spoiler for kiss of deception! dont you dare spoil this PLEASE READ IT YOURSELF AND COME BACK . . . . . . . . So there are multi POVs and it is Lia, Rife, and Kaden but then sometimes she will give us the POV of "the prince" and "the assassin." I thought that it was SO obvious who was who, I didn't even think that that was meant to be a twist in any way. Like I just thought she was being weird and not using their names, just deciding to call them 'prince' sometimes because she's the author and she can lol. It didn't cross my mind that I as the reader had to choose who I thought was which part. So when i was WRONG and had the two of them switched, I was actually kind of mad. I first thought that this is where the fantasy element was introduced and Rife was glamouring himself to look like Kaden to trick Lia?? IDK. But then reading back, she wrote it so cleverly that I didn't even notice the little time jumps and her vague writing in the "prince" and "assassin" chapters. Truly flabbergasted. I had to reread a lot of the book just to continue hahaha amazing work :')

Cari is so sweet, doubling back to make sure she said hi to us 😭

“I’m in a weird headspace today” cari literally every other day 😂

I'm so happy you enjoyed the Kiss of Deception trilogy! The experience of reading the first book and being flabbergasted by the plot twist is something we can all relate to

Cari I just wanna say- I absolutely LOVE your reading vlogs!! Please never stop doing them! They’re so fun to watch.

As long as the lemon trees grow was so heartbreaking…. It disturbed me so deeply. I also had bad dreams after reading this. The twist in that book literally BROKE me

Kiss of deception is SOOOOO underrated. I read it on a whim cuz it was available on overdrive at my library & it was such a surprise. That first book I kept going back & forth on who was the assassin cuz it was so well executed

The Kiss of Deception and the rest of the series is one of my favorite of all time! Loved it 😍🤩

AS LONG AS THE LEMON TREES GROW was my BOTM pick for October and I read it in October. It was incredible. It’s also a book that’s going to stay with me because I don’t know a lot about Syria. I LOVED the speculative elements, the PTSD rep, and the ending! Also, that TWIST. OMG. I’m glad you loved it, too! I read 5 books in November, 3 of which were horror books.

Kiss of Deception was SUCH a pleasant surprise when I picked it up for the first time (especially the twist!). I read it while in quarantine and it gave me life, haha. The whole series is so addictive! I haven't read the sequel duology, but now I feel like I should!

Loved Legendborn and can’t wait to read Bloodmarked. Legendborn got me into reading again.

Cari! I went on my Paris solo trip!! It definitely had ups and downs but I’m so so proud of myself for doing it! I went to Shakespeare and Co and The Abbey Bookshop and got a couple books cause of course I had to :) and I went to a Christmas market and saw the waterlily paintings at the Musee de L’Orangerie ❤️ Anyway thank you so so much for being such an inspiration for me to push myself to do more scary but rewarding things. Love you lots! 💕

I'M HERE FOR KISS OF DECEPCION 🙌 so happy this series is getting the love it deserves (also, i was wrong 100% about who was the prince and who the assassin lol and i really try my best to figure it out) sending you love ❤

I recently found your book channel from your ACOTAR videos, and it's my favorite!! I could listen to your videos all day, they give big sister vibes!

kiss of deception is one of my favorite ya fantasy series!! there is a novella that is also sweet to read if you enjoy the series

I read the Kiss of Deception series in 2019 and its one of my all time favs. Only recently I found out that Dance of Thieves is in the same universe so will be reading those soon 😍

Funny that you said about how Lonely Castle in the Mirror should be a movie because last week I stumbled upon the news it was adapted into an anime movie and it comes out December 23rd in Japan :)

AS LONG AS THE LEMON TREES GROW is definitely on my favorites of the year list, too. So glad you loved it. Also, I’m picking up the Mary E. Pearson trilogy now! Thanks!

cariiii! as a high school student with exams coming up ur videos are my favorite way to destress... love you n ur content

I literally devour your reading vlogs. They're sometimes the only light in my day, I feel like I'm low key addicted 💀

Hi, I’m a new subscriber. But I just want you to know how much just love your vibes. So chill, so gentle. I’ve been binging all your videos and I love all of them. Thank you for existing ❤️

I can’t express how happy I am that you’ve finally read the remnant chronicles!❤i always feel so sad when i see people struggle through dance of thieve first😂. glad you enjoyed them and that they’re getting the recognition they deserve, i re-read/listen to those books on repeat (such a comfort series)☺️😂❤

you have the best recs love u cari

I'm so excited to read bloodmarked! Also you speak about books so concisely and i love your videos sm!

