Congratulations to Sadie and Ed!!! Your proposal video at the ruins gave me a huge smile! Also, Bloodsworn is an excellent choice for favorite fantasy series of all time.
Huge congratulations to you both and it was brilliant to capture it on camera! I have just finished book 2 of acotar and loved it. Nice to see Sadie as well 😊
Major congrats again on the engagement, the love and joy just radiates off you two 🤩 Can't wait to read the finale to Bloodsworn, I have no doubts that it's as amazing as you guys are promising it is. And love to hear your brutally honest take on The Way of Kings. I am currently rereading it and having a blast, but I can totally see where you are coming from with your critiques. Sanderson has a style and if it's not jiving with you, then it's a slog for sure. As for The Grace of Kings though... PLEASE do yourself a favour and try book 2 because that is completely different and shares a lot of the best things of Shauna Lawless and even Abercrombie's writing, especially in characterization. Also, can't wait to hear your thoughts on ACOTAR. Sadie has brilliant taste, that last book is so addictive and has some of the best mental health exploration I have read in romantasy. I LOOOOVE those characters. Cheers 🥰
Congratulations Ed and Sadie!🎉 so happy for you both. Enjoying the format of this video too! Even though it's weird seeing you both apart 😂 I neeed to get to Shauna Lawless asap! I also have to get to Dungeon Crawler Carl because cats. I love that you had to cheer yourself up with Abercrombie Ed 😂
Yessssssssss welcome to the Dungeon Crawler Carl fandom!!! The best is yet to come for you too, since I think Dinniman needed a few books to really hit his stride with it all. The Dandelion Dynasty reads so different from his short stories, and this series didn’t fully click with me either and I likely think you would not love the next books in the series either. Can’t wait to read more Gemmell books past the Drenai series. Congrats on the engagement 💪
@@thebrothersgwynne it’s a close race between bks 4-6!! I think Gate of the Feral Gods might’ve been my favorite on first read and Eye of the Bedlam Bride my favorite on reread, but catch me on another day and the Butcher’s Masquerade will be my favorite of the bunch! The cool thing is I’m pretty sure the best is yet to come 💪
Congrats on the engagement! I said this in another video, but thank you so much for introducing me to The Rigante. Since you posted about it in one of your other recent videos, I've been devouring the series. Almost finished with book 2. This is shaping up to be one of my all time favorite series at this pace and I know it's one I'll go back to for many re-reads. So thank you again!
Don’t worry Ed I read ACOTAR with my wife I enjoyed them for what they are not being a big romance fan. A recommendation for Sadie, I read the Shepard king duology with my wife as well and that one is really really good. It is a romantasy!
I love seeing these couple romantasy read alongs! Thank you so much for the recommendation, I’ve actually just finished the first one and really loved it!
Sadie I'm telling you - Throne of Glass is way better than the ACOTAR series. You must give it a go! I know people think it won't be good b/c it's YA, but it's really well done. Also I think TOG appeals more to guys than ACOTAR. If I can get a Patterson/Baldacci-reading guy in his 60s to read the whole series willingly, that should lend some credence to my opinion 😄
I really need to get into the Blacktongue books for sure! Yesssss Silver Flames was great!! Sjm is supposed to be writing an Elaine book at some point? Have you read her other works or just ACOTAR Sadie? I would recommend checking out book two in the Dandelion Dynasty as it reads completely different. Love this video and seeing you guys so hyped about your engagement is adorable! Congrats again! Hope Uni is going well Will! ❤️
I have heard some rumours about another ACOTAR book.. I really hope it’s true! That’s the only SJM I’ve read but definitely want to read some more. Have you read TOG Faye? Aww ☺️ Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️
@@mercedes_hall I’ve read everything except the newest Crescent City because I’m waiting for the paperback! Personally I like TOG more because it’s more fantastical but the romance in ACOTAR is unparalleled. I’m not as sure about Crescent City, book one was good, book 2 not so much. But I need to read 3 because of something big that happens. I love the “cover of ACOSF” 😉 absolutely gorgeous! He did good 🤩
@@bookschocaholic that’s good to know, thanks Faye. I’ve heard that there’s two different orders to read TOG?! What one did you start with? 😂 🤣thank you. He did very, very good. He’s a clever man 🤍
@@mercedes_hall I started with Throne of glass. Personally I’d recommend leaving Assassin’s Blade (the other one you can start with) until the end or at least until after Tower of Dawn.
