Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Saturday, November 29, 2014
Supernatural
I have resisted talking about my all time favorite TV show long enough! I started watching Supernatural back in 2005 back when the CW was still called the WB and Smallville (my other great TV love) was still airing. I was obsessed from the beginning. I tuned in every Tuesday at 9pm (till they moved it to Thursday halfway through the season which was awesome because then it was on after Smallville) and then rented the DVDs from the video store to binge watch and fill the void the season finale left me with. So this show is very near and dear to my heart.
The show centers around the Winchester family who at the beginning of the show live a normal life. Mary and John have two sons, Dean who is 4 and Sam (Sammy) who is 6 months. Tragedy strikes right away in this show as the Yellow Eyed Demon (Azazel) is in Sam's nursery and it kills Mary and burns the family home down, leaving John determined to find and kill the thing that murdered his wife. He raises Sam and Dean to be hunters. Flash forward 22 years Sam is at Stanford going to college living with his girlfriend Jessica (Jess) and attempting a normal life. But that all goes to hell in a handbasket when Dean shows up and informs Sam that their father is missing and he needs Sam to help him find him because he's worried something's happened to John. So Sam agrees to go on this one hunting trip with Dean and help him find their Dad. They successfully finish the hunt their Dad went AWOL on and afterwards Sam goes back to his apartment only to find Jess pinned to the ceiling on their bedroom with a bloody nightgown before bursting into flames and burning their apartment down. The same MO as the thing that killed his and Dean's mother. So now Sam joins Dean to find their Dad and this:
The show is set up with a "Villain-of-the-Week" style and has a bigger plot slowly unfolding in each episode but
Plus there's so many amazing characters to meet. There's Sam
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Supernatural is well known on Tumblr for being a show with lots of "feels" and a bit eccentric fandom. And I'm positive everyone and their brother has heard of Destiel or Wincest by now. (Though Cas doesn't show up until season 4
Anyways like I said this is my all time favorite show. I got Caitie addicted to it and I don't think she has ever forgiven me for the emotional trauma I have put her through. Plus we have a gif for everything in this fandom. Seriously.
So if you ever have considered watching Supernatural. Run. Run very far. This show will ruin your life, take up all your free time, and you'll start writing and reading fanfiction at 2am and wonder why you can be a productive and functioning contributing member of society.
...unless you're into that sort of thing. Then definitely watch it!
Also this show gives you the best life advice I have every had
Monday, November 10, 2014
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
Attachments is another fantastic book by Rainbow Rowell (who I actually met and got her to sign my copy of Fangirl!) Attachments is about a twenty-something named Lincoln O'Neill who starts working as a Tech guy for a Newspaper and one of his jobs is to monitor the emails that employees send out. That's how he "meets" Beth Fremont and Jennifer Scribner-Snyder, by reading their emails they send back and forth. So that's a little creepy, but it endears me to Lincoln because he really is just that awkward about people and he genuinely feels bad about reading their emails and invading their privacy.Lincoln feels stuck in life. Stuck with where he is and has no room to grow and do something else which is really relatable to me at this juncture in life and he sees a bit of a kindred spirit in Beth who feels the same. She's stuck in a dead end relationship with a musician. (Rule #23 of Amanda's Rules for life: Don't date musicians.) Her boyfriend is also kind of a jerk (Rule #3: Don't date assholes or "fixer-uppers") but sometimes he's a bit endearing which makes it hard to decided if I want Lincoln and Beth together or if I want this tragic stalking to end with them never having met face-to-face.
As the story progresses we learn more about Beth and Jennifer. Like Jennifer is struggling in her marriage because she's afraid of taking the plunge and becoming a parent, though ultimately she does get pregnant and Beth is a bridesmaid in her sister's wedding which brings up a lot of conversation about how she isn't married and her relationship with the musician (whose name escapes me so we're going to call him Bill because I am unimaginative.) So Beth's sister's wedding put a lot of stress on Beth and Bill's relationship.
Meanwhile Lincoln starts to get the hang of adulthood (WHAT ARE THE SECRETS OF IT LINCOLN TELL ME!) He moves out of his parents house and quits his job to get one he actually wants to have and doesn't hate. But before he leaves he writes a note to Beth explaining that he has been reading their emails, that he's sorry and knows it was wrong but that they should probably stop sending emails to each other at work. The books starts to wind down and I'm fearful that my ship won't sail and it's just one of those bitter life lessons we learn about unrequited love and how to respect privacy in this modern age but then ships ahoy! Beth and Lincoln meet in real life when she's at a movie theatre to review a movie and he's there to watch the movie for funsies! So they have a pseudo date which leads to a real relationship!
