tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324786360124250307.post4013762510204683899..comments2023-10-31T07:00:28.472-07:00Comments on 365 Books A Year: Review: Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout365_books_a_yearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01921897822848823960noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324786360124250307.post-51147216491046373762012-08-07T06:46:45.319-07:002012-08-07T06:46:45.319-07:00I just finished reading Obsidian, enjoyed the book...I just finished reading Obsidian, enjoyed the book more than I expected, Can't wait for Onyx!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14494178286691177141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324786360124250307.post-78439094497632626302012-08-06T13:37:52.780-07:002012-08-06T13:37:52.780-07:00I love bad boys, but I can't be bothered to tr...I love bad boys, but I can't be bothered to try to hard to get them... I'll date one eventually?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324786360124250307.post-3656972302530455042012-08-05T14:33:49.303-07:002012-08-05T14:33:49.303-07:00Haha love your review. I always love the bad boy i...Haha love your review. I always love the bad boy in books because deep down we all know he's not really a bad boy. Can't say the same for bad boys in real life though. I've never dated one but i have a feeling most of the bad boys in real life are just plain jerks. Although I will continue to search for the exception :PYvonne @ The Shadow Realmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13757156643796505359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324786360124250307.post-60954750404245478602012-08-05T14:31:00.112-07:002012-08-05T14:31:00.112-07:00A great review! I must admit I'm a sucker for ...A great review! I must admit I'm a sucker for a bad boy in YA but more likely because I have always avoided them in real life ;)<br /><br />I loved Obsidian! Have just received a copy of Shadows & can't wait to get hold of Onyx - love JLA <3<br /><br />Thankyou for sharing :) I am a new follower.<br /><br />Sharon - www.obsessionwithbooks.blogspot.comObsession with Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01866538237890994901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324786360124250307.post-54504249170382465862012-08-04T05:40:04.662-07:002012-08-04T05:40:04.662-07:00I love this book so much! Obsidian is one of the b...I love this book so much! Obsidian is one of the best book I've read this year! And of course I love Daemon and all his hot bad-boy attitude! Thank you for the review!Veronikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11875873877835788430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324786360124250307.post-86303527699537200682012-08-02T13:44:33.764-07:002012-08-02T13:44:33.764-07:00Also, Shay, contact me a fansoffiction@hotmail.com...Also, Shay, contact me a fansoffiction@hotmail.com...you won my 400 follower giveaway and I can't find your email:) I need your mailing address and whether or not you still want the signed copy of Don't Expect Magic. There's also Bittersweet, My Fairy Godmother, and In the Arms of Stone Angels to choose from.Jenna and Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00952637818862079014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324786360124250307.post-13789823102308573602012-08-02T13:42:49.015-07:002012-08-02T13:42:49.015-07:00Lovin' this post. Luckily I was smart enough t...Lovin' this post. Luckily I was smart enough to never bring the only bad boy I dated around my family. And I think most girls who do are also partly wanting the attention of their parents, like a very public "Look what I can date and you can't stop me" message. As far as my bad boy, he ended up cheating and I may or may not still think about it...but I always will remember the lure...and I love reading about it in YA!!!<br />-Jenna @ Fans of FictionJenna and Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00952637818862079014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324786360124250307.post-82711899066372715332012-07-30T11:54:52.382-07:002012-07-30T11:54:52.382-07:00Hey. I love your reviews and I followed you by ema...Hey. I love your reviews and I followed you by email (maggiereid1997@gmail.com)<br />Keep up the reviews ! I am also a blogger. Readingwritingtrackstar.blogger.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652985866606364577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324786360124250307.post-11872816785986726992012-07-29T21:10:04.858-07:002012-07-29T21:10:04.858-07:00Hello there! Very interesting and informative revi...Hello there! Very interesting and informative review. <br /><br />"You've got to date a bad boy when you're young." - Oh yes. Been there. Done that. A lot of times. HAHA<br /><br />And yes. Oh dear, I don't want to use my 'mom voice' .. :) Yes, you should only 'Date' a bad boy and never 'sleep' .. unless the bad boy is already your husband, and probably, when that happens, he's not that much of a bad boy anymore. :))<br /><br />Love this review! <br /><br />Oh, I'm Ara @ <a href="http://www.mybookandmycoffee.com/" rel="nofollow">My Book and My Coffee</a>. Already a follower. (GFC, Linky and Twitter)Ara @ My Book and My Coffeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14455348541783564929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324786360124250307.post-44581734078022696122012-07-09T08:16:05.685-07:002012-07-09T08:16:05.685-07:00Do you feel that glorifying bad boys makes girls/w...Do you feel that glorifying bad boys makes girls/women more likely to seek out this kind of relationship in real life? Thinking that it's romantic and they can change the person. I don't really think that in most cases love can fix a truly damaged person and that these relationships rarely have a "Happily Ever After" in real life. <br /><br />Thinking about your comment made me think about doing a follow up type post about some of these issues. Still doing research. Post will appear...eventually.365_books_a_yearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01921897822848823960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324786360124250307.post-14260229633040196402012-06-29T12:19:58.961-07:002012-06-29T12:19:58.961-07:00Haha....I love your review!!
