Top 5 Wednesday: Top 5 Books That Feature Time Travel

Time Travel is one of those keywords that makes me want to pick up and read books. It's just such a cool concept and has the potential to make such cool stories. While considering this topic and what books I wanted to pick for it, I realized that I actually haven't read that many time travel books. I literally have two books that I remember having time travel in. I need to read more!! I have more on my TBR. So I'm going to get a little creative here and show you my Top 5 Books Featuring Time Travel!

The Books Featuring Time Travel that I've actually read.

 

--Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling: How can one forget the time travel in this book. And how can we forget that Hermione has the power of time travel, but only uses it to take more classes at school. All that power in her reach, and she uses it to double her homework. Oh Hermione, you lovable nerd. Not only did JK Rowling incorporate time travel, but she had the coolest little trinket to facilitate it. The Time Turner is awesome! This might be the first instance of time travel that I read. Very fun and more magic just got added to this already magical world.

--Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier: This is the only other time travel book that I can remember reading in the not too distant past. This was a cute read. I actually only got a little taste of time travel in this first installment. I need to read the other books in the series. I'll probably have to reread this one as well. From what I can tell, I think this is just going to be a cute series.

Books Featuring Time Travel that I haven't read yet, but want to

  

--Tempest by Julie Cross: I think this was part of my first ever (or maybe second ever) Bookoutlet haul. And looky there, I still haven't read it yet. Don't act so surprised. You all know I have a book buying, and then sitting on my shelf for years, problem. So, apart from having pretty pretty covers, this is supposed to be heavily time travel centric. When I finally get to this one, it will be worth it.

--Passenger by Alexandra Bracken: I bought this one not too long ago because of the time travel draw and the hype I'd heard about it. Still haven't read it yet, but I'm excited to. I've heard this is like a scavenger hunt through time, which sounds pretty awesome.

--The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig: I don't believe this one has come out yet, but it is on my wishlist. The cover is just very pretty and the synopsis sounds intriguing. I think it's a ship that can go to any time you want. I hope to get my hands on this book soonish.

Oh and I Almost Forgot

--Outlander by Diana Gabaldon: How could I talk time travel, and not talk this? I couldn't. Haven't read this one either #shameful #GetOnIt but I do want to. The hype surrounding this book series is real and I need to read it. It's really big though, maybe that's why I haven't yet. Or it could be my library addiction problem. Whatever it is, I need to fix it and read the ultimate book about sexy time travel.

So that's my Top 5 Books That Feature Time Travel. What are yours? Were you surprised with how many time travel books you've actually read like me? I need to really hunker down and read some more time travel books. If you want to join in on the Top 5 Wednesday fun, you totally should. Each Wednesday is a fun, new topic to talk about and consider. Check out all the other Top 5 Wednesday-ers Here!

What Did I Think Of: The 100: Season 3, Episode 7 -Thirteen- (SPOILERS!)

What can I say about Episode 7, titled Thirteen, of The 100? It was definitely a doozy. When I first heard the synopsis for it, I can't say I was super enthused. I'm not the biggest fan of Polis, Lexa, and what's going on in Polis with Lexa, so I wasn't that excited to hear that Thirteen would be mainly focused in Polis. The flashback scenes I was interested in. I thought seeing the destruction of the Earth would be pretty cool. So I'm a little mixed on Thirteen. There were definitely some jaw dropping moments, but it was mixed with some ho-hum moments too. I'm going to break this review down into the separate storylines/characters featured in Thirteen.

Murphy

Murphy is a little tied up at the moment. He's been captured by Titus and Titus hasn't been the nicest host to him. First Titus tortured Murphy for information regarding Clarke, now he's torturing Murphy for information regarding the City of Light pill Jaha gave him. Apparently the symbol on the pill is a holy symbol to Titus. Murphy is currently tied up in Titus' little holy cave hoping for some type of escape.

Again, Murphy has no luck at all. Always captured, beaten up, that's just the usual for him. Again, I love his sass. I'm glad they made Richard Harmon a main member of the cast. Even though he's done some pretty despicable things, Murphy's sass and snark makes me like him.

So there is really not that much to tell about Murphy in Thirteen. He spends the majority of his time captured and beaten up. It shows how crazy pants Titus is.

