I read acosf... and slowly lost my mind lol
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I’m glad I’m not the only one who was bothered about how she gets more tired going down the stairs than up 😭
I would argue that when you’re running down stairs it takes a lot of balance which will be tiring. But I do see the point lol
If you have a knee injury, it’s much harder to go down than up, but I don’t remember Nesta having one 🤔
100%, and it wasn't even that she was more tired going down, it's that she went down until she was at her PHYSICAL LIMIT, like she has no gas left in the tank anymore, and then she's like, "Alright, I guess I'll jaunt back up 600 stairs."
@viktorija4655 I'm not a medical professional or a fitness instructor or whatever lol, but going down stairs or even a hill is really hard on joints and muscles while going up is basically cardio, with some body weight exercise for calves I think. So I can kinda understand her legs giving out at a point, while going up will give you sore muscles and get you winded but you can always take breaks :)
When you realize that the reason you couldn't figure out what the broody guy with the mysterious gaze was thinking, was actually because he wasn't thinking anything at all 😅
When I heard “Rice” and “Freya” I thought you were talking about a different book series 😂 I was so confused. I think it’s pronounced like “Reece” and “Feyra”.
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I pronounce Feyre as Fae-Ruh, like She-Ra lol. I'll always pronounce Rhys as Rice. He may be Reece's Pieces to y'all but he'll always be Chicken Fried Rhys to me.
Yes, “Rhys” is the Gaelic spelling for “Reece”. And it is Fey-ra, not Frey-a… that was driving me crazy!
@@KaiInMotion LOL, I love this.
fully agree that their romance was built on nothing 😭😭 it was allll smut. and I really could not stand fey and rhys’ storyline in this book … GIVE US MORE AZRIEL LIKE WE DESERVED
150% agree with this. I burned out embarrassingly quickly. I didn’t like Feyre or Rhysand in this, I couldn’t stand the building relationship between Cassian and Nesta. I read a lot of smutty books but this is one that I DNFed twice simply from the failure of building the romance or the relationship between the two. I did force myself to finish but it took me a YEAR. I was looking at the comments hoping I would find one that I could relate to 🤣🤍
watching this makes me feel so validated! i stopped reading SJM after crescent city 1. it feels like she's just taken the fact she's known for smut and just RAN WITH IT! i miss relationships like elide and lorcan, all of her current writing (including silver flames) feels so empty. like there can be SO much more and i KNOW SHE CAN DO IT!!!
I'm right there with you. Elide and Lorcan are my favorite ❤
I stopped after ACOTAR 1 and TOG 4 I think. I loved the first two ToG books the most. Do you think I'll like CC 1? I am thinking about reading that
@@storiesofwonderland8900 I didn't really enjoy it. While it was an interesting world, I really didn't like the MC, and when I finished I really didn't care what happened to any of the characters.
I don't like too much smut, little bit is fine
@@storiesofwonderland8900 i didn't enjoy CC1 - it took until around page 330 for me to actually feel like something was happening. the writing to me felt poor compared to ToG -- one of my biggest gripes was how much time was spent describing the main character's body (i felt like a lot of discussion was around how big her ass was) that i wanted to give up. the only reason i didn't DNF it was because i bought the book and didn't want the money to go to waste lol
girl I still cannot get over the fact of how good you look with red hair!!!!!!
My one gripe with SJM newer books is that i feel like they are less edited, they are too long for the story being told. 100-150 pages could be trimmed
Regan loosing her mind about books is so freaking hilarious. More of this please! :D
Watching your reaction slowly descending into madness is glorious
Pretty much my exact thoughts! SJM needs to cut a big portion of the middle of her more recent books and focus on the actual exciting parts!
32:11 this is why I don’t like a lot of the Romance that’s coming out currently (both in Fantasy and Contemporary), it seems like authors think Romance = Smut only!! I need the romance back in my Romance!!!
Yep! I’m exactly the same way. I’ve been so disappointed by romances that came out in the last three years. The romances aren’t developed, and it’s all physical which I hate.
I felt so weird about this book. I liked Nesta and the redemption journey, and I liked the friendship with Emerie and Gwynn, but I didn’t like much else and I hated Rhysand and Feyre. They were really downgraded in my eyes. Zero nuance to them and Rhysand’s abusive, manipulative side, which most of the fandom refuses to admit exists, really showed through. I guess that’s a win now that I’m thinking about it 😂
All the characters are manipulative imo
I liked him less and less and less each book. And this book, the part where he has to “save her,” by entering her nightmare - made me RAGE. I do not trust him, at all.
