Yessss I hate the communication skills in some romance books... They are SO FRUSTRATING.. I feel like they just aren't realistic conversations and thoughts..

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

SAME!!

@rubeuspotter719

4 ай бұрын

@@iangubeliI read the fault in our stars and was obsessed with it for the longest time as a teen, but as an adult I realized that the way the 2 main characters talk to each other in a way that nobody in real life talks to each other

Can we just love how him and his wife love to read and have what like All readers want

I’m an hour away from finishing Love and Other Words, and I agree with you, Macy is not a likable character. It definitely feels like Elliot is her comfort blanket from childhood and she can’t let go.

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

And I wish she would🙈

Yes!! I love when people get their stereotype of romance novels checked! They’re not all fluffy smut! Many out there we deeper and very interesting! I’m so glad he does this! Also yay he read seven year slip!

Ian you had me laughing out loud about your rant of Love and Other Words 😂

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

i agree. i did not enjoy love & other words at all. but i did enjoy the other two books.

@Sarah-tq6zo

4 ай бұрын

I loved that book but I agree I see why people can hate that book especially for me I didn’t see anyone saying how sad and dark the book was I thought it was a cute summary read

This was a fun idea for the month of February. I don't typically read the romance genre only because I usually see the miscommunication trope used too much and I don't like it. I always tell myself with being in a relationship myself communication is the most important thing. I enjoyed The Seven Year Slip I have not read any of others but I have heard of them. Hope you had an enjoyable Valentine's Day and a fun reading month so far.

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

Hope you did as well!! Yeah, the common tropes in romance are the reasons I stay away from it. Too unrealistic!

Love this thanks for the recs 😊

Can't wait for your Mistborn review!

👌😂😂 the ending of this video!

Omgg I been WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO!! ❤

I love the video concept!!! 🔥

Yesss excited for a new video! I love how you read with an open mind, even if it's not your usual genre :D

This was so cute and wholesome😊

I loved this video, the rant was everything 😂

So excited for a new video! Interesting concept…

I absolutely enjoyed love and other words it's one of my favorite reads by Christina Lauren great idea doing this ian would love for you to do this again you I do have some recommendations 🤔😊

@BetsyAndTheBooks

4 ай бұрын

Hahaha me already throwing out recommendations in my comment lol!🤣🤣🤣

I just finished The seven year slip and surprise you post a video talking about it 🥰 Love the videos where you switch books or read each other's books ❤

Great video, loved this content

Loved this video ❤

Thanks for this video. I love how open-minded you went into this genre that you dont regularly read. I am glad you enjoyed them. I started a book club with my sister and she chose Just For the Summer. Romance is one of my least favorite genres, so I have been working on changing my mindset to give the book a fair chance before I start.

Iiiiiiaaaaannnnnnn! I’m back, baby! Loved, loved, loved the video, just as I always did, always have and always will! Can’t say enough about everything I just watched; the vibe; the music; the books; the company! You’re an absolute star! Thank you so much for blessing uswith your creativity and sharing all that you do with us. Continue shining and striving! (I messaged you. Hopefully, you’ll get to it soon. The flags at end will give it away lol). 🇩🇰🇬🇧

Another BANGER!!!!!! Heckin yea Ian! It always makes me so happy when I see that u posted a video it genuinely makes my day every time. You inspire me to read more and always put me in the reading mood!!!! God bless Ian!

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

Thank you brother!! God bless you!!

THANK YOU!!! I read Love & Other Words because it felt like everyone loved that book but for similar reasons that you mentioned I also gave it a two stars on GR. My Hubby and I love your videos and are currently reading the Witcher Series together per your amazing review of Geralt of Rivia and we are just having so much fun reading these books😊

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

THE WITCHER!?! Such an underrated, under read series!!

Love this concept of you guys sharing each other's favourite books. As of right now, I am also reading a romance book. I hope the book I picked doesn't introduce the miscommunication problem. 😂 Hope you have a great day!

