
October is here which means a lot of changes. For one, I
started my “big girl” job. I am very excited and incredibly nervous to be
starting this new chapter of my life, but part of me wants to go back and start
college all over again. October also means Halloween is coming. So I racked my
brain and thought “how do I want to celebrate Halloween on my blog?” I thought
and I decided that I would do so with my character spotlights and I’ll probably
have a giveaway towards the end of the month. Back to the character spotlight,
each week I am going to focus on a different villain. The villains that terrify
us and the villains that are just too smart for their own good. Then on
Halloween, I will have a spotlight on the villain I think is the best of all.
For the kickoff, I decided to go with Avari from the Soul Screamers series by
Rachel Vincent.
Avari is a hellion of greed. What does this mean? Well
basically, he thrives off of other people’s greed and looks to cause more of it
in the world. He causes a lot of trouble for Kaylee and friends. For whatever
reason, he takes a particular liking to Kaylee and becomes determined to
gaining her soul and will make her life miserable until she does so. Coincidentally, he wants her soul so that he can make her miserable after her death.
Avari can come across as normal looking. He normally dons a
suit and tie and sunglasses and upon first look is not all that impressive.
However, when he takes his sunglasses off it is a whole new ballgame. His eyes
are simply spheres of solid black and as Kaylee describes it: “Looking into
Avari’s eyes was like looking into the depths of oblivion. Into the
distillation of nothingness. He was the very absence of all things light and
good.”
Simply put, Avari is creepy. He is also determined, which is
the worst thing a villain can be. He wants Kaylee and refuses to give up, because
he is greedy. Once he sets his sights on something, it is very unlikely he will
give it up for any reason. He comes up with numerous ways to make life
miserable for Kaylee from threatening everyone at her school to using her
closest friends against her.
Avari is scary because there really is nothing he will not
do. The fact that you never know what to expect from him is what gives him the
ability to terrify. His actions cannot be guessed and if there is a line, you
can bet that Avari will cross it.
Overall Avari is one of my favorite villains because I hate
him. I feel like I should really hate the villain and that is definitely the
case with Avari.
LMFAO...XD This is officially my favourite line of all time: "Avari is one of my favorite villains because I hate him!" *snicker* I love it! And I really like the Halloween/villain theme! And you always remind me in some way that I really need to start this series! I'm getting to it! *fingers crossed*
ReplyDeleteThanks for the awesome and fun post, Teresa! :D
~ Maida @ Literary Love Affair
hehe glad you liked it!
DeleteSounds like he's a brilliantly written villain! I read the first one in this series and have 2-3 of the next books but I just haven't had time to get back to them. I really must do so. Congrats on your "big girl" job! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! I hope you enjoy the series when you get back to it =]
DeleteAAahhhhh!!! Love the idea of a Villain Character Spotlight!
ReplyDeleteAnd that you chose a bad guy from Soul Screamers, love!!
Avari, yup, that's a villain!!
I love this series, and I really need to finish it!!
Amazing as always Teresa :)
Magen Corrie
Glad you liked it. As for villains, I figured what better way to celebrate Halloween than with scary guys lol
Delete"Overall Avari is one of my favorite villains because I hate him." Ahahahahahahaaaa!!!
ReplyDeleteReally great spotlight! Now I need to read this series. :D
Love this series! Hope you do too!
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