10 Characters I’d Switch Places With (Just For A Day)

I saw Amber from The Literary Pheonix do this post, and I thought it would be fun to try myself! (Also check out Amber's posts she posts so many fun things and great reviews)

As a reader, I find myself connecting to characters all the time. But would I ever want to trade places with them for a day? Well, some of them I would, and I'll tell you why!

Odessa

Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh

One of the first characters I really fell in love with as a person, because she was so close to me. I just want to live in her world and experience the other side once.

Meredy

Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh

I love the magic of being able to control an animal and work with them, I want the BEAR! I can't wait to see more of them both in Song of the Dead!

Meghan Chase

Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa

I think the fact that she has a mix of Iron and Summer glamour is really cool and interesting, but I wouldn't want to get mixed up in all the danger, just a day in the life of the child of Oberon, please.

Gandalf

The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

He doesn't come into contact with the spiders in the books...also I want to do magic.

Wanda/Melanie

The Host by Stephenie Meyer

The concept and the underground world always intrigued me. I think it'd be fun to talk to a voice in my head that wasn't just my thoughts too.

Esme Cullen

Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer

Her motherly instinct and family are amazing, also the chance to be a vampire...YES PLEASE!

Clary Fray

Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare

I want her ability to make runes that aren't in the book, and I've also always wanted to be a red-head as well.

Effie Trinket

Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins

Just think of the OUTFITS that I could wear. Also, I definitely like the movie version of Effie slightly more than the book one (because she didn't just vanish) so I want to be both.

Wisteria "Wisty" Allgood

Witch and Wizard series by James Patterson (and others)

As the series that got me into reading, of course, I would pick someone as amazing as Wisty. She can burst into FLAMES and uses a drumstick as a wand. Sooooo, I like her.

Ember Hill

Talon series by Julie Kagawa

One, she is a twin (I forget if she is the younger one or not). Two, I want to shapeshift into a dragon and travel all over the world with Riley.

There are other characters that I'd want to switch places with, but these are the current top ten in my mind. What are yours?

À bientôt!

Photo/GIF creds: all book covers from Goodreads (my canva edit to connect them),

90's Kid Book Tag

So I saw this tag on Nose Stuck In A Book, and I wanted to try it, just like all the other tags she does.

While I may have only been born in 97, I still enjoyed many of the fads of the 90s while growing up because the early 2000s were a lawless land. Don't believe me? Go google the top fashion.

THE RULES

*copied from 'The Literary Phoenix'

1. Please, please, please steal this tag and spread it around! I only ask that you link it back to The Literary Phoenix so that I can see everyone's answers!
2. Freeze tag was all the rage in the 90s. Tag someone (or many) you think would have fun with this!
3. Have fun!

*anything in asterisks are my personal feelings/memories with each 90s fad because I have many a story*

Pokemon

A GBA game and trading card game where you balled pocket monsters and strived to catch them all. Back in the day, there were only 150 Pokemon. *my mom didn't let me watch Pokemon so I didn't get to play until Pokemon Go came out, my favorite is Vulpix*

The author you need every book from: Julie Kagawa. I love all of her stories. It started with the Iron Fey series, and now I have at least one book from each of her series. Here's to getting them all!

AIM

AOL Instant Messaging - how 90s kids communicated with their friends after school before everyone had a cell phone. *I actually never used AIM because I didn't have friends during this fad*

Book that connected you with your best friend: I read a lot of books that my friends also read. However, Twilight is a reason why my roommate Emily and I got along so well. We both read the books during important/difficult times in our lives and when we met, we both mentioned that we liked it, and there began our Twilight Trash adventures and movie binges. (also Seth but I met him through Emily because of Twilight and just her in general lol)

Furby

Creepy needy robots you could teach to talk and were probably demon possessed. Somehow these made a comeback? *Furbys scare me and I'm glad my mother never got me one*

Book that seemed like a good idea but was actually a monster: MOBY DICK. The premise is good, but I hate the book and let the furbies eat it.

N'SYNC

90s quintessential boy band. You may have heard of Justin Timberlake? *I know few songs from this band but I know most of the memes....ITS GONNA BE MAY*

Book that you hated to say Bye, Bye, Bye to: The Host by Stephenie Meyer. I loved it so much and I thought the story was so interesting, also I wanted to follow Wanda more and see more of her working the world around her in a new body.

