here's the entire plot of ACOWAR (acotar finale) so you dont have to read 700 pages of sjm smut
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here's the entire plot of ACOWAR (acotar finale) so you dont have to read 700 pages of sjm smut
"RIP Suriel. Carried the plot for 1200+ pages" 💀
Their father gathered an entire army got 3 ships and he STILL never got a name 😂
Actually?? 🤯
@@MoonlightSecret1 Yeah. He still remains unnamed to this day. Their mother has no name either, or their village for the matter.
Naming him Chadrick for what he have done
Edit : he
i never thought about this
i feel so bad for Dad..yeah we just gotta call him dad
Feyre (RIGHTFULLY) leaving tamlin, getting together with his nemesis, ruining his court and live, and getting his bestie in the divorce is peak unaknowleded comedy
Even with all his faults, Tamlin didn't deserve that(losing his best friend and court).
@@britt6184 Maybe not the court part but Lucien is his own person and deserves to seek mutual happiness wherever his little red ❤️ heart desires.
all while being a god awful friend to lucien!
@britt6184 nah, Tamlin chose Ianthe over his guards. 😂 TAMLIN destroyed his court, Feyre just gave him a little push. ❤
Actually, the decision Tamlin made to choose Ianthe's statement over his guards' completely taints the entire situation with Andres. Clearly he didn't care about Andres that much if he's willing to side with some hot b*tch over his soldiers who have known him for centuries.
@@elderlybrunch4169 He also grew 🆙 with that ‘Hot Bitch’ and so they were friends for centuries, too.
P.S: I do not even like Tamlin.
I bet that Cassain found a pile of Colleen Hoover books at the bottom of that creepy library pit cave and tbh I understand that he can't talk about that trauma
that theory made my day
He probably found November 9 down there
@@camila1925prob found verity to
No, no. He found Sarah J Maas's books and accidentally opened one to one of the steamy scenes. 😂
Baaahahaha this is the best comment 😂
“there are children laughing in the street, they’re not paid actors-” I CHOKED ON MY WATER
Goodness imagine the stage mums of those metaphorical child actors 😂
@@Virgo117 o😅 of o😅😅
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It's crazy how many characters deaths in this series I would be unfazed by but the Suriel who had 3 interactions with Feyre managed to tug at my heart that much. I was so heartbroken :(
got way too attached to the bone carver just cuz she made his pic 5
Okay but the main cast comeback to life, which feel a bit fade
I SOBBED
same 😭
"Everyone should be in therapy, everyone.....even you" I died when Cari said that so casually 😂😂😂
Well, she's correct xD
it caught me so off guard lol
Did I ever have an interest in this series No
Did I watch 4 videos talking about it Yes and I’d happily do it again
lmaoo i'll likely never read the books but i definitely like reviews/recaps of random things so this series has been great 🙈
@@sleepy.timaeus.arts. same!
I read the first book, hated it, and had no intention to ever continue the series once I found out about the hard pivot from tamlin to rhysand. This has been a perfect way to digest the story and make it actually fun and entertaining 😂 She has so much talent and charisma!
This! I really like the story but SJM’s writing is insufferable but these summaries had me gasping, laughing, crying. Love it
same, queen. same. lol
The thing with SJM books is that I actually really enjoy her world-building (the different courts, hierarchies in crescent city) and story plots with many characters. I just can’t stomach the way the books are written. So these videos are exactly what I need.
same!
agree the plot is really good but the writing is so cringe sometimes. like what was miss sarah j maas thinking when she wrote “velvet wrapped steel” ??? i wanted to pluck my eyeballs out actually.
@@nianastovall3791 my god what does that even mean??? When your simile can’t even give your reader the vaguest idea of its meaning when removed from its context, maybe reevaluate @ SJM????
The fae need a chiropractor from all the head-angling they do. How about tilted. Cocked my head. Looked at her diagonally. Anything that is not angling your head 😑😫
Right?? Cari's recaps make me want to read/reread her books and then I remember why I don't
“why didn’t they just SAY SOMETHING” could be used to solve 90% of the problems in this book series. i don’t think SJM has had a single healthy relationship with communication in her lifeeeee
Same energy as "this could have been an email"
see, we all say that, but none of us are _really_ that good at communicating
it’s a bit annoying when people say “why didn’t they just talk” even though they have the same issues in their life and like… a ridiculous amount of history wouldn’t have happened if humans could just freaking set their pride aside and chat
@catdownthestreet That's true for the most part, but my jaw honestly dropped at the Tarquin situation. There was no excuse for the lack of communication, and I disagree that anyone would make that mistake. He literally said he wanted to ally with the night court and be friends. There's no bigger invitation to communicate than that. It made no sense to betray him and my mind will forever be boggled by it
@@sirpouncythepreciousI agree with simply this point cuz I feel he would have given it over with just a bit of persuasion
Bruh!!!
