It’s not good | The Serpent & The Wings of Night
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@ReadswithRachel Ай бұрын
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@ritualflowers Ай бұрын
my frustration is always why does the FMC need to be human? give me a vampire FMC
@ReadswithRachel Ай бұрын
This is part of why underworld is my fave
@peggyluwhoreads Ай бұрын
@@ReadswithRachel Fuck yea
@palamedes4740 Ай бұрын
That and actually make the MC drink some blood from a body (willing or not) instead of the cutsy drink from a wine glass.
@steverainbow2.0 Ай бұрын
Yessssssss pleaseeeeee
@juliemarie612 Ай бұрын
For real! It's always "sweet innocent totally normal human girl" meets "ripped and powerful bad boy that's banged every woman they meet and definitely isn't the king of an enemy nation". I'd like to read a book where he's the normal one and she's powerful. Especially if she realizes they're mates or whatever first
@Kittie9 Ай бұрын
i dont trust any booktok books with the word “wing” in the title anymore 😭😭
@astrothsknot Ай бұрын
so you aren't going to read my next book, "Wing, Wing" a history of the Great Chicken War of 1818 that concentrates on the Battle of the Kentucky Fone Exchange between the forces of General Sanders and Gregor MacTurkey?
@izisi6800 Ай бұрын
@@astrothsknotadd me when you release it, I’ll be 2 copies
@charliescraftingcorner Ай бұрын
@@astrothsknotI hate that I would unironically read that 😭😭
@anaiswinter9893 Ай бұрын
lol
@sava-smth Ай бұрын
@@charliescraftingcornerwell yeah bc that sound actually interesting
@cgmeyo Ай бұрын
"I can't turn you into a vampire because 2/3 of turnings end up in death and I can't risk losing you. Instead, go, as a human, face dozens of bloodthirsty immortal vampires in a deadly battle royale" Ah, yes, flawless logic.
@ashleypreim9014 16 күн бұрын
I nearly lost it with this scene where he says 2 out of 3 turnings end in death. But join this death march tournament where you have a 1 in 50 chance of winning if you don’t withdraw or otherwise die. Like those are worse odds!
@Eddrian32 Ай бұрын
"I don't understand how [religion] affects your day-to-day life" tbh neither do a lot of fantasy authors
@EleiyaUmei Ай бұрын
As an atheist with a passion for polytheism and mythology, I'm always interested in the religions of fantasy worlds but you're right, most authors don't seem to put any work into it...
@rainydayjules Ай бұрын
That’s exactly it!!! Religion is such an important part of worldbuilding and if it’s done well it’s easy for ANYONE to understand
@roguechemist2658 Ай бұрын
xxl man but never plus size, god forbid
@asteridshydrangea-jt2hf Ай бұрын
One day I'll write a romance book with the hero inspired by Roadhog from Overwatch and you'll all regret your words which could be vaguely sideways gratuitously interpreted as encouragement.
@devonmmi Ай бұрын
@@asteridshydrangea-jt2hfI'd read it
@roguechemist2658 Ай бұрын
@@asteridshydrangea-jt2hf bro i fkn love overwatch id read the shit out of that
@C.T.T535 Ай бұрын
@@asteridshydrangea-jt2hfPlease do! I need more sexy plus-sized husbands! PS: Roadhog was my plus-sized simp awakening. 💦
@hannahk8te Ай бұрын
i feel like a lot of the problems in this universe would be solved if these immortal vampires just stopped having kids
@ReadswithRachel Ай бұрын
This is one of my questions is why do they have kids at all?
@dustrose8101 Ай бұрын
@@ReadswithRachel Why do they even have sex is another question.
@ReadswithRachel Ай бұрын
How else would we be able to hear about the folds?!
@calamondin8918 Ай бұрын
@ReadswithRachel please dont im in physical pain fucking FOLDS FOLDS REALLY FOLDS
@isynielsen2716 Ай бұрын
I like (read: hate) how in all of these books she's "oddly drawn to him in a way she can't explain and hasn't experienced before" and then it's just lust. Like can we get some depth, some layers, something new? Nope, he's just that hot? okay. :I
@kbird6208 Ай бұрын
It would make sense if the guy was completely average and perhaps somewhat off-putting yet she's oddly drawn to him.
