Life is to short to not DNF x

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

I so agree!!

@nicoleali1164

6 ай бұрын

🎉🎉 let’s keep normalising dnf❤

I can't explain how pleased I am that you liked Assistant to the Villain. That book made me so happy. A lot of laughter was had.

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

It was such a fun time!

At my Barnes we put assistant to the villain on the rom com bogo table bc it’s really an office romance! It’s still in section as fantasy, but we decided that people would have more accurate expectations if they picked it up off the rom com table instead of fantasy!

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

I agree with this!!

I am so happy you loved The Jasad Heir! It's one of my favorites of the year. I totally agree that I would not classify it as a Fantasy Romance. After I read it, there were so many people telling me they didn't like it, and I think they were expecting a Fantasy Romance. I can't wait for the next book

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

It was so good! Definitely in my top reads of the year too. I’ll be getting that sequel as soon as humanly possible!

I LOVED THE JASAD HEIR! I read a lot, and I mean a lot. And I can honestly say this is the absolute best debut novel I have ever read. To the point where I immediately asked the author if she had written anything else. She kind of laughed and said no I would have to wait for the sequel and I felt like she had just told me Christmas 🎄 was canceled. This definitely a “I would read Sara’s grocery list” kind of situation.

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

I looked for other books too!

Thanks to you I read so much fantasy this year and loved it! Seeing what you are reading has really bumped up my tbr.

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

This makes me so happy 🥹🩷

Okay but that copy of the hurricane wars is so pretty 😭

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

Right?!

Yay! I’ve been waiting for the vlog!!

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

Awh thank you 🩷

I love the goodreads nomination reading vlogs. I'm thankful you did one ❤❤

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

I’ve never done one but honestly, now I wanna do more…. 👀

@MrRorosuri

7 ай бұрын

@@oliviareadsalatte yes please 🫶

I need this every year now 👏🏻 I loved this so much and I immediately put a hold on for HW at my library. I get so behind on recent releases so this is a great end-of-year recap to see what I may be sleeping on

@oliviareadsalatte

6 ай бұрын

I wanna do it every year now!!

Merry Christmas girl!!!! Hope you and yours are overfilled with blessings

@oliviareadsalatte

6 ай бұрын

Happy Christmas to you and yours! 🩷🫶🏻

So fun! Thanks for posting!

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching 💛

Loved your Jasads Heir review…I haven’t seen many reviews and it’s one of my favorite books!!! Wish more people were talking about it.

@oliviareadsalatte

5 ай бұрын

it's a fav of mine of last year!

I really liked this vlog and all of your opinions on the books. Definitely bumped a few of these up my tbr list 💜🖤

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

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Hey bestie!!! Just had a mental breakdown and can’t emotionally regulate and I instantly thought of putting your videos on. Just wanted to share that your videos are therapeutic 💖

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

I hope you’re feeling better 🫶🏻🩷

I am so happy you loved the Jasad Heir!! It was such a good book!

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

It is!! I need that next one asap

aah you have no idea how happy and so exciting it was to see you try the jasad heir that was one my top favs for fantasy this year i knew it wouldnt win in its category but i still voted for it. Personally i thnk this book fits better in the fantasy section but with the way goodreads chose their books im just content that it even made it as a choice to pick for rom-fant hopefully more people will check out future work for this author. Im definitely waiting for the next book 😅😊 ps i love ur videos its so cozy and makes my day when you post

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

Awh thank you so so much! 🩷 I’m so glad it got nominated as well because it definitely deserved it!

i'm so happy you got a win in this video!

@oliviareadsalatte

6 ай бұрын

Me too! Honestly, net positive vlog hehe

I really hope you give Foxglove King another chance bc it really surprised me, the chemistry and the plot twists and the lore was so so good once the story picked up ❤

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

I may go back!

Oh I also loved The Jasad Heir ! It was 5 stars, as was The Hurricane Wars, they were so good 😊

@oliviareadsalatte

6 ай бұрын

they were so fun!!

Great vlog 📚🎄☕🎁⛄🌨️🧑‍🎄

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Hurricane Wars entertained me through recovering from wisdom tooth removal. I loved the romance and it was just good fun.

