Monstrous Monday: The Mogadorians

The Mogadorian's are a blood thirty race of aliens from the Lorien Legacies series by Pittacus Lore. All they know is destruction and death. First, they destroyed their home planet, Mogadore, then moved on to Lorien. And now, they've chosen Earth as their next target. Oh yes, it's not just because of the nine Loric children that will grow to be the Garde are here. Oh no. They just love to kill off planets for fun - charming. It's just that Number 4 and his friends are standing in their way.

I really love their blood thirsty nature and inability to show even an ounce of mercy. Mutilating the owners of a website called They Walk Amoung Us, they will stop at nothing until they get what they want!

(Handsome chap, isn't he?)

Be sure to check out these books! You will not regret it! Here, is my review of I Am Number Four, and the second book, The Power of Six is out this August!

Monstrous Monday (2): The Cold

I wanted to do this every fortnight but completely forgot last week, and meant to post it yesterday (Monday) but again forgot. So this is Monstrous Monday, on a Tuesday! But it will return as normal 2 weeks yesterday!

This week, it's the turn of the cold. Not really a monster, but if you have read Shiver and Linger by Maggie Steifvater, then you will know just how much fear it can strike into Sam and the rest of the pack!

During summer the pack need not worry. The temperatures are high enough to keep them human. But soon, the cold will claim them forever and they will no longer make the change during warmer weather, living out the rest of their lives as a wolf.

Personally I think that the cold is one of the best used villains (okay, so it's not really a villain, but it is when it's getting in the way of true love!) in a romanced based series ever (okay, so I haven't read that many, but still!). Maggie Stiefvater uses the cold brilliantly and it just makes me want to read more!

Check out Shiver and Linger in time for the release of the third and final book, Forever next Summer!

Monstrous Monday (1): Lord Voldemort

I had a pretty bad reading week last week. Just 1 and a half books! Shameful! Hoping to pick up the pace this week! So sadly that means no review today, but I didn't just want to do nothing, so instead I decided to do this instead!

Monstrous Monday! This may be a regular thing on Empire of Books depending on how much you guys like it or not, and depending on how things look on the review font! So, let me explain what Monstrous Monday is all about. I'll take a dastardly bad guy, they can be human, or otherwise and discuss why they are such a good (or should that be bad?) villain.

This being the first, it has to be an epic villain right? One that everyone will of (or at least should have!) heard of. Lord Voldemort from the phenomenal Harry Potter series by JK Rowling!

(Handsome, ain't he?)

The greatest dark wizard known to man, Tom Riddle, or Lord Voldemort as he prefers to be known, is full of hatred, anger and is devoid of general human emotion. He has never known, so has never felt or expressed, love. All he knows is death and destruction. Fear equals power, a tool that Voldemort uses to the max.

He was at his peak, when he was thwarted by a little boy. A baby. A mere child, protected by love. But nothing can stop Voldemort. He bid his time, and resolved to, one day, come backs stronger than ever before.

Throughout all seven books, Voldemort's power grows and grows, as he makes attempt after attempt before succeeding to become corporeal again.

One thing that I think makes Voldemort a fantastic villain is his determination - something that all good villains need. He created those genius yet evil things, Horcruxes!

One thing that I really like about Voldemort is that he has deserted humanity. As JK Rowling said in the 2007 documentary, JK Rowling: A Year In The Life, he has purposely de-humanised himself. He has no human emotion left in him, apart from hate. He lives to kill those he doesn't see as pure, the Half-Blood wizards born to either one or two muggle-born parents. He thinks he's doing the right thing, that he's meant to do this.

Voldemort is a chilling villain, described as looking snake-like with a voice that barely rises above a whisper but is audible to everyone in proximity. I remember reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and although he didn't actually appear for much, he terrified me. That's the only thing I didn't like (and yet I loved it at the same time), that he scared me so much. He's just pure evil and right the way through to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, he progressed from an evil entity, to something beyond evil. 

And that is why he is one of my favourite villains of all time.