Diabolic - Diabolic #1 - S.J. Kincaid


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Résumé : (Goodreads)

Némésis est une diabolic, une humanoïde chargée de protéger Sidonia, la fille d'un sénateur. Lorsque le tyrannique empereur Domitrian apprend que le père de Sidonia fomente un complot, il convoque cette dernière à la cour pour en faire un otage. Némésis prend alors la place de Sidonia et se rend à la cour où elle doit aller contre sa nature de tueuse et prend conscience de son humanité.

Diabolic - Diabolic #1 - S.J. Kincaid


Intrigue :

Bienvenue dans un monde où des humanoïdes sont créés pour protéger des personnes hauts placées, où la Science est reconnue passible de la peine de mort, où les Étoiles sont habitées par des populations et la Terre est le pire endroit au monde pour vivre. 

C'est ainsi que nous suivons Némésis, une jeune fille humanoïde, une Diabolic. Un Diabolic est un être doté d'une capacité surhumaine, né en laboratoire dans le seul but de servir une personne à qui il est assigné. Némésis le sait, elle a été créée pour Sidonia von Empyreé, fille du sénateur van Empyreé. Elle mourrait pour elle car elle a été programmée ainsi. On ne lui demande pas de réfléchir, mais d'agir contre quiconque chercherait à faire du mal à Sidonia. On ne lui demande pas d'aimer, seulement de protéger. 

Mais le jour où l'empereur fait parvenir un message à toutes les familles réclamant de tuer tous les Diabolics, la famille van Empyreé se rebelle. Ils simulent la mort de Némésis et la font passer pour une simple servante quand besoin est. Il ne s'agit pas du premier affront de la famille envers l'empereur.

Il est bien connu que le sénateur van Empyreé est l'un des plus fervents défenseurs de la Science, ce qui est interdit par l'empereur qui demande aux populations de vénérer le Vif Cosmos. Lorsqu'il vient aux oreilles de l'empereur que le sénateur comploterait dans son dos, il ordonne que Sidonia soit envoyée au Chrysanthème où elle y séjournera jusqu'à ce que les tensions s'apaisent. Mais la mère a une toute autre idée. Elle va y envoyer Némésis, sa plus grande arme. Elle se fera passer pour Sidonia. Pour se faire, elle devra modifier toute sa masse musculaire afin de paraître frêle et elle devra apprendre toutes les leçons de conduite. 

"L'empereur veut que j'expédie mon agneau innocent à l'abattoir. Il n'en est pas question. Je vais plutôt lui envoyer mon anaconda."

Entraînée dans un monde régi par la politique, Némésis va devoir survivre dans un milieu dont elle est complètement étrangère, créer des alliances et éviter à tout prix d'attirer plus d'ennemis à la famille von Empyreé. Mais cela est plus facile à dire qu'à faire, notamment quand une Diabolic commence à éprouver une once de sentiments. Sa mission pourrait alors tous les mettre en danger... 


Avis :

J'ai reçu ce livre avec la box Mille et un livres. Je ne savais donc pas de quoi il s'agissait exactement et la quatrième de couverture ne livrait aucun secret. Je me suis donc lancée dans cette lecture, curieuse. 
Bon alors, on ne va pas se le cacher, le début est long... très long. Il y a des passages que j'ai trouvé assez durs, notamment lors de la "formation" de Némésis en tant que Diabolic alors que ce n'est qu'une enfant. Par moment, je voulais juste fermer le livre et passer à autre chose. Mais je ne suis pas du genre à baisser les bras. J'ai persisté. 

Pour être honnête, les choses sérieuses commencent seulement vers le chapitre 16 du livre, l'action et les péripéties commencent au chapitre 18 et dès le chapitre 20, j'ai été complètement engouffrée dans l'histoire au point de vouloir lire pendant mes heures de travail. 

À partir du chapitre 16, toutes les intrigues politiques se mettent en place et Némésis commence vraiment à réfléchir pour elle. Dans ce livre, chacun sert ses intérêts et c'est ce qui rend tout le fil de cette histoire intéressant. Les alliances se font et se défont. Il y a des trahisons, des histoires d'amour, des complots, des meurtres... On voit des amitiés naître et des complots prendre forme.  

Au début, j'avais beaucoup de mal à accrocher aux personnages. Némésis, ne ressentant aucune émotion, était froide et je ne ressentais aucune empathie pour elle ou affection. C'est difficile de s'accrocher à un personnage qui ne peut techniquement pas ressentir d'émotions. 
Puis j'ai su apprécier la manière dont l'auteur a tissé la découverte des sentiments : la peine, le désespoir, la colère, la jalousie, l'amour, la peur... J'ai commencé à apprécier Némésis quand elle est sortie de sa coquille pour pleinement enfiler le rôle de Sidonia. Elle est loyale, honnête, réfléchie... 

Sidonia, par contre, est un personnage qui m'a plus agacée qu'autre chose. Elle n'apportait pas grand chose à l'histoire. Elle avait une attitude de petite fille et tout le monde la traitait comme tel. Je dois l'avouer, du début à la fin, elle m'a tapé sur les nerfs ! 

