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365 days broke amanda to the point that she's looking at a list of unhealthy relationship romances from booktube
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I need an audio book narrated with Amanda’s sarcasm and disgust hahaha
Take my money! Make this a reality! Lol
Now there's an idea, but I would worry about the damage to her mental health.
It’s close, I’m pretty sure Aubrey Plaza has recorded some audiobooks.
“He’s a very growly boy.”
I will say that despite anything, I do appreciate how Lucien and Feyre aren't romantic love interests in the slightest. Pure platonic friendship. Most YA books don't really do that. Either all the boys would totally bang and love the female lead or the side men are in a relationship already or gay. So it was nice to read Lucien (Single, straight, and attractive male) and Feyre (Our female lead) just be broing around at the speed of sound ♥
These are actually being remarketed as more adult now afaik ... make of that what you will.
I feel like SJM created a male platonic relationship here in response to her Throne of Glass series' biggest criticism: That pretty much every guy the female MC meets is madly in love with her, at some point. It's particularly obnoxious in ToG.
@@kaitpaquette9996 ToG truly puts all self inserts fics to shame but i love how the author and books lack self awareness
She defiantly gets around that in later books to a degree
Yes!!! Just more friendships in general in books please! And I don’t need a heroin who everyone falls in love with!!
When you called Rhysand a "little weirdo" I legit died laughing. Ohhhhhh, I'm so excited for you to keep reading. Like like like.
That was my favorite part! Haha
One of my biggest gripes with this series is that it's to faerie lore what Twilight is to vampire lore. The traditional faerie mythos is so interesting and complex (a way better use of it is in Holly Black's Folk of the Air series), and since the world map is just slapped on top of the UK I expected a ton of Gaelic and Celtic folklore, but this book is just "they're really hot and have pointy ears and they're very very mean 😔"
Edit: Didn't expect this to blow up but I'd also recommend the 13 Treasures trilogy, it is for a younger audience (10-14ish) but the lore in those books is extensive and surprisingly intense
Another really interesting use of faerie lore is the October Daye novels, they put it in San Fransisco and are super interesting
Wholeheartedly agree. It has some interesting plot points but since they don’t ever get properly developed, it leaves a lot to be desired. Maybe those plot points are leading to connections with her other stories since it seems this is like the authors MCU, but I just can’t with her writing half the time.
Why'd they have to make Ireland the home of the evil, torture faeries? Haven't they been through enough? (Also, did anyone else immediately recognize the name Tamlin?)
You hit the nail on the head with that one oh my god
I know, right? That’s what I was thinking. I think the story would’ve been much more compelling if it was about an older sibling looking for their younger brother, sister, or a friend who had been lured away and stolen by fairies. Then they could add in the fact she’s the sole earner in the family but is also the only person who can go looking for their loved one, so she tries to make her search successful but as short as possible. Then maybe when she finds the person they’re actually happy where they are. They could have her fall in love with anyone on the road, even someone who lives just outside the fairy realm. But please no hot, sexualised fairies.
Oh god, oh no, she really described Tamlin as "The mostly polite, stable, non abusive" between him and Lucían, oh god
Lol, spoiler alert😂
To be fair, from what I understand wasn’t it basically a character assassination the way Tamlin got turned into an abusive prick out of nowhere between the two books? I mean yes, I’d expect a captor to be abusive, but doesn’t he not act even remotely like that in the first book? Phrasing these as questions because I’ve not read ACOTAR and don’t particularly want to 😂 So hey Amanda’s got a good excuse for not picking up on that if it wasn’t even there to find
@@petloverspy Basically yes lol
@@petloverspy I mean, I've read them I however horrified I was from his behavior, I didn't found it shoking. The abuse came from neglect, not direct agression. He ignored what they were all going through in an attempt to forget and "help" Feyra rest and recover from what she experienced. The problem was, in doing so he also started ignoring her, her questions, opinions and most pf all, her needs. The biggest example I could think of this particular attitude is shown at the beggining of the second book. Feyra wakes up from a nightmare, has a short of panik attac and ends up puking in the bathroom. Thurought all of this (and we are told it happens almost every night) Tamlin doesnt move from his bed. He doesnt try to calm her, console her or ever hold her as she pukes. That is neglect.
And however rough se mayor find it, it matches his behavior of evasion.
The other side of thinks comes in the shape of loss of control due to a rage that was out of proportion with the situation. With Feyra begging (pretty bad that she has to come to a begging point with his lover, bit then again, in her eyes, and in Tamlins eyes, they two were never trully equals) him to cool down on the sequrity, on the number of guards that follow her and the fack that her every move is traced and monitored ( and therefore, allowed by him). He explodes. In rage. Absurd, and a way to change her mind from the topic, because he has no real tesón to be this protetictive, (he insist that all is right, yet has all this securitty on her).