My girlfriend loves these books and is absolutely obsessed with them, so I watch your summaries to understand what she’s talking about. Thank you for these videos!!!
Omg that’s so sweet
WHAT A GOOD BOYFRIEND OMG
Relationship goals fr
THIS IS SO SWEET GOD BLESS YOU TWO
This is giving Rhys energy and I love it
I love the gossip-y energy you bring to these videos. Feels like I’m just chatting with some friends about drama.
So true!!🤣
I agree with this SOOOO good. My friends aren’t interested in this series so this is mending my heartbreak and my need to talk about it
@@ashtennewsome395check out the subreddit too! There are spoilers warnings everywhere in case you haven’t finished the series, and you can scratch that debate itch that you can’t satisfy irl :)
You hit the nail on the head! I feel like she’s telling me some really scandalous gossip she shouldn’t be sharing 😂
This is your true calling. Forget audio books, I want Cari to “read” to me. Lol I can’t wait for the next book / series you decide to do this with.
True Story
Truee
my exact thoughts
I don’t listen to audio books or those story tellings that felt so formatted it makes me sleepy. But this. I felt my soul riding and my ass cackling, never have I enjoyed a story telling this much.
I know it won’t happen. But Throne of Glass series would be great 😂
Please, whether it’s a court of silver flames or any series of your choosing, keep doing these videos! The way you tell the stories and the theatricality and sense of humor you bring is really special. I know I’m just a random person in the RUclips comments and I hope you know that your videos have brightened some random person’s day. Love these you are amazing.
yes 100% please cari i'll do anything these videos help me get through the week 😭
Agreed!!
Same.
100% agree
@@pleejithoj1712 it's like a podcast but longer and more entertaining :,) now i nver have to be alone with my thoughts
I JUST WANTED TO SEE LUCIEN HAPPY !!! what does sjm have against him 😭😭😭
I KNOW. HE DESERVES BETTER 😭 PLEASE IM BEGGING ALREADY FOR HIS BOOK.
@@onewayoranother1DSAMEEEEE
Yesss!!! Same!!!!! I love him and he deserves his happy ending!
The way they discover that Elain is a fucking SEER, and that’s that. Why they don’t help her to use her abilities?
The girl, although being in her catatonic state, grieving for the life that it was taken from her, tried to help somehow. With her visions, the idea to talk with Graysen to ensure shelter for the humans, with the Suriel, like how she managed to find him trough the world?!
They only super protect her and don’t gives her a chance. They send her as far away from the battlefield as possible, only to have to winnow and stab Hybern.
They tell Nephelle's story, that what we think is our weakness can be our greatest strength, and that the least likely person can save the day, but they totally ignore Elain.
THIS!!!! Meanwhile Feyre HATED being sent away but happily did it to Elain 😂😂😂 I can’t with Feyre!
Loved her in book 1.
Right when Cari said „is it foreshadowing… who knows?“ my Laptop died 💀
IS THIS FORESHADOWING?!
who knows?
Really?
babe whats the time stamp ??
There’s something unspeakably hilarious to me about the idea of some horrific ancient library monster that just like, speaks like Cari. I love it.
To this day Bryaxis is still my favorite thing to come out of that series.
@@Sajirahnah same tho all they wanted was a friend and to see the stars like how wholesome can you get fr fr
Their father assembling their own army is very good development for him but the Pirates theme playing over a picture of Maurice was SO funny
I love how thoroughly Feyre crumbles the spring court. So the solstice thing, basically Ianthe wanted her moment in the sun (literally) and marked the spot for her to stand to make it look like the sun was rising in her hands she had raised above her head. Very dramatic, the theatrics with her. All Feyre had to do was move the rock a few feet over with some wind power and boom, now the first light of the sun is on herself. She chose a white dress she looks holy almost. She also managed to have the only person next to her be Lucian, so that is the initial spark of Tammy boy feeling all wtf about her and Lucian. It's diabolical and I love it. 😂
And used Helion's power to glow when the sun passed over her
Kinda spoiled by the fact she committed a war crime and probably caused a refugee crisis in summer all while an outside force is trying to invade. Smooth brain move overall.
@@dustrose8101 what was the war crime
@@mufay8032 causing the destruction of the Spring Court
girl i should just watch ur summaries to make my rant reviews from now on 😭 wouldve saved me so much trouble
You were too eager to destroy it. Now you have to go back in time and steal all SJM books before the past-you can buy any
You'd still have to go back and read all the smut sequences, so would it really save you?
