Review: Reign Fall

Title: Reign Fall (Demon Princess #3)
Author: Michelle Rowen
Genre: YA, supernatural
Rating: 4.5/5
Cover: 5/10

First of all, I want to thank the lovely Michelle Rowen for sending me the e-ARC of this book.

I will admit - I had to go back and re-read the first two, because it's just been so long, and with so many other books in between, I was a bit confused about Nikki's story, but once I was finished with those two, I remembered just how great this story is.

Reign Fall continues Nikki, the half-demon princess's story. One of the things that's so great about the Demon Princess books is that while the supernatural is (obviously) a huge part of the plot and story, the problems Nikki faces - psychological problems concerning people around her, troubles accepting our bodies' change during adolescent years, conflicts between friends, etc - are all very much real, even if the spark behind those problems are a little less conventional.
The whole side story with Clara was something I had never, not in a thousand years anticipated, and I loved that. It's always great when an author can take a character and totally surprise you with it.
Nikki herself made me laugh. She gets annoyed almost as quickly as I do, and she deals with it in pretty much the same way as me - venting to any and everyone who happens to be around.
Michael... I can't say I've ever been a big fan of his (I have a huge, gaping, obsolutely ridiculously big weak point for feary kings), but in this book, he just plain-out bothered me. Keeping secrets is never a good thing in a relationship, and he could have at least told Nikki why he refused to kiss her. Instead, he gets all angtsy and jealous and throws a fit, then screws up.
Rhys, on the other hand, was amazing (although, as mentioned above, I'm probably a tad biased here lol). I love his sense of humor and his sarcasm. I love that he hides his true, broken and young self behind this tougher-than-thou facade. He's a very complex character, and I was sad there wasn't as much of him in the book as I wanted there to be.
Melinda surprised me. I never expected her to do the things she did, but I was glad she did them (well,except for one thing, but she did redeem herself later on, so no harm done).

On the whole, a great book. An excellent sequel to the first two which I'm sure Nikki fans will love. Can't wait for Reign Storm; that ending was just mean, and the fourth one promises great things to come!

Resenha: Fifty Shades of Grey

Aviso: Este livro não é Young Adult!

Eu... amei, adorei, me apaixonei por esse livro.
E os que já leram talvez fiquem assustados com isso, mas deixa eu explicar: Fifty Shades of Grey sempre vai levantar uma baita polêmica, mas o fato é que não foram os métodos... interessantes do Christian que me cativaram, mas sim a história como um todo.

Fifty Shades of Grey conta a história de Anastasia Steele, uma jovem recém-formada que, por ironia do destino, acaba entrevistando o CEO mais influente do século porque a sua melhor amiga, Kate, que era do jornal da universidade e ia entrevistá-lo, pegou uma gripe e não pôde ir à entrevista. Para salvar a amiga, Ana vai entrevistar Christian Grey, o multi-gazilionário de 27 anos dono da Grey Enterprises Holding Inc.
De cara, Ana percebe que Christian é arrogante, dominador, e tem uma necessidade de controlar tudo. Mas ele a deixa intrigada quando ele expressa um desejo ardente de ajudar os mais pobres e alimentar o mundo todo, sozinho, se for preciso. E claro, tem o físico do cara, que é de matar.

Depois de uma entrevista altamente vergonhosa, Ana deixa Christian Grey, grata por nunca mais ter que colocar os olhos nele. Mas parece que o destino tem outras ideias, e Ana vai ter que decidir se conhecer esse homem misterioso melhor valhe mesmo a pena todos os sacrifícios que ela terá que fazer para que o... relacionamento deles funcione.

Sério, eu hiper, mega, super recomendo para todos que não tem probelmas com cenas bastante picantes. O livro começa bem devagar, e à medida que você vai lendo, vai tendo uma ideia de quão picante vai ficar, e dá pra decidir na boa se quer ou não continuar.
Espero ansiosamente o lançamento do terceiro livro do Fifty <3