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#i hope this story isnt super confusing? i had to cut A LOT of dialogue to not make this even longer
tooquirkytolose · 3 years
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Have you heard the tale of the queen of thieves?
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stardancerluv · 3 years
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Being a Good Friend
Part 18
Summary: Winning doesn’t always mean it ends happy and warm.
Arthor’s Note: Dialogue from the movie is in italics!
With his blood still rushing in his ears, he went over to your flat. His tires screeched as he pulled up and parked in front. He cut the engine and getting out on legs that may have felt like rubber but actually held him up, he managed to get out of his car.
As he opened the door and then ended up holding it open for one of the guys, that lived there. He nodded politely. Glad there was no small talk. He couldn’t, he barely was knitting two thoughts together.
Finally, then he made it to your door. Before he could even knock, he just leaned heavily beside it. His head spun, his stomach churning he felt like he could quite possibly be sick. He was out of breath and ice cold fear slid through his body.
Swallowing, he closed his eyes and struggled and managed to gather himself. He laid hand on you door.
That is where he stopped, opening his eyes he pulled his hand back. Tearing, himself away he ran back downstairs.
He looked up and practically flung himself back into his car. Putting it into gear he headed back to the paper.
*****
You were confused, reclining on the sofa when you heard the distinct sound of Alex’s car. Your heart lifted. For the briefest of moments, you saw his face. He was incredibly pale. You shook off your worry, as you watched that familiar head of hair as he held open the door for the guy from 2E. Then he made his way into your building.
Work, had been horrible. Rose who had finally left a little while ago had been insufferable. Asking, you questions you didn’t have answers to. You ran your fingers through your hair. You expected the knock, expected the key in the lock. None of it came.
Your stomach instantly churned. You heart beat thudded hard in your stomach. Reaching, your fingertips grazed the door knob.
You heard a screech and ran to the window, you watched just as Alex tore away in his car. You wrapped your arms around your middle. “Alex.” You sobbed, your breath fogging up the window as you looked out. Why had he not popped in. Worry and anguish filled you. That had never happened.
You remembered how one day, the two of you had a row. Pouting, you had gone back here. Sometimes, he really could be a smug little bastard. Well, he wouldn’t have it. He tore over and using his key let himself in.
In the end, it had all been terribly silly. Before the night was over, you were wearing his super comfy gray hoodie that was huge on you while you danced around the kitchen much to his amusement. You made a dessert you and him loved and then you curled up to his side watching one of his favorite horror movies. What would you give to be back there. You were sad and confused.
******
Walking across the parking lot, he lit himself a cigarette. He inhaled deeply. It actually, helped to calm him a little. Stomping, it out he went inside.
He had to get this article done. If he didn’t his boss would surely wonder. Opening, his laptop he went to work. Inhaling, he opened a new document.
TRIPLE CORPSE HORROR, he typed. Pressing, his lips together he continued.
“Law? Are you back already?”
Alex, barely looked up. “Yes, sir.”
“Good. Good. If you get that done soon enough, we can put that in the evening edition.”
He looked up. “I’ll try sir.”
“Good work son, we’ll have the exclusive if you do.”
Words...Sentences....paragraphs came to together. Finally, he sat back and his chair creaked. He skimmed it and happy with it, he sent it on to his boss.
Feeling, like all that had been rushing through him since being in the forrest was gone. He pushed his laptop away and laid his head on his arms. He shook his head.
Sitting, up something caught his eye. He smiled and took the photo. Holding, the photo he smiled. He remembered when he took that of the two of you.
“Law.” His boss hollered. “Get in here.”
Pressing, his lips together he put the photo down.
He knocked the on the door frame. “Yes?”
His boss spun in his chair and practically leapt from it. “Law, you did it. We got the exclusive.” He reached out excitedly and shook him. “It is already printing. Go and grab a copy or two.”
Alex smiled broadly. “Fantastic. Glad you liked it sir.”