I really enjoyed Attachments by Rainbow Rowell and I look forward to reading more of her books.
Friday, November 7, 2014
Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout
So I got this as a free ebook on my Nook. It said it was about aliens in high school and I thought eh why not? I read it and then I was hooked. The main character Katy is pretty realistic and although this book follows the "Twilight Trope" that has become so popular in YA Fiction I feel like this book has something to offer.
First off when main characters Katy and Daemon first meet there isn't any insta love(YAY!). Daemon actually pisses Katy off and they spend the majority of the book fighting and basically being assholes to each other. Which was awesome. Katy becomes best friends with Daemon's twin sister Dee and Katy starts to notice weird things about the Black family and their close friends the more time she spends with them.
She finds out that their aliens and that the government has been basically covering up the existence of two alien races that have come to earth. The Luxen who are light based beings and the Arum who are dark based beings. Daemon and Dee are Luxen and Katy slowly gets tangled up in their world and ongoing battles with the Arum.
What I liked most about this book was Katy's character. She's funny, intelligent, runs a book blog, and basically a well rounded teenage character. She feels realistic to me as a sixteen to seventeen year old girl. The next thing I loved about this book was that they did poke fun at the similarities between it and Twilight. Jennifer L. Armentrout knows her audience well. Plus Daemon is described a super-hot but he's basically an asshole the entire time which I liked. He's trying to keep Katy and human at a distance after the disappearance of his and Dee's other brother and his human girlfriend. But Daemon and Katy undergo some really great character growth.
I have to admit after reading this book I bought the rest in the series as ebooks and I loved it. Sure sometimes I caught myself rolling my eyes at the characters because of their plotting and their attempts at being adults but I do that with real teenagers. All in all I would 100% recommend this book it made me laugh, it surprised me, it was predictable in some cases, but it was a great read!
Monday, August 18, 2014
The 10th Kingdom by Kathryn Wesley
After having just re-read this and watched the miniseries I feel that a review is in order!
The 10th Kingdom is a fantasy drama that incorporates the known and beloved Grimm's Fairy Tales along with modern New York. The story begins with two separate plot lines of Virginia and Tony in New York and Prince Wendell in the 4th Kingdom in a different (maybe parallel) universe which inevitably intertwine to tell the story of the 10th Kingdom.
The story opens with Virginia Lewis and her father, Tony who like on the edge of Central Park. Tony is a janitor in a nice apartment building and Virginia is a waitress who is jaded with life. She is convinced nothing exciting will ever happen to her. Meanwhile in another world where fairy tales aren't just stories, they're history, Prince Wendell the grandson of Snow White and heir to the 4th Kingdom is on his way to visit his evil stepmother in a maximum security prison because of reasons. The Queen, his stepmother, murdered his parents in her quest for power. At the prison Relish, the Troll King is busting his three children out of the jail when they encounter the Queen and her pet dog who they also release. The Queen has a plan to get back at Wendell for putting her in jail and to rule the 4th Kingdom.
She switched Wendell with her pet dog, so now the Prince is trapped in a dog's body and the poor dog is running around confused as Prince Wendell. The real Prince Wendell as a dog runs off and the Queen orders the three Troll children of Relish to capture him. Which causes the Queen to realize that they are a rather comical bunch and their bumbling antics will probably result in failure she looks for someone else to aid her in the prison. That's when she meets Wolf. A half-wolf, half-human inmate (only in for a bit of sheep worrying). She sends Wolf to capture the Prince who has lead the three trolls to the basement of the prison where when he knocks over this mirror it activates and reveals to be a magic portal to Manhattan.
The Prince goes through the mirror and Virginia accidentally crashes into him with her bike. Thinking he's just a stray dog she takes him with her to work and calls him "Prince". The trolls and Wolf also go through the mirror and try to track down Prince Wendell separately. Through a bunch of rather strange events Virginia and Tony end up going back through the mirror with Prince Wendell and embark on a journey to find the mirror and go back home and maybe save the 9 Kingdoms and return Prince Wendell to his throne and thwart the plan of the Queen.
