The Fab & The Furious

Fab writes…

Plants vs. Zombies is Pop Cap’s crazy but definitely FUN take on a tower defense game. The whole objective of the game is to protect your house from a zombie invasion and from getting your brains feasted on by putting up an army of plants.

Each plant and zombie has its own strengths and weaknesses and it’s up to you to decide which set of plants you choose each game to keep your brains safely inside your head. Of course, there’s also Crazy Dave to guide you along the whole ordeal, that’s if you can understand all his crazy talk.

The makers of PVZ have come up with a masterpiece. Don’t let the very “cartoony” graphics deceive you because everything about this game is so well-thought out that you will not get tired of pitting your plants against those dreadful zombies! Oh and another thing you would like to play over and over again is this very cute music video starring, of course, the plants and the zombies. Enjoy!

Fab writes…

Hello again F & F readers! I’m reviewing another book today, my second vampire book in a row. It’s not that I have a fetish for this particular genre, but something about vampire books seems to be getting to me – in a good way.

Bride of Casa Dracula is the story of a hot chica named Milagro De Los Santos who’s about to get hitched to the wonderful Dr. Oswald Grant. Our feisty heroine used to be a “normal” but she has been infected twice, first by Oswald then by the irresistible Ian Ducharme. The second infection left her stronger and more resilient than most vampires that she’s even immune to sunlight.

Ian is Milagro’s ex-lover who keeps on turning up at the most unexpected times. The undeniable chemistry they still share is adding to our bride-to-be’s dilemma. Challenges seem to meet her at every turn and she can’t shake this feeling that someone is out to get her.

We all know that planning a wedding is not easy, but having a fiancé and in-laws who are all vampires, turns Milagro’s life into living hell – literally.

This brilliant piece of work by Marta Acosta kept me up for a couple of nights, and when a book causes sleep deprivation, it simply means that I loved the book. The Bride of Casa Dracula is a great read because it is not filled with vampire stereotypes. It’s unconventional, hip, fun, and exhilarating! Women who are used to standing up for themselves will be able to relate to Milagro’s spunky character. Acosta has drawn a heroine who can hold her own and it’s a refreshing change from the damsels in distress we usually associate with vampire novels. The fabulous guys in the story are not so bad as well.

Well aside from the hunks, another thing to love about this book is that it’s filled with twists and turns. The unpredictability of the plot makes The Bride of Casa Dracula a page-turner and I assure you that the mysteries in this book will keep you guessing until the very end.

So if you are looking for something out of the ordinary, I suggest you pick up a copy this book as soon as it hits the stores. The Bride of Casa Dracula by Marta Acosta is coming out in September 2008 so better mark those calendars and make sure you buy one.

Five Fab Stars!

P.S. If you want to know more about the author, visit her here. You may also pre-order from there. Cheers!

Fab writes…

I’m back from the dead Fab and Furious readers! Just in time to review this book fittingly titled Dead Until Dark. Oooh sounds scary but that’s not how this book pans out. Remember what they say, don’t judge a book by it’s cover.

Sookie Stackhouse is not your ordinary small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Bon Temps. Most often than not, she’s quiet, keeps to herself, and she doesn’t really have a social life to boast of. However, our pretty blond heroine has her reasons for shutting most people out – it’s because she can read their minds.

Being a mind-reader doesn’t only make you un-dateable, majority of the human race will think you’re crazy as well. But for Sookie, the hardest part of being able to read minds is NOT being able to have a man in his life. Imagine hearing all the indecent thoughts running through your date’s head when you haven’t even started with the main course yet. And so because of this, Sookie always thought of her “ability” as a “disability”, then along came Bill…

Now Bill is even more bizarre than our Sookie because Bill is a true-to-life, or more appropriately true-to-death vampire. Yes he’s a vampire guys and gals, he has been one since 1870. The most amazing thing about Bill however is that Sookie can’t read his mind. So the story gets more interesting when Sookie and Bill gets involved with each other in a very peculiar relationship for the most ordinary reason. Bill has been the only man with whom Sookie felt like she was normal – not psychic Sookie, not even crazy Sookie.

But fate doesn’t seem to be on Sookie’s side because just when she thought she found the love of her life, people she knew started turning up dead and the police think that a vampire is responsible for the deaths. Of course Sookie knows that it’s not Bill who’s doing all the horrendous murders, but she can’t prove that because only she believes it so she and her vampire-lover need to find out who the killer is before the killer gets to Sookie.

I have only finished reading 90% if this book but boy can I just say that it’s a FAB, FAB, FAB read?! I didn’t want to write a review AFTER reading it because I know I will be sad to reach the end of this fascinating story woven by Harris proving that the course of true love (especially between a psychic human and a vampire) never did run smooth. I enjoy reading this book so much that I don’t want it to end. I even had to tear myself away from it last night, or rather this morning, because it was already 3:30 AM and I had to be at the office by 8 AM – that’s how great a read Dead Until Dark is!

I know I’m gushing but I can’t help it folks. You just have to read this one for yourself and I swear you will not regret a single second that you spent poring over this masterpiece.

This book is a combination of mystery, suspense, a dash of drama, but mostly romance. I highly recommend this book to everyone, even to those who are not really bookworms like yours truly. If the romance of Sookie and Bill doesn’t get you hooked, I don’t know what will.

Five Fab Stars!