Yes I love that you want to join in with us who loves romance books ❤

What a fun and entertaining video. Very interesting to see your thoughts on these books, Ian. And good on you for reading them 😊

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Great video as always❤ made me laugh when you were ranting of love and other words.

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Great video Ian! I loved Love and Other Words, but i didn't really vibe with Macy as a character even though i didn't dislike her or anything. This was so fun! Ashlynn picked some great books

I took a big break from reading you got me back into to it thanks brother love your videos!!

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

That’s wonderful!! Glad you’ve found reading again!!

Lust not love is the best way you could have described these books!

such a fun video, i really enjoyed it....it's just so exciting to see you read books you wouldnt normally pick up and read

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!! It was a fun experiment!

These ratings where surprising not gonna lie! I’m not into romance myself but glad you enjoyed most of them…

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

They surprised me too!

Omgoshhhh I felt the exact same way about love and Other words to me it's a terrible book The revelation about the dad and what happened to the boy I forget his name (Eliot?) But they literally could've spoken for being such great friends who share favourite words imo such a silly and frustrating book. Best christina Lauren books is the soulmate equation

@omowaleayowale-olaitan7296

4 ай бұрын

Wow! It's great to find someone who shares my opinion. I also think the best Christina Lauren book is The Soulmate Equation. I really dislike Love and Other Words, I thought Macy was insufferable

I recently read love&other words. And I love the book so much. 4/5 stars

I agree with you on Love and Other Words! It was so lusty..

Another great video! I recently discovered yours and Ashlynns channel and have been bingewatching your videos ever since! You guys are so down to earth and just seem so kind and fun, that I really enjoy watching them. I never really liked watching booktube videos because I could never connect with the people, but now I found you guys and really really enjoy it, even though you guys (for the most part) don’t even read the same novels! :D I am even considering branching out into the genres now haha

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

Hello!! Welcome to the channel!!

omgggg do another vid like thisssss! but not in 6 months haha plsss this was greatttt.

Bra!! This was hilarious!!!!

I was thinking the same thing as you Ian, it is nice that you give us a glimpse of these types of books but boy am I ready for you to dive into some grim dark! Forgetting Moon? Between Two Fires, perhaps?

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

I would love to jump into Durfee! His books sound great.

I enjoyed this video concept! Happy Place is my least favorite Emily Henry. Hope you try one of her other ones sometime 😄

i'd love a part 2 after the hiatus lol

Just finished this new, original collection of fairy tales, entitled 'Sillies, Fancies, and Trifles' - its perfect for the season. What's everyone else reading, I want some more recommendations to add to the lovely books shown here. Keep up the beautiful videos :)

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Ya got me sold on Happy Place, kinda... We gonna see.

So sad you didn’t like Love and Other Words. I loved it. But at least you gave it a shot. I would love to see a part 2 of this!

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

I don’t know what it is about Macy…wish I could give it higher rating🙈

I also just recorded (and hoping to have up tomorrow) my reading romance for a week vlog as well 😍 as I am not a huge romance reader and I also just read my first Emily Henry book "Book Lover's" and actually enjoyed it. I also read Ashley Poston's other book "Deadly Romantic's" and loved her writing style! It's definitely a genre I could turn to when I am stuck in a rut with Fantasy but I still love my Sci-Fi and Fantasy more 😁

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

Amen! Romance is a grey pallet-cleanser. I am sorry I am getting to this late, but I am going to check out your video!!

Wife and I are both readers, she’s Romance/ Smut and I Fantasy / Fiction. Point is enjoy your own stuff, cross reading is unnecessary and better left alone… lol enjoy.

I absolutely love you and your wife's content. If you ever start a patreon, I will be there!

@kaylarudolph6438

4 ай бұрын

Me too!

