PART ONE: kzread.info/dash/bejne/kaWYqtKadKeXmLg.html BIGBIGBIIIIIG SPOILERS UNDER THE JUMP . . . . So if any of you have never read SJM and don't get why the ended made me shriek, Rhysand is a character in her other series, A Court of Thorns and Roses. They're tying all the worlds together and I didn't expect it AT ALL. Also, all of SJM's end game boys have an R name, so if she pulls some weird Hunt-dies-in-the-third-book shit and then Bryce meets another mate that starts with an R who lives in another dimension I will host a book burning party lmao.

@dinarobinson7213

2 жыл бұрын

Me, having read the book, and not making the ACOTAR connection before watching this. 😄😄😄😄

@dreamofshadows9960

2 жыл бұрын

shizzzzz i havent read SJM's books but im aware of the character and ACOTAR's general stories, so when you said his name my brain blanked out like no wayyyyyyyyyyyyy enjoyed the recap and i commend you for soldiering on with the vid 👏

@chapelzero8313

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely heroic effort. I find her writing completely unbearable but watching you recap these two was wildly entertaining, thank you so much

@mokshitamonga9554

2 жыл бұрын

I know its impossible but ruhn???!!!!! Ahahahha BUT nothing is impossible when it comes to SJM dun dun dun Btw I never read her books

@ellias

2 жыл бұрын

girl if hunt is killed for bryce to have another mate i will REJOICE!!!! especially if the other mate is a girl!!! heheh

seems like danika told bryce literally nothing except that she stopped having casual sex

@rhainehodge4052

3 ай бұрын

And did she even tell her that or was it just implied?

@jazzy0959

2 ай бұрын

I just finished sky and breath… I understand how Danika led a secret life and Bryce not knowing much of it at all… Bryce had to grow into who she was. She was a party girl , she drank, she did drugs, she hung out with her friends casually.. she was oblivious.. but Danika had been in law enforcement, a lot of things were confidential to keep her friends safe.. it makes sense when looking at the whole picture and who Bryce was before

Danika is the Alison Dilaurantis of this universe

@bhav2671

Жыл бұрын

wow that's so accurate

@thecavalieryouth

Жыл бұрын

No truer words have ever been spoken 🤯

@shareetz3154

Жыл бұрын

omg YES 😂

@queertearss

Жыл бұрын

except she actually stays dead (i hope)

@lucianabenic7943

Жыл бұрын

Hahha 100% yess

Bryce doing her best work off-page is a great example of an author writing a character that exceeds their writing capabilities

@LMX_Edits

Жыл бұрын

Lmao this is underrated😂 but so true. It’s like when you set goals for new years and try to stick to them but give up halfway through and are like “welp, let’s hope no one remembers”😅

@lorenzodefez3906

10 ай бұрын

"Off screen work" is the ultimate excuse for writers who desperately want to write characters smarter than themselvs

@-Chiel

9 ай бұрын

This reminds me of SJM's Throne of Glass plot twists that Aelin drew out of her sleeve getting new allies left and right where no one else could even imagine finding them.

@chiarakikimatteazzi4840

7 ай бұрын

​@@lorenzodefez3906it's not even that difficult to write a character smarter than you... you know the plot, what is actually happening... it's all in the Way you write your smart character. You can make them pick evidence before the others, make them make links of thoughts, make them observant to little things or to other people... you know

@lorenzodefez3906

7 ай бұрын

@@chiarakikimatteazzi4840 ye but that's not really being smart, just more observant. The point is you should be able to write in a logical connection for your character that YOU don't know, that's why so often authors rely on misinformation, witholding informations or a sudden illuminations where randomly split facts connect together at one random point (think Jude realizing who Oak is in Cruel Prince or Io realizing what happened in the Fury-born in Threads that Bind). The kicker is usually they have no wisdom to impart to others, they just "get" things when the plot needs to unravel and make no further use of said intelligence

I swear by the end of the first book i thought Danika never considered Bryce as her best friend and by the end of book 2 I was convinced of it.

@samsmith9315

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it seemed like one of those relationships where one person was waaaaay more into the other. Like Bryce thought Danika was her bestie and they were super close but Danila saw Bryce as more like a hanger on in her wider circle.

@maddie19

10 ай бұрын

FR! No one talks about this! Clearly they weren’t at close as Bryce thought and I feel bad, like girl didn’t know anything about her perceived best friends life. Fury knew more and girl was barely around

@nahometesfay1112

10 ай бұрын

Danika did sacrifice her afterlife for Bryce tho.. you could argue that was for the greater good tho...

@Ashley_e

3 ай бұрын

Amen, also why do we care? Maybe if there had been a whole book with her in it.

