I think this series is better appreciated by reading the parents' books first. It's technically a standalone but it definitely built from the Brutal Birthright/Underworld series!

I loved watching Cat grow in confidence and take on Dean. Ahhh!! She is a secret badass

my old ass can’t stay up long enough to watch this but you can bet your ass i’ll be back in the morn with my coffee ☕️🙌🏼

I’ve read this series as well (DNFed The Savage though) and while I appreciate Sophie’s creativity and loved the Kingmakers setting, I feel like her romances are not very emotional. The books always have so much potential and then end up not realizing it. That said, the series was a wild ride and I don’t regret reading it. Most of her heroines are strong and badass (or become that in the course of their books, like Cat) and I like that they can hold their own in this world of alpha mafia dudes. I’m not sure I’ll continue with her books (I’ve already read the Brutal Birthright series as well) in the future though because I’ve realized that I do need the emotional aspects of a relationship that her couples seem to be lacking a lot of the time. Would love to see this kind of vlog for Zodiac Academy!! I recently started Claire Kingsley’s Bailey Brothers series, that might me something to try as well. The first book is shorter and a prequel for the friends to lovers in the second book (the first couple has two books, every other couple has one book). I’m liking the series so far because it is set in a Stars Hollow-esque town and the relationship is very emotional. Side note: your lashes look so good!!

@anjalisawle3094

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't want to and haven't read 'The Savage'. I was happy with ending in 'The Spy'. I finished 'The Bailey Brothers series, loved all of them

Isn’t it weird that everyone in the mafia world will know who the “spies” are?? 😂😂 kinda defies the purpose!

@dishadharmraj6986

2 жыл бұрын

So true!

Every time you talk about Rocko I imagine it's Rocko, Elmo's sister's pet rock.

@carolineblueskies

2 жыл бұрын

Rocko is a ROCK! 😂

Just coming back to say that I just finished The Bully (i haven’t read anything else in the series) and girllllll, I loved it, 5 stars ⭐️

I completely agree! The only book I enjoyed was The Bully and I still didn’t love it enough to buy the paperback or anything like that. I felt like the setting fell flat, I wanted it to be more than it was but then even the romances felt surface level and there wasn’t the development that I wanted from any of them except for Dean and Cat.

@Ashley-my2vu

2 жыл бұрын

But I do love that you did this and would absolutely love more series binge videos in the future!

I think a good series for you to do one of these blogs would be Kathryn Moon’s Sweet Omegaverse! I’d be very interested in hearing your thoughts on those!

i was JUST watching your latest kindle unlimited vlog where you read one of the books in this series-am excited to grt the whole video now ahaha!!

Scarred Souls by Tillie Cole will be really hard to beat when it comes to Mafia Romance

Love how long this vlog is! Thinking about picking up this series (#3 to start with) now!

Omg Chandler basically went through the entire sophie lark mafia cinematic universe 😭 (also 20 yos having kids… sounds about right for kingsmakers college 💀)

"Snow and his wife have a connection to the librarian" me > 👀👀👀

impeccable timing omg i was so bored and not in the mood to read

Somehow I missed that you read these! Love that you decided to continue with them. I am a Sophie Stan forever, so I love when someone gives her a try...

tbh i wasn’t obsessed with the brutal birthright series so i’m glad u did this bc i was hesitant to read these….. can’t wait to find out lol 👀 already straight off the bat i’m getting turned off from what ur describing lmaoo i’m scared 💀

reaaalllyyy agree with all of your thoughts on this - i generally really liked the concept and these books were fun to read but easily the only book that was truly good was the bully 👀

Literally was thinking about reading this series!

@chandlerainsley

2 жыл бұрын

be forewarned this is spoiler-y!

@olivianoonan1734

2 жыл бұрын

@@chandlerainsley saved to watch list 😌

I love thos video format! This was a great way to spend my morning and now I know I dont wanna pick these books up lol

Agree with so much of what you said about the series! Read The Bully and skimmed the other books because I couldn't be bothered to actually read them. My main issues are the absolutely abhorrent research (or the lack of research) the author did on the country where the series is mostly set and other cultures and nationalities. I'm from Croatia so it hits close to home. The other issue is somethig that I've noticed in the parents' series and it just continued here- no mention of any kind of contraception or protection, not even a basic condom. This is not only irresponsible from the author but completely unrealistic. Are these girls actively trying to get pregnant? Also while I liked the BDSM in The Bully, there really should have been at least one scene where they talk about it and agree on some limits, safewords etc.

@chandlerainsley

2 жыл бұрын

i noticed that too! at the very least have the girls mention birth control

@shw77

2 жыл бұрын

right like i was wondering through the stories how they never mention anything about condoms like does safe sex not exist for them like first of all you can get pregnant and second you could get some std too possibly like maybe uneducated younger girls reading these books about BDSM and things might not understand the fact that you need to have a safeword and when it actually happens either side could be misinformed about what they are doing which can be dangerous

I love Sophie Lark! She's my favourite author at the moment.