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

I plan on starting one sometime in the summer🤔🤔 I have no time right know to make it worth anyone’s while🙈

Glad you enjoyed almost all of the books! I myself only like male/male romance, so I only read that. If you need recs for those let me know

Ian: HOW DO YOU TASTE A SOUND? People with Synesthesia: “………welp”

@iangubeli

3 ай бұрын

Wait, that’s a thing!? Oh my goodness🙈😳

@makennastanley

3 ай бұрын

@@iangubeli yes, SOME people with synesthesia really do taste sounds 😭😂

I find that many people and also in romance novels, lust is mistaken for love. Many people in fiction and IRL mistake physics intimacy as connection because of vulnerability that is there physically. Also unless you’re able to have emotional intimacy/connection with someone you don’t really know that person. You can’t build a relationship on chemical/hormonal reactions when you don’t have a foundation to build upon

You can definitely taste a sound 😂 idk I think lust and love go hand in hand. You can have one without the other, but the kind of crazy love that is interesting to read, would have both. At least in my opinion lol

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

I agree with that. Contemporary romance with the kind of intense relationships they describe definitely have to ascribe each character some amount of lust.

yes, yes we do over romanticise our love interests - usually before we come into the stable relationship phase

Props for trying something new! I couldn’t do it 😅 Ash should read some of yours in return, maybe some Abercrombie?

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

I got her to read “The Blade Itself” months ago, and I have been trying to get her to keep going!

You are sooo brave for doing this lol. My favorite book EVER is Dragon Mage by M L Spencer❤. It's such a great coming of age fantasy with an autistic man character.

I love Emily Henry! She has become an author that I will buy her books automatically bc I know it will be good

Would love to see you read classic romance novels like persuasion

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

I want to do that!!

If you want a romance book that reads more like literary fiction, I recommend In Search of Us by Ava Deliara. One of my absolute favorites and I think you would enjoy it.❤

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

Just added it to the TBR!!

I've never read a Christina Lauren book. That quote though 😂🙈. I definitely do not over romanticize everything... & that's probably why I'm not really a fan of romance books. If something annoys you, thats isnt going to stop just because you love someone... you just learn to live with it because you love them. Authors sometimes ignore that for tge fluff. Besides, I prefer something else in the plot (mystery, fantasy, etc.). I think its sweet you wanted to read some of the books Ashlynn loves. It was such a cute idea!

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

I wish authors would make it more realistic, too. They almost fetishize how people feel about out each other, and that’s it very honest. I, too, like something more to the story: fantasy, thriller, etc.

“And then we just move on!” 😂

Im going to go out on a limb here and recommend Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan to you and Ashlynn! It has so much depth. I hope you guys love it.

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

Just added this to the TBR!

Absolutely loved this video!! Such a good video for valentines!! Maybe do it again next valentines lol! I implore you to try and read The Simple Wild by K. A. Tucker. I’m reading that right now and the way she describes the guy in the book he sounds like he looks like you lol! It takes place in the Alaskan wilderness and it’s actually so good! I have all of these books you read on my shelf but have only read the Seven Year Slip and I loved that one so much! I need to read the other 2 but I’m a lil worried about love and other words now lol everyone hyped that book up so I bought now I’m wondering if I should have lol. Also yes before I married my husband and we lived together I think I very much romanticized our relationship but I’m a hopeless romantic and always have been so I’m sure that’s why! 🤣🤣🤣

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

Just added K.A. Tucker to the TBR!! Always looking for a good read in Alaska!

It kind of reminds me of the movie the Lake house with Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves

definitely didn’t see these on goodreads and definitely didn’t guess what you were doing

Emily henry's other books, like people we meet on vacation and book lovers is soooooo much better!

You are hilarious. New sub.

Love and Other Words let me down. At the end I was like…. What? Not the biggest fan honestly.

Miscommunication in romance books is the worst, it's like nobody talks to each other at all.

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

I know!! It’s just not realistic🤦‍♂️

idk if you take any recommendations but i want to recommend "red white and royal blue" by casey mcquiston if you haven't read it, it's silly and cute (at least for me) and it's a good time reading!

