I love how you guessed the whole romantic subplot 5 minutes in 😂😂

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

we've read a lot of books over here XD

@ettaetta439

9 ай бұрын

It'll be the exact same romance and subplot but we eat it up every time 😔

@alifenech93

8 ай бұрын

so true XD haha couldn't stop laughing

@GatekeeperGuardian-wv3cd

3 ай бұрын

@@ettaetta439 But why?

@ettaetta439

3 ай бұрын

@@GatekeeperGuardian-wv3cd It's comforting. Yeah, it's predictable or whatever, but it's just comforting to not have to invest yourself in something totally new.

I am obsessed with this format because it’s almost like we’re girlies squealing over the same book 🤪🥰

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

YES !!! 💛💛💛

oh we ARE SO BACK

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

=D

@LieingCostsYoursoulTellElders

27 күн бұрын

Make sure to remember any lies u ever told and to share food with the poor and never lie reverse all lies ever told very important for your soul

an hr long reading vlog is exactly what i need after a 24 hr binge of this book 😂😂

@polandbananasBOOKS

8 ай бұрын

😆🤗🤗

It’s so refreshing to see a booktuber I’ve been following for years enjoying this book. I’ve been in this community for a long time and I’m sick and tired of seeing all these new book accounts on TikTok and Instagram bashing new and successful releases... I’ve debated distancing myself from the book community for a few months now and just read books on my own because I’ve discovered that how a book is perceived in the community influences how I feel about the book. I genuinely enjoyed Fourth Wing (and as I said, I’ve read fantasy books for many many years now) and I didn’t have major issues with it until people started hating on the book online 😕 So yeah, it’s really nice and comforting to see you, as one of the OG booktubers, enjoying this book 💕☺️ You’re one of the few sources I trust when it comes to books 🥰

@polandbananasBOOKS

6 ай бұрын

thank you so much! i feel the exact same. it’s “cool” to tear things apart on socials that are popular with the masses and i find that so disheartening. i read to escape and laugh and have a great time in another universe and that’s what this book did for me 🤓❤️

@GatekeeperGuardian-wv3cd

3 ай бұрын

@@polandbananasBOOKS Have you considered there are a myriad of critical issues you yourself pointed out in the book? Of course it has critics. The book is very obviously bad.

My reaction to Liam was exactly the same 😢 he was such a cinnamon roll

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

I remembered watching your divergent review in middle school and now we've graduated to fourth wing. Love this for us. ❤

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

🤗🤗🤗🤗❤️ WHAT EVEN IS TIME

@lilianq24

4 ай бұрын

This is so awesome! Thank you! ❤️I would love to hear you read Iron Flame! 🐉🔥

the read along style vlog is exactly what i needed after binge reading it and not having any book friends to talk to about it. now we just have to hold out until november 🥴

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

yay 🤗💜 november shall be here so soon!!!

I’m really glad I’m not the only one who was PUT OFF by her mom’s name being Lilith. WE SEE YOU DEMON. Cassie has us traumatized lollll

@scripturientspages2805

9 ай бұрын

For me it was supernatural. They did waaaay to good a job with Lilith in that one 😅

@GatekeeperGuardian-wv3cd

3 ай бұрын

@@scripturientspages2805 You mean in spite of most of her screentime being her looking at people menacingly as a little girl

Not Christine predicting the whole romance arc in the first 5 minutes

I am ONLY 7 mins in .... rolling over the Barb from strangers things and then ...then you hit me with Eye's on Fire" and flames...you editing GODDESS! Okay carrying on!

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

LOL thank you

I cant believe I sat here through an hour long video but YOU ARE JUST SO ENTERTAINING! BEST READING VLOG EVER!!!

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

thank you so much!!

You summarized why I loved this book so much. Like this book is SO FUN!! I was giggling so much throughout the book just because I was thinking oh man I’m having such a good time. And I’m so happy that I get to be a part of like a big excited 2nd book release! Haven’t had that in a really long time.