Big point here, that rage would have resulted in Feyra being injured (he destroyed the whole room they were in), has she not being able to shield herself with magic.
First instance of "direct" abuse.
And the the big one comes when she lokes her into the house. Phisically traps her, wereas everyone el se can still come and go as they please. This was done because Feyra was (again) begging him to take her with him, to fight, to help, to do something, because so far Tamlin has triwd to keep her as a throphy.
And because of the events Under the mountain, Feyra developed a fear of closed spaced and captivitty.
So, overall pretty shitti behavior, and yet, I don't personally think it was such a draatic change, considering we never acctually get to know a person (say Tamlin) until you've seen them at their lowes, as well as their highest
@@valvalval22 but Tamlin also suffered from trauma yet it gets ignored and he is turned into the bad guy. Everything you said for example doesn’t happen until the second book so, it doesn’t explain his character assassination. My theory, and some people would call it fact is that the author wanted freya and rhysand to become canon and was afraid of the backlash if Freya simply dumped Tamlin and moved on to someone else. Personally I think that could have been handled differently, Tamlin and Freya break up because they find that they have to much to deal with that they aren’t in a mental space to be in a relationship. Idk
Thank you for your constant sacrifice. We are not worthy. My best friend and I keep saying that we will read this series as a joke and we always chicken out because we don't want to commit lol
definitely read it. better yet, find a friend who HAS read the entire series and vent to her as you read. I bet you she'll love it
I gotta say I read it thinking I was going to hate read it but I actually secretly totally love it and read the whole series lol. it’s not as bad as people say! the plot is intricate and if you can suspend your disbelief to go with a high fantasy, it’s a fun and romantic ride
Watch either with Cindy or caryreads they have (very long) videos on it that are good and funny
*** cari can read, sorry!
@@tiffanymoton704 I read the entire series and I need to ask. What plot? Genuinely where's the plot?
It's been 5 months Amanda, you NEED to read the second book. Or better yet, the entire rest of the series.
Like, the loop you'll be thrown for! I feel like the analysis videos you'd make on this series will be as golden as the Twilight, 365 Days, After and Beautiful Disaster ones.
It's been 7 months, the second is even
*WORSE*
Except, 12 year old kiddies with underdeveloped frontal cortex are INCAPABLE of analytical reasoning 😂
@@melg6834 personally I feel they're all horrible, but that will make for a very entertaining analysis by Amanda.
My mom got this book on tape for when my parents and I were driving to college for my freshman year. She knew nothing of the content, and when it got to the first sex scene I've never seen her turn something off so fast 😅
This is amazing 😂😂
🤣🤣🤣
The sex in this book is SO weird. It's still trying to be YA, so it's simultaneously super vague and very explicit. Very unsexy though.
My issue was the lack of sex. I mean the world building took forever.
first sex scene? u mean only sex scene. there was 1. or did i get an abridged version?
Not only does the mom put all the responsibility on an 11 year old but she even had older siblings haha
LOL they must truly be useless.
IT IS such BS . . . 😂
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Leave a like on the video if you want part 2!
Please read The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
it's great
A perfect likeness; well done!
A master piece
You should be very poud. 💜
As someone who has read all of these books, and have enjoyed all the cringey moments, I am so excited to see how Amanda reacts to the rest of the series. This is going to be good.
It gets only worse, so Amanda is ON POINT
sameee
Tamlin, Lucien, and Rhys is also just the three stages of Howl from Howls moving castle. Tamlin is the golden haired version, Lucien is the red haired version when Sophie messes with his bath potions, and Rhys is the black haired version, mystery and all.
Ah, would that this author were as competent as Miyazaki or Jones, though… 😔
Only that Howl is a decent man who would never do the toxic shit from these books.
I find it funny, but also I'm just mildly insulted because I love howl and I hate these books xD like both the book and the movie are much better quality and better written characters. Sophie *does* things, even when she's being meek and mild and has a quieter personality.
@@strawberryfox8819 With respect, no, he's not 😂 he sucks as a love interest. But in a normal bad-boyfriend way, not in an abusive one.
@@elafimilo8199 Oh definitely, hence why I said decent. Personally, I think he's a decent person, but I would most definitely put him at/near the bottom of Ghibli male love interests. Still, he's nowhere near as horrible as the male love interests in this series.
Watching people react to this series and slowly going mad is always so **chef's kiss**
I'm normally too shy to comment, but this video overruled my usual social anxiety because I'm so surprised you read this of all books! My sister loves this series (I still love her in spite of this) so it was fun to see your take on it! Love all your vids and hope you'll stay mostly okay for a long time to come :)
Hey thanks so much for leaving the comment! I'm always glad when people love books even if they're not 100% my cup of tea cause reading is neat
No need to be shy here! It's a good community :)
LOL i feel the same way about my sister cause this is her fav book series
My younger sister is suuuuuuper obsessed with this series!! She keeps trying to get me to read it 🤣😭 I just might so I can mess with her.
read this book recently for funsies and one of the things I couldn’t get over was how lucien kept getting punished for everyone’s bullshit 😭 tamlin and feyre had no chemistry, it felt like i was told rather than shown, so it felt like it came out of nowhere even though it was to be expected
It makes sense if you read the second book.
