SO you probably didn't know this but I am currently writing a novel called "Sleeping in Stone" and planning the sequel "Concrete Angel". They will be part of a trilogy and I haven't decided on the last ones name yet but am leaning towards "Sparkling Angel". And now I am writing a new novel while that series is on hold. This is going to be more of an older YA and it deals with the serious issue of prostituion. Which is actually a subject near to my heart. I haven't decided of a name yet but will be trying to come up with one. Shattered seems to be the most fitting name at the moment or Broken. I want something really simple yet striking and something that deals with the plot.
So here is a little bit about the novel.
Jade is a normal 19 year old girl. Well, not really. Her mother is fatally ill and dying from breast cancer, her father left her years and years ago when she was born and she is left struggling to look after her family of 4 younger siblings. On top of this the family that once had everything is struck with a series of terrible events. Death after death, murder after murder. They lose everything. Jade is forced to find a way to look after her family financially after her mother's death and so one night leads to a life changing choice. She becomes a prostitute to the rich and famous but after a traumatic rape turns to drugs and ends up walking the streets, the only way to pay for her new found addiction, troubling family and her mother's hospital bill debts is to become a street hooker. Little does she know that one of her clients is closer to her than she thinks. It turns out the man she just slept with is her long lost father. Will he turn out to be her knight in shining armour? And as if things were bad enough she starts to fall in love with this man even after knowing his secret. Keeping it hidden she continues to take money from this man and sleeping with him until her mother's funeral. Will he find out the girl of his, unconventional, dreams is really his daughter he left when she was just a baby? Or will true love conquer all?
Sounds a bit sick really doesn't it? So please can you help me with a name for the book PLEASE!
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My new novel!!!
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Ash by Malinda Lo.
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This book was a bit strange for me, to begin with I really found it to be long winded yet intriguing and definitely worth a read. As I read on I found that the story really unfolded and became really interesting. I really enjoyed it because of the fairy twist and the love triangle (sorta). It is definitely worth a read, though maybe for the younger YA readers it wouldn't be so good because the language is quite formal and I found it to be a little bit confusing at times.
I rate this book a 4.5/5, definitely a great read. The story was great and a good twist in the Cinderella story. It wasn't that predictable like I feared it would be but I would have prefered a little bit more fairy parts. It was quite a short read and it took me about 3/4 days to finish. I felt like I couldn't put it down! Really worth a read.
4.5/5
Need- Carrie Jones
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Need by Carrie Jones.
Zara is the new girl, she's just moved to Maine from Charleston and she isn't liking it. It's cold and snowy and she is living with her grandmother. Little does she know (though she soon finds out) she has a stalker and not just any human stalker, a supernatural stalker. He keeps following her and leaving a trail of gold dust. After a lot of research, Zara and new friends Issie and Devyn find out **Semi Spoiler** that the "psyhco stalker" is really a pixie. In this book of pixies and weres will Zara ever be free? Will she give the man what he wants?
*Synopsis from the back of the book*
Pain shoots through my head. Fireworks, explosions. All inside my brain. The white world goes dark and I know what's about to happen.
Zara White suspects a freaky guy is stalking her. She memorises phobias and chants them when she is nervous. Ok, so she hasn't exactly been herself since her stepfather died. But moving to a freezing Maine town to stay with her grandmother is supposed to be the perfect fix- so her mum says. Except this plan of sending Zara away to stay sane? Yeah, not working. Turns out the stalker is not a figment of Zara's imagination. He's still following her and leaving behind an eerie trail of gold dust. There's something not right- not human- in this sleepy Maine town and all signs are pointing at Zara.
So, what can I say? Sounds pretty impressive right? WRONG! To begin with, the first three chapters or so, I found this book so boring. I put it down and only picked it up again because my sister forced me to! She recommended it to me so I had to read it as she doesn't really like reading so to get a recommendation from her and for her to give it 10/10 I knew I had to read it. Although it was boring and pointless, to me, it did start to pick up. The first couple of chapters are about her at her new school, making friends and enemies and such forth. I really started to get into it when the supernatural stuff started to be discovered by the characters. I thought that it did take a while to get there but when it did I thought it was fantastic and really couldn't put it down! It kept me hooked and wanting to read more and a couple times, and I know this is really sad, but a couple times I couldn't sleep at night because I wanted to know what happened next in the book. So my advice is if you're like me and find the beginning boring, please stick with it because it's a great story and a great adventure with good twists. Even though I predicted most of the twists and did find they were a bit predictable!
