Heaven by Alexandra Adornetto

Is love a great enough power against evil?

This book brought me to tears throughout as Beth struggles to keep the heavens from tearing her newly formed marriage with Xavier (a human boy) apart. A dangerous force is after them, will she be smart enough to do whats right?

This is the final book in the Halo series and I must say it is so beautifully written, the emotions just poured out of me. It is brilliant and unlike other books there is a message within the writing in the entire series. It teaches you about religion, friends, family and love. I'm depressed the series is over, the book only took me 2 days to read, not because it was short, but because I couldn't manage to put it down. I stayed up until 1 a.m reading it 'last night'.
The amazing thing is, Bethany is an angel but her romance with Xavier is so real, anyone can relate to it. If you're in a relationship while reading this, i'm sure you'll find something in common with Beth and Xaviar.

Please read this series. Halo, Hades and Heaven.

I apologize for the quality. 

My BABY!

I'm not in the mood for writing a long post so...

Here's a picture of my Senegal Parrot, Bella. Picture by : Jessica Huang...

Work... Agony... Pain... BREATHE

Hey guys I know I wanted to still do a whole lot this month but with so many tests and projects that are on my schedule, along with plans for my 16th birthday on Sunday, I have have had limited amount of time for leisure activities. To be honest, I haven't even glanced at my book that I'm writing, but you'd be happy to hear that I have finished two books in the past two weeks so after I read the third installment of the Tryll series I'll write a review. I'm beyond busy this weekend so I doubt you'll be hearing from me at all. I do apologize. Thank you for your patience. Oh, and I'm also busy waiting for buttons to be placed on my blog so you can easily reach me on Polyvore, Twitter and Tumblr (my tumblr isn't very impressive at the moment, I've only just started out.) Jess from The Famous Jess is designing the buttons, I'm seeing her this weekend so I'll remind her about that. Anyway I hope you know I feel lots of love for all of you!

Lately I have been feeling a lot of empathy towards everyone, I am trying to help people balance their emotional stress as best I can, So, please if anything is bothering you, I'm always here to talk, please never resort to anything unnecessary like suicide. I know there are many people who face depression, I am one of them but I do love my life most of the time, I'm on medication and that helps. If you ever need to talk and have someone listen with an open mind and open heart feel free to contact me. : thailadelport@gmail.com 

Do not hesitate -  1800 247 100, the suicide helpline for 1life. Or, sms Help to 51444. 

I did say that I am busy, but I always, and I mean always have time to talk, if you email me I'll reply as soon as I can. I promise.

Lots of love guys. Remember there is always someone out there who cares. 

Above is for U.S viewers, I think 1life is for South African. 

We're never in something alone, somewhere, out there, someone is facing the same thing you are, and together we can get through our struggles, alive and strong. 

Love by Alexandra

"One of the most frustrating words in the human language, as far as I could tell, was love. So much meaning attached to this one little word. People bandied it about freely, using it to describe their attachments to possessions, pets vacation destinations, and favorite foods. In the same breath they then applied this word to the person they considered most important in their lives. Wasn't that insulting? Shouldn't there be some other term to describe deeper emotion? Humans were preoccupied with love. They were all desperate to form an attachment to a person they could refer to as "their other half". It seemed from my reading of literature that being in love meant becoming the beloved's entire world. The rest of the universe paled into insignificance compared to the lovers. When they were separated, each fell into a melancholy state, and only when they were reunited did their hearts start beating again. Only when they were together could they really see the colors of the world. When they were apart, that color leached away, leaving everything a hazy grey. I lay in bed wondering about the intensity of this emotion that was so irrational and so irrefutably human. What if a person's face was so sacred to you it was permanently inscribed in your memory? What if their smell and touch were dearer to you than life itself? Of course,  I knew nothing of human love, but the idea had always been intriguing to me. Celestial beings never pretended to understand the intensity of human relationships; but I found it amazing how humans could allow another person to take over their hearts and minds. It was ironic how love could awaken them to the wonders of the universe, while at the same time, confine their attention to one another." - Alenandra Adornetto, Halo

My book!

Here's a very unedited few lines of my prologue.

He took off in the dead of night, making his way across the vast forest that enclosed his walled-off city. Trudging through the thick mud that made its way up his long boots. It slowed him but he had no time to waste. He had to get away before anyone suspected that he was missing. This, wandering off, in the middle of the night, was a bad idea, and he knew it. He didn't care though. He had to do this, if only to clear his head and make him come to his senses.

This is a small section and I'll be giving away some lines of each chapter. Only the unedited versions though. My first chapter should be done within the next two days. I haven't been reading too much, but I have a book that I'll start over the weekend. "Blood-Kissed Sky", the sequel to "Darkness Before Dawn".
I will be doing a review as soon as I'm done with it but I won't promise a set date. I'm extremely busy with writing. Thanks for your patience.

Picture from google images.

So on a less serious note... How was everyone's valentines day???

Oh umm I'm also doing my first attempt at photography and using my boyfriend, Colben Holmes as a model. Will Post the pics ASAP. xxxx 

hush, hush...

A fallen angel, a forbidden love.