I dnf’d Way of Kings & Grace of Kings too so you are not alone! I just started Boudica 3: Dreaming the Hound and Grace by Paul Lynch. I also just discovered Stephen Graham Jones who has a very unique voice / writing style that I just love!! I agree you need to read the novellas before The Land of the Living & the Dead but I did not as I can not read an ebook. The publishers in this case committed age discrimination. I knew I was missing the novellas when I was reading book 3. I think the second book was 100 times better than the last book, the way way way ending to me was really horrible, like a fiery car crash after a scenic drive.
Congratulations!!!....LOL...silly me thought you two were already married 😅....by the way, do you need to read the two prior Gemmel books, or can you just read Ravenheart as is?
Congratulations Ed and Sadie!😊 A shame you didn’t get into «Grace of Kings», Will, my personal favorite in the series, but I am an outlier among fans of the series, with book #2, «Wall of Storms» as the favorite by many more! And currently reading «Midnight Falcon»! Will, very interested to get to «The Black Tongue Thief» and «The Daughter’s War» next year! In September I read three Rosemary Sutcliffe novels: 2 YA Historical Fiction Novels, «The Silver Branch» & «The Lantern Bearers» (set in Ancient Britain during the Late Roman and the Roman Withdrawal & Saxon Invasions, respectively) and an Arthurian Historical Fiction novel, «Sword at Sunset», all loosely connectied to each other following a family over generations, with the POV character of «The Lantern Bearers» as a mentor figure and his son one of Arthur’s companions in «Sword at Sunset». I also finished «Sword in the Storm» («Rigante» series #1) by David Gemmell (S&S/Heroic Fantasy, inspired by Celtic Britain and the Roman Invasions), «The Eternal Champion» Trilogy Omnibus by Michael Moorcock (Multiverse S&S/(Anti-?)Heroic Fantasy) and «Lustrum» (US: «Conspirata», «Cicero»-Trilogy #2) by Robert Harris (Historical Fiction about the Roman Statesman, either that one or «Sword in the Storm» might be my Book of the Month)! Cheers!
Congratulations to Sadie and Ed!!! Your proposal video at the ruins gave me a huge smile! Also, Bloodsworn is an excellent choice for favorite fantasy series of all time.
Thanks so much Philip! I thought you'd appreciate the ruins.
Ed
Thank you Philip! It gave me a huge smile too … after all of the tears!
Sadie
@@mercedes_hall Someday Iris will probably watch that video, and my guess is that she will treasure it!
@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy oh my word you’ve just started the tears again! What a lovely thought, thank you.
Huge congratulations to you both and it was brilliant to capture it on camera!
I have just finished book 2 of acotar and loved it.
Nice to see Sadie as well 😊
So glad you’re enjoying the series! Ed is reading book 2 this month…..
Major congrats again on the engagement, the love and joy just radiates off you two 🤩
Can't wait to read the finale to Bloodsworn, I have no doubts that it's as amazing as you guys are promising it is. And love to hear your brutally honest take on The Way of Kings. I am currently rereading it and having a blast, but I can totally see where you are coming from with your critiques. Sanderson has a style and if it's not jiving with you, then it's a slog for sure.
As for The Grace of Kings though... PLEASE do yourself a favour and try book 2 because that is completely different and shares a lot of the best things of Shauna Lawless and even Abercrombie's writing, especially in characterization.
Also, can't wait to hear your thoughts on ACOTAR. Sadie has brilliant taste, that last book is so addictive and has some of the best mental health exploration I have read in romantasy. I LOOOOVE those characters. Cheers 🥰
SUPER happy for you brotha! I just got married myself and life is just better and easier as a team. Im burning through Malice its so GOOOD
Congratulations to you both. Love is in the air ❤❤❤❤
Congratulations on the engagement! You all read some great books this month.
Congratulations Ed and Sadie!🎉 so happy for you both.
Enjoying the format of this video too! Even though it's weird seeing you both apart 😂
I neeed to get to Shauna Lawless asap! I also have to get to Dungeon Crawler Carl because cats. I love that you had to cheer yourself up with Abercrombie Ed 😂
Congratulations! So thrilled for you two.
