love you all! pls check the description box for TW - i but them at the bottom because they might be spoilery but if you need them, they're there!

@luizcastro5246

Жыл бұрын

4 hours of free content? sign me up!

@mizlonboire7060

Жыл бұрын

So happy!!!!!!!!❤

@hfollman98

Жыл бұрын

thank you for feeding us, cari!! 🙏🏻

@NovelNanny

Жыл бұрын

This is awesome thanks- I love these cliff notes. I can enjoy the chaos of the story and not have to read the book!

@rooboatdeer22yu51

Жыл бұрын

HATEEEEE CASSIAN SO MUCH. RHY LITERALLY forced everyone to be quiet about someones DEATH and cass is shitting on nesta???? wtf Bro she was in the right for sure for calling amaren a hypocrite. so dumb I hate him now tbh.

Rhysand two books ago: Feyre it’s your choice. Rhysand in this book: Feyre can’t know about the pregnancy that will kill her.

@mariamariafujoshiinurarea2524

Жыл бұрын

500 years were not enough for him to be mature lol

@Lemonadzz_

Жыл бұрын

i can't be the only one who stopped liking Rhysand in ACOSF 😭😭😭

@svetakirko8427

Жыл бұрын

​@@Lemonadzz_ me too, also all Feyra`s "friends", like it was a theme that her new friends arent gonna be like Lusien if Rhys does something shitty, blabla etc But they all on his side and betray her. Also she said like two months before that she doesn`t want kids. This pregnancy trope just did everyone dirty , hate it so much

@kristinayushko1960

11 ай бұрын

@@svetakirko8427 well she said she want a kid in short book after, but other than that… yeah you are right

@svetakirko8427

11 ай бұрын

@@kristinayushko1960 ah, that`s makes it a bit easier, i didn't read that book, started but couldn't finish. Still i don`t like the trope, she is like what 19 yo, 20 max

"Nesta and her breasts walk in" made me spit take LOL. Thank you cari for these videos

@bunnylemon7785

Жыл бұрын

“nesta breasted boobily into the room”

@ellaadair

Жыл бұрын

Can you give me a timestamp? I want to hear that.

@susansung5082

Жыл бұрын

@@ellaadair2:16:36

@ellaadair

Жыл бұрын

@@susansung5082 Thanks:)

@incognito3739

8 ай бұрын

🤣

It feels like this book is fanfiction of itself. None of the characters behave like themselves.

@Sasu123456789x1

11 ай бұрын

Omg ikr 😫 the 180 switch and character assassination is ridiculous

@incognito3739

8 ай бұрын

It’s Nestas POV mostly so that’s why imo

@graceshepherd8069

8 ай бұрын

@@incognito3739agreed!!

@fionaschimpf7717

8 ай бұрын

because we’re so used to feyres point of view. i miss her brain☹️

@MrNotagoodtime

8 ай бұрын

When it is first person. It changes the characters depending on who point of view. Nestas point of view could be twisted because of the powers of the cauldron.

I want an ACOTAR series tv show adaptation, but not like a serious one, one that’s filmed like a telenovela. That seems like the optimal way to convey the absolutely bonkers relationships and plot points

@eveellisen

Жыл бұрын

they wouldn't even need a big budget, Sarah writes her characters dressing like college girls on winter break so they'll save a ton on the wardrobe department

@winwinner6674

Жыл бұрын

Sadly, they won't give us that version😩

@incognito3739

8 ай бұрын

Anime would be fun Imo

@mxknifefight

7 ай бұрын

it’s like the saw series for ya fantasy honestly… you go into the first instalment thinking it’s gonna be a serious attempt at the genre, only to end up halfway through the series in the weirdest and bloody soap opera ever ??

@joan1222

7 ай бұрын

I feel like an adaptation would also work really well as a trashy reality show with those individual interviews

Not Danika still being on the board 😭😭 We’ll never be free of her

@caricanread

Жыл бұрын

she's a part of us all now

@cedar_m

Жыл бұрын

the whole video i was just waiting for her pop out of the closet, like surprise the baby's actually danika reincarnated

@alicetoyou448

Жыл бұрын

This is lowkey so niche funny

@miriamd6166

Жыл бұрын

amen, girl

@keiley99

Жыл бұрын

She like Allison from pretty little liars always up in everyone’s shit 😂

Can we talk about how the stairs plot is completely ridiculous?! It is SO MUCH harder to walk up stairs than down them. How is it possible she goes down to exhaustion and then makes it back up. SJM doesn’t know how stairs work I’m convinced.

@allbymyshelf4125

Жыл бұрын

no like I'm so confused about that - the first couple of times Cari mentioned it I was sure I'd misheard and she was actually running up the stairs. The fact that she's not is just mind boggling to me - like walking down a few hundred stairs is not hard (long, yes, but probably the equivalent of like, half a mile), if Nesta originally nearly fainted because of that, how was she doing literally anything that involved physical exertion???

@passerby883

Жыл бұрын

I view the stairs plot as a reflection of her mental state, it doesn't have to make sense that it is "easier" to walk up the stairs than down, it is to show how far or close she is from being honest with her self and those around her. I personally love this book because it's a healing book

@SparklyMistake

Жыл бұрын

When I first read the book I wondered why Nesta didn’t just take a flat board or a thick blanket and slide down the stairs? Much quicker and doesn’t require much physical exertion. Agreed SJM has never seen or been on stairs, only ever heard of them.

@STasugx

Жыл бұрын

@@passerby883I mean that’s great and all, but it still violates the basic mechanics of human biology. 😂

@niks713

Жыл бұрын

@@SparklyMistake I never thought of this but the flat board idea sends me? Can you imagine tobaggon-ong down ten thousand steps? It would be so much fun

So we hate Tamlin cause he locked her up to protect her, thereby taking away her agency. But when Rhysand doesn’t tell her that she could die giving birth, thereby taking away her agency, it’s just like, “Oh, you!” Got it.

@winwinner6674

Жыл бұрын

He made Feyre lock Nesta up too. Like, they both did the same thing.

@Raven-ti6tf

11 ай бұрын

Exactly! And at least Tamlin did it to protect Feyre. Rhysand did it full well knowing there was HIGH possibility Feyre would die

@tracisandstrom

11 ай бұрын

It was an intervention because she was self destructing and they care about her.... you'd understand of you ever had a family member killing themselves with addiction.. you intervene because you care and are at the end options and hope that they will recover on their own...

@savvysavannah

10 ай бұрын

I swear Rhys was so OOC in this book. Between that, the pregnancy plot, and the cranked up smut, this really felt more like fanfiction than SJM's own sequel.

@joonsantini

10 ай бұрын

Tamlin sided with Hybern and attacked her twice!!! Obviously you’ve never had family or friends actively killing themselves with drugs and alcohol. Tough love is the last resort and Nesta was obviously at that point.

Nesta being represented by Regina George is the funniest thing to me

Calling it now that SJM made Gwyn part river nymph just so she and her unusually pliant bones can safely have Azriel’s winged babies.

@RainWelsh

Жыл бұрын

I just fucking honked like a goose at this, Jesus. “Gwyn’s unusually pliant bones” alone is a sentence that’s going to haunt me

@medea4751

Жыл бұрын

LMAOOOO FUCK

@rat_enthusiast

Жыл бұрын

@@medea4751 they’re acting like she’s a bendy incubator IM CRYING 😭

@SpookieVonDookie

Жыл бұрын

what a gross take

@malakaskar8205

Жыл бұрын

i tried explaining this comment to my friend who knows nothing abt sjm or acotar and i think hes traumatized now

the "Nesta and her breasts walk in" gives major "she breasted boobily down the stairs" vibes though I can't remember the exact quote anymore lol

@racheldoesathing

10 ай бұрын

I’m so glad someone mentioned this, it popped in my mind immediately.

@jito7377

5 ай бұрын

But where is it from? I can not remember!

@emackenzie

5 ай бұрын

​@@jito7377 It was a comment on Tumblr in response to a section of a book where some male author wrote a woman walking down the stairs with a weird focus on her chest

@amentlik

4 ай бұрын

She titted boobily down the stairs.