I really love this miniseries and the book as well. It's kind of the same spirit as Once Upon a Time the TV series where fairy tales come to life. I would actually recommend watching it first and then reading it because it makes it a little easier to understand some things but the book follows the miniseries almost completely so you can read the book first and then watch the miniseries. Heads up though, depending on what version of the miniseries you get be prepared for 6-8 hours of watching time.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
The Selection by Kiera Cass
Okay this was more of a guilty pleasure read than serious literature which is fine! This book mixed dystopian and the Bachelor in a fun way.
America Singer has been in love with Aspen for two years and they are secretly dating even though it's kind of taboo because they're from different castes. America is a 5 and Aspen is a 6. When it's announced that Prince Maxon has come of age to choose a bride. Girls everywhere are frantically signing up for the Selection for their chance to be chosen to marry the prince. All girls except America. She doesn't even want to bother with the Selection because she has Aspen and she wouldn't be picked anyways. But when Aspen and her mother convinced her to try she signs up. Soon after Aspen breaks up with her realizing he can never be good enough for her and that she deserves better. Hurt and heartbroken America is surprised when she is chosen for the Selection and sees it as a way to earn money for her family (the families of the girls chosen receive compensation)and as an escape from her life to mend her broken heart.
America goes to the palace and quickly makes it clear to the prince she has no interest in actually winning the competition but she will help him choose a good wife and be his friend with the condition he will keep her there as long as possible so her family won't have to struggle and can save up money.
It's obvious that even though America has made it explicitly clear to Maxon she's not an option that he has developed a crush on her and tried to win her over to see if she would even consider marrying him. But when America does start to fall for Maxon the complication of thirty-five other girls vying for his attention and the sudden appearance of Aspen in the Palace Guard complicate their budding relationship. Not to mention the rebel attacks on the palace that occur regularly and the strain of the entire nation watching with baited breath to see who will be their princess. Throw in the restrictive caste system that constantly chafes America and you have a recipie for disaster (and probably revolution).
Overall I enjoyed this book it was a quick read and I got to escape the monotony of everyday life. Like I said earlier this was a guilty pleasure read so don't expect anything groundbreaking or an intellectual commentary of society. It's a fun read where a girl gets a chance at being a princess and honestly after an entire childhood of Disney movies who didn't at least once dream of being a princess. Personally I wanted to be Belle because she got a prince and a stellar library! (Mostly though I wanted to be Kayley from Quest For Camelot). I will probably read the entire series.
Predictions for the series: America will struggle with her feelings for both Aspen and Maxon (can we stop with the love triangles for a while please?!). America will either be kidnapped by the rebels and learn that they want to rebuild the United States as they were and reinstate democracy and they want her to help by probably being the poster child. Her name is America so I really don't think that's too much of a stretch. Marlee is either a.) exponentially amazing at manipulation and intrigue and is playing nice to win over the prince, b.) a spy for the rebels, c.) option a AND b, or d.) dating a guard. I hope it's option c! Please? I have been really good this year!
Wither by Lauren DeStefano
This was one of the books on my Goodreads suggestions list. All it had to tell me was that it was dystopian, had polygamy, and dealt with kidnapping and stockholm syndrome and I was sold!
Rhine is a sixteen year old girl in Manhattan who lives in a world where science has screwed up and has made it so girls only live till they're twenty and boys until they are twenty-five. Rhine's parents were working on a cure when they were murdered in a terrorist attack and she was left alone with her twin brother Rowan. They take turns sleeping each night to protect their home and each other from thieves and the "Gatherers" who round up young girls to be sold into prostitution and sexual slavery as brides to rich men.
Rhine ends up getting "gathered" with a bunch of other girls and forced to marry Linden. a wealthy governor in Florida, along with two other girls. Far from everything she knows and love she decides that she must escape and return home to her brother. But escape seems futile because the brides are watched and restricted to certain areas of the mansion that is impossible to escape. Her only way out is to make Linden fall in love with her so he will make her the First Wife. First Wives are the favorites of their husbands and get more privileges and freedom than her sister wives. Rhine achieves this goal and attends parties and events with Linden all the while determined to escape with the servant Gabriel whom she has fallen in love with.