I honestly can't give you any details about the book because if I did I'd be going on and on about it for ages. The series has ended now with it's final installment, Finale. I fished the series yesterday.

The book is about Nora Grey a "normal" high school girl. Her dad died, apparently a murder, but no one knew who killed him. In this four book series Nora must find out who she is, what her love interest, Patch is, and learn things that she never fathomed could be real.

All four books are exhilarating and you'll find yourself plunged into the story within the first few pages. You feel Nora's love, hatred, despair... all her emotions come at you like an explosion. I must say, Becca Fitzpatrick, the author, is extremely talented in bringing all her characters to life. I found myself creating a bond with each character, as if I knew them on a personal level.

An end must come to each and every series, although, I wished that this one would have lasted  forever. As soon as I reached the last few chapters of Finale, my heart fell into pieces, because of the amazing words that were written on  the pages but mostly, because It would be the last time I'd get to spend time with Nora, Patch, Vee and all the other perfectly formed characters.

Now sitting here, writing down my thoughts, my heart is aching because it feels as if I have lost some truly great friends. I actually feel like I'm missing a funeral.

All four books kept me turning pages all night. They made me lose interest in sleep all together, I'd rather stay awake till' all hours of the night reading. Not one book left me disinterested, that amazes me because usually authors become less connected with their characters after a while, but not Becca, she makes me believe that she stuck with her characters all along making them entirely true to themselves.












All the books are named above in the pictures. 


I would rate this series a whopping 10/10.

Do you know what would be cool? If Becca decided that in a few years she'd write a short story about "the family life" of Nora and Patch and then call the book Encore!

lol, lots of love!!! xx

Just some backround

Hey guys, I just wanna say that I don't always post everything from Polyvore onto my blog, you can go chec out my other creations, there was a link in one of my previous Posts. Oh, and I'm busy reading Finale, The final book of the Hush, hush series, I will be writing a review on the entire series as soon as I am finished with it, even though, as I recall, I have written a review on Hush, hush before... Anyway have a good week! Will probably be posting more stuff from Polyvore in the meantime! xx Love you all, also remember to chec out, The Famous Jess and Living in a Sandcastle!! Lots of love!! 

Mediator Series...Meg Cabot

"I can see ghosts. I can talk to ghosts. And, if necessary, I can kick some serious ghost butt."

Get thrown into the amazing life of Susannah Simon with her unearthly gift to see trapped and tortured souls. This book kept me turning pages all through the night. It's seriously one of my favorite series yet! She is required to send the souls into their next realm, but when she finds an unsuspecting guest living in her new bedroom, will she do whats right, and send the dashing young lad away to the afterlife, or slip into crazy and irrational love with him? I highly recommend this six part series to all who believe in life after death and maybe even love after life. The person responsible for this exciting, fast-paced novel is Meg Cabot, also author of The princess diaries and the Abandoned series! I could just read this series again and again and never get bored!!

http://www.megcabot.co.uk/

Check it out guys, you won't regret! xxx

That ol' Valentine

Hey angels. 

So as you all know the big VALENTINES day is coming up soon. So I was thinking of giving you a perfect date idea that is low budget.

Breathtaking Beach Getaway for...two

What you need:

• Over-sized beach towel or blanket
• strawberries
• chocolate
• candles
• two large pillows
• picnic basket 
• some assorted snacks that you both will love.

To do?

All you need now is a sunset and a beach that is not too crowded. Set your blanket down (not too close to the shore break, you don't want to get wet.) Then place the candles in the sand next to the blanket.. not on top and light them to get a warm, glowing romantic affect. Set out a plate of strawberries and chocolate out in the middle of the blanket and the snacks. Place the pillows on either side of the assorted snack and whaalaa! There you have a low budget date for two.

Imagine sharing a sweet kiss in a back round like this... 

Oh Sweet sweet... what?

Hey Loves. I know i don't do reviews often but I've decided to start.

Sweet Evil

Wendy Higgins

So a few days ago I started reading this breathtaking novel. It took me only two days to finish as I couldn't manage to put the amazing thing down even though it caused me to lose focus during school. The book is filled with romance, horror and I won't forget to mention the red, hot passion that pretty much engulfs each chapter and kept me at the edge of my seat throughout the 447 pages of thrill and delight. Anna Whitt was born with extraordinary powers beyond the capability of any normal human being. Her life was pretty much a guessing game until she meets Kaiden Rowe, the sexy drummer from Lascivious, who sheds some light to her strange powers and abilities. He's dangerous and anything but a good boy, while she's the goody goody in high school who has a strange magnetic pull towards drugs and alcohol. This paranormal book had me dreaming about forbidden romances for quite some time. This is truly a fantastic read and whoever loves stories about Good and evil, angels and demons will love this captivating first novel of the series. Please do yourselves a favor and read it as soon as you can. 

Click Wendy Higgins for her blog page.

This is the first book of a series, go look at her blog for the name, and details of the second book. She also has some amazing giveaways. 

Picture is a tad blurry (from Google images). 

The Debutantes Ball

Hey hey everyone so on Friday was the debs ball (held at Collisheen estate), first of all here are a few pics...

Us girls and our dates (I'm in silver).