@jovindsouza3407

2 ай бұрын

I think the full quote (which was satire responding to a male author's weird writing as mentioned in the above comment) was "Cassandra woke up to the rays of the sun streaming through the slats on her blinds, cascading over her naked chest. She stretched, her breasts lifting with her arms as they greeted the sun. She rolled out of bed and put on a shirt, her nipples prominently showing through the thin fabric. She breasted boobily to the stairs, and titted downwards."

My favourite scenes are when Nesta stands up to Rhys she’s literally the only one who will go face to face with him

@camrynnnnnnnn

Жыл бұрын

Probably why he hates her so much

@winwinner6674

Жыл бұрын

@@camrynnnnnnnn he likes people who are submissive so he can control them easily. Just look at everyone who's part of his family, they're obedient to him and fear him, even Amren.

@persephoneabbot9125

4 ай бұрын

⁠@@winwinner6674that’s so bullshit , you don’t understand his character then. Nesta is an awful human being and deserves to be treated as such. Rhys had every right to act the way he did

@mssugarpink7358

4 ай бұрын

@@persephoneabbot9125is this bait

@winwinner6674

3 ай бұрын

@@persephoneabbot9125 no babe, you're projecting a lot and (s)creaming for a narcissist who put his mate in danger multiple times and SA-ed her UTM then justified himself. Nesta saw through his bs and didn't kiss his arse and he felt threatened by that, because she wasn't an obedient little dog like everyone else around him. :)

I know we’re all focus on how horrible Rhysand was to Feyre, but can we also point out how messed up his treatment of Nesta was? “Hey traumatized war victim! I’m going to kick you out of your home, destroyed said home before you can even take out your belongings and I’m sending you to military training. If you can’t beat your depression and alcoholism in a few months I’m sending you to the human realm where you’re absolutely going to get hate crime. You are literally physically unable to refuse because I can control you with magic”

@mimismsx

Жыл бұрын

YES! everyone just uses nesta as a punching bag ( I mean this is also coming from someone who isnt into these books ) but good god, they act all high and mighty but they treat a trauma victim also like shit. its so bad its laughable. the way they treat her after she told her OWN sister something her husband should have told her, but somehow Nesta's the bad guy. YEAH OKAY. its so appalling.

@winwinner6674

Жыл бұрын

Rhysand and the war took everything from her - her sisters, her only parent left who just told her he loved her since day 1, her freedom.

@Pandidolod

Жыл бұрын

Well SJM is one of those, "take a walk to cure your depression" idiots, so it tracks.

@Thenoobestgirl

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's really fucked up.

@Gingerm0nster

11 ай бұрын

Surely you don’t think that allowing her to continue wasting her life away and spending someone else’s money was a suitable alternative? JFC this take makes me feel like a boomer because I’ve never wanted to tell someone “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” more. They gave Nesta the space to sort it out. Nesta didn’t do the work to sort it out. She just numbed herself into oblivion. The inner circle loves her enough to give her tough love. Calling it “abuse” is the quickest way to out oneself as a person who lacks accountability

Emerie, Gwyn, and Nesta share one brain cell and it’s always Emerie’s turn to use it

@meganjohnson998

Жыл бұрын

this sentttt me lmaooo

@AnonJess

Жыл бұрын

Lmfao, the ACOTAR version of the Graeae

@dennysdonuts4918

Жыл бұрын

Except when Nesta punched Gwyn

Isn't that... Kind of messed up that Rhysand knew the baby would kill Feyre and didn't tell her? Isn't that like, revoking a woman's right to bodily autonomy? I'm sure it wouldn't be great to abort the child but if the alternative is near certain death for the both of them, the implications of him being okay to let the baby possibly kill her are frightening.

@taylorwalker7417

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. And, remember, we're *still* supposed to be mad at her ex for locking a door. -Not that that wasn't wrong, but the fact that the characters are STILL reaming out Tamrin when Rhys has her in a literal magic bubble is *wild* to me.

@BossALKENO

Жыл бұрын

“Feyre it’s your choice. Except here. I’m pro life.”

@AnaT0

Жыл бұрын

And the worst thing is we're somehow supposed to root for him and their relationship? The only thing I'm rooting for is divorce

@rat_enthusiast

Жыл бұрын

@@AnaT0 maybe the real court was the divorce papers we signed along the way

@SirEriol

Жыл бұрын

And the book makes it clear that not only it's a very well known fact, Rhysand's backstory itself should've been a clear warning that this plot point was idiotic. "My mom told me she could have died, but I'm not going to tell my wife that information because I am way too horny right now, and besides what are the odds she gets preggo?" [Proceeds to climax to the image of his future child]

I’ve just been crying laughing for five minutes straight at Koschei being represented as a massive furby.

@nospoonfulofmayonnaiseforme

10 ай бұрын

it makes me so happy

Love how it's always Mor who's described as drop dead gorgeous when with every fanart I've seen of her it becomes more obvious she's SJM's self insert lmao

@abbywolffe4114

Жыл бұрын

Wait you're so correct

@medea4751

11 ай бұрын

hns i thought feyre was her self-insert.....maybe ur on to smth

@mxknifefight

7 ай бұрын

you can always tell which handful of characters in each of her series are supposed to be her lmao it’s 💀

@malikaseitkanova7276

7 ай бұрын

​@@abbywolffe411424

@aashijindal7926

3 ай бұрын

Not that you pointed it out yes oh my god ye so true fr And whenever mor is in the scene sjm always finds a way to describe her as blond beauty and like stop its the 5th book we get it she's soooo beautiful

i love that nesta is the main character but is still regina it’s so funny

@SpookieVonDookie

Жыл бұрын

I hope whenever Elain's book comes out, Cari still has Karen's photo

@lol-lb5pm

Жыл бұрын

@@SpookieVonDookie me too

I legit hate the ACOTAR series, but for some reason I’m willing to watch these hours long videos. I think it’s because Cari’s description of them is super entertaining.

@amandahakes2226

Жыл бұрын

Same. I love the commentary haha

@viinaart

Жыл бұрын

I've never read these books (and I never will), but these videos genuinely make them sound so entertaining. Like not good, but I can see why people would have fun reading them? Or maybe that's just Cari's charisma, as you said lmao😭

@CeCeBookworm07

Жыл бұрын

Cari is just the funniest, especially explaining the wacky plot.

@aahana4931

Жыл бұрын

the only good thing about sjm's entire career are the rant videos about how awful her books are 💀🤌

@astroshiv4050

Жыл бұрын

Yeah true!

4:02:17 The “I’m _tired,_ Sarah.” was SO GENUINE dude, I FELT that

@zinniebug7555

5 ай бұрын

Right?! I love cari talking directly to sarah, it brings me so much joy

I cant get over the fact that SJM essentially wrote La Casa Madrigal into her book

@Kat-de8sz

Жыл бұрын

This sent me 💀

@peachtea7269

Жыл бұрын

NO YOU'RE SO RIGHT SHE DID

@medea4751

11 ай бұрын

NOOOO LMAOOO

@emackenzie

5 ай бұрын

In her defense (-gagging) she did it before Encanto lmaoo

@tosiastepak9544

5 ай бұрын

@@emackenzie omg is lin manuel miranda an SJM stan

Only like halfway through the video (which I love btw) and I cannot get over the fact that Nesta being mad about getting lied to, and then spilling the truth to Feyra is portrayed as a bad thing? Like, wtf is up with this condoning lying to people "for their own good"? I hate everyone in this book.

@NewGuy2534

Жыл бұрын

To be fair they painted a guy who has sever PTSD as a villain and said he deserves to be alone.

@symwinter

Жыл бұрын

If I remember correctly, it's portrayed as a bad thing because Nesta didn't say it out of concern for Feyre's safety but to hurt her feelings. And while Feyre deserved to know her pregnancy was high risk, that wasn't why Nesta said it. Feyre tried to de-escalate the argument and Nesta's immediate reaction is to hurt the people around her.

@alchemy3368

Жыл бұрын

@@symwinter sjm honestly just fumbled that whole thing. we’re meant to like or respect rhysand after That? Absolutely not wtf. At the very least Nesta felt bad after telling her how she did that but man she’s the only one who told her.

@10puppyluv

Жыл бұрын

Honestly I was surprised that after finding out about the Feyra is probably going to die but don't tell her bit she didn't just march straight to her sister and tell her.