@piya6929

2 ай бұрын

it's morelike Danika hid qny dangerous info from Bryce...i would argue that comes from a place of love and protectiveness..plus Danika left a lot of things for Bryce that would be helpful for her...like the horn tattoo, papers on the coffee table Danika gifted her etc etc

There's something about Cresent City that reminds me of Riverdale. The possibilities of all these plot lines and their absurdities are limitless.

@malwinelogina9781

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao i like the books but i 100% agree they have a riverdale vibe

@mackenzieargue6434

2 жыл бұрын

This is so accurate omg

@juliannegaid7498

2 жыл бұрын

oh my godddd SO ON POINT!!!

@kyrah.13

Жыл бұрын

1:45:15

@blearyeyedchangeling

Жыл бұрын

Nearly 700 pages before a plot picks up vs Riverdale having a new one every 5 seconds, yeah I see it 🤣

every time you said "this scene only exists to give this tiny piece of info, just COMBINE THEM", I got the infamous "This meet could have been an email" vibes and that is such a beautiful take

@andreaceja3174

Жыл бұрын

Lmao Lore Olympus??!! 😭😂😂

@thomxAristy

11 ай бұрын

The first book was terrible

the tension between you and declan is palpable

Clearly Fury is whatever Amren is I’m just impatiently waiting on THAT book 😂

@TanishaLaju

7 ай бұрын

future plot twits, they're sisters 😂

@sophiescherk9279

3 ай бұрын

i think they’re just both asian and thats why they look alike….

@sofieparks5052

12 күн бұрын

Literally! Everyone says they don't know Fury is or what species so she's probably from the same world as Amren

I actually screamed when you said "my name is rhysand". I had to talk a walk around my room to calm down. You HAVE to do book 3 Cari. You just have to

@annabell4973

Жыл бұрын

YES. Book 3 PLEASE!

@Peppahzwithaz

Жыл бұрын

Same! I literally screamed as well 🫢

@FudgeBunnyLova

Жыл бұрын

i also screamed the moment i heard rhysand.

@savitararcanis2143

Жыл бұрын

She under contract for minimum 3 book in the Crescent City series

@thecavalieryouth

Жыл бұрын

I know my neighbour was like "the hell is going on with her now? 🙄" Because all I could say, dishwater dripping down my arms, was "WHAT!?!? *WHAT*!?" over and over again. Legit took a step back to compose myself.

I have never read the books but listening to cari explain the plot of this book series has made my entire week and can we just talk about the dedication and effort that was put into these last two videos.

@caricanread

2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much ahhhhh!!!

@monica_.

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!!!

@inoplanetka

2 жыл бұрын

yes! cant agree more

@user-ji9if5gh2p

2 жыл бұрын

i agree this is my second time watching

@victor382

Жыл бұрын

@@caricanread hahaha, no one ever took SJM writing as seriously as you 😂

“ he’s not a super bad guy, he gives children snacks while he’s saving them from the death camp” is such a funny sentence i have been laughing for the past 15 minutes

Watching this to recap before CC3 drops and the love is blind cutaways for Ruhn and Lidia's moments have me ROLLING

@3zyon

Ай бұрын

Same going to buy it today and she had me cackling.

When she said "and guess who his mate was..." I looked at Danika and thought "no...no it couldn't be. There's no way this chick could know this guy" IT WAS FRICKING DANIKA! SHE SURE GETS A LOT OF SHIT DONE FOR A DEAD GIRL

@elliehathaway3694

Жыл бұрын

alison delanrentis

@TaurusWitch29

11 ай бұрын

Ain't that the damn truth 😂

I have to say I'm kinda obsessed with the random photos representing the characters in the book you don't have fanart for. I would dare say I like it more than the fanart for solely comedic purposes.

@kim.kimmerymakesstuff

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, at the 5:00 minute mark where she with a straight face looked into the camera said "Pippa represented by Peppa" and Peppa Pig flashed up made my week. I had to pause the video for a bit to properly laugh at that

So Ruhn's house is the mojo dojo casa house. That's the only thing I got from this book. Thank you so much for this video

@gisel9473

4 ай бұрын

Best comment ever!

@Stardustx3

3 ай бұрын

THE WAY I CACKLED LMFAOOOOO

Danika really said I may be dead but I am BOOKED & BUSY. Multitasking queen. Thank you so much for reading these batshit books so I didn't have to. Excited for book 3!

Things we have learned Danika was a hard core planner

@ilariap6061

Жыл бұрын

More like she was smart enough to die and avoid all this fricking drama and mess She is still my favourite tho, and she has the record of speed with which my favorite died.

