Blood and Chocolate: Book vs Movie

You want my honest opinion, if you love the book then don't waste your time watching the movie because you're in for a major disappointment. The movie is terrible, it doesn't really stick much to the plot and they didn't make the wolves anything like what you read in the book. I love the book and hate the movie, but in all fairness watch it if you want but don't say I didn't warn you.

Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause

Author: Annette Curtis Klause

Reading level: Young Adult

Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Rated 8/10

The first cover is the one on the book I read,but I also love the newer cover(it's pretty) so I added it on here

Vivian Gandillon relishes the change, the sweet, fierce ache that carries her from girl to wolf. At sixteen, she is beautiful and strong, and all the young wolves are on her tail. But Vivian still grieves for her dead father; her pack remains leaderless and in disarray, and she feels lost in the suburbs of Maryland. She longs for a normal life. But what is normal for a werewolf?

Then Vivian falls in love with a human, a meat-boy. Aiden is kind and gentle, a welcome relief from the squabbling pack. He's fascinated by magic, and Vivian longs to reveal herself to him. Surely he would understand her and delight in the wonder of her dual nature, not fear her as an ordinary human would.

Vivian's divided loyalties are strained further when a brutal murder threatens to expose the pack. Moving between two worlds, she does not seem to belong in either. What is she really--human or beast? Which tastes sweeter--blood or chocolate?

My Review
I liked this book,it was a fast paced and interesting read(I read it in one night).For those females that love werewolves you'll like this.Vivian is a junior in high school living in a new town because the last place she lived they were targeted for being werewolves and their houses burned(that's how her father leader of the pack died)She's living with her mother and attending school where she meets Aiden(a human) and falls hard for him. She decides to show him her true self because she thinks they are in love. He freaks out and the next day she learns there has been a dead body found and she thinks it's her doing. I liked this book and it kinda made me feel for Vivian and what she went through after she tried to show the boy she loved her true form and he rejected her. I obviously didn't give too much away her cuz you'd probably love it more reading it for youself. I watched the movie today on youtube thinking that maybe it would be good like the book. It wasn't,just warning those who read the book and want to watch the movie. The movie totally destroys the plot of the book and sucks majorly!!!!

Intertwined by Gena Showalter

Author: Gena Showalter

Reading level: Young Adult

Publisher: Harlequin

Rated 9/10

                                                                                   

Most sixteen-year-olds have friends. Aden Stone has four human souls living inside him:

One can time-travel.

One can raise the dead.

One can tell the future.

And one can possess another human.

With no other family and a life spent in and out of institutions, Aden and the souls have become friends. But now they're causing him all kinds of trouble. Like, he'll blink and suddenly he's a younger Aden, reliving the past. One wrong move, and he'll change the future. Or he'll walk past a total stranger and know how and when she's going to die.

He's so over it. All he wants is peace.

And then he meets a girl who quiets the voices. Well, as long as he's near her. Why? Mary Ann Gray is his total opposite. He's a loner; she has friends. He doesn't care what anyone thinks; she tries to make everyone happy. And while he attracts the paranormal, she repels it. For her sake, he should stay away. But it's too late….

Somehow, they share an inexplicable bond of friendship. A bond about to be tested by a werewolf shape-shifter who wants Mary Ann for his own, and a vampire princess Aden can't resist.

Two romances, both forbidden. Still, the four will enter a dark underworld of intrigue and danger—but not everyone will come out alive….

MY REVIEW
I absolutely loved this book!!!!!! I'm so hoping there is a sequel(cuz I haven't seen anywhere on the net confirming a sequel)she left the end defiantly open for one(and I so want to read more)The story begins with introducing us to 17 year old Aden who has 4 spirts(each with a different power) living inside of him since birth. He was given up at the age of 3 by his parents and has been living in foster homes and institutions(people think he's crazy cuz sometimes he talks back to the spirits inside of him) his whole life. Then one day in a graveyard in the new town he lives in he meets Mary Ann and his whole life changes. She somehow makes everything go away(like the spirits in his head while they are together) and he feels a strong connection to her. They quickly become friends and they both learn of a world they never knew full of vampires, werewolves, fairies, goblins, and witches. They meet a vampire princess and her werewolf bodyguard and they begin their quest for answers and figuring out Aden's and Mary Ann's connection to each other. They figure out why there are spirits in Aden's body and how they have to release them(they only release one in this book though).Well that's all I'm gonna give away,go and read it for yourself!!!!!!!!! This book has a lot of cheesy romance moments so I'm gonna warn the guys who hate that stuff lol!

Daughters of Darkness-L.J. Smith

Fugitives from Night World, three vampire sisters leave their isolated home to live among humans in Daughters of Darkness. Their brother, Ash, is sent to bring the girls back, but he falls in love with their beautiful friend.






MY REVIEW
I liked this book. I would give it a B+.I like the plot. I just feel a lil more could have been done. But I was fairly satisified otherwise.Another one of those vampire falls in love with a human story.A friend gave me a bunch of these books by L.J. Smith so I just figured I'd give them a go and read them.I can defiantly say I like L.J. Smith as an author.She has a great imagination!