Slimed

Getting green slime thrown on you, courtesy of the show Figure it Out. Also apparently still a thing at the Kid's Choice Awards? *this is still on my bucket list*

A book that everyone loved but you hated: I mean, most books that I liked, everyone that I know also liked it. I don't know many people that liked the few books that I hated. Most people know the books that I dislike.

I will put a side-ish note here that there are books that I will not read due to stuff other reviewers say about it/or the author. One of them is The Black Witch. From honest reviews I have found about this book it's just not good, and problematic, and the fans of the book and author attack the reviewers who didn't give it a 4-5 star review so I don't want to be a part of any group like that. I see the book all over the internet so I guess that this one can fit this category.

Oregon Trail

90s computer game you could usually play at school, which was great. It taught us people used to die a lot of gruesome, messy deaths. *I only heard about this game like last year at some point because they made it a mobile game*

A book that made you wish you died of dysentery: For Whom The Bell Tolls get's this spot, hands down. I had to read this book for an English class in high school, and I liked the first two summer reads my professor assigned so I went into For Whom The Bell Tolls with hope, but THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT. The book was so boring to me and the way Hemingway wrote made me wish I was suffering any other way than by him.
*I looked up what dysentery was and I'm shook*

Mixtape/CD

Back before everyone had music on their phones (remember, we didn't have cell phones!) folks would rip their CDs and make mixes for each other. *my mom made my sister and I mixtapes to play on our little personal CD players. It was great. I honestly remember the rise of all the music sharing and streaming and it seems so far away*

3 books you recommend to anyone, anywhere, no matter what:

1. The Iron King from the Iron Fey Series by Julie Kagawa (I could literally talk about this and it's spin-off series for the rest of my life).
2. The City of Bones by Cassandra Clare (as well as the rest of the Shadowhunter Chronicles because the characters are good and so is the story).
3. Life and Death by Stephenie Meyer. (I'd say Twilight but while I love the series I love Edythe just a bit more)
4. *I just wanted to extra one* The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. (I love these books too and I'm sort of sad their hype has died down but at the same time I understand why)

Dial-Up Internet

You know how it's annoying when you aren't on LTE? IMAGINE WAITING 10 MINUTES FOR INTERNET TO START AND ANOTHER 20 MINUTES FOR GOOGLE TO LOAD! *I can honestly say I don't remember having dial-up...maybe I just wasn't allowed online during the time my mom had it. I always remember not waiting too long for things. Then again I was young and maybe I just don't remember the passage of time that well*

A book that took FOR FREAKING EVER to read: Lord of the Rings. I've only made it past Fellowship of the Ring as of this being posted so you know it's going to be a long time before I ever come out with a review or just any type of post about them. But I still love Middle Earth.

Kenan Thompson

He's that guy who's been on SNL forever. Also Mighty Ducks. Good Burger. Keenan and Kel. All That. Everything. *I watched like none of these...I know I've seen GB but I blocked that the hell out of my brain*

The book you see referenced everywhere and is in everything, but that's okay because it's awesome: The Shadowhunter Chronicle books go here again! Almost every blog and bookstagram that I follow have mentioned them and that's okay because I love them too.

Thumbs Up, Seven Up

A game where most the class closed their eyes and seven people tapped someone's thumb and you had to guess who did it without peeking. *I still love this game and will also say yes to playing it again*

Book where you peeked just REAL quick at the ending because you don't like guessing games: I don't do this because it gives me anxiety. I watched a friend read the ENTIRE last page of a book before starting it and my heart actually stopped in my chest.

Dunkaroos

These were basically just Teddy Grahams dipped in frosting, which is still a wonderful snack idea. *while I did like these, I really only remember eating the Shrek edition of them...and now I want them again*

You ideal bookish snack: Honestly anything. I could be eating my dinner while reading. As long as I don't get too much on the pages I call it a good day. But I do like having tea, cider, or hot chocolate when I read.

Scary Stories to Tell In The Dark

Collections of short stories that would scare any sensible kid! Plus, there were illustrations... *yea screw these I like watching Buzzfeed Unsolved but not these lmao, just the photos give nightmares*

A book that kept you up all night: I've never read something so scary to keep me up all night if that's how we want to go. But I have stayed up late reading The Iron Knight (Iron Fey #4) and The Lost (Witch and Wizard #5) before.