Amazing news Sadie and Ed! Plus also a great reading month. Can’t wait to read Fury!
A huge congratulations to you both. That's amazing.
Congrats on the engagement! You guys are such a great family!
Really appreciate that 😊
Congratulations Ed and Sadie!!! You two seem like such wonderful people! And I'm glad you've all been having such great reads as well!
Thank you so much! Thats such a lovely thing to say. 😊
Sadie
Congratulations you two!
Congratulations! 😍
Awwwwww 💜 Well done, B. Ed!! Very excited for you guys 😊 I really want to read the Ken Liu quartet as well. It's been on my shelf for way too long.
Thank you O. Ed! Hope you love Grace of Kings more than I did!
Ed
congratulations on the engagement Ed!! I follow you and Will on Goodreads and was just wondering, does Sadie have a public profile as well?
Congratulations on the engagement! I’m waiting for Fury of the Gods to be delivered today and will be diving in straight away!
It is so awesome!!! Hope you love The Fury of the Gods :). It is an epic conclusion...
Will
Yessssssssss welcome to the Dungeon Crawler Carl fandom!!! The best is yet to come for you too, since I think Dinniman needed a few books to really hit his stride with it all.
The Dandelion Dynasty reads so different from his short stories, and this series didn’t fully click with me either and I likely think you would not love the next books in the series either.
Can’t wait to read more Gemmell books past the Drenai series.
Congrats on the engagement 💪
What is your favourite Dungeon Crawler Carl instalment so far :)?
You need to pick up Rigante by Gemmell!
Will
@@thebrothersgwynne it’s a close race between bks 4-6!! I think Gate of the Feral Gods might’ve been my favorite on first read and Eye of the Bedlam Bride my favorite on reread, but catch me on another day and the Butcher’s Masquerade will be my favorite of the bunch! The cool thing is I’m pretty sure the best is yet to come 💪
Congratulations!!! All the Best for you two!!!
Thank you!
Ed
Congrats on the engagement! I said this in another video, but thank you so much for introducing me to The Rigante. Since you posted about it in one of your other recent videos, I've been devouring the series. Almost finished with book 2. This is shaping up to be one of my all time favorite series at this pace and I know it's one I'll go back to for many re-reads. So thank you again!
Congratulations on your engagement! I've been reading The Fury of the Gods and absolutely loving it. Sounds like you read some good books too!
Thank you! So glad you're loving Fury.
Ed
@thegreatwaugh jealous, still need to wait 2 days 😫. Just to clarify im waiting for the book not an engagement from Ed 😅
@@Lezzyboy87 Barnes & Noble had it out early, so I’ve been reading for a few days now!
@thegreatwaugh im over in europe so I'm waiting for my local store to have one shipped over, gotta keep the book stores in business and all that
Congratulations Ed!
Cheers Michael!
Ed
Congratulations Ed and Sadie for the engagement,very happy for both of you.
Thank you! ☺️
🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
I like that because of the banality of the way of kings you had to revive yourself with a joe abercrombie book 😂
It really worked! 😂
Ed
Congratulations! 🖤
Thank you!
Ed
Congrats guys ❤
Cheers mate!
Ed
Don’t worry Ed I read ACOTAR with my wife I enjoyed them for what they are not being a big romance fan. A recommendation for Sadie, I read the Shepard king duology with my wife as well and that one is really really good. It is a romantasy!
I love seeing these couple romantasy read alongs! Thank you so much for the recommendation, I’ve actually just finished the first one and really loved it!
@@mercedes_hall oh great! The second one is even better in my opinion. I loved every part of those two books maybe even more than my wife HA!
@@masonstone4858 haha! I’m halfway through the second and think it’s great! Thank you for sharing.
Sadie
Congratulations on the engagement!
Thank you!
Sadie 😊
Wow! This is a Gwynne-Gwynne situation! ;)
(Sorry, I'll see myself out!)
Congratulations, you two! May God richly bless and favor your union!
😂 love it.
