i read viral tiktok romance novels for a week 🍎

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i had the itch again to read some booktok romances and ended up once more in the trenches. here is a non-spoiler reading vlog chronicling this adventure. thank you as always for tuning in :) i love u all xoxo
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• you might recognize me from tiktok: / newlynova
• hot girls also follow me on goodreads: / newlynova
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⏰ t i m e s t a m p s
introduction: 0:00
parade ad: 1:30
the spanish love deception: 2:33
butcher & blackbird: 12:46
kingdom of the wicked: 20:06
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• i film using a fujifilm X-S10 and edit with premiere pro.
• i am 23 and currently live in wisconsin. it is very cold here.

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@adelect447 3 ай бұрын

enemies to lovers in contemporary romance is just a misunderstanding in a trenchcoat

@captainthornes 3 ай бұрын

Wow I'm going to say that from now on bc that is so true

@linnofferlind-ljunggren5407 3 ай бұрын

Wow, that is.. that is just so true!😅

@katgreer6113 3 ай бұрын

i kept saying that forever. Unless you have someone at your workplace trying to sabotage you then....enemies to lovers rarely works well in non-fantasy romance. There are some cases where it works well though.

@vvitch-mist20 3 ай бұрын

and I hate that. It needs to be actual loathing, and hate. I firmly believe you can do a contemporary enemies to lovers.

@sirehong7088 3 ай бұрын

I wish they call it haters to lovers 😩😩😩 make more sense lol

@BlahLab 3 ай бұрын

"It's not a slow burn if one of your character is just fucking stupid" sums up my problem with so many romance books lol

@nicole.escapes.reality5608 3 ай бұрын

Truest words have never been spoken

@inwatercolours 3 ай бұрын

This is the pull quote for me. So true.

@brennahall9925 3 ай бұрын

quote of the century

@Daisypatel-xx4qb 3 ай бұрын

So true. I hate this book so much. The FMC is so fucking stupid and stubborn. I mean are you really 28 yrs old!!!!!!!!

@KaliTP83 3 ай бұрын

Thank you. Most of the protagonists/love interest men are just asses. Complete asses. Not cute.

@isthiscameraon_ 3 ай бұрын

Somtimes i look at booktok novels and think, "wow the wattpad girlies grew up and decided to publish their works"

@banrions 3 ай бұрын

TRULY THIS!

@abricacervantes8685 3 ай бұрын

I was at a library the other day and approached the Y/A stand (which i often stay away from although I'm 24 but I've seen enough) and around 30% of the books had the wattpad symbol and I thought to myself "damn anyone can publish now"

@banrions 3 ай бұрын

@@abricacervantes8685 omg, serisouly?

@julia.carr1129 Ай бұрын

This is 100% what I think it is 👌👌

@Maria-zc4nn 23 күн бұрын

@@abricacervantes8685 i think atp ya became the new teen books

@Mira-yo6fw 3 ай бұрын

So many authors base their books around tropes (enemies to lovers, grumpy x sunshine, fake dating, ect) instead of them naturally occurring in the story (does this makes sense??? lol)

@newlynova 3 ай бұрын

yes this is how the spanish love deception felt, it's just a bunch of tropes in a trench coat

@aizuni 3 ай бұрын

Yeah lately I’ve noticed that a lot of new books are like this. Authors just want to get their books on Tiktok I guess lol… which is understandable because it’s a good form of advertising. But most of the time it just makes the book bad…

@Evelyn_Okay 3 ай бұрын

It makes sense to advertise books by trope on TikTok bc the average user base is pretty young. The youngest demographic of all social media platforms. And for these "kids," it can be the first time they're experiencing a trope checklist to it feels fresh to them lol I feel like within the next 5 years, BookTock is going to hit its BookTube phase and ppl are going to start critically reviewing these types of books and demand better.

@frankie9373 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, it feels like the tropes control the characters rather than the characters having a good and realistic reason to depict these tropes

@hiddeninthepages 2 ай бұрын

If I ever hear the words “milk me” come out of a person’s mouth unironically, I will scream in their face and then probably throw up.

