Book Review #16: "D'01" by Sassy Flova
BUTTERFLY ADMIRER
Book: D'01
Author: Sassy Flova
Publisher: Buqo
Date Published: July 27, 2015
Blogger Rating: 4 out of 5
Blogger Art:
For this book, I chose to draw the purple teddy bear with butterfly wings of Kat, which was named Beatrix (if I'm not mistaken), and dressed in D'01 basketball jersey of Alech. Added some floral theme to the background to make it sweet and alluring.
The book is bundled under Buqo YA Bundle 2: Sweet Compilation, but you can also find the stand alone book in Buqo App.
Plot/ Summary:
Kat Arcanghel, a college student in her rebellious phase,
made a promise to herself that the person who will see her freshly inked tattoo
will be her prince charming. Sticking to her promise might be easy as it
sounds, but then enter Alech Crisologo in the equation, to which she was
attracted to since 1st year college. However, she keeps denying the attraction
and instead believing that they are not meant to be together because he is the
son of the mayor and a playboy.
Then one day, their phone got switched and Alech opened her
phone gallery and accidentally saw the photo of her tattoo. Will Kat count the
incident as a sign that they are meant to be together or will she just continue
to ignore her true feelings for him? When fate itself is working is creating
the opportunity for them to get closer to each other.
Blogger Review:
The book was a review request for Bookbed, as a contributor in the book community I volunteered to read 1 of the local books available in our request list and I chose "D'01" by Sassy Flova.
The story itself was not as predictable as I was expecting and very refreshing, most especially diary
part, which I will not elaborate further fearing that it may spoil other
soon-to- readers of the book. I love
how Sassy incorporated the local Filipino terms and described the things about
Ilocos Norte and its culture, she had written it flawlessly. My most favorite part of the book is the tiny
point of view part of Alech, you would really know his character through that
POV. How all the misinformation and gossips had played a part in the fate of
this two characters. Also the very informative thoughts behind the gifts that
are mostly given to a person were very interesting.
At first, I was irritated with Kat’s bitchy attitude towards
Alech. I was somewhat asking myself mentally while reading “Did I miss some part
of the story? Why is Kat irrational with Alech?” but towards the end I actually
understand why she was acting that way, though I still think her attitude was a
bit over reacted. Also I was a bit confused with the ebook, I was having a hard
time distinguishing the present scenarios and the past reminiscing part of the
book.
Overall, the plot of the book is very interesting and
refreshing for a young adult genre book. I really love how the writer
incorporated Filipino ideals in the book. Also Kat and Alech are very cute
couple indeed, their unique love adventure had made an impression to me and
both of the characters are very unpredictable when it comes to their attitude
and overall character visual.
This book had convinced me to read more locally published
books, the combinations of creative story plot, well researched information and
great writing makes it more commendable and reflects in general how our local
writers write their books. Hoping to be able to read more books with this kind
of creativity and somewhat educational at the same time. Cheers to Sassy Flova!
Blogger Art:
For this book, I chose to draw the purple teddy bear with butterfly wings of Kat, which was named Beatrix (if I'm not mistaken), and dressed in D'01 basketball jersey of Alech. Added some floral theme to the background to make it sweet and alluring.
Manual Drawing using Pen and Ink, Rendered in Watercolor
and Colored Pencil
Looking for a copy of this book:
Buqo for Php 90.00
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