Resenha do livro Blood Kiss da autora J.R. Ward

Resenha Blood Kiss

I'm in love with this book. Everyone should read it, really! I need to go to France! 

This is what I was thinking the whole time wile reading this book. I have never cared much for Paris or that song that people often talk about when they think of Paris, La Vie Rose or something, 
I have never understood the fascination for the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame or any other post card places there. I would be happy and fine this way and didn’t think I was missing anything by not visiting Paris. 
This all changed when I started reading Anna and The French Kiss. 
I know, I know,,, this is really cliché, but love is cliché and I fell in love with this book. I don’t care if people look ate the cover and think “Oh, is just another chick lit story.” 
This is not just another chick lit story and if you give it a chance, you will see that there’s much more to it then just a love affair between two teenagers in Paris. I mean, it is but is not just that. It’s about change your whole life and how that is a really hard thing to do. It’s about finding who you really are even though in the end you discover that the person you are is not the person you thought you were in the begin with. 
I know, I know,, it’s hard to explain but this whole fundamental stuff is in this “chick lit” story and is wonderfully put it in a way that is not that complicated. 

The Plot - Is simple and at the same time is complicated. Is simple because is right in your face. You don’t have to think to hard and is not a mystery to be solved, but the questions and ramification of the actions are just as complicated as in real life. The indecision to make the right choice, the fear of loosing the ones you really care about, the pain of betrayal, all the things we have to deal with wile growing up and that can really freak you out. 

The Characters - I like the characters and, I know is weird, but I felt that the guys really talk like,, you know,, guys. I could almost hear them speak and the faces that they would make. They really reminded me of my friends and how they would respond. The girls were very well developed too. Anna is strong, vulnerable and just a freak that likes to clean and organize everything around her. LoL So adorable. Bridge is just like that crazy and gorgeous friend you envy and love to the bone. St. Clair, oh, I can’t say his name without smiling. Etienne, see? I’m already smiling like a fool <sigh> 
Ok, you’ve got the point, right? 

The Writing - Is as lovely as a summer rain. I know what you’ll say. “Rain? How can rain be lovely?” Summer is hot and when it rains it cools you but the sun is still in the sky so you get that wonderful cool feeling, that exquisite rain smell and still can appreciate the light. The way that the sun light reflex on the rain drops is like a million rainbows all around you. See? Rain can be magic and lovely, so stop whining about it. 
So, the writing, is pretty amazing. And the best part is that it gets you when you least expect. I was like, this book is OK, and then I saw myself sit in the movies, something brush my thigh and when I look up there was St. Clair. That was freaky, really. It was like 1am and my brain just froze. Yep, this book is good enough to make you have visions about it. LoL 

Consideration - I just love the way that Paris comes to life in the book. All the wonderful things to see and eat. Wile I was reading I felt like I was there with Anna and experiencing what she was going trough. I really love this book and the way that it has opened my eyes to a new world. I’m sure going to read Lola and The Boy Next Door because of this book. 
I just have to say on thing, although I love the way that all the relationships were developed in such a natural way, but there were times I felt like banging Anna’s head against the wall. She can really be blindsided by her own insecurity. This bugged me very much. Especially the things that should have being said and she just didn’t have the balls to say so. 
But I love this book in all of it’s good and bad, because the good parts are really wonderful and make the not so good parts almost non existent. 

Elisa F.