Watching these SJM recap videos is my version of the drop, I feel drunk with power at the end of them bc I didn’t have to read the books to know what’s going on 😆 thank you for doing the lord’s work Cari 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@caricanread

2 жыл бұрын

this comment killed me hahahhaa

Cari's unshakable faith in Declan is awesome lol

I would absolutely kill for a Throne of Glass recap, I know there’s a lot of books but if you can explain the craziness of the Crescent City series and writing, hopefully TOG won’t be as contrived!

@piya6929

2 ай бұрын

i would love that i gave up in book 2 and it will be nice for someone to just tell it to melike this instead

@nospoonfulofmayonnaiseforme

20 күн бұрын

it would be great but omg such a MOMENTOUS undertaking, I don't think it's possible. plus, cari never got into ToG. there are like 8 books and the last one is absurdly long, like 992 pages

danika dies six ways from sunday but still ends up being more important to the plot than the main character lol

if you fast forward this video to a random point in it, it’s so funny. “bryce is at dance class she wants to speak to the head of the ballet troupe” “so then he asks the ASTRONOMER” “and then they go into the mystic” this book is off the rails lol

@madison3218

2 жыл бұрын

"Hey can I get 2 tickets to the bone quarter please"

@daisywriteshere

Жыл бұрын

It's like the plotline of a dream

@dilemmafordays8747

Жыл бұрын

I started doing this and got: "We saw you on that jet ski. When are you gonna turn us in?" "Thank God she didn't teleport them... to the bottom of the sea. Because that's probable." "And this is where we learn that HE... is Danika's father." (Dead-eyed stare) "There is a phone sex scene that I HATEDDD." "She drops this pebble into the water, and it's supposed to be super dramatic and intimidating??? And they're looking at each other like HOO HOO HOO" "She's like it's not super weird if I ask my fiance to give me his royal guard."

@cecyconcdecoco3818

Жыл бұрын

@@daisywriteshere for real lol

@elliehathaway3694

Жыл бұрын

“and so hunt kinda softens” 51:15

i've only ever read the ACOTAR series from Sarah and I had no clue that Rhys was going to make an appearance in CC, but as soon as you read out loud "and said in a voice like glorious night", I knew that was Rhysand, and i think that speaks volumes, because his only personality trait is the word "night" 😭 everything else kind of just gets derived from that

@marialuizacosta810

3 ай бұрын

stop i love rhys but i'm laughing so hard at this why is this so true😂😂

I think that Bryce holds her apartment so dear to her has a lot to do with dealing with the trauma that happened in her and Danika's apartment in CC1. Great recap!

There is something so ludicrous about the sentence “hey The Hind we saw you on the jet ski” in a million years I would not guess that was a lone from a popular fantasy series.

I can’t imagine how confusing actually reading this book would’ve been. You explained the plot so coherently and I still got lost a few times.

@malwinelogina9781

2 жыл бұрын

Reading it was like being underwater. You know what’s happening but everything is tinted and blurry

@luciuhhh

Жыл бұрын

@@malwinelogina9781 literally how i felt when reading the book

@CoKiEsAnDcReAm07

Жыл бұрын

I think reading the book but reading it as fast as possible (within 2 days) actually helped me keep up with the plot!

@gingerbread18

Жыл бұрын

I just finished the book last night and had to watch this video to fully understand what I had consumed

@rubyb7252

Жыл бұрын

I've been listening to a few minutes at a time and constantly rewinding trying to keep up but we struggling😅

Ok everyone who reads this book saying they’re poorly written but I have to admit the amount of plot is amazing. Like I love how much is going on in a single book. Unlike most authors I’ve seen her books really do need to be a bigillion pages because damn, so much happens

I love how much Cari loves Declan, she’s just like “everything will be okay as long as he’s alive”🤣🤣

when i was reading this book, i was running down the clock on having it checked out from the library on my ipad so i was skimming the last chapter, and i almost threw my ipad across the room when i saw the last word was rhysand. i fell on the floor instead. LIKE WHAT?! WHY SARAH WHY??!!?!?!?!?! and then the library snatched the book away and i had to just sit there alone in my confusion. it was a time

@caricanread

Жыл бұрын

omfg i am laughing out loud in public at this comment 😂😂😂 i am so sorry

@ohminimarie

Жыл бұрын

lmao this was an amazing visual i'm so sorry this happened to you! fyi - if you read on airplane mode, they can't take it away! I've done this successfully for a few years now 💜✨

@shivaniii08

Жыл бұрын

Bro wtfff😳Where does Rhysand come into this?? 😭😭 I didn't even read these books and this is some major spoiler

@kasylia5993

Жыл бұрын

@@shivaniii08 i guarantee you are as confused as me and i read the thing

@shivaniii08

Жыл бұрын

@@kasylia5993 Idk how to feel rn, I wanna start this series soon coz whattt, I just finished the Acotar series yesterday and I decided to watch the plot videos for Crescent city and then I find out this?😭😭😭So your telling me that the 3rd book might revolve around Acotar and that world coz Bryce is apparently stuck there?