@symwinter

Жыл бұрын

@@10puppyluv I’ve always assumed it’s because the books portray Nesta as never really caring about Feyre. Like Nesta treats Feyre horribly and I can’t remember it ever being explained why.

17:16 kinda sus that Feyre is tearing down Nesta's house to build low-income housing meanwhile Feyre isn't willing to share any of her 5 houses with the victims of the war

@salicylicacid9945

Жыл бұрын

I’m sorry I haven’t read acotar could you explain?

@_Enigmatic_

Жыл бұрын

@@salicylicacid9945 Cari has made videos like this for all the acotar books, i reccomend you watch them

@tosht.9576

Жыл бұрын

@@salicylicacid9945 from the little I remember of the trilogy, there’s like three places I know of. The actual palace, the Velaris townhouse and the one by the mountain(?)

@niks713

Жыл бұрын

Nesta’s place was a shitty apartment complex in the city, they were rebuilding it because the place was falling apart. They built the river house because the townhouse didn’t have enough rooms for everyone in the inner circle who were constantly crashing. It makes sense to build housing in the city where people’s jobs are and yeah, the river house is extravagant but also not a good location for long-term refugee housing. The townhouse would be a better location, but again, only like 4 rooms. Not that helpful.

@emptyhead242

Жыл бұрын

Y'all know that this fictional world doesn't have our politics right? They don't have to sacrifice for people to have nice houses. Nesta was living in a condemned building basically. It's not low income, they're just making sure all their people have places to live

I love how some characters are represented by fan art and some are just random pictures that suit the vibe

can someone explain to me, that in all the magic and body horror shit this series has, no one thought to give feyre a magical c section?

@itsisa1641

Жыл бұрын

I was literally screaming C-SECTION the whole time

@isabellagleason2071

Жыл бұрын

Considering it wouldn't even have to be *magical!* Ugandan women were seen having successful cesareans in 1879 by colonists, so they had to have been practiced without modern medicine way before that in the area. So, it's possible. Especially with magic!

@elliemartz1582

Жыл бұрын

In the text it explains that a c section will still kill her I just can’t remember exactly why

@savvysavannah

10 ай бұрын

@@elliemartz1582 You can't remember why because it wasn't explained. We're told that it's never been successful in the past, so we're just supposed to accept it.

@pinksenshi9690

10 ай бұрын

Exactly! I just went off on this rant in another thread, but a C-section is the obv. choice (which they ended up doing). The problem in the book wasn't even the wings - it was a placental abruption or some other cause of massive hemorrhage (that her fae body couldn't heal?). Why couldn't she shape shift just her pelvis? How the heck does her DNA change when she gets wings when she is clearly making them up from looking at the bat boys (Azriel has to have her adjust how she shapes them before teaching her to fly)? And what the heck are those wings made out of that even 2 months early, they can't fold against the body during birth. So many questions...

I really felt all of Nesta's bitterness in this book. How stifled and ostracized she was, esp at the beginning. Rhysands treatment of her really pissed me the hell off

@user-zv5ps2or7u

Жыл бұрын

Вона це заслуговує. Що посієш те й пожнеш)

@hot.bowl.of.stew94

Жыл бұрын

Yes!! Like I understand that he’s pissed about how she treats Feyre but I’m like…maybe take a second to look into *why* she would be behaving that way??

@nicoletalazariuc7545

Жыл бұрын

I agree, Rhysand's treatment of Nesta in this book was despicable (also a liitle ooc in my opinion), but I just can't shake off Amren's remark where she insists on keeping the sword Nesta "Made" away from her, because she would kill them all in a TEMPER TANTRUM, like she's freaking FERAL??? This is such disgusting mean girl behaviour.

@talia9895

Жыл бұрын

idk I can understand why someone would despise the person who emotionally abused and neglected their partner for almost a decade

@winwinner6674

Жыл бұрын

He really portrayed himself as a feminist king and then Nesta not being submissive to him as the others was an enough huge problem to sabotage her and lock her up through Feyre.

is it possible for SJM to write a story where she doesn't character assasinate the male lead of the last book?

@DA-zf4cx

8 ай бұрын

this is killing me

@basementbats

7 ай бұрын

lmao

@sweetthing.213

6 ай бұрын

is that character assassination or realistic though

@amentlik

4 ай бұрын

Dude, I was so terrified reading the second crescent city because I love Hunt. But, there's another book coming, it's never too late for SJM to assassinate a character!

@ambertasniem7245

Ай бұрын

there was that one book where he (sam?) died before she could...

Rhysand not telling her that giving birth will kill her feels so on brand for him though 😭 I mean how many times was Feyre like “No secrets, you tell me EVERYTHING” in the other book and he agreed only to immediately keep crucial info from her LIKE

@athenajaxon2397

6 ай бұрын

Honestly 😭 he didn't even tell her they were mates

@aashijindal7926

3 ай бұрын

Right and feyre kept forgiving hom because they're mates and this is the first time we have seen rhysand's from a pov other than feyre and how much of what he says is bullshit

@eileensnow6153

2 ай бұрын

@@athenajaxon2397everyone keeps saying Rhys was acting out of character in ACOSF, but it seems pretty obvious to me that he only stopped lying to Feyre in ACOWAR when he ran out of things to keep from her. I mean he literally DIED and all he said to warn her was “I love you.” And this was THE END OF THE BOOK. Feyre begged him multiple times to be honest with her…kind of like she begged Tamlin multiple times to let her out of the house, but of course that doesn’t count because he’s a bad guy, right? 🙄

This book has its highs and lows and is pretty much what i expected from a YA fantasy novel but here are the three things i got from it: - Tamlin deserves better - The fact that Lucien just stands around for three or four books doing barely anything is criminal and he should be explored more - Gwen is hardcore as fuck

@ll2323

2 ай бұрын

Seriously! I’m still waiting to see if he gets his mate 😂

if i were nesta, I'd leave the night court and never go back. I just love how they make her think shes been in the wrong for telling feyre and seeing that rhys is actually a weirdo. I was so ready for this book being about her escaping the circle which is just toxic for her and conquering hybern

@lalaithan

Жыл бұрын

I would've done the same thing and that's why I like Nesta.

@CDexie

Жыл бұрын

She was wrong about that because Nesta told Feyre to win the argument. She told her to cause as much damage as possible to both her and Amren. Feyre is the one who doesn't mind that that's the reason and accepts the truth. Rhysand is an asshole though and his "I'll fucking kill her" is inexcusable

@Gingerm0nster

11 ай бұрын

I don’t think you understand this book

@Kamitube

18 күн бұрын

I would have left for the humanlands out of spite and never speak to Feyre ever again.

They really acted like Nesta’s drinking would single-handedly bankrupt the court while they’re building whole ass houses for fun Edit: Okay I get it, I wouldn’t want people spending my money either. But I wouldn’t be *crying into my scrambled eggs* alright

@-uglyhag-5000

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@mooncat4376

Жыл бұрын

LOL, seriously. And I thought there was no poverty or something in Rhys's territory? And why didn't they give up their lavish palace for refuge?!

@elainamcclendon5593

Жыл бұрын

That wasn’t the point! If someone is recklessly spending your money, you would be mad too 😭😭!

@rachaelthereader5196

Жыл бұрын

No matter how much money you have, it’s still rude having someone else spend your money (not even mentioning the uselessness of her purchases).

@clarehidalgo

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, Feyre owns 5 houses already

The pregnancy plot not only is a character assasination of Rhys, but also MAKES NO FUCKING SENSE 1 - Not telling Feyre is so disgusting, but also she could have decided to turn Illyrian to save herself. Or turn only her pelvis and vagina , she can change parts of her body, I cant see how that could've harmed the baby 2 - I cant see any reason how cc is worse than almost certain death. Also how is cc dangerous for her. Like, she has fae heaing powers, no anasthesia is needed (outside of Rhys switching off her pain receptors) so it wouldn't introduce any foreign chemicals that could be possibly dangerous, they have some magic ultrasound, so they can control what they cut, the baby is fae too, not only that, its a baby of a person with combined powers of all the high lords and the most powerful high lord in the history of Prythian and you're telling me it cant survive a cc? I call bullshit 3 - I will accept the wings thing as a weird magic-epigenetics combination, but tbh weird Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk

@walkingwith_dinosaurs

11 ай бұрын

100% agree!!!