I need to find a bad-...Haha....I love your review!!<br />I need to find a bad-boy now :P<br /><br />This is a great book. I absolutely loved Daemon.Atmika@I Talk Books!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14540358008123827587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324786360124250307.post-27255004777051538172012-06-29T10:10:06.536-07:002012-06-29T10:10:06.536-07:00Yeah I know want you mean... only a couple of rare...Yeah I know want you mean... only a couple of rare books can pull off the bad boy character, I love read books that can pull it off but in real life I just want a nice guy cause I don't have time to change a bad boy!Bezahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02659505609806334867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324786360124250307.post-41535101348370945692012-06-27T19:09:34.386-07:002012-06-27T19:09:34.386-07:00Holy Moly that was a HUGE comment! Sorry!Holy Moly that was a HUGE comment! Sorry!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324786360124250307.post-38621171166024369962012-06-27T19:08:51.490-07:002012-06-27T19:08:51.490-07:00I see the point of your post, but just can't s...I see the point of your post, but just can't stand bad boys. Can NOT stand them. Why? Because they are jerks. The whole "don't want to be hurt thing?" Yeah 99.9 percent of books do not do it right, they just come off as jerks and the girls just takes it. And young women or girls and women wonder why they always find jerks to date... because they think they can change them. Then they complain about it. Sorry, no sympathy here. My opinion: you pretty much deserve it after while and I think you deserve to be treated worst for putting yourself in that situation and staying there.... whole different story if you make an effort to leave (him calling you names, saying your stupid, repeatedly, and then finally uttering sorry once and you forgive for all his misdeeds... no that doesn't count as making an effort to leave). <br /><br />Bad boys in books, if they have a personality, a reason for being mean I would buy it. The whole I don't want to be hurt or I don't want to hurt you excuse is crap and I don't buy it. I never will. It's a poor excuse. A lame one. Liking a bad boy in YA books (I'm not talking about the .01 percent), is like being okay with killing every person who has HIV or AIDS, they're already dying, might as well save them from the pain. Wait, it doesn't even have to be a person with aids, someone with a painful chronic uncurable disease... kill them why let them live; we are saving them from the pain. (Extreme - I know, but it gets the point across) So why be nice to the girl? I'm (talking from bad boy perspective) only going to hurt them or they are only going to hurt me. I'm saving myself (or her) from the pain. You see how stupid and insanely ignorant that sounds. <br /><br />Most bad boys in books are cut outs. They have no explaination of their own distrusts other than the love thing. You look at good bad boys out there, and there's always a reason why they are bad (the reason is always outside of the love)... they are treated badly from other folks, they believe in an ideal that makes them radical, they are ambitious and wants to be the top man/person and crushing everyone else to get there isn't a problem... these are reasonable excuses... the I don't want to hurt you/myself... nope sorry, you're not a bad boy, you're just an emo kid thinking it's still Halloween and your costume of a bad boy still sucks. <br /><br />Sorry I didn't mean to vomit on your blog post. As you can see I hate bad boys in YA. I don't hate them all... but most of them I wish they would die, along with the girl(s) (in the books of course) who pines after them... but they are the main characters! At least then it's a happy ending. Happy ending because I don't have to sit and fumed through that mess of a book. <br /><br />Also, I knew you weren't too serious about this subject as you were joking throughout the post, but I can't help it... the wanna-bes "bad boys" in YA and I don't mix well. This outrage is not targeting you. I just have to puke. Call it a crusade for better bad boys characters and characterization. I mean is it wrong to want better charcters?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com