Review: Draco Dormiens by Cassandra Claire

Title: Draco Dormiens (The Draco Trilogy #1)
Author: Cassandra Claire
Published: August 2000 on Wattpad
Date Read: March 28th – April 7th 2016
Read In: English

I know this is only a fanfiction, but since it has got its own page on Goodreads and counts on my reading challenge, i might as well write a review.
This is Part 1 of the infamous Draco Trilogy written by Cassandra Claire, before she changed her name to Cassandra Clare when she became a published author.

This story really gave me a hard time. I love Harry Potter fanfiction and i've read good and bad ones, but this one wasn't so easy for me. I love Draco/Harry, but i don't like Draco/Hermione or Harry/Hermione. I've always shipped Ron/Hermione and never got warm with Hermione being with Harry. Even worse is the idea of her being with Draco. While reading i never thought "OMG, i want to know what happens!". Most of the time i was highly annoyed. I didn't like her Hermione at all, i didn't like her Lucius, i didn't like her Harry. And i didn't like how she left out Ron almost until the very end.

I've had this Trilogy on my to-be-read list for a long time because i wanted to know what the fuss is all about. But since Draco Dormiens wasn't such an enjoyable read, i don't think i will continue reading it. Parts 2 and 3 have so many pages, i don't think i can make myself go through them.

Review: Spelled by Betsy Schow

Title: Spelled (The Storymakers #1)
Author: Betsy Schow
Published: June 2nd 2015
Date Read: March 26th – 28th 2016
Read In: English

Fairy-Tale Survival Rule No. 32:

If you find yourself at the mercy of a wicked witch, sing a romantic ballad and wait for your prince charming to save the day.

Yeah, no thanks. Dorthea is completely princed out. Sure being the crown princess of Emerald has its perks – like Glenda Original ball gowns and Hans Christian Louboutin heels. But a forced marriage to the charming brooding prince Kato is so not what Dorthea had in mind for her enchanted future.

Talk about unhappily ever after.

Trying to fix her prince problem by wishing on a (cursed) star royally backfires, leaving the kingdom in chaos and her parents stuck in some place called "Kansas". Now it's up to Dorthea and her pixed off prince to find the mysterious Wizard of Oz and undo the curse... before it releases the wickedest witch of all and spells The End for the world of Story.



I didn't know what to expect of this book. It's a fairytale retelling of The Wizard of Oz, Dorthea being a retelling version of Dorothy. She's the princess, and she's a naive little brat. I guess some people probably stopped reading because of the way she is. But she had to be like this in the beginning, so she could grow up a little through this book. The prince she is supposed to marry is Kato, who doesn't seem like a prince to her. But at first, she hates him, because she's not interested in marriage. Another sidekick is Rexi, who used to be a servant in the palace.

I really enjoyed reading this book. It's easy to read and didn't take me long to finish. The end is kind of a cliffhanger, and even though Goodreads doesn't list it as a #1 to a series, the author Betsy Schow said on her Twitter page that she's working on a second book. I guess the series will be named The Storymakers or Storymakers, Amazon already says so. If you like fairytale retellings, i'd totally recommend this book to you. But have a little patience with Dorthea, she just had to be a little brat.

March Book Haul.

Since i've bought so many books in February, it's good i've only bought 3 books in March. 





 Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard
 The Shadow Queen by C. J. Redwine
 Die Vernichteten by Ursula Poznanski


Die Vernichteten is #3 of a series by austrian author Ursula Poznanski. I'm really excited for it, i haven't read #1 and #2 yet because i wanted to have all three first.