Ouran High School Host Club

Ouran High School Host Club

Fujioka Haruhi wins a scholarship to attend Ouran Academy, a school reserved for only the most rich and prestigious. Despite what other students may think of her, she cares little for physical appearances or the fact that she is a commoner.

Unfortunately for Haruhi, her high school days take a sudden turn when she stumbles upon the Host Club, an elite club filled with super rich and beautiful boys who use their specific traits and charms to entertain young ladies. Even worse, Haruhi accidentally breaks an 8-million yen vase in the club. Since she is unable to repay her debt with money, Haruhi finds herself with no choice but to work for the Host Club, becoming a male host herself.

This Anime is so self aware, its hilarious every character can hold there own. Its very typical for its type but the fact that it makes fun of itself takes it to a different level.



Tamaki is the prince

 

 

Kaoru and Hikaru twins that have a very loving relationship (made me feel very uncomfortable, but this was also why it was so funny)

 

Kyoya is the brains

 

 

Honey the innocent

 

 

Mori the strong silent type

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Then we have Haruhi the natural

Honestly when I heard about this show I wasn't sure if it was for me, but after the first episode I was hooked, and it isn't that expensive to buy I got my copy off Amaon UK for £10
So over all it was fantastic, liked the music loved the style and fell in loved with all the characters. A few episodes fell a bit short but the bulk of it was great...I wish there was a second season coming out.

I have to say I normally watch the sub version as the voices always seem more natural (more suited) to the anime, but I loved the dubbed version it was fantastic.


If you liked Kaichou wa Maid-sama then you will probably like this also. 

 



Promise You Wont Tell by John Locke - Free Kindle Month

Free on Amazon UK

“I think something might have happened to me Saturday night. Something bad.”

Private Investigator Dani Ripper’s client list is nuttier than the Looney Tunes conga line, but she diligently solves one crazy case after another, waiting for a game-changer.

Enter Riley Freeman, 17-year-old honor student.

Saturday afternoon Riley quietly placed a little strawberry sticker on her private area and pretended it was a tattoo. She didn’t tell anyone about it. That night she went to a slumber party that featured drinking and boys. Riley fell asleep, woke up the next day with no reason to think anything happened…

…Until Monday, at school, when a classmate called her Strawberry.

Coincidence or crime? Dani agrees to investigate. And the roller coaster ride begins.


My Thoughts

The style this book is written in will be a love it or hate it kind of thing. I think if your not into it by the first few chapters your not going to like this book.

The story I liked, it was a bit far fetched but I did like the way it all came together. While I found many parts amusing which I felt it needed for the serious story under the humour, I do feel a more serious ending might of been better (not sure it just didn't feel real). The story had a fast pace and moved along quickly, I was always left wanting more. it was very quirky and I enjoyed the writing style.

The characters I did really like, I loved Dani the way she talks and thinks about things, the way she interacts with people is very enjoyable. But Riley and the teenagers just felt very unreal, that acted so mature and there is no way they could of put this plan together.

I just found this a very quick enjoyable read, I can see why some people didn't enjoy it but I have a very sarcastic sense of humour and loved how this book was written.

I would say give this book a go, its clever in the way its done but unbelievable at the same time. I enjoyed this book very much and will but buying more of John Locke's books.

I give this book 4 out of 5

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Free Book Month - Heir Untamed (Royals Book 1) - Danielle Bourdon

 

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Desperate for work to avoid eviction from her Seattle apartment, photographer Chey Sinclair accepts a rare opportunity to travel abroad and photograph Latvala Royalty. Encountering the Royals for the first time, Chey experiences an instant attraction to Mattias, second in line to the throne. He's charming, confident—and taken.

During a horseback ride to clear her head, Chey finds herself in a scuffle with Sander Fisk, head of security. Rugged, determined and sharp tongued, Sander is infuriating as well as intriguing.

Faced with conflicting emotions and a mystery unfolding in the castle, Chey must decide between men: a Prince of Latvala, or an arrogant rogue.

She discovers the hard way that this particular fairy tale was more than she ever bargained for.



