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impySo the library finally got the Monster High book in. And Mums went and rescued it for me. I immediately finished Cape Storm and started MH because, well, you knew I was going to, right?
The thing is, I'm a little less than halfway through it and... it's not nearly as bad as I was afraid it would be. So far, anyway. Now I was expecting some real crap, so I will say that my expectations were exceptionally low. I'd read some of her previous stuff (sometimes the recommendations on various sites or book-flaps lie. If you like Gossip Girl, you will not necessarily love The Clique. Your braincells might die en masse instead.) and while I might grudgingly agree her way with words is pretty clever at times, it's also one of those things that kind of sets my teeth on edge. There's no doubt she had a gig at MTV, y'know? (Yes. That was the least subtle dig ever. Shush.)
If you've read the book or read enough spoilers... I've just gotten to the part where Jackson and Melody are hanging out in her room and are making plans to go to whatever dance is coming up. Frankie's just set fire to a tanning bed and run away.
Things I like: The relationship between Lagoona (call her Blue all you like, she's Lagoona), Clawdeen, Cleo, and Draculaura. I like that Cleo and Clawdeen are close and that Cleo might come off bitchy to Melody, but it's because she's protecting Draculaura.
I like Melody. I like Jackson. The fact that I hear Candace from Phineas & Ferb any time she says "Candace out" makes it bearable. Otherwise my teeth would be on edge.
I do not like: Beka. Brett. The whole Melody arc with them thus far. The normie aspect much at all, frankly. The fact that we wax poetic for so freakin' long about a tanning bed in a time when every other teen friendly thing on the friggin' planet is telling you to AVOID THEM. WTF, LH. WTF?! I get it. She's a monster and they react to things differently, but it's a motherfucking tanning bed. *twitch*
I do not like DJ. I don't think I'm going to like DJ/Frankie when that comes about. And I don't like the feeling that I am utterly and completely lost at times.
So while I would have preferred a book based on the Webisode universe or something closer, thus far my braincells have not jumped off a cliff just yet.
The thing is, I'm a little less than halfway through it and... it's not nearly as bad as I was afraid it would be. So far, anyway. Now I was expecting some real crap, so I will say that my expectations were exceptionally low. I'd read some of her previous stuff (sometimes the recommendations on various sites or book-flaps lie. If you like Gossip Girl, you will not necessarily love The Clique. Your braincells might die en masse instead.) and while I might grudgingly agree her way with words is pretty clever at times, it's also one of those things that kind of sets my teeth on edge. There's no doubt she had a gig at MTV, y'know? (Yes. That was the least subtle dig ever. Shush.)
If you've read the book or read enough spoilers... I've just gotten to the part where Jackson and Melody are hanging out in her room and are making plans to go to whatever dance is coming up. Frankie's just set fire to a tanning bed and run away.
Things I like: The relationship between Lagoona (call her Blue all you like, she's Lagoona), Clawdeen, Cleo, and Draculaura. I like that Cleo and Clawdeen are close and that Cleo might come off bitchy to Melody, but it's because she's protecting Draculaura.
I like Melody. I like Jackson. The fact that I hear Candace from Phineas & Ferb any time she says "Candace out" makes it bearable. Otherwise my teeth would be on edge.
I do not like: Beka. Brett. The whole Melody arc with them thus far. The normie aspect much at all, frankly. The fact that we wax poetic for so freakin' long about a tanning bed in a time when every other teen friendly thing on the friggin' planet is telling you to AVOID THEM. WTF, LH. WTF?! I get it. She's a monster and they react to things differently, but it's a motherfucking tanning bed. *twitch*
I do not like DJ. I don't think I'm going to like DJ/Frankie when that comes about. And I don't like the feeling that I am utterly and completely lost at times.
So while I would have preferred a book based on the Webisode universe or something closer, thus far my braincells have not jumped off a cliff just yet.