Thank you so much 😊
Sadie
Sadie I'm telling you - Throne of Glass is way better than the ACOTAR series. You must give it a go! I know people think it won't be good b/c it's YA, but it's really well done. Also I think TOG appeals more to guys than ACOTAR. If I can get a Patterson/Baldacci-reading guy in his 60s to read the whole series willingly, that should lend some credence to my opinion 😄
Hahaaa I love this! After your comment I will definitely be reading TOG very soon - thank you!
Sadie
congratulations!!
Thanks Kelly!
Ed
I really need to get into the Blacktongue books for sure! Yesssss Silver Flames was great!! Sjm is supposed to be writing an Elaine book at some point? Have you read her other works or just ACOTAR Sadie? I would recommend checking out book two in the Dandelion Dynasty as it reads completely different. Love this video and seeing you guys so hyped about your engagement is adorable! Congrats again! Hope Uni is going well Will! ❤️
I have heard some rumours about another ACOTAR book.. I really hope it’s true! That’s the only SJM I’ve read but definitely want to read some more. Have you read TOG Faye?
Aww ☺️ Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️
@@mercedes_hall I’ve read everything except the newest Crescent City because I’m waiting for the paperback! Personally I like TOG more because it’s more fantastical but the romance in ACOTAR is unparalleled. I’m not as sure about Crescent City, book one was good, book 2 not so much. But I need to read 3 because of something big that happens.
I love the “cover of ACOSF” 😉 absolutely gorgeous! He did good 🤩
@@bookschocaholic that’s good to know, thanks Faye. I’ve heard that there’s two different orders to read TOG?! What one did you start with?
😂 🤣thank you. He did very, very good. He’s a clever man 🤍
@@mercedes_hall I started with Throne of glass. Personally I’d recommend leaving Assassin’s Blade (the other one you can start with) until the end or at least until after Tower of Dawn.
@@bookschocaholic oh interesting. Well I trust your reading recommendations so will be doing the same. Thank you
Congratulations!
Thank you!
Ed
I dnf’d Way of Kings & Grace of Kings too so you are not alone!
I just started Boudica 3: Dreaming the Hound and Grace by Paul Lynch. I also just discovered Stephen Graham Jones who has a very unique voice / writing style that I just love!!
I agree you need to read the novellas before The Land of the Living & the Dead but I did not as I can not read an ebook. The publishers in this case committed age discrimination. I knew I was missing the novellas when I was reading book 3. I think the second book was 100 times better than the last book, the way way way ending to me was really horrible, like a fiery car crash after a scenic drive.
I am very much looking forward to reading The Rigante series. There should be a few of us on Discord reading it soon.
Blown away by the series. Hoping you love it!
Ed
Congratulations
Cheers!
Ed
Congratulations!!!....LOL...silly me thought you two were already married 😅....by the way, do you need to read the two prior Gemmel books, or can you just read Ravenheart as is?
Congratulations Ed and Sadie!😊
A shame you didn’t get into «Grace of Kings», Will, my personal favorite in the series, but I am an outlier among fans of the series, with book #2, «Wall of Storms» as the favorite by many more! And currently reading «Midnight Falcon»!
Will, very interested to get to «The Black Tongue Thief» and «The Daughter’s War» next year!
In September I read three Rosemary Sutcliffe novels: 2 YA Historical Fiction Novels, «The Silver Branch» & «The Lantern Bearers» (set in Ancient Britain during the Late Roman and the Roman Withdrawal & Saxon Invasions, respectively) and an Arthurian Historical Fiction novel, «Sword at Sunset», all loosely connectied to each other following a family over generations, with the POV character of «The Lantern Bearers» as a mentor figure and his son one of Arthur’s companions in «Sword at Sunset». I also finished «Sword in the Storm» («Rigante» series #1) by David Gemmell (S&S/Heroic Fantasy, inspired by Celtic Britain and the Roman Invasions), «The Eternal Champion» Trilogy Omnibus by Michael Moorcock (Multiverse S&S/(Anti-?)Heroic Fantasy) and «Lustrum» (US: «Conspirata», «Cicero»-Trilogy #2) by Robert Harris (Historical Fiction about the Roman Statesman, either that one or «Sword in the Storm» might be my Book of the Month)! Cheers!
Did you finish The Golden Age arc of Berserk?
Of course! I couldn't stop reading.
Ed
@@thebrothersgwynne You gotta continue!!