Tongue Tied

I can't with this book....

I guess this whole review could be considered spoilery, but I'm not sure it actually ruins anything. So be warned.

Reasons why I seriously disliked this book:

1) I don't do well with books where victims of rape are blamed for their rape. In this book Avery's parents had her sign a non-disclosure agreement at the age of 14 (which seems kind of illegal actually, can a 14 year old really consent to something like that?). So her rapist was let off the hook and she was forced to never talk about it again.

2) The ass hole rapist in question? His name is Blaine. All I could think about was this guy....

His name is Blane? Oh! That's a major appliance, that's not a name!

A small infraction, but I had to mention it bc that name is obviously the stereotypical rich guy name. Right along with Brock or Harris.

3) Then, THEN there's this girl Molly we meet toward the end of the book who was also raped by Blaine. Molly actually BLAMES Avery for her rape. She sends Avery scathing emails and texts throughout the book calling her a lying whore.

Then when Avery goes to talk to Molly to apologize (for what? I don't even fucking know), Molly slaps her. FUCKING SLAPS HER. I'm getting more ragey as I type this review.

4) There's something about Avery's character that I just didn't like. It's more than the fact that she doesn't stick up for herself....like ever. I can't really put my finger on it, so I almost didn't include it in my review, but I can't ignore it either.

I think it might have to do with the fact that she didn't feel the need to start working on her problems until a man entered the picture. 'Cause we all know it takes a big strong manly man to help us confront our demons. /sarcasm

I dunno....I'll have to think about it more.

5) Ooooh, also, let's not forget the stereotypical uber-flamboyant gay friend! Can't have this kind of book without him.

6) Everything was just such a cliché, from Avery's parents; richy rich's who cared more about their social circle then their daughter. To Blaine. To the gay best friend. To Cam's awesome parents who showed Avery how a "real" family is suppose to treat each other.

The only thing I really liked about this book were the witty conversations between Avery and Cam (bc Armentrout is really good with witty), and Cam's Saint-like patience with Avery bc honestly.....

Otherwise this book gets a thumbs down for me.

Yay!!! My first paranormal book, in what seems like FOREVER, that I've actually finished!

I've been reading a lot of horrible books lately. They've been so bad that I've actually gone back to reading fanfiction. FANFICTION. The fics I've been reading have been leaps and bounds better that the tripe books I've read lately, and fanfic is free, so bonus!

Anyway, enough of my ranting, Celtic Moon was awesome. It had everything I look for in a book: a badass heroin (who listens to advice and actually follows it), a swoon worthy hero (who isn't afraid to admit when he's wrong), and secondary characters whom I really enjoyed learning about (Joshua and Francine...love).

This was one of the rare books where I didn't actually hate anyone. Nobody was annoying. Plus, the plot was fantastic. I can't wait until the next book!

I had higher hopes for this book which is probably why I was a little let down. The plot followed the same timeline as the other books....

- girl meets boy (and I say "girl" and "boy" bc while they are adults they certainly act like children), they have sex. boy feels guilty, says something dickish and the two go separate ways.

- girl and boy meet up several years later, boy realizes he misses girl but won't admit to any deep feelings.

- girl and boy mess around. then they fight. then they mess around some more, and on and on.

- some shooting goes down, one of the characters nearly dies, boy and girl separate again for another year or so.

- one or both of the characters go on a drinking/drug binge until the end of the book when FINALLY boy and girl get their shit together.

Anyway, I don't mind repetitive storylines if the characters are interesting, unfortunately these characters fell a little flat. Which is a shame bc from the snippets we saw of older Tegan in the previous book, I was really looking forward to reading more about her.

What I did enjoy, however, was the secondary plot (Ellie and Dirty). Those characters had a great amount of depth and I wish they had gotten their own book.

Season 7, episode 5 here I come!!!

"You think it's so easy to change yourself.

You think it's easy, but it's not."

Pros:

- Elise is totally relatable as a 15 year old girl.  She's insecure.  She's self centered.  However, she's growing and learning too.  She's also not afraid to admit she makes mistakes.

- I love the idea of an outcast finding her way, through music.

- I really enjoyed the secondary characters.

- The writing was done well.  The author spent a good amount of time giving us enough background to understand where Elise was coming from, but not so much back story to bore us (I'm not usually a fan of "flash backs", but this was done well enough to not have me skip around).

Cons:

- I didn't like the way Elise treated her father, like he was pretty much a throwaway parent.

- Hated some of the characters....HATED them.

3061 hours?  Oh, is that all?