I'm 42 minutes into this video, and let me tell you... so far it feels like someone gave an AI all the Sarah J Maas book and made it write a new book after all the previous books. This is a comboluted mess that feels like a fever dream lol

@maeve6363

2 жыл бұрын

If I could retweet this book I would

@swirlingsun

Жыл бұрын

someone should actually do that w an ai. i want to see cari summarize the result

Cari and Declan is hands down my favorite ship of this series. #deri

“Ouch, my mate…” watching this 1 week before the 3rd book comes out. Thank you for making this!

i feel really bad for aelin tbh. based on the timelines we already have, it seems like this happens after the end of the ToG series. And she made that huge sacrifice to close down travel between realms, just to have it undone by Bryce because SJM cant write a series without her fav Rhysand :(

@malwinelogina9781

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr. Poor aelin all her hard work gone to waste lol

@Amorfis

2 жыл бұрын

The fact that SJM is trashing everything she set up just to write crossover fanfiction for her own books

@Thenoobestgirl

Жыл бұрын

Ikr? She went through so much!

@patriciauber

Жыл бұрын

Honestly at this Point i‘m convinced that Aelin is the fucking Ocean Queen. Anything‘s possible

@TaurusWitch29

11 ай бұрын

​@@patriciauber that made me laugh so loud 😂 that was a good one lol

This is like Pretty Little Liars insanity lmao. Also love thunderbirds, they're an indigenous supernatural creature that don't get enough attention.

@lookitskatiex

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking Vampire Diaries as they get progressively more off the rails.

2:59:49 “I don’t know when I’ll ever do this again” except I hope it’s like next month

Honestly the unsung heroes are Declan and Jaseba, without the both of them I don't think Bryce could have done anything 😂

I hate SJM’s writing (sorry stans), but watching these videos was so entertaining. It felt like watching a season of trashy, messy, realty TV. Thank you for all the work that must have gone into these recap videos.

@gloop7458

Жыл бұрын

Watching these videos (and Colleen Hoover ESPESIALLY Colleen Hoover) makes me go "You know what? If they can be an author, maybe I can too"

The only surprise for me in this book is that sjm actually stuck with the same hero for Bryce in both books instead of doing the "rhys-feyre-tam/ celeana-aelin with basically a new dude every book (including those novellas)" schtick. Now that's what I call a development lol

@blue_sky38

Жыл бұрын

Ya I was expecting there to be this big reveal to why he actually sucks and then she would move onto a villain or something 😂😅

@AranelEnMirkwood

Жыл бұрын

Yeah when Cormac turned up I was fully expecting a forced proximity, enemies to lovers. Honestly was shocked that didn't happen 🤣 Can you tell 90% of what I read are romance novels?

the way i randomly picked a character on the board that would be day and got it right made me realise that's absolutely how sjm formulates all her plot twists

@thelexicon7294

8 ай бұрын

Would it be more or less comforting to learn that it’s even more painfully obvious in the narrative? There was quite literally no one else who it could be. Which was also my prevailing thought about Micah being Danika’s (proxy) killer in CC1. Sarah is good at some things, but mysteries are far from one of them. When Bryce just solved Emile’s disappearance offscreen, I howled. Actually begging SJM to read a single mystery book in her life.

As someone who did not read ACOTAR beyond the first book because good lord I couldn't... imagine my face when after giving SJM another chance with CC (and loving the first book enough for 4.5 stars) only to get through 1600 pages to book 2, to read "I'm Rhysand". (Thank god I had already watched all your ACOTAR synopsis vids). This book was painful and not in the good way. Ruhn really said "let me carry this whole 800 page book on my back". The way I'm dreading book 3.

Did I buy this book? Yes Will I be reading it? No, Crescent City 1 was messy enough Will I be watching this video and marking this book as read on Goodreads? Absolutely. I have no shame.

@caricanread

2 жыл бұрын

hahahhahhahaa

@sarahmills7857

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, didn't need to call me out like that, it seems we had the same idea hahahhah!!!