If you're up for a trilogy of m/m romance you could read Layla reyne's agents Irish and whiskey series. It has a companion book that bridges the gap between that on and the spin off trilogy. So 7 books in total but you could just do the original 3

Do you think you'll read/maybe do a video on any of the Kennedy Fox books? I think you would really enjoy them.

I’m started this before reading the series with the parents. I’ll just have to work backwards. I’m already too invested to stop 😂. I’m an old lady compared to Leo and I want him 🥰🤣

I love my mafia books and when I saw a series this big I knew it was too good to be true. I didn’t even like the bully 😫

Please do a video like this for the CU Hockey series, I'm obsessed with that these days!

I finished The spy Sunday. So I'm back to finish watching this video.

Since you liked The Bully maybe you should check out the Kings of Quarantine series if you haven't already! It's a reverse harem bully romance that ends up taking some pretty odd turns, but there were a lot of moments that made me literally laugh out loud and I LOVE one of the guy's uncle Niall so much. Hands down favorite character in the series

I said in my video that the setting reminds me of the show Deadly Class. So much potential that isn't met for me. I DNF'd , unfortunately. Great video as always!

Read the Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac series please!!! It is a RH set in the same world as Zodiac Academy but before ZA happens. It has some crossover with that world and also introduces some characters from ZA! It is my FAV RH and has so many amazing characters, great romance, and an interesting but easy to follow plot!

Ooh! Zodiac Academy please!

Agree with you 100%

i love her sinners duet but her other books don’t seem to be all that jazz 😩 can i skip the others and just read Bully?👀😂

@chandlerainsley

2 жыл бұрын

i think so!

would you ever read the entire bridgerton series? i know it's a really long series, but i'd love ur commentary on them!!

@chandlerainsley

2 жыл бұрын

i've read most of the books and didn't enjoy them enough to vlog them :/

@emalinemorse2049

2 жыл бұрын

@@chandlerainsley oh shoot, i'm sorry!!

100% agree with your opinion about the books in this series. Sophie Larks books are a hit and miss (meh) for me. The problem with this series is that the kids (they are kids) are portrayed as more deadly wise gang lords than their parents. Why had none of parents gone to Kingmakers? Why would Bianca's father leave her in hospital in danger just because she told him to? At least the Brutal Birth right series was more realistic.

I completely agree and I was thinking maybe it’s just me because so many people I follow love her stuff, but I think you put it exactly right that her stories are just plot driven and lack emotional depth particularly with the romance, which I need in a story. I also think her stuff is just not for me, and this is coming from someone who has only read the Brutal Birthright series and not even Kingmakers.. so surely this is just something about the way she writes.

@chandlerainsley

2 жыл бұрын

oof. that's good to know honestly, i've been on the fence about reading more in that series but the first book wasn't great to me so maybe i just won't read the rest

Zodiac Academy would be fun or ruthless boys of the Zodiac can be fun i think?

I have read the Sophie lark other series (brutal brithright all 6 and Underworld first 4) so I was excited about this series... I read the whole series around the time savage came out.. so just like you back to back.. so my thoughts are exactly same as you... Though I liked Spy a bit more to give it 4 stars due to Ivan and Slaone but yes Nyx as a character could have been explored more.. I really liked her.. and Sabrina father Nero is one of my fav character from author.. but to see the same traits but in such a dumb and disaster way was sad.. and hated Adrik with a passion.. he is my least fav character by Sophie lark.. And ofcourse without a doubt Dean and Cat are my favourite.. they were written to be the favourite.. and it was the Idea of Draco and Hermione that prompted this series by lark.. also, the first two books were blah.. though I had more expectations..

I also really liked There are no saints but I would not recommend the second book at all, I thought it was a trainwreck haha

I had similar opinions across the board, but hated how all the characters treated Nix in The Spy and I wanted to see all of them show some actual affection towards her after all the shit went down. Like she got fully betrayed and while it was for the best in the end, they all turned their back on her with no remorse except for Sabrina

I also really enjoyed there are no saints but the second book was such a let down tbh :/

I read the brutal birthright series and I had mixed feelings about it. I generally liked it but there were definitely things that didn’t really work for me. I’ve also kinda accepted that her writing isn’t really for me which is unfortunate since it does seem like a lot of people enjoy her stuff. I also read Ivan which is the first book in the underworld series and thought it was just super bland. I thought it had a lot of potential but I wanted her to go deeper with all the elements of the book than she did so it just felt very surface level to me. I don’t know exactly how to describe it but there’s something about her writing that just doesn’t work for me.

Pleaaaaaaaase read the Addicted series by Krista Ricchie and vlog it please please 🥺🥺😭😭

@chandlerainsley

2 жыл бұрын

i've already read it :(

Oohhhh- if only the mafia _actually_ waited to initiate people until they were adults. 👀 🤣🤣🤣 (I feel like I shouldn't laugh at that, actually. Sorry.😅 😶)

Sorry he's Russian and he's called 'Dean'???? 😅🤣

@chandlerainsley

2 жыл бұрын

LOL his name is Dmitry but they call him dean? idk

@ph_read_be

2 жыл бұрын

@@chandlerainsley 😂😂