Tyrus par contre, j'en suis tombée amoureuse ! <3 Il a quand même légèrement cafouillé vers la fin avec Némésis, mais je serais presque tentée de le pardonner. J'ai vraiment beaucoup admiré toute la machination de ce personnage. Je ne veux pas vous spoiler donc je ne vous en dirai pas plus, mais j'ai vraiment beaucoup aimé la manière dont l'auteur a rendu ce personnage intéressant et fascinant. 

Bref, si vous aimez les livres dont les histoires contiennent de la politique et qui se passent dans un univers dystopique, ce livre est pour vous. Mais soyez prévenus que le début est assez long ! ;) 

Fallen Series by Lauren Kate - Movie


So I will probably not be the most objective person because even though I didn't hate the book series, I also didn't like it particularly. I felt like the two first books were very long and very "young", the third was the one I actually enjoyed the most and I didn't have the courage to properly read the fourth book. I passed so many scenes, it shouldn't even be legal, haha!

Anyway, there was a Fallen movie that had been "released" (where? I don't really know; when? a few months ago) and I will let you discover the trailer.



I am sorry but it looks like a very bad B-rated movie. I am not a huge fan of the books series so I was hopeful maybe I would like the movie but it looks like nup! it's going to be as bad as the books.

So what do you think of this trailer? Have you read the books? Did you like them? 

P.S: I don't think there has been an official release date in DVD or on TV so we'll have to be extremely patient... but I wasn't that impatient anyway, haha!

Nash - The Skulls #3 - Sam Crescent


Sum up: (Goodreads)

The biggest mistake he’s ever made could get him killed.

The Skulls have a set of rules, and Nash has broken one of them. He’s using drugs. Since Sophia rejected him, Nash has been spiraling out of control. When he puts Eva’s life in danger it’s up to Nash’s brother Lash to save him from himself.

Sophia never realized the protection The Skulls provided her until she was attacked. Lash saved her but with an ultimatum. She helps save his brother, or he makes it known she’s not under Skull protection.

Sophia’s feelings for Nash have always been her weakness. As she keeps her word to his brother, trying to help Nash overcome his addiction, the two of them grow closer through his pain, and Sophia realizes she cannot run any longer.

However, The Skulls’ enemies are numerous, and Nash’s careless behavior has exposed the whole club to danger. Someone is plotting against the club in the hope to take control of the town, and they’re going to start with Nash. Can he stay strong as his life and that of his woman are endangered, or will he relapse into the drugs?


Some scenes contain sexual and violent contents that may offend sensibilities of readers.

Plot:

Advice: read the first two books of this series: Lash and Murphy to fully understand the setting.

We start right where we left at the end of Murphy. Nash has been in love with Sophia since he started seeing her sister, Kate. With her death, he secretly hoped that Sophia could be his. But she is not ready. Not yet. Even though Kate has always been awful to her, she cannot forget all these times she saw them together. Deep down, she is scared. Scared of what she feels for him. But after one kiss that left her hanging for more, she takes the decision to stop seeing him at all. Leaving him with only a box of Kate's stuff, she decides to move on. But it may not be that easy.

Sophia said no. Nash has never taken well when someone told him no. But when it is the woman he loves more than anything else, he just loses it. Finding a bag of drugs in Kate's stuff, he makes a decision that could cost him his club and his life. Throughout the weeks that follow, everyone around him notices his physical and behavioral changes but it is only when he barely misses shooting at Eva's head that things escalate.

Lash decides to take matters in his own hands and gives him a proper detox. For his plan to work, he needs Sophia. She will be the key element, especially when he finds her in a tough position.

Having to work two jobs to be able to pay for her rent leaves her with nothing but having to bear the constant sexual assaults of her co-workers. When Lash offers her a way out by taking care of Nash, she finds a way to take back the man she was secretly waiting for.

But The Skulls have many ennemies lurking in the shadows and Nash's drug weakness was the perfect way for them to finally get into the city and break down the club...

Opinion:

Welcome back to The Skulls family! They have their own rules, their own codes and unfortunately, Nash just broke one of the most sacred rule. We have seen Nash previously, falling in love with the sister of a woman he could barely see, and now we see him at his worst. 

There are many things happening in this book. I really liked the storyline Sam Crescent gave us here. We see one of our favorite member falling from grace (if we can say) and the fight The Skulls have on their hands with the druggies who target their women. This book is emotional, even though less than for Murphy (personal opinion).

Even though I liked Sophia, I thought she changed way too quickly her mind about her feelings for Nash. She refuses Nash at first because he was with her sister, then because she was not ready to go there with him and finally, she admits that it was because she loved him too much and she was scared. I liked though that we saw her blossom. She was first an innocent woman grieving her lost (not nice) sister and then, she grew up to be a sensual, bloodthirsty woman. 

Nash was really not nice in this book (at least, at the beginning). When he is on drugs, he is mean to everyone, even to the poor Sophia by calling her names. The cleaner he gets, the sweeter he is. We witness his struggle and we finally see a man who is afraid. Afraid of what he could have lost and afraid that no one could truly forgive him. But he is ready to fight back. And the least we can say is that Nash is very intense... and kinky!

