House of Night Graphic Novel #1 by P.C. Cast Review

I read 6 pages on the Dark Horse website. That may as well be enough to review this. The only way I survived was by listening to this song during it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEHHW0_kH...
I might have not made it. So what did I think of those six pages?
The art work was so regular graphic novel-ish that it didn't stand out in any way. I love how once again Zoey is so self righteous and she and Aphrodite both can wear a short skirt, but Zoey doesn't look like a slut. Great, the slut shaming continues.
The story was taking place after what appeared to be the first book. So you'll have to read more than the first book (which I didn't, I wouldn't have made it because the song probably wouldn't have been released yet). I was slightly confused. Really the story was boring and as predictable as the first book.
So is this really any good? No. But this is the freaking House of Night, which I hate. So I read six freaking pages.
Oh and when Nyx kissed Zoey I almost burt out laughing. As if the HON wasn't so homophobic (girls kissing girls is so gross, stereotypical gay guy who's probably gay to be more "edgy" and he won't date any other gay guy at school cause they're too "girly" for him, so he's a total hypocrite, and I read on Wikipedia he later gets a boyfriend who the Casts have get killed. Why is that so important? Because as a good feminist blogger pointed out in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DInYaHVSL...
It's an extremely common media trope to kill off women and gays in stories; and because of all the dead gay superheroes Perry Moore wrote Hero. Yes I know women and gays can die, too. But the Casts only had two gays in their entire series and she made the main one a depressed dude because his boyfriend had to die. Why couldn't Zoey have died instead? Oh they also began killing off women, too. Great tolerance towards gays and women *sarcasm*! So yes, HON is homophoic. I don't think the Casts have ever met anyone GLBT.) I want to see a picture of the gay guy. I can just imagine him wearing a rainbow scarf or as a drag queen!
Oh and one more thing on the slut shaming: Later in the series Zoey has three boyfriends at once. Ruby Oliver alert! Man, Aphrodite and every other woman is a slut, but not self righteous Zoey.
I'm not reading page seven.
Oh, and I now realize even Perry can't make this better *sobs*.

Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick Review

I  found  millions  of  reasons  to  hate  this  book,  so  I  think  this  is  more  of  a  rant  than  a  review.

Let  me  just  say  I  was  a  little  too  judgemental  on  this  book  even  before  I  read  it  but  I  decided  I  shouldn't  judge  it  before  reading  it.  Man,  this  was  a  book  I  wish  I'd  discarded. 

Nora  is  your  average  girl.  She  goes  to  school,  has  a  best  friend  that  sucks,  and  a  mom  who  left  her  behind  because  her  dad  was  murdered  and  the  reason  was  never  explained.
Then  she  meets  Patch.
Patch  is  a  misogynistic  bastard  who  sexually  and  emotionally,  and  even  physically  harasses  her.  He  gets  away  with  it  because  of  the  misogynistic  bitch  of  a  coach/unbelievable  biology  teacher  where  they  never  even  learn  about  sex.  Apparently  him  doing  that  to  her  is  fine  in  Becca's  book,  in  mine  that  guy  would  be  in  deep  shit.
So  anyway  I'm  sure  you  get  the  idea.  So  Nora  falls  for  this  lowly  piece  of  trash  because  hes  sexy  and  proves  she  has  no  brain  whatsoever.  And  her  BFF  falls  for  him,  too.  Bleh. 
Anyway  Nora  thinks  she's  going  crazy  because  she  hears  Patch  in  her  mind  as  he  stalks  her  (stalking  is  NOT  romantic)  and  she  believes  that  she  nearly  died  on  a  roller  coaster  flying  off  and  nobody  noticed  it  (I  didn't  understand  that  scene  at  all).  Nora  doesn't  know  what  to  do,  she's  both  afraid  of  Patch  and  at  the  same  time  thinking  about  him  whenever  she  touches  her  crotch  in  the  shower.  Oh  what  does  a  poor,  brainless  girl  like  her  do?  Why  of  course  she  falls  in  l(ust)ve  with  Patch!  And  when  guys  stalk  her,  she  never  calls  the  police  or  does  anything.  She  allows  herself  into  a  motel  room  with  him.  Come  on,  how  big  of  an  idiot  can  a  human  truly  be?