This book was good for the first book in the series. I enjoyed the feel of this decaying society clinging to the hope of a cure and the disenchanted older generation that due to science are near immortal and all major illnesses have been done away with. Rhine doesn't feel like a sixteen year old to me but that is easily explained by the world she lives in and the death of her parents. Her sister wives can get a little annoying (especially Cecily but she's like fourteen). That also bothered me a lot. Linden's underaged wife. She's fourteen! Hardly at an age where she can give consent and know the consequences of her actions. She feels like a kid playing house the entirety of the book.
All in all it was an enjoyable book I look forward to the rest of the series because this book has so much potential.
Predictions for the rest of the series: Because Rhine and Rowen have heterochromia (two different eye colors) and because their parents were some big wig scientists I think we're going to find out that Rhine and Rowan are the key to the cure (or are test tube babies/clones and will age and live normally). Rhine will end up with Gabriel (though I would not entirely mind if she ended up with Linden) and Linden's father will be killed by one of his horrible experiments.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Star-Crossed
Let's talk about the TV show Star-Crossed from the CW Network. I have a lot of feelings about this show. It starts off on Arrival Day on September 17, 2014 when the Atrians ship crashes on Earth. The humans assume they're invading and that leads to conflict between the Artians and Humans. A small Atrian boy runs away and ends up in the shed of the Whitehill family where their young daughter Emery finds him and takes care of him. Eventually soldiers come and take the boy away rather violently, leaving Emery thinking he's dead.
Flash forward ten years the government is starting an integration program with seven Atrian students who live in a militarized sector simply referred to as "the Sector". Out of the seven Atrians we only ever really see and interact with four: Roman, Sophia, Teri, and Drake. There are two unnamed boys and one unnamed girl. Roman is the boy Emery helped when she was a child and they get to meet again in high school. Thought the thirteen episode season we are introduced to some really great characters with depth. There's Grayson, son of the terrorist leaders of the anti-Atrian hate group the Red Hawks, Eric the bigot who learns tolerance, Emery the girl who loves Roman and wants integration to work, Gloria Garcia the teacher/government lady who is fighting for integration for her secret half-Atrian son to name a few. Each character is three dimensional and the more I learn about them the more I like them. There's political intrigue, teen angst and drama, a love triangle, the recipe for a good show even if it does have DPS (Disappearing Parent Syndrome). Except that it got cancelled before the season even finished airing in the United States and before it even premiered overseas.
This show has a lot of predictable moments but I attribute that more to how the CW always sets up their shows v.s. an actual flaw with the show. There were several times when the show surprised me and how some things that you would think would be a huge issue turn into a non-issue. I also love the character development that happens in this show. I highly recommend it for anyone who is strong enough to stomach dealing with another fantastic show being cancelled before there was any conclusion or resolution to the show. It ends on a huge cliff hanger that I will never recover from.
Thank you for reading! The term DPS (Disappearing Parent Syndrome) comes from this article: http://www.thebooklantern.co.uk/2011/04/disappearing-parent-syndrome.html
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Alienated by Melissa Landers
I first saw this book while I was browsing the shelves of Barnes and Noble and ultimately I didn't buy it because I wasn't sure if I would like it. So instead I checked it out from the library I work at and read it. Boy am I regretting not buying it! When I first started the book I immediately connected with Cara. She's a very realistic representation of a seventeen year old valedictorian in high school.Most importantly I liked how she and Aelyx don't fall in love right away. The book is more than half way over before they get together. So they start out with a tentative friendship and it evolves. I am so very excited for the sequel to come out so I can read it but unfortunately I have to wait until February 2015.
The book starts out with Cara meeting with her school principal and finds out that she has been selected to be apart of the L'eihr Exchange Program that she never signed up for. Cara is a little freaked out because when she expressed an interest in a foreign exchange program she didn't think a different solar system was an option. But valedictorian Cara steps up to the plate and goes through with the exchange program because when the L'eihrs made contact with Earth a few years ago they brought with them a plant that cured cancer and essentially saved her mother's life. Her parents are ecstatic at the prospect of hosting a L'eihr exchange student name Aelyx (pronounced as A-licks not Alex). They are also dealing with the reality of Cara's brother, a marine, going to the planet of L'eihr and being the first human there. Cara in true overachiever fashion emails the L'eihr in charge of the program to make Aelyx as welcomed as possible on Earth.