Ah man, Reagan. I loved this book, so much. I actually disagree that it was built on nothing… and I actually love it all. Bummed you didn’t love it. But I do get it.
I felt like the book was such a mess. It could of been so good and it completely flopped for me. I also hate that SJM always has to make the other characters look bad to make the protagonist look better. Like wtf so inconsistent. The book also didn't know what to be, spicy, self growth, fantasy...
I liked the idea of Nesta getting powers and training to be strong but I would also appreciated if Nesta was just strong as how she was. I think is also ridiculous how they succeeded in the blood rite with barely training compare to other males (who are clearly stronger) lol.
You are spot on about nesta
I think this really hits the nail on the head!
Love the new hair color it matches your skintone amazingly! And I agree with everything you said, I hate the new smut obession that all these new books are having and I don't consider lust to be romance it's so annoying when there's no emotional connection between the characters
I live for this specific Regan, all of your vlogs where you don't like the books are so entertaining, your commentary is always gold
yes to basically everything said in this vlog! It either needed to be 250 pages shorter or be way more dedicated to a slow burn through the book. Rhys and Feyre also just seemed to change personality and feel so unlikable which was pretty disappointing. I love to reread SJM as comfort reads but I have no desire to pick this book up again.
OMG, thank you! I thought I was the only one that thought Rhys and Feyre were out of character and mean in this book. It’s one of the reasons I DNF’d it.
I can't believe I'm about to defend SJM, but the stair thing actually does make sense. As a long distance hiker I have learned the hard way that going down for too long if you are not trained for it can be incredibly painful, because it destroys your quads and then your knees pay the price. Going up actually feels good after that, because it uses different muscles. Yes it's more demanding cardio-wise but you can go up slowly and it is less impact on your muscles. I am not sure SJM has actually thought that through, but I could relate to that part very well, haha
Yep. We hiked down Chimney Rock in NC. I’ve gone up the mountain and been fine. We took the elevator down to where you could shuttle down the mountain then. We did it the opposite way the next time and took the shuttle and elevator to the top and hiked down and I swear my entire body hurt the next day. It sounds crazy but you feel gravity more going down
I also think it’s kind of like a lighthouse. I had no trouble going up 10 stories but going down I got dizzy AF and had to stop a few times
As someone with bad knees, it hurts WAY more going downhill or down many stairs. Uphill is tiring for other reasons but way easier on my knees 😌
Going down is definitely more of a strain on the knee joints than going up!!
Yes! Even after doing lunges and being v sore I feel like I’m going to fall going down the stairs in my own house lol.
I’d much rather it be “you bewitch me body and soul” than smut ngl lmao (also both is good too, but if I had to pick ;))
I love Maas, that being said, her editor really needs to reign her in a bit more lol For the love...and I haven't even made it to this book yet
There’s a bonus story from A Court of Mist & Fury where Nesta & Cassian started to first talk to each other so I had a different perspective before starting A Court of Silver Flames. It’s a book that I simply vibed to and loved the journey & developments imo.
But is that not, like, an insane choice? They have a proper conversation in a bonus story which readers may or may not even know exists, and then just don't in the actual 750 page book?!?!
What is the bonus story? How do I find it? Sorry if it's a stupid question, this is literally my first book tube video I've ever watched. I'm trying to read more this year and fantasy is my FAVORITE. Im reading ACOTAR now.
@@jessicalilly5921 I don't have an answer to your question, but welcome to BookTube lol. Regan's channel is a lot of fun. Fantasy is my favorite, too, that and gay romances lol.
@@jessicalilly5921not a dumb question! It’s called “Wings and Embers”. If you google a ‘court of mist and fury cassian and nesta bonus chapter’ it should be the first one that pops up and you can read it for free. It’s pretty short and just Cassian and Nesta talking together alone for the first time but it does have spoilers so it’s best to read it whenever you finish ACOMAF.
Absolutely hated this book in the series, I loved Nesta but ended up feeling negative about the main ACOTAR cast which sort of ruined the original trilogy and makes me less excited about crescent city 3?
SJM is missing good editing in her latest books, because publishers know people will buy and read it no matter what, her books end up way too long and the plot is not as tightened up. This book reads like a first draft, it should've been 400 pages max and the sore character work and plot holes ironed out.