Bill Nye the Science Guy

Basically the coolest thing you got to do in science class was watch Bill Nye. He has a Netflix show again! *I never watched him in class until like a clip or two in college...which is weird but yea*

A book that taught you something new: I read a book for one of my history classes about the French Revolution (which is one of my favorite time periods) and it talked about EVERYTHING that lead to the revolution. Before I had only known about how it affected the royal family because I was a big fan of Marie Antoinette.

Now, while I don't know a lot of other book blogs (I need to start looking up others and make more friends in the bookish community) I can't tag anyone outright, but if you want to do this, do it! Let me know as well because I wanna see all your answers!

À bientôt!

Photo/Gif creds: vulpix, furby, N'SYNC, John Cena getting slimed, mixtape CD, shadowhunters, Shrek dunkaroos, Bill Nye,

Bookish Alphabet Survey

So I just love all the tags that Nose Stuck In A Book does, so here's another one I'm doing from her!

It's a bookish survey from A-Z, I'm excited to do this too! Get me thinking about all my books again (when am I not thinking of them all though right?)


Author you've read the most books from:

Cassandra Clare, I have read 33 of her books (this is because I do each novella as it's own book and not the collection as one). The next most-read author is Julie Kagawa, and I hope to read all of hers in the coming years because I love her and her books.


Best sequel ever:

I honestly can't think of a sequel...I've read tons of them but I can't think of one that stuck out SO greatly that I would say it's the best ever. Mainly if I like a sequel, I like the whole series. I guess the only one that I can say I really liked is Catching Fire from the Hunger Games Trilogy.


Currently reading:

As of publishing this post I am reading: Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare.


Drink of choice while reading:

I love drinking either tea, hot cocoa, or apple cider. I like warm drinks while I read, but I occasionally will have one or two of them iced. Just depends how warm/cold my reading area is and how I'm feeling.


E-reader or physical book:

I like them both. I really don't have anything against reading an e-book. I have a kindle and it's just I have so many physical books that I want to read first before my e-books that I have on there.


Fictional character you probably would have dated in high school:

Oh so many.


Glad you gave this book a chance:

The Host. My aunt, who I trust with book opinions, said she had a hard time getting through the first few chapters and stopped reading it. But I really liked the Twilight Saga so I gave Meyer's other book a chance, and I was really glad that I did. That book almost made me cry.


Hidden gem book:

I really only read a lot of mainstream books, I don't know if anything I have read is a 'hidden gem' book. I guess I can say the Call of the Forgotten Series by Julie Kagawa is something of a hidden gem to me. It's a spin-off from the Iron Fey series (also by Kagawa) and I feel that not many people have read it. But I love it.


Important moment in your reading life:

When I read a book faster than another kid in my class. It was a bet I had in fifth grade with a kid in my class. One day we both realized we were reading the same book and he bet me I couldn't read it faster than him. I finished it that day when I went home and started a new book the next day. He was SHOOKETH. Also the day I finish the book companion to Aquamarine in one day during fifth grade again. I was a fast reader back then.

Of course I didn't really read again until the seventh grade when I read Witch & Wizard for a school project and then my full love and passion of reading started to bloom.


Just finished:

By the time of this post being published I have just finished: Tales From the Shadowhunter Academy. You can find my review of it here.


Kinds of books you won't read:

Just because I like having action and adventure and magic in my books, I don't tend to read non-fiction or romance novels. I want something that will take me as far from reality as possible. Not to say I haven't read non-fiction and romance novels, or just novels/stories that don't surround magic and mayhem, but they aren't my first pick. The summary really has to grab me for that.


Longest book you've read:

I went back through my Goodreads profile since 2013 to find the longest book that I have read. Goodreads should have a button with the stats to show the shortest and longest books just right there. It'd be so cool.

The longest book is Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind (over 800 pages). I had to read the book for my Fantasy Literature class my senior year of high school. I really liked the class and while the book was tedious during the class, I've grown to have an appreciation for it in my years.


Major book hangover because of:

That would be Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy at the moment. I had to take two days to process what I had read by the end of it. I normally don't get book hangovers because I just dive into the next one on my shelf, but every once in a while one book will stop me in my tracks.


Number of bookcases you own:

I have one actual bookcase in my room. Then a have a smaller one that only fits my movies. The other books in my room are in a set of drawers if they don't fit on the small ledge that lines on of my bedroom walls. It's an interesting set up. Check out my bookstagram to see what I'm talking about!


One book you have read multiple times:

Witch & Wizard by James Patterson. I've read it about two and a half times.


