four jars of Nutella, but doesn't stock any pants?"
• "Hey, I don't know. Maybe Bob somehow removed a door frame."
• Bob-Peter-Whatever sighed.
• For the third time in the past to days I woke up from the deepest sleep ever. It was starting to take a toll.

 And yeah. That's it. I'll probably do a Christmas haul, ya know. After Christmas. So yeah. That's it.

Bye Sincerely

Exciting News

 Hey guys! I have extremely good news! I'm not sure if all of you can relate, but now that I think about it some of you probably will... you know what I'm just gonna tell you!
 So last Monday I auditioned for my schools Spring play. A lot of people auditioned and I wasn't sure if I was gonna get in. In fact, I didn't think I was gonna get in at all. I mean, a lot of people were probably a lot better than me.
 Then I got on the list for call-backs. If you don't know what call-backs are it's where my teacher wanted me to come back to re-evaluate my acting skills. And you know, when I got there there were SO MANY better actors and actress's. I was pretty much sure that I wasn't going to get in.
 Then on Wednesday we were told that that was our last day of call-backs, even though we were supposed to have another one. I was absolutely petrified. So then my teacher said that instead of Friday the cast list was going to be posted Thursday.
 Now fast forward to Thursday, I was practically dying. I knew that this today I was going to know, for sure, that I DIDN'T get in. So after school I went down to the theater room with Meeble. My stomach was butterflies and I was all jittery. We got to the list and Meeble started reading from top to bottom. I looked at her for a minute, face contorting with worry because she didn't see my name. I took a deep breath looked at the first name on the list. Narrator One it said and the name beside it? Danielle Jones. My face broke out into a huge smile. I looked at Meeble and saw her face getting more worried and more worried. "Meeble.... I got in." I whispered. She looked at me like What? and so I said louder, almost screaming that I got in. She was so happy for me, as were most of my friends.
 So yeah... I'm in the 2018 Spring Play of Game of Tiaras! I'm so so so so excited!!!

 Bye Sincerely