I found your channel through her videos!
Honestly I think the trouble was worth it - your rant reviews are stellar!
This is my Multiverse of Madness
the idea that you've made a three and a half hour documentary about a 700 page sjm book for our enjoyment...wow. tysm cari for all that you do, i wouldn't have your courage 💘
The way you voiced Briaxis is giving me life! Just fucking amazing, I'm howling with laughter.
I played that part twice. It was gold!😂
small thing but it's so funny to me how they chose to ignore elaine's visions and dreams that cleanly were weirdly specific and thought only nesta was connected to things.... like... gurl.... at the first line about twin ravens i would be LISTENING!
The Suriel is the only part of the series that absolutely DESTROYED me. I was genuinely so heartbroken that I didn’t want to carry on reading it because WHY Sarah. What was the reason (I know the reason but also what was the reason)
that part broke me so thoroughly, and i wasn't really invested in any of the characters. the suriel was just nice, they deserved better
Did I cry when he died? Yes. Yes maybe.
I was BAWLING my eyes out
they better MCU this shit and revive the Suriel somehow. I know SJM can see how devastated we all were about it. she must do right by us and bring back our beloved tea spiller. THERE HAS TO BE A WAY 😭
Not gonna lie I'm bummed that Lucien, Cassian, and Azriel get no relationship resolution out of this and I'd never even heard of these books until I watched your channel. #justiceforlucien
Az is currently a huge red flag in a love triangle, Cassian has his story in ACOSF and Lucien probably gets his story told in the next book! So hopefully stay tuned for the next installment of Cari telling us the plot of faerie smut?
@@valerievierbergen6167 how is az a red flag?
@@narendrapratapsingh9181 i think they meant red herring lol
@@xRaiofSunshine omg I've seen you everywhere underneath these Acotar vids
right?? i havent read the books but the only thing i cared about was lucien. it was a little unclear, did elaine reject him outright or is he still working to be with her?
I cannot thank you enough for the hours of entertainment you have given me. I am so glad I found your channel.
Did I marathon all three of these videos over three days? Yes I did. I am now an acotar professional. Your way of storytelling had me so invested 😂
the acronym for this book is so fitting because these books really do be declaring war on my psyche
I know you said you're not gonna do the rest of the series, but Cari you gotta. It's just 2 books left for now, can you really say you're done with it without doing ACOFS and ACOSF as well? I don't think so. Besides, *spoiler for crescent city* how can you keep going with crescent city and not this since they will unite at one point or something?
well to be fair she did say she was only going to read one more crescent city book
Please girl I love these videos. I don’t even read but you deliver it so well
u could at least say please 😭
yess!!
DO IT DO IT DO IT
Ok but the way Feyre manipulated the blessing during summer solstice to hurt Ianthe as GOLD. I was so proud of how she did it. to move the marker so the light would hit her instead of Ianthe and use her glowing power to add to the illusion of being the blessed one. Ianthe was frantic! 🤣 I loved it. It was so petty and just beautiful.
Nah same tho and she was PISSED too so funny for no reason tbh
I just can't stop laughing every time I picture Five as the bone carver. It's just so funny but also really accurate...
For real, that’s actually a great fancast 😂
"Girls night: Amren edition", naturally includes murder. 🤣 This series was just the best, super well done Cari, it's so hilarious and reminded me how much I forgot about the books... And also how much more interesting it is without the spicy times.
(Also, the Bryaxis voice gives me life)
The close up of Maurice with the pirates of the Caribbean theme killed me 😂
That part legitimately made me laugh out loud
feyre in her kevin mcallister era in the spring court is probably my favorite part of these books
Nesta is my favorite character. I wanna hug her, laugh at her, slap her, cry for her and just read her actions. She is entertaining and makes me feel, which is the biggest compliment I can give a character.
I started hating her, then just disliked her. By the time I got to this book she started growing on me. But by Silver Flames, mannnnnnnnnnn… Nesta is the character I relate to the most. She isn’t perfect at all, she has a lot of problems with how she expresses her feelings, a lot of trauma. She seems the most human tbh. Reading her book was a whole experience for me and got me through a heavy depressive stage of my life. I have a special place for Nesta in my heart and I’m not afraid to say I’m a Nesta apologist, she deserves the world and people should cut her some slack.