I just finished As long as the lemon trees grow. And now I'm in this state when you feel like your life isn't the same now. It was just amazing! ❤️❤️

Your videos are what I watch when I want to start a new series! Your taste is so similar to mine and I really appreciate the honesty! Can’t wait for 2023!!!

I love your videos! Also- this colour on you is incredible!! It looks so stunning with your hair and eyes 🤍✨

I really love how you review books, a lot of these other booktubers can be soooo pretentious. You have a way of explaining the reason why you personally don't like a book without offending those who do.

i recently read the magic steeped in poison duology because of you and as always, your reviews are top tier and accurate. Love the video ♥

I loved the kiss of deception series! I feel like it's so unrated! I love your sweater Cari! 😃

I’m your newer subscriber and I am loving your content. I’ve started reading your book recommendations and haven’t been disappointed. I’m looking forward to watching more from you. 😊

Hi Cari!! Your videos make me so happy!!! :) 💌

We love a cari upload

Cari! You inspired me to go get a library card and the first book I borrowed is Legendborn! ✨✨

Ooooh as always, adding so many to my tbr after your wrap up! I loved loved loved Bloodmarked and am already dying for book 3 😭 I agree that this already seems like it's going to be longer than a trilogy. I'm currently reading Gideon the Ninth and recently downloaded the Belladonna audiobook!

I mostly agree with you about The Drowned Woods...except the ending!! The middle reminded me of King of Scars but it was going no where, but the ending got me! It definitely made up for the parts that were lacking, so much so that I went back and read The Bone Houses again!! SOOOO GOOD!! Happy Holidays 🎄🕊️🕯️❄️

I’m excited to see your reaction to the Sunbearer Trials

yeeeees Cari uploaded a new videooooo!!!!!

Just reading all the comments below and LOVING the fact that everyone LOVED the remnant chronicles!!!! Let's be friends because that's one my all-time favorite series!!!! Also, CARI Love youu

I cannot wait to read the Light Pirate! We just went through hurricane Ian here in sw FL and it was so devastating. I feel like this book will be so relatable.

Was so excited when you started talking about The High Mountain Court and when you said it turned into Silver Flames smut... I just deflated, lol.

The coincidence of us readin the Kiss of Deception during the same month makes me feel weirdly accomplished hahaha ✨

I just stumbled on your channel and I've been binging your reviews and it's so surprising to see someone who reads and enjoys the same semi-obscure books as I do!

I'm almost done with Bloodmarked and then I will be running to watch your Legenborn vlog to hear all your thoughts!

Guess I’m not doing my chem work work anymore 😂 Great to see you again Cari ❤❤

This is the highlight of my day. ❤️

I'm glad I'm not the only one who read the Dance of Thieves duology before The Kiss of Deception 🤦🏻‍♀️ It was still amazing and then re-reading dance of thieves was like a whole new experience

So glad you enjoyed the Remnant Series. I too was bamboozled by the twist you mentioned 😂🎉

I’m so excited to read the remanent chronicles!! I read dance of thieves and loved it so much!!

I need more and more of these long reading vlogs , I’ll listen to you read anything but pls consider an interconnected standalone romance series like off campus or twisted, honestly I need your reactions it’s comedy cold

I am SOOOOO GLAD you finally read The Kiss of Deception. I was fuming at the twist and because I was so angry about it….I kept that till the end so wasn’t particularly happy with the end…BUT It’s still one of my all time favorites ever!!!

