Voldemort Kills Draco

The other day, I was thinking of Draco Malfoy. Not only was I thinking of Draco Malfoy, but I was also thinking of the Elder Wand. I was thinking of the 'Spinner's End' scene, in which Narcissa Malfoy confronts Severus Snape about the 'deed the Dark Lord has ordered Draco to perform'. Then, as I re-watched Deathly Hallows--Part II, Draco came back into my head right before Harry and Voldemort spontaneously decide to go cliff-diving. Voldemort, as in the book, kills Snape because he believes that, in doing so, he will gain possession of the Elder Wand because he thinks Snape was in possession of it at the time of the Battle of Hogwarts. As we as readers know, Voldemort is wrong. Draco Malfoy--at the time of Dumbledore's death--is the rightful owner of the Elder Wand because he Disarmed Dumbledore before Snape could kill him. Now, if Snape's killing of Dumbledore would have been unplanned between the pair of them, then he would have been the master of the Elder Wand and when Voldemort killed him, the Dark Lord would have become the rightful owner. So, knowing what we know, Voldemort planned to kill the previous owner of the Elder Wand. Now, the question I have pondered lately revolves around Draco Malfoy. What if Dumbledore and Snape never planned his death? What if Snape and Dumbledore did plan his death, but Snape didn't get their on time, and something came over Draco and he killed Dumbledore? The answer to this is simple: Voldemort would have killed Draco Malfoy. Did Voldemort know from the moment he assigned Draco this task that he would eventually murder him? I believe that, in the back of Tom Riddle's mind, he knew that Draco Malfoy would die, whether or not he became the owner of the Elder Wand or not. It is not a secret that Narcissa was pained at the idea of Draco being drafted into the Death Eaters and such a young age and being sentenced to carry out such a complex murder, so it can be inferred that Voldemort intended to emotionally destroy Lucius, Narcissa, and Draco. If Draco had succeeded in killing Dumbledore, or if Voldemort's arrogance had cleared, the Dark Lord could have killed Draco.

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Book Review | 'The Future of Us'

The Future of Us
Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler
Penguin/Razorbill
356 pg., U.S. Hardcover


Wanna know how good this book was? Let's see...I started it at approximately 8:30 on Friday, December 24th. I read 100 pages, so I took a break. I picked it up the next day and finished in a sitting. Yeah. Jay Asher has done it again, folks. I, personally, have never read a Carolyn Mackler novel, but this has definitely inclined my interest in her books.
The book is basically about two kids named Emma and Josh in the 90s. One day, Emma boots up her computer with her brand-new AOL CD-ROM and finds herself on Facebook. But the thing is that the Facebook page is set in 2011, fifteen years in the future.
This book definitely had such a wonderful plot that I definitely found myself raveled into. The authors made the scientifically-debatable topic into one that could be plausible. The characters were also very vulnerable and curious, as any 1990s teenager would be if they stumbled across their future.
I'm sorry this review is so short, there's just not much to say! The book was fantastic and it took my breath away. I definitely recommend it!

Book Review | 'Beautiful Chaos'

Beautiful Chaos
Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Little, Brown
515 pg., U.S. Hardcover



Beautiful Chaos continues the story of Ethan Wate and his girlfriend Lena Duchannes. In the town of Gatlin, things are rather strange. Heat is off the charts, locusts swarm in amount they've never before, and Ethan is beginning to lose his memory. Using the assistance of prophecies and the shady John Breed, Ethan and Lena must uncover a fate most troublesome.
I've got to say, first off, that I was worried going into this book. Worried because I loved the first two so much that I didn't want to be disappointed by this book. This one, though, was definitely the best in the series! The characters are becoming more deep; more relatable, if you will. Ethan expresses anger in this book, as well as the usual easy-going Ethan. That's what I love most about this book: that you can see every side of every character. I used to hate the character Liv, but this book made me love her. I used to hate Link, but this book made me love him. This book made me hate the villains, something I'm not really used to. Many books these days make you want to hug the villain, but Abraham Ravenwood and Sarafine are malicious and disgusting, and I just wanna kick them into a vat of toxic waste.
As far as the plot goes, I thought that it was the cherry on top. I thought that Stohl and Garcia definitely highlighted the darkness of Ethan's and Lena's lives. The highs and lows of the plot were very realistic and revelative, so many of them made me do a little dance. I hardly ever do little dances.
Beautiful Chaos is the third book in The Caster Chronicles. Beautiful Creatures is being adapted for the big screen. The fourth and final book has not yet been released.

Book Review | 'The Eternal Ones'

The Eternal Ones
Kirsten Miller
410 pg., U.S. Hardcover
Razorbill/Penguin

The Eternal Ones is the epic, romantic tale of two lovers who meet as a result of reincarnation. The story follows Haven Moore, a Southern dress-designer who discovers that she is a reincarnation of a woman named Constance Whitman after having multiple visions from the perspective of Whitman. Haven is accused of being full of 'demons' by the people in her Tennessee town, so she flees to New York City and meets Iain Morrow, the reincarnation of her past love, Ethan. But there are some dark secrets behind Morrow, as well as ones about a mysterious group called the Ouroboros Society.
Haven is a riveting, believable character that I loved from the get-go. She's rebellious but sweet, dangerous but loving, and fierce but tender. I admire Haven for her intellect and her cunning ways of figuring out the shrouded history of the Ouroboros Society.
I don't, however, like Iain. I rather like Beau, Haven's friend who assists with the designing of dresses. Iain is, at first, the stereotypical love interest, and even though more things are found out about him, he still just irked me. Although Beau is gay, I would have rather had Haven fall in love with him.
The plot was fast-paced and the book was one of those where you could put it down, but once you picked it back up again you didn't want to stop. I loved learning so much about the people that Haven, Iain, and others were reincarnated from and the characters that existed in the time of the story. I loved and hated Padma Singh, wanted to strangle Dr. Tidmore and Adam Rosier, and wanted to cry for Marta Vega. These are all the things that should happen when reading a book. I should care for the characters, and I did. The plot and the characters had that intimate relationship that is necessary in a book like this, and I'm glad I read it.
The Eternal Ones has a sequel, All You Desire, and it is in stores now.