Octavia (and Indra)

Octavia was probably my favorite part of this episode really. She doesn't take any crap and she tells it like it is. To me, she's the only one in this episode really concerned with this brewing war between the Grounders and Arkadia. Dealing with the problems of Pike. I liked how she gave Clarke a bit of a reality check. Commenting on her cushy quarters and her little trysts with Lexa. I've been kind of annoyed with Clarke for that this season, so it was nice to see Octavia give her what for. Clarke has been so focused on Lexa, that she's kind of forgotten her own people, that she is an Arkadian.

I also liked Octavia motivating Indra to get out of her depressive funk. Gave Indra a purpose to fight for again. Of course, I don't want Indra to hurt Bellamy or anything, but I like this pair of strong women.

Becca

The flashback bit was the biggest draw to me in Thirteen, but I kind of ended up wanting more from it. I thought I would get some scenes from the ground as everything was getting destroyed, but it all took place in space. We got to see more of Becca. Her having to deal with her creation destroying the world. In all honesty, she didn't seem that tore up about it. She was obsessed with getting ALIE 2.0 working, even though the space station she was on wanted her to destroy it. And I kind of agree with the commander of Polaris. If your last creation just went wacko and destroyed the world, maybe it's not a good idea to continue with Version 2.0. Maybe it's better if Version 2.0 is destroyed. Obviously Becca didn't feel that way.

I will say, Becca has a real knack for saving herself while getting everybody else killed. Her creation destroyed the Earth and she just happens to be safe in space. Then she ends up getting the Polaris space station blown up because of her refusal to destroy Version 2.0. But she doesn't die with the space station, she manages to use an escape pod and go to Earth just in time.

My favorite part of the flashbacks was seeing how it fit into play with Grounder history. How Becca was the first Commander, how she's the origin of the Black Blood, which she had created and injected herself with to make her a compatible vehicle for ALIE 2.0. That part I liked, because it brought a lot of stuff together. Made things more interesting.

Lexa

This stuff started off...

And then things got a little shocking.

and in the end, I was like, alright. You threw a little bit of a twist in there The 100 writers. Brought some pretty interesting, separate parts together.

So in short, Clarke and Lexa had sex and then Lexa dies. Oh and then Clarke and Murphy get locked in Clarke's room. Still not free Murphy, still not free. I could really care less about the Clexa moment, because I don't ship Clexa, I ship Bellarke. But her death thing was a little jaw dropping. Did I hate it, no. But again, I'm not the biggest fan of Lexa in general. She's not my favorite character. Most times I just found her boring and robotic, and the other times she just annoyed me to no end. I feel like the Clexa thing was really pushed this season just because of a certain, loud segment of the fan base.

Hey look! Titus might be a leftie! Hello fellow left-hander!

 

So in short, Titus tried to kill Clarke, but ended up shooting unlucky Lexa instead, when she walked in to investigate. Lexa dead. It took her quite awhile to die though. Super long, maybe overly dramatic (at least to me) death scene. But again, remember that I'm not a Lexa fan. I was not one of those sobbing in front of my TV. The coolest thing about this is that we find out that ALIE 2.0 is actually in the back of Lexa's neck. It turns out that every commander is implanted with ALIE 2.0 that Becca brought down from Polaris. I thought that was a really cool way to tie everything together. But just because Lexa is dead, doesn't mean that she is gone forever. Lexa is probably contained somehow in ALIE 2.0, which means we'll probably see her again. But she's dead in the real world.

The Overall Reaction

This has been the craziest part of Thirteen, the fan reaction. My personal opinion is that...

