i accidentally read the worst book of the year so far

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  • čas přidán 3. 06. 2023
  • i was just trying to get out of my reading slump and ended up reading misfit by elle kennedy
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Komentáře • 904

  • @fullsundotcom
    @fullsundotcom Před rokem +8190

    there’s nearly no difference in the maturity between 17 and 18 year olds, so the fact that the students are overage means basically nothing. they’re still in _highschool_ …

    • @goblinguy3103
      @goblinguy3103 Před rokem

      YES oh my god. Older people who actively go for 18 year olds are pedos. All of them. It’s horrific.

    • @momsspaghetti-sd9sn
      @momsspaghetti-sd9sn Před rokem +59

      Tbh some 18 year Olds are done with highschool tho

    • @goblinguy3103
      @goblinguy3103 Před rokem +490

      @@momsspaghetti-sd9sn so? Still creepy af

    • @franciscamarinheiro7080
      @franciscamarinheiro7080 Před rokem +277

      i started college with 17. if you are 18y, being in hs or college, doesn't change anything. but yeah, it is still weird

    • @RasberryShadow-on1kt
      @RasberryShadow-on1kt Před rokem +14

      ⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@franciscamarinheiro7080 you kind of bit your own tongue with that one. What’s exactly is weird about it?

  • @Mikelium_
    @Mikelium_ Před rokem +8295

    I honestly don’t understand how books like this get thought of, written, published, and read by others.

    • @thatonebutterflygirlie4446
      @thatonebutterflygirlie4446 Před rokem +9

      @@raahimkhan6791 ?

    • @blankedeye1451
      @blankedeye1451 Před rokem +6

      ​@@raahimkhan6791?

    • @vvitch-mist20
      @vvitch-mist20 Před rokem +232

      I'm annoyed also. I'm sure if you do enough digging she'll either be related to someone in publishing, or rich.

    • @vvitch-mist20
      @vvitch-mist20 Před rokem +48

      @@raahimkhan6791
      Book Reviewing is a valid profession.

    • @scarababbeo9733
      @scarababbeo9733 Před rokem +129

      ​@@raahimkhan6791 She is not praising the book, which should usually discourage people from reading it, so it's not "promoting it"
      Does this bring more attention to the book? Yes, but it's not good attention

  • @apollolewis
    @apollolewis Před rokem +5529

    God the bisexual rep is amazing. Elle Kennedy knows that us bisexual will literally die if we don’t have sex with every person we come across especially if the person is married

    • @kasiaolivia9858
      @kasiaolivia9858 Před rokem +499

      Fr I feel so represented🥰😍✋

    • @sm8keyy
      @sm8keyy Před rokem +502

      She loves us 🤭 (we don’t love her back)

    • @jellyen-
      @jellyen- Před rokem +392

      she thinks we bisexuals will read and be like “literally me fr fr”

    • @apollolewis
      @apollolewis Před rokem +184

      ⁠​⁠@@jellyen-fr fr. She probably think most of us are a getting more action than we actually are

    • @katerratic4300
      @katerratic4300 Před rokem +1

      We just sooo horny and undisciplined like that! Live laugh love!! 😻😻😻

  • @lost1head
    @lost1head Před rokem +3502

    Tbh all the bizarre sexual fantasies and desires sound very realistic for teenagers... but IRL they simply never materialize and mostly stay in their heads.

    • @semideadnat
      @semideadnat Před rokem +163

      can confirm as an 18 year old.

    • @anamelchior7194
      @anamelchior7194 Před rokem +326

      Fr, they're normal for teenagers but should definitely just stay as fantasies

    • @kissose8392
      @kissose8392 Před 10 měsíci +23

      Couldn't have said it better myself

    • @randomuaena2859
      @randomuaena2859 Před 7 měsíci +5

      Ik this is out of topic but wow you're active on this account for 12 years now

    • @randomuaena2859
      @randomuaena2859 Před 7 měsíci

      Right lol

  • @michaelsommers2356
    @michaelsommers2356 Před rokem +1859

    I'm very glad that when I was in high school sex hadn't been invented yet, so I didn't have to deal with anything like this.

    • @saturn6563
      @saturn6563 Před rokem +6

      Are you joking?

    • @michaelsommers2356
      @michaelsommers2356 Před rokem +158

      @@saturn6563 Are you?

    • @vampyre3758
      @vampyre3758 Před 10 měsíci

      @@saturn6563duh

    • @OtakuTemmie
      @OtakuTemmie Před 9 měsíci +102

      ​@saturn6563 no, sex wasn't invented until a few years ago.

    • @saturn6563
      @saturn6563 Před 8 měsíci +3

      @@OtakuTemmie How do you guys think you were made, your parents were made, your grandparents were made, and so on? Maybe it wasn’t for pleasure, but there definitely was some digging involved..

  • @pendragon2012
    @pendragon2012 Před rokem +3643

    “Either Elle Kennedy is writing what she, as an adult, thinks teenagers act like or I am learning some very dark things about the other teenagers in my high school.” That’s always my reaction too, Leonie. I’m aware I lived a sheltered life but sheesh, who were these teenagers???! Great video as always-have a great week!

    • @tehtayziez
      @tehtayziez Před rokem +344

      Honestly, 90% of what she writes makes me think she's just a guy writing under a fake name because so much of it is stuff that chauvinistic teen age guys THINK that women want.