I really liked that Sam Crescent took more times than for Lash to settle the love story between Nash and Sophia. We can see their feelings growing for each other.

The Raven Cycle - TV series


So guys, this is the big news of the weekend. The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater could actually be adapted on screens. 

The Raven Cycle - TV series

Yes, you read right! Now is it a good thing or not, I guess we'll see. It is not the first time her books tried to find adaptation on screens. Her Shiver series was supposed to be adapted in movies but the project got canceled. 

Now you are wondering who will be working on this project, right? It has been said that Twilight's director, Catherine Hardwicke, would be the director. 

The Raven Cycle - TV series - Catherine Hardwicke


Personally, I haven't read the books from the Raven Cycle series. I read her Shiver series and I must say that I had been really disappointed but I may give a try to this series. 

You can find more information here :)

Murphy - The Skulls #2 - Sam Crescent


Sum up: (Goodreads)

Tate Johnson is the daughter of the motorcycle club leader and has decided The Skulls has hurt her one too many times. Moving out of her home and cutting her ties from the only family she knows, she starts a life for herself, hoping to create new memories.

Murphy abandoned Tate for the sake of the club, but now he’s back, determined to win the love she once felt for him. But, Tate’s not letting go without a fight. She’s stubborn and refuses to listen to him.

The Club is in lockdown when two local cops are killed. An attack is ordered on Tate, but no one knows the identity of the person intent on taking down The Skulls and controlling the town of Fort Wills. No one is safe as the club is compromised. Lives are lost, people are hurt, and some will never be the same again. Everything comes down to Murphy, and he has to make a choice.

He can save his club … or his woman. Which will he choose?

Murphy - The Skulls #2 - Sam Crescent


Some scenes contain sexual and violent contents that may offend sensibilities of readers.

This is not a standalone novel. I advise you to read Lash first.

Plot:

Tate has known Murphy since she was 16. It may have started out as a simple friendship to her but slowly they became more. No matter what life threw at them, they always stuck together. But everything changed when Murphy switched MC club for a secret mission no one knows about but some club members. When he left, Tate was more than devastated. But then she decided to live by her new mantra « Be the bitch he thought you’d be. »

The first time Murphy met with Tate, he was on babysitting duty. He was a prospect and she was the president's daughter. The more time they spent together, the more attracted he felt to her. But nothing is that easy. When he hears that Tate may be in great danger, he steps in the mission his brothers gave him: infiltrate the Lions Club MC and destroy them from within. That would also mean giving Tate up.  

Now that Murphy is back, he will stop at nothing to make Tate his but there may be only one slight problem: some people would take great pleasure in threatening the club and Tate.


Opinion:

The first book made me reluctant to read this one. I didn't really like Lash because I felt like he was a d*ck most of the time. I also know that the few glimpses I got from Tate did not really make me want to know more. And yet... This book was far better than the first one. 

In this book, Sam Crescent gave us some throwbacks into the past and we get to see the evolution of the relationship between Tate and Murphy. Damn, they were too cute! We feel the chemistry between the two of them but also the weight of everything that has been left unsaid. We feel Tate's hurt and Murphy's guilt. 

Tate can be hard to figure out but I really liked her for several reasons. 
Firstly, she doesn’t take s*it from anyone.
Secondly she is not the kind of girl to wait for a man. She will do what she has to do. 
Thirdly, she knows what she wants and she will stop at nothing. Finally a woman who stands her ground, which — obviously — scares men away. But not Murphy. 

What pissed me off though is that no one understood why Tate needed some distance with the club. I mean, sometimes people deserve to be put first and to think about them first. I mean, you deserve to live the life you want and not only be second-best. Everyone thinks she is a b*tch when she just wants to come first and she has to apologize to everyone but she shouldn't.

Regarding Murphy... I think I just fell in love with him. His devotion to Tate just made me melt down like an ice-cream in the sun. He would cut his arm off before he would leave her again. They are probably one of my favorite couple, ever! 

Be ready to be introduced to new characters: the old Lions club members (Killer, Time and Whizz) but also Kelsey (Tate's new best friend)… 

I cannot wait to read what will happen between Eva and Tiny. They finally got to sleep together but the poor woman screamed out loud that it was the worst night ever, haha! I am just dead. And that ending though... it cannot be considered as a cliffhanger but damn, you really want to know what will happen with Nash...


Excerpts:

"I love you, Murphy. It doesn’t make any sense, and you don’t need to say anything to me, but I needed you to know how I feel.” She waited for him to curse or growl. He did neither. His hand banded around her waist, tugging her close. “I could be fucking killed for the way I feel about you.” Tate gasped as his head lowered. “I’ve told myself time and time again to leave you the fuck alone. You don’t need me in your life. You’re Tiny’s daughter. You deserve so much more than me, but I can’t stay away. I love you too damn much.” His lips claimed hers, making her moan. She gripped his arms, needing to get closer to him."