So Beastly....

About two weeks ago I was able to catch the new chick flick, Beastly, a screen version of the Alex Flynn novel of the same name, and I must say it was a good hour and a half of fairytale fun.

Beastly, starring, High School Musical's Vanessa Hudgens, and I am Number Four's breakthrough heartthrob, Alex Pettyfer, is a modern take on the old classic, Beauty and the Beast. The twist is that it is from the Beast's point of view rather than Beauty's.

Pettyfer, plays, Kyle Kingson, a selfish, self-centered and very vain, teen "hottie," who in an act of total stupidity invites a goth girl, (Mary-Kate Olsen), to a dance as a joke. After humiliating the girl, Kyle finds out that nothing is what is seems. The girl, a witch, transforms Kyle into a freaky looking "beast" complete with graphic scars, a bald head and magical tattoos.

Now, Kyle must find someone who can love him despite his looks or be cursed to remain this way forever.

Sadly, the movie does not stray too far from the original story, making it a good, but not great adaptation. Let's face it, if I wanted to see a really fantastic version of B&B, I'd just rent Disney's.

It is however a very well made movie, with the very sweet classic storyline of the jerk changing because of the love of a good woman. A good movie to watch with a couple of girlfriends.

On a happier note, I was very impressed, with the acting in the movie. Mary-Kate, really shined without her twin by her side, showing that she can play a creepy goth chick with the best of them. The movie also starred a "blind" Peter Krause, who added a comical element to the story, and Lisa Gay Hamilton.

When watching the movie, look for the amazing artistic points in the Beast's tattoos. With everything from a magical bush on his arm to the word "ugly" written in the vines on his back, the make-up artists did a fantastic job on him. I spent most of the movie picking out all the little hidden massages in the tattoos and scars.

All in all, a great movie for girls, ages 10-40, and just something fun for a girls-night-out.

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Book Review: Shattered Mirror by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Book Review: Shattered Mirror by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Walking through a local used book store, my eye caught on the cover of a very thin book. I could tell by the look of the two handsome guys pictured on the cover and the length of the novel that it was a 90’s book, maybe early 2000’s.

Standing at the back of that store I wondered if I had enough cash to even bother with buying an old 90’s book, or if it would be worth the buck-fifty I would pay for it.

The cover intrigued me, with its broken glass and the two handsome faces, half cut off into nothing, but it was the back cover that really caught my attention. Unlike most books that have a description of what the book is about, or maybe an unhelpful excerpt from said, novel, this book only had the real life picture of a very young, very sweet looking girl.

“What’s this?” I remember thinking.
The girl it turned out was Miss Atwater-Rhodes, the author of the book. At 13, Amelia wrote her first novel, In The Forests of the Night. This book, Shattered Mirror, was written when she was just 15 years old.

I was hooked, a book written and published by a 15 year old? I had to try it. So without knowing ANYTHING about the book (remember the back cover was just her picture), I dug in my car for enough change to cover the charge and took the book home to give it a read.

Shattered Mirror
2001 227 Pages

Sarah Tigress Vida, is a vampire hunter. More than that, she is from the line of the world’s most powerful witches. The Vida family has been hunting the undead and protecting the lives of humans for hundreds of years.

Though the Vida family has many rules, the first rule is never to become too close to a vampire, but Sarah breaks that rule when she meets Christopher and his sister Nissa. Two teenage vampires that go to her school.

Christopher is charming and artistic and he quickly has Sarah smitten with him, but when another vampire begins marking the humans in town with graphic drawings of his own, Sarah is shocked to find out that this vampire is Christopher’s twin, Nikolas.

Now, she must stop Nikolas from hurting the humans but will it mean losing Christopher and Nissa’s friendship? She must run the risk to stop a monster, but is she strong enough to kill Nikolas on her own and will his siblings fight to save him?

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, has spun a tale of an underground society hidden from humanity. With shades of the movie, Underworld, this novel is well crafted and interesting.
Though some of the work does show Amelia’s age, it is still well written even for an adult, let alone a teenager.

I would suggest this book to lovers of vampire fiction and readers ages 13+. With little to no, harsh language and no sexual scenes, the book's only draw back is some fairly graphic violence.

I thoroughly enjoyed it and will read more of Miss Atwater-Rhodes books in the future. You can find out more about her at: http://www.nyeusigrube.com.

Welcome!

Hey Everyone,
I started this blog to have a place to write reviews on movies, books and TV shows. Also, I wanted a place to talk about some of my own work, and the process of writing it.

I've always loved to read and one of my first words was "Watch!" So, I thought it would be great ot have a place to put all of my book, movie and TV show reviews.

For those of you who do not know me, my name is Rebekah Roberts. I am a writer. I write mostly fiction and I am currently working to get my novel, Petals, published.
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Rebekah