    • @melodykim5865
      @melodykim5865 Před rokem +207

      When I was 18 I was crying over almost failing math and mostly still watching Disney channel shows 😂

    • @venusangel222
      @venusangel222 Před rokem +87

      at least in my country, most MIDDLE SCHOOLERS drink, smoke weed and cigarettes, and use substances. its so weird.

    • @jesuschrist8054
      @jesuschrist8054 Před rokem +20

      Nah it's completely right. Over 50% of the kids at any given school in America are exactly like that, I should know I was one of them

    • @luiiiandmovieee
      @luiiiandmovieee Před rokem +42

      When I was 18 I had my first kiss. That's all. Just one little kiss without tongue. I know there are teenagers who make experiences very early but like most of my friends have not. I'd say it's normal to be childish at 18 still

  • @elineallthefeels9906
    @elineallthefeels9906 Před rokem +4550

    Leo, there's nobody I'd rather buddyread a traumatizing book with than you ❤️. But I do still miss the person I was before this book because my GOD

    • @TheBookLeo
      @TheBookLeo  Před rokem +686

      this was an experience

    • @ariaphoenix2760
      @ariaphoenix2760 Před rokem +173

      My condolences to you both, but I agree, it’s always better to go through experiences with a friend so you both can rant together.

  • @Speederzzz
    @Speederzzz Před 11 měsíci +404

    This reminds me of someone who had a theory that "This character is just 18" is basically "They would be younger if it was legal"

    • @nopusnopius
      @nopusnopius Před 10 měsíci +42

      .......................whoever said this was.....right...

    • @samreddig8819
      @samreddig8819 Před měsícem

      Mostly yeah.

  • @Meager
    @Meager Před rokem +2984

    Could it be that we are witnessing the rise of Riverdale-inspired books?

    • @r4vendusk
      @r4vendusk Před rokem +243

      It reminded me more of Gossip Girl tbh. At least the "private school full of rich kids having sex and doing drugs BUT our main charachter is this one outsider that's somehow also in this school".

    • @questionableavocado
      @questionableavocado Před rokem +48

      it reminded me of the game bully and heathers blended in the most godawful way that they could be blended

    • @LovelessHeart100
      @LovelessHeart100 Před rokem +38

      I had to think first of 'Gossip Girl' too and then it mixed with the netflix series 'You' along the way😅

    • @gabrielleduplessis7388
      @gabrielleduplessis7388 Před rokem +14

      Or Elite!

    • @lunaequinox7333
      @lunaequinox7333 Před rokem +6

      Oh god please no

  • @PlanWithIvey
    @PlanWithIvey Před rokem +802

    As soon as I read “teacher student threesome” in the thumbnail I was like “OK are we talking two students, one teacher, or two teachers, one student. Because both are bad but one is worse.”😅

    • @idonthaveausername8730
      @idonthaveausername8730 Před rokem +148

      not it being the latter 😭

    • @OtakuTemmie
      @OtakuTemmie Před 9 měsíci

      Definitely sounds like a case where the adults should have known better than to have a threesome with a student

    • @sitishakirabt.abdullahhami3320
      @sitishakirabt.abdullahhami3320 Před 2 měsíci +4

      Reading the book itself to find that out had made me go outside to reconnect to nature😂💀💀

  • @Saturos226
    @Saturos226 Před rokem +3631

    Hi Leo, very sorry for what happened to you. But thank you for giving us all a warning, your sacrifice will not be forgotten.

  • @rosettastarlight6239
    @rosettastarlight6239 Před rokem +1436

    Honestly, if this wasn't a teacher student romance, the Lawson plotline would genuinely be so hilarious, cause it's like that audio, "It ain't homewrecking if you sleep with both of them" 😅

    • @Sa_mageste_le_roi
      @Sa_mageste_le_roi Před rokem +339

      It reminds me of this tweet I've seen of a dude who was drunk and kissed this girl but then he didn't want her boyfriend to be made so he kissed him too. The main dude then woke the next day in a group chat and two of them sent him a 'did you get home safe babe♥️'

    • @amandapanda2432
      @amandapanda2432 Před rokem +92

      @@Sa_mageste_le_roi i think about that tweet every day it's so good

    • @hyperboles6563
      @hyperboles6563 Před rokem +20

      PLZ if yall find it direct it to me 🙏 that sounds hilarious

    • @august6760
      @august6760 Před rokem +66

      @@Sa_mageste_le_roi”oh, I guess I’m in a throuple now”

    • @justalostlocal
      @justalostlocal Před 11 měsíci +5

      ​@@Sa_mageste_le_roi
      Idk sleeping with someone super drunk is kinda predatory.

  • @natcolita
    @natcolita Před rokem +2089

    EXCUSE ME "Cupcake" is the pet name Violet gave to Kaitlyn in Arcane, AND ITS CUTE OKAY

    • @TheBookLeo
      @TheBookLeo  Před rokem +1250

      they are the exception!

    • @tappytart
      @tappytart Před rokem +431

      It's more the nickname in combination with the horrible writing around it, that makes it even cringier.

    • @justadolphin8932
      @justadolphin8932 Před rokem +67

      that was the first thing i thought of haha

    • @alilbitmads
      @alilbitmads Před rokem +29

      i came here to make this exact compliment glad to see someone beat me to it 😆

    • @rubyred186
      @rubyred186 Před rokem +102

      When she just casually called her "cupcake", My neighbors had probably woke up to my high pitch scream While I threw myself on my bed at that moment.
      stay still my shipping heart..

  • @foo-foocuddlypoops5694
    @foo-foocuddlypoops5694 Před rokem +1119

    "I know I'm reading a romance book, but it feels like I'm reading a thriller" - Oh. Oh no. It's one of *those* books again.