I  never  felt  anything  for  Nora,  plain  and  simple.  She  was  annoying,  brainless,  and  confusing.  I  may  be  an  ace  lesbian  but  say  if  there  was  a  girl  version  of  Patch  (the  idea  is  too  sick  for  me  to  even  imagine  what  she'd  look  like)  I  wouldn't  be  dating  her.  I  would  instead  be  busy  reding  some  feminist  novel  and  telling  her  to  stop  harassing  me  before  she  can  even  have  a  rape  fantasy.  I  am  strong  willed,  this  proves  feminism  can  be  a  good  thing!  Had  Nora  been  a  feminist  basically  nothing  would  have  happened  in  this  novel!  That  would  have  been  fantastic!  Sadly  it  wouldn't  be  on  The  New  York  Times  bestseller  list.
The  romance  between  Nora  and  Patch  was  unreal.  I  hated  it  and  I  honestly  started  to  wonder  where  the  shirtless  werewolf  guy  was. 
Anyway  I'm  now  going  to  mention  a  mindless  day  time  soap  opera:  General  Hospital!  I've  never  seen  a  second  of  it  but  I  know  that  the  one  woman  who  got  raped  fell  in  love  with  and  married  her  rapist!  In  other  words:  What  the  fuck?!  This  clearly  happened  because  I  was  waiting  for  the  big  rape  scene,  here's  how  it  would  go:
Patch  came  up  to  me.  I  noticed  his  muscles,  oh  gawd  he  was  so  hot!  Creepy  as  he  was,  I  couldn't  help  myself.
"I  won't  hurt  you,"  he  said  soothingly.  His  hand  was  on  my  crotch,  gawd  this  was  better  than  the  shower.  Then  he  tore  down  my  pants  and  Vicky's  Secret  thong  to  reveal  his  Holy  Grail.  Then  he  and  I  had  our  own  living  porno.  It  was  so  awesome  even  though  I  like  never  said  yes!Why  did  the  editor  remove  that  part  of  the  book?
I  didn't  even  get  into  the  action,  the  storyline  was  too  bad. 
Anyway  there  was  WAY  too  much  disorted  religion  in  the  book.  Here's  a  list:
-Nephilim  are  NOT  immortal,  in  the  book  of  Judges  some  guys  (I  think  Caleb's  family,  I'm  not  sure)  went  on  top  of  a  mountain  and  killed  over  30  of  them.  No  sacrifices  whatsoever.
-In  France  in  the  1800's  I'm  pretty  sure  you  knew  what  a  nephilim  looked  like  considering  around  that  time  religion  was  everywhere.
-It  blames  Eve  for  the  fall  of  man.  Becca  Fitzpatrick  is  a  saint  because  for  years  saints  blamed  Eve  and  all  other  women  for  the  falling  into  sin!  For  that  Becca  you  get  a  personal  fuck  you!

So  I'll  just  say  this:  Nora  compared  herself  to  a  bar  stool,  Patch  is  a  misogynistic  phyco,  and  everyone  else  sucked,  too.  The  End.

Oh  and  one  part  that  really  pissed  the  feminist  I  am  off  was  where  Vee,  Nora's  BFF  was  talking  about  sex  she  was  licking  a  fucking  lollipop!  Sex  and  lollipops  don't  mix  because  in  men's  pedophile  magazines  (or  regular  men's  porn  magazines)  girls  lick  lollipops  as  a  sex  act  to  give  the  men  a  big  fat  dick  pointed  to  heaven!  What  a  great  subliminal  message!

1  star.

Cover  comments:  I  didn't  like  the  cover  at  all.  I  didn't  get  it,  plus  why  does  the  guy  have  to  be  shirtless?  Is  my  lack  of  a  sex  drive  towards  anyone  or  anything  failing  me  here?