I'm also split on the emotional journey, like SJM googled healthy coping mechanisms but never thought to write therapy into her world building. Just make friendship bracelets and do breathing exercises guys. /s
I agree!! I felt this way with this book and CC2!
I skipped pretty much all smut scenes (because I hate them, especially SJM's) and, that way, I did kinda enjoy this book
Valid approach LOL
I do this too lol I find I skim over most of them and it makes everything better!
I wish they’d release non smut versions of popular books
I usually do this with ACOTAR. I’ll have to do the same for this book.
I loved this book but they made Fey & Rhys so unbearable in this book. It made me so angry that they made Fey pregnant so she’s “weak” and unable to support in anything. It was a cop out imo. I’m a SJM fan but did not like that choice. Like bish what… it’s 2024 and athletes are pregnant and running marathons you expect me to believe one of the strongest characters cannot use her abilities because she’s pregnant?! & Yes there are risky pregnancies that is possible but it felt like a cop out in this book
She’s super into gender essentialism so it’s not really surprising
My main issue with it was that it stole the baby storyline from Twilight, the ‘three items to conquer death’ from Harry Potter and the final part from the Hunger Games. Like girl come up with something original PLEASE
Hahhahahaha omg
Yes! Omg the Feyre/Rhys plot was HORRIBLE in this book! It doesn’t even fit with either of their personalities SJM built in the previous books. It drove me absolutely crazy. I was close to DNFing this book specifically for that reason. I assumed the lack of communication with Nesta and Cassian was because they’ve known each other for a good while at this point. The end feels SO sudden though. Like hate to insta love, it was jarring.
I think the whole point was that it was supposed to be how Nesta perceived them but idc I hated it!
I have to say that I really liked Nesta´s personal journey and the relationships with Gwyn and Emerie, BUT I admit there are some parts that are not really good....? Also, I want more Az and Gwen content please!!!!
Same girl, same. I felt like this book made me hate most of the characters and never want to read another in the series. SJM seems determined to up the smut factor with each book and it's not for me.
I feel like after ACOWAR sjm like fired her editor or something because her later books just feel bloated and overwritten in comparison to earlier works
Would love some of your slow burn recs if you have any!! I have been searching everywhere for something that makes me scream when their hands finally brush and have been having no luck!! I am reading Throne of Glass for the first time ever after being super disapointed with all the new SJM releases so fingers crossed the slow burn is there. Thank you so much for all your recs, you introduced me to Robin Hobb and Realm of the Elderlings is my favorite series of all time!!! ❤❤ Love your channel thankeee!!
Graceling + Fire by Kristen Cashore! The Reign and Ruin series by JD Evans! :)
Iconic vlog. Thank you for suffering for us. Totally agree on your thesis - bring back the slow burn!!
I feel so validated right now! I HATED this book back when I read it, I gave it one star, and it actually had very little to do with Nesta (whose journey and friendships I’d grown to really enjoy) and everything to do with Rhys being the biggest f*ckboy in fantasy. For YEARS I’ve felt insane cause no one has talked about the absolute violation of boundaries and autonomy in this book and I’m over here like “hello? If a real man pulled that shit we’d all riot!” As we rightfully should! I also realized that I’d just outgrown her stories and writing, and the parts I do enjoy I can just go find somewhere less toxic
What you say it's true, they rush everything and go from "hating" to just lovers. What happened to develop like Elorcan. These two were stretch out through the books, slowly unravelling their relationship.
I started reading acotar back in 2015 when I came across your channel for the first time. I absolutely loved those! I remember being so excited for this release after having waited so long for something to come out and as Throne of Glass was finishing up (I read the books as they were published alongside your reviews) When I read it, I was glued to it and very shocked at her writing (smut). Very conflicted as well after reading, whether I liked it or not. I felt like it was very overwhelming and took away from Nesta’s redemption arc. But also at the same time, they (Nesta and Cassian) had been so worked up over the course of the original books that instead of giving us a little bit here and there and being sweet/sensitive about their connection (showing each other softness when Nesta is a hardass and Cassian is private) she’s practically just shoving it down our throats and it didn’t feel like, I as the reader, could connect with their story. I feel like it having been a couple of years since having read this, I’d most definitely say it’s not the best out of her writing. If I’m asked for a Sjm recommendation, hands down Throne of Glass over everything.