@LithoCat Ай бұрын
I'd love a book where a main character feels this way about the potential love interest, but then just goes and rubs one out and realizes they were just horny. Soooo many of these books need some post-nut clarity
@EleiyaUmei 20 күн бұрын
@@kbird6208 Or if she were asexual, experienced sexual attraction for the first time with him and realizes he's her one exception. (like me, an ace person, with Sephiroth ^^')
@ColinsComments Ай бұрын
I imagine "blinding darkness" as a dark so deep you start seeing stars, your brain starts imagining things in your vision because it can't handle seeing nothing.
@Jadeeee2323 Ай бұрын
Right! Like u just see popping stars and ur eye floaters lol
@weirdandproudofit1 Ай бұрын
Same! Glad it wasn't just me!
@anaiswinter9893 Ай бұрын
good description...if reaching and being generous to the author, that maybe she had that in mind. But I guess you didn´t mean that and just looked for a viable description. That was double the meaning in a rambled sentence.
@fortunatecookie Ай бұрын
What innovation! The title eschews the traditional “the noun of noun and noun” trend and instead uses a brand new “the noun and noun of noun” format!! Truly, this author is ushering in a new era of romance 😊
@vedgelord Ай бұрын
Talk to your doctor about Niaxia
@ReadswithRachel Ай бұрын
Bahahahahaha
@kbird6208 Ай бұрын
Advertised by two retirees in separate bathtubs
@janewaysmom Ай бұрын
Lololololol
@xHoneyHime Ай бұрын
I am sooo tired of the big manly man and teeny tiny doll trope 😭 It's great on occasion and I do enjoy it for the same reasons others do, but can we have a tall girly and a short king who are both badass?? Or a same-height couple that can actually talk to each other comfortably where no one is "craning their neck"?? There are so many flavors to explore that can make a couple/ship fun and interesting yet everyone ALWAYS chooses the same-
@Avner1008 Ай бұрын
Literally lmao, I'm a short man and it feels like there's nothing like this the popular romance books
@tayloropolka9142 Ай бұрын
Have you read sorcery of thorns? It’s a YA romantasy with an actual plot and the FMC is taller than the MMC, and they are both capable, I loved it and I normally hate romantasy type things :)
@CountessvonHuck Ай бұрын
@@tayloropolka9142 I never heard of it but will have to check it out now.
@exomake_mehorololo Ай бұрын
Taking booktok by storm is a warning sign..... I picked up "An intrigue of Witches" randomly in my library and hoping it won't suck 🤨but we're not far in and our "sharp witted" female protagonist is already telling secrets to a complete stranger because he's cute 😒that doesn't bode well...
@AlexandraStellaB Ай бұрын
Urgh like in that Pride & Premeditation book
@LightningEnvy Ай бұрын
Ibrahim and Oraya should have been the main couple. Think about it! A crippled man, everyone looks down on and the human everyone hates. Its perfect! And we almost never get main characters, specially love interest who are handicapped
@zkkitty2436 Ай бұрын
I don't think this author is capable of writing a disabled character without ableism influencing their characterization, so
@DestinysPookie Ай бұрын
"wet folds" never thought id hate a word/phrase to describe arousal more than "moist" but there it is.
@mikankitsune0440 Ай бұрын
Yep, same. 😐
@EleiyaUmei Ай бұрын
It's both equally bad to me... Wetness doesn't mean arousal, goddammit!
@Frooti.loopz23 Ай бұрын
Eugh, gives me the heebie jeebies
@Sparkinthedarkness Ай бұрын
“Folds,” is one of the words I hate in smut. Another one is “bundle of nerves,” and “bud.”
@kbird6208 Ай бұрын
That phrase smells like wet laundry left in the washing machine for 48 hours
@Azathothtrolls Ай бұрын
tbh if the FMC chose her father and her ambitions over love, it might have saved the book. I noped tf out when she started mooning over the dude who killed her father. Imagine having a badass vampire father who WANTS you to be his heir and you give that up for a crusty-dusty guy.
@stardoogalaxie9314 Ай бұрын
The premise of an adopted human to a vampire dad sounds kinda cool it makes me wonder why its a romantasy and not like, a father-daughter family drama. Like it can be a whole thing where we follow the FMC, but in the end the "dangerous love" that exists is the love a father holds for his daughter. Like a dad that fights to keep his kid from competing in the Vampire Hunger Games.
@katethegreat1996 Ай бұрын
Check out “Down Among the Sticks and Bones” by Seanan McGuire, it has something like that. It’s the second in a series, but you don’t have to read the first one before this one.
