Switched (Trylle#1)

Title: Switched

Author: Amanda Hocking

My Rating: 1 star

Reading the very first sentence of this book, left me feeling revolted, with an awful taste in my mouth. The main character, Wendy was not only incredibly aggravating, but also a completely spoilt and self-absorbed brat. And to just give you a slight idea of just how annoying she is, just think of her, as a junior Dolores Umbridge in the making. I can hear your gasp of horror over carry over the internet, and feel you shuddering at the screen right now. Yes, that's how annoying this Wendy Everly is. And is if that's not enough, she is conveyed as the 'victim' who is 'scorned', 'misunderstood' and 'misjudged' by all members of society. She is shown as the misfit who 'doesn't belong' and has always felt out of place despite the fact that she belongs to a rich, loving family.

Why of course, this is because Wendy belongs to a paranormal race of creatures (WHOA! Who would've seen that one coming?) and is in fact a [insert suspenseful music- duh,duh,duh...] TROLL! Well, that explains a lot about her personality. She is a changeling princess placed with humans which is why her mother (who realised that she wasn't her real daughter, or a human being, for that matter) attempted to kill her and ended up institutionalized. Boo hoo, cry me a freaking river; I wish she had succeeded so that I did not have to suffer at the hands of the three hundred and something paged book.

Anyway, Wendy darling (It’s a Peter Pan thing) here decides to run off with fellow troll Finn, to her true family but alas, her real mother is just as bad as her adoptive one.
The romance is absolutely nauseating. I am getting sick of instantaneous love and this was overall just a completely clichéd book. The only thing remotely interesting was the paranormal creatures, although trolls, portrayed from Hocking’s perspective aren’t exactly my cup of tea. Plus, I suppose it was bound to happen; vampires, werewolves, fairies, witches, ooh what’s next on the supernatural list?
Altogether, I loathed this book as can be seen from my expression, all the while I was reading the book.

The Awakening (The Vampire Diaries #1)

Title: The Awakening

Author: L.J. Smith

My Rating: 1 star

I only read about 1-2 chapters of this book. And I after searching high and low, reading through thesauruses and pondering for hours, I have come up with the perfect word to describe The Awakening. Eww. I can hear you applauding me so I shall take a virtual bow. Thank you. Thank you. I know, right? Eww, eww, eww.

What do we have here? A vain, self-absorbed and depressed teenager and an ancient, lovesick vampire who devours...wait for it... fluffy, innocent, fluffy, cute, fluffy rabbits. How utterly unforgivable. Humanity Vampire-ity has reached a whole new level of cruelty. Someone call the RSPCA. (Which for those of you not in Australia is, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). I reached the part where Elena the egomaniac is 'insulted' after being ignored by Stefan the sadistic rabbit eater. And then I tried to throw down the book with a disgusted sigh. Unfortunately, I was reading a PDF file of the book on my laptop and was irritated- as you can imagine- that I couldn't fulfil my intention. Alas, I had to contend myself with closing the file with a vehement click of the mouse and cussing a stream of unladylike words. IMPORTANT NOTE: There is no joy like the joy of reading the physical, hard copy of a book. It can be kissed, hugged, cried on, stained and of course, shredded into pieces too :D And because I believe that the last one is sacrilege, I think it should be replaced by the guilty book being thrown from a height of approximately 1.5 meters (not anymore, lest the book should get seriously harmed- which is also sacrilege) and being told in a strict voice "Bad book! BAD BOOK!"

Anyway, after all of this, it was clear that the book was going to be a hideous mixture of lame romance and disturbing dramas of high school. So I swore at the book again and went to read something else.

Yay! 
The End.

P.S. The TV series is much better than the books

Obsidian (Lux #1)

Title: Obsidian

Author: Jennifer L Armentrout

My rating: 5 stars

“Beautiful face. Beautiful body. Horrible attitude. It was the holy trinity of hot boys.”

Starting over is never easy...

After Katy Swartz’s father passes away from cancer, her mother decided to make a fresh start. A new house, new town and new school doesn’t sound like much fun to Katy, especially having to leave Florida for West Virginia and having an ultra gorgeous, ultra powerful and ultra douche bag  for a neighbour. Oh yeah, he’s also an alien.

Although Daemon Black is infuriatingly handsome and infuriatingly rude, his sister Dee becomes Kat’s best friend and they are forced to spend time together. This results in many witty exchanges, sarcastic remarks and of course, a lot of sexual tension.

After an accident, Daemon heals Kat with his ‘extra-terrestrial’ powers, forming a supernatural bond between them.  Instead of giving away anything else, I’ll just say that what follows will be enough to make you spontaneously combust.

Daemon Black

Daemon Black is both hot and annoying as hell. Acting hot one second, and cold the next, he confused Katy and myself into evoking a love-hate relationship with him; that adorable little bigot.

Katy Swartz

Kat is hands down my favourite female protagonist in YA literature. She is witty, intelligent, funny and strong all at once. She stands up to Daemon and is anything but a damsel in distress. I especially love the pop culture references she constantly makes, it demonstrates that she is an actual teenager and makes her more relatable.

I love everything about Obsidian and every other book in this series. Thankfully, this first one doesn’t end with a cliff-hanger but still makes you want to read the next one.