Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

RUN!! Run my darling bibliophiles! There's been a prisoner break and they're coming this way!
Yeah, I know its out there. my opener doesn't really make sense does it. Well this book is called The PRISONER of Azkaban. But before I get into that. I feel I must talk about Dobby. I love Dobby. He's a free elf now and it's awesome. Dobby is absolutely my favorite non-human character. (I am excluding halfbreeds as non-human. I'm not a monster.)
Character wise it's the same game as the last review, only a couple of new characters.

• First of all, true newby number one: Remus J. Lupin- With Lockhart's memory gone they needed a new DADA professor. So enter Lupin. He or the next is my favorite DADA professor. (Not really the professor but the professor, if the potterheads get my drift.) Sweet, ratty, worn-out Lupin.
• True newby two: Sybill Trelawney- Third year you take electives, and at the end of CS Harry picked Divination and Care of Magical Creatures. Trelawney is the Divination professor. Really Divination is mostly smoke and mirrors but it can be real. Sometimes...
• Rubeus Hagrid- Yes, yes I know Hagrid has been around since book one so he's not a new character. All I'm going to say is that his job description changes slightly. 

Plot time, imagine that in a sing-songy voice. Harry is preparing for his third year at Hogwarts and has to have a permission form for field trips to Hogsmead signed, which makes things interesting. Then things happen, very vague I know. Well anyway at the same time Prisoner Sirius Black has escaped Azkaban. For those of you who don't know Azkaban is the wizarding prison. This causes panic, as any prison break out does. More things happen, items are found, and plot twists occur. It's all good fun.
I love: this book. I know that sounds redundant, but get used to it because I am going to say it over and over again. It's Harry, It's AWESOME! I would once again recommend for, everybody with the warning that it is rather suspenseful and could potentially be scary to small children. If you get the illustrated version, it probably wouldn't be as bad though.
I give it thirteen paw prints. 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾
Goodbye for now my dears,
Merlin:)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

My dear bibliophiles,
My father once told me that all great stories begin with "It was a dark and stormy night".  This series proves that statement false. For none of the Harry Potter books begin with that sentence. Hopefully you read my review of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and have been awaiting the next installment which is this: Harry Potter and the Chamber of the Secrets. I also hope that you enjoyed reading Harry.
Soooo, characters. Since this is the second book you already know about the majority of the main characters which leaves me with this guy:

• Gilderoy Lockhart- Since something happened to Quirrell at the end of PS (I am going to refer to the books by the letters of the secondary part of the title so PS is philosophers stone) a new Defense Against the Dark Arts (DADA) teacher is needed. Enter Professor Gilderoy Lockhart. He's quite the piece of work. Not in a psycho way but more of an arrogant celeb way. Blond, bright white smile, cocky grin, etc., etc. Everyone knows the type. 

More importantly: The Plot! (and yes to all the potterheads out there, I do know I left out one character. Yes of course I love him, but I want him to be a surprise. Don't fear I maybe a pureblood but I'm not an elitist who ignores him.)

So from the second book you can guess the plot has some thing to do with Lord Voldy. And perhaps you are right but that would ruin your fun. Basically Harry goes back to Hogwarts for second year, which is an adventure in and of itself. When he gets there, its pretty normal other than Lockhart and voices. Then the Chamber is opened and nine kinds of chaos ensue, providing lots of whacky hijinks for the trio to get into. It gets pretty hairy at one point.

I love this book just as much as the first. And don't ask what my favorite Harry Potter book is because like any true potterhead I could never choose. So yeah I loved it. I would recommend for the same age group as PS but with a little more caution around bed time with small children as while its not Stephen King material it's still more frightening than PS.

I give it twelve paw prints.🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾

Tata my dears,

Merlin:)