@sora1498

10 ай бұрын

no fr like... shes been brought back from literal death, im confident she could survive a little surgery with op healing powers

@noth1ng5id

10 ай бұрын

Yes! I was worried it was just me thinking wtf this is a completely solvable problem 😅

@pinksenshi9690

10 ай бұрын

Same! Why didn't she just morph that part of her body to be bigger during delivery?? Or schedule a C-section, lol. Honestly, it seemed like she was hemorrhaging from a placental abruption, which had nothing to do with the baby's wings. And if it was born 2 months early (even for humans, totally survivable, often without any NICU care) it would be MUCH smaller, so, again, you'd think the wings would be less of a problem. Idk, this whole PROBLEM didn't work for me. Baby bones are all flexible... What are these wings made out of that they can't tuck in during birth??

@victorvandort1

8 ай бұрын

I think I remember rhys saying how while pregnant, Feyre can't use her magic which includes shapeshifting and stuff but idk lmao.

Honestly, putting aside all of the obvious awful situations, I feel pretty bad for Lucien. Like his backstory's already Tragic™, and I always got the vibe that Lucien was subject to at least some of the abuse Feyre suffered from Tamlin, especially after Feyre escaped. Then there's all the Under the Mountain stuff, the Ianthe stuff and the Elaine stuff. And then in this book, they're like hey Lucien seems to be having a good time with Vasa, why don't we take him away from that and put him back with Tamlin so he can defuse the baby situation with him? Like poor guy can't even keep the one (1) break he caught.

I swear the moral compass of the “heroes” is a fucking roulette wheel.

@Pizzelle

Жыл бұрын

Ah code ment reference? One of my fave lines 😁

@NewGuy2534

Жыл бұрын

Glad someone in this thread is a person of culture.

“It doesn’t undermine Feyre’s badas high lady vibes” YES IT DOES. Absolutely ZERO people respect Feyre without Rhys backing her up.

@taylorwalker7417

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I recently watched Cari's ACOTAR recap, and I just got soooo melancholy, like...oh, yeah. Feyra used to be cool.

@alchemy3368

Жыл бұрын

Rhys doesn’t even respect her 😭

@Two_andahalf_devil

Жыл бұрын

@@alchemy3368 Yesss the crap he pulled keeping her pregnancy situation secret was the ultimate proof😭

@grainofrice41

Жыл бұрын

SJM couldn’t help it I guess 😩

@lost0055

Жыл бұрын

Dude feyre was literally worshipped in spring court and respected in the summer court for being the cursebreaker??

The way the thought of Rhysand as High King stressed me out so much. Like no. Do not let that happen

@eileensnow6153

2 ай бұрын

It is _absolutely_ going to happen, and it is _certainly_ going to be framed as a Very Good And Right Thing To Do. 😑

@daydreams4232

19 күн бұрын

Right 😭 Like maybe three books ago this would have felt like an okay idea But bro didnt tell his wife she was dying. I do Not want this man in charge of a country

dude. the part where cassian is "whispering" that they can "play" while nesta is in her terrifying bone trance in a room full of their friends it makes me cringe so hard!!!!! and it works!!!!! foul!!!

@nes22s

11 ай бұрын

I HATE THAT SCENE

@user-jz2tx5fk3n

8 ай бұрын

That scene is foul and disgusting

@ailaguin6607

3 ай бұрын

Yes! I describe it to my friend that Cassian smelled very horny and Nesta is in the middle of being an exorcist

@aashijindal7926

3 ай бұрын

That scene was literally embarrassing

n-new Cari content? four hours long? Nesta and Cassian? NEW CARI CONTENT? TO BRIGHTEN MY DAY???? The universe for once has done me right😂🥺 Cari I love you🥲😭

@caricanread

Жыл бұрын

bahahhahahaa

seeing Danika on the board actually fills me with so much dread, I'm just waiting for her entrance

@moose1277

Жыл бұрын

I KNOW RIGHT

@medea4751

Жыл бұрын

danika the secret villian in the finale of the masseverse

@noodlepoodle3582

Жыл бұрын

I was staring at her the whole time just waiting for the fucking reveal 😭😭

@Lyls456

Жыл бұрын

Me too!!

@lenap319

Жыл бұрын

Please tell me sjm isnt actually crossovering her hetero fairy omegaverse....

Danika staring ominously from the corner is like the evil twin of Mike’s Mic PLL Recap Part 2 with Kim Lip from LOONA (good for her)

“You keep your f**king opinions to yourself, I don’t wanna eat eggs!” Has had me laughing for days. I will never recover.

I feel like your meme choices don’t get enough appreciation. They always make me laugh literally out loud. SO GOOD.

@rightsarentpolitical

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely the same. The memes + the musical accompaniment made me absolutely crack up so many times through this video. Love these.

@olive5202

Жыл бұрын

the bat boys bit cracks me up every time

@sugarfreegum123

Жыл бұрын

@@olive5202 what is their song??

@olive5202

Жыл бұрын

@@sugarfreegum123 no idea but i adore it

@sugarfreegum123

Жыл бұрын

@@olive5202 I just Shazam'd it. It's called Money by W.C.P.M (in case anyone is wondering)

seeing danika on the board was a true jumpscare we'll never be free of her 😭

@caricanread

Жыл бұрын

:''')

@sora1498

10 ай бұрын

shes the gossip girl of this generation

@incognito3739

8 ай бұрын

A

I love how Feyre questions whether torturing people under a spell is ethical 😂. Cos torturing people who are in their right minds is perfectly fine! I don’t understand what happened to Rhys and Feyre’s characters in this book. I feel like they were the worst two characters!

@ruchikacalton2424

Жыл бұрын

Honestly those 2 have been the WORST since forever, I feel it's only now that we're out of Feyre's pov that everyone else notice it.

@celestiarandolph4268

Жыл бұрын

I don't hold as much against feyre because, after all, she's only like 20. At the beginning she's just 19. Rhys, Mor, and the bat boys are over 500. Amren is thousands of years old. I don't expect maturity from Feyre. 21 isn't exactly peak decision-making capacity for most people. Remember the petty shift you got up to at 20? The Spring court drama makes a little more sense. Feyre has a chance to grow up, but needs better influences than the IC.

@isabelladuarte799

Жыл бұрын

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!

@winwinner6674

Жыл бұрын

They started falling flat since ACOWAR(which felt like a money grab book)

@incognito3739

8 ай бұрын

Nestas pov I think

ACOSF really said we can stuff Cassians entrails back in in the last battle, but a C Section is too far.

Just throwing this out there cause I'll die mad, Tamlin (who, to make it clear, I care nothing for, I just hate being gaslit) Tamlin sacrificed his reputation and morals to get his partner back from a perceived threat (since *who* would just take a note saying, "I wasn't kidnapped, I chose to live with your worst enemy, don't come looking for me, kthanxby!" at face value??) and he lost everything trying to do what he thought was right to save the love of his life, but Rhys can't even have a conversation with his wife and threatened to murder the one person willing to be honest. That's the end of my TedTalk, I'll stop commenting now. #Justice4Tamlin

@luvraion

Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU, honestly I've only ever watched these analysis and have never and probably will never read the books but his character is done so dirty?? I loved his character in book one and then he just become horrible in the second one with no real resolution nor redemption?? Idk I just felt like it was more of character association than anything and that really really erked me, like he got sidelined for rhys who barely was in book one and only in it for the last bit?? Not excusing or justifying tamlin’s behavior, just wished his character was dealt with better.

@sanxxxx

Жыл бұрын

Rhys is terrible but Tamlin is too. Idk if you forgot but he actually physically exploded and left Feyre cut up and bloody, aside from one time totally exploding with anger and thrashing her room. He was physically abusive. Both romance options are terrible.