People really need to chill. It's not the end of the world. It's a TV show, she's a fictional character. People are going a little crazy here. Twitter and Instagram have been flooded with people who say that because Lexa's dead, they are done with the show. I have mixed emotions on that. Namely, I want a Season 4, so The 100 needs to have all the ratings and viewers that it can get. But at the same time, I want to say good riddance to those people. I won't miss them. I feel that they weren't true fans anyway. They are mad because things didn't go the way they wanted them too. But here's the deal, Alycia Debnam Carey was a guest star! She's got another job, another show where she's one of the main characters in Fear the Walking Dead. Rothenberg only had her for 7 episodes, so he had to do something to wrap up her storyline and explain her absence. I mean, I think Rothenberg backed himself into a corner by integrating her story with the ALIE 2.0 story, that's ultimately why he had to kill her. Cause she's on a zombie show, people tend to die on zombie shows, main characters tend to die on zombie shows. If he hadn't weaved the ALIE 2.0 storyline into it, he could have had Lexa go away for awhile without killing her, but because he did, he had no choice but to kill her. And the ALIE 2.0 integration with Lexa really did make a cool, little twist.

But some Clexa fans are going too crazy. In all honesty, they kind of get on my nerves. If you don't like Clexa, then to them, you are automatically homophobic. If you praise and hope for Bellarke, they go out of their way to hurt you and make you cry. Not all Clexa fans are this way, but I've run into some of them that are, and they annoy me. So if you decide to leave The 100 because you're mad about what happened to one character, then buh-bye. I won't miss you and don't forget to close the door on your way out.

EPISODE GRADE: B+

A slow start episode, with a real shocker of an ending. Fun to watch.

The 100 pictures were procured from http://screencapped.net/tv/the100/ and I procured the gifs from various sources through google images

Review: The Merciless (The Merciless #1) by Danielle Vega

Title: The Merciless (The Merciless #1)

Author: Danielle Vega

Published by: Razorbill

Released: 2014

Summary: For Sofia Flores, it's a new school every six months. That's the life of an army brat. Making friends at a new school is always a bit of a challenge for the new kid, so it's surprising when the three most popular girls befriend Sofia immediately. These girls are a little strange though. They tell Sofia one of her classmates is possessed by demons and needs to be saved. Sofia dismisses it as just talk, until the night she discovers they've kidnapped the girl, and will go to any means necessary to exorcise the demon. Sofia suddenly finds herself in a clique of very mean girls, where she becomes guilty by association. A very gory, torture filled, and sort-of-fun Halloween read that is not for the faint of heart, or stomach.

My Thoughts: Woah. What did I just read?? This was a messed-up, gore fest, that was kind of fun. It was an experience reading this. Very visual. This felt like one of those B Horror Movies, where even though it's not the best thing ever, you just can't look away. This is the perfect Halloween book, if you're brave enough to read it.

From the first page, I was very suspicious of everybody. All the major characters seemed slightly off. I really wondered why Sofia would voluntarily be friends with these people. There was just this sinister feeling that permeated the whole book.

The whole middle and end of the book was crazy pants. Insanity times 100. This was the section that my eyes got real wide, my mouth dropped open, and even though I might have wanted to, I just couldn't look away. There were so many gross and gory visuals. So many instances of, I can't believe what is happening. Instead of a straight up story, this was an experience.

It definitely is for mature readers who have a strong stomach. There is gore, torture, and weird, religious ideas. If you're not a fan of those kinds of books, then you're not going to be a fan of this.

And that ending was shocking! Not exactly what I was expecting. I am glad to learn that this will have a sequel. I'm curious to know what will happen next. I'm gonna have to check out more books by Danielle Vega.

While this wasn't a 5 star book, it was definitely a fun, out-there reading experience. It's a perfect read for Halloween, or if you just want a book that will shock you. The magic of a book is, you never know what's inside until you read it. Each story is an experience, and this was definitely an experience.

BOOKCITEMENT LEVEL 3.5/5

Get Ready for your Mouth to Fall Open in Shock!

Reading Right Now! (#55)

This week's Reading Right Now! is going to be disappointing, because I didn't finish any of the books that I was reading last week. I'm a reading failure *sob sob* Well, maybe that's an over-exaggeration, but booktube and blogging have made me realize that I'm not as fast of a reader as I always thought I was. My one true skill is a lie. It's like an athlete who's the best at his high school, and then he goes to college and finds out he's just mediocre. Except I'm not an athlete, I read. Anyway, that was an off-topic tangent to hide that I'm reading the same books this week as I was reading last week.