Preferred place to read:

My room. I can curl up in my bed with the covers on and read until I can't feel my lower back. When I'm not at school I can have a cat cuddling with me too so that's always fun!


Quote that inspires you/gives you all the feels from a book you've read:

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” - Neil Gaiman (from Coraline)

I actually haven't read Coraline, I've seen it, but I really like this quote.


Reading regret:

I don't have any regrets when I comes to books and what I've read over the years. I don't think people should regret what they read, or when they read it.


Series you started and need to finish (all the books in series are out):

The Galahad series. I've read the first two in a volume edition. It was a really interesting concept I just haven't been able to find the other two volume editions at any book stores and I want to get the volume editions so my books all match.


Three of your all-time favorite books:

1. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
2. The Iron Fey by Julie Kagawa
3. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer


Unapologetic fangirl for:

The Twilight Saga. Shame me all you want. I'm vampire trash and I'm proud of it!


Very excited for this release more than all the others:

The next Iron Fey-esque book by Julie Kagawa that has been heard to be in the works. I'm shaking with excitement!


Worst bookish habit:

Just shoving my books into bags and purses. I need to invest in a book sleeve for when I go places. I'm tired of looking into my bag and seeing my headphones all tangled with the pages because I'm an animal.


X marks the spot: start at the top left of your shelf and pick the 27th book:

The 27th book on my shelf is:

The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa. I just love her so the fact that I get to talk about her books some more in a blog post is just fun.

I was at school and literally texted my mom to count my books for me too, and when I said to send a selfie of her with the book she just sent one with the book against her shirt...she's no fun! But thankful I have a mother that will do a weird favor like that for me!


Your latest book purchase:

Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa. It was released on October 2nd and I preordered it to get to my school by the 2nd. It's more beautiful in person than I thought it would be.


ZZZ-snatcher book (last book that kept you up WAY late):

I haven't spent nights reading since I was younger. I really like my sleep nowadays. But one of the books that just kept me up so long was The Lost by James Patterson. It was the last book in the Witch & Wizard series and I teared up at the ending.


Well, back to reading I go!

Let me know if you do this too! I'd love to see what you come up with for each letter.

À bientôt!

Photo/Gif creds: alphabet, catching fire, stopwatch, wizard's first rule, heart, reading cat,

Book Blogger Confessions!

So I recently saw this post by Nose Stuck In A Book and wanted to try it out. I love trying new bookish tags. I also like diving deep into my feelings about books, so let's go!

1. Which book, most recently, did you not finish?

I don't fully remember the name of the book but the last book that I did not finish was last year and it just didn't interest me. The summary on the back did, but starting the book I just didn't like it, or the writing style. (I didn't save it in my Goodreads so I can't find it, sorry!)

2. Which book is your guilty pleasure?

I don't feel guilty for reading anything that I own, but I'll just say Twilight because of it's hate. I love the series and you can pry it from my cold, sparkly hands.

3. Which book do you love to hate?

I don't know if I have a book that I love to hate. I think I only read books that I do like, and anything else is just...I don't read it again or just don't talk about it. Maybe Moby Dick and For Whom the Bell Tolls. I read them both and didn't like them.

4. Which book would you throw into the sea?

Anything by Hemingway, I very much dislike him. For Whom the Bell YEETS!
Also Moby Dick, let the whales eat it.

5. Which book have you read the most?

I have three books that I have read twice (I have so many books that I don't have time to read some more than twice). They are Witch & Wizard by James Patterson, The Iron King by Julie Kagawa, and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.

6. Which book would you hate to receive as a present?

I liked him at first, but none of John Green's other books interest me, or the same with James Patterson. Currently I only really love the Witch & Wizard series by him (and other authors) and have all of those books on my shelves.

7. Which book could you not live without?

Oh, I can't even tell you what book this would be. All my Julie Kagawa and Tolkien books have to stay. I need to keep those. I guess if I had to chose which books to keep I'd do those.

8. Which book made you the angriest?

The angriest? I don't think I've ever been mad at a book, maybe disappointed if the book wasn't that great if it had a lot of hype.