@@natnesta Silver Flames was my favorite for that reason! She was so relatable because of my own recent journey of healing from the death of a parent and other trauma.
these videos make me laugh so so much and as a hater/lover of ACOTAR i feel your conflicted pain on the fun and funkiness of ACOTAR, i feel seen and heard and understood, love ya
Little tid bit for Cari and everyone - when Amren says, “When I am free, don’t run. It will attract my attention.” That is 100% a reference to Peter S. Beagle’s novel “The Last Unicorn.” The unicorn says a similar line to Schmendrick the Magician (you won’t have heard of him) after they have freed a harpy (along with a bunch of non-magical creatures) from Mommy Fortuna’s Midnight Carnival and are trying to escape.
“You must never run from anything immortal. It attracts their attention.”
In the book, the unicorn, an immortal herself, is transformed into a human by a spell, and her love story is eventually thwarted by the need for her to transform back into her true form. I love that Amren is basically a dark, gothic love letter to that story. Maybe???
Ok that’s all! I love these vids! Thank you for making them!
YESSSS!!!!! Finally someone got the reference!
@@angelapiccolo275 yaaaa 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Do you think Amren was a harpy???
THAT'S LITERALLY WHAT MY MIND WENT TO UPON HEARING THAT LINE
2:31:53 i was bawling my eyes out while reading this scene, it was so so so incredibly sad, an “ugly” creature having one of the most beautiful souls in the whole series. it was the only time i cried throughout the book
Tbh, Tamlin was wrong but also man's was cheated on and *betrayed* by his fiance. Like he was traumatized by what happened under the mountain, so we can understand his outbursts and desire to forget that it happened. It doesn't excuse them, but we can understand them. The way this author is just treating him like a punching bag is *wild* I feel so bad for this character.
I’m not Team Tammy at all but I definitely feel bad for him too :( i hope sarah gives him happiness in future books
FINALLY SOMEONE SAYS IT. I couldn’t finish the series because of this.
The internet had me thinking he was going to be like Ike Turner and just beat Feyre daily!!!
😂lol
This man actually believed his enemy stole his bride. His fiancée literally never listens and everyone was after her. He made her stay in a mega mansion until he got back and she in return is dragging him & ruining his existence-
It wasn’t eye for eye; it was eye for Feyre taking his right hand (Lucien), legs (sentries), and everything under that! Punching bag forever 😔😒
I understand your criticism and I think there’s some merit to painting Feyre as someone who can do no wrong (which SJM does a bit of with her main characters) HOWEVER, Feyre started out as a character who sacrificed EVERYTHING for her family. This series is about Feyre learning to fight for herself and her happiness. I don’t like the whole “good grief my protagonist has morally grey areas this is terrible!” stance - especially with women - because there seems to be an inherit belief that women must take everything in stride with grace and I just think that perpetuates something unfair. Let female characters rage, let them be selfish and make mistakes. It’s not like she gets off the hook totally - when Feyre gets the ouroboros it shows her that her true self IS monstrous (I know Cari didn’t cover it in this video but that’s what happened) and Feyre faced that. SJM, on some level, is showing us that Feyre is not a perfect character and she has some unlikable qualities. That doesn’t mean that she doesn’t deserve to fight for her happiness, no matter the cost. (Also, what breakup is not messy? Tamlin and Feyre eventually reconcile, but I don’t fault SJM for making their fallout a bit ugly. I mean, it happens - heartbreak sucks. They both hurt each other. I think people painting it as “SJM just treats Tamlin like a punching bag because she likes Rhys better” is just not a good take. Tamlin’s fallout is very realistic for an abusive man irl, they will do ANYTHING to get the upper hand over their partners, and her writing in Tamlin’s redemption arc (with him helping Feyre bring back Rhys) is more than men like him will do in real life. Idk, I just think Tamlin’s character arc is reasonable, and Feyre’s treatment of him was not the best, no - but neither was Tamlin’s treatment of her. It’s complicated, just like real life, and I appreciate that. Not every protagonist is a role model, a lot of people seem to struggle with viewer discretion. Yeah, Feyre has some faults and doesn’t make the kindest choices towards Tamlin. But he broke her heart and abused her, she’s rightfully torn up and a little vengeful about it. However, they reached a point of forgiveness, and I, for one, enjoyed the messy journey it took to get there.
He was only “cheated” on bc he abused Feyra pretty severely/ignored her needs from the trauma she also experienced, which is bs considering what she did for him. Literally he also almost killed her. Experiencing trauma does NOT give someone any right to dump that on anyone else. Rhysand was far, far more traumatized than Tamlin was and he didn’t do anything of the sort to Feyra. So yeah fuck Tamlin. I think he needed to be treated like this *SMALL SPOILER ALERT* to apologize and start treating Feyra with respect again once he encounters her later.
Thank you so much for doing this series. I've tried reading and listening to the series but could never get into it. Now I don't have to feel any FOMO.