The ones I made progress in

 

- Razorhurst by Justine Larbalestier: I'm about 100 pages in to this one and am rather enjoying it. I really had no expectations going in to this, but in a weird way, it's not what I expected. The story is told differently than in a majority of other YA books. It almost doesn't feel like YA in a way. There's also no single main character to really follow. I don't know how to explain it exactly, but the story kind of hops from various topics. I am kind of liking it though. It's different and kind of interesting to read. This book, for those that are curious, involves ghosts, some people who can see them, the 1930's, crime, and the Razor Gangs that walked through the streets of Australia.

- The Assassin's Curse (#1) by Cassandra Rose Clarke: I'm over halfway through this book and am just really enjoying it. It almost has a bit of a Tamora Pierce feel to me, but with a main character who doesn't take herself quite as seriously, if that even makes sense. I really like the main character Annanna, even if I have no idea how to pronounce her name. I'm very interested in the man of mystery that is our assassin Naji. It's just kind of fun.

The books I've made no progress in

 

- Missing Pieces by Heather Gudenkauf: This is my Netgalley read. #Shameful #Failure. I should have read more of this this past week. I'm only about 2 chapters in and I'm finding it interesting and mysterious so far. I just need to get on my reading game and read more of it. Also, this book is already out, so if you want to buy it, you can. Hopefully, this one gets finished in this next week so I can write a review.

- Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded edited by Anne and Jeff VanderMeer: I read none of this this week either. Hopefully I can get to a couple of stories in this next week.

So that's what I'm Reading Right Now! I know, shameful that it's the same reads as last week. I blame Netflix and The 100. Talking about The 100, I can't wait to formulate my thoughts into a review for this lastest episode. So anyway, tell me what you're Reading Right Now! I always like to know and discuss books.

Review: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Title: Eleanor & Park

Author: Rainbow Rowell

Published by: St. Martin's Griffin

Released: 2013

Summary: This is the story of Park and Eleanor. Park is the skinny, half-Korean kid, who keeps his head buried in comic books and music. Eleanor is the new girl. She's big, red-headed, and wants nothing to do with anybody. Their story begins when Park offers her a seat on the bus, intertwining their lives for the next year. 

Everybody knows high school romances never last, but that doesn't mean Eleanor and Park can't try.

My Thoughts: This book hit booktube, the blogs, and goodreads.com with a force. Everybody was reading and loving this book, and when I saw it at the library, I had to snatch it up. This book had been so hyped up, that I was excited and nervous to read it.

Unfortunately, I just found this book to be an okay read. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either. For me, it just didn't live up to the hype, which was greatly disappointing.

I found the overall story to be sort of slow moving and a little boring. I really didn't find any draw or incentive to just pick it up and continue reading. Maybe my problem is that I'm not the biggest fan of contemporaries, although I have enjoyed other contemporaries more than this one.

I really enjoyed Park as a character. I thought he was a good, cool guy, who put up with a lot of nonsense from a certain someone. I also really enjoyed his family. I didn't really like Eleanor that much. I felt bad for her, but she just made everything so difficult and her emotions were all over the place. She was also pretty selfish regrading her brothers and sisters. It just seemed like, instead of her family bonding together, it was every man for himself. I just think Eleanor should have been a little nicer to Park.

I was also unsatisfied with the ending. Not only was it not happy, it also just kind of left me unfulfilled. What happened in the end to Eleanor's family and why does she make certain choices that hurt one character unnecessarily? I won't spoil anything, I just wished for a different kind of ending.

Overall, I was a little disappointed in this book. I expected something different and great, and didn't get that. Don't let my thoughts be the deciding factor, read Eleanor & Park for yourself and tell me what you thought about it.

BOOKCITEMENT LEVEL 3/5

Underwhelming and a little bit disappointing.

Top 5 Wednesday: Top 5 Biggest Book Hangovers

This week's Top 5 Wednesday, is our Top 5 Biggest Book Hangovers. I'm taking this topic to mean books that left such an impression on me, that I had trouble moving on to something else. Does that make sense? Like I read some books, and I either love them so much or am shocked by them so much, that it is hard for me to move on to the next read. It does leave me with that sort of hangover feeling. Not all the books on this list are my favorite books, or even 5 star books, but they are definitely books that provided an experience for me. I don't know if my words are properly explaining what I want them to. But anywaysss...

