so, being the opportunist i am, i saw my chance. you see, my mother very very very very very very rarely lets me buy books. in fact, almost all my books have either been
a) birthday/christmas presents
or
b) bought by yours truly - through some really hardcore saving and angpau money
therefore, because this was a once in a lifetime chance that i simply could not pass up, i mean come on, it was so cheap! i begged my mom to allow me to buy 3 books. :) she agreed, but only with the condition that these books are to be my birthday presents and like the little nerd i am, i agreed. :P
this, actually, isn't the reason i'm blogging right now. i just really really wanna vent about the stooooooooopid ending of the key, which is the last book of the guardians of time series by marianne curley - the series i ended up purchasing as my b'day prezzie.
there are three books altogether, namely the named, the dark and the key.
here's the rough synopsis of the entire series, thanks to wikipedia. :)
The plot of the trilogy consists of the Guardians of Time (the Guard), trying to protect the past, present, and future by traveling into the past to thwart their enemies, the Order of Chaos (the Order), who are trying to change past events to give themselves more power.
whilst this may sound really retarded and geeky, the series is actually pretty good.
now, i don't know if you know this, but i'm one to skip to the endings of books. :P i donno why, but i concur.
so after reading the first book [coz i needed to get to know the characters first], i skipped straight to the last few pages of the key and discovered that my favorite character, a boy named ethan, ends up getting together with this really really humongous prat who goes by the name of rochelle. I MEAN COME ON. :(
he's hot, and while she may be described as not ugly, THEY DO NOT BELONG TOGETHER.
reasons why marianne curley should really re-release the key and change the ending :
a) rochelle is mean. like. really really really mean. [she totally ruined matt and ethan's friendship! even though she was under the influence of the order, i still say this is no excuse]
b) she was a spy for the order. SHE WORKED FOR THE BAD GUYS. hmph.
c) she's not hot enough for ethan. point is, no one's hot enough for him. :P
yes, well. whilst these may not seem like very dominant factors, i still say it's WRONG for them to be together.
i'm afraid all three books will have to go into temporary storage until i can get over my longing to throw the key at the wall.
p/s : the whole arkarian and isabel pairing is just plain weird. which parent names his kid arkarian?????