This is me buying a ticket to the show 😄 So enjoyable especially as I'm not reading the books. What great work! Thanks so much!
The music cues for this video are absolutely SENDING me
Same lol what song is played for the bat boys?
I just ended my 5 year relationship and I'm currently the loneliest I've been in a very long time, so these videos help me pass time and keep me company while I figure out my life. Thank you so much for hours and hours of explaining how these long-ass books (that should probably have 100 pages cut out of each, at least) start and end!
I hope things are going well for you now, sending love ❤️
Girl you freaking deserve this! The amount of work you must put into these and they freaking make my day. Thank you!!
factss
Thanks you. I wasn’t going to read this series, but these breakdowns have been everything I didn’t know I needed. Thank you so much for spending the time to make these and keep me entertained while I hobby. 💕
I've never read a word of SJM. I don't know what trail through the internet brought me to your "Here's the entire plot of Crescent City/ACOTAR" series. But here I am, captivated, entertained, enthralled. I hope we don't need to wait until Crescent City book 3 for more summaries like these. I know they're a lot of time and work, but please know they're wonderful.
Feyre's dad with the ships actually made me almost jump out of my seat
and then he just fucking…dies 😃
I’m so sorry to hear about your family’s loss- wishing you comfort in these trying times. Love your work, thank you Cari!!
Yes Cari, bringing us the PG-13 version of Sarah J. Maas books as always and I love it! On a side note, I know this is how far you want to go with this series, but like, I would love if this ending leads to the beginning of a Throne of Glass series explanation, because I need that filter on that series. Great world and characters, but too much SJM smut haha.
Girl you’re heaven-sent. I read ACOTAR when it was first starting to get popular on booktube and absolutely hated it. I really didn’t get what everyone else was raving about and I knew I didn’t want to read the rest of the books but I wanted to know where the plot was going. Your videos have saved me from wasting my time and keeping my sanity while also satisfying my curiosity. I can’t even imagine how long it must’ve taken you to put all these videos out. Big fan. Thank you so much :)
Can we just talk for a moment about how the editing of this 3.5 hour video is consistent and HILARIOUS. Girl you deserve an Oscar for the effort you put into these videos.
Jurian, 2 eyeballs in tow 😂 💀 funny as always and thank you for yet another great plot video. I will be waiting for ACOSF and here’s something to convince you. Though we absolutely love the long videos, when you do the ACOSF video just imagine how short it will be since you’re a SJM smut anti! You get to do a shorter video and we get to enjoy watching it, everyone wins! Yay!
Yesss thankuuu for putting it like that cari preety please @caricariread
"The sun was shining when I left you" must be one of the best lines SJM ever wrote 🤣 it's such a daaaaauuuuuuumn moment 🙌🏻
You’re telling me the character literally named The Sun isn’t the character described as “the sun personified?” Ms. Maas I have questions…
When all of the high lords were bickering over where to have the meeting and when, i like to imagine it like one big ancient group chat lmao
You are amazing! Thank you for the absolute HOURS and hours that you spent on this to bring us all JOY
I love these “here’s the entire plot of” videos by you❤️ - you’re so engaging I didn’t expect to be so enthralled by acotar related content. If you related Percy Jackson books I’d die
I'm a grown ass woman and I've been recently OBSESSED with these books, finishing the whole series in less than a month. I have been both shameless and ashamed over how much it has burrowed into my brain. Your reviews have tickled me pink and I feel the spell lifting a bit with each hilarious in depth review! There were so many elements of the series I thought were really well done, I personally loved the smut but your inflections on the plot holes...I hate to admit it, spot on! I'm so glad I discovered your channel!
The smut was 🔥 😂
Not me having to pause to cry when their dad shows up with an army and boats. I haven't even read these books I've just watched all your vids. I'm a sap!!!!
What is it about humans that it is so compelling to watch a person tell me a story for 3 hours while pointing at photos on her wall??
“A blueberry lemon muffin, if you were curious…excellent choice” 😂😂
Thank you for these videos!
I’m so ready for the saga to conclude. Take good care of yourself Cari.
"The Pirates Of The Caribbean" theme song with Maurice.💀
PLEASE do A Court of Silver Flames. I have no reasoning or argument other than that I don't want these videos to be over🤣 Also, if you do end up doing the third book for CC, a lot of what happens on ACOSF will definitely come up then.
Edit: I know im reaching lol, but maybe you can do ACOSF and frost and starlight together? Since ACOFS isn't that long anyway, and veerryyy loosely introduces the next book.
I know how many long hours it must take you to write up these videos. They are absolutely my favorite part of your channel, but I know the ad revenue doesn’t cover the effort you put into making them. I hope this helps and I really encourage others to do the same if you like this content.