@LithoCat Ай бұрын
I literally didn't read the sequel because they killed off dad, the most interesting character and most dynamic relationship in the book, at the end of book 1
@BelleChanson0717 Ай бұрын
I need these authors who write "big guy/small girl" pairings to actually meet a couple with a height difference in real life, because I promise you it's not that dramatic. I'm 4'10", my husband is 6'2", and while yes, he is obviously MUCH taller than I am, I don't constantly spend my day thinking about it unless I need something off the top shelf. Like we are just a normal couple!!
@arkkon2740 Ай бұрын
Im on 1:21:48 rn And if I hear ONE MORE DESCRIPTION OF "S/he tastes like [thing that has no taste or a literal concept]" "S/he smells like [insert thing that can smell like literally anything]" I will claw my eardrums out I swear to god
@kbird6208 Ай бұрын
He smells like condescension and tastes like justified text
@wordswarsandsymphonies 27 күн бұрын
@@kbird6208 LMAO
@clarkispotamia Ай бұрын
a (good) sapphic underworld inspired novel would truly restore my will to live
@calamondin8918 Ай бұрын
im on it will get back to you in about 8 months
@Saphia_ Ай бұрын
Need
@tylernixon652 Ай бұрын
@@calamondin8918 i believe in you
@calamondin8918 Ай бұрын
@@tylernixon652 🫡🫡🫡
@calamondin8918 Ай бұрын
@@tylernixon652 will update in the reply sections 😭😭
@lina.998 Ай бұрын
as someone whose favorite video game is "Bloodborne", I got extra confused hearing "bloodborn" 😂 thank you for another unhinged booktok breakdown
@amara560 Ай бұрын
Idk if you've seen Ceave's video on Bloodborne yet, but it is excellent
@stormeyedselkie 21 күн бұрын
I've never played Bloodborne but I've seen videos that make me want a book inspired by the atmosphere and setting!
@rebeccakoch1890 Ай бұрын
Ibrahim feels icky is an ableism way, like "wow these people suck, it sure could be worse for our Protagonist" The way he is talked about seems dehumanizing, like he exists to make protag look better
@ashleypreim9014 16 күн бұрын
I was way more interested in knowing more about Ibrahim than Raihn. Even when he was revealing his past the first time I didn’t give a shit.
@Goblin_book_nook Ай бұрын
When you said Raihn was spelled with an h I was expecting a spelling like "R H E I N E" not "R A I H N".
@BandFairy Ай бұрын
Why did I imagine the same spelling, though?
@EleiyaUmei Ай бұрын
or Rhein/Rhine like the river
@BelleChanson0717 Ай бұрын
I was expecting Rhayne and frankly was disappointed 😂
@Silvychan13 Ай бұрын
I saw the spelling and thought “Ryan” which I think is pretty funny 😅
@abs-urdity Ай бұрын
1:36:49 for me (as someone who also gave this book 2 stars), the frustrating thing about Ibrahim was that he has such potential to add interest and things of actual thematic importance if he was at all relevant for most of the book. He and Oraya could have been really interesting foils, as Ibrahim was maimed by his parents to keep him under control, while Oraya's father only wants her to be stronger so long as she is an extension of him. I think (especially if they had been allies) they could have been an interesting study of how some parents will envy their children for their youth/power (as Ibrahim could have been an example of) and how other parents only view their children as an extension of themselves (like Vincent views Oraya). Instead, we got...whatever this is.
@mentallyunw3ll Ай бұрын
Just hearing “House of Night” is triggering 😂😂
@Enbionic_Titan Ай бұрын
You are NOT alone!
@stormeyedselkie 21 күн бұрын
I can't believe I used to love that series 😭
@staceywillis156 13 күн бұрын
Someone in my Drama class in high school actually did a credited monologue from one of the books 😭
@mst3kharris Ай бұрын
I feel like her curiosity about her human blood would have more of an impact if she were raised as a defective vampire, not a human with extras. As a human raised by vampires, neither side of her heritage is really alien to her. It also doesn’t sound like the author does a very good job of playing up what differences there are and having her be freaked out by them. For example, I would think getting your first period in a court full of vampires would be _terrifying._ I would be wishing desperately for a human to tell me if it was normal. Edited to add: is the book titled after her and the hero? Since she’s the serpent, is he the wings of night?
@Artbyhurricanyounot Ай бұрын
You truly awoke something buried deep in my soul with that Evanescence reference 🤌🏻🔥
@CelticGuardian7 Ай бұрын
Since that was the first song on a CD of Evanescence that I had, I kept expecting the rest of the tracks to follow, lmho.