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

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You should give foxglove king another try!! Ik it seems like just another romamtasy but the world building is really interesting and the tropes are done in a way that feels nostalgic and it has substance

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

I may give it another go!

Runs to immediately start the Jasad Heir right now!

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

I hope you love it!!

Ok, adding "The Jasad Heir" to my TBR lol!

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

Yay!!

Now I need to read Jasad Heir 😅 love the vlog

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!! I hope you enjoy!

This helped me Christmas shop for the exclusive fantasy romance reader in my life! Headed to BN for Jasad Heir

@oliviareadsalatte

6 ай бұрын

I love that!! Hopefully they enjoy it!

The Hurricane Wars book super amazing for the Fantasy Romance

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

It was def a solid romantasy!

Watching this literally changed the books I’m buying at Barnes tomorrow 😈🐜 Jasad Heir here I come!

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

Hehehe yes 🙌🏼

Loved this video so much! 🖤💜 I’m so happy you ranked Jasad Heir and Hurricane Wars so high bc I really want to read both soon and trust your taste in books. Also, totally support your not giving Foxglove King another chance - it’s so not worth your time. I wish I had dnf’d it but felt bad bc it was arc (I’ve learnt my lesson and will dnf next time).

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

I hope you enjoy them both, they were so much fun! I’m so torn on reading foxglove because the ratings are so mixed 😭

I’ve been waiting to hear what you thought of a few of these 😂

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

Some were a time and some were a good TIME 🫢

I dnf left, right and center x

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

This is me in 2024

I read Throne of the Fallen before I’d read any other Kerri Manascalco books and I think that was a really good thing. I liked the book so I went and read the Kingdom of the Wicked series and I liked that more, now I’m reading Stalking Jack the Ripper and I’m having a great time. I’m glad I’m reading the way I am for sure! 👍🏼

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

Okay maybe I can give it another shot…. I’m worried about going back and it being too insta lovey!

@lozxcam

7 ай бұрын

@@oliviareadsalatteI don’t think it felt too Insta lovey to me, to be honest I’ve read so much since it that I don’t 100% remember the details just the overall plot. I just remember liking it but easily moving on and I haven’t really thought about it since 😂

I'm happy to DNF books and I even mark it as read if I read 30% or above :)

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

Same!! If I get 200 pages in, that’s a read book 🤣

You absolutely should give Rules of Redemption by TA White a go! It’s my new obsession! It’s the start of sci-fi/fantasy romance series. Think fae but they’re an alien race 👽 AI type companion, slow burn romance, badass gal being a badass. All the good stuff

I regret not picking up a copy The Jasad Heir last weekend now lol 💜🖤

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

Hopefully you can get your hands on it because it’s so good!!

❤ Well I guess I have to buy and read the Jasad Heir now. So sad 😅

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

Omg pls do!!!

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@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

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I loved assistant to the villain! I talked about it in a video but I think people wanted a dark villain romance and that’s not this. But it’s great

@oliviareadsalatte

6 ай бұрын

I agree, but tbh with the synopsis idk why people got a dark vibe instead of a fluffy fun one 🙈

@coffeewithcady

6 ай бұрын

@@oliviareadsalatte agreed. I don’t think anything would lead them to believe it’s a dark romance.

Every time you hold up one of the books you’re reading and I hear your beaded bookmark clicking against the cover, it relaxes me. It’s like a tiny moment of asmr.😌 Did you make it or did you buy it and, if so, do you mind sharing where you bought it?

@oliviareadsalatte

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I got it from the shelf edit on IG!

@jessicaw1839

6 ай бұрын

@@oliviareadsalatte Found it! Thanks!!

Hi! What kind of bookcases do you have? I’ve been looking for big bookcases that you can also get multiplies of that are seamless together! Thanks ! :)

@oliviareadsalatte

6 ай бұрын

I have Billy bookcase shelves from ikea with one extender on top🩷

@yamanakasino214

6 ай бұрын

@@oliviareadsalatte Sorry to bother you again, but did you do anything special to them when you assembled them? Thanks again! :)

Lol I fall into the same time trap where post-dinner I don't have the attention span to read anything until I'm ready to go to bed and then I'm like, so I should knock out 50 pages right??? But then I promptly fall asleep after 10. I can't escape this cycle 😂

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

It’s like we have one last wind before we finally fall asleep 🤣🤣

I would say if this was to be considered “Fantasy Romance 💘 “, it would be incredibly slow burn 🔥.