As I'm reading CC2 right now, Bryce is ... intolerable. This was so fun to watch, ty for the catch up on this book and for taking one for the team ;)
not me rewinding 4 times being like who the hell is freya 😭
This vlog was everything! When I read the ACOTAR trilogy, Nesta and Cassian were my favourites, so I was excited for Nesta to get her own book. I wanted a proper romance between them, but oh boy was I disappointed. I felt exactly like you did and this vlog spoke to me! I completely agree that we need more slow burn romances with lingering gazes, accicental touching and all that cute stuff.
I'm not a big smutty smoot fan, so I gave up on this book pretty quick and then just watched a breakdown of the plot here on RUclips and called it a day.
Your thoughts on this book, and also hearing how much of a downer it is to live in Nesta's head, is exactly why I read the whole series except for this book. I've heard about so many problematic things with it. Your review is appreciated!
Yes! Being back slow burn romances! ❤️
This simultaneously made me want to read this series and never go back to it 😂 I read ACOTAR when it came out & never continued, but the romantasy girlies are drawing me back in 😂
What I took away from this is that 90% of the smut could've been cut and a step up with the romance writing and this could've been better. Stopped reading SJM after the finale of ACOTAR and never even completed Throne of Glass. I've been wanting to reread TOG to complete it but idk if i can do it 😅
I really love your new hair color, its such a pretty color and it looks really nice on you. Its a keeper, super flattering!!!
I love this series so much and the ending of this book was amazing but I eventually had to just skip all the smut scenes because omg it was too much
Two of the authors I probably would never read are Sarah J Maas and Colleen Hoover [for now], but I love watching reading vlogs about their books 😂
same, and also rebecca yarros
@@MarcelleLeiturasPreguicosas yes for me too! Romantasy is not a genre I'm interested in and Sarah J Maas and Rebecca Yarros seem to be the two most well-known authors in that genre.
I have to say this book was my favorite of the series. Hated the first book, loved the second, and was meh about the other two. But I LOVED the book. If only because of how Nesta and Cassian worked through their feelings because I lived through some of that emotional rollercoaster.
I love Nesta!!
This is almost exactly how I felt about each of the books!
Love to see Regan spiralling into madness
i took in a kitten that had kittens, and i was going to jokingly name them after all ACOTAR characters...except none of them acted like ACOTAR characters, except my little boy cassian. so now i have a cassian. and whenever somebody else says cassian, i'm like, my cat?? anyway, i thought the book was so fun and loved it in the moment, and i liked nesta's growth. but that was a year ago. idk how to feel about it now
I enjoyed my time with the book but I did not consider it romance in any way, it was 100% smut. I don't usually read that so it was a fun ride in that sense, but I would not actually consider it a good book. Predictable, exaggerated and in some ways just really really weird. the reading equivalent of trash TV but sometimes you need something that doesn't challenge you in any way. I read it about a year ago and honestly have forgotten about 95% of the plot already.
You are making me want to actually read this series... even if it's just for the lols.😂
Azriel is the only character I care about in this series anymore
the stairs thing is SO FUNNY honestly HAHAHAH
You're the first person I've seen that brought up the whole steps thing 😂 like girl, you're halfway down and you think it'd be easier to climb all the way back up than just...stumble all the way out of there?
You should look up the bonus chapter from Azriel's POV, since you said you are interested in Azriel and Gwyn!
The fact that there's still that much shade for CC2 all this time later. I'm here for it !!!!
Girl who are Freya and Rise
I think you grown out of SJM books it’s very hard to watch you read her
Exactly, like if anyone reads one or more books from an author they don’t care for then why bother?
Unironically love how at the end you’re wearing gray with copper hair while holding the gray and orange book 😂 it’s not the color combo that doesn’t work, is the boring art that just looks pasted on top an unfinished background!
I liked this book fine but definitely agree with the issues you had with it! I REALLY disliked Crescent City 2. I feel like I’m holding on to both these series because I just care about Azriel at this point and know I need to keep up to date until his book is released 😅
totally agree about this book but ngl i sat here for several minutes trying to figure out who rice and freya were 😂
In a contemporary romance Azriel would most definitely ride a motorcycle and have a double life as an assassin for a secret branch of the government, but once you’d get to know him he’s actually a big sweetie. And he can totally cook
Never been tempted to read these books. But glad to know I’m not missing much 😂
I feel like the Falling Kingdoms series had one of the best slow burn enemies to lovers romance
That’s one of my favorite series! I agree. Love Cleo and Magnus. ❤
I need more info about Eris. Like he was one of the most interesting character in that book!!!
