The Vampire Diaries

So, The Vampire Diaries came out ages ago, in at least 2010 I think? I didn't watch it on TV because it really didn't faze me. But for Christmas this year I got the Season 1 DVD and I think it has become my new favourite TV show ever.

Over about 2 months I have watched all 22 episodes. I tried to watch them sparingly because I didn't want it to end! I thought the first couple of episodes were good, but it was by about episode 4 that I was really hooked. At one point I think I watched like three episodes in a day! Crazy.

I love the characters the most in this series. Before hand I had always heard 'Stefan or Damon?' but I never really knew who they were. When Damon first came to Mystic Falls, he was horrible and I thought 'why would anyone pick Damon?! Stefan is so much nicer!' But by the end of the series, I was in love with Damon, he became more humane and his one liners are hilarious. He was one of the reasons I love the show so much. But don't get me wrong! I still like Stefan, I love how much he cares for people and lets face it, he has such a fit body. I think they're possibly the coolest brothers ever to be created, I love the relationship between them, not so much at the start where they hated each other, but nearer the end of the series where they started to protect each other. Very brotherly.

Then we have Elena. I hear they had to change her personality and her looks from the books because she was just too bitchy. I think Elena is so beautiful, and she portrays the part of Elena really well. She's so caring especially towards her brother, Jeremy. Her and Stefan make a really good couple.

But after reading so many vampire books, and watching a couple of vampire shows, this is probably the best, in my opinion, show for portraying vampires. They can't go out in sunlight (unless they have these special rings like Stefan and Damon) and they have to feed off blood, but can also eat normal food too.Then to become a vampire you have to have vampire blood in your system when you die, then when you wake up you have to kill a human. A complicated way, but very clever.

They have the perfect balance of love, high school drama and vampires which is why I love it so much. As well as the cliff hanger at the end of each episode, especially the last one. I am now on Season 2 which so far, is just as good. Sorry about the long blog, but I just feel so strongly about this series, it's so good! Don't hesitate to watch!

My To-Read List

So over the past couple of days I have made a 'to-read' list ready for the rest of 2012. Here we go:

Uglies Series:
Uglies
Pretties
Specials

The Caster Chronicles
Beautiful Creatures
Beautiful Darkness
Beautiful Chaos

Fallen Series
Fallen
Torment
Passion
Rapture (Spring 2012)

The Hush, Hush Series
Hush, Hush
Crescendo
Silence
Finale (Autum 2012)

The Mortal Instruments Series
City of Bones
City of Ashes
City of Glass
City of Fallen Angels
City of Lost Souls (May 2012)
City of Heavenly Fire (September 2013)

Divergent Series
Divergent
Insurgent
Third book yet to be named.

Matched Series
Matched
Crossed
Third book yet to be named.

Individuel books.
Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen.
The Host by Stephanie Meyer.
Elixer by Hilary Duff.
Fracture by Megan Miranda.

So there is a bit of a mixture in there, some more dark romance books, some books set in dystopian place. If you have read any of these books and have any opinions on them, please leave a comment below!

House of Night #2 Betrayed

As you might know, my review of the first House of Night book Marked wasn't one of my best. This book has completely changed my mind about the series. I prefer this book so much more than the first book.

The book sets place shortly after the first book ended. One of the main reasons I liked this book was because of how much happens in so little time. It begins with parent's night, where all the parents (well most of them) come to the school to see their children. In this chapter, I learnt a lot about Aphrodite, and it really makes me re-think her as a person, in fact the whole book changes my opinion Aphrodite.

One thing that really does surprise me is how well P.C. and Kristen Cast can change my opinion on a character, in this book my opinion changes on so many characters. Especially Neferet, but I won't ruin that for you.

The main plot line in this book is that there have been some killings of humans around the House of Night. Zoey has a feeling about who does it, but is she right? Whilst trying to solve the mysteries Zoey and her friends have to battle with day to day life at the House of Night, and some big surpirses occur...
It really is hard to give you the main gist of the House of Night books without giving it all away, but I think that is all I can say.

Anyway, I thourougly enjoyed this book, much more than Marked and I really recommend to anyone.

Story Line: ☻☻☻☻☺
Addiction: ☻☻☻☻ ☺
Genre: Paranormal romance