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

🤗🤗🤗

"that poor guy wanted to get married" yeah that's why we were sure that he has the business class ticket for the parapet falls 😂

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

LOL

girl i was with you back in the Divergent days. Slowly getting out of an almost decade long book slump and came onto here to see who was still making videos. Great to see you're still at it!

I miss you doing book reviews. it was my favorite part of finishing a good book, and then watching your video on it

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

thank you 😊 i’m glad you’re here!!

This makes me so happy! Currently reading Fourth Wing for the second time and there’s like, so much sprinkled in foreshadowing that I just didn’t catch before. So fun! So good!

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

YAY!! // NICE!!!! Glad you're enjoying the reread! =D

@GatekeeperGuardian-wv3cd

3 ай бұрын

It's less "foreshadowing" and more a matter of the plot being so insanely derivative that it offers nothing surprising

Omg this was so much fun and now I am tempted to reread immediately and not wait for November 😅

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!! YAY =D

How did you just wrap up every single feeling I had while reading this book in an HOUR! You are and have always been my fav book reviewer! Thanks for letting me experience this again through your eyes! :D

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

thank you so much! i’m so glad you enjoyed the video 🤗🤗🤗🤗

I’m so excited you reviewed this.

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

OH MY GOD! I watched this ENTIRE video because i’m obsessed with Fourth Wing… NOT REALIZING THIS WAS THE AUTHOR OF AGAIN BUT BETTER! omg love your book, and love that you’re as excited for Empyrean book 2 as i am 😍

@polandbananasBOOKS

8 ай бұрын

thank you!! 🖤🖤🤗

YES! Totally adult divergent, but better NOT be adult allegiant !!!!

Obsessed with your review and commentary! I read this book in its entirety yesterday because it was such a page turner, and I am so glad that you filmed a review so I could continue getting more content on this book. Entering my dragon era 🐉

CHRISTINE! Omg I'm so happy you read it! I always love hearing your book thoughts!

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

YAY!! I'm so glad you loved it! It's my new obsession and I haven't felt this way about a book series in a long time! I'm SO looking forward to Iron Flame! I pre-ordered a physical copy and a Kindle copy so I can start reading immediately 🙌💖

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

YAY!! I' glad you loved it too! =D

so glad that at least Christine liked the book. Most of my favourite Booktubers haven't liked it. I gave this one 4 and a half stars bc I bought into the hype and I loved it, but I do agree with book tubers out there that it was a little YA and played into a lot of tropes. Though I remain positive about the book

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

there's a reason tropes are tropes, they entertain the shit out of us and make the story world go round =D

@GatekeeperGuardian-wv3cd

3 ай бұрын

@@polandbananasBOOKS A trope does not mean it can be applied haphazardly any more than owning a chisel means you can recreate the Venus de Milo.

Just finished book 1 and I'm loving this reading vlog so much! I can't wait for book 2

Loved this!! You had so many of the same thoughts that I had! Also, super weird, but I had “Run Boy, Run” stuck in my head whilst I was reading for at least 100 pages and then you sang it and referenced the book to the song at the end of the vlog 😱😍

OMG i love that you read this. I just finished it recently and even though I've been shoving it down my friends throats they still havent read it. Watching you read it made me feel like i had someone to talk to about the feeeels.

Omg FINALLY an hour long video about my fav guilty pleasure pf the year 😊 thanksss

I just finished the book and had to come over and watch!! I haven't had this much fun reading a new fantasy in a while. Love watching your videos after reading a book when I have no one else to talk to!

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

yay thank you so much!! so glad you had a great time reading the book too 🖤🤓

This was so enjoyable to watch! I loved seeing your live reactions and your thoughts on what would happen next!

Literally smiled the entire video *except for during the emo times of course. There is no one as good as Christine at making it feel like you are talking to a friend about a book you love.

Wishing I could reread this for the first time and this video is absolutely filling the void. This book made me laugh so much, and I'm settling in with a snack and a tea and I'm ready to relive it

I’ve been watching your KZread since I was in middle school and I still love your excitement and commentary!!! I loved this read and am so happy you did too!