    • @Kai_isdead
      @Kai_isdead Před 7 měsíci +19

      @@star_jams4nekos”anything by Colleen Hoover”

    • @Narii_editz
      @Narii_editz Před 2 měsíci +6

      Pov: Colleen Hoover books -

  • @tamara10
    @tamara10 Před rokem +432

    Bringing inappropriate student teacher relationships to another level by involving 2 teachers 💀

    • @katerratic4300
      @katerratic4300 Před 11 měsíci +54

      I refuse to believe the author really thought in her head whilst forming the story’s plot “nah one teacher is not enough”

  • @irisamelia9787
    @irisamelia9787 Před rokem +608

    The girl getting flattered by that hacker boy finding out where she lives gives major Edward and Bella vibes.

  • @ImaginaryAlchemist
    @ImaginaryAlchemist Před rokem +636

    As a bisexual it is a bit frustrating that books and other media are still spreading those kinds of stereotypes about us

  • @gloriaaaaa
    @gloriaaaaa Před rokem +822

    Yeah Elle Kennedy is all around awful 😭she fetishises sapphic relationships in her series yet writes mlm romance, while also writing very stereotypical harmful rep in other situations (plus sized rep, poc etc.) and the fact that SA was included so that Garrett could 'fix' her magically is so bizarre. And ofc, like you mentioned, the misogyny is very apparent. This book sounds like a mess too.

    • @turqussy
      @turqussy Před rokem +129

      its like collen hover but mixed with bad at being progressive

    • @maryk3850
      @maryk3850 Před rokem

      what's wrong with Sapphic relationships?

    • @ABrightCookie
      @ABrightCookie Před rokem +120

      ​@@maryk3850 nothing is! But the problem comes from Sapphic relationships being fetishized

    • @violetiolite
      @violetiolite Před rokem +19

      ​@@ABrightCookie how does she fetishizes Sapphic relationships? I'm not doubting you, I'm just curious to what she has done?

    • @ABrightCookie
      @ABrightCookie Před rokem

      @@violetiolite no fucking clue honestly I'm just explaining how saying that fetishizing Sapphic relationships is bad isn't the same as saying Sapphic relationships are bad but as for the author I can't say much 💀

  • @anica2112
    @anica2112 Před rokem +519

    "They all come from troubled families..because of course they do." This line delivery 😂

  • @nope7879
    @nope7879 Před rokem +1064

    My fiance and I write highly problematic smut to each other due to being long distance. We both acknowledge it as incredible shit. We always get a good laugh out of people saying "yeah I will publish this shit and see nothing wrong with it".

    • @Moonstar79
      @Moonstar79 Před rokem +143

      That's kind of hilarious lmao

    • @wellenhelen
      @wellenhelen Před rokem +63

      This is the kinda relationship I wanna have :D

    • @nope7879
      @nope7879 Před rokem +121

      We don't. We'd much prefer being geographically together AND writing smut.

    • @dark_quEEnisCringe
      @dark_quEEnisCringe Před rokem +5

      @@nope7879 😑

    • @PrincessLala95
      @PrincessLala95 Před rokem +49

      This is a mood. We live together but do the same thing, hiiiiighly problematic smut back and forth all day longgg.

  • @yeahbravesound
    @yeahbravesound Před rokem +311

    honestly when i see books similar to this i just wonder why did it have to be a highschool setting? like none of the plot requires the characters to be so young and in highschool,, they could have like a college setting and the bi guy could be having an affair with his boss at his part time job or something idk i'm not a writer. also maybe it's just me but i see many people say bad representation is better than no representation but that's only true online lol in the real world these bad representations renforce harmful stereotypes that hurt real people

    • @kaydwessie296
      @kaydwessie296 Před rokem +63

      As someone who used to write people in high school even in my early 20s...it's because most people can't think of another structured establishment that forces people with nothing in common to be together.

  • @nicolekirillova7698
    @nicolekirillova7698 Před rokem +349

    Because of books and series like this in my country we have a joke "American high schooler" which means a person who does crazy things like this while being a teenager. We know that it's not a common thing in real life but its really funny

  • @xxzcfdxc
    @xxzcfdxc Před rokem +422

    Also this is the same way I felt after watching Euphoria and Elite
    Like what are these teenagers doing 😂

    • @anica2112
      @anica2112 Před rokem +3

      Same😅

    • @loltrol3920
      @loltrol3920 Před rokem +14

      Nah this stuff does happen sadly.. I’ve seen it with my own eyes (I’m a teen)

    • @anica2112
      @anica2112 Před rokem +117

      @@loltrol3920 it does but Hollywood and YA fiction make it seem like most if not all teens are like this. Which is false plus it gets tiresome seeing the same toxic tropes over and over again.