@DianaMalloy 3 ай бұрын

the pacing around the room after the "i want to feel you milking me" line 😭😭😭

@betsyreadsalot 3 ай бұрын

Jesus Christ how is that an actual line a real human woman wrote 😭😭

@Turtle20305 3 ай бұрын

@@betsyreadsalotI wasn’t even there but even I had to pause the video 😭😭😭😭

@elliemayride760 3 ай бұрын

The sheer timing 😂 look at this tender moment, mere moments later 😂😂

@PoopHobbit 3 ай бұрын

And then Jordan Peterson posted about it on Twitter 😢 raising awareness for the milking epidemic

@clovermaid7099 3 ай бұрын

I gagged

@snailrat 3 ай бұрын

"The bar is in hell and I am in hell with the bar" LMFAOOO

@carlysyt 3 ай бұрын

the fact that you read 2 books who both mentioned “milking” back to back is hilarious

@PaperLoser-gv4wb 3 ай бұрын

Feels like dairy propaganda

@RAIJINMARU670 3 ай бұрын

big milk is at it again

@honey.blossom456 3 ай бұрын

“TWO CANNOLIS! And he folds” had me dead😭😭😭😭

@rendexvousy 2 ай бұрын

i would also fold if a pretty woman fed me two cannolis

@honey.blossom456 2 ай бұрын

@@rendexvousy reall😭

@huh3526 2 ай бұрын

@@rendexvousy i'd fold if a woman gave me as much as a chewing gum tbh

@Pokenerd04 Ай бұрын

There is nothing wrong with folding for two cannolis. I’d even saw it is reasonable.

@wetrathours 3 күн бұрын

he's just like me actually

@snarkyeloquence 3 ай бұрын

“big boy” and the ick was immediate

@Lunaa2209 3 ай бұрын

“This book were written for people with dementia” im cryinggggg😭

@rachelrogers4275 3 ай бұрын

when I saw you pick up The Spanish Love Deception, I GASPED. Hours of my life I’ll never get back

@venezia7969 3 ай бұрын

and the worst part is that i ate it up when i first read it and then i realized that i needed to stand tf up 😔

@kashfiii990 3 ай бұрын

Exactly. I felt bad for the money I wasted.

@idk6019 Ай бұрын

@@venezia7969no fr I read it when I got back into reading, I think I’m the person with dementia 😞

@teaganb215 3 ай бұрын

If I see another book mention “ Milking” during a smut scene is the moment I know we’ve lost the original plot

@meowlo-the-mood-reader 3 ай бұрын

"it's not a slow burn if one of your characters is just stupid" PREACH. THANK YOU

@helenzaikina478 3 ай бұрын

Pleeeease pleeease make a video about fanfiction!!!!! i really wanna know your fanfiction history! Gosh how i love it when booktubers read fanfics, i wanna know EVERYTHING

@newlynova 3 ай бұрын

i actually would rather die than expose myself like that HAHAHA which is maybe how you know i actually was in the ao3 trenches but maybe one day

@yoshi9046 3 ай бұрын

Thats like asking someone for their Bank id

@TheGarlicBread0 3 ай бұрын

@@newlynova fair fair but alternative proposal, can you find the Credence of AO3 and take one for the team? lmao (btw i love your vids!!)

@ladyminor 3 ай бұрын

i am so stealing 'i was in hell, with the bar', absolutely magnificent

@keri7154 3 ай бұрын

Girl as soon as you said “Emilia is so stupid”, I yelled 😭 I suffered through ALL THREE of them and she never gets better!! Also no, the series isn’t worth it to me, the last is just smut wrapped in a veil of plot, but the veil is moth-eaten and about to fall apart. I will say that Wrath gets explained tho, he is the only saving grace 😂

@Camryn715 3 ай бұрын

“Deep down, I feel like I’m no better than a goblin” me too girl, me too.