So…this person had full control over the design of the fictional country and they decided to make it look like the UK mainland and Ireland…
Also, about the living in the hill thing, that’s a main theme in folklore for where fairies live.
Love the video Amanda. Thank you for your noble sacrifice. ❤
First thing I thought when I saw the map. Like with Game of thrones. You can immediately tell an other is prob white if they model there world after the UK.
@@iciajay6891 lol there are white people outside the UK too yknow. Even outside the anglo sphere.
@@elpatator I mean duh? It is a thing that ppl us the UK to model there fictional worlds.
This is probably going to get me a lot of hate from SJM fans but am I the only one who's a bit uncomfortable that she made the evil fairy's land Ireland while most of the good fairies are from England. I'm pretty sure it was unintentional but that's a pretty uncomfortable oversight if you know the history of how England has treated the Irish.
@@masonallen3961 oh, that’s really uncomfortable. I haven’t read the series at all so I didn’t know that. I’m Scottish myself. While it won’t be exactly the same as Ireland’s history with England, we have a long difficult history too with England.
I was so disappointed that Tamlin didn't turn out to be a human bestowed with fairyhood by the evil lady, because she has a thing for him. And that the love test wasn't her holding him untill dawn, while he is turning into fire, wild beasts and stuff. Like man, you name your love interest after such a sexy story and then don't use any of it...
This series is something that takes up so much of my critical thinking skills in wondering how something so mediocre and perpetuating toxic relationships can be so popular. I’m looking forward to this review while lifting a drink in respect to your dedication.
the main reason is smut
@@jaash7981 - Yeah, I guess I cannot argue with that. Being ace and a book editor, I struggle to see beyond the bad elements, even on a “turn your brain off, it’s not that deep” scale.
@@jaash7981 its so mid too
@@Rikrobat also on the ace spectrum. idk what it is about shitty smut with morally questionable characters, but middle aged moms and tiktokers eat it up.
@@jaash7981 - Ace buddy! :)
I wouldn’t even say morally questionable characters as much as poorly written ones / authors excusing toxic behaviour when convenient because it serves the plot and condemning it when it’s not the main couple.
First Cindy, then Cari, and now Amanda?? So many perspectives!! It’s making me think I need to read it to see what it’s all about
Edit: I skimmed it at Target and my eyes burn whenever I see it...it's too long to even be a good hate read XD
Nah i think the wikipedia synopsis is good enough. And dont get me wrong, i like these books. But sometimes its not worth the time investment (unless you read fast then have at ye).
read a good book instead. The whole point of Cari and esp Amanda's reviews are to hate read bad books then make content of them.
I deeply regret reading it myself. So many hours and brain cells I will never get back...
Don't waste your time, I did and I regret it
I have read her other book series. Waste of time and one of worst books i have read
If I didn't know the second book was far better than the first when I first read this series, I probably wouldn't have kept going. Lucien was by far my favorite in the first book and yeah, it definitely woulda made more sense if Feyre had fallen for Lucien x) I really hope you continue the series, your reactions are great whether you enjoy the books/movies or not!
Really? I couldn't finish the second one. Maybe i should go back and try to reread it. I'm not a fan of sarah j maas' writing
@@alyssabrown-carleton6173 it's not for everyone! I really enjoy her writing but some ppl just have different preferences. 😄
I was told the second book was better and I actually raged when I finished it because I realised it just manipulated me completely. I did not go onto the 3rd because I was too pissed off lol
@@marthedegraeve276 yea I kinda liked the first one as a one off, never rereading. And then the second one I had as an audio book and fell asleep to and then kept trying to listen to again and I was just so *bored* and she was still so useless, never really tried to make the first relationship work, just skipped out when a hot savior came by. The all too perfect Rhys deserved better. And yea...never got past him giving a tour of fairyland and I guess some battles that didn't make sense? I legit couldn't focus on it enough because nothing was actually happening. The writing had too much description and yet still felt middle grade, especially the characters comprehension.
I enjoyed the trilogy as a whole. I disliked the overuse of the smut to fill a word count and cater to horny readers, but I just gloss past those parts. For a book series that isn't even in my top 5, a good chunk of favorite characters are found in book 2. Especially Lucien.