    • @loltrol3920
      @loltrol3920 Před rokem +45

      @@anica2112 I can’t disagree with that! Most of us are deff not like that, it’s a little weird how many shows are out about it

    • @dantemaquiavelli9039
      @dantemaquiavelli9039 Před rokem +43

      ​@@loltrol3920 It happens, but they make it seem like it's a really common occurrence.
      At least in my country (where Elite was made so this is context from Spain), teenagers start sneaking out to drink at around 14-15, but most of them will do it occasionally, if at all. You can see people as young as thirteen smoking but statistics have shown that at least in my country there are less teenagers smoking than others generations before.
      As for other substances, weed is the most common and strongest thing someone will have, but depending on the person most people will have it occasionally.
      And all these habits tend to stop after Secundary school of college, because in a way they work as a form of rebellion and growth for those who do it, so when they grow up, they just don't see the point anymore.
      Sex had become more common, kids as soon as they hit puberty at 12-13 start talking about that and might even make out or some weird stuff. But this is because our sex education unfortunately while not really bad, is still kind of lacking, and because a lot of parent's don't control what they see in the internet at all, they can easily find porn, which is an awful way of learning.
      And even then most teenagers won't start having relations until they're 16, and even the only a few. Like, we're 30 in my class, we're around 17-18 years old, and like 10 at the most have lost their virginity.
      Of course this will change depending on the neighborhood, since mine is kind of average and maybe a bit on the better end of the spectrum, and there will be exceptions.
      But Jesus they really look like they've never been teens 💀
      Sorry for the pointless rant, it's just that I wanted to explain my perspective as another teen 😅

  • @birnenmus4297
    @birnenmus4297 Před rokem +457

    Sorry, but my with Caitlyn and Vi obsessed brain can not be mad at someone for using the nickname cupcake.

    • @finn9396
      @finn9396 Před rokem +30

      Relatable 😔😔😔

    • @lilikagamer3724
      @lilikagamer3724 Před rokem +9

      Same 😞

    • @febreezeofdespair
      @febreezeofdespair Před rokem +12

      my exact thought process

    • @lemealo
      @lemealo Před rokem +45

      i had to pause the vid to look in the comments if people thought of caitvi as well. my lesbians are cute they will never do anything cringe in my eyes. 😌

    • @firewolfandrewb
      @firewolfandrewb Před rokem

      True

  • @vvitch-mist20
    @vvitch-mist20 Před rokem +828

    I'm sorry I'm still reeling from Paper Princess. How....HOW is this woman published, and who is her publisher so I can submit bc clearly they allow everything.

    • @krishaashah6219
      @krishaashah6219 Před rokem +12

      Isn’t paper princess by Erin watt?

    • @thathomeschooledgirl_
      @thathomeschooledgirl_ Před rokem +59

      @@krishaashah6219 Erin watt is a pseudonym

    • @Lizanya8
      @Lizanya8 Před 9 měsíci +4

      That book… was by far the most horrid thing I’ve read 😂😂😂

  • @rafaelmartinez4803
    @rafaelmartinez4803 Před rokem +153

    the only person allowed to use "cupcake" as a pet-name is our queen Vi, and no one else 😠

    • @lumityviktuuristanartist4100
      @lumityviktuuristanartist4100 Před 9 měsíci +6

      I know this is a joke but I personally love the pet-name "cupcakke" as long as it's not used by a creep

  • @morpheus1655
    @morpheus1655 Před rokem +65

    As a cyber sec guy, I must say that it's hilarious how people imagine what hacking really is and how it really works. They just add "I'm hacker, of course I hacked you." like it's just a normal sunday, and he hacked 10 different companies before getting out of bed.

  • @leonthelad3208
    @leonthelad3208 Před rokem +375

    Sigh... I guess I HAVE to stop writing my book for now. I mean, you uploaded. What else am I supposed to do?

    • @claryy8
      @claryy8 Před rokem +56

      I was just in the middle of writing as well. But if Leonie uploads, I guess there’s nothing else to do except stop whatever you’re doing 😄

  • @stanleyjosten
    @stanleyjosten Před rokem +62

    "because if it's not socially acceptable to kiss your homies you just fight them in a dimly lit cellar"
    Well great, now I have to reanalyze all of the times I've fought my homies in dimly lit cellars.

  • @normmansor1313
    @normmansor1313 Před rokem +206

    Sometimes we need to read from authors we don't really jive with to get that smack of reality. I would probably ask myself "what the hell am I doing?" then somehow put myself on reset and get on with my day. It's kind of like therapy, only cheaper.

  • @dotdotdot...176
    @dotdotdot...176 Před 11 měsíci +54

    For anyone who doesn't get why student-teacher relationships are "still" taboo, frowned upon or a red flag if both parties are legal adults: it's about the imbalanced power dynamics of a teacher/professor with their student. The hierarchy puts one directly over the other at the school or even university. Which is made even worse by the youngness and/or impressionability of the person with less power (ie the student in this case). Being of legal age does not necessarily make a professor/teacher and student power dynamic suddenly okay. Especially when the younger and lower-ranked person is barely legal (ie just turned 18).
    As a 19 year old, let me say that 18 barely legal and there is not much difference in maturity and mindset as 17. Which is not a legal adult in most places. But *most importantly:* whether in high school or uni, being of legal age (18 in most places) _does not_ suddenly give you the same level of power as the professor/teacher if you are their student. It's still a risky power imbalance - being of legal age (and barely at that) does not balance it. You are still at a disadvantage, so to speak. This also happens in companies, which is why boss-employee relationships are also frowned upon or even not allowed in company rules because of the ethics - it's an unfair power dynamic, with the boss having way more power. The imbalance can be an HR nightmare even though most employees and bosses at established companies are legal adults. There is still a power imbalance, that's why it's a red flag. And like I said, the youngness and impressionability of the person with less power makes it even worse, because now it is not just the higher ups (teacher, professor, boss, etc.) holding professional/academic power over their head, but also way more life experience. And that is not to say that if you are young you are dumb, it's just that you will never be as experienced as someone who is 10, 15, 20 years older at the same time as them. And that _can_ be used to take advantage of you. And as a young adult, I always felt like I was too smart to be impressionable as a teen but I _was_ impressionable. And just because I turned 18 did not make me a different person as I was the day before at 17, or even the month before. So being legal (barely) does not make the unfair power suddenly balanced. Whether in high school or uni and no matter how independent you are, you are not at the same level as your teacher/professor when you are their student. The power is still imbalanced, with the lower-ranked person still at risk of being taken advantage of - even subconsciously/unconsciously by the higher ranked person, and then even between two consenting legal adults. It is still risky, and the lower-ranked and/or younger person being taken advantage of is very likely - again even if both consenting parties try to prevent it. It can still happen.