The Crave books sure are books

aaaa i hope you like the sunbearer trials!! it had me cracking up 😂

Sin Eaters is such a fascinating concept.

Idk how your reading vlogs arent as popular, they are my fav videos of yours!

I read As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow earlier this month, and damn. It was so beautifully and heartbreakingly written. And the plot with Layla!? Just. Everything was so good. The ending felt a bit rushed to be me, but that was my only critique. It was an amazing book. I can't believe it was a debut.

But no i love your reading vlogs though! So cozy ❤️

For so long I have predicted that Legendborn is gonna be a win for me because I love King Arthur type stuff, but for some reason I haven’t bought it. You actually motivated me to buy it because I trust your opinions on YA fantasy lol 💗

X-Files episode The Gift has a soul eater that eats other people's illnesses. The biblical scapegoat was also about taking away sins.

I don’t know why I just made this connection now but the crave series reminds me a lot of the vampire diaries (talking about the show not the books haven’t read them yet idk how different they are) with the love triangle between two brothers and one of them is evil and the girl ends up with the “nicer” brother to then found out oh the other brother wasn’t evil he was just misunderstood and that she’s more compatible with that brother so she gets with him. Then the “nicer” brother gets with a person who was into him at the start of the series. Anyway sorry for my long comment, love your videos ❤️ your video notification made my day!

I really loved book eaters would highly recommend it!

thanks for an awesome video as always!!

Your description of "As long as the lemon trees grow" reminded me A LOT of the documentary "For Sama". If you're interested in the war in Syria I would definitely recommend watching (but check the TW as obviously, it's a documentary about war). It's the kind of documentary that changes a person.

Ooh that book looks so good! And also that edition is so pretty! I think I'm going to look it up for the holiday. Also it's nice hearing you taking about DNFing. I'm reading Death's End (by Liu Cixin) and I'm not enjoying it but it was such an expensive book and I enjoyed the 1st one and 2nd one so much that I can't seem to leave it

"hella Welsh names" -- hahah. When you mentioned a corgi as a sidekick, I pictured Cowboy Bebop.

Me patiently waiting for Cari to read One Dark Window 😌 While I'm waiting, I also recommend checking out Twin Crowns if you haven't read it yet. I'm glad I finally got around to it because it was so much fun! Seems like something you would like Cari 💕

Also, I'd HIGHLY recommend that you read the companion novella to The Remnant Chronicles that's called 'Morrighan: The Beginnings of the Remnant Universe.' It's pretty short but packs a punch, and you'll end up falling in-love with all of the characters!! 💜 It's set in the prehistoric times before the Remnant Chronicles, and gives even more backstory to the fantasy element of the series. 🥰

The first 2 books of crave are so fun. The author doesn’t take anything seriously and it’s really fun. The 3rd book is fine…the 4th book all of a sudden tries to be serious. Haven’t read the 5th one yet but I hope it is better than the 4th.

Hi. It's always fun seeing your wrap up. I am decorating the Christmas tree as you video plays in the background. You're like a friend hanging out with me. ❤❤🎄

I'm just now reading Addie LaRue since it's on Kindle Unlimited. Before that I read the last book in the Camelot Rising trilogy by Kiersten White, The Excalibur Curse. Kiersten White is such a good author, I'm surprised I don't hear more people talking about her...but I'm also not that deep into booktok.

I read wild an wicked things it did take me a while to get into it but it eventually grasped me and I’m glad I finished it so if you have a chance I’d total suggest you do, the pacing was super slow unit like the middle ish then it ramps up x

omg i love your reading vlogs!!!