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

ahh yay thank you so much!! ❤️🤗🤗🤗🤗

This was so great! Your reviews and discussion videos are always the best! Miss them a lot, but I am glad you are finding a lot of joy from your writing! Keep up the good work! ❤

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

thank you so much!!

Ahhh as soon as I read this I was like I have to see if Christine has a video!! This book managed to be nostalgic and really refreshing all at the same time loved it!!!!! ❤😘

I really loved this vlog! I feel like I'm chatting with a friend about the book we're both reading. :) FW was a rollercoaster reading it and your reactions were so genuine and entertaining. loved all the theorizing too, can't wait to see what you'll think of book 2 when it comes out in a few weeks.

Ugh I missed these so much and and HOUR LONG. We have been blessed!!!

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

💛💛💛

Omg thank you for including the American Ninja Warrior ramp clip, I could NOT visualize what the book was talking about

I’ve been in a book slump for months but I literally read this one in 3 days. It’s literally midnight but I had to watch your video!

I started Fourth Wing after I saw your fav book of 2023 video and it really was sooo fun! Going into Iron Flame today 😎

Yay! New video! I can’t wait to read your new book!

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

yay! Thank you!!!

I LITERALLY finished this book last night! and now you're posting this... could it be better timing????

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

YAY!

I absolutely loved this book. And I love your interpretation and opinions of it. You have an awesome personality. Also I'm starting Sarah J Maas Crescent City today. Thanks for motivating me

LOVE THIS ❤ You should also read her other book The Things We Leave Unfinished! Its so good, and i cried so much 😂❤

Loved this review christine!

Such a great video! I read this book when it came out and I kinda wanted to do the reread, but it takes too much time. This was the next best thing and I loved hearing your thoughts.

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

thank you so much!!!! 🤗

your reactions were spot on. When Liam died. When she blacked out from the poison and it switched to Xaden's perspective. The pacing around you did! exactly! And the ending? WHAT DO YOU MEAN>>!>?.. now do book 2. Lol.

YES! ITS BEEN SO LONG SINCE I’VE WATCHED ONE OF THESE REVIEWS FROM YOU! THANK YOU lol also been watching your videos since I was 13 and they’ve always made me laugh 😂 this is one of the best books I’ve ever read for real

I'm solely taking this book in through vlogs and reviews and your reading journey was so fun that it got me excited for the second book to come out too lol

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

lol yay!! 🤗 thanks for watching!

I read your book Again, but Better! I am SO HAPPY that I found it! My only strategy when I go into the library is to find something that pops out. The big font may have been the secret on the side of your book. But I absolutely want to say thank you. Your book took me for a loop!!! esp the part two!

@polandbananasBOOKS

7 ай бұрын

thank you so much! i’m so glad you found it and enjoyed it! 🤗

Love ya Christine! I literally jumped to this vid of yours right after I read "Welcome to the revolution, Violet."

@polandbananasBOOKS

4 ай бұрын

♥️♥️♥️ thank you!!!

Wow struggling to find the words to express how much i enjoyed watching this. I had very similar feelings about this book! Excited for the next

@polandbananasBOOKS

8 ай бұрын

yay i’m so happy to hear that! thank you for watching! 🤗

I love the way you talk about books! It makes the book so much more fun!! Like talking to a friend 😄😄😄

@polandbananasBOOKS

6 ай бұрын

thank you! 🤗

Totally needed this recap of everything before I finally dive into Iron Flame (I blame Sarah J Maas for making me put it off 😅)

I just read this last week and I'm obsessed 😭 love your review!

@polandbananasBOOKS

6 ай бұрын

thank you!

i've been getting back to reading more this year and also watching your booktalks, so let me tell you, i the scream i scrumpt when i saw the notification for this video??? delicious

This just made my whole day! This is how I think... Also... They're (at least Vi) going back to Basgiath!! Talk about tension

So Dain is the childhood friend like Mal. And Xaden is an enemy who has shadow powers like The Darkling 👀

Loved this book and couldn’t put it down!! Ughhh November can’t come sooner enough. Also, the Twilight Edward song every time you talked about Xaden was just 😂😂😂

@polandbananasBOOKS

8 ай бұрын

😆💜

The twilight music when explaining Xanden 👌👌👌 Just finished this book 2 days ago and found this video!! This was my every reaction!! I cannot wait to read the second!!!