Please consider doing more of these types of videos. They make me smile unlike anything else. It’s been a hard week for me and this made everything so much better. Thank you! ❤️
after reading acotar i stopped reading the series but these vids had me picking up the next two 😭 i owe u my life thank you for your service
SAME I said I’d never finish this series and read books 2+3 in a week 😭😭
STOP EVERYTIME RHYSAND ENTERS AND THAT MUSIC PLAYS I LOSE MY SHIT
Okay okay okay. Am I getting this right? Our protagonist uses her intimate knowledge of her former partner's trauma and weaknesses in order to manipulate him into a further mental spiral and thereby defeat him. And she's... a good person for this?
Don't get me wrong, Tam Lin's arrogance and refusal to admit to a problem has made him an abusive person. But he seems to be more of a tragic anti-hero rather than an outright villain and driving him to further abuse isn't a good thing?? Didn't you love this man? Just because you're not 'in love' anymore doesn't mean you don't care about his well being anymore right? In another story this would be a cue toward wanting to save him from himself, or try and make him come back to the Light Side. Tam Lin has been absent a whole book, he's clearly not the main villain. Yes he's allying with the bad guy out of desperation and delusion but that does not make him irredeemable or deserving of this level of abuse?
What... am I missing something or? This sort of betrayal and manipulation could very well break someone and drive them to suicide I don't-
Yes he's done horrible things but so has Rhysand?
Yes bro!
Like all the while i was thinking that this is the same person you fucking LOVED! how could you manipulate him into being the bad guy...
I hated fayre so much for this...like for me Tamlin was a victim....of her .
Fucking burn my body and I'll still love you....like bulllshit.
Same brain. Still upset with how obvious it is that Rhysand showed up in Sarah's head and suddenly Tamlin had to be hated (as well as Lucien) as if they aren't kind of similar except that Rhysand is just...vocally more of a pos...
Neither of them are great, but the treatment Tamlin gets for trying is pretty bad.
Yes but you see feyre is a Good Person so everything she does is justified and if she treats someone poorly (or straight up kills them) it's because they Deserved It. While tamlin is, at least after book 1, a Bad Person so he must always be in the wrong, especially when it comes to anything to do with feyre and the night court folks.
@kaisea I love you!!! This is my point!!
Tamlin wasn’t right for Feyre ok good! Fine, she moved on.
But Tam didn’t get a patient healing person, just hardcore revenge!
Rhys was so patient with Feyre after she called him horrible names, consistently didn’t thank him for worshipping her in love, gifts, and status (not even an acknowledgment lol until chap 54)! Rhys continued to help her through her bad attitude and brat behavior bc of her trauma!
I can’t with Feyre guys.
Mor and Amren are my heroes and baddies
He was working with that evil king who kidnapped her sisters and threw them into the cauldron. And he did some shit to her in the beginning of ACOMAF too, I think she had every right to hate him.
So I basically binged these three videos because I do NOT want to read the books but I wanted to be "in the know", you know? This was a surprisingly entertaining summary. It sounds like...a glorified Wattapad story.
Well done.
I feel as if I’ve been waiting my entire life for this video. The dopamine hit I got from the thumbnail alone 🥺
Your SJM summary videos bring me so much joy and laughter (and tears, RIP Suriel). Thank you for all of them ❤️ You're the bomb
One thing I love about these videos is that you try to stay objective. You of course lean toward opinions, but you try to keep it up to the viewer which is unique among the booktubers I’ve found and why I keep coming back to this channel above all the others
These videos have been the highlight of my free time & I’m really thankful for all of your hard work on them, they’re so funny and the bat boys intro song gets me every time💀💀 anywayss you’re literally the reason I’ve started reading again & I hope ur doing well cari! Tysm ☺️!!
Thanks! I personally wouldn’t mind if you kept going with the series 👀. This was amazing thanks for the hard work !
Girl these videos are getting me through the December slump I’m getting all the escapism from these ridiculous books but don’t have to tolerate the sjm nonesense you’re truly doing gods work
I just cried for a story and characters I didn't particularly want to know more about when trying to read the first book. You are the most amazing storyteller, Cari, and I cannot wait to continue with your Crescent City summaries and all others that you will hopefully put out! I'm so glad I found your channel this year :D
My partner and I got so excited for every installment of these videos- thank you so much for summarizing one of my favorite series in such an enjoyable way. I'm so, so glad you made these!!