  • @blueowl07
    @blueowl07 Před rokem +319

    I'm already not a fan of Elle Kennedy so the moment I saw who the author was I settled in for a good hate fest 😂🎉

  • @franciszekmichalski8468
    @franciszekmichalski8468 Před rokem +101

    This reminds me a lot of "Gossip Girl" and the fealing of shock when i found out characters are around 16 at the start

  • @worromot
    @worromot Před rokem +151

    These stories are so incredibly different from my highschool experience. That being said there were some scandals. There was a very recently graduated student that went on a date with one of the teachers at my school and he immediately lost his teaching license because they couldn't prove that they weren't doing anything while she was still a student. Not to mention he was already married to one of the other teachers...

  • @morleywritesbooks
    @morleywritesbooks Před rokem +170

    Everyone has a troubled past/family.
    I couldn't help but make a tease at that trope in my first novel. The side characters revealing their tragic backstory while the MC just says "My family loves me, we get together almost every winter holiday. My parents paid for my college! Are you guys okay in the head?"

    • @anica2112
      @anica2112 Před rokem +49

      I am working on a fantasy series atm focusing on twins separated at birth. One of the twins is the principal of a prestigious academy for the supernaturally gifted. That twin and his students are damaged and come from messed up families whereas the other twin comes from a stable, living household with zero trauma. The contrast is hilarious😂

    • @morleywritesbooks
      @morleywritesbooks Před rokem +13

      @@anica2112 hands down one of my top favorite tropes right here

    • @anica2112
      @anica2112 Před rokem +4

      @@morleywritesbooks mine as well!

    • @morleywritesbooks
      @morleywritesbooks Před rokem +7

      @@anica2112 we may have just now become star-crossed best-friends

    • @laiatezenas3300
      @laiatezenas3300 Před rokem +25

      Hahah I've a friend like that. Sometimes, the rest of the friends' group trauma dump on each other on any given subject, and then he's like "Well, my parents love me, raised me well, and I love them. Yikes, I thought everyone came from such a family. I'm going to head out and call my mom..." 😂

  • @alilbitmads
    @alilbitmads Před rokem +116

    i am obsessed and have already downloaded the ebook from the library. this mess must be in my life.

  • @user-qu8zs7vs1x
    @user-qu8zs7vs1x Před rokem +123

    I saw the disgusted face at 1:03 and that's when I knew this would be another hilarious and memorable book-roast video. Loved it!

  • @dark_quEEnisCringe
    @dark_quEEnisCringe Před rokem +99

    Like there are so many talented writers who to this day who are struggling to get published and then there are these writers...

    • @kaydwessie296
      @kaydwessie296 Před rokem +11

      That reminds me I need to make more poetry just to someday do my goal of publishing a shitpost ass poetry book just to prove Amazon will publish literally anything

  • @saimisaari9514
    @saimisaari9514 Před rokem +47

    cupcake is only allowed as a pet name if it is used by vi from arcane

  • @asianturtle6427
    @asianturtle6427 Před rokem +24

    oh lord no. knowing it's a teacher-student romance, and then hearing you say "it takes place in highschool" was already my first chest pain moment

  • @ifrahareem2903
    @ifrahareem2903 Před rokem +179

    This week i picked up my first book by Colleen Hoover called "Confess"
    IT WAS LITTERLY THE WORST BOOK I EVER READ AND NOW IM IN A READING SLUMP 😭😭

    • @doraokeke3228
      @doraokeke3228 Před rokem +14

      Read the right move by Liz Tomforde

    • @Fyysha
      @Fyysha Před rokem +73

      Colleen Hoover in general was a bad choice. Bought "It Ends With Us" because Booktok kept on recommending it as an AMAZING romance book, but was extremely disappointed when there was barely any romance in there. I guess there was Atlas (the love interest that saves everything in the end, I liked that guy) but most of the book was just lust, smut and abuse. After I told my friend and she agreed with me, I found out online that a lot of people agree too. Turns out a lot of her other romance books suck too. Same concept: Abuse, Lust and Smut.

    • @ettaetta439
      @ettaetta439 Před rokem +62

      ​@@Fyysha Colleen Hoover's book marketing hinges on lying to readers. For example, they're promoted as adult novels when the writing is the most childish thing ever. They're promoted as romances without any trigger warnings attached because she uses trauma as a shocking plot twist rather than plot points, and It Ends With Us was marketed as a romance so that they could slam you with the "oh wow it was actually ab use all along 😮😮😮" trope

    • @anica2112
      @anica2112 Před rokem +8

      ​@@Fyysha I love Atlas too but even then he did the fucked up thing of sleeping with a minor (Lily on her 16th bday)

    • @anica2112
      @anica2112 Před rokem +2

      Can you give me a summary of Confess please? I am curious because my crush loves Colleen Hoover stuff. I read It Ends With Us for his sake but just cannot bring myself to finish Ugly Love. I just wanna know what I am getting into before trying out more books by this author.