@Avocadhoes

2 жыл бұрын

I just did this 😭😭 got 150 pages in before I quit

@mishelly

2 жыл бұрын

Oh good I’m not the only one! I’ve put in a good effort for 2 Months effort to read this book but it’s all over the place e! It’s so bogged down so much boring “drama” dialogue that’s just annoying Caris right “bro-ey” and frat boy vibes. 🤣

@taylorwalker7417

Жыл бұрын

I too bought the book, had the prologue melt my brain, tried to forget it for nine months, and then watched this video. Glad to see I'm not alone😂

My only understanding of the Sarah J Maasiverse is your and Cindy's videos. I don't have the patience to read a series of 800-page, strangely horny books, but witnessing KZreadrs slowly lose their grip on reality while recounting them is immensely educational and entertaining. SPOILERS The last book was pretty all over the place, but this one is... even more so. The sheer VOLUME of magical creatures and characters you're expected to keep track of (it feels like a crossover fanfiction where the writer is mashing together a lot of fandoms). The modern technology which still feels really out of place. The SUBMARINES. The YA dystopia subplot. Everyone still going to work in the middle of this. The fact that Danika died in like chapter one of the first book but is still the most important character. The fact that we have solved Danika's murder THREE SEPARATE TIMES (Danika killed herself, no really Micah killed her, no really the Asteri influenced him to kill her...) The flirtatious dragon which was presumably inspired by Shrek. The main character just taking a backseat in the final act. No one ever seeming to go through any kind of character development, except being angry at someone else and then not. Declan the unpaid intern doing everyone's donkey work. Also, when I watched your first video I didn't really understand the 'first light' donation properly - I thought that they had to give a bit of the power to the Asteri, seeing as they are the overlords, so that whole plot twist was completely lost on me lol. I totally didn't realise the Asteri were lying about it and said the power was for the city... The inclusion of Rhysand makes me hope we can collectively force Cindy to suffer through book 3.

@Melissa-sx9vh

2 жыл бұрын

Hold on, the dragon was inspired by Shrek??? Btw I would love a to see a crossover between Cindy and Cari!

@daisywriteshere

2 жыл бұрын

@@Melissa-sx9vh I hope it was! I was just picturing the scene where the dragon flirts with Donkey, haha. Omg yes, Crescent City book 3, Cindy and Cari need to team up for a 5 hour long video.

@stelladiagoupis7521

Жыл бұрын

My guy “ Declan the unpaid intern” had me CACKLING

Bryce communicating with her mother via postcards because the astari can listen to their phone conversations (all phone calls are bugged apparently lol) Here are some random thoughts about the whole book: Therion selling himself to the viper queen is so random. A smart character suddenly turned into a stupid one 🤦🏻‍♀️ Hind being Day is so obvious since the boat scene - I felt a lot of the plot is predictable but the ending plot twist was so worth it. If Ruhn is related to Rhys then Danika is related to Tamlin!!!!

@nospoonfulofmayonnaiseforme

20 күн бұрын

wait in what way are Rhys and Tamlin related???

Watching before CC3 gets released tomorrow 🙌🏼 in Cari we trust

@k11rqq

3 ай бұрын

yepp 😭

Someone tell Withcindy she'll have to read crescent city now

@luiza.limaneves

Жыл бұрын

Oh poor thing, she'll never be free of this mess will she???

@yepjustanaccount3357

Жыл бұрын

She already lost her mind at the end of the throne of glass series, she'll just cease to exist after this lmao

@dovalayn

Жыл бұрын

@@yepjustanaccount3357 *acotar. she hasn’t read tog thankfully

It's amazing how invested I felt in Sofie and Emile's storylines almost exclusively because you used Sophie and Markl's pictures

The second she mentioned a "demon winged guy with scarred hands" I was like "no... NO" AND SURE ENOUGH IT WAS I CAN'T GET OVER THIS IT'S SO DUMB

Thank goodness for these, I had zero recollection of what happened in this book. Now I am ready for book 3, bless you Cari lol ❤

You forgot the biggest part! Spoilers!!! Not only were they all fae, but they were far from different worlds. While, from the end of the book, it’s clear that the Fae of this book are clearly from the ACOTAR world but the shifters… they’re from the TOG series because they used to be Fae that turned into animals and the Fae in that series all have an animal counterpart (Rowan as the hawk, Aelin’s being a human) so she’s fully encompassed all of her books. When I thought about all that, I lost it and stared into the abyss for a solid hour.

@rileycavanaugh6889

2 жыл бұрын

Ngl I didn’t even make that connection OMG

@paigemccafferty5749

2 жыл бұрын

omg yes so I read ACOTAR and then The crescent city books and JUST finished TOG (best series of hers imo) and I also stared off into the abyss when I made all the connections... and then when I caught the ACOTAR cross over in TOGas well... now I think I need to re-read ACOTAR to look for more easter eggs but do I want to put myself through that? IDK!!!