@moomei

Жыл бұрын

SO TRUE ! And people tend to lean into the argument of "Well he was physically abusive !" He wasn't trying to directly hurt her, his immediate guilt and shock at what he did is proof of that. Was it healthy, no ! But it's a very real thing when it comes to PTSD and SJM decided that no, we won't explore those themes, he's just a bad bad man. And also what Tamlin did is literally the trope of "I would break the world just to get you back" but in a fucked up way. Feyre wasn't even his mate !! Imagine if he lost his mate like that !!! #Justice4Tamlin

@lejenni7591

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, much appreciated TED talk❤️

@SparklyMistake

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I’ve never understood how Rhys’s violent thoughts or possessive thoughts/behaviour can be excused as ‘oh but look how much he loves Feyre, it’s all about nuance’ when Tamlin did similar possessive and violent acts, was thrown aside by the plot, and became the ‘look how sad that guy is what a simp’ character. To be clear I don’t like either character, I just agree that the other characters opinions on Tamlin are a little unfair considering how highly they value Rhysand

The fact that this book is in the teens section of my public library is hilarious

@kareokecat7522

Жыл бұрын

I always find these sort of books in the YA sections at Waterstones too 💀

@roamoray

Жыл бұрын

they sell all five of them at my uni and i didn't notice until after i bought the box set 💀

@seriouslydon_t

Жыл бұрын

In my library, I've once seen them in the portion they call "Children's books". Right next to Kingdom of the Feared and Harry Potter.

@c_p1858

Жыл бұрын

@@seriouslydon_t naurrr 💀😂 that’s so cursed

@lupstream5894

Жыл бұрын

Whatttt?? This book is revenge prawn 😭 why give it to teens 🤣

I just realized that the reason Gywn has 'flexible bones' from her nymph grandmother is because SJM needed a reason for her to be able to have babies with Azriel without dying 😵 thanks I hate it

The whole “not telling her the child could kill her” is on such another level of abuse. Like I mean we all have seen the “it’s rape but it’s love” trope but I never imagined I’d see this type of violence. 2:34:13 And then she makes it out that Nesta feels guilty for it?!! I think this is where I’m stopping to watch this series. Cari I love your videos, this has nothing to do with you but Sarah has gone too far with this one. I will happily await your other videos❤

@caricanread

Жыл бұрын

Oh i agree! Thats why i said at the beginning that i dont like this book and it took 4 months for you guys to convince me to even talk about it 🙃

@abbywolffe4114

Жыл бұрын

Yeah like say what you want about the Twilight books but throughout all of Bella's pregnancy and even before, EVERYONE was telling her that it was going to kill her super early on

@Shontay06

8 ай бұрын

@@abbywolffe4114well Bella was hellbent on making decisions that put her in danger; usually against everyone’s wishes. On the flip side, Edward was ready to force abort the baby with total disregard to what Bella wanted and offered her up to Jacob so she could make “pups” so….

@eileensnow6153

2 ай бұрын

And he not only forces her to hike for days, while inexplicably not making sure she _drinks water_ while knowing she doesn’t care if she lives or dies, but he has the audacity to frame it as _punishment for being honest with her sister._ PUKE. Absolutely vomit.

@Raven-ti6tf

Ай бұрын

@@eileensnow6153and yet everyone PRAISES Rhysand and absolutely hates Tamlin. I’m not saying Tamlin is a good guy, but I’d argue Rhysand is considerably worse honestly😭

Cari, explaining Gwyn’s backstory: And the person who saved her? Me: *gasp* Danika!

For someone who is EXTREMELY LAZY, I am so grateful that I can just listen to this while doing my everyday things. My dad walked in on me watching the nearly three hour long summary while I was studying, and I was surprised to see that he was captivated enough to sit down and listen to it with me. THANK YOU CARI.

@caricanread

Жыл бұрын

i warn you not to watch this one with your dad hahahah sjm didnt hold back with the smut and a literally HAD to talk about it for the plot to make any sense hahahhahhhhah

@lisatomsen-mason6608

Жыл бұрын

That is awesome 👍

@bluesdayhasyt2464

Жыл бұрын

@@caricanread after watching the whole thing?? I’m more than grateful I heeded to your advice LMAO

"he said not to climb down, but do i listen? no." sjm protagonists all have one thing in common and thats not listening to a single person ever

@eileensnow6153

2 ай бұрын

They all share a brain cell and none of them have it in their own books.

I don't think Nesta went too far, I *do* think that rhys is a scared little baby and what he did was despicable. Feyre should have been way more mad at Rhys, like threaten to turn him into blood mist mad

@faepyre3386

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. No one should’ve been mad at Nesta for that. She was the only one who acted like a decent human being, and Rhysand was just?? Super abusive. Also if I was feyra I’d NEVER let my spouse treat my sibling like that. Horrible.

@winwinner6674

Жыл бұрын

The fact that Cassian was so chill when Rhysand told him "he'd k1ll her" still shocks me. Wasn't him crazy over her?

2:01:02 “…and Azriel is like, ‘you dumb ASS, please stop, PLEASE stop.’” that one sentence sums up Az in the entire acotar series at all times to everyone

A lot of SJM's word choices get me, but "smug maleness" is just... Ahhhh whhhhyyyy 😭

@medea4751

Жыл бұрын

"baby rich scent" i gagged

@Kat-de8sz

Жыл бұрын

I’ve never read the ACOTAR series and am never planning to…..I’M SCARRED 😭

@vyahriti2191

8 ай бұрын

ITS SO FUNNY I CANNOT KEEP MY FAVE STRAIGHT

@toofany

23 күн бұрын

“sheer perfection” “pure *insert character name” “toes curled” “padded across the room”

I couldn't even get through the first 50 pages of this one, and I read the other four very quickly and without issue. I have PTSD and I was so legitimately triggering by how the inner circle talks about, thinks about, and treats Nesta. Everyone else with their big traumatic backstories gets treated with compassion. Feyre and Elain get treated with compassion and patience. But Nesta doesn't, just because her trauma response looks different than Feyre's gastrointestinal distress or Elain's catatonic state. These people, who the reader has grown attached to (especially Feyre) treat her so badly! She needs compassion, she needs gentleness, she needs kindness. She does not need to be locked up. Feyre (!!!) locks her up! After not fixing the two main triggers Nesta deals with (the bathtub and the fireplace) like she promised. All fondness for these characters, gone. Especially Rhys, who now as a happily married man just spouts out sex jokes ad nauseum. /rant My girlfriend, who loves SJM books, got me to read the ACOTAR series, and I want to share in her hobbies and interests, but this book was so painful, I had to abandon it. So, thanks for the video!

@mel4957

7 ай бұрын

it's giving "yeah I support mental illness!*" *as long as it's palatable and easy to deal with like real talk, I think so many people internalized the whole "mental illness? hah! that's not a thing, just suck it up" except now it's moved on to symptoms considered inconvenient/unpleasant/gross/etc. so the reaction is now "eugh why can't you act like this person? they're also traumatized" (going hand in hand with demonizing entire disorders) and they just. Never address where it comes from. almost no one talks about rhys knowingly & unnecessarily perpetuating his own trauma onto feyre in the very first book (controlling her to do sexy dances against her will when he's treated the same by amarantha - like there wasn't another way to wind tamlin up without doing *that*?) but they blast nesta as oh she's a danger, she can't take care of herself, her personality is awful so she deserves this. the ableism really shows and it's ugly.

@goldielocks9092

7 ай бұрын

Literally same

@TaylorRae736

7 ай бұрын

Omg I agree 10000% with what you said. Nesta is prepositioned as the bad guy and I hate hate hate the way she's been treated in this book. WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY being relied upon so heavily to be brave and save the day when she's literally traumatized and was then trapped in a house to deal with it all???? All of these characters were met with grace and patience in their experiences, and Nesta is always judged upon how she chooses to heal. Most characters lost their charm for me in this book because of their philosophies and treatment.

@goldielocks9092

7 ай бұрын

@@TaylorRae736 I know right? I imagined myself in her shoes, just hurting and needing time and love and support to process my feelings, and then someone coming in forcing me in an uncomfortable situation, trapping me in a house, acting as if they know more about me than even myself, acting as if they're doing it for my betterment, and yet invalidating my emotions and constantly acting like I needed to snap out of whatever I was going through as if it was completely invalid? I'd be so furious, so, so pissed.