I have very mixed feelings on this book, but would recommend it to anyone who likes YA and supernatural stuff especially if you like faeries and pixies and whatnot. I give this book 3 out of 5 stars, simply because the beginning was too boring and long and the plot was a bit predictable. It was stilll enjoyable and a good read but not anything super special.
I have book two in the series, Captivate and will be reading that soon. I will continue with the series because I am very curious to see what happens. I also felt that the writing lacked description and left a lot up to the imagination which in some cases is quite good.
Overall an enjoyable read. Not bad. 3/5
Serenity- A snippet from my Harry Potter fanfiction/short story.
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“Any minute now, we will be joined by a very special guest.” He spoke softly and quietly, only just loud enough for the person at the other end of the table to hear. The man had never been one of much patience let alone one that would wait around for anyone.
Draco malfoy, nervously perched on the edge of his seat eyed up the empty chair beside the dark lord, another empty chair sitting untouched opposite it. The two unoccupied chairs were obviously meant for some very important people as the dark lord would normally not let someone get so close to him. Although he was feared and highly respected by the group of followers and he surely knew he was in control of all of them and had nothing to fear, he still remained guarded. He never let anyone in, never told them things they need not know and never let anyone understand what was going through his mind. The young boy wondered what he was doing there. He sat in wait four chairs down from the dark lord himself, nestled between his mother and aunt. He had never known growing up what it must have been like for his family, all the secret tasks and evil intentions of the dark lord. He could’ve only imagined what it must have been like to sit in the company of the lord himself. And now he sat, regretting ever wanting to join his band of followers. Most death eaters hadn’t had a choice and joined for fear of their family. The rare few because they had lost their mind, even fewer because their mind was twisted and dark. But Draco had joined because he saw it fit to. Opposite him sat the two newest members of the clan, Crabbe and Goyle, each sitting next to their fathers who also happened to be death eaters.
Bellatrix, who had been silent all this time, spoke up.
“My lord, has it come to your attention that Severus...” but just as she was about to continue the fireplace lit up with green flames.
“Sorry I am late, my lord.” Snape’s drowsy voice mumbled through the cloud of smoke.
“Ah, Severus, I take it you managed to find my guest?” the dark lord smiled at this new arrival, hiding behind the dark flowing cloak of Severus Snape.
The dark haired man hesitated. Almost considering whether to floo himself to the nearest fireplace.
“No, my lord. I had a little trouble tracking her down and it seemed...” he hesitated again, walking to the empty seat he clearly thought was for him and exposing a young girl behind him. The dark lord’s smile dropped as the table all turned to look at their guest. Some faces lit up in recognition, especially Draco’s. After a closer look, a faint smirk reappeared on Voldemort’s torn face.
Snape cleared his throat, willing to continue, but the dark lord raised his right arm, silencing his faithful servant. He raised himself from his seat slowly, eyes gleaming.
“Miss Granger is it?” he spoke in a patronising voice. He walked from his seat gliding past Snape and softly laid his hand to rest on Miss Granger’s cheek. She didn’t move, not even make a sound. She didn’t even seem to be bothered by him at all. Draco watched, confused. He knew Hermione Granger and this was not the way she would act in front of someone as intimidating as Lord Voldemort.
“How dare you bring a filthy mudblood like ‘er in my family’s house?!” screamed Bellatrix, hissing at Hermione. Snapping out her wand, again Hermione seemed unfazed.
“Brass little one isn’t she?” Voldemort spoke softly, twisting a strand of her hair with his dirty finger. She had no expression on her face.
“Who would have thought we would have Harry Potter’s very own girlfriend in our presence,” he sneered.
Draco lowered his head and looked at the floor, avoiding all contact with the guest. No matter how hard he tried he couldn’t forget their past together and the look of disappointment on her face that night he told her of his mission. All he could remember was the first, and last, kiss they had shared, hours before his life changed.
The girl started laughing, but not the sort of laugh that you would have expected from a girl like her. It was a cold and sadistic laugh, evil lurking within.
“What’s the mudblood laughing for? Is she laughing at us? Filthy little...!”
Voldemort’s face tightened. He looked deep in the girl’s eyes. She met his eyes, coldly staring at him, her expression stone cold. Without breaking his gaze he ordered Lucius to give him his wand.
Lucius Malfoy quickly obliged. Handing him his willow and dragon’s skin wand.
