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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
I honestly don't know what to say here besides this book is all kinds of messed up. This book had neither a great plot or great writing in my opinion. We also have a main character that has an issue with boundaries, stalking, and defends her pack that went around and murdered two humans.
The main character, Vivian, a sixteen year old werewolf moves with her pack to Maryland after the teenage pack members go and kill a human in order to get another pack member out of trouble for murdering a human. Due to Vivian's intervention the five members of the pack that call themselves 'The Five' were not killed for their actions. However, the pack is burned out of their home and this is why they move to Maryland to heal and re-group.
Vivian is apparently the most attractive female in her entire school and is often perplexed that no one wants to be friends with her. She also has long soliloquies about the moon, being a wolf, etc. The entire book is told from Vivian's point of view and she is one messed up teenager.
Eventually Vivian falls for a human named Aiden and she starts dating him over the objection of her mother and 'The Five'. Apparently Vivian's mother problem is not that she could be having sex but having sex with a human. That's the other thing Vivian is pretty much forced to accept gropings, people staring at her, and does her best to be seen as a highly sexually person at all times. She is sixteen. She has a 17 birthday in this book and the ending pretty much grossed me out when you have her being 'mated' to someone. She's 17 years old.
Besides Vivian dating Aiden we also have a member of 'The Five' and the new leader of the pack wanting Vivian and oh we also have some murders thrown into the plot to solve. I am not all for love triangles in novels let alone rectangles but I think if we had stayed on one plot point for the entire book it would have worked much better.
Also I think if the book had shown Vivian vulnerable or torn about being a werewolf, that would have resonated with me more. Instead we have Vivian being just as cruel as 'The Five' and when her relationship with Aiden goes threat level midnight and she decides stalking and trying to force him to be with her is the way to go.
If Vivian had been named Vic I think that a lot of people would have had a bad taste left in their mouth about her actions. Somehow her being a female maybe made it more palatable to a lot of people.
The main character, Vivian, a sixteen year old werewolf moves with her pack to Maryland after the teenage pack members go and kill a human in order to get another pack member out of trouble for murdering a human. Due to Vivian's intervention the five members of the pack that call themselves 'The Five' were not killed for their actions. However, the pack is burned out of their home and this is why they move to Maryland to heal and re-group.
Vivian is apparently the most attractive female in her entire school and is often perplexed that no one wants to be friends with her. She also has long soliloquies about the moon, being a wolf, etc. The entire book is told from Vivian's point of view and she is one messed up teenager.
Eventually Vivian falls for a human named Aiden and she starts dating him over the objection of her mother and 'The Five'. Apparently Vivian's mother problem is not that she could be having sex but having sex with a human. That's the other thing Vivian is pretty much forced to accept gropings, people staring at her, and does her best to be seen as a highly sexually person at all times. She is sixteen. She has a 17 birthday in this book and the ending pretty much grossed me out when you have her being 'mated' to someone. She's 17 years old.
Besides Vivian dating Aiden we also have a member of 'The Five' and the new leader of the pack wanting Vivian and oh we also have some murders thrown into the plot to solve. I am not all for love triangles in novels let alone rectangles but I think if we had stayed on one plot point for the entire book it would have worked much better.
Also I think if the book had shown Vivian vulnerable or torn about being a werewolf, that would have resonated with me more. Instead we have Vivian being just as cruel as 'The Five' and when her relationship with Aiden goes threat level midnight and she decides stalking and trying to force him to be with her is the way to go.
If Vivian had been named Vic I think that a lot of people would have had a bad taste left in their mouth about her actions. Somehow her being a female maybe made it more palatable to a lot of people.
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment
Blood and Chocolate is one of my guilty pleasures that I love to come back to every year.
I loved the book ending better than the movie ending :) I don't like that they changed it so much in the movie, but this book is definitely one of my favorites
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book drew me in. The reason I'm only giving it four stars is because i wasn't 100% happy with the ending. But I over all loved it!
Blood and Chocolate is an excellent read. For once, it's a paranormal novel where the main character is fully aware of what she is, has been that way her whole life, and is proud and happy to be so. It's not a story of a human finding themselves entangled in a world of werewolves - it's about a werewolf getting mixed up with the world of humans.
The book wasn't totally what I expected, but it was very well-written and I liked the characters, too. Vivian interacts mostly with human teenagers, but it's not overbearingly high-school.
I'd definitely recommend the book. The language and sexual content might be a bit much for young/immature teenagers, but older ones will do just fine.
I'm going to watch the movie as well, although I've heard it's terrible.
The book wasn't totally what I expected, but it was very well-written and I liked the characters, too. Vivian interacts mostly with human teenagers, but it's not overbearingly high-school.
I'd definitely recommend the book. The language and sexual content might be a bit much for young/immature teenagers, but older ones will do just fine.
I'm going to watch the movie as well, although I've heard it's terrible.
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wish I could give 0. I, for some god forsaken reason liked this book as a teen. But it’s just a book a pedophilia with werewolves. The cops were even told a minor had sex with an adult and they were just like fine whatever
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Why I love this: it was one of the first werewolf books I ever read and it got me really hyped.. it's just really cool and Vivian is a badass.
It focuses a lot on her feelings and on the pack and how they need to get out of the city before somebody kills a human again and/or they are found out.
Vivian has lost her father and rebels against the no-mating-with-humans-rule (they can't procreate) and I really do like how it doesn't give us the end that least I was expecting.
Although the reviews about how this is very anti-feminist aren't exactly wrong (males are way stronger than females and females can't ever be leaders of a pack, they can be a leader's "queen" though) it feels to me like Vivian doesn't have much of a problem with it, the leader is supposed to be the strognest and unfortunately in this setting females just can't compare.
It does play a lot on that dominance thing.. so if you like that :)
It's still an exciting and fun read.
It focuses a lot on her feelings and on the pack and how they need to get out of the city before somebody kills a human again and/or they are found out.
Vivian has lost her father and rebels against the no-mating-with-humans-rule (they can't procreate) and I really do like how it doesn't give us the end that least I was expecting.
Although the reviews about how this is very anti-feminist aren't exactly wrong (males are way stronger than females and females can't ever be leaders of a pack, they can be a leader's "queen" though) it feels to me like Vivian doesn't have much of a problem with it, the leader is supposed to be the strognest and unfortunately in this setting females just can't compare.
It does play a lot on that dominance thing.. so if you like that :)
It's still an exciting and fun read.