@whiskeysfoxtrot824

4 ай бұрын

When Feyre said Nesta embarrassed her when Rhys read out her itemized bar receipt in front of everyone, I immediately hated them all. I am glad Nesta made her own friends cuz that found family is toxic af

This book will be a good thesis point as to why Rhysand isn't a feminist 😶

I hated the objectification. Like even in simple things. Like nests says she hates pants cause it makes her uncomfortable that her shape is visible and then you cut to cassian looking at her and thinking about getting his hands on her

@alchemy3368

Жыл бұрын

It’s so gross. For all the Girl Boss shit sjm is attempting there’s just so much misogyny

@alien-vu7yl

Жыл бұрын

Also, how does a woman who can barely go down some stairs (seriously, she's not climbing them, it's not that hard unless her knees are giving out, but then she wouldn't be able to do any of that fighting training) even have that perfect ass? It's such an unrealistic detail: she doesn't eat, she doesn't exercise but here she is with a perfect figure somehow? Someone like that is probably looking pale and sickly and someone who cares about them should be concerned, not turned on.

@britt6184

Жыл бұрын

@@alchemy3368 Yeah. Her female protagonists(specifically Aelin and Bryce; I don't know if Feyre does it)also complain about the territorial nature of the males but then the author keeps writing them that way. I generally enjoy the stories but there is a lot of stuff in them that annoys me.

@CDexie

Жыл бұрын

@@britt6184 it's clear she finds that kind of behavior in her male characters as romantic/attractive and that's fine, whatever. It just makes me bounce off of them from time to time. Like, Rhys is unsalvageable in this book, besides from the fact that he drowns Nesta in gifts as gratitude, so much so that she orders him to stop. That's funny.

@winwinner6674

Жыл бұрын

@@alchemy3368 SJM took her most powerful female characters(Aelin, Amren, Nesta) powers because they were more powerful than the ML. Idk, something weird happened to girl power in her books after her husband entered the chat; he even has Rhysand and Ruhn as characters based on him.

Man i enjoyed the first three of these books in a Junkfood Read kinda way, but this book made me SO ANGRY! I will never be over SJM framing Nesta as the bad guy for telling Feyre she and her baby were going to die. Maybe that news shouldn't have been shared that way, but that's only because Feyre should have ALREADY BEEN TOLD. Gotta love how Rhysand and Feyre are all about choice and no secrets, unless Rhys decides Feyre can't handle the news. Then it's fine to keep her in ignorance about her own LITERALLY UNAVOIDABLE DEATH.

@mel4957

7 ай бұрын

and it's so weird to see people falling for it saying stuff like "well nesta says mean things and is making bad decisions >:(" and just not addressing the literal reproductive abuse from rhysand and the inner circle towards feyre (who are supposed to care about her??) like yes nesta has a sharp, unpleasant personality and is making unhealthy choices due to trauma but idk that's still not worse than knowingly withholding medical information from someone that could mean the difference between life and death

i must say throwing in a random 5 pages of the bury your gays troupe and then completely writing out that character is certainly A way to treat queer characters

@Willow.the.creative

5 ай бұрын

That’s such a good point that for pointing it out

When the naked man shows Nesta the vision and she sees “a weird 4th object she can’t really make out” the HORN ?!?!?

"She finally gets a piece of artwork hung in their ugly ass house." Was so WORTH the 4+hrs I spent watching this. I swore off all SJM b/c I couldn't deal with her plot holes, sex scenes, or melodramatic AF characters, so I appreciate you doing all the work for your audience. Edit: a word

Honestly I think books like these could be called soap fantasy. They're not high fantasy for high fantasy's sake, and that mismarketing is probably what gives them the bad rap, but they are entertaining purely as relationship drama and wild plot twists. Makes me feel like I'm watching Emmerdale or Dallas u know.

@estherflecksing6305

Жыл бұрын

It is also very telenovella. Like all the abuse and explosions?

@michellemah2674

Жыл бұрын

Oooo yes I think "soap fantasy" is a perfect way to describe it

@Sasu123456789x1

11 ай бұрын

I completely agree

@shananika

7 ай бұрын

Lol SOAP Fantasy. Yeah, that sounds about right. SJM probably watched a lot of SOAPs growing up.

Was expecting the last Danika plot twist that she was the mother, the ultimate death god, hence why she died in the first chapter but still is controlling the plot

@caricanread

Жыл бұрын

I mean it could still happen!

I've watched this video so many times and there are moments that just make me wonder..."why, Sarah?". Everybody's upset at Rhysand for the whole "let's not tell Feyre about her deadly pregnancy", but I'm more upset by the "if you die I die" bargain they have. But yet, Tamlin's whole thing in ACOMAF was the abusive, toxic relationship...

@pinkmenace2452

10 ай бұрын

well feyre was the one who initiated that bargain so ig it’s okay if she does it

@shananika

7 ай бұрын

Tamlin was actively hurting and suffocating Feyre (even though that was not his intention) and locked her up. Rhys just kept a secret from her. Yes, it’s a big secret and he should have told her, but there’s a reason why Tamlin’s abuse bothers far more fans than Rhys’s big omission.

@PoopySkyes

7 ай бұрын

​@shananika Rhys literally puts Feyre in a bubble that prevents her from kissing or even HUGGING her friends and family unless he thinks it's okay for her to. He did more than just keep a "secret" from Feyre, he withholds information about HER own body from her because once again, he doesn't approve of it. He sees Feyre as something he can control.

@rica3947

4 ай бұрын

@@shananika but it's literally a secret that could kill her! i would never defend Tamlin's actions in book two, they were absolutely wrong but I think it's clear that a) they were the consequence of trauma and b) he regrets behaving the way he did. I'm glad Feyre left him but I find it annoying that they all act like Tamlin is the most horrible person in existence, when all of them have done really fucked up shit.

“and this is like a filthy, dirty, nasty book” hahahahhaah pls I was so worried for you and the spice scenes 🤣 kept you in my thoughts and prayers when I saw that you were doing a plot summary

@caricanread

Жыл бұрын

truly needed thank you

Can I just show appreciation for Cari's pretty earrings? Every episode, she wears such gorgeous danglies.

Can I get a yikes for the fact that Rhys apparently "blows off stream" by physically hurting his brother?

@Willow.the.creative

5 ай бұрын

YES FINALLY WHO ACKNOWLEDGED IT It’s so messed up and they just play it off

@RosanaLobs

3 ай бұрын

I don't know how people picture Rhys as a prince charming. He does a LOT of debatable things and that's actually the author's intentions, is pretty clear throug out the book. And I'm not a hater, I love Rhys.

@Editorialzero

2 ай бұрын

@@RosanaLobsI don’t think SJM sees Rhys as morally grey or at the very least I think she sees him as right at the end of the day. Specifically because the worst thing he pulls is his weird pro life shit in this book, and sjm punishes nesta for telling feyre. She has cassian side with Rhys and she has nesta feel immense guilt for telling her. It’s messed up imo.

@lightworthy

2 ай бұрын

right? the way it was described previously made it seem more like exercising with him, but this book makes it way more apparently that he’s just straight up attacking him rather than like sparring????

@eileensnow6153

2 ай бұрын

@@EditorialzeroI’ll never ever shut up about this, but Cassian-the male feminist extraordinaire-takes Nesta to a mountain to hike (knowing she’s basically suicidal), doesn’t _once_ ensure that she’s drinking water, lights fires knowing they trigger her, and has the audacity to frame it to Rhysand as _punishment?_ For _being honest with his dying wife??_ Someone please tell me how to keep rooting for these characters!

i want a tv adaption of these books like a kardashian reality, with individual interviews, sarcasm, drama. i just love the idea of nes talking shit of everyone (especialy rhys). it would be awsome, and i would binge it

@santamonica4995

7 ай бұрын

that sounds incredible

@thelexicon7294

7 ай бұрын

That would honestly be the PERFECT tone to strike. ACOTAR has gotten to a place where it’s truly the trashy reality TV of fantasy, so channeling that into an actual TV show would be perfection.

Either Cassian is a very good teacher or the Ilyrians are just very bad warriors. How the heck did 3 woman that only trained for like half a day for five months were able to defeat these "great Ilyrians warriors" that had been training for years for this blood rite AND reach the top of the mountain ??? Like , I thought it was hard???

@SpookieVonDookie

Жыл бұрын

Illyrians may be able to store up their Killing Power, but apparently can't keep up with girlbosses

@TeroTheShortOne

Жыл бұрын

They never fought people with ✨Plot Armor✨, the strongest armor in the realms!