@corypond9511 3 ай бұрын

An important moment in the story of my mother realizing she wanted to marry my father was him, after a couple of months of dating, visiting her while her grandfather was dying and helping to shave him while the family was out to lunch. There is soooo much potential for sweet and serious romance within sickness & loss that it’s deeply disappointing the Spanish Love Hypothesis decided to not do anything with that

@Vivi-hh5ob 3 ай бұрын

love that you mixed up spanish love deception and love hypothesis, at this point boktok romance books are just a blur lol

@Ida2170 3 ай бұрын

your videos incentivise me to do the dishes, like i see a 30 min video posted by lexi and i’m like i will be productive AND experience unfailing entertainment

@Vivi-hh5ob 3 ай бұрын

same lol

@meghanhaug3257 3 ай бұрын

no genuinely the kingdom of the wicked had SO much potential and it lets you down every single time

@lindsey9214 3 ай бұрын

“Reading this book I was in hell with the bar!” 😂😂

@haydenbeatty633 3 ай бұрын

fully off topic but my cat passed a few days ago and she was, among countless other things, my favorite reading buddy. seeing onix join you too brought up such major grief for me but it also made me feel deep gratitude for having had such an amazing love in my life. thank you for unintentionally helping me process, and give onix an extra cuddle for me

@Ana-ld9js 3 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry to hear about that. I'm sending you a tight hug 🤍

@newlynova 3 ай бұрын

@evelynr5327 3 ай бұрын

Same. My cat was a huge cuddle buddy and sat in my lap to sleep everytime I sat down, esp to read. It was bittersweet to see onyx but he seems like a sweet cat. I'm sorry for your loss ❤

@RetroNoIX 3 ай бұрын

"Sometimes we lose. That's what we get for playing an honest game." Casually dropping one of the hardest quotes out of the blue?!?!

@teteunicorn1238 3 ай бұрын

You ´re such a comfort youtuber, so funny and I really enjoy watching your content, so thank u

@user-ni2ry6jt4y 3 ай бұрын

That's so real

@Melonmilk 3 ай бұрын

FR !! Every time she uploads a video I get so excited 🥺💗

@newlynova 3 ай бұрын

🫶🫶🫶

@reagan7460 3 ай бұрын

CAT

@audreyweishaar3325 3 ай бұрын

the only enemies to lovers in contemporary romance that i've been able to genuinely be like "okay, I get it" is in ali hazelwood's books because its women in stem losing job opportunities to men. Also kerri maniscalo's other books pop off so hard

@dobetterwithchristian4472 3 ай бұрын

When you mentioned milking in the Spanish Love Deception, I laughed cause i knew what was coming in B&B lol

@emilymazz5787 3 ай бұрын

The graphic design of the blue eyes made me cackle! I loved the camp of Butcher and Blackbird but I could have done without the smut scenes honestly. I literally finished reading it only hours before you posted this video. Side note: I would kill for your earring collection! So good!!

@sonnyaguilar5593 2 ай бұрын

As a Peruvian, I am glad to see that our food has managed to trap another victim in our clutches. Just wait until you get pollo a la brasa and inca cola

@lindslovely 3 ай бұрын

Girly is out here in the trenches giving us content 😭 You deserve more subs!!!

@madelinedupon 3 ай бұрын

GIRL TRUST ME I was so confused at kingdom of the wicked and the sheer curiosity that as a reader I get, I read the next few books and I was SHOOK 💀 Is Amelia being a DUMBIE any better? Not really. BUT THE DRAMA, THE DRAMA... Also it answers a lot of things about Wrath

@sillyangels6521 3 ай бұрын

Omg I missed you. I can confidently say that the audiobook for Butcher and Blackbird is so much better! The jokes hit a bit more solidly and the actors really take the time to actually ACT OUT the banter. Even though the book itself can be a little much at time I totally recommend anyone looking into it to get the audiobook. ❤

@newlynova 3 ай бұрын

yeah i have heard nothing but great things. the only reason i didn't do the audiobook was bc i couldn't find it on spotify and i am the laziest girl in the world

@mmvrphy 3 ай бұрын

i would fold for 2 cannolis ngl😔

@brookem3889 3 ай бұрын

the fact hes wrath not LUST or even like gluttony which at least implies an insaitable appetite is pretty wild ngl