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

thanks for watching!!! 🤗 YES SO EXCITE FOR BOOK 2

I was planning to reread this now that the second book is a couple months out but this just reminded me of everything!!! Love

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

yay!

I so enjoyed reliving my emotions with you in this video! Hope you make one for iron flame 😝

@polandbananasBOOKS

5 ай бұрын

thank you! i’m planning to 🤗

I just finished reading it and omgs this vlog sums up EVERYTHING ALL MY FEELINGS AAHHH

I WAS SOOO WAITING FOR THIS!!!!!

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

YAY!

I LOVE THAT YOU'RE BACK!!! This cliffhanger is killing me. I thought this book was a mix of divergent and hunger games. Loved it

@GatekeeperGuardian-wv3cd

3 ай бұрын

On a superficial level maybe. The key difference is that the death game actually had a point in The Hunger Games. In this, it's just a shallow trope invocation at the cost of basic military logistics because the target audience is all too willing to turn off fundamental critical thinking skills

I haven’t seen one of your videos in over 5 years!!! I’m so happy to be back 😭😭😭💙💙💙

@polandbananasBOOKS

5 ай бұрын

ahh happy to have you back 🤗🖤

I so want to relisten to the audiobook now. This was so awesome! I love your reaction at the end, lol. How could this be the end? I think this is just the beginning, lol. I am so excited for book two!

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

thank you 🤗

I’m so behind too, started reading it during my month vacation… plus because of a Storm had to extend our stay for a few days. Loved this book and Xaden too. Can’t wait to start IRON FLAME which has already appeared on my Kindle. And while I was there, I also read an article FOURTH WING is going to be a TV SHOW!!! Can’t wait who the cast will be

@GatekeeperGuardian-wv3cd

3 ай бұрын

I, meanwhile, can't wait for the laughably bad CGI and butchered Gaelic. High fantasy does not translate well to live action unless you have the budget of a small country.

love your shadowhunters shirt ♡♡♡

I've seen two theories I like. One, Violets mom tried to kill her by sending her to the riders. When she crossed the parapet the weather got worse, her mom controls storms. Also her reasoning would be if Violet joined the scribes she'd likely find out everything and be a liability. Two, Andarna can time travel and is from the future, and she's back to save Violet and Xaden and her parents which is why she bonded as a baby.

@GatekeeperGuardian-wv3cd

3 ай бұрын

God I hope the absurd time travel theory going around ends up being true. Even for good authors the logistics and consequences of time travel will, at best, completely consume the plot. Because Rebecca Yarros gives zero shits, her attempting to write time travel is going to be an absolute trainwreck and I can drink Booktok's tears from the fallout.

Just finished reading Fourth Wing and this was a hoot, lovely to see others having the same experiences at the same time and to relive it.

I started the book the day this came out (yes I sped listened to this audiobook), and I couldn't leave the world yet so I came here. I agree with everything you said. However I missed the face-touching thing, and I am kicking myself right now. But a theory solidified when watching this video. The person we met at the end (I won't give spoilers), was possibly foreshadowed when we saw Tairn in the professor's projections... The resurrection worked?

You made me feel so many emotions with this review. Also, the ending was the funniest part. Qyrsztyene 🤣

You are adorable! I love how you try to pronounce the words. I am obsessed with listening to audio samples to find out before I pronounce the whole book wrong. The author didn't put a pronunciation guide in this one, but I hope she does for the second. Also, you mentioned how Xaden is a book boyfriend now... he has shadow powers ;) All the best book boyfriends have shadow powers. Ruhn and Rhys and Azrael and now Xaden! squeeee! Loving it. I think he has definitely overtaken Rowan (although he does remind me of him when he's training Aelin) for me and is just slightly below Rhys on my book boyfriend list. He's got so much in common with all of them. I really like what you said at the end about books being re-introductions for people who have lost their interest in books to come back again. It's so true. For me, it was Thea Harrison and the book "Dragon Bound" If you haven't read it yet, I think you would like it and she has tons of books in the series!

