RED QUEEN

By Victoria Aveyard

This story follows Mare, a red, in a world of silvers with powers and abilities not seen in the red society. Except she now has these powers which is impossible for a red to have. She must now be front a centre in a world she knows nothing about while terrorist acts go on around her. Her choices could change the world she lives in.
I wasn't overly impressed by this book. I flew through it and it was enjoyable but it wasn't different. Maybe if I hadn't already read Hunger games, Matched, Divergent I would have enjoyed it more. However, that's not to say I didn't enjoy the read.

I'll tell you what I did enjoy and that was the one twist I didn't see coming. Shade is alive. Maybe it should be a given if you don't read the death then you should be suspicious but I was shocked. I thought Mare and her brother would have the same powers but I liked they were different from the silvers and that the powers in family trees could change. I found the writing style comfortable to read and flowed very well. I really liked Mare and thought her character has so much potential in books to come and it's pretty obvious she will end up with Cal and that the next book will start another love triangle. The word building was interesting with Aveyard's world of red and silvers using the idea of hierarchy and inequality as the backbone of this story.

I'm kinda sad Mare didn't end up with Maven just so the book could be different from the rest. I knew as soon as the line "anyone can betray anyone" that Maven was going to be that anyone. Wouldn't it have been a shock though if Maven freed his brother and Mare in the last chapter and turned on his own mother. Like most dystopian books it's usually the first boy outside of the protagonists world that she will end up with and that seems to be where these books are heading. I will probably read the books to come just because it was quite interesting but I wont be in a rush to get the next book 

TV Shows I'm Loving At The Moment

Like most "teens" at the moment I have no reason to leave my house as school is over. So have been binge watching a tone of TV shows, and loving every moment. So, today I thought I'd share some of my favourites and my thoughts on them.

Masters of Sex: Just the name lures you in, but this show is not what you expect. It's emotional, enthralling and striking. The series follow pioneers Bill Masters and Virginia Johnson  as they explore the scientific nature of sex in the reluctant and conserved era of the 50s through to the 60s. But it's also much more. The cast gives extraordinary performances and the character growth with each episode is impressive to say the least. Virginia and Bill begin to get involved in the study and the emotion turmoil which it evokes is what pulls the story along. Just finished season 2 and I can't wait for season 3 to start in the UK. To see Bill and Virginia, and of course all the supporting characters, back on my screen. I love Bill and Virginia and can't get enough of them it's the small emotional leaps that Bill makes and the ways Virginia has brought him out of his shell that draws me to the series. If you like series such as Mad Men I think this would be perfect.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: OH MY GOD. So different from the start of this post but I absolutely recommend this series to anyone who loves bad ass women pushing gender roles and supernatural intensity that will leave you wanting more. I'm sure you've all heard of Buffy but in a nut shell she is a vampire slayer, yup the name pretty much. As soon as I finished I went and brought the comic and flew through it. I needed more of the scobby gang, and spike and Angle and just everyone. This show is funny and unexpected and moving and just everything you want from a good supernatural programme which have strong actors and character development which tug at your heart strings and pull the whole thing together. (P.s I've just started watching ANGLE I needed more).

Hannibal: I know, I know it's just been cancelled but there's hope for it to move over to netfix which wouldn't be so bad considering the content they have been dishing out. Anyway back to the show, and what a show. Hannibal is just beautiful. The visual aesthetic has no end and while some say it overshadows the main plot I believe it is what makes it unique and elevates it from the previous films that have come before. Moreover the bromance between Hannibal and Will makes my heart ache. The creepy, dark themes of this show is why I love it so much, and also Red Dragon has just been added played by Richard Armitage (Thorin from Hobbit) which draws me to the next series even more.

So these are just 3 of the TV shows I've recently watched but by summers end I'm sure I'll easily make my way through more. In the process destroy my emotions while I some what live vicariously through these characters.
From Dee