NO WAIT! It was Allegiant. Because of all the damn serums this world had, they don't have a resurrection one! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? #RIPTris

9. Which book made you cry the most?

The Host by Stephanie Meyer. It was only towards the end though when I thought Wanda was gone. I was so sad I was tearing up at my aunt's house. I keep hearing rumors that there will be more of the Host series but so far nothing. @ Meyer: PLEASE I WAIT

10. Which book cover do you hate the most?

I'd have to say that the cover that I hate the most is my cover for "Witch & Wizard: The Kiss" because it's different from the other four books. The first three and the fifth one (in my collection) have a letter on fire, and The Kiss has a face, which is supposed to be Wisty. For a while I couldn't even find a cover with a 'K' on fire and then like two years later it appeared, and only in paperback so it would mess up my book type if I got it unless i repurchase the WHOLE series...

So, those are my book confessions. I guess I haven't read too many books that I dislike or hate, but I have read some, haha. I still have more books to read this year, and there will never be a shortage of books to read.

If you also want to do this Book Confessions let me know! I'd love to read yours. Also let me know below if you agree or disagree with any of my confessions. It's always great if others agree with you.

À bientôt!

Photo/Gif creds: Twilight, The Iron King, W&W covers, The Host, 

'Life And Death' by Stephenie Meyer - A Book Review

Let me start this off by saying if you are only on here because you dislike Twilight and want to write/say rude and hurtful things about this book or the original saga, please leave. I don't need that in my life.

I did my makeup just for
this picture.

Before I begin with the review of this book I want to tell you how much Twilight means to me, which is one of the reasons I chose to read this book.

During my sophomore year of high school, my aunt introduced me to the Twilight Saga.  I had been one of the kids who just went with the crowd and hated the storyline (without reading it of course). But I trusted my aunt and I was tired of hating on a book series that I hadn't read yet, also I was secretly interested in the story I just couldn't let anyone know that. So I borrowed all four books from her and went to reading. It was such an important time in my life when I read them that they became an important part of who I was. Yes, the books aren't the best ones that I've ever read. Yes, they have some things that could have been written better. But Stephenie Meyer knows this, and so do the fans, but it doesn't stop them from loving the story and the characters.  Nor does it stop me.

So now to the present.  I have Life and Death in my hands.  The story I fell in love with, but the characters have changed (except for Charlie and Renee but if you read it you'll understand why).  I knew that it would be hard to split up my feelings for Twilight with Life and Death, but it has also been such a long time since I read Twilight that I wasn't getting confused during the book or telling myself 'HEY stop that this is Beau, not Bella.'

There were sometimes while reading that I found myself trying to remember who in the Cullen/Hale family was who in each book (Royal = Rosalie, etc.) but I made myself try to stop that very early on and it was effective to a point.  When I was deep in the book I didn't worry about it.  However, whenever I would pick up the book after a time of not reading, my brain would revert to comparing characters for a few paragraphs.

Also straight up, @ Meyer: Please make a version where it is f/f love of Edythe and Bella because I feel like I need that in my life.  "Oh, yea, I'd read that gay book." -My roommate upon hearing me say that.

(My other reviews will not be this wordy I just have a lot of feelings towards Twilight and its world.)

My review will be just comments from parts of the book that I found I really liked, cried at, laughed at, or something along those lines.  There will be spoilers, but not many as the book is about 95% the same story, there is a twist surprise at the end so I will warn when I'm about to talk on it.

My rating:

I give the book 5 stars, of course.  The story, even with the twist, was so much more than I thought it would be.  Rereading the story brought me back to simpler time and the fact that the character changes helped make it a whole new journey for me.

Meyer's message in the beginning about how she chose to write the book this way and how she only kept a few of the characters the same really helped me with this book.  It helped me get a little more into the story and make it believable, instead of having 100% gender switched, and many of the characters had just such a different personality and weren't 'the same character but that opposite gender'.  I think that Meyer did a wonderful job in recreating her iconic story.

I'm also just so in love with Edythe.  I think it's the way that Meyer describes female vampires, or maybe that's more my type than I thought it was because Vampire Bella is literally so amazing and one of the loves of my life.  This is more evidence as to why I need a version of the story that's EdythexBella; if I have to write it to get it then so be it!  But I want it gay and I want it now.

My notes:
Pg 117-120: I really liked how Meyer connected the two characters from the airport to how Edythe saved Beau in Port Angeles.  I thought it was really interesting to have the situation like that since the one with Bella was so different because of the different dynamics of the characters.

Pg 140: I was so happy with how casual the reveal of Edythe being a vampire was in this scene.  It was obviously more dramatic in Twilight (or maybe I'm just thinking of the movie) but I just felt that being so casual and having Beau not feel as nervous about saying it made me feel not as nervous.