  • @ninjakiwigames5418
    @ninjakiwigames5418 Před 9 měsíci +20

    This is an example of "just because it's legal doesn't mean it's moral"

  • @ahdhnahajajlrd
    @ahdhnahajajlrd Před 11 měsíci +22

    the way i screamed when you said elle kennedy wrote paper princess😭😭😭 that book alone is singlehandedly responsible for getting me into wattpad and trashy romance when i found it for $1.50 at an op shop in YEAR 7😭😭 i don’t think i’ll ever recover from the trauma of reading it at 11 and being like omg i want a reed and an easton when i’m 17 and then looking back at it years later like what the hell is this

    • @ahdhnahajajlrd
      @ahdhnahajajlrd Před 11 měsíci +5

      but at the same time without that i never would have gotten into wattpad and books so much and probably never found your channel so i guess it all works out in the end

  • @pxnxd68
    @pxnxd68 Před rokem +39

    can confirm as a bisexual that I can't have sex if I'm not being a homewrecker

  • @Yarr0000
    @Yarr0000 Před rokem +83

    I literally finished watching your rant about Gothikana today and was hoping for something similar to watch. Then, like an angel sent from the heavens, this arrived! :D

  • @rainStormz-vo5zx
    @rainStormz-vo5zx Před rokem +25

    This sounds like something Netflix would base a series on.

  • @froggieman5062
    @froggieman5062 Před rokem +30

    i dont understand how its legal to write and publish spicy books about HIGHSCHOOLERS

  • @wonderinggirl8521
    @wonderinggirl8521 Před rokem +124

    The way she suffered the whole book for us😭😭
    Such an angel❤️

  • @BirdPeopleArentReal
    @BirdPeopleArentReal Před rokem +35

    When you said "worst book this year so far" I was like, "so far," right cause it's like 3 months into the ye- oh shit nope we're halfway through.

  • @LadyOfCrowns
    @LadyOfCrowns Před rokem +27

    The fetishization of minors and lgbtq+ is a psoriasis rash that keeps reappearing and I'm so sick of it

  • @skyethorne4568
    @skyethorne4568 Před rokem +29

    everyone was hyping this book up as the perfect found family and i kept second guessing my decision to DNF it after a few chapters but now I'm SO GLAD i did thank you for sharing this with the world you've truly done a great service to us all 🙏🙏🙏

  • @CelticGuardian7
    @CelticGuardian7 Před rokem +55

    Wait, if the hacker dude was just gonna force his opponent to lose by threatening his bank account, why'd he bother training in the first place?
    (Yes this is the question I ask in this mess of a book for some reason.)

    • @elineallthefeels9906
      @elineallthefeels9906 Před rokem +24

      ... As someone who has read this book, THAT IS SUCH A VALID QUESTION?!?! They have a lil fight, and then as RJ is losing he's like "Oh btw I stole your money lol". But he could've just. Saved himself some punches??? But it's a book, so concussions were never a danger anyway

    • @CelticGuardian7
      @CelticGuardian7 Před rokem +5

      @@elineallthefeels9906 Glad to hear the question is at least valid! XD Thanks for responding~

  • @Faeriie587A
    @Faeriie587A Před rokem +54

    "I Know i'm reading a romance book, but it feels like I'm reading a thriller."

  • @senakoshironui
    @senakoshironui Před rokem +12

    I'm convinced Lawson's arc was written as a backup in the book in case people weren't invested in the main story lol

  • @kavya12kohli
    @kavya12kohli Před rokem +77

    Last time you read Gothikana and Tentacle Entanglement, I didn't want to miss out on the hate train so I read those before watching your videos. Hated them. Then watched ur video and was like, "Ditto! Such shitty books!"
    But this time, I've learnt my lesson. I will just watch your video and not read the cringe. 😊

    • @xxzcfdxc
      @xxzcfdxc Před rokem +5

      😂😂😂 your comment made my day

    • @lohaye3260
      @lohaye3260 Před 6 měsíci

      I pick it up Gothikana just for her review, I want it to hate on it too 😂

  • @CTHD13
    @CTHD13 Před rokem +188

    Elle Kennedy is one of those women who has absorbed so much patriarchal messaging that she can write like a man.

    • @DytoxPrime
      @DytoxPrime Před 11 měsíci +11

      I think "write like a man" is extremely sexist on your part. A writing style doesn't come from gender, it comes from expierences or what you think those expierences are like, what you want them to be or don't. By saying "writing like a man" you are generalizing that only men can write books this way and that a woman who wrote a similar book clearly learned it from a man.

    • @alexrussell6399
      @alexrussell6399 Před 11 měsíci +35

      @@DytoxPrimer/wooosh

    • @DytoxPrime
      @DytoxPrime Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@alexrussell6399 why are you whooshing me? He's clearly not joking.

    • @alexrussell6399
      @alexrussell6399 Před 11 měsíci +37

      @@DytoxPrime just go look at r/men writing women. That’s what they mean.

    • @sharkloving_aquarist
      @sharkloving_aquarist Před 9 měsíci +29

      ​@@DytoxPrime hun they don't mean that men biologically write a certain way they mean they were conditioned to write a certain way. I find it ironic you mention they write based off experience because experience can also come from the way society conditions you based on genitals you were born with, that's literally this person's point 😭

  • @JimmieHammel
    @JimmieHammel Před rokem +26

    Elle Kennedy co-wrote some stuff with Sarina Bowen that I actually really liked, but now I'm wondering which parts of it were written by her, and which parts were written by the coauthor.