Honorable Mention

- The Vault of Dreamers (The Vault of Dreamers #1) by Caragh M. O'Brien: This one was a surprise book hangover read. It started out feeling very contemporary and had that cool, kind of boarding school feel, but the more I read, the crazier it got. The ending just shocked me. I'm still just gripped by it. It made me want the sequel in my hands right at that minute. Because of how shocked and caught up in the story I was, it made it hard to start something new when I finished it. It was just so much fun to read and I didn't want it to stop.

 

5. Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman: This book just gripped me from page one and wouldn't let me go. So brutal and shocking, and a whole lot of fun. I'd never really read a Western before, so I became a fan after reading this. There were so many twists and turns. A sweet little romance. A main character that really meant it when she said she was out for revenge. I just loved it. Gave it 5 stars. So I was sad when I finished it and didn't have it to read anymore, and by that I mean read for the first time. So my hangover came from realizing that I had finished it and now it was time to move on to something else.

4. The Merciless (#1?) by Danielle Vega: This was not a 5 star book for me, I think I ended up giving it a 3.5/5. My hangover from this one occurred just because of how shocking this was. I know when I was reading it, that my jaw just dropped. This book was an experience, at times a graphic and horrifying one, but it was also kind of fun to read. The ending was also not really an ending, which probably made it that much harder to move on to something else.

 

3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (#6) by J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter always gives me a book hangover feeling. I also read this pretty much right after its release date. I devoured it, and then knowing that I had to wait quite a while for the next book, just made it that much worse. That ending was such a shock. It was hard finishing this and then having to move on to something else. I always want more Harry Potter.

2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (#5) by J.K. Rowling: Same kind of deal with Harry Potter #5. So many feels in this book. That ending, oh the despair that it caused me. This is also my favorite book in the whole series.

1. Night Film by Marisha Pessl: This one was such a fun experience to read. I was just sucked into this story and didn't know up from down or left from right. It led me in so many different directions, so many different feelings. And all that build up for it to end without giving me what I really wanted. I was just immersed in this book. I didn't want to finish it, yet I did. It was just such an experience to read. I had so much fun with it and it was kind of sad to have to move on to something else.

So those are my Top 5 Biggest Book Hangovers. So what did you think? Are my answers stupid? Do we share any? Let me know in the comments below. I love to talk books. If you want to join in on the Top 5 Wednesday fun, you totally should. Each Wednesday is a fun, new topic to consider and discuss. Check out all the other Top 5 Wednesday-ers here!

What Did I Think Of: The 100: Season 3, Episode 6 -Bitter Harvest- (SPOILERS!)

This week's episode of The 100 was solid. I have no hate for it. It wasn't the most exciting of episodes, there were no big, BIG moments, but the whole episode was solid. It did a good job of furthering along certain story-lines. There was no wasted space in this episode. Let's see if I can get this to be my shortest The 100 episode review so far.
I'm going to break this review into parts based on the locations they took place in, because that's what makes the most sense to me.

POLIS

I'm kind of over Polis. I'm not finding what's happening there that exciting. It bores me. I'm also over all the Lexa and Clarke scenes where they are just hanging out, or complimenting each other's awesomeness. They bore me.

I also think that as a leader, Lexa should distance herself a little from Clarke. Clarke is influencing her, trying to change what kind of leader she really is, and I don't think that's the best thing. As a leader of her people, I think Lexa was doing a pretty good job before Clarke sauntered in. Lexa's whole emotion as weakness served her well in leadership. She made the right decisions for her people, was able to unite the 12 clans. Well, actually I'm not sure if Lexa solely was responsible for uniting the 12 clans, but she's managed to keep that coalition together. I think Clarke's influence isn't doing Lexa any good. I think her people are going to question her and maybe even decide they want a different leader. Lexa needs to separate herself from Clarke, which means no more sleepovers, candles, or being the model for Clarke's art. Also, why do they have so much free time? It's like they aren't worried about anything.

Most interesting parts of Polis this week was King Roan's gift to Wanheda, (Clarke) in the mysterious, wooden crate.