“Liked it? Law, I loved it. Now go, enjoy your night. Take that little girly of yours out.”
He smirked, “Will do, sir.”
*****
On his way to his car, he called you. It went straight to voicemail. Sighing, he made his way downstairs. The scent of ink greeted him before he was even on the ground floor.
*****
Since, you were not picking up your phone he decided to head back to his own flat. At least, if David and Juliet were there he’d give them a copy and tell them what he knew.
Sighing, he walked in and found them both sotting there. It immediately made him feel ill at ease.
“My boss, made me go.”
“Right.” Juliet said flatly. “Well, we were just sorting things out.”
“I told you it wasn’t deep enough and you wouldn’t listen.” David berated him.
Alex, threw the papers aside. “Doesn’t necessarily matter. They barely know who these people are. And they have nothing to connect us with them. Nothing!”
“I am glad you are so certain, Alex.” David quipped before firing more at him. “It makes us feel a whole lot better.”
“I beg your pardon?” Did, he really just say that Alex wondered.
“That makes us feel a whole lot better.” Juliet added mimicking David.
“That’s what I thought you said.” Alex’s stomach continued you to churn. Sighing, he retired to his cold room.
He tried you one last time. This time he was able to leave a message.
“Little Dove, where are you?” He swallowed. “Listen, David and Juliet are acting really odd. I’m spending the night here. Come over if you want, I miss you. I’m cold.” He hung up then.
He slipped into his pajamas and shivered. It had been ages, since he didn’t have you to curl up to. Despite, playing tug of war with the blankets or sometimes, your terribly cold feet from time to time, he really wished you were there. He couldn’t imagine what was going on.
Pulling the blanket tighter around himself and pressing his eyes, he prayed for sleep.
******
You had been ill with worry. When his first call came, you honestly had been in the tub, trying to forget how anxious you felt. Why had he driven away, it just ate away at you. But he had not left a message and that ate away at you even more.
You stuffed yourself with some bad food, which ended up giving you a tummy ache. You almost threw it all up when Rose, through a copy of Alex’s paper at you with his story about the bodies.
Finally and very reluctantly, you pulled on your pajamas. Pulling the blankets around you, you kept one foot out, hoping that you would fall asleep fast.
It had been forever since, you slept without Alex. Curled up to him or even fighting with the blankets, you missed him. You missed his scent. Sure one side of your bed, did now smell like him but oh, barely brought you comfort. You missed him so much and wish you knew what had happened.
Startled, not realizing you had even fall asleep. You phone buzzed to life. Reaching, out to it you saw that it was almost morning.
“Alex!” You practically cried, answering your phone.
“Y/N” A whisper filled your ear.
“Alex, is that you?”
“Yes! Come now,” Alex hissed. “David, Juliet ...” then the called got cut short. Your heart was in your throat.
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jazzband22 · 6 years
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the silver mask review
NOTE: all spoilers will be under the cut, so if you havent read the book yet, i would suggest not opening it (unless you dont care about spoilers like me ^_^)
okay, so i know we all had low expectations for this book. i know we all knew it was gonna suck. despite this, i found myself feeling hope when i picked this book up off the shelf last night. maybe it will all have just been a big misunderstanding and the book is actually gonna be great!
well i was wrong. its bad. really bad.
honestly, as im typing this, i cant think of many things about this book i actually liked. i guess i liked that call had a lot of doubts about everything he was doing? he was constantly wondering if he was doing the right thing, which i can really relate to. im not an evil overlord, obviously, i just have anxiety. i also liked the banter between call and jasper and the development of their relationship. it was kinda nice to see them working together on something, and even helping each other.
now, for the things i didnt like.
this book was lightning-paced, and this did not work in the story’s favor. i read the whole book in one sitting, which im sure many of us will do, and i found myself wondering, “wait, we’re moving on already?” scenes are short and to the point which is a little disappointing. i expect more from this book, i know what it’s potential is. its sad seeing it coming so short.
