Author: Richelle Mead Pages: 332 Overall: 4/5 Setting: 4/5 Characters: 5/5 Plot and Themes: 4/5 Cheers Factor: 4/5 Pairing: Prisoner Red Blend by Orin Swift This is my pairing for the entire series because it’s such a quick read. I read the first 4 books in 2 days because I’m crazy so I literally only have one pairing. Also a good bottle of red is perfect for this series. It’s one of my favorite series and Prisoner is one of my parent’s favorite bottles of wine and is quickly becoming mine. Take a Shot: Rose Hathaway and her best friend Vasalissa Dragomir have been on the run for the better part of a year** CONFIRM** after running away from their school. Oh and Lissa is a Moroi vampire meaning she’s technically not undead and has magic and Rose is a Dhampir which makes her half Moroi and half human. Upon being captured and brought back to St. Vladamir’s Academy strange things start to happen that scare even Dimitri, the sexy Russian Dhampir that’s Lissa’s new guardian seeing as she is the last Dragomir from one of the twelve royal bloodlines.
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Author: Sarah J Maas Pages: 700 Overall: 4.5/5 Setting: 4/5 Characters: 5/5 Plot and Themes: 4.5/5 Cheers Factor: 5/5 Pairing: The High Lady This is a really fun little drink that made me feel like a High Lady in all honesty. It’s pretty powerful and still packs a punch but is sweet and pretty to look at. Ingredients ½ oz Blue Curacao ½ oz Midori 2oz vodka (I used Kettle One) ½ oz simple syrup ¾ oz lemon juice Ice Instructions
-Add Blue Curacao to a martini glass -Gently layer the Midori on top using a spoon -Combine vodka, simple syrup, lemon juice and ice to a shaker and shake -Gently layer from shaker using a spoon -Enjoy “When do you come home to me?” Take a Shot: Feyre is in the Spring Court after being taken back by Tamlin so that she could save the Inner Circle and her sisters after Hybern nearly killed them all. Now they all must start preparing for a war that none of them feel all too equipped to fight given all the new wheels that are turning that are setting them behind in a way they weren’t in the previous war. Author: Adam Silvera Pages: 389 Overall: 3.5/5 Setting: 3/5 Characters: 5/5 Plot and Themes: 4/5 Cheers Factor: 3/5 Pairing: Virgin Lemon Drop Martini I recently found this fun mocktail account that’s inspiring me so here is a mocktail for this book because any alcohol would have made me cry more while reading it. "I wasted all those yesterdays and am completely out of tomorrows." Ingredients -2 oz lemon concentrate -2oz water -1 oz simple syrup -dash of bitters -lemon zest -sugar -ice Instructions -Grate a lemon peel for zest -combine with sugar -dip martini glass in a plate with water so the rim is wet -combine all liquid ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake -strain into glass and enjoy “You definitely don’t need the same blood to lose a part of yourself when someone dies.” Take a Shot: In this fantasy of the real world a service by the name of Death Cast exists. Death Cast is a service that calls people on the day of their death. On this fateful day strangers Rufus and Mateo both receive their calls. Determined to live out their last day by going out with a bang Rufus and Mateo find each other on Last Friend an app for Deckers (people who are set to die) and those who wish to spend their last days with them.
Author: Chloe Gong Pages: 449 Overall: 4.5/5 Setting: 5/5 Characters: 4/5 Plot and Themes: 5/5 Cheers Factor: 5/5 Pairing: Mary Pickford This is a fun drink that comes from the 1920’s which is when our R&J retelling takes place. Ingredients -2oz gold rum (Bacardi) -1 ½ oz pineapple juice -⅙ oz maraschino liqueur (Luxardo) -⅙ oz grenadine syrup -ice Instructions -Combine all ingredients in a shaker -Shake and strain into a glass -Enjoy “Memories were beastly little creatures, after all - they rose with the faintest whiff of nourishment.” Take a Shot: We all know Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliette, but we’ve never known them to be from warring gangs in 1920’s Shanghai where a suspicious monster is spreading madness that makes those infected rip out their own throats is killing gangsters and common folks alike. When Roma Montagov and Juliette Cai have to work together to extinguish the madness that threatens their very lives and way of life, memories of their past love resurface and become increasingly hard to ignore. Author: Lily Collins Pages: 228 Overall: 3.5/5 Takeaways: 4/5 Cheers Factor: 4/5 Cocktail Pairing: Effen On the Rocks Vodka, The Cosmopolitan I found this in my local liquor store and in true Carrie Bradshaw fashion had to try it. It comes in this totally cute bottle with a cork and all and I loved that it was pre-mixed. It was also petite and perfect for 1-2 people. This brand has a couple other options for types of drinks whether it’s Whiskey Sour or Margarita. Here is a link to ShopWine Direct where you can purchase it if you can’t find it in your local liquor store! https://www.shopwinedirect.com/on-the-rocks-effen-vodka-the-cosmopolitan-ready-to-drink-cocktail-375ml.html Mocktail Pairing: Non-Alcoholic Cosmopolitan This easy to make Cosmopolitan Mocktail is super yummy and can make you feel fancy too. Ingredients 3 ounces cranberry juice 1/2 ounce orange juice 2 ounces sparkling water 1/2 a lime ice Instructions Step One: Measure out cranberry juice and orange juice. Step Two: Combine cranberry juice, orange juice and lime juice in shaker with ice Step Three: Shake until cold and strain into glass Step Four: Top with sparkling water Take a Shot: In this book written by actress and producer Lily Collins she shares lessons and anecdotes from her own life on topics ranging from interpersonal violence to tattoos. It’s a quick read and can be done in a single day like I did. I already loved Collins, but this book just gave enough insight into her life thus far that was great. “I deserve to be loved just as I love others”
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