“Let...us...see!” the dark lord spoke slowly, raising his wand to the forehead of the deviant girl. “Maybe the cruciatus curse will teach you some respect, you filthy little muggle.” He spat at her.
She hit the wand out of his hand and backed up into the fireplace. Pulling out a black and silver wand she took one look at the people sitting around the table.
“Have to catch me first.” She winked at Snape and then with a snapping sound, disappeared.
Voldemort turned his attention back to Snape.
“So Severus, where is our special guest?” his voice calm with a hint of rage.
“She was right there.” Snape muttered.
Shock struck the lord’s face.
“You mean, that muggle girl was my daughter?”
Snape nodded. “In polyjuice potion form obviously. I was about to tell you but...”
“Silence!” he looked around the table. “As my plans to introduce you to my daughter seemed to have failed temporarily, they will continue. I need you all to try and find my daughter.”
“What does she look like? What’s her name?” the death eaters round the table fired questions knowing that the dark lord would reward the first to find the girl heavily!
“All I know is she is 17 years old. That is all.” Voldemort spoke, almost looking ashamed at his lack of knowledge of his own daughter. “The first to find her will be rewarded. Now be gone with you.”
He shook his arm, ushering the deatheaters out of the room. Lucius seeped behind slyly.
“My lord...” he bowed slightly in the presence of his master. “What about the boy? Harry Potter... what about him?”
His voice was low and scared, he dared not speak the boy’s name in his master’s presence but he had no other choice.
“Ah, Lucius. Trust you to bring up such unimportant matters. This is far more important. Not only is finding the girl of high priority but finding her may lead us to the boy himself.” Voldemort replied, staring out the high, beamed window of the mansion watching his followers depart, some on brooms, some by apparation.
He did not turn to look at Lucius but he already knew what his face would be like. He knew of the exact expression featuring on his face.
Lucius’ eyes darted around the room, he had not been in the best of relations with the dark lord the last few months and he knew that he must redeem himself. He opened his mouth to speak as he stood slightly behind his lord, but before he could speak the lord raised his hand, silencing Lucuis Malfoy. In response, Lucius bowed and then made his way to the fireplace. He took some floo powder and with a snap he was gone.
Snape stood in the corner, pretending to examine one of the tapestries hung on the wall. It was a very big tapestry consisting of an image of a pool of black liquid which looked like blood and muggles drowning in it. The words “For purer the blood, for darker the soul” stitched in black thread in reasonable sized font at the bottom of the picture.
The dark lord turned to stare at him.
“Severus,” he snapped and the dark haired man instantly swung round.
“Yes my lord?” he bowed nervously, half knowing that he had failed his mission.
“Where was she? What have you learned of her?” he was full of questions.
“She found me, my lord. She was in the form of Miss Granger when she came to me. I, of course, took her right here but she is a clever witch, far beyond her years, with powers one could only dream of.”
“And...?” he persisted to know more.
“Well, my lord, she came to me saying she had heard I was looking for her. She knew me from when she resided at Hogwarts. She was not too happy to come with me to find you, but still I told her of your whereabouts.”
The dark lord nodded.
“Good.” He spoke the word slowly.
“Shall I go and find her again?”
He nodded once more.
“Find her Severus. She is in grave danger and if anything happens to her, then so am I.”
His eyes turned red. And with a flash of green light he was gone.
Severus sighed. “Agini, where are you?”
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Serenity- A Harry Potter fanfiction/ short story.
The Beatrice Letters- Lemony Snicket.
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No summary as I didn't really get what the book was about. All I can say is that this book is about letters between Beatrice Baudelaire and Lemony Snicket. That is all I could really make out from this book.
This book is sooo pretty! From the front cover to the inside. First of all you open the book to find no writing but like a case file sort of holder containing the copy of the book with no pretty cover or anything and a picture/poster which is double sided. Throughout the books there are pages with a part of one side of the picture which is very strange. Then there are different letters and sometimes little fold up letters. I particularly liked how the different letters were in different fonts and set out on different style pages. I really enjoyed reading this book and managed to read it in an hour which isn't too difficult as it is only 72 pages long. The pictures and trying to figure out the letters and decode them made this book interesting. If you have followed the whole "The series of unfortunate events" books, which I have not, then you might find this book less confusing and more interesting. Don't read this if you are looking for a book that makes sense.
This definately isn't for everybody but I certainly enjoyed it and found it really fun to read. I would recommend it as it is fun and really doesn't take up much time to read at all.
Overall a good bit of fun, I give it a 3.5/5.