another thing i didnt like was the dialogue and the characterization of some characters. the dialogue felt very unrealistic and stiff, like bad actors reading from a script. some of the characters were so one-dimensional, a great example being tamara. her development was completely destroyed in this book, which is crushing to read. alex felt very much like a cartoon villain, with a cheap motive and very little development of his relationship with master joseph, which definitely shows a more human side of him and could have made me sympathize with him more. call is super dumb in this book, and he hyper-focuses on things that have nothing to do with the story. for a good few chapters, his narration is so annoying because he only talks about one thing, which ill talk about under the cut.
this is the shortest book yet at 232 pages, and of course i am taking into account that this is technically intended for younger audiences, but ive read much longer, better paced, and more well-cared-for books intended for middle grade readers. this book feels like it was written in a few days, which really draws back to the fact that i think cassandra and holly have stopped caring about magisterium. a series with authors that dont care anymore is doomed to fail, and i believe that’s the direction magisterium is going.
that’s the end of the non-spoiler portion of my review. again, dont open the cut if you dont want to be spoiled!
(spoiler: this book is bad and you shouldnt spend money on it)
okay, so one thing that really pissed me off was how dumb call was acting about kissing tamara. he just didnt shut up about it, which was annoying to read since he was the narrator, and frustrating since hes supposed to be focusing on escaping or bringing back aaron! the callmara subplot was pointless and annoying. call and tamara didnt have nearly as much chemistry as call did with aaron, and im not a bitter calron stan talking here, im talking as a reader who wants to read a good book. callmara kind of ruined this book for me. there was no development, barely any discussion between the two, they kissed once and suddenly they were dating... it felt like they just threw it in because their plot map said they needed a romance. if it had more development other than anastasia telling call, “oh man, she has such a crush on you. its cute.” (which is pretty close to what she actually said) i would be less angry about it. plus, call obviously cares more about aaron than tamara, evident by him literally lying to her face about not wanting to bring him back, and once he does bring him back, his unwillingness to let aaron go like tamara asked him to multiple times. so i personally think calron would have been a better choice, except the fact that aaron is so magnificently fucked up after he gets resurrected.
which, by the way, can we talk about that?
you cant just bring a dead character back to life for 10 chapters only to KILL HIM AGAIN AT THE END OF THE BOOK. WHAT.
of course hes not actually gone, now hes a voice in calls head, which is worse than him being dead or reborn. we now have a bodiless aaron stewart floating around in calls soul. like. what the mega fuck. no one wanted this. no one.
i liked and also hated that aaron was different after his resurrection. i liked it from a plot standpoint, but as a reader who has had literal years to become invested in his character, i hate that he died in the first place. still searching for the plot reason he was killed off, by the way. i dont see any. ANY. viable reason for aaron to have died other than shock value. kill tamara! or jasper! fuck, kill celia! any of those people being killed would have the same bearing on the plot that killing aaron did. this is me being super satly right now, because aaron is my golden retriever puppy, but i mean come on. even if i didnt stan aaron i would still be SUPER pissed about his death.
tangent over. this didnt even happen in the book. who let me review books im so bad at this.
but yeah. aaron came back and then he died again. so. dont buy this book.
the ending was super weird? it felt like it was supposed to happen at the end of the series. it was very final. of course, they found a way to squeeze out one more book and take all of our money, because the rules are just being made up as we go.
thats another thing i didnt like! the rules of the whole chaos thing are super confusing and i feel like theyre just being made up for plot convenience? like alex being okay in the void? honestly i skimmed the epilogue (which isnt even an epilogue idk why they called it one) so i dont really know alexs whole void thing but hes not dead? hes in the void but hes gonna come back i guess because the plot says so.
okay. i could honestly go on for hours about this book but i only read through it once and im kind of afraid im gonna say something wrong in this review so im gonna end it here. in conclusion, i hated this book. a lot. will i still be buying the next one? of course i fucking will. will i hate myself for it? of course i fucking will!
dont spend money on this book. dont do it.
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