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Hello loyal 10 people who still follow me after 5 years of inactivity!

Chances are, your accounts are all as abandoned as mine, but on the off chance that they aren't, I just wanted to let you all know that I have a new blog!

Ace Parks  is my Wordpress account that follows my writing life, where you can stay updated on my books and read about all things writing. I may republish some of my book reviews there too.

Writing has been my crutch and my dream since the mere age of 13. It started as a hobby, fueled with a desire for books to bend to my visions; now it’s my life’s dream. 

Born and raised in New Zealand, I have a number of sibling and a hoard of niblings (that’s the gender-neutral term for nieces and nephews!). I work part time, and study full time at Massey University; my bachelors is a double major in Creative Writing and Psychology, but once that’s under my belt I’m going for gold: Post-Graduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology. That’s right guys; this airy-fairy head-in-the-clouds gal is going to be a doctor one day. 

I’m a serial hobbyist; that is to say, I enjoy reading, writing, sewing, art, yoga, dance, and probably half a dozen other things that are currently on the back-burner and don’t immediately spring to mind.
Ironically, as a child I refused to read. I wouldn’t go near a book – not until they were forced upon me in Intermediate, and the rest, as they say, is history. Since my discovery of the written word, I’ve spent my life spouting off about how I’m going to be an author. At 21, I’ve decided to get a little more serious about that goal.

Hmmm... Update

SO, I know I haven't posted a review in FOREVER, but I actually have been reading crap-loads. Why no reviews then? Mainly because I hardly have time with assesments due AND exams coming up at school, but also because I've been reading an incredible, amaaazing book series: The Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Series, by Laurell K. Hamilton. (Just a note, I'd label it an M [mature] or R15...)
And I have already reviewed about two of the books in the series, and there are more than 7 books, so I figured if you aren't hooked by the first two reviews then...well, you can put it together.
Anyway, I'm not sure when I'll get around to reading something else or posting a review...
Another factor is that my keyboard's space-bar is half broken, so most of the time I have to push it at least twice before it works. Majorly slows down typing...

But I'm open for guest reviews!

Black Heart Blue, by Louisa Reid

Title: Black Heart Blue
Author: Louisa Reid
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 274
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Person: first
Tense: Present
Rating: 10 / 10

Blurb:
“‘They tried to make me go to my sister’s funeral today. In the end I had to give in... I’d been walking in her shadow for sixteen years and I liked its cool darkness. It was a good place to hide.’
Rebecca’s twin sister Hephzibah was beautiful and daring. She was the one who always wanted more. The one who wouldn’t listen. Now she’s gone, Rebecca is alone.
While there were two of them, they stayed silent about their home life. But Rebecca, who knows the truth about how her twin died, suddenly finds herself keeping too many secrets. Hephzibah dreamt of escape, but failed. Could Rebecca be the one to find freedom?

Original and unforgettable, Black Heart Blue is not just Rebecca and Hephzibah’s story. It’s a story about all of us: a story about the lies we want to believe, the truth we sometimes can’t accept, and having the courage to discover the difference.”

Opinion:
This novel hooked me almost instantly. It’s a review copy, so I didn’t have much choice about reading it - and to be honest, that is the only reason I picked it up, because this is not the sort of novel I normally read. Though I have to say, I’m incredibly glad of it. Black Heart Blue is a thrilling novel about family abuse; it forces you to think (when you aren’t tied up reading it) about the rest of the world and what could be happening somewhere at this moment. The descriptions and storyline are realistic - I actually had to remind myself it wasn’t a autobiography.
The characters emotions become your own, and you feel their urgency, their fear, their need. The book switches point of view, from one twin to another, which I found to be highly effective - even if a little confusing when it switched from present to past and such. I found myself hating along with the twins, I found myself holding my breath as they struggled to survive.
There were two characters I struggled to understand for a good portion of the book, one being the mother. I found it hard to get a sense of the role she played and where she stood in the story; nevertheless, the characters were incredibly lifelike, and could have been people I knew.
This was an unforgettable, amazing read. I highly recommend it, even if it isn’t your preference.           

BROKEN!

Ooooookay, sooo.....My laptop is officially broken. What does that mean? Extremely limited computer access. It's been broken for about half a week now, and it doesn't seem like I'm going to have it back (you know, when it's fixed) for a fair while...
This means, guess what? I'm going to be even more absent than normal! Which is frustrating, because I was just getting motivated in my writing.
Anyway, good luck to you all and I hope to be up and running again soon. Fingers crossed!