Amanda finding out about my niche as a creator feels like my mom finding my fanfic all over again
I've read 4 books in this series, and I think the second one is the best, and you'll probably enjoy it more. You'll be frustrated with Feyre again, but she did go through some legit trauma in the first book, so I'm willing to cut her a little slack. Or at least, I assume that's how you'll react. It'll be fun to watch your video when you get there to see if your opinion is what I anticipate. Personally, I love the over-the-top drama in Sarah J. Maas books. You have to be in the right mood for it, because if you think about it, like at all, it feels ludicrous and cartoony (I often joke with my friend who also reads her books that we could try making a drinking game of taking a shot after each more-tragic-than-the-last backstory is revealed, but we'd die of alcohol poisoning), but if you just go with it and get into it, it makes all the drama feel just epically huge. Also, I'm with you on thinking Lucian is way more interesting than Tamlin, and shipping her with Lucian instead for most of the first book.
I feel like Lucian would be better for her but he doesn’t deserve Feyre, would definitely not be good for him
@@mggardiner4066 fair, and agreed. I don't want to risk spoilers, so that's why I said I was shipping them for most of the first book, while leaving it vague as to my ships later in the series.
Yeah, book 2 is the one I've actually returned to after reading the series. And the side characters who get introduced here are much more interesting than Feyre. Then again I am absolute trash for (slightly spoilery) the enemies-to-lovers trope.
I mean throne of glass series is her best
"The blight pulled an Anakin Skywalker and killed 24 younglings" just fucking broke me.
Love your commentary, please review the next books in the series
I read this as a teenager, and honestly even then I've read fanfics with better plot uses than what SJM can do. Like, I'm glad she's successful as a creative, but Feyre and Rhys get so much more toxic and tropey with bad explanations. But I think you'll honestly enjoy a Court of Mist and Fury. There's some subversions I really appreciate even now. After that tho... you might want some liquor
It could have worked if it was about how people often go from one abusive situation to another, and realizing you need to grow and maybe you can move on and forgive but not get with an abuser. But Rhys is framed as a feminist and genuinely good person despite being abusive to her and not really respectful/empowering to all women in his kingdom. All with retconning and character assassination of Tamlin (who was also already problematic and abusive) to make it happen
@@mggardiner4066 SPOILER !!!!
Yeah, I don't buy that Rhys doesn't have any way of making the Illyrian men respect the women in Illyria. Like he "tried", but it's clearly not enough, and because he needs the men, he just has to let them abuse the women so they don't turn on him🙄🙄🙄 Like Rhys, you are apparently the strongest highlord ever, is there really not anything you can do?
@@existentialdread2054 that (especially as he always pursues top down with them rather than asking the women how they want to change, especially as an essentially colonized race) and what he allows under the mountain in order to protect his favorite culture. Unless it is a family member or friend he is fine letting it happen in the name of common good
True!
So if I were to read this series, would it just end up pissing me off more and more the further I get along? I don't know much about it besides that it's popular and the titles are a bit cliche, but definitely don't wanna invest time in something just to get peeved off in the end lol
The riding to fairyland on the back of a 'beast' who is actually a hot dude who wants to beauty-and-the-beast you is a pretty common folklore trope. Usually the girl has some kind of skill she practices in the day (usually weaving) and at night he sleeps beside her and she isn't allowed to look at him, but then does but wakes him by dropping hot candle wax on him. She then has to win him back by proving who she is/making him remember her before he marries someone else (sometimes a villain, sometimes just a random princess)
This sounds like the story of psych and Eros ,😁
You're just retelling the Eros & Psyche myth
@@sweetstories596 that's because that's one of the many, many versions. It's kinda like Cinderella, it's found all over the place, sometimes in a couple of common elements, sometimes pretty much the whole plot.
Greek myths are old, but they're not always the 'original', and sometimes the stories even evolve more or less independently from each other despite striking similarities. Which is part of the basis for things like Jungian 'collective unconscious' theory with its archetypes and symbols, though the more straightforward explanation is that humans tend to think alike and share some similar experiences and inspirations regardless of background because we are, in fact, the same species with very similar ways of interacting with the world.
oh that reminds me of the uh... is there a name for the trope that both Melusine and Tsuru Nyobo/crane wife use? Where the guy marries a mysterious woman who's lovely and everything but when she goes to do a certain thing he isn't allowed to see her, and then when he gets too curious and looks it turns out she's not human and she has to leave forever
"Will they be hornier?" Oh my sweet summer child
My first impression of Tamlin and Lucien was that they were a couple. I also wondered if the wolf killed at the beginning was a love-interest of Tamlin. Then none of that was accurate.
A book titled "A (Something) of (Something) and (Something)" that is high, epic fantasy. Wow!