Meanwhile Aelyx and the two other L'eihrs in the exchange program are not as happy to be traveling to such a primitive planet and being around humans. L'eirhs have used science to breed superior beings who have risen above the need for emotions and violence. Aelyx and his generation and younger are even more special then the specifically breed L'eihrs, they are clones of L'eirhs that lived hundreds of years ago during the hay day of their planets advancement. So they have this extremely elitist attitude and have come up with a plan to ruin the exchange program and not "swap genetic material with the humans". He and Cara meet in Washington DC in the midst of a protest from people who want the aliens to return home and leave Earth because they are not willing to share the planet. In DC the humans and L'eihrs meet at a fancy party and Cara (a born and breed Midwesterner) is uncomfortable in the dress and garments her mother bought her. So her first interaction with her L'eirh exchange student Aelyx is when she accidently moons him trying to adjust herself so she can be comfortable in her clothes. Needless to say Cara is mortified and Aelyx only confirms his beliefs that humans are nothing more than apes.
Cara tries hard to include Aelyx into her social life and make friends with him and it eventually costs her her boyfriend and closest friend. Aelyx slowly realizes his misconceptions about humans and humanity is wrong and that the humans do have something to offer the L'eihrs as he slowly develops feelings for Cara whom he gives a L'eihr pet name to. While this is going on Aelyx has to convince his fellow L'eihr students to abandon their plan when he discovers that the Earth is in danger and will not be able to support life in ten years time and that the L'eirhs will fix this problem if the exchange program works because they need something from the humans. Since human and L'eihr DNA is almost identical the L'eihr ruling counsel wants humans and L'eihr to "swap genetic material" and breed the emotions and passion the L'eihrs have bred out of the current population in order to return them to the height of their society.
Over all I really enjoyed this book. It was interesting to me that this book was not an offender of the DPS (Disappearing Parent Syndrome) so many YA books are guilty of these days. Cara's parents play an important role in the story as they are slowly ostracized by their community for their willingness to accept an alien into their home and lives and support the L'eihrs coming to Earth and even of the relationship Cara and Aelyx develop to a point. No father really likes anyone their daughter dates. There are some strong parallels between this book and the themes in the CW show Star-Crossed but they are two different stories in a similar genera. It was actually this book that led me to watch Star-Crossed. The author Melissa Landers had posted something about the show on her website so that's how I discovered this totally BA show that I will review here soon.
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
I am going to be honest I saw the anime first and noticed that it was based on a book and that's how I decided to read the book. Although I can honestly say the book is much better than the movie. The movie tones down Howl and Sophie's unfavorable personality traits and makes the film much more lighthearted than the book.
The book starts out with some introductory to Ingary, the Hatter family, and the rumors about Howl and the Witch of the Waste. Sophie has what I like to refer to as First Child Syndrome. She basically functions as a third parent for her two younger sisters and is terrified of failing because she has been told that if she were to set out and seek her fortune she will not succeed. The book references a lot of fairy tale tropes only to turn them on their head.
Through a series of events Sophie gets turned into an old woman by the Witch of the Waste. Deciding that it really can't get any worse Sophie sets out to seek her fortune and adventure. She ends up finding the moving castle of the "evil" Wizard Howl and there she meets his fire demon Calcifer and strikes a deal with him. If she can free him from the contract he has made with Howl he will return her to normal. Sophie then inserts herself into the lives of the occupants of the moving castle has "Grandma Sophie" the cleaning lady. She befriends Michael (Markl in the movie) Howl's teenage assistant and student who is responsible for the majority of the work "Wizard Howl" does and she has an odd love-hate relationship with the Wizard Howl himself. Throughout the book Sophie learns that the "castle" is actually in three places at once and it's all to help Howl avoid the Witch of the Waste and her curse she put on him because "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned".
So now Sophie has a deadline, free Calcifer and Howl from their contract before the Witch of the Waste's curse takes effect and she also has to deal with her sister's Martha and Lettie who have switched places and are both being called Lettie for the time being and one sister is in love with Michael and Howl is trying to capture the heart of the other, but that Lettie is in love with a man who keeps turning into different dogs and can't seem to stay human. And then there's the fact Sophie learns she herself has magic and is a powerful witch. What's poor Sophie going to do?
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
I absolutely loved this book. When Cath first goes to college she is really nervous and anxious, which I can totally relate to.