Our only Mount Weather resident still alive, Emerson! Side note: I was disappointed that we didn't get to see King Roan himself. He's become one of my favorites this season. So Emerson is an interesting predicament. Wanheda is left with the decision of what to do with Emerson, how to punish his crimes. Banish him and let him live, or kill him in blood must have blood fashion. Clarke's decision: Kill him. This is interesting in the fact that she's been pushing and convincing this whole peace notion on Lexa. That the Grounders can choose a different path then endless war. Clarke then goes the opposite way with Emerson and decides blood must have blood. I liked how Lexa was going to make Clarke responsible for carrying out his sentence. Clarke would have to kill the man herself. A lot of times, I feel like Clarke lets other people do the dirty work for her, and if she was sure that Emerson had to die, she should be the one responsible for the act.

Of course, when it came time to carry out the actual sentence, Clarke chose to give him life. Which I was glad about because the worst kind of torture for Emerson is living the rest of his life as the only one of his kind left. Emerson wanted death. His blowing up Mount Weather was his revenge and he now has nothing to live for. Bravo to the actor that played Emerson. I could really feel his pain. He knew exactly how many of his people died in that Mountain. His wife and kids slaughtered. No wonder he's not very happy with Skaikru or Clarke. I honestly felt bad for him. All these people are having to make decisions about how to save their own people. Sometimes they sacrifice others in order to live. It's a very interesting conundrum. It's like there are no straight villains here. Anyway, I kind of knew Clarke couldn't go through with killing him, so I was glad she didn't. Then Lexa made a pretty speech.

Random Lexa Thought: I liked how she stood up to Titus saying she was capable of making her own decisions. Titus and Clarke are kind of in this tug-of-war over who has Lexa's ear. Lexa let them know that she is in control.

The only other interesting thing that happened in Polis was the reveal of who Titus had tied up in the basement... MURPHY! 

Oh Murphy, you really do have the worst luck. This also makes me a little more interested in Titus as a character. Here I thought he was some sort of monk, peace man with a weird head tattoo. What are his motives really?

ARKADIA

We have two major story-lines going on here. Pike and his campaign of stupidity and Kane's small rebellion. First Pike and his band of merry men. The first glimpse of evil in this episode comes with Monty's mom. I'm really starting to hate Monty's mom.

Hello small Grounder child! Come closer so I can kill you.

That is a smile of evviiiilllll right there! Like why Monty's mom, why?

Luckily our Xena Warrior Princess, Octavia saves said Grounder child from the Evil that is Monty's mom and other gun happy Farm Sector man.

So Pike and Farm Sector's new plan revolves around fertile soil and the Grounder village that happens to be there. That's right people, they want to massacre a village so they can have the land. Whaaat? What's even crazier in this scenario is that Monty, Bellamy, and even Monroe (? I thought she was one of the good guys) are on board with this? Bellamy and Monty's faces at least show reservations, like they are not all the way on board, like they know it's such a bad idea, but they still go along with it. It really doesn't make that much sense to me.

So Octavia hears of this plan and goes to warn the Grounder village that THE ARKADIANS ARE COMING! THE ARKADIANS ARE COMING! She has a horse and everything. Yes, that was a Paul Revere reference. Hey-Ho U.S. History! So Octavia goes and warns them aaaaand, they beat her up, tie her up, and set a trap for the Skaikru. I can't say I'm surprised. I mean, it hurt my heart to see Octavia kicked in the face. She's only trying to do the right thing. Do I blame the Grounders, eeehh not really. I don't know if I would trust a Skaikru member after they had just murdered an entire army of my people, but still, Octavia was just trying to do the right thing.

Turns out, that Acid Fog stuff is kind of a natural occurring substance. Some really dangerous tree sap, that when set on fire, produces lethal, toxic fog. Octavia manages to warn the raiding party, which includes Bellamy and Monty, of the danger, and only a few people end up dying.

Sadly one of those deaths is Monroe :( I actually don't even know who the other person that died was, but Monroe guys *sob sob* And Monty even tried his very best to save her. Went into that dangerous smoke to get her out of there, only for her to die anyway. I liked Monroe. She played a supporting part in Season 2, and I really thought we'd get more of her. She was one of the people who I didn't understand why she was on that raiding party. She never struck me as a character who would go along with Pike's crazy plan. RIP Monroe, I will miss you.