1 year later and I’m still waiting for part 2 💀💀💀🫡
It was really interesting hearing your theories after having already read the entire series myself. I will say, things get much more interesting in the second and subsequent books. :)
Also heads up, A Court of Silver Flames is just pure unadulterated smut between a couple characters. You've been warned. 😘
I LOVE watching people discover the first book just to see the reactions with the rest 😂😂😂
Rest are even WORSE with the so called aUthOr's dumb character assassination, so chill!!!
I asked my friend for a fantasy romance book reccomendation and she recommended this book. I started it, hated it all the way through the beginning, but held out that it'd get better! Nope. Nope nope nope. It just got worse. So glad you did a review of this, I felt like I was alone in this feeling.
I didnt like the first book much but once I got to the second book, I enjoyed it a lot more!
I know it's not a great selling point to say it gets better after the first book, but since you've already read the first book I would definitely recommend the second. It gets good at like the halfway mark 😂
Im obsessed with watching people talk about it but I know I'd hate the experience of reading it lol
@@saphia7082 My friend said that it definitely picks up the further it goes along down the series, but I just can't get over the YA style writing...
@@mercutioslovechamber From what I can remember it does get a little more darker and adult as the series goes on :) But each to there own of course! We like what we like
Girl, you GOTTA read the second book! You don’t even KNOW. Once you do, you gotta also do a react video to this one and laugh at yourself! (All said with love, I love your take)
I just reread all of SJM's books and it's a wild universe. ACOTAR barely scratches the surface
Honestly I think Amanda would vibe so hard with Throne of Glass. The brutality of that series is so great.
@@AllyssiaRose I 100% agree. Throne of Glass is my favorite series of all time and I think Amanda would love it!
@@AllyssiaRose yes!
I can’t stress enough how much I love Amanda reviewing these books
SJM is a writer i've steady grown to have a love/hate relationship with cause some characters or books will be really good or engaging and then other will not and she has a habit of going 180 of characters personalities based on how she wants the plot to go. ACOTAR was one where when i read it I was really underwhelmed and only picked up the sequel cause GoodReads said it was decent. I love it a lot more, (but I'm sucker for a hades/persephone vibe) only to then be let down with how the third book played out. If you do end up reading the series though, would love to hear your take! It was Originally a YA series when it was a trilogy, but then SJM decided to do a sequel trilogy about Nesta and it got rebranded to an Adult Fantasy series as a result.
Exactly! In the last book to the series made me really hate Rhys and feyra to the point I could care less about them🤷♀️ their character change was drastic and made no sense
I too liked book 2 but book 3 well... I did not like all the choices that were made and the way Lucien is treated well. He deserves better.
@@iri02802 she ruined Lucien’s character, I’ll never forgive her for that😂
@@lizzydarcy7257 And in Nesta's book? How is he doing?
Nesta’s book is basically just sex.
Not gonna lie Amanda, I read this series because of you and I loved it xD
The second book is definitely the best out of them by far and I do like that the series shows males can be victims and females can be predators regarding SA. It also handles trauma and processing trauma really well for what it is.
“The bland Lord of the Spring Court.” So true, bestie. 😂Please, please, please read the second book! I genuinely think you’ll enjoy it far more than the first. I read a lot of primarily adult fantasy, but that second ACOTAR book has had a hold on me and so many others for YEARS.
I hope you continued the series. I just finished the 3rd one recently (it was sooo good) and I went back to the 1st one and omg the little crumbs SJM leaves behind for readers to pick up on, the parallels, the foreshadowing. Going back with all the knowledge of what's to come just made me appreciate the first book way more than I did in the past. Also no spoilers but, that last scene between Feyre and Rhysand you mention, when I re-read that I just cried at the realization of what was going on...and I am not usually someone who cries reading books.
i watched a video recently where the youtuber said cringing at your past self is healthy bc it means you’ve grown as a person. the fact that i once adored this series but now groaned out loud every two minutes while listening to this breakdown of the first book? yeahhh 😅GROWTH BABYYYY
STILL stalking your channel for reviews of the rest of the series!!! lol. Cannot WAIT to see your reaction to the rest!!
I also thought Feyre and Lucien would end up together, they had this chemistry that I enjoyed very much, all the sass lol
Thank you for reading ACOTAR Amanda, it was nice to hear the opinion of someone who didn’t absolutely gush over this book. It’s not a bad book, but I always felt like the series was missing something (that being said, I did read the entire series as I found the world itself intriguing).
Yep. You have just met another who feels the same 🙂
Tamlin being the safe, non-toxic love interest? 💀💀
He's less toxic than Rhysand tbh.