@sliceofgarlicbread 3 ай бұрын

CACKLING at the tone shift between “brightest things I’ve ever seen” and “milking”, that caught me off guard 😭😭

@Hillary429 3 ай бұрын

That final frame of you and onyx needs to be framed in your wall, could not be any cuter 🥰

@pepper6528 2 ай бұрын

Emily Henry said during an interview she doesn't really enjoy writing enemies to lovers, it doesn't seem natural. She really holds back on the enemies aspect of the relationship so the coupling will be believable in the end

@aiyanac6265 3 ай бұрын

I’m so happy someone else didn’t really like Butcher & Blackbird I was so excited to read it and ended up DNF it because it wasn’t nearly as fun and exciting as I thought it would be tiktok constantly disappoints me 😭

@lozxcam 3 ай бұрын

I agree with you about Kingdom of the Wicked but I would actually recommend continuing it. I don’t remember specifics in the book but overall I really did enjoy the story and I remember enjoying it more, the more I read 👍🏼

@tori2885 3 ай бұрын

I agree, and based on her critiques of Wrath, I think a lot of his behavior in this book will make more sense later in the series

@gwenny9872 3 ай бұрын

Personally the series completely lost me with the second book. It was 90% smut (smut without them ever actually having sex+one scene that felt like sexual assault to me) and Emilia did not get anything done. It felt like everything she found out about her sisters death was handed to her and the rest of the plot startet to develop in the last 50 pages or so and felt so random and uncalled for

@tori2885 3 ай бұрын

@@gwenny9872I can see that. I feel like the two characters should’ve been in different books tbh. Wrath was trying to bring Emilia back to herself, and Emilia was trying to find her sister. I was also annoyed with Emilia’s constant back and forth with her feelings for Wrath. Overall, I really only like the series because I found him to be a halfway decent male character for once lol.

@kate.b97 3 ай бұрын

SHES BACK FOLKS!!! Missed u Lexi ❤ Also I am so here for the blood and ash shadeeee I need your hot take on it haha

@newlynova 3 ай бұрын

pure unadulterated hate i plan on doing a video eventually but reliving all 800 pages is not something i am looking forward to

@kate.b97 3 ай бұрын

@@newlynova the sacrifices you make for us don’t go unnoticed 🫡 might be good to wait till you can follow it up with Oathbound as a palette cleanser lol

@sparklymufinbuny270 3 ай бұрын

babe wake up new newlynova video just dropped🗣️

@yearningforpetrichor 3 ай бұрын

“as a yearner” me too seriously 😂

@cantduckinbelieveit7426 3 ай бұрын

The clip of mr. blue eyes was slowly starting to morph into that Jeff the killer pic and I can't get it out of my head now.

@georgiac.5352 3 ай бұрын

Insta love will make me dnf a book. I was so excited for a book I bought recently and he was lusting after her by page 2 and I was like I can’t do this. The author was also trying to make literally every single character too wholesome which is nice to read but not everyone is this cute, perfect person who has never done anything wrong in their life.

@meghinmagliano9905 3 ай бұрын

Oh, I was so excited for your thoughts on Butcher and Blackbird! Your review is hella fair though, I’m also typically a slow burn, pining girl. I listened to the book so I imagine reading the words would definitely hit different at times. So glad you’re back! I’ve just been rewatching your videos.

@holly.a 3 ай бұрын

your vids make my day ten million percent better, thank you for all the uploads recently! also your style is just *chef's kiss*, pure fashion inspo

@_kenn 3 ай бұрын

bro Elena’s other book, The American Roommate Experiment is also fake dating and a studio apartment however I think Lucas Martín is too too perfect - “it’s not a slow burn if your characters are just fucking stupid” best line I’ve ever heard

@sparrow00666 Ай бұрын

Honestly, what you said about enemies to lovers in contemporary romance is so ON POINT. 🤟

@joellem625 3 ай бұрын

Yess I sooo agree I think the Spanish Love Deception tried to be the new “Hating Game” because that book was super popular around same time but unfortunately in my personal opinion “The Hating Game” did a way better job at work place enemies/rivals to lovers. I think if the Spanish love deception didn’t try sooo hard to recreate similar vibes and have almost exact same tropes to the hating game maybe it wouldn’t get as much hate. It’s like reading same book but in different and way worse font. Ps: Love your videos!