I'm at the 1:25:00 mark and I am SO bothered by how nobody seems to wanna investigate what the hell is going on with Elaine? Are we just gonna ignore this?? Bc the things she keeps randomly saying sound too much like prophecies or insights or *something* to me and it's grinding my gears that these ancient magical people aren't picking up on it and doing something about it. Someone pls reassure me I'll get closure on this! 😭
Edit: oh *FINALLY*! Gawwwwwwd, I was losing my mind. Homegirl's a Seer! Why they didn't come to this conclusion earlier, I don't know but at least they friggin got there.
I man still, th whole firt book is of riddles and that. at last.
Don't forget that every single character is basically 13 and they think and act exactly like 13 yo thinks immortal high fae would act. It doesn't make it easier but it does explain why somebody would genuinely think that a tattoo of the phases of the moon is this rad concept. 😂
girl, you are everything, that braxis part (1:34:00) got me laughing so hard
The dumb thing about Mor's coming out that pisses people of is that she, a 500+ year old immortal, does it to Feyre, a fucking 20 year-old who she has known for less than a year at this point and who has up to now (let's be honest here) proven herself to not be that good at interpersonal stuff or respecting boundaries, all while it's continually emphasised how close knit and friendly the Inner Circle are supposed to be with each other.
Putting aside how incredibly dumb it is for a multi-centenarian character to act like a hormonal 15-year old in this situation, because that's unfortunately the norm in these books, I know it's supposed to communicate how close she and Feyre are now and how their friendship has progressed, but that just doesn't work when she's been together with all the Inner Circle people for so long. Like she never once felt that she could tell either Azriel or Cassian or even Amren about her attraction to women in the last 50 years they were all holed up in Velaris together? If she doesn't trust them well enough for that, they really can't be all that close as friends then, can they? Like it just looks kind of pathetic on her part, because seriously what is she afraid of there?
Plus she's stringing Azriel along because of his feelings for HUNDREDS OF YEARS and she knows it. That's worse than immature, it's borderline evil.
Due to SJM absolutely not giving a fuck about the context of this scene, the way this plays out in practise accidentally completely fucking destroys Mor's characterisation as a mature, competent and savvy political player and warrior who has her demons under control for the most part and it's the last nail in the coffin of the already shaky dynamic of the Inner Circle.
Because after the reveal that Rhysand hides his nightmares from the others, Cassian's insubordination, Amren being herself and now the reveal that Mor was actively avoiding coming out to them (to the point where she slept with men as an alibi) FOR CENTURIES, it's pretty undeniable that all these people aren't just not really friends, but are pretty much strangers to each other on an emotional level.
honestly the whole miriam and drakon story basically being Moses parting the red sea and the book of breathings canonically being in hebrew/aramaic was one of the major things that really took me out of the story. same with the bone carver and weaver being siblings with an immortal death god from actual russian folklore. felt like sjm was running out of ideas and she could have just left this stuff out entirely instead. also rhys and feyre always being 10 steps ahead was cute and smart at first but it got tiring when they were CONSTANTLY ahead of the reader. anyway, love the recap!
like when they're all mystified by this ancient language in the book of breathing and amren is like.. "it hasn't been spoken in thousands of years" all spooky and amren-y and then she's calls it "lashon hakodesh" which is "the Holy Tongue" in hebrew and literally just what old torahs were written in. it just rly took me out of the "fantasy" world
It also doesn’t help that “Illyria” is quite literally just the ancient Greek name for Croatia and the Western Balkans
Yeah, and Amren is the Angel of Death who passes over the houses of the Hebrew who leave lamb's blood on their doorways. She says she is a 'messenger,' which translates literally in both Hebrew and Greek to 'angel,' and that she was an assassin for a wrathful God. She drinks blood, and lamb is her favorite. When she goes hunting through Velaris, people leave blood at their doors to propitiate her.
Calanmai is Beltane, the summer festival later on is Lughnasa, Miryam and Drakon live in Crete, everyone in northern isles mythology from King Arthur to Fionn mac Cumhaill is mentioned by myth in these stories. Look at the map. The story of the Harp being able to open doors to Other Places, and Angel of Death Amren, Koschei the Deathless Russian fairytale guy, Tarquin the High Lord of Summer with his Roman King name, Helion whose name is Greek for Sun, it's all meant to reflect our world. It's meant to be a place on the other side of the veil. It's meant to be faintly familiar. That's kind of the point.
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Cari thanks so much for these videos. I've never given money before but felt the hours of entertainment and countless times I've rewatched these, that I needed to give something back. Can't wait to watch this, as I've been dying to know the ending!!
Finally finished this godforsaken trilogy yesterday (this book in particular was a SLOG that had me taking many breaks between reading) and I think the only scene that gave me any true sense of emotion/sorrow was with the Suriel. SJM never produces any real sense of fear or tension cause everyone important survives these deadly injuries/literally comes back to life. But I really did tear up a bit at the suriel’s death.