So the end result of that escapade was that there are now more ill feelings on both Grounder and Skaikru sides. And Pike now wants to bring down Octavia for warning the Grounders. Well more specifically, he wants to get Kane, but to get to the big dog, you have to bring down the underlings. I don't realistically see Bellamy giving his sister up to Pike. He'll do anything to protect her. If he does do something to Octavia, I will really be angry at the writers, because it would go against everything he is.

Then we have Kane's little rebellion which is a nice, full circle character moment. Considering he was the big baddie on the Ark, determined to bring Abby down, now he's on the other side. I don't know how many people Kane has on his side though. It doesn't seem like that many. I've seen Octavia and Miller. On the subject of Miller, man does that guy have some pretty eyelashes. So yeah, I'm interested to see how Kane is going to bring Arkadia back to reason.

We also had a cute Kabby moment! Aww. I'm a fan of this relationship. Sure, they started off with one wanting to put the other to death, but look how far they've come. True love prevails! Plus with no Bellarke happening this season, this is all I've got.

Finally, City of Light

This is the last major story-line in Episode 6, and things definitely got interesting. Turns out, Raven was the key to getting more people on board. Now everyone wants one of Jaha's weird pills.

Can I just say, it was weird seeing Raven so happy. Like I want her to be happy, but this pill/City of Light business has given her a screwed up version of happy. I still don't trust this City of Light business. ALIE has Raven looking through the computer systems for a hidden, ALIE upgrade. I don't know why ALIE needs this upgrade, I mean, I'm sure there was a reason they sent it to space and hid it from her. It was just weird how readily Raven agreed to it. How she's jumped on this City of Light bandwagon wholeheartedly. Raven asked questions as to why ALIE wanted it, but it didn't feel like the answers would have really mattered or stopped her from helping ALIE. Just weirdness over here.

Jasper is seeing a happy Raven and almost jumps on the crazy train too. I was so happy that Abby stopped him from taking that pill. And after what Jasper found out, I think he's happy Abby stopped him too. Thanks to Abby, we finally learn of just what those pills do. And my predictions were sort of right, it does block some of the nerves to the brain, making the brain forget about bodily pain. The most shocking reveal though...

Wells Who?

JAHA FORGOT HIS OWN SON!!! I mean, a lot of viewers have probably forgot Wells as well, he didn't even last the first half of Season 1, but Jaha should not forget his own son. 

So now we know that the pill doesn't only cancel pain, but it can alter your painful memories. It can make you forget people you've cared about and lost. Pure craziness! Abby hears this and takes away Jaha's pills, thank goodness. Bad news is, Abby's #2 Jackson, has also joined the Loony Tunes City of Light gang. Noooooo Jackson. He says he'll keep an eye on Abby.

The last important thing we found out in Episode 6 was that originally there were 13 space stations orbiting the Earth, but one had to be sacrificed for the good of the Ark. The 13th station, Polaris, was shot out of the sky. That then leads to the reveal that Titus, who's torturing Murphy for information regarding Jaha's crazy pill, has a piece of the fallen Polaris. It's looking pretty likely that Titus is a descendant of the doomed people of Polaris. Which means that some people had to have survived when it crashed to Earth. Another piece gets added to this interesting puzzle. Oh and ALIE's upgrade was not on any of the Ark computer systems, but ALIE's upgrade could have been hidden within Polaris.

Well, I think that's it. All my jumbled thoughts from Episode 6 -Bitter Harvest- of The 100. Solid episode. Many things are coming into play. I hope Bellamy is able to get away from Pike's bad influence. I wish Kane luck in his rebellion. I hope they have a decent funeral for Monroe. Maybe Clarke will wake up and come back to her people. Who knows what will happen in Episode 7. Well, I mean there are hints because they did release a synopsis. I'm getting more intrigued by this City of Light business, but I still don't trust it. Yeah, I liked this episode. Nothing earth shattering or edge-of-my seat, but it had a lot of meat in it. I hope people continue to watch The 100, because I really want a Season 4. Please let the ratings be strong enough. And I totally failed in making this my shortest review, oh well.

EPISODE GRADE: B+

Solid episode. The plot thickens.

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