I totally agree with what you said! However… I think I’m an outlier when I say I hate enemies to lovers. It’s predictable and sometimes the writer does the enemies part so well that it seems unrealistic for the two to find love at the end. But I agree, Nesta and Casian seem more like a situationship than actual lovers. The best part of the book was the ending for sure!
i need your “oh! OH! oh. uhhhh” review at 36:01 to be clipped 😂😂
I agree with Azriel!! Especially the breakfast scene, like can the man at least enjoy some bacon or something before the "scent" hits him 😂
I’ve put this one off because it’s huge and it’s always a long wait at the library. After watching your vlog I am intrigued, but also definitely not in a hurry to pick it up
I LOVE listening to your thoughts on Cassian and Nesta, I feel like I’m gossiping with a friend 😭 it was the “they hook up or whatever… like WHAT, whatever” it’s cracking me up
This book is so insanely bad it’s almost comic. Like it’s just such a mess. Rhysand and Feyre also really had me on my last leg in this book, Rhys especially they were at their worst 😭.
Yep totally agree with you I'm glad I'm not the only person who didn't like this book
I think we need to stop using the term ‘bad’… books are so subjective - it’s not a ‘bad’ book, you just didn’t enjoy it/the writing (which is obviously fine), but using ‘insanely bad’ just puts others down for enjoying it.
@@L1lijan No the book is bad. There is an object truth to that, her sentences are poorly rendered, her characters lack the proper depth for the narrative she is trying to tell, the plotting and pacing suffer from a genuine lack of direction. If YOU feel bad because of that the onus is on you. The book is bad by nearly every metric. That’s fine. You can enjoy it, I, like everyone enjoy things that have genuine structural and compositional issues. Tying your own worth to what someone feels about or the critiques made of something is an issue you’d need to work out personally, because that’s a bit alarming.
Firstly, I was just saying that maybe we could come up with a different adjective to ‘bad’, so no need to compose an essay. Everything you’ve listed about the book is once again, subjective - I personally disagree with the characters ‘lacking proper depth’, but once again we’ve all got our own opinions. No need to be ‘alarmed’ by my comment 😊
@@dreferre21i just think you're being mean for no reason and the other user made a valid point. there's no "objective truth" or "metrics" in art and i think an issue YOU need to work on is needing to push down other people to make yourself seem smarter or more knowledgeable on a topic. if you didn't like the book you can just move on
Silver Flames was just so much for me. I was thinking I should probably reread it before CC3 but I just don’t think I can.
acosf wasnt for me. i didn't like how all of a sudden it was filled with soooo much steamy scenes.. and even though people warned me that this was more of a character driven book, i still didn't enjoy it. i think i gave it 3-3.5/5 because i liked some of the things with nesta and her new circle of friends. but rhys in this book?????????? who the hell was that? because that wasn't him for sure !!! lol hated him so much in this
i'm excited to read a book about az :) and gwyn! pretty please
Slow burn has been ignored these days in romance and it’s such a bummer. Finding a book that has a slow paced romance has been so difficult!
This was so entertaining 😆 I am so happy you said that all the men in this book blend together because I noticed that in Mist and Fury 😅 Rhys = arrogant and broody, Cassian = arrogant, Azriel = broody. Also the stair thing drives me crazy! 😂 so bizarre. I feel so seen right now. PS your red hair looks amazing 😍
I kinda think that just because you're getting one trope doesn't mean you'd get another one as well for X Y Z reasons but miscommunication is a craptastic thing in books and slow burn and the build up omg need more
lol I loved Clays lunch dish being taken away so fast. I would be the same “I’m taking this now”
Someone on ACOTAR Reddit said “ACOSF feels like smut plus a fitness vlog” and I can never get that description out of my mind 😂 agreed with you here- ACOSF was hard to get through
I’m crying lol
I’m so glad you made this vlog because I am NEVER going to read that book after rating the ACOFAS 2 stars, but I still wanted to know the tea
This video came out just as I was finishing ACOSF too! I completelyyyy agree with you about the ending. Would have loved more of the action/adventure in part 4 throughout the whole book. Also agree that part of what I loved about ACOMAF so much was the slower burn and I wanted more of that here too
I am a Nesta girly, I like her more than the other characters that have been expanded on the in SJM universe (very interested to see if a full Azriel novel will ever come out and if that will change my view), but you are right. There is no real communication between Cassian and Nesta, and as I'm rereading the ACOTAR series for the CC3 release, there really hasn't been, ever. Silver Flames was really just smut fan service, with plot for the Maas Multiverse dropped in an obvious way.