I absolutely adored Reagan and Levi. Cath tries so hard to to become friends with anyone and it happens anyway almost against her will, but she loves it. I think this book did a fantastic job of showing Cath going through college like a normal scared freshman and how typically when you are in a new situation you cling to the familiar and for her that is Simon Snow. I love how the author made Cath grow as a character without making compromises and being able to stay true to herself.
I also like how Wren spiraling out of control affects Cath. She tried to not care that Wren is drinking and partying to much, but it does bother her and she thinks about it a lot and it genuinely concerned. I love how Cath is concerned about her dad and how she is still bitter about her mother leaving.Sorry there was nothing about this book I didn't like. It was light hearted, it was funny, it was deep, and sometimes it was heavy. It just was a good, engaging book. I recommend it to everyone. It's just so good.
Update 9/23/14: I met Rainbow Rowell and she signed my copy of Fangirl!
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
I have watched the movie of this book a million times. Growing up I would watch The Last Unicorn, Labyrinth, and Princess And The Goblin all the time. As an adult I have read the books furthering my love of them. This book is so good and the movie stays really true to it. I like how the Unicorn goes back to her normal form in the end and doesn't stay human and it's a bittersweet ending. It follows the normal fairy tale guidelines and then ends with everyone alive (everyone important anyways), the unicorns are back in the world free of the Red Bull (right now I'm picturing unicorns being harassed by the energy drink...) and it's not exactly happily ever after but it's good enough.
Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier
Time Travel! Confusing prophecies! England! Oh my! It's almost like an episode of Doctor Who! Gwen is a normal teenager girl with a big family secret. She comes from a family of time travelers and her cousin Charlotte is supposed to be the next family member with the inherited gene and Gwen has been told what to do and how to help Charlotte, except Charlotte's not the time traveler Gwen is. Gwen is confused and shocked the first time she travels back and she panics because this is not how it was supposed to happen Gwen was the normal ignored teenager in her family and Charlotte had prepared her entire life to travel back in time. So suddenly Gwen finds herself trying to catch up and learn what she's supposed to know and deal with the infuriating Gideon all the while her mother keeps telling her not to trust anyone in the secret society of time travelers.
I really enjoyed this book personally. I discovered it on a shelf at Half Price Books and I fell in love. Gwen is your pretty basic teenager for the most part just trying to catch up with suddenly being special because she's a time traveler. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves the idea of time travel, whether they be Doctor Who fans, readers of The Time Travelers Wife, or have seen Back To The Future Parts 1-3 a million times.
Green Rider by Kristen Britain
Caitie talked me into reading this series by comparing King Zachary to Tom Hiddleston. So I read it and fell in love.
Karigan is just trying to get home to her family to explain why she's been expelled from school. It isn't her fault, not really. But it all goes awry she stumbles on a dying Green Rider, a messenger of the king named F'ryan Coblebay who makes her promise to deliver his message to the king and not to read the contents of the letter so they can't torture the information from her. If all that isn't ominous enough he tells her to beware the shadow man. Karigan promises to take the message to King Zachary and F'ryan gives her his broach that signifies that he is a Green Rider to others. She also inherits his stubborn too smart to be normal horse she calls the Horse. (Side note I was 100% convinced the horse's name would turn out to be Sundancer or something because Caitie loves this book and that's what she named her faithful steed [read: car]. But no the horse's name is Condor which is actually way better than Sundancer and doesn't make me bust out into hysterical laughter.)
Karigan gets into a lot of trouble and I truly loved that about the book. She gets waylaid on her journey so many times by so many different things that the only conclusion any reader can come to is that Karigan is a magnet for trouble. When she finally makes it to the castle to give the message to the king, the message she had risked life and limb to deliver holds no important information. However the letter she thought was simply a letter to F'ryan Coblebay's lover turns out to be the real letter to the king in code. The Green Riders manage to crack the code and discover King Zachary's brother is planning to usurp the throne from Zachary with the aide of an Eletian who has cracked the D'yer Wall that has safeguarded the kingdom from the horrors of the Blackveil Forest a land poisoned by Mornhaven the Black. Karigan gets mixed up in these events and actually helps save the kingdom. But by the end of the book has Karigan insisting she is not a Green Rider and that she just wants to return to her normal life.
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