My date and I (Colben Holmes).

Colben and I again, here you get a better view of my dress.

The night was amazing, the food was great and the music was good. I did not make it into the top 10 because I didn't raise enough funds, I raised about R2600. All together the Debutantes and Squires program raised over R55 000. The money was handed to the charities and the top ten and top three debutantes and squires were named. 

The top 3 debutantes and squires, 3rd place is Rynarhdt Botha (left), 2nd place is Gabby Kater (right) and 1st place is Angie De Agrela (middle).

My dress was a silver mermaid style gown (sleeveless) My boyfriend's suit was a black slim fit with a skinny tie. Most of the dresses were rented in a place in durban called Cinderella's and Colben's suit was rented at a place called Suit Yourself. Both places are situated in Kensington Square in Durban North. My shoes were brought from Zara.

Congratulations to the Top 3 and all the Debs and Squires for raising money for the less fortunate! Lets make next year an even better one!  

New blog to follow!!

Hey guyzzzzz please follow this amazeballs new blog, it is all about surfing, I promise you will love it! It's very new so just be patient! Click --> Monica

I will make an update on The debs ball very soon! Enjoy Monica's blog xxxx.

And counting...

4 more days till the debutantes ball! Sorry i haven't posted in a while, been busy with the ball arrangements! 

My next post will be after the 26th October! I will be doing a huge post on the ball, maybe even a make-up tutorial but that is a big maybe! Does anyone have some ideas for a Halloween party for me that won't cost me a fortune to host?? 

I Heart this Market!!!!!

Sorry for posting so late, but as I said my computer has been giving me some problems...

I went to i heart market and bought a few interesting items...

Some must see stalls!

My crazy friends rocking the record table!

The most AMAZING tasting macaroons EVER!!

Yours truly, getting an awesome henna design on my foot! (It smudged after a little while).

Soap that smelled very...fruuuuiiiityyyy!

The thrift collection... visit www.thethriftcollection.com for some amazing bargains!

Now for the things I actually bought!

My puuuurple backpack that cost me a little fortune...

A beautiful white, lase dress with a school girl type collar.

My controversial rock star shorts! (controversial because no one besides me liked them).

Me wearing the dress...

Behind the scenes...

A yummy McFlurry on the way home for all of us!

The scary stuff we do when we are bored.. that's me in the red and black top btw.

The mess in my room after we all unloaded our hot new buys... (My boy is the blondie).


And now...

I hope you enjoyed my I Heart Market presentation.. You can follow I Heart Market on http://iheartmarket.blogspot.com/ Next time I'll try not to get my feet in the shots! 

The day after this...

Hey! Be excited because tomorrow i"ll be writing about I HEART MARKET!! I'm not too sure what it is myself, but my friends say its pretty great, will be posting everything I buy A.S.A.P. 

This market sells many hand made crafts (hopefully some wardrobe pieces worth buying) if there are nice clothes I might post some outfit ideas... They are open every first Saturday of every month by the way so go check them out if you live in KZN (by Moses Mabida Stadium).

Book review!

Author:  L.J Smith

Publisher:  Simon and Schuster

Title:  Dark Visions

This book has been my favorite for a few years now, it is written by the author of the very famous, Night World series. The book is about a group of teenagers who have special abilities, who are chosen to go to a school called the Zetes Institute.

The main character, Kaitlyn is delighted to start over at Zetes. In her past she was shunned by the students at her previous school for being different, so she moves to Zetes to, hopefully, get to know some people who know what it feels like to be an outcast.

Although everything is perfect, and she makes some great friends, something evil lurks right around the corner...

The amazing book!

If you love mystery, action and romance I suggest you read this. If you love it I also suggest the Night World series and The Forbidden Game, also by L.J Smith.

Thanks JESS!

A GREAT BIG THANKS!

I need to say thank you to Jess  for creating my blog's Header! She's an amazing artist and blogger so I suggest you should go look at her blog! 

 the banner I chose

the more plain, but clean version

Hey sorry I haven't posted in a while!!

I'm suuuuper busy right now with play rehearsals (burlesque themed) so we have to wear really "sexy" outfits. The play is a bit too provocative for an average Highschool  play if you ask me, but whatever, as a Drama student I've learned to just roll with whatever they make me do. I have to admit that this is one that may go down in Ashton history!! I'll post pics ASAP. Well anyway, right now I'm craving the ocean and the beautiful waves, and obviously to be side by side with my surfboard, but the waves have been bad lately so haven't been able to go out! 

The amazing beach front in DURBAN!!

The most romantic places for a date

The most romantic place for me, personally, would be the beach at sunset, having a picnic with candles lit everywhere. 

Maybe yours is somewhere in Paris, or a fancy restaurant, but whatever your dream destination is, here are some pics of the most romantic places in history.

This place gives off that warm relaxed feeling (a perfect place to fall inlove all over again).

A lake resort for two?

A trip to an exotic island with crystal clear water and pure white beach sand.

 A romantic candle lit dinner on the beach? Yes please!

A fresh summertime picnic in a field full of flowers.

For me, anything near water will be perfect, I am a pices after all.

What looks best for you?