Kay Drew's Views

I am a huge Merlin fan. I am speaking of the BBC television show. I love the action, the drama, the romance, the friendship, the love, the battles of good vs. evil – I love it all. Overall, I am a huge fan of all things fantasy and years ago – 2008 I think is when it came out – I knew I would love the show. I hoped and prayed that Merlin would come to the United States. It did and I could not have been happier! I have stuck with it from day one of the airing here in the United States and I’m still watching (and I will until they end the show… could they never end the show please? I will be very sad when the show ends). So far, season 4 has been brilliant. It is darker and more mature, but somehow beautiful. I do not know what is going to happen, which is exciting. In addition, I am sad to see the season ending in a few episodes. I think season 4 has been the best season since the first one. I do have two complaints with this season. The first one is Morgana. She has ann...

It's been a long time since I was impressed by a novel, but at the moment I'm in the midst of reading an exquisite book that mixes fantasy and history that has a dash of horror thrown in for good measure. Miss Peregrine's House for Peculiar Children is the title of Ransom Riggs's novel about Jacob, a teenager who witnesses the brutal death of his grandfather. The story doesn't end there, though. The loss of the grandparent is just the beginning of Jacob's spine-tingling journey. As the months go by, Jacob is lead to Wales. There, he discovers the truth behind the stories his grandfather used to tell him. He learns that reality is stranger than fiction and that monsters just might exist outside of the psyche.  What he sees and experiences, I'll let you find out for yourself. This book is too brilliant to spoil; besides I haven't finished it yet, thus I'm still experiencing Jacob's journey. I will warn you, this book is very hard to p...