An Overwhelmed Creative

I remember one of my friends introduced me to The Sandman in college. Well, it was more like she introduced me to a different kind of comic book and she began with The Sandman. We became friends because we liked comic books and anime and the like. I would tell her about the X-Men and she would tell me about more adult comic books. Like with a lot of people, college was an age of discovery, but in my world, I discovered adult books and comic books. I began reading Anne Rice and was introduced to Neil Gaiman. The first comic book she gave me to read was the one about Dead: The High Cost of Living (which is currently lent to one of my  friends: After that, I remember reading an issue or two of The Sandman, and that was about it. Then, after college, I started reading Neil Gaiman's novels. I knew who he was and I knew he was cool and even when his writing was weird, I still liked it. It was different. But, not The Sandman. It wasn't until I was in my thirties tha...

This was a nice addition to a wonderful series. *There will be some spoilers for the series in this review* Happily Ever After contains the short stories Kiera Cass wrote about her characters. It starts with Queen Amberly's story. This is one of my favorites. I loved to see how she ended up with the King and why the King was how he was in The Selection novels. I liked reading how she was and why she loved Clarkson like she did and how the King knew what he wanted her for and he did it until the end of his days. The last story is the Epilogue to The Selection. It sets up The Heir perfectly and it's such a happy epilogue it was great to end up the entire series with it. Also, aren't you always curious to know what happens after the happily ever after? This story sums it up wonderfully. The rest of the stories are based on the points of view of the characters surrounding America during The Selection series. We get an inside into Maxon's point of view when he...

After having been totally disappointed by The Elite, Kiera Cass restored my faith in her world with The Crown. I was glad I got to feel like I did with the original Selection trilogy with this book. Once more, we got the love story you know should happen, but it can't... until it does. I confess I was surprised about a few things, and I didn't really imagine who the chosen one would be until late in the book. I suspected a bit, but not too much. The characters all changed for the better in this book and all the reveals made me feel happy inside. After all, this is why I liked these books in the first place, because they make me happy and giddy, which is a feeling I don't often get in a book. I don't usually read fairy-tale books, but I sure liked this one. I am now starting the short stories about the characters and will post my review soon. cheers!

I fell in love with America and Maxon after finishing The Selection trilogy that I was thirsty for more. When I first started The Selection I knew there were two additional books that sort of served as an epilogue, but I didn't think I would read them. That all changed after finishing the original trilogy and I didn't know what to do with my life (yes, I really, really enjoyed them). Now, after having finished The Heir, I wish I would have stopped at The Selection. It wasn't completely horrible, but it tore my dreams to shreds. Maxon and America are still there, but they are older and a little out of character sometimes, especially America. As for Maxon, he is always tired and trying to solve unsolvable problems. The story is not about them, though. It's about their daughter. Out of their four children, Eadlyn in the oldest and at 18 years old, she is being prepared for the throne. Following The Selection's ending, Maxon does indeed get rid of the c...

I wanted to talk a little about the different ways books are presented to us. Both as a published author and avid reader, there is always the choice between reading the paper edition of a book, the electronic version or the audiobook. There are reasons why I have learned to enjoy all three of them. PAPER. This is, by far, my favorite. I love feeling the pages in my fingers. I love knowing I can just go back to reread if I need to. I love that I can flip a few pages to see how many more I have until the end of the chapter if I'm too tired and want to go to sleep. When I was younger I preferred the paperback to the hard cover, but not anymore. I used to think hardcovers were heavy, but now I think they are easier to read because they open fully. With a paperback, I almost have to force those pages to open. As an author self-publishing, hard cover books are very expensive and since I am basically an unknown, no one would pay over $20 for one of my books. At least not yet...