Shhhhh
Tamlin is absolutely worse lol. Rhys groped her and objectified her when their literal lives depended on him acting like a gross sexist. He kept info about her pregnancy from her when it could have literally killed her from stress if she knew. Every time Rhys does something morally ambiguous or slightly unfair to Feyre there are outside extenuating circumstances or an understandable grey area. Every time Tamlin did something to her it was because he genuinely saw her as a stupid human pet who should be happy to just exist for him and be a pretty bride and a good obedient wife.Tam thinks she's head empty no thoughts, Rhys thinks she's a grown adult women who can deal with her own shit. Tamlin fully believes his toxic instincts and wishes are just the way things should be just because, Rhysand on the other hand never goes behind Feyre's back unless he has a damn good reason and genuinely encourages her to be her own person. He also encourages her to literally help govern the country. When would Tamlin ever?
Key factor being Tamlin uses outside hreats as justifications to keep her locked up forever. Rhys uses outside threats as justifications to keep things from her sometimes but never intends to keep her in the dark permanently, to make her a prisoner, etc. Crazy thing is fans complained that she character assassinated Tamlin by turning him abusive so she tried to show that Rhys has flaws too and now the narrative is "Rhys is just as bad!" even though his selfish actions are more tame and come with added justifications attached lol.
@@KaiInMotion Your whole comment just goes to show how gullible SJM stans are.
@@contrarian9999 Lol, care to elaborate or just act like a smug superior dickweed with no point? You either want to have a discussion or you want to insult a stranger for no reason. Can't do both. I didn't put your name in my mouth or insult your intelligence over an SJMaas character interpretation of all things so don't be rude. I actually read the books Maas wrote several times and paid attention to the literal text, which concretely provides explanations and justifications for Rhysand's actions which I, personally, found acceptable. You can think that's bad writing or actively dislike it but that doesn't change what it is.
Ah yes, part of the "A Noun of Nouns and Nouns" genre.
For some reason I have not read anything in this book series yet, but I’ve watched so many CZcamsrs covering it. Which is weird because I never read/watch things about a book before I read it, I prefer to dive in “blind”.
I blame Cari Can Read for her unhinged dive on the series, she went so in depth I was having more fun with her coverage than actually trying to read it 😂
But now I can’t stop clicking when ever I see another YT channel covering it instead of just reading it and idk why 😅
After watching cari can read's full series of detailing these books, I am SO excited for this. I actually think the plot and the world it builds are interesting and kind of like the series but that's having not read the books myself. This gets so messy, I'm all in for this Amanda.
They aren’t perfect books i can tell you that for sure, but they are so damn fun
@@malwinelogina9781 .
I love Cari’s reviews of Sarah Janet’s work. They are hilarious
I have a soft spot for this series cause it helped me get back into reading. Definitely read the second book it is so much better than the first and so much fun
Based on what I know about this series, what comes next is several books of just Tamlin character assassination
And it's ridiculous. He was the savior in the beginning and then the author decided to destroy him in the following books.
@@obvious1341 He was also an abuser.
Fr, SJM essentially swapped his personality with Rhysand's and tried to pass it off like nobody was going to notice. It's so sad that so many people just went with it and didn't question the 180 turn.
@@___o1799 oof, Tamlin and Rhysand are nothing alike and people want to act like Tamlin wasn’t an abuser.
@@carolineforrester9625 You're right, they're not the same, Rhysand is worse.
this was not a series i was expecting you to cover and i’m so happy you are. it i could like the video a million times to get you to do the next book i would. it’s def a wild ride
If she covered Twilight, 50 shades of gray and 365 covering acotar was just a matter of time
I haven’t read any of this series only watched ReadWithCindy’s reviews. But I’m still so excited for Amanda to read the second book
dude i need the mist and fury reaction. i think you’ll love it
oh god you really put yourself through this for our entertainment?! thank you for your service queen
I beg u to give us more. And the 1st pt was okay, the second is smart with the story movement. I rly like what they did and how they subverted sm tropes
PLEASE read the second book. I love it SO much! Rhys is one of my favorite charectures, you'll see 👀😄
Rhys used to be my favorite, but lord you come to realize he’s just a toxic guy who is extremely hypocritical 😬
@@lizzydarcy7257 your talking about the silver flames book right? Gosh I hate that book. I refuse to accept it. I also hate Nesta, so there's that as well.
@@bookdragon4622 yea mostly. Also I think in the third book is when I started to hate their characters. The Mary sue in both fayre and Rhys was really grinding on my nerves😂 I mostly hated the silver flames book BUT I actually came to love nesta mostly because she was the only characters that had a somewhat realistic characteristics, and everyone else sucked😂
As an ACOTAR fan, I am living for this!!!!!!!! This literally cured my depression.
I stopped reading somewhere along the way, but I will say that I felt like the second book is worth reading if you're open to it purely because it takes the beauty and the beast trope and challenges a lot of what happened in the first book. The constant use of "Mate" throughout and a few other things got old after a while, but there were some things that I found refreshing as the series progressed (as someone who has read a range of books within this genre).