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

I think the best fantasy romance is slowburn! But personally, it was a fantasy that just had a major romance subplot 🙈

@mandicruz912

7 ай бұрын

@@oliviareadsalatte Agreed 👍🏻

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@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

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We'll have to agree to disagree on Assistant to the Villain 😂 I did not think it was funny at all! Yet at the same time, what you said about Hurricane Wars sounds a lot like the things I look for and think about in books, and I think I'd enjoy it. Go figure!

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

You should definitely try it! And I can see assistant not being for everyone for sure

I felt the same way about Throne of the Fallen, literally one of the worst books I've read this year (maybe of all time)! I absolutely loved Stalking Jack the Ripper and liked Kingdom of the Wicked (but that series got worse as it went on). It's like Kerri Maniscalco is chasing the fantasy romance trend and everything I loved about her writing (gothic atmosphere & well crafted plots) is falling by the wayside. I just don't understand how it's possible that her books are getting so much worse as time goes on!

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

It’s so upsetting because I loved her first series so much 😭

My issue with "Assistant to the Villain" was that it felt more YA. It gave Disney channel kid shows comedy :/

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

I get that, especially depending on how you went into it too

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@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

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Try The Riven of Golden Bones

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

I’ll check it out!

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@oliviareadsalatte

6 ай бұрын

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I'm so sad you DNFd the Foxglove King so fast. It was one of my favorite books this year.

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

I may go back, but it just wasn’t clicking 😭

You’re hilarious but this was a wild ride. I hate GR so … 🤷🏻‍♀️🖤💜

12:15: My answer would be no, we, and Goodreads, clearly don’t know how to categorize things (especially fantasy). If they did THREE Greek retellings wouldn’t have been in the fantasy category.

I heard one explanation for fantasy romance and romance fantasy: Fantasy romance = fantasy with romance as a B plot Romance fantasy = romance with fantasy as a B plot

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

I think to me those are the same, along with romantasy. However, I do think romantic fantasy is a different thing!

I've come to terms with Goodreads reviews, I believe they are heavily biased at the out set (reviewer copies sent out and you KNOW those people are incentivised to give a good review and the publishers are for sure using fake accounts to give good reviews.) Then after a certain amount of time the real accounts start throwing down reviews. It all shakes out to a brilliant mess that doesn't really represent how good or bad a book actually is. I don't read the reviews, I just use good reads to keep track of myself 😅

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

I definitely use goodreads more to track my reading and books I own than anything else too!

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@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

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1:45 i was with you until you said “charge”. i have so many other electronics, i do not need another thing to charge😩

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

I feel you, although this charge does last longer than my kindle at least 🤣

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@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

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Thank you for calling out House of Sky and Breath. Still salty about that clusterfuck of a book

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

I liked it but only because of nostalgia and the ending. That thing needed to be edited so much

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Am I the only one who likes The Foxglove King? 😭

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

It definitely seems like lots of others do!

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@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

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DNFing is a form of self care.

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

I truly believe this now

I loved the kingdom of the wicked series and I had to DNF Throne of the Fallen, it felt too try hard and I was bored. I loved Envy of the Wicked series I was so excited to read this and envy was boring, Camilla was boring, the story line was boring.

@oliviareadsalatte

3 ай бұрын

I agree! It just got boring 😭

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@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

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The writing style def makes or breaks a book for me. If I’m not captivated by the prose, it’s almost an immediate no for me.

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@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

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Thank you for your service 🫡 (also I think you’ve sold me on Assistant to the Villain & trying a Carissa Broadbent???)

@oliviareadsalatte

7 ай бұрын

I hope you enjoy them both! Carissa Broadbent is truly that girl 😭

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@oliviareadsalatte

6 ай бұрын

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7 ай бұрын

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6 ай бұрын

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7 ай бұрын

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7 ай бұрын

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7 ай бұрын

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