I will never understand why someone would describe 20 degrees as 'freezing' 😂❤️ I feel blessed when it's 20 degrees in the Netherlands and everyone is wearing summer dresses/shorts
20 degrees F! That’s like -6 C
I loved Nestas journey in this but do agree with your points about the romance not being built 😅
Also Rhysand annoyed me sooo much in this book
You wrapped up everything I’ve been feeling about most Romantasy books lately.
I feel like the Veronica Speedwell series is right for you! It's a really slow burn
Yes! She should read that series. I think she would really like it.
@@joylynn0620 Yeah! I thought I didn't like romance and I'm HOOKED
A court of Sliver flames was so good I love this series so much! Main character is amazing and beautifully written 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵📚📙📙📙📖📖📙📙📙📖📖📖📙📖📖📙📙📙📖📙📙📖📖📙📙📙📖📖📙📙📖📖📖📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📖📙📙📖📚📚
Azriel has been my favorite since day 1 justice for AZRIEL
Petition to buy Azriel a house. 😆
First of all, thank you for a hilarious video. You have captured, on screen, the essence of reading SJM's books.
I think the general opinion of Maas's books lately is that they are just way too long. I don't know what happened to her editor, but somebody needs to cut down the material. Another thing is the weird "character-plot twists" where we really start to hate characters we used to like. I absolutely hated the entire subplot of Feyre's pregnancy and genuinely think it's not really in line with the character who wanted to see the world and be a high lady to suddenly decide to have kids - immediately - and kind of lose all of her other ambitions and goals.
Nesta and Cassian's romance was weak. You are completely right - there was no substance to it and it was difficult to root for them. Still, Nesta remains one of my favourite characters.
All in all - cannot wait to see you read next books in ACOTAR series😉
I think Nesta may have weak knees! XD Because if you have weak knees, going down can actually be more painful. I know the pain firsthand as my left knee is very sensitive and going down when trekking in the mountains can be tough.
I liked the first 3 ACOTAR books but had to force myself to wade through Frost and Starlight which was a complete waste of time and I eventually dnf’d Silver Flames about half way through. Needless to say I won’t be bothering to read any more of this series.
Your reading vlogs bring me so much joy! 😊
I always get excited when i see something maine related in a video! Your cup at the start of video!
100% agree with everything you’ve said in this vlog! Loved the main plot but didn’t feel there was any chemistry between Nesta and Cassian 🤷🏼♀️
obsessed with your red hair 🍒🧣 it’s wild to me how hit or miss SJM is for me! ToG is one of my favorite series but ACOTAR wasn’t for me. the books read like a 500+ page unedited brain dump of fantasy concepts with an emphasis on smut rather than intentional or expansive storytelling.
many book girlies enjoy that so I respect the niche it serves but its not for me!
as you said, I love slow burn and need to FEEL the chemistry between characters to feel the stakes of the tension and enjoy the intimacy (emotional and physical!) that much more.
Reagan, you need to read the fan-fiction Manacled. That’s a true enemies to lovers. Intense. Hard topics.
The stairs thing was so confusing until i saw a quote from the book describing each stair as a FOOT HIGH! That would be so brutal going down 💀. But yeah, if she's exhausted going down, how much worse would it be going up???
Totally agree with bring back slow burn!
I love your commentary in all your reading vlogs 😂 And I must know...do you sleep with necklaces and bracelets on?! How?!
I like the orange and gray colour scheme for this book HOWEVER I hate that every fan made cover I see online is so much better than the actual cover AND all the foreign language editions have much better covers that match the old ones! And the fan made editions and loot box editions are so much more expensive I can't justify it lol.
Omg, I can so relate to what you say about slow burns! Especially the enemies to lovers trope - like.. if you hate someone it takes a damn long time to change that perspective. That was my issue with A Dawn of Onyx, no character development and wat too fast paced romance. Although, I did very much like Fourth Wing you are right. The MC's were never enemies. BRING BACK SLOW BURNS! 🔥
This sounds awful. I also liked Nesta, but everything I heard about it... I was like no. Now watching you, who seemed excited for it, hating it, confirms my decision not to read it. You and I have the same thoughts regarding romance/smut. I need build up. I need slow burn. I don't need filth. At least not... like THIS.
Slow burn doesn’t exist anymore. It’s just straight to smut and I hate it. I need tension, I need small moments that have impact, I need ROMANCE!!!!