Cari, please read Six Crimson Cranes duology! They were so gooooood

Cari! I can’t wait until you read - Saint by Adrienne Young! I read it and enjoyed it a lot more than the fable duology

I think the high mountain court is a series of linked standalone, if that makes sense? Potentially all follow different couples, but a similar plot line

Hi Cari, I wanted to ask you what books you would recommend to someone that has never gone to New York. It's just a city that intrigues me cause everyone seems to love it. Love your videos always ❤️

Hey Cari, I love your plot recap videos and would love it if you'd read the Starbound Trilogy by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner. Thanks for giving us such wonderful content! ❤

I just finished Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. I thought it was so beautiful and definitely one of the best books I read this year!

spoilers for kiss of deception!! omg cari i was the exact same way i thought rafe was the assassin and kaden was the prince 😭😭 i remember reading that part for the first time and i literally thought it was a printing error lol. but looking back i like it so much better that way and i didn’t know how much it fit anyway love you

I’d be so interested to see how you like The end of Mr. Y , can’t stop saying it

well now that you've read kiss of deception you should totally read the dance of thieves duology! i believe some of the characters from the remnant chronicles are in dance of thieves so i figured i'd let yk it existed just in case you didn't know 💗

Is it bad I want to be a book eater? LOL. Very interesting video as always, Cari! I appreciate your thoroughness! 🙂

Love your sweater!! Where is it from?

I actually gave book eaters 5 stars! You gotta be in the right mindset for sure though, a little slow in the beginning

I LOVED The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones, I'm sorry to hear you bounced off The Drowned Woods!

Lonely castle in the mirror is GETTING a film Adaption!!!! ❤😊 I highly recommend you to check the trailer.. you may actually like it!

How do you decide what to read? Like you look for recs or do you choose by the cover and the synopsis ?

The Gilded Ones is good

First of all Cari, LOVE that grey sweater you're wearing, it's soo cute!! 😍 Second of all, YESSS YOU FINALLY READ THE KISS OF DECEPTION SERIES AHHH!!! 😩 Been screaming at the top of my LUNGS for you to read this since, like, forever ago, and you don't know how happy it makes me feel to hear how much you loved one of my all-time favorite series ahhh!! 😭 I agree that the fantasy aspect of the books is on the lighter side of things and I kinda loved that about it, plus, the books had MAJOR cottage core vibes haha! 😂 Also, yess- The Beauty of Darkness was my favorite book out of the trilogy, and I cried when I read it too... it was just THAT good!!!! This series is seriously so underrated, it has an amazing plot, beautiful and complex characters, and a romance that is soo swoon-worthy and, hello- NOT UTTERLY TOXIC, and we love that for us!!!❤🫠

i had a really long train journey on a day i knew was gonna be really stressful, so i grabbed a copy of guards! guards! by terry pratchett to read on the train and honestly perfect decision i could have made. if you need a fun, light read (with some other stuff going on too!) can't recommend it enough. there's smol dragons you literally can't go wrong asdfghjkl i also relate to the too many books from the library problem, currently got three available and haven't started any of them 👌

I’m not sure if it is the same for your library books on your device, but I get books sent to my kindle from Libby and even if the library takes it back, if I don’t exit out of the book in my kindle, I can continue reading it indefinitely 😅 pro tip

I found out that bones and all is a book too, though it’s slightly different

Cari did you know that Lonely Castle in the Mirror will be an animated movie released in Japan in December 23? I’m going to see it and I’m so excited!! The animation looks so good I’m gonna cry just thinking about it😭 One of my favorite voice actors will be in the movie❤

The Lonely Castle in the mirror is getting a film soon

It was a CORGI?! A corgi…oh that’s amazing. Not even like a hunting dog or like a bigger dog. A corgi. Perfection.

Oof, I tried to read The Sin Eater last year and I got overwhelmed and had to put it down pretty early in. I thought the writing was good, but the protag goes through a lot of trauma very quickly at the beginning of the novel.

Legendborn is at 17:30

Noo, it's midnight for me I should just go to sleep, not watch 40 minutes long video about books

The Sin Eater sounds great! You should watch ‘The Order’ from 2003 with Heath Ledger it’s about sin eaters one of my favorite movies! I cannot wait to read ‘Saint’.

Hey cari. Can you please read six crimson cranes? Its sequel A dragon's promise is out too. It's actually so good and easy to read