I'm embarrassed to say that yes, as a teen I was so obsessive and it was definitely more of a lust thing than a love thing. Thankfully my hormones balanced enough for me to find an awesome hubby who I truly love 😅

@amandamitchell9988

4 ай бұрын

I came to say this too. At 14/15/16, for sure my whole friend group and I were like that!

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

I love that!!

BRUTAL WARFARE lol

As a teen girl? Ummm, yeah. lol We tend to be a bit overboard.

Do teenage girls over-romanticize? lol YES! I can only speak for myself of course, but as I have gotten older that has gone away. But the way things are worded in romance books is way overdone.

its okay i really didn't like love and other words either. especially the reason they didn't have contact for 10 years-because he was literally pretty much assaulted?!??!

Are any of these books spicy? I don't mind a tiny bit like the cheat sheet by sarah Adams.. "my big problem" is the taste of sound 😂..just joking I would love a part 2

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

All three of these books have spice you have to skip unfortunately…

Omg finally someone else that doesn't like Love and Other Words too. The moment Elliot dipped his current girlfriend at the drop of a hat really annoyed me. Even though they have history together, she already has a great relationship with the new guy too and I prefer him and he also a great father. I gave it a 3 on Goodreads but really it a 2.5 for me

7 year slip sounds like it stole that concept from almost heaven a movie. lol 😆 it’s super similar. Oh yeah I totally agree with you on the language in these books it’s gross. This is why most modern romance books really bother me. It is truly lust

Iwan is welsh and pronounced u wun. I had to google it myself

i did in fact overromanticize sooo much when i was a teenager 💀

I always forget characters names whenever I read a book

I loved the first two books as well, but hated Love and Other Words, for the same reasons. I just didn’t like the characters, and so was not invested in their story 😂

Asking if we women think the way romance characters do bahaha no, we don't... or at least i don't, but maybe I'm an anomaly 🤷‍♀️ I do end up rolling my eyes in about 70% of the romance books I try reading during intimate or feelings descriptions lol

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

I love this!

Ian did you do any book marking in seven 7️⃣ year ich

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

I did!

Im women and i gave love and other words 1.5 stars it made me so mad annoyed & cry i feel they shouldn’t of got back together

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

They really shouldn’t have😂

every romance novel will have some sort of really weird language describing a sex scene, and it's pretty much always going to make you cringe. you just can't get past it and it's one of multiple reasons why I don't read romance lmao

Another option of title "How to torture your housband for a week" 🤣 At least for me were all DNF book those who are showing at the camara 😅 Sorry, romance isn't my thing.

@iangubeli

4 ай бұрын

No I get it! It’s not mine either😂

Your frustrations at the descriptions of over romanticising the partners or love interests align with me thoughts. It's just unnecessary. I hope authors take into notice how the words on pages come across to readers 😅

Ian don’t worry, I’m a woman and I think the description that you read in the book was disgusting as well! And even when I was a teenager and obsessed with some guy that I wasn’t with and he never liked me, I never thought of that and that is bizarre and Rose and someone needs to pour water on that girl.

Love and other words is my LEAST liked CL book of the ones I read. Not sure what it is about it but I just can’t stand it

Why do I feel like this video had spoilers 😭especially for happy place 🙈

Awesome video 💯‼️ Ashlynn’s romance picks are the first reason why I give them a chance but I am not too big on romance books. This book sounds interesting to me and I will give it a listen when my library has it available only because I like the concept of time travel concept as well as the finding one’s passion concept. I also like your take on a genre that is not your favourite ❤️🩷💝💖 Happy Place was my second Emily Henry book after The People We Meet on Vacaction and imo the people we meet on vacation is my favourite and while I don’t want to read the other Emily Henry books I definitely think that you might like the people we meet on Vacation book. I totally agree with you on love and other words and I would give it a 2.5 ⭐️ and that’s me being nice and I agree with you on why I would continue reading romance books. TOG is the least romantic book series and so for it’s my favourite followed by Crescent City. As for romance I am going to be sticking to YA level romance 😅