Friday, January 18, 2013

Feature & Follow Friday #1



My first ever Feature & Follow Friday!

The Feature & Follow hop is a weekly meme hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The aim is for book bloggers to meet other book bloggers and garner followers :D

This week's question:

Who is your favourite villain from a book?
[May contain some spoilers for those who haven't read Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone/The Gathering Dark]
Mine's definitely the Darkling from Leigh Bardugo's Grisha Trilogy. From the beginning, I hated Mal as he never noticed Alina until she got famous. But the Darkling saw her from the very beginning. And despite him only using her for power I could sense something underlying - that beneath the cool, overpowering demeanour, he really WANTED Alina. "The problem with wanting is that it makes us weak" as he said.
Handsome, dark, brooding, damaged, broken, power-hungry, and insanely sexy the Darkling is one delicious villain.

So who's your favourite villain?
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16 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 18, 2013 at 7:03 PM

    Haven't read that one yet, great pick!

    Here's my FF: www.best-of-ya.blogspot.com

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    1. JazJanuary 18, 2013 at 7:08 PM

      Hi Joana,

      The Gathering Dark was one of my favourite books of 2012, you should check it out :)

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  2. Linda @ (un)Conventional BookwormsJanuary 19, 2013 at 2:25 AM

    I haven't read that series yet, but it's on my never-ending TBR.
    I' a new GFC follower, here's my my FF post for this week.

    Have a wonderful weekend :)

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    1. JazJanuary 19, 2013 at 2:33 AM

      Hi Lexxie,

      Thank you for following :)

      You should definitely move it up your tbr - it's one of those reads that once you start, you won't be able to put down!

      I hope you have a wonderful weekend too!

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  3. PJDesignsJanuary 19, 2013 at 3:06 AM

    I am having trouble commenting so I'm commenting through my Design account. I really like the Darkling, and Mal was aggravating. I think she should just go her own way ;) who needs boys right? Thanks for hopping. XOXO - Parajunkee

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    1. JazJanuary 19, 2013 at 5:55 PM

      YES Mal was soooo aggravating. I really hate him >.>

      And I agree, she could be so independent, she certainly has the power. But I want some Alina and Darkling action haha!

      Thank you for hosting this wonderful meme :)

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  4. Anya @ On Starships and DragonwingsJanuary 19, 2013 at 3:29 AM

    So I had to skip the explanation since I really want to read Shadow and Bone still, but now I'm more excited even because the villain is great :D Thanks for stopping by my blog, I'm following back :D

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    1. JazJanuary 19, 2013 at 5:46 PM

      It's such an amazing read! Good thing you skipped my explanation because I don't want you to miss the chemistry between Alina and the Darkling ;)

      Thanks for stopping by <3

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  5. Tyler-Rose CountsJanuary 19, 2013 at 5:52 AM

    Sounds like just my type of villain :) New follower. Here’s mine.

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    1. JazJanuary 19, 2013 at 5:50 PM

      Check him out :)

      Thanks for stopping by and following!

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 19, 2013 at 5:09 PM

    Haven't heard of that triology.
    Have urself a great weekend!!

    Follow my new Tour Blog below :)

    "Literary Quill Promotions"

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    1. JazJanuary 19, 2013 at 5:55 PM

      It just debuted last year! And what a great debut at that. Extremely worth checking out :)

      Thanks for following!

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  7. BrodieJanuary 19, 2013 at 11:28 PM

    STOP BEING A MAL HATER, JAZ. YOU'RE BLINDED BY THE DARKLINGS DARK... THINGS.

    I am SO torn though. Mal was a bit 'eh' for most of the book and then he showed how SWEET he is and the love he shared with Alina was HEALTHY AND HAPPY AND BEAUTIFUL AND BUT THEN THE DARKLING. I ship Mal/Alina, but the Darkling FASCINATES ME. I want to hate him and part of me does, but the other part is just so compelled and I want to see more and I want to scratch and scratch and scratch until that shred of humanity we KNOW is there bursts out. I love me a villain who messes with my heart :D

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    1. JazJanuary 20, 2013 at 2:20 AM

      BRODIE I WILL ALWAYS HATE MAL! He was such a jerk for most of the book and then suddenly Alina becomes famous and it's like "omg I love her!" Srsly he can go die for all I care.

      BUT THE DARKLING FROM THE BEGINNING WAS THIS INTRIGUING SEXY MAN THAT TRULY SAW HER AND WANTED HER <3 I can't hate the Darkling, I know Alina needs to kill him but good god before she does please let him seduce her or something. My book life would be complete. I just want him to catch a break ya'know???

      He's becoming a Byronic hero type guy... I hope D: and yes I know there's the humanity there! I SAW IT EVEN IF ALINA'S MAL-CLOUDED EYES DIDN'T

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  8. Looks-Mostly-HarmlessJanuary 20, 2013 at 4:18 AM

    Hi, from a new GFC follower.

    Good choice! :)

    http://coffeecookiesandchilipeppers.blogspot.com/2013/01/feature-follow-8.html

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    1. JazJanuary 20, 2013 at 4:17 PM

      Hi Sue,

      Thanks for stopping by my blog and following :)

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