  • @TaylorTaylor1989
    @TaylorTaylor1989 Před rokem +28

    More reading vlogs please please please 🙏🏼🧡 your vlogs are so aesthetic and beautiful 🥰

  • @artsey_key8452
    @artsey_key8452 Před rokem +48

    How, why, this book. I relate to your friend really hard now. I miss the person I was before I heard about this book. It amazes me how people can write such highly problematic content and just publish it without seeing everything thats wrong with it.

  • @theastaff8197
    @theastaff8197 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Paper Princess is also on my most hated books of all time. I started reading it during lockdown and on discord with friends I was ranting about it for an hour

  • @zippyshuman1464
    @zippyshuman1464 Před rokem +16

    I honestly enjoy reading Elle Kennedy books (I've read way way worse... intentionally...) but nearly every single one I've read had at least four or five things that made me go 😧

  • @bookswithlau
    @bookswithlau Před rokem +15

    i can't believe i've just discovered that Paper Princess was written by Elle Kennedy. I see why she changed the pseudonym to write the Off-Campus series... I still remember how bad it was and i dnfed it YEARS ago. I'm sorry you didn't like it, but the video was so much fun! I read Misfit when it came out and was able to find entertaining how unrealitic and crazy everything was. I would have preferred seeing Larsson with Silas instead of the teachers but, oh, the drama 😂

    • @TheBookLeo
      @TheBookLeo  Před rokem +10

      she wrote paper princess together with another author, that's why it's under a pen name!

    • @bookswithlau
      @bookswithlau Před rokem +3

      @@TheBookLeo ohh that makes sense! Thank you so much for explaining

  • @tylerlzr7554
    @tylerlzr7554 Před rokem +9

    I tripped, fell, and read an entire novel. It was an accident. I swear!

  • @erinunrau6380
    @erinunrau6380 Před rokem +14

    the thing is that some romances are forbidden for a reason and they should stay that way lol

    • @destroyerinazuma96
      @destroyerinazuma96 Před 6 měsíci

      I mean some scenarii are tailor made for bedroom roleplay between two consenting adults but that's it. The second someone tries to replicate it "for realz" there's a high risk someone will get arrested.

  • @iseydelmar
    @iseydelmar Před rokem +10

    I like your channel for two main reasons:
    1. your book reviews
    2. the comments section
    I almost feel thankful there are such abysmal quality novels around to fuel both. 👍

  • @alannismoraes2034
    @alannismoraes2034 Před rokem +32

    KKKK KINGAA!! tava esperando alguém falar o quão horrível esse livro é. Parece que a Elle Kennedy escreveu vários rascunhos pra livros diferentes, juntou todos, NÃO EDITOU e decidiu publicar.

  • @Nandika_Sharma
    @Nandika_Sharma Před rokem +8

    Hi Leonie. Your book suggestions and videos have encouraged me a lot to come back to reading. Thank you so much. Also thank you for your great sacrifice of reading this book❤️😂

  • @HarvestLockwood
    @HarvestLockwood Před rokem +27

    This is not YA. This is New Adult. New Adult is allowed to have graphic sex in it. Am I saying that makes it better in this case, with this book? No.

    • @1RoundInTheChamber
      @1RoundInTheChamber Před 2 měsíci

      The distinction sounds like an excuse to write graphic content without the expectation of quality what comes from writing books for grown ups.

  • @yugenalgiz
    @yugenalgiz Před rokem +10

    The only instance where "cupcake" is an acceptable pet name is in Arcane, try and change my mind ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @hugo-was-not-dead_5615
    @hugo-was-not-dead_5615 Před rokem +9

    R.I.P Leo's sanity after reading the book, as well as everyone else's sanity after watching this video.
    (Anyone wanna pay for therapy?)

  • @TheButterflyGhost
    @TheButterflyGhost Před 4 měsíci +1

    The stalker part reminded me of a book I read awhile back, called the "The Obsession." It involved a boy who becomes obsessed with a girl and stalks her, hoping to date her. The twist is, the girl finds out and gets revenge on him. It is an amazing book, in my opinion, and very well read. I found it incredibly easy to connect to the main character. It does shift point of views, but it's definitely more of a thriller, and you may enjoy it, if you haven't read it already ^^

  • @inotanzen
    @inotanzen Před rokem +24

    All things considered, Lawson is kind of an icon tbh 😂 I’m obsessed with him.

  • @tsifirakiehl4250
    @tsifirakiehl4250 Před rokem +7

    Why does every plotline in this book sound like it escaped from an episode of Riverdale?

  • @raishayadav6994
    @raishayadav6994 Před rokem +4

    is this what 18-year-olds are doing? then what am i doing being the 18-year-old

  • @ArianeEvangelina
    @ArianeEvangelina Před 4 měsíci +1

    Seeing as this was published, I got the final push I needed to publish my first fanfic 🤗 If people can accept this on paper, my writing will definitely never be one of the worst things someone has read on a screen ❤

  • @anthonybanks3479
    @anthonybanks3479 Před rokem +2

    I'm glad I found this channel. I watch it while I write my own books. Much love to you

  • @mashroom.master
    @mashroom.master Před 11 měsíci +3

    ok, that's beside the topic of the video, but i just wanted to say that i've already watched 3 of your videos and let me tell you i've never clicked subscribe button so fast in my life. i want to become a writter myself and everything you say about these books is not only pleasant to watch but also help me improve my writing and motivates me to do so. so yeah, that''s pretty much it, please keep up your awesome work, stay healthy and have a nice day/night!! :D (i'm sorry for any mistakes, english isn't my first language) 💗💗