Disclosure: The first year after my husband's death I just binged t.v. shows and audio books as a way to busy my brain. I got an Audible account and searched for highly-rate fantasy. This series was recommended, and I actually found myself wanting to get to the next and then the next book because I really enjoyed the world-building (2nd book forward, things get really interesting). Even with some of the tropes and the prickly protagonist, I found myself truly enamored with other characters and their stories. And, though I had low expectations for any seks scenes (I generally skip them or leave the room, having become used to the inability of most authors to write intimacy as if they've ever actually experienced it). The world itself, and some outstanding side-characters, make the series worth finishing.
I completely agree with you. I'm kind of a certified SJM hater, but i will admit that her books are not only easy to get lost in, but very addictive, and somewhat comforting. Like, it's so unabashedly--- what it is that I can say its one of the few 'bad'' book series I've enjoyed reading. I can tell, at the very least, SHE enjoyed writing them. I had a good time. I also didn't really care for the erotica, but there is a pretty okay seks scene in the second book after SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER -
She accepts that she's rhys' mate. SJM writing leaves something to be desired, but that scene did burn a fat little hole in my head. They're great reads. Maybe not great books, but great reads.
Condolences.
Daaaaaaamn the shade. I love it!
Your description of how the book seemed like from your understanding of it before you read it as a bridge book, with it somewhere between YA and adult romance fits the entirety of Sarah J. Maas’ “YA” catalogue
As someone who genuinely loves the whole ACOTAR series I am here for Amanda roasting the pure insanity of this book
Like why in the world did Amaranth do so much? She didn't need to do that much, like I think immortality made her bored.
Please continue with this series. I really really don't want to read them but I promise my friends I would, and your explanation of these types of books are the best that there is.
PLEASE continue with the series! I love hearing your thoughts, especially as someone outside the booktube/tok community it's interesting to hear your perspective. I just need to see your reaction to Rhys in the next book😂
Amanda you need to read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. It is essential book talk and it's actually really good. Love your videos!♥️♥️♥️
pretty sure she has. she's used it in a segment for a mattress sponsor, so she owns a copy at least
Yes! Yes! DO IT!!
I have indeed read it a couple times!
@@AmandaTheJedi that makes me so happy😁. I just finished it recently. I think it would make a really good review.
@@bethany8379 I'll probably cover it when the show comes out!
Okay, you NEEEEED to cover the Tracy Wolff series beginning with Crave.
I’ll say no more. 🔥
Okay, so lied. Here’s my embarrassing secret: I read the first FOUR FUCKING BOOKS before giving up and returning to re-reading Colleen McCullough’s Rome series. For the fourth time.
Hey Amanda! I realized you may even see this, so I just wanna say: love you, your work and all your floral shirts! And thank you for watching all the bad movies and reading all the crappy books, so that I can enjoy them through your videos.😊
Thank you!
I had the same feelings about Feyre from the first book, but you honestly see more of her as a character while exploring how fighting under the mountain impacted her. You also definetly get more of Rhys and learn his motivations a lot more, and yes they definetly do get hornier
Once again you've braved the front line so the rest of us don't have to! Thank you! I will never read these books, but your summaries are amazing. Also, I feel like someone needs to start a petition for you to do dramatic readings of bad, censored smut ;) They're always some of my favourite bits and I almost spat my coffee everywhere during this one.
THANK YOU!!! Lucien and Feyre had so much unnoticed chemistry👀
I read this series because of another CZcamsr. Decided to see why they felt the way they felt. I’m in love with the series because it does let me turn my brain off. It has pretty dresses, crowns, and war. And that’s the reason why I love it.
The first book is mostly just setting up the world lore, the second book is where everything really starts to come together!
Ps, love your videos!
[SPOILERS]honestly, i was genuinely (not sarcastically) into the series until the first book in the following series where bestie Rhys LITERALLY COMMITS REPRODUCTIVE ABUSE. yeah absolutely not, go off with all the kids bop smut, but that one book ruined the series for me.
If this channel turns into a booktok channel i will be be very thrilled lol.
I couldn't stand Feyre in the first book. I only got through it because I was interested in the world around her. It took me almost a year to get through because I kept stopping to read other books.
But I like her way more not that I'm in the 3rd book. I read all of the second book and most of the 3rd book within a couple months.
I take it back, the climax of the 3rd book kind of annoyed me.
"kind of like Katniss"
yes, becasue bows
"sole provider"
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oh man this was such a good review. and the fact that you even highlighted some moments and ideas that are fandom in-jokes is amazing. based on this review I truly think you will love the next book. and personally I CANNOT wait for you to read it
Amanda, I'm begging you!!!! PLEASE READ THE SECOND BOOK!!! Those books were my favorite when I was a teen and it's so funny to see your reactions! Gladly, I grew up and realized all the problems with them (aka start reading gay books that I didn't know existed when I was 16) but your review is the best, I laughed so much! Please keep going
As someone who has read all the books, this is incredibly amusing to me. Also, you have a completely fair review of this book. Always enjoy your content.