@7Marisa77 3 ай бұрын

I just finished the kingdom of the wicked trilogy and I am a silly little fool for it 😩 the second book is actually the best, the third one’s nice if you really like flirting, banter and smut :)

@cheyenne5003 3 ай бұрын

I agree the second book had me

@carolineemenaker4823 3 ай бұрын

The third book was so bad 😭 like the gondola scene?? I’m sorry ??

@7Marisa77 3 ай бұрын

@@carolineemenaker4823 I forgot about that 😳 asdfhahzhsj

@holliemaidment913 3 ай бұрын

The second book is soooo good!!

@emmalynn877 3 ай бұрын

Noooo but the second book just has SA disguised as smut, it made me feel so icky

@OrwellianFunk 2 ай бұрын

Onix hugging/holding onto your knee was the cutest thing I’ve ever seen.

@wannie4474 3 ай бұрын

i was waiting for this video religiously after u posted your good reads review

@katelynnvens1974 3 ай бұрын

This has made my day sm better, I need some more romance recommendations sooo maybe I’ll find one in this video!!

@newlynova 3 ай бұрын

LMAO i am so sorry, this was not a successful adventure

@katelynnvens1974 3 ай бұрын

@@newlynova it’s okay I should have guessed, booktok is kinda wild sometimes 😔 at least they weren’t as bad as credence 💀

@crossswords848 3 ай бұрын

this is unequivocally the best and most entertaining book vlog video or even book related video I have ever seen. I loved every second of this😂

@cz5981 3 ай бұрын

had such a bad day yesterday, thank you for a new video lexi!

@newlynova 3 ай бұрын

🫶 i hope today is better

@cz5981 3 ай бұрын

@@newlynova thank you!! your video helped a ton

@emma.dessureau 3 ай бұрын

The joy in my soul when lexi posts. Profound.

@hollismcc96 3 ай бұрын

omg this is one of my favourite genre of your videos!! can’t wait to hear about the trash and the good also 7:26 I swear grey cats have zero thoughts, my cat has never had a thought in her LIFE

@siriusblackkinnie 3 ай бұрын

thanks for the new video, lexi!! btw your house is something else, wherever you film, background is always so beautiful and cosy🥺❤‍🩹

@LessTheWorld 3 ай бұрын

the editing on this video was so fun and kept it interesting without being overstimulating or anything, i always enjoy ur videos, but this one really was a nice work companion

@luizarafaeli204 3 ай бұрын

YEEEES MY FAVORITE GIRL FINALLY POSTED ❤️

@kirstiedavies8095 3 ай бұрын

omg Onyx is the sweetest

@cassidykennedyy 3 ай бұрын

I needed this rn

@starrystudy00 3 ай бұрын

onyx is so sweet, i love how their fur looks like a loved teddy bear 🥺

@deannascorner8112 3 ай бұрын

The audiobook for Butcher & Blackbird really pushed it into a five stars read for me. I loved the narration and fell in love with Rowan. I also read it during a buddy read so that made it even more enjoyable

@arianaraad1417 3 ай бұрын

when i read the spanish love deception i could only remember that the love interest had BLUE EYES bc they mentioned it sm

@serenity5956 3 ай бұрын

I have a collection on my kindle dedicated solely to the books you’ve talked about/ recommended bc every book you’ve recommended I’ve absolutely loved ❤️❤️❤️

@denisevivi 3 ай бұрын

Girly I love your videos so much!! I’m so happy I found your channel you’re my absolute favorite rn it’s like you speak to my SOUL🩵

@user-tu7wm5yt6j 3 ай бұрын

Butcher and blackbird was one of my favorite books of 2023 but that’s what I love so much about reading. We can have so many opinions of a book but come together as a community and discuss our feelings about books!