I have to say this is not what I expected, it was more than 1 hot girl with loads of guys desperate to get in to her pants.
It was a quick read and finished it in 1 sitting. The writing I did find confusing in some parts but either it got better or I didn't notice as much.
I did enjoy the twist, I knew it was going to happen but I still liked it.
I liked all the Royals but the main girl fell a bit flat for me there wasn't anything special about her. The story said she was witty but there wasn't much banter and I feel if the conversations between the characters were better the story would of improved.
I did like the book and found it entertaining, the pacing was good and I enjoyed the romance. If the main girl had a personality then it would of encouraged me to purchase the other 2 books following this one.
So I would say its worth your time and best of all Amazon UK have it for free

I did look into the other books but at £2.54 will give it a miss if it drops to around £1 then I would defiantly give it a read. I would give this book

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Anime - Kaichou wa Maid-sama!

Seika High School, once an all-boys school notorious for its wild students and for generally being a terrifying place for girls, has recently become a co-ed school. With the female population still a minority and living in fear of the over-the-top antics of the males, Misaki Ayuzawa takes it into her own hands to reform the school and allow the girls to feel safe in the rough environment.

Training, studying and even becoming the first female student council president of the school, Misaki has gained a reputation among the male students body as an uptight boy-hating dictator and as a shining hope for the teachers and fellow female students. However, despite her tough-as-nails appearance, she secretly works part-time at a maid cafe in order to support her family. Unfortunately, her hard-earned reputation is threatened when the popular, attractive, and somewhat impassive Usui Takumi takes an interest in her after discovering her in a maid uniform after school.


This is a very typical romance series but after watching clannad I wanted more comedy, and this certainly gave me that.

We are following Misaki Ayuzawa

She is very funny, hot headed but a strong character. I loved her back story and her family were fantastic.

The other main character is Takumi Usui

He is the totally opposite always cool and calm, always in the right place at the right time, took everything in his stride. Everyone loves him the girls and the guys. He was so funny to watch.

This really did have a great mix of characters, I have to say some of the episodes seemed to drag a little I think it just went on too long....I think maybe just getting frustrated that the characters where taking ages getting to plot points. Some things weren't explored too well, like the guy in the posh school I think that could of been more, rather than just giving up for little reason.
But overall I had lots of fun with this Anime, it gave me the comedy I was looking for :)

 

Another - anime

The Anime is called Another, as in the title of the anime is Another......

Hope that's cleared up, I have no idea what to say about the title apart from its a ball ache.
This is another dark anime, even I wanted to close my eyes at some death scenes.

In 1972, Misaki, a popular student of Yomiyama North Middle School's class 3-3, suddenly died partway through the school year. Devastated by the unexpected loss, the students and teachers behaved like Misaki was still alive, leading to a strange presence on the graduation photo. In Spring 1998, 15-year-old Kōichi Sakakibara transfers into Yomiyama's class 3-3, where he meets the peculiar Mei Misaki, who is seemingly ignored by her classmates. The class is soon caught up in a strange epidemic, where its students and their relatives are caught up in mysterious deaths. Learning these deaths have something to do with the Misaki of 1972, it is up to Kōichi and Mei to discover the cause of these mysterious deaths and figure out how to stop it before it puts an end to them.

It is very creepy, I think the atmosphere is fantastic and is kept through all of the show, I found the beginning a bit slow moving but it did build up the creepiness.
I just was willing the main character to find out more...how did he not find it frustrating that no-one would tell him anything, he seemed fine with the slow pace where I certainly wasn't.
So this is where it fell a bit short, I felt the main character was missing some part of his personality, if you went up to this guy kicked him it the balls he may just ask you why you did it, then when you shrug he would just walk away...slowly

We are flowing Kōichi Sakakibara

I did find him very bland and he just didn't seemed worried about the situation one bit. I think it did add to the "who is it" as a few of the characters where like this.

The next main character is Mei Misaki

Again same sort of character, didn't seem to care when her life was threatened or she was in any sort of danger, just no sense of urgency about her.
Then you have the rest of the class, most are just there to be killed but there are some other characters that get more screen time.

The end felt...I don't know rushed I guess, I get it but there was a touching moment with one of the characters and I felt it could of been more than what it was.

I did have fun with this anime, I would recommend it to anyone that likes horror/mystery.

I've only just started with my anime journey and so far its been great, I've been very lucky with my choices so far. Watching Clannad at the moment which is going to take me awhile but I'm enjoying it and Steins Gate is next on my list.

Please let me know if you have a favourite, I'm looking for more to add to my list.