Heart of Thorns by Bree Barton

Hello my dears,
Tis I your wonderful blogger. Yes I did just say tis, how medieval of me. It just seems to fit with the book I'm going to talk about today. A medieval book you say? Why, yes a medieval fantasy book.Its called Heart of Thorns by: Bree Barton. This book takes place in a world not unlike our own in the medieval period. Witch hunts, fear, wanting magic yet fearing it at the same time, not to mention that the only people suspected of magic were women. So according to my friends, MMP and CA, tell me that this book sounds just like every book I ever read. Sadly that seems to be true, the summary sounds the same but then the story is original. They don't see the details just the bare bones of the story, magic, female character that has to save the people, sounds familiar right? Well that would be what I read most of the time. Because of these friends I have decided to branch out a little, which you'll see in upcoming reviews. However, this book fits my typical slot.
Character time!!
Mia Rose: So in this world only women can have magic right, and its virtually undetectable until its used so every girl or woman is suspected of having this magic. Mia's mother was killed by a Gwyrach, a half-girl half-god or demon as some people think they would be the ones with magic, and now all she wants is revenge. But whoops, turns out she's a Gwyrach herself.
Crown Prince Quin: There's really not that much I can say about him other than he's obviously the crown prince its in his name. He's pretty cool when you get into the book. I really want to tell you more but I can't without spoiling and part of it will fall under plot anyway.
Angie Rose: She is Mia's sister and that's about all I can say about her without spoilers.
Plot! Plot! Plot! Plot! Plot! Plot!
So in this world only women have magic and are considered half-girl half-gods and demons. In the particular kingdom that Mia lives in Gwyraches are considered demons and there is a special group called the Hunters who exist for the sole purpose of hunting the Gwyrach which happens to be headed by Mia's father. The reason he heads the Hunter's is because his loving wife and mother of his children was murdered by a Gwyrach years before. Mia herself has trained to become a hunter to avenge her mother, but now her father has other plans. She is to marry Crown Prince Quin and eventually become queen. So then things happen lots of things that result in Mia's discovery that she is a Gwyrach which means her mother probably was too. Whoops. *cue adventure to discover her past*
So I really enjoyed this book. It contained all the things that seem to be my stereotype. That's not to say its not good. No no no. It was really good. Not necessarily my favorite book ever no that honor still goes to Harry Potter. I had a lot of fun reading this book. I mean, who doesn't love a good fantasy, magical book right? I think if you're over thirteen years old you would enjoy this book. Assuming you're into fantasy, that is. I give it nine paw prints and a whisker. 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾⚞
Bis später,
Merlin:)

Surprise review of famous book

Hello my dear bibliophiles,
Today I'm going to do something I have wanted to do for a very very long time. I am going to begin reviewing the Harry Potter™© books, scripts, and movies. I've held off on doing this because I didn't want to tighten you with all my nerdy glory, but I have finally decided to do it. So buckle your seat belts folks, its going to be a bumpy ride. We have seven books, a play and nine movie to get through and 106 days to do it in. If anyone is curious abut why because in 106 days on November 16, 2018 Fantastic Beast and the Crimes of Grindewald comes out!! that comes to about 11 months so with seventeen things to review I'm going to be busy.
To begin our little crusade we'll start at the very beginning, The Philosopher's Stone. Surely everybody has at least heard of Harry, if not what are you doing with your life. I'm not entirely sure how this is going to work because I know way too much a lot about Harry and everything so bear with me here

• Harry James Potter- This is literally his series. Its called Harry Potter. He's a wizard. Has a scar. Very special known as the chosen one. 
• Ronald Weasley- So, Ron is Harry's best friend, or one of them. He's redheaded, freckly, and the member of a large family. 
• Hermione Ganger- Harry's other best friend. She's bushy haired, smart, and muggleborn. 
• Neville Longbottom- He's a secondary character in the series and kinda a downer here, but he gets better. He has a toad.
• Draco Malfoy- Ahh Draco, he's your typical schoolyard bully who thinks he's better than everyone. I love him <3. Tons of development. 
• Minerva McGonagall- She is the bomb. Minnie McG and Dame Maggie Smith both are AMAZING. I can't really say a lot about her because spoilers, but I assure she is perfect. 
• Dumbledore- He's headmaster and that's all I will say on him.
• Snape- Snape is Snape. There is no other way to describe him. 
• Rubeus Hagrid- 😍😍 I loooove him. One of the greatest characters of all time. You just have to read him to understand who he is and I can't possibly describe him without spoiling the series.

So plot wise this will be brief. If it isn't then I will go into WAY too much detail.

So, we have Harry. He lives with his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon who are perfectly normal thank you very much. His life is less than perfect and rather boring until his eleventh birthday when he receives a letter. Life gets very different for Mr. H. Potter after that letter. Adventures and chaos ensue in the best possible manner.

Review time!! I adore this book are series. It is my number one favorite series of all time. The plot and characters are fantastic. I would recommend to anyone at all. Ages zero to two hundred. Yes, I know that if you aren't even a year old you can't read, but it could be a bed time story. I give it twelve paw prints. 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾 

Read it, I say, read it!

Caio,

Merlin:)