@emptyhead242

Жыл бұрын

I thought they were so bad bc it was mind control?

@Justme-rt2yr

Жыл бұрын

@@emptyhead242 Well, not all of them were under the mind control. Otherwise Balthasar (or whatever his name was) would be too. And still even if they were, the autumn Court soldiers under mind control were described basically as killing machines. So I don't think that was it. It's just that Nesta and co. have impenetrable plot armour so we could have their little girlboss moment. There's no other explanation that would make sense.

@aengusog3415

Жыл бұрын

Welll Sarah likes to write her characters as super powerful “because they are the most powerful, never before seen and she was the most powerful and he was the most powerful of the all”

I feel like the editors of these popular authors just slowly stop having any say as the series go on, so we just end up with longer and longer and longer books full of so many unnecessary details, like the pages of Cassian thinking about Mor lol.

@caricanread

Жыл бұрын

apparently sjm doesnt even use an editor :'''')

@t.s.611

Жыл бұрын

I think this is probably exactly what happens. The publisher knows books from these big authors will sell well no matter what, so the authors get more leeway to ignore their editors. Probably feels great as an author, but isn't always so great for the readers!

@eveellisen

Жыл бұрын

Oh, 1000%. Traditional publishing is really broken, many authors who _wanted_ an editor have reported that big five publishers promised to provide editing (as well as other services like marketing), and then just. Never did it. Tbh I've also always gotten a vibe from Sarah that she doesn't want to be edited, so I'm sure her publisher has made that happen for her.

@TeroTheShortOne

Жыл бұрын

They’d probably… you know… force her to cut down… just a little… on the ellipses. Or maybe-now, hear me out- try to get her to change- completely unexpectedly- to em-dashes.

this is still half of a thought, but i just realized that these hours-long recaps are the modern day version of a community gathering to hear the town bard/storyteller!🥰

I love coming to these recaps after I finish the book. Hot take: the sweetest, most endearing relationship throughout the entire series is between Nesta and the house ❤️

@eileensnow6153

2 ай бұрын

That actually made me cry, which hadn’t happened since the war with Hybern 😂

My favourite part was when Feyre was like you are blowing out our money. And Nesta was like you mean your mate's money

@eileensnow6153

2 ай бұрын

And let’s not talk about how Mor told Feyre they could buy a bathtub full of rubies every day and not make a dent in their coffers. Feyre cried into her eggs because she was embarrassed of her sister, not worried about the money.

@irinarudnitskaya2378

Ай бұрын

​@@eileensnow6153 and I have another thought - what if Nesta didn't go wild that night and they didn't receive huge check but her ordinary check. I'm afraid she would be still sitting in that tavern and drinking with strangers cause it feals like the main trigger for them was HUGE CHECK! What a loving family!

You do such an engaging job of describing the plot and characters in these videos that sometimes while watching I kind of want to read the books... but then you'll read out a quote. I think if I had to read 800 pages of "mate" and "male" and "brute" I would burst into flames. Thanks for taking one for the team.

@coraphoenix-price3270

Жыл бұрын

fr some parts of this made me want to read it but then "his male smugness' or whatever gets me lol

@Rachel-wu2qr

Жыл бұрын

@@coraphoenix-price3270 meh its just a review with choice exerpt pulled. Try it for yourself, all books have things you could pull from and get the ick imo

@coraphoenix-price3270

Жыл бұрын

@@Rachel-wu2qr I would If they werent 600 pages..

@CDexie

Жыл бұрын

@@coraphoenix-price3270 they're incredibly digestable because every chapter is just... 3-4 pages. That's bonkers to me, but I felt like I read it way too fast as a result

@BabaCorva

7 ай бұрын

Big same. The sex scenes in particular are a big bleh from me. It's less that their existence bothers me and more that the quotes def make them seem...obvious? Like, just the lowest hanging fruit which for whatever reason makes my eyes roll. If you're gonna spill the ink, make it worth the blush.

'Wait, if Feyra's pregnant like that she just needs a C-section' that's what I was thinking all the time I'm halfway through the video

@lightworthy

2 ай бұрын

especially bc rhys has been shown to be able to literally turn off pain receptors, and fae heal QUICK. she could have the most peaceful c section ever man

so no one mentioned the bonus chapters, but one of them contains a new reason to hate Rhysand lol when he straight up forbids Azriel from kissing Elain even though they both want it, and it’s none of his business. in fact, guess what? yet again, the woman in the situation *doesn’t know* he did that. he is awful to Azriel for political expediency, and at that point I had to ask myself - is Rhysand really a good friend to these people?

@mariemadlenek

Жыл бұрын

I understand that Lucien would duel him and that that would cause a lot of problems, but forbidding him from going near her is insane

@moonchild977

Жыл бұрын

@@mariemadlenek the thing that actually upset me the most was the way he treated Az as someone who couldn’t possibly be in love. it felt like a really low thing to say to someone you call brother

@mariemadlenek

Жыл бұрын

@@moonchild977 also the line „you think you deserve to be her mate“ like what the heck, sjm really wants us to dislike him apparently

@aashijindal7926

3 ай бұрын

Exactly we only know rhysand from feyre's pov and ofc she's going to be biased and the first time we see him from another pov i.e. nesta that he's not as perfect as feyre paints him to be

The fact I have to sit here and wait for Danika’s entrance is like waiting for the toaster to go off. You know it’s going to happen and it’s not scary but yet it always happens unexpectedly.

@Sophiejoan.x

Жыл бұрын

I was waiting the whole time but I swear it never came, did I miss it!?

@subashineee

Жыл бұрын

@@Sophiejoan.x same, I thought I might've zoned out and missed Danika's entrance so I'm scrolling to find if someone has commented with a timestamp for that, haven't found any yet

@dessahthao2894

Жыл бұрын

@@subashineee lol she doesn’t make any appearances in acosf, but she’s always in our hearts

@subashineee

Жыл бұрын

@@dessahthao2894 ohh that's why thank you, I can finally sleep in peace now

my whole body seizes up in cringe and i yell "NO" out loud whenever you ready a snippet of the ~spicy~ passages so thank you for really taking one for the team, here

@moonchild977

Жыл бұрын

me too, but the funny thing is I don’t mind reading it lol there’s just something about someone saying it out loud

@nicholewarren4229

Жыл бұрын

I have literally been BEGGING her to stop out loud with my headphones on.. my partner came to check on me a while ago because he got worried.

@misskaterinat

Ай бұрын

Omg hi Cheyenne

I know it’s far from her most heinous crime, but the way Maas just seems to grab names from Welsh/Irish mythology at complete random, when writing a story allegedly about the fucking Fair Folk is baffling to me. Like you’ve got the Morrigan being some mild-mannered blonde secondary character, Ceridwen as a completely irrelevant background character who’s also like mist or whatever, Gwyn who’s both a woman and notably neither royalty nor a huntmaster, and now Gwydion’s just some old fucking sword? Say what you will about Cassandra Clare, but at least when she referenced folklore she’d put in the effort to get it right, with maybe a little twist. Maas is just pulling names out of a hat, it seems like. Anyway, thank you for throwing yourself on yet another SJM grenade for us, you’re a real trooper

@shanicek5188

Жыл бұрын

There's this ya series called Valentine with fairly accurate faerie mythology as its basis! Like the fae in that book are so ambiguous and quite fearsome it's pretty cool. I haven't finished it so I'm not sure if there are references to those specific characters, but there is some stuff on kelpies, jenny greenteeth and tamlin. The fae are also just called seelie and unseelie so it's not as complicated lol. I highly recommend it!

@jennysterg322

10 ай бұрын

It’s funny, I was thinking along similar lines for all the Greek names she uses. Like Symphonia and Ataraxia and even Clotho… and supposedly Ataraxia is a name based in some ancient Fae language 🙄 No ma’am, that’s Greek.

@claragudelhoff8407

9 ай бұрын

It's not just the celtic mythology. She's also ripped off a bunch of Greco-Roman myths and Slavic mythology. I don't think I've ever read anything that so shamelessly steals from folktales and mythology.