@AranelEnMirkwood

Жыл бұрын

@@paigemccafferty5749 Wait there's an ACOTAR cross-reference in TOG!? What is it? It's been forever since I've read that series

@paigemccafferty5749

Жыл бұрын

@@AranelEnMirkwood yes! It’s small but when Aelin is falling through realms there is a reference to rhysand in Velaris during starfall!

@AranelEnMirkwood

Жыл бұрын

@@paigemccafferty5749 Thank you!

It’s the way I literally screamed when you said “Rhysand” ☠️☠️☠️☠️ part of me wants to see what happens next but also I just don’t have the mental capacity to endure it I watched ur videos so I wouldn’t have to🤣🤣🤣 thank you for your sacrifice 🙏🏽🤣

@blueaditi6646

2 жыл бұрын

Okkkk uhhhh so I am kinda confused as to who TF is rhysand???? I- I'm just like- I have no memory of this guy what so ever 😅

@ladydk9482

2 жыл бұрын

@@blueaditi6646 he’s a character from her other series “A Court of Thorns and Roses”

@blueaditi6646

2 жыл бұрын

@@ladydk9482 oooooooo ok tyy

@emma7933

2 жыл бұрын

we need readwithcindy to react to this lol

@Amorfis

2 жыл бұрын

My fucking alarm bells went off as soon as she said 'Hell has grass and is actually quite pretty'. I was like.... surely not. And then it just kept getting worse. Then I actually shrieked.

Just watched this entire video to prep for the third book. I wasn’t able to reread because I am short on time, so this was a great watch. So many things I misremembered but now I am all up to speed! Thanks!

I’ve seen this video at least 5-6 times and cari’s adias and Apollo impressions still crack me every time😂

As someone who has read both throne of glass and a court of thorns and roses, I would like to thank you for your sacrifice so I don't have to read another series to satisfy my curiosity Also that ending??? What?? I'm so frustrated now, can we never escape Rhysand?

@nellepicard498

2 жыл бұрын

Who the fuck is Rhysand ? Did i missed something ?

@ninaugustus7252

2 жыл бұрын

@@nellepicard498 he is the male lead in another series of Sarah's called a court of thrones and roses

@bitchplease5724

2 жыл бұрын

@Jo L feminist king 👑✊🏽

@nobodyofknowhere973

Жыл бұрын

@Jo L LMAOOO after what he did in COSF it sounds more ominous then it needs to be

@jamesfeatherfame4591

Жыл бұрын

@@nellepicard498You missed the entire Acotar trilogy lmfao.

I can't even begin to understand how it must have felt reading that ending because I haven't read a single sjm book and I could barely believe it when you explained it

@m1k3y48

9 ай бұрын

I literally said “Fuck off” when I read that lol

What I learned from this: Declan can do ANYTHING and we love it!

Obsessed with the delivery of "so we're gonna leave Ethan on the floor for a minute"

I'm only watching to learn how much smut SJM put in here.

@nishanthjeyaraj112

2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, another unexpected crossover!!!

@davidchehab3450

2 жыл бұрын

the crossover we all need but didn't know we wanted

@Ekrapf21

2 жыл бұрын

CROSSOVER I NEED U TO TALK ABOUT IT

@marocat4749

2 жыл бұрын

Oh the SJM commentary universe merges in a crossover! XD

@WildArtistsl

Жыл бұрын

Who is SJM pls tell me

I loved the "the world is not going to end while Declan lives" part. lol I actually FORGOT he saw everything. So there's still hope. Loveeeeeeeeeed this video. I'm going to use them with my mom, she also tends to forget plots

noooo i was hoping so much that you would do throne of glass 😭 it’s her best writing😭

Part of me is thrilled that SURPRISE ALL OF THE MAASVERSE IS LINKED!! But then part of me struggles to remember anything from the TOG series because I read it SO long ago.....I'm grateful for everyone on the internet who is a more thorough fan than me and posts about all the stuff I've forgotten

Me: I can’t watch a movie it’s too long Also me: watches this 3 hour long video in one sitting Thank you for doing all of this work, Cari!! I’d love to see you do more (especially Queen of Air and Darkness because I am not reading that 900 page mess again…)

@sydneyburke1116

Жыл бұрын

Literally same.

yep yep. i think Bryce's species of fae(?) came from prythian (acotar world) + dusk is the only court missing from prythian while on the other hand, the shifters (fendyrs, other fae who can shift into animals) are from the throne of glass world (fenrys is a fae who can shift into a wolf) + aelin fell through multiple worlds including acotar and crescent city while she was closing her own dimension from invaders (valg monsters) so yep yep i guess 😂

@Kai-yq4ur

Жыл бұрын

omg dusk being the only court missing makes so much sense!!

listening to this to refresh before flame and shadow… really hope it stays a trilogy lol

OKAY SO SURLEY WE ARE GETTING A HOFAS BREAKDOWN!? also i love you thanks for doing this ❤

I genuinely did attempt to read the first book, but I actually couldn't bring myself to finish it, but someone explaining the madness of this series makes it more entertaining and saves my precious brain cells

'He's like the head of a group project and nobody's doing their part, you know, and he's like "I'm sending Reapers after you!".' Stop calling me out like that, Cari!