@GatekeeperGuardian-wv3cd

3 ай бұрын

What I want to know is how a grown woman is struggling with at least half of these words. The Gaelic I can understand her stumbling on because even Rebecca Yarros has an extremely poor grasp of the language. But how does a fantasy reader have trouble understanding what a gryphon is?

Great video! Has me wanting to read it for sure!

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

I reallly didn’t love fourth wing but absolutely looove you talking about it 🥹💜

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

thank you 💜🤗

Haha, Qyrsztyene 😂😂😂 really got me at the end. Thanks for a solid hour of fun commentary and laughs. Exactly what I needed after devouring Fourth Wing and waiting for Iron Flame! ❤️‍🔥 Really liked what you mentioned about how much fun it is to have the internet reading community all so excited about the books after just one book too!

@polandbananasBOOKS

6 ай бұрын

thank you!! 🤗

I MISSED YOU!!!! I looked u up so fast after finishing the book bc I just know we would love it the same!! ❤

i read this about a month ago and ive been hooked ahhhhhh nov 7 cannot come faster im so excitedddd and i loved seeing your reactions as you went through hahahha as mine were all the same!! 🤭🤭

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

Great review. You've turned me onto so many great books. Riordan's, Cassie's, the one with the glowing catarpillars that took over the world, the Divergent series. Really enjoy your reviews.

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

thank you so much! i'm so happy to hear that. =)

The twilight music 😂. That song was actually on my reading playlist while I was reading this

I really loved this review!

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

THANK YOU!

Could you make a reading vlog for Iron flame too? I enjoyed this video so much that I watched it twice 💕

November is so close yet so far!!

This was such a fun video!!! This book is SO FUN AHHHHHHH

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

THANK YOU 💜

Was so confused why Gryphon stumped you as it was spelt normally...a quick Google search told me that the US spells it Griffin. Wild! Apparently you learn something new every day 😂

@emmanarotzky6565

4 ай бұрын

Griffin is the usual US spelling but I think authors here still use gryphon a lot because it looks like a medieval spelling to us lol

Christine, PLEASE. If you are going to read a digital copy please get yourself a kindle. I promise you won’t regret it!

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

lol i have an ipad mini i just always forget to bring it places and end up using my phone

Had to watch this after I finished the book because I wasn't ready for it to be over 😭

xtine u really are the best!! i just finished fourth wing today. enjoyed every bit of it & enjoyed watching this video a lot!! u & i have the same feelings/thoughts T.T ❤ cant wait for November to come!!

Oh my gosh you have me dying at work rn with the “I look like barb” 😂😂

I hope you did a reading vlog for crescent city #3!!!!!

Just finished packing for college for the first time and am about to watch this whole thing snuggled up in my bed with my I sthram targeted ad Dino stuffed animal, an xtinemay video is just what the doctor ordered, comfort x 100%

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

oh my gosh! good luck at college!!! I hope you have an amazing freshman year! =)

'toxic appearing male' is such a staple of YA romantasy

I just finished it and I loved it!! I don’t know how I’m supposed to read anything else now 😭 do you know of any other books like this that are super fast paced?

girl you're so pretty!!

@polandbananasBOOKS

7 ай бұрын

thank you 💛

@GatekeeperGuardian-wv3cd

3 ай бұрын

Which is why it's a pity that she's such a basic womanchild.

me running to watch this as soon as I finished the book ❤

I just watched this entire video thinking, for some reason, that it had been posted months ago. Only after I finished did I realize that you just posted it today which means we probably read the book at around the same time😅. I’m glad you did because I was dying to hear someone else’s opinion on it😅

@polandbananasBOOKS

9 ай бұрын

yeah i filmed in mid july! so still pretty recent 🤗

i need an iron flame sequel video omg