Wings and Spells

Hey Everyone!

So I just finished reading two young adult book by the name of Wings and Spells. The author, Aprilynn Pike, has done an amazing job with these books. There will be four books in this series and I can't wait till the next book comes out.

So this story is about a girl named Laurel. While growing up, Laurel always felt different from everyone around her. Once she gets into high school, the differences become more salient. She can't stand being inside classrooms for too long because she has this need to be in sunlight. Also, her diet is unusual in the sense that she only eats fruit, lettuce and sprite. One day she notices a bump on her back. It gets bigger and bigger over the next few days until one morning she feels a flower petal sprouting out of the bump. The petal becomes bigger until it starts to resemble wings. Laurel hides her petal from everyone around her except her good friends David. He is very supportive and eventually they start dating. One day she goes back to the house she used to live in. While walking through the forest, she meets this strange guy named Tamani. It just so happens, that Tamani knows what Laurel really is: a faerie. Laurel tries to learn everything about the Faerie world through Tamani. Her and Tamani start to get closer and a love triangle starts to form. Both David and Tamani have to help her in the end when her dad is in danger from a group of trolls. The ending is full of action.

Spells picks up where Wings left off. The love triangle between David and Tamani gets stronger. Towards the end of the book, Laurel has to decide between the two of them, but it is so much more than just choosing between two guys. She has to choose between living in the faerie world or living only in the human world. She finds that she can't handle straddling the line between both worlds anymore. This book is truly entertaining to read. While David is very sweet and personable, Tamani is mysterious, handsome, and completely devoted to Laurel. I, personally, am a Team Tamani fan :) The ending of Spells is a huge cliff hanger! It makes you want the next book immediately!

These books are definitely worth your time and I totally think you all should read them :) 5/5 stars.

First Fanfic review :D

Hey guys!

Sooo first things first... I would like to review some pieces of fanfiction when I get the chance. I hope you find this helpful as I am an honest critic and I only read stories with excellent writing. So without further adieu the first fanfic is.....

The Blessing and the Curse by The Black Arrow.

SO this fanfiction has totally taken me by surprise. This is The Black Arrow's first story and Its a hell of a lot better than I thought it would be from the summary. I started reading it yesterday and I am already half way through. In this story, Edward and Bella have been friends since they were born. Esme brings Bella into the Cullen family after Renee dies. From the time they were young, Edward had a certain influence over Bella. While Bella had always pined for Edward, he was always with other girls, keeping Bella as a backup when he was lonely. While he may not have been in a romantic relationship with Bella, he was still insanely possessive over her. He never let her have any crushes and no boys were allowed to even look at her without Edward basically beating them to a pulp. He always claimed the "Bella was his."

Edward also has a "talent." He can read Bella's mind when he has physical contact with her. This adds a whole new dimension to the story because Bella can not hide many of her thoughts and feelings from the one person who consumes her mind. Six years later, Bella is engaged to Mike Newton and has moved on with her life (So she thinks). She is coming to see the Cullen's due to Esme's decline in health. Edward notices in those six years of not seeing each other that Bella may mean more to him than just a friend. Bella's interactions with Edward make the story very interesting as she has grown up a lot and is somewhat stronger than she was before. The Black Arrow's Edward is portrayed as seriously disturbed, while incredibly H-O-T. I think this is one of the sexier Edwards I have ever read. At one point in the story, Bella calls Darkward "creepy hot," which cracked me up because it is bluntly true. The UST is off the charts as Bella tries to resist Edward's advances. There has not been any hot and heavy lemons thus far, but The Dark Arrow knows how to drive her readers crazy with little touches, glances and a few hot kisses.

Like I said before, this story has started off very well. So far I give it 4/5 hearts. Let's hope creepy-hot Edward continues to captivate me. :)



I will try to review Fanfics and other books when I have the time. I love reading reviews from other readers in the fandom because it helps me figure out which story to read next. Hopefully I can help some other readers out there who are feeling overwhelmed by the amount of stories in our fandom. I know because I've been there!!



One last note, I went to the beach yesterday. Unfortunately, I got super sunburnt. I feel like I'm on fire right now!! BUT, it was a beautiful day so here is a picture I took when I was leaving :)

Have a good weekend :)
Amber

Im Back!

Hey everyone,
So its been a while since I have written anything but I might start this up again. My friend, Amy, just started one, so I figured I should start again too :) Well Im off to the beach right now. Maybe I'll post some pictures tonight...

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Simply_Amber