@RainWelsh

9 ай бұрын

I’m not as familiar with Classical/Slavic myths so I didn’t pick up on it as readily as with the closer to home stuff, but with how badly she screwed up what I do recognise I’ve absolutely no doubt she cocked the rest of it up too. It’s like, I don’t want JK Rowling-level “this character’s named Old Rat Bastard but in Latin, I WoNdEr iF wE cAn TrUsT HiM” clown college shit, but if you’re going to draw from existing mythologies then at least put some effort in.

@RainWelsh

9 ай бұрын

@@shanicek5188 I’ll add it to the list, I do love seeing the Fair Folk represented in all their terrible glory

“I’m tired, Sarah.” Girl, me too. I’m so glad books can’t give you literal whiplash. Edit: I feel like we all just went on a great adventure together, in this story.

I have legitimately lost a bet because I said, "Oh no, Cari will never do a plot summary of ACOSF. She would NEVER put herself through summarising that level of smut". Damn, Cari, I am impressed!... And also down 20 dollars XD

@Dr.Doodlittle

Жыл бұрын

20 bucks well spent 👌

Okay question: if feyre was literally going to DIE, why didn’t she just try shapeshifting into her winged form just to try to save herself?? Like I know she wasn’t supposed to shift for like the health of the baby or something? But like it’s definitely established that it’s possible because she shapeshifted while pregnant, that’s how they got into this whole mess in the first place

@clarehidalgo

Жыл бұрын

Also not to mention Rhys and her have a suicide pact that magically compels them to kill themselves if the other dies and he acts like her dying doesn't mean he's magically compelled to commit seppuku as well. EDIT if the child survived but Feyre didn't he'd have been made an orphan really quick because of Rhys being dumb

@jayrants3992

Жыл бұрын

the book basically said that the baby and her would die if she tried

@coraphoenix-price3270

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I dont get how she shapeshifted once and didnt try to do it again to save the baby, like??

@polterfeist33

Жыл бұрын

Also not to mention Thesan's power?? Literally coursing through her?? She should have been able to heal even the catastrophic injuries to herself as she gave birth. Like broken bones would HURT but she should have been able to make it along with the shapeshifting. SJM just needed to write off Nesta's powers I guess and give her a reason to show she loved Feyre now. It's giving poorly written fanfic for sure

@bells176

Жыл бұрын

no fr..

"her shtick is that she beheads her enemies" is why Nesta is my fave tho

i've been dying at "you're not laying a hand on me tiny naked man" for hours, thank you for this cari hahahah

I have never read these books in my life but I WILL in fact put my life on hold to watch these videos. I love them immensely!!🤩

@caricanread

Жыл бұрын

bahahahh im glad!

@TheSleepyGrove

Жыл бұрын

It’s currently 3 a.m. where I live and I’m trying to stay awake for at least the next 20 min to begin watching this video.

@karenngalvan123

Жыл бұрын

Same!!!!!!😂😂

I'm so glad you ended up doing this video! ACOSF is my favorite book in the series (Despite the plot mess. The recovering from trauma narrative just vibed with me) but what I can never get over is how opposed they were to Feyre shapeshifting so solve all their problems. Like, There had to have been a month or so at least before she realized she was pregnant, and she was probably popping back and forth between Bat and Babe in that time because we know that she and Rhys can't go five minutes without banging each other.... and THAT didn't harm the baby.... so why would it do anything now? Make it make sense, Sarah.

@Jaaaannnneeee

Жыл бұрын

Also the options are: stay in high fae form and both Feyre and the baby will absolutely die, or shift and *maybe* hurt the baby… it’s kinda a no brainer but I guess SJM wanted her twilight moment?

@Thesharktemptress

Жыл бұрын

@@Jaaaannnneeee Thank the cauldron we didn't have to see Rhysand perform a c-section via teeth.

@samoothoo

Жыл бұрын

Same. My favorite for the same reason. But did skip some smut pages. Also yess! Like just try it? At least as a last ditch effort? Like you're already dying and so is the babe.

@emptyhead242

Жыл бұрын

@@samoothoo I only acknowledge all of the Nesta/Cassian parts. Everyone else was done dirty

@eveellisen

Жыл бұрын

iirc the explanation for why her periods were so painful in the Christmas novella was because when she was made a fae, it "enhanced her attributes" which made the periods more extreme. that explanation is so stupid and theoretically breaks so much, so yeah, Sarah just comes up with whatever half-assed explanation she wants, there is no logic

the bat boys thing kills me EVERY time. i love these videos and your story telling

The ongoing joke of seeing Danika at every angle is SENDING ME 😂😂😂

My theory is that Eris found Mor PREGNANT with Cassian's child. That's why her womb is so emphasized in her backstory and why he can't tell it to Cassian of all people.

@caricanread

Жыл бұрын

Oooooh shit!!!! 🤔😦🤔😦

@kyaranievesbaez4581

4 ай бұрын

My theory is they’re mates 🫣

SHES HEREEEE

@caricanread

Жыл бұрын

LMAO

My husband and i both squealed from joy the day you posted this and we’ve waited until our lazy Sunday and are cuddled up on the couch with blankets, coffee and our dog to enjoy this on our tv. ❤️

@caricanread

Жыл бұрын

omg what you guys have, i want it hahahha

@LitcheTheArsm

Жыл бұрын

We just finished it with our dinner, thank you so so much for making these videos theyre so entertaining! Loving all the memes you add in, the ”who run the world-girls!” Was👌👌👌 all the love to you hope you have a great week Cari~

After reading ACOTAR I liked Tamlin. After reading ACOMAF, I was so in love with Rhysand's character, it was strongly written tbh. Tamlin was supremely villainized. SJM could have just shown a healthy, mutual breakup between Feyre and Tamlin. And now reading all the comments on Rhysand in ACOSF, Why does SJM have to repeat the same twisting of characters again and again 😭 I really don't want to hate Rhysand 😭

@toluwaniquadri3489

5 ай бұрын

Gosh I feel the same. Like she's actively destroying the characters we loved to fit into another characters narrative. Like ACOMAF Rhys wouldn't have been this despicable. And I hate the pregnancy tbh. Both Tamlin and Rhys need a redemption arc so bad😢

The way I SCREAMED when I saw this video in my subscriptions. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. For this video and all the other ACOTAR/CC books. You are a true hero.

@caricanread

Жыл бұрын

:''''')

"I'm tired Sarah." Girl, same. Thank you for doing this! 😂

The whole pregnancy dram is so twilight omg😂 it's so stupid, why couldn't they just do a c-section?

Cari : "we don't know what ataraxia means bc we don't speak high fey" me, a tired student who knows ancient greek and philosophy a wee bit too much : "uhhhh it's actually the concept of tranquility of the soul for the stoïcians and fairly ironic when it comes to what i understood is the plot of the book"

@pinksenshi9690

10 ай бұрын

Right! I mean, atarax is literally a medication for anxiety. I thought it was weird to say it was high fey when it was clearly just Greek roots.

ACOTAR: Beautiful Romance Story. ACOMAF: Feyre it’s your choice to sleep with the villain of the last book because your fiancé is abusive nao. ACOWAR: Sex and the City and Wartime. ACOSF: Porn, for Her. No plot. Seriously. Cassian pumps and everything.

@pinkmenace2452

10 ай бұрын

not cassian pumps 😭

The whole pregnancy thing was so weird to me. Like feyre and rhys both agreed to live their life before having kids and then boom she got pregnant? And like Feyre has healing powers so during the birth wouldn’t she have been able to heal herself during it? As well as maybe shapeshifting? I feel like adding the whole pregnancy thing in ACOSF was just so unnecessary because it changed rhys character compared to what he was like in previous books, I kinda wish that they didn’t do all of that and just focused ACOSF purely on cass and nesta

Listen, I don't even care if Nesta does anything wrong. I stan her. none of these people deserve her after the way they treated her. I'm an og Nesta apologist come fight me

@onewayoranother1D

Жыл бұрын

We shall fight for justice for Nesta.

@editaudioaesthetic

10 ай бұрын

ive been on her side since book 1 i love ha

@Alex-tn3tq

9 ай бұрын

Y'all are fucking insane, Nesta is one of the most unsympathetic and pathetic bitches in the entire series until like the last 400 pages of her book

@vyahriti2191

8 ай бұрын

Alwayss