38:29 the scream i scrumpt, IM CRYING that’s one of my favorite tiktok sounds. You do such a fantastic job reviewing these books. I actually want to read them now, but do I even need to. You’ve said it all.
Girl, THREE & A HALF HOURS??? This is gna keep me company all evening thank you for your service 🙏🏽
This was truly the slayest of all slays. obsessed that this video is exactly 3 hours 33 minutes and 33 seconds long. probably going to watch this on repeat. I could listen to you talk about the next book or any book! In love with your earrings!!
I love listening to audio books of books I’ve already read while working but your videos have been so much better. I love the silly little additions you add like bryaxis’ voice and I especially love when you get names wrong. It cracks me up. Thank you for your videos!
I get very bogged down reading so you doing these videos is a life saver! Thank you for putting so much effort into these!! ❤️❤️
Thank you for all the hard work on these! Was fun baking and crocheting while gasping at the story twists with you ☺️
Why do I remember this series being longer than just a trilogy? I think I've gotta blame it on how damn long this last one is... but hey, congratulations on finally making it here!
there are other spin-offs of the main books!
Court of starlight is the fourth.
@@deusexmachina8984 I think those may have added to tricking my brain here too, lol. I did know about them, but for some reason I thought the main series had more! Might have just mixed them all together in my head
well technically there are 2 more books, A Court of Frost and Starlight as well as A Court of Silver Flames. ACOSF is more about Nesta and Cassian though. A Court Frost and Starlight is like the filler holliday episode in every anime.
I can’t believe I finished this whole series in a span of three days! Cari, thank you so much for your hard work!! I hope your voice heals soon 🥺💕🌷
I literally just consumed 9+ hours of content about a book I’ve never read and I was ENGAGED and loved every minute of it. I’d love it if you made a breakdown of the The Cruel Prince series that is kinda similar to this one
Hi Cari! I wanted to express my gratitude to you for this series! I wish I could give you more (I’m but a humble barista), because this has not only given me hours of enjoyment, but also reignited my interest in the entire ACOTAR series. The way you convey the characters’ dialogue to the audience is so genuine and each character has a unique voice. You did amazing with this series and I can’t wait to see more plot summary videos, if you’d like to keep making them. Thanks again for giving us a more accessible introduction to, imo, a very fun and emotionally thrilling fantasy!
Hope all is okay. ♥️ Thanks for making these.
I'm usually too shy to comment on RUclips videos but I really just wanted to share how much I appreciate and loved this series of yours for the ACOTAR books! Back in 2015, I remember trying to read the first book when it got released and just didn't like it, so I DNF'ed it (my friend enjoyed it a lot though, but it just wasn't for me at the time). A year after that, I ended up in a reading slump and removed myself from the book world that lasted until late this year. Imagine my surprise when I came back and learned how big SJM books ended up being in today's internet world thanks to Tiktok, apparently lol. Most especially how insanely popular ACOTAR got! I remembered that I didn't like the first book, so I knew I didn't want to read the actual books (in case it brought my reading slump back which already took me a long time to get over), but I definitely still wanted to know what was up and how the rest of the series ended up going. That's how I discovered your videos on RUclips.
I thoroughly enjoyed your video summaries and definitely feel like I read the books for myself! I don't think I would have enjoyed the experience as much if I decided reading the books for myself vs going through your videos instead. Now ACOTAR feels like a guilty pleasure to me, versus my opinion on it way back in 2015 when it felt like a slog to read.😆 Anyway, thank you again for doing such an amazing job of creating these videos for us!
“Jurian…two eyeballs in tow” 😂I died DEAD
My grandma is reading ACOWAR right now and this was the BEST possible way to brush up on the story for our book talk! Can't say I am particually looking forward to her notes about the spicy scenes though lol. But THANK YOU for this amazing video, I swear I could watch these videos for days
Aww this is so sweet. My grandma read the twilight series with me when I was in middle school and it meant so much that she was interested in something I cared about at the time 💘
Also your grandma reading the smut scenes omg 👀😅
Aw me and my Nana sort of buddy read these, as well as myself and my bestie. In care you're wondering, my Nana is ENTHRALLED. Which I knew she would be.
Does anyone know if Lucien ever finds out that Helion is his dad or vice versa? I was waiting for that talk to happen(especially in the ending) ever since she mentioned it in the video lol
not in the most recent book no :(
I don't think I've laughed myself to tears while watching a summary video until I've seen your videos! I love them, thank you for this amazing content
I don't know why i am so into this teen drama bullshit but i love it.
Also the author did Tamlin dirty. He suffered total character death from book one to two