  • @neppets4500
    @neppets4500 Před rokem +4

    "If it's not socially acceptable to kiss your homies, you just fight them in a dimly lit cellar." lmao

  • @november6344
    @november6344 Před rokem +2

    i just realize that cactus cushion looks so good, i want that

  • @cynthiapucheanu34
    @cynthiapucheanu34 Před rokem +3

    Your commentary on these silly books is sooo entertaining and funny 😂

  • @tabierchen999
    @tabierchen999 Před rokem +24

    Rant reviews are just lowkey the best kind 😂 and to deep dive further into Elle Kennedy you should really read "Him" a gay/bisexual romance she wrote together with Sarina Bowen

  • @autumnviker6986
    @autumnviker6986 Před rokem +7

    absolutely devastated that I bought this book and it’s taking up space in my apartment :,(

    • @HaliaStone
      @HaliaStone Před rokem +6

      Use it for fire kindling when winter comes

  • @napstablook3935
    @napstablook3935 Před 7 měsíci +2

    only Vi from Arcane can pull off a petname such as "Cupcake" 🤭🤭

  • @leilaniferreira1317
    @leilaniferreira1317 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I need a book friend like you😭 thanks for being our youtube book friend!

  • @shootingstar5758
    @shootingstar5758 Před rokem +3

    The only person who is allowed to call their girlfriend “cupcake” is a Vi from Arcane

  • @Francyscco
    @Francyscco Před rokem +13

    I think that's about the bixessual stereotype is so true in my country. A lot of peopple think that we kiss everyone and are unfaithful, but in truth we don't kiss no one, we are very insecure. LMAO

  • @Vijay_Book_Reviews
    @Vijay_Book_Reviews Před 11 měsíci +2

    Love your reviews and the subtle art of Roasting

  • @Fr0st1989
    @Fr0st1989 Před rokem +1

    17:31 that "Good morning" conveyed so much emotion I swear xD

  • @Marie45610
    @Marie45610 Před rokem +7

    In my early/mid-20s I was very bored and read a lot of books like this. Now that I'm older it makes me cringe that (mainly) women in their mid-30s , and sometimes older, are writing teenagers like this. It's very weird. Yeah "18 year olds are adults" but most of the time the characters are recently 18, so it's still weird and creepy.

    • @chelsey8737
      @chelsey8737 Před rokem +4

      EXACTLY. Its freaky how many works use older men to groom or manipulate young girls. I've heard people try to justify it as every girl has a crush on an older man so they're just playing out fantasies in books but that's really not how it works and I most definitely never had a crush on an older man as a teenager but I was reading dozens of books where that was the plot, so many that I thought it was normal until I was about 19. If books don't frame those relationships as forceful and coercive like they actually are you've got absurd numbers of teenage girls who think that's actually sexy and something to be proud of, as if they aren't victims and the men toxic

  • @jaginaiaelectrizs6341
    @jaginaiaelectrizs6341 Před rokem +3

    I'm sure that you curating this experience down to only the most amusing and/or the most insane parts was better for us all-I appreciate the way you must have waded through the thick of it all to get those bits and make this video for us though, and I'm glad at least that it did in fact cure your reading slump so somehow it was not a total loss for you either. Mad respect! I can't subscribe because I enjoyed this video though, as I have already subscribed a long time ago by now; I hope you'll understand.😊 😁🤭🤭 😆🤣 💖💖💖 ^--^ Lol

  • @_TheGreatOne_
    @_TheGreatOne_ Před rokem

    You are so funny with those reactions. I haven't had so much fun on a review video in a long time! Great Review! This was so fun, Thank you! ...Your earrings ROCK!

  • @Jremyisawsome1111
    @Jremyisawsome1111 Před rokem +3

    Going from RJ's goals to Sloane's was whiplash, real 'Duel of The Fates' vibe from that brewing conflict.

  • @Thefolkoftheair
    @Thefolkoftheair Před rokem +7

    I dnf this a Long time ago because something about the writing was so off and weird, I just didn’t feel like I was reading a romance now I’m glad I only read a few chapters 😂

  • @MyDecliningWilltoLive
    @MyDecliningWilltoLive Před rokem +9

    I mean what did we expect, It's ELLE KENNEDY. Her books are UNBEARABLE.

  • @straverry_tae
    @straverry_tae Před rokem

    the way i was binging ur videos then i get a notif that u posted 🤌

  • @lvbckr
    @lvbckr Před rokem +4

    this book sounds like something I would've read on wattpad back in the day ... 😬

  • @cornycloudsstudios3009
    @cornycloudsstudios3009 Před rokem +7

    Okay but, was the audiobook read with a hard g or a soft g because a Rotterdam hard g would be SO funny to me during the whole spicy talk Lawson did with his English teacher

    • @kaydwessie296
      @kaydwessie296 Před rokem +1

      I lived in The Netherlands for a bit as a kid and learned a tiny bit of Dutch, and yup, it'd be SO hard to flirt like that

  • @carlachambery
    @carlachambery Před 11 měsíci +3

    the only person who is allowed to call her girlfriend cupcake is Vi from arcane

  • @ling_a_bling
    @ling_a_bling Před 11 měsíci +1

    the way leonie talks abt these books is so funny asdffjj thank you

  • @metamorphforest4853
    @metamorphforest4853 Před rokem +1

    These book reviews you do make me feel pretty confident that I could write a book that at least someone would buy.