The second book turns this one on its head. I can't say more with out spoilers.
I JUMPED to play video- so excited for this!!
I struggled with this book. I struggled with the MC, and I thought Tamlin was incredibly boring. I got to the spring ritual part where Tamlin was talking up the MC and I think I just said "this is so dumb" out loud and put the book down for good. I always felt like I was the odd one out when reading the reviews (absolutely no hate to people who enjoyed the book). Seeing you have the same reactions as me has made me feel so validated😂 plus I'm genuinely curious to hear what the general story is, so thanks!
I have the same reaction 😂😂😂 I only reached Chapter 6 and just couldn't
The rest of the books really take off. The series as a whole is so much more than the first book. Worth getting into the second.
It’s entertaining. It’s not a bad book. The problem is it takes SO LONG to actually get to the storyline
Seeing this pop up in my feed made my DAY, thank you! This book series was the start of my personal villain arc (I hated the faeries in this book so much I was compelled to write my own story where the fairies don't suck lmao)
Thank you for your sacrifice, I will never read these books but your retelling is so engaging that I'm kind of looking forward to the next one.
Oh this is going to be good! I am HERE for your reaction and review.
Waiting for the review on book 2! It's my favorite of the series and probably most people's favorite too, so you have to review it!
Ok so even though it's painful, I'm really gonna need you to review the whole trilogy now
Amanda reading acotar is literally my dream come true, can't wait for the second book!
I binged this series in like a month and I gotta say, the sequel and A Court of Silver Flames is amazing. If you love the "monster girl & golden retriever boy" troupe, ACOSF is great
As in, it's trash and I love it anyway
The series has a whole has such a weird evolution. I was here for it when I was reading the books as they came out and I'm here for it now. I don't always need to read something that makes me think on a deep and philosophical level. There's nothing wrong with turning your brain off and going along for the ride sometimes. That's probably a hot take, but I have no shame.
Definitely can’t wait for your video on the next book
I never expected this but I cannot understate how excited I am, sarah j mass ruined my life at 11 years old and I'm still unhappy
I mean mood but like personally? Or just her bad writing?
@@hannahhannah7002 just the bad writing but I think I blame her personally a little bit, she is the reason that I still physically recoil when I see a guy described as 'a male'
I remember being OBSESSED with the Throne of Glass series. And when I heard Maas was going to write another fae story, I immediately bought it. I didn’t really love these series as much as her first one, but it’s fun seeing how other people react to this 😅😂
After reading the first five books of the Throne of Glass series, I discovered that I hate SJM's writing, so I'm always game for videos that roast her books. Your face in this thumbnail is the vibe I'm going for. On behalf of those of us who are on the unpopular side of BookTok/-Tube/-Stagram, I salute you.
i also remember really not liking feyre when I first read ACOTAR, glad I'm not alone. excited to see your video on the next book!
I never thought the day would come when you'd read the ACOTAR series, but this was hilarious! If you're looking for more mildly cursed yet interesting raunchy fantasy romance, it would be delightful if you tried reading the Four Horsemen series by Laura Thalassa, where in each book a different protagonist romances each of the four horsemen of the apocalypse ;)
so i haven’t actually READ acotar, but i watched the whole summary series “cari can read” did on youtube (which was quite good & many, many hours long), so i guess i just have to accept that i’m emotionally invested in this sjm series now…😅 anyways, i can’t speak to the writing style or anything, but i think you’ll like where the overall plot goes
also 1000% recommend watching cari can read’s videos on it. her storytelling & delivery are on point
cari is why i actually bought the kindle books😂 i haven’t read an actual book in years (usually just read fanfiction bc it’s hard for me to read physical books due to my disabilities now, and they’re not as formal i guess) but her videos explaining the series became a bit of a comfort series so i caved and am at the second part of book 2 now!
I audibly gasped at the title
I feel like this book series was a result of Sarah J. Maas actually wanting to write erotica, but still wanting to fit in the fantasy YA section
Hahaha the sex scenes were written fairly well so I agree. What I don't get is why she writes about huge dicks, like has she been with a huge dick? Huge dicks are going to cause more problems than they're worth.
Another A court of horny and syphilis video? Hell yeah. I have never even held one of these books and yet this series is my favourite lolcow
Amanda I am BEGGING you to read the rest of the books. You're gonna love the next book, if not for the plot than for the sheer insanity that it becomes.
I actually quite enjoyed the books, they are funny sometimes, but still it’s much better then 365 days
Will be waiting for your review of the next chapter!
Hello, how're you?
Part 2 Amanda!! PART 2!!!!! Mist and Fury......Pleaseeeeeee