@bookswithkiki12 3 ай бұрын

absolutely love your humour. genuinely was tearing up. love your vids ❤

@frankie9373 2 ай бұрын

The only enemies to lovers set in real live Ive ever seen (usually from 80s to early 2000s romcom settings for middleaged people) was always along the lines of 'hes misogynistic and ESPECIALLY misogynistic towards her because he wants to cover up how hes actually into her' and 'shes bitter and wants to prove that women are just as good as men so she hates the fact that shes falling for a man instead of being independent' and yeah... always made me feel very icky

@Amandah8570 3 ай бұрын

Dude. I love your reviews and the way you talk about books. So hilarious yet intelligent. Thank you!

@Noann100 3 ай бұрын

A voice of reason in the booktok community! Also I love your cat 😍

@KatandTooManyBooks 3 ай бұрын

This was a riot! Thank you for taking us along on the ride!

@Astilbethehobbit 3 ай бұрын

I just want to say I’m always so memorized by the earrings you wear 🥺🩶 I love them

@sarahbrown958 3 ай бұрын

YAASSSSSS Lexie knew I needed this today 🫶🏻🫶🏻

@ralucaeu9197 3 ай бұрын

You're one of my fav youtubers,and I love watching you're videos

@heybuddy2009 3 ай бұрын

Onyx is a very pretty cat! Such a beautiful colouring!

@liamday453 3 ай бұрын

i just started watching you like a couple days ago and ive really enjoyed all your reviews and my favorite parts are the occasional “funny” pronunciations where you do the thing with A’s. theyre just little treats and the videos wouldnt be the same without them

@Mad.E 3 ай бұрын

I always assume when dumb sounding stories get popular they must at least be written jucily, so it's downright shocking when not even that's the case

@lilyscior-lewis7746 3 ай бұрын

Love this. The trolley with a kettle on the top shelf is genius. Adore you slagging off popular romances.

@umaimasyed1992 3 ай бұрын

i literally love your videos so much i will read any book u recommend omg

@615yeo 3 ай бұрын

new lexi vid after my exams just ended.. WE ALL CHEERED

@vauyune 3 ай бұрын

I'm a little early but already looking forward to listening to this like a podcast while doing my homework :)

@Ilovecatssssssm Ай бұрын

im not sure why but just listening to you talk in the background makes my day better

@colleenwalsh4081 3 ай бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SAYING IT OUT LOUD. I felt like I was the only person who feels like enemies to lovers is impossible in contemporary romance. It's really rivals to lovers at most.

@wantstoescapefromthisshitt6079 3 ай бұрын

the posters with the flowers and taylor swift's lyrics omg!!!

@kimberlyruiz1009 3 ай бұрын

your videos calm me down after a long day lol :)) I always look forward to your uploads!

@chocolateoreo6489 3 ай бұрын

Your kitty is so sweet (: I’m sending you both love❤

@mkismet 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for your take on The Spanish Love Deception. The hours I'll never get back!!! My main prob with it, besides Lina's inner monologue, was the way the relationship with her professor was handled. It made me so, so icky, felt very predatory and no one ever said anything about that, focusing on the bullying she suffered from classmates - which ofc, but also, can we talk about that man dating a student that is also so much younger than he is?!?! Anyways ty for your video♥️♥️♥️

@bbq_disco 3 ай бұрын

i love the kittie appearances, what a nice addition that makes listening about those books just a tiny bit less unpleasant

@beatrizsobreiracosta1538 3 ай бұрын

your earrings are always such a slay

@lina.998 3 ай бұрын

can I just say the noodle cooking was so relatable 😂 living for the comfy vibes!! (also unrelated but peak choice of earrings throughout the video)

@eve.b5 3 ай бұрын

Yessss promoting a romance book as enemies to lovers when it’s just misunderstanding is crime 🤚 I didn’t read the first book but I read the second “ the American roommate “ and oh boy it’s worse 😂

@uselessutensils1754 Ай бұрын

Sorry, but for the third book I don’t know why, but I kept imagining “Wrath” as like this tiny, fairy-sized man that was kept in a little bird cage and it made me laugh really hard