As someone who currently has the book ready to read open on Kindle thank you for saving me hours of reading

I cannot the imagine the amount of time you spent making this video. With the 3rd book being released soon, I just couldn't re-read this but needed a mind jog of what happened. Thanks for the excruciatingly long recap because without which, I'd be re-reading this beast of a book.

Aidas with the Yzma-as-a-kitty voice cracks me UP every time. Thanks for doing these. You have a great talent for breaking this convoluted mishmash into something that's fun and palatable.

This was my main source of entertainment for the last couple of days. Thank you so much for sacrificing your voice and sanity. I read all of SJM's book as a teen until I got to uni and realised that the books just do not vibe with my adult brain, but I'm kinda scared to hear her series have gotten even MORE convoluted. We have this saying in Dutch to say when someone is making a mess of things and it's basically "making a soup of things". And SJM just seems to be making a whole damn soup of this. Especially with that last word. A lukewarm very confusing soup.

@daisywriteshere

Жыл бұрын

She's really putting EVERYTHING in that soup

@piscis210

Жыл бұрын

We have the same saying in Turkish hahah!

It's so funny when she was whispering 'because they were mates'. Just has that 'and they were roommates' panache.

You explaining who Danika's mate was is the funniest part of this whole video.

My husband and I listened to the Crescent City episode and this one in the same night and I’ve never wanted to read a book so badly and hated it so much at the same time. You are a treasure and this was the best 6 hours spent on a lazy Friday night. Thank you for your efforts.

Never read a Sarah J mass book but the end literally shocked me to my core. Also how is SJMs universe more connected than like DC

I've been going through SO much ACOTAR withdrawal. Painfully read through TOG (it gets better in the later books - her writing), grudgingly read through Crescent City...so when I read the word Rhysand, I literally screamed. If she's bringing that world back, I'm 100% for it. This made me SO happy.

The pods are now open! Thank you for doing these videos. I have literally no interest in reading these books at all, but my wife is reading them so following these videos so she can talk to me about it has been super helpful (I've watched both of your Crescent City videos and the ACOTAR ones as well)

@sofiatsolova1275

4 ай бұрын

oh bless your soul

"The final squeeze of the orange juice of their souls" was a really inspired line.

I was really worried we'd get a Tamlin-fication of Hunt when you said they had some tension going on. Also: Tharion doing a deal with the Viper Queen for living on land is totally a Little Mermaid + Ursula reference, right?? tysm for going through this for us!!

Light it up because of the star power ✨️ this also explains why Danika was able to sniff out Bryce's power potential, as she did with Fury, Sofia ect

2:57:01 THE GASP I LET OUT I HAD TO TAKE A BREAK I AM SO INVESTED IN THIS WORLD HAVING NEVER READ ANY OF THESE BOOKS BUT THESE VIDEOS MAKE ME FEEL LIKE IM WATCHING A MOVIE

Thanks to Cindy, from withcindy on KZread, and her ACOTAR videos, I know who Rhysand is; so when Cari read the “My name is Rhysand” line I immediately went “Rhysand? As in ACOTAR Rhysand?” The hell… Now that was something. Loved the first video and this one, I’ve never read anything from SJM (and don’t plan to, sorry girl 🤭), but I absolutely enjoyed these videos and the way you explained both books, honestly it’s something admirable 👏🏻👏🏻. Also, can’t believe this video is just 10 SECONDS away from being a 3hr-long video.

I've read the first two ToG books, the ACOTAR trilogy (I got 100 pages into the 4th book and was just so disgusted, I had to dnf), and I tried to read the first Crescent City book. It's fascinating how instead of developing and improving as an author, Maas just continues to throw every bad trope and/or plotline she can think of at her readers and she's still somehow so many people's favorite. I'm pretty sure she's also either refused any type of editing, or her editor just doesn't care about anything anymore. Messy plots, convenient clues, toxic relationships, lack of actual nuance, characters that are literally cardboard cutouts of EACH OTHER... this feels more like YA than her previous series. And the whole multiverse thing is giving me a headache just thinking about it. All that aside, I'm so grateful for these videos! You really explained everything so well, and that's an achievement seeing as these books read like a fever dream. Can't wait for the next video!