Pg 155: My sweet boi Beau telling McKayla about Jeremy but then bringing in the Man Code to show her how much he cares for the both of them but doesn't want to hurt either of them I just love him so much what a good boy.  My sweet son.

Pg 164: Their [Edythe and Beau] argument on who thinks about the other more is so embarrassingly cute and I look forward to the day I can be that cute with someone that I love.

Pg 178: Beau makes the comment that Edythe asks him so many questions on books, and I would talk for DAYS with a pretty female (vampire or not) about books if they asked.  Because books and pretty females are a large part of my life.

Pg 182: "It's twilight" - Edythe (She did the Thing™)

*no page but at end of chapter 11*: I really liked how Bonnie was given a deep voice.  I feel that most of the books that I have read the female characters I have read don't have a deep voice, they have that high feminine voice that is so distinctive of being a female character.  So having a deep-voiced female who was so badass made me happy to read.

*notes that I wrote all over the book*: CHARLIE IS SUCH A SWEET AND CARING FATHER EVERY TIME HE GETS HURT I GET HURT STEPHENIE WE NEED TO HAVE WORDS. I want to go and live with my lasagna-loving father, Charlie Swan.

Pg 210-213: I didn't remember Edward's story being so painfilled or full of emotion.  I just felt that Meyer gave Edythe a little more emotion and turmoil in her story and attempt to try to stay away from Beau.

Pg 214: IT'S THE LION AND LAMB QUOTE I HAD TO MARK IT I LOVE IT SO MUCH OH THANK THE GODDESS THAT MEYER KEPT IT IN THERE.

Pg 266: I like how the Volturi was two women and one man.  I don't know why, but I felt it was a nice dynamic especially with the lead being one of the females.

Pg 299: "It's called a hotel, Edythe." - Beau.  Sir leave her be please calm down she is just worried about her, but also I am screaming so loud why are you like this Edythe.

Pg 301: "I love you.  Whatever happens now, that doesn't change." -Beau.  Oh, when can I have someone love me this much where is my vampire lover?  I'm right here waiting for you!

Pg 311: Archie asking permission to touch Beau was honestly such a wonderful thing to read and I know it's small but I just...consent is so important no matter the circumstance.

Pg 319: Archie talking about Jessamine and how great she is makes my heart fly.  That's love right there.  He is boosting her up on a pedestal and I just love him more for it.  PRAISE YOUR S.O.!!!

Pg 325: "...a sudden wave of depression crashed over me. Jessamine looked up sharply, and the feeling dissipated."  Jessamine is literally a human Prozac pill lmfao.

Pg 341: "The memories were better than any reality I would see today.  But I raced away from them."  This line really struck me.  Sometimes I also run from the good feelings, and the fact of where Beau was running to (dance studio) at the time and thinking about Edythe made it more emotional and I was crying because I didn't want him to do this.

Pg 344-345: I totally forgot about the backstory of Alice (which means the same as Archie) and I cried at it.  My sweet children being hurt but luckily not remembering it.

Pg 371: " Don't you ever again think that I don't want you.  I will always want you. I don't deserve you, but I will always love you. Are we clear?" -Beau.  This was a great line that he said to Edythe but this is me to like every cat that I see.

THE FOLLOWING IS DURING THE TWIST AT THE END PLEASE STOP IF YOU HAVEN'T READ IT AND DON'T WANT A SPOILER
Pg 359: I very much like the fact that Beau changed in this book.  Like I so wanted that to happen in Twilight but at the same time, I loved the whole saga.  But having him change now was such a great ending.  But NOT THE HURT ON CHARLIE HOW DARE!  Reading about Beau's funeral and seeing Charlie being in pain over the death of his son just like...there are so many issues with hurting Charlie that is literally my only rule don't hurt my father.
SPOILER OVER YOU ARE SAFE TO CONTINUE

This has been my review/emotion dump of 'Life and Death' by Stephenie Meyer.  If you had similar or different feelings let me know in the comments, let's have a conversation!  Who are your favorite characters? Did you have a hard time keeping them separate from both books? Do you want it gay (m/m or f/f)??? If you just want to scream about Twilight I am ALL HERE FOR IT!

À bientôt!

Photo/Gif creds: my selfie with the book, Charlie Swan eating, Twilight, Bella's eyes, Bella reading,
while looking for gifs and pictures I came across this and died of laughter