Synopsis: As Louis starts his siege on the French castle, allegiances shift leaving General Renaud no choice but to betray the king and sending a pregnant Mary running to Louis for asylum. Rating: ★★★★☆ Wow. We’ll deal with the bombshell that Mary dropped on Louis at the end of the […]
Orphan Black: Formalized, Complex, and Costly Recap
Synopsis: Cosima discovers the Castor clones are the Leda girls’ brothers. Art and Sarah try to track down Mark in the hopes that he’ll lead them to Helena. Rating: ★★★★☆ I like how Orphan Black doesn’t do convenient. Where other shows would have had Seth, the creepy Castor clone’s corpse […]
The Vampire Diaries: I’d Leave My Happy Home for You Recap
Synopsis: It’s time for the bachelor/bachelorette parties for Ric and Jo. Festivities get interrupted when Mommy Salvatore goes off the deep end and almost kills Bonnie and threatens a newly human Elena who now remembers her entire relationship with Damon. Rating: ★★★★☆ Less than two minutes into the episode, Ric […]
Reign: Fugitive Recap
Synopsis: Conde gets captured and becomes the face of an English coup. Kenna’s relationship with Renaud starts, while Greer’s relationship with Laith dissolves. Catherine forces Narcisse to give up Lola, and Claude’s hookup-du-jour leaves her lonely and vengeful. Rating: ★★★☆☆ This episode enforced exactly how irritating the male characters on […]
No Need to Watch the Movie with #FiveWordFilmPlots
Twitter’s seen some pretty awesome hashtags recently- from this afternoon’s trending #clickbaitbooks (spoiler: you have to read it to believe it!) to one of our favorites, #VeryRealisticYA (the narrative of my life), Twitter game just keeps getting stronger. Which is why if you have some spare time this afternoon, you […]
“The Game of Love and Death” is Death Done Differently
The Game of Love And Death Author: Martha Brockenbrough Publication Date: April 28, 2015 Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books Source: Edelweiss: Above the Treeline Genre: Historical Fiction, YA, Fantasy Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon Over centuries, Love and Death have been playing against each other. Each one […]
Rockstar Book Tours: On Diversity and Representation in Media with Martha Brockenbrough
The Game of Love and Death Author: Martha Brockenbrough Release Date: April 28, 2015 Formats: Hardcover, eBook Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books (Scholastic) Genre: YA Amazon|Goodreads | BN We’re very excited to bring you guys a first look at Martha Brockenbrough’s upcoming book The Game of Love and Death in conjunction with Rockstar Tours. As […]
Orphan Black: Transitory Sacrifices of Crisis Recap
Synopsis: The Castor brothers wreak havoc to find their original genome and Kira gets caught up in the chaos. Helena meets Dr. Virginia Cody, one of the leads on Project Castor. Alison steps up her campaign to win a seat on the school board by dealing drugs to the other […]
Reign: Abandoned Recap
Synopsis: Francis and Bash rush to rescue a church full of young boys who were taken hostage by Protestant rebels. In the meantime, Conde marries Elizabeth by proxy, only to have all traces of the marriage erased the next morning. Rating: ★★☆☆☆ A lot happened this episode, so we’re going to […]
The Vampire Diaries: Because Recap
Synopsis: Stefan succeeds in flipping Caroline’s humanity switch back on, but it looks like the couple might not survive the fallout. Mommy Salvatore presents Elena with the Cure in an attempt to ruin her son’s relationship. In the end, Damon offers to take the Cure with Elena to live their […]
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