@Neroba

Жыл бұрын

Also one of my biggest icks with this autor it's the whole tragic lesbian plot lines. Every other character thend to get their perfect mate a live the straight lovey duby life but she loves to make her lesbian characters tortured af and lonely. It rubs the wrong way to be honest.

@samsmith9315

Жыл бұрын

I can't stand her writing but if you like her schtick I imagine you'd eat her books up because it's just the same shit over and over again. More of what you love if you're a fan, but absolutely nothing to offer people who didn't like her other series. Still, I love these batshit crazy wrap ups - all the entertainment and none of the slog of actually having to read these nightmares!

@Thenoobestgirl

Жыл бұрын

I'm just enjoying the rollercoaster vibes lol

Can I just say. Your synopsis of the Sarah J. Maas books just give me life. You are hilarious. I have read them all but I look forward to finishing them to hear your re-cap. PLEASE DON'T STOP!

Thank you so much for this. I literally finished watching it five minutes before its release day for CC3

GIRL I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS. I have already forgotten what was in the book LOL

@caricanread

2 жыл бұрын

LOL same and i spent weeks filming and editing this hahaha

i actually startled myself by how loud i laughed at the delivery of "we're doing this. this is what everybody wants to read this book for. i feel like im gonna be sick."

Noo you need the read throne of glass truly life altering 😭😭 the best of all 3

@kkrb1212

Ай бұрын

I just finished crescent and throne of glass was my least favorite. Hated it so bad but had to finish it so I could say I did

Im an audiobook listener of SJM and I appreciate just how chaotic everyone thought this book was! I’ve actually listened to it 2-3 times now and just NOW am getting a grasp on it. I like CC better than the other two series. I’m registering to TOG and I’m so ready for it to be over. SJM does seem to repeat the same themes over and over again (everyone is mates and in love and horny despite going through like war and strife). I am now CONVINCED Lorcan and Hunt are of the same though. Idk. I cannot relisten to ACOTAR…. If I have to hear Elizabeth Arden say “incarnate” one more time… it’s SJM’s favorite descriptor word and she’s still using it nearly a year later. I do like the stories but the older, wiser I get the less tolerance I have for all the meaningless romance and whatever. It’s like in Outlander where the main couple keep having sex and it’s like, seriously can we just fast forward this part. Anyways, a rant lol.

@TaurusWitch29

11 ай бұрын

And the word "gilded" is in every book, multiple times, and by book I mean every series and book she wrote. Gilded gilded gilded is now the word I hate the most 😂

@Ashley_e

3 ай бұрын

@@TaurusWitch29no no its “she could have sworn” or he. It’s everywhere.

You have to do a recap like this for ACOTAR ! I have never read them but now need your recap of them !

@angelmanuelsantanalantigua1601

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah or blood heir trilogy by amelie wen zhao

@SD-ft5xj

2 жыл бұрын

You can watch readwithcindy

@kayleebrown3171

Жыл бұрын

@@angelmanuelsantanalantigua1601 YES

i was tempted to read this series because its the only SJM that appealed to me, but i think that these video recaps are a better way to enjoy the story

When you said “we’re only halfway through”, I like physically collapsed of exhaustion, because I got really used to reading 300-400 page books, and this is just insanity.

Honestly I laughed out loud when Ruhn said “day?🥺” and the Harpee was like uhm are you ok 🤨

Cari: says she's not going to describe the spicy parts Also Cari 2 seconds later: "And then we are going to head to the BONE quarter"

Cari's voice is so soothing that it hides the mess that is the plot 😂

I read 5 or so chapters and then watch this video in case i missed anything and I just got to Fitzroy the otter and immediately i thought "Oh Cari's gonna be annoyed that the otter at a coffee shop has a name but not the river queens daughter"

everyday I wait for another cari can read 4 hour synopsis, ty queen can't wait for CC3

I cannot believe that SJM has the audacity to do this to us, I was thinking in the first book 'why do a lot of these characters just feel like she has hit copy and paste?' Also, where was Syrinx???? This plot is so convoluted yet, I have read every other one of SJM's books so it actually feels a little predictable? Cari, you are an angel for making this, a true piece of art. Can't wait for book 3....

@wingracer1614

Жыл бұрын

Fury and Juniper took Syrinx with them when they got the hell out of the city

I physically can't read SJM anymore. I gave up on her at Court of silver flames. So, thank you for this video! The way I cursed when you said Rhysand. LMAO

Rewatched for the release of book 3 and this is a lifesaver.