@wordswarsandsymphonies 27 күн бұрын
FIFTY THOUSAND TEARS I'VE CRIED
@heyimsasa Ай бұрын
1:21:34 "he smelled like the sky" "he tasted like falling" rachel: oh god, what is this? stephanie garber? 😂😂
@kristencouch598 Ай бұрын
I am imagining Raven’s powers form Teen Titans for the “blinding black light”
@awkwardhandmovements Ай бұрын
Good luck with From Blood and Ash. It’s… something 😬
@Artbyhurricanyounot Ай бұрын
There’s a very good reason people sometimes call it From Blood and Ass
@Christa_Clover Ай бұрын
I swear I tried to read it almost 3 or 4 times but I DNF it every time
@simpleton3781 Ай бұрын
It’s …. A book. That’s for sure
@TheReadingRambler Ай бұрын
A friend and I hate read ir 😅
@user-vw9lj1yn1b Ай бұрын
withcindy has a hilarious roast vid if yall havent seen it yet
@JulianGreystoke Ай бұрын
That is one ugly, busy cover
@teslashark Ай бұрын
One step closer to random AI
@seraphonica Ай бұрын
my guess is Ibrahim was present to gesture toward the whole "how some vampires treat their kiddos" thing. as a clumsy foreshadow toward Vincent. which is... a choice, I guess? but it seems like as there's a field full of characters who need to die, it would be more interesting narratively for her to see MANY such vampires. and maybe try to piece together how their parents messed them up. Plus, was I the only person who was thinking during this plot point... who are these vampires who are choosing to have children knowing they'll basically torture them for eternity? Weird how this is so darn common and accepted.
@mirimariana Ай бұрын
I was wondering like what is the point of having kids if your going to feel threatened by them? And since theyre immortal theirs like no point? I guess for insurance, but why not just have one child, and put them under a curse or a geas that they can't betray their parents?
@seaport7421 Ай бұрын
The book cover looks AI generated.
@shannonlopez2295 Ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing.
@RespektTheBovril Ай бұрын
It looks like that one Ai depiction of what it feels like to have a stroke
@peppapotato Ай бұрын
It is not ❤ There is no AI used.
@nalcarya Ай бұрын
Found the artists instagram and it's not AI. She does photobashing and draws parts herself. Still it's not a good cover as nothing makes sense, but some of her work is pretty nice.
@BandFairy Ай бұрын
I understand Thranduil is probably the more accurate depiction of Vincent, but every time you mentioned him the only person I can picture was Vincent Valentine.
@EleiyaUmei Ай бұрын
*sigh* both are equally pretty... 😍🥰 Would Sephiroth be a good compromise between the two (looks-wise)? (Also, Vincent is kinda a vampire himself so that still fits)
@TheReadingRambler Ай бұрын
As a teeny woman I always feel attacked at the tiny woman big man trope tbh
@kbird6208 Ай бұрын
Wait. I'm not through the video yet but Vincent wouldn't turn her because she'd have a 2/3 chance of dying, but it's ok to put her in a tournament with at least a 49/50 chance of dying? No comprendo.
@eulacuteuwu738 Ай бұрын
oh hell yes, a 2 hour long video??? bless you, you're the best
@ReadswithRachel Ай бұрын
Hope you enjoyed it!
@bananas999 Ай бұрын
The Evanescence clip really woke me up inside
@chrishedlund5751 Ай бұрын
These wheel spin books names of random nouns trend have to CEASE.
@ameliamads Ай бұрын
I thought this book took heavy inspiration from other books but then I read Powerless which is literally just the Hunger Games, the Selection, and Red Queen combined. Some scenes are the exact carbon copies.
@ReadswithRachel Ай бұрын
One of my friends is reading it right now and said the same thing
@peppapotato Ай бұрын
Just to clarify: I am the cover designer and this cover is not using any AI, and I encourage anyone to think carefully using those terms as it has a big impact on how we cover designers and artists get hired for future work - It was made and published before AI, and in my own terms I stated I never use AI. A quick peek into the publishing date shows this too, and even if woven or complicated the forms have no signs of AI that everyone should learn to look for in art. AI is trained on work like mine, so it does resemble it in ways because AI steals. Totally okay not to like the cover, and I can think again before clicking my own covers with reviews I just didn’t expect it and wanted to clarify in case anyone suspects I may use AI. Thanks ❤
@AshChiCupcak Ай бұрын
I just wanna say, I don't think the cover is bad per say, just maybe doesn't match the feel of the book. When I see that cover, I'm picturing a different story tied to it other than this one. I have no idea what goes into cover design and I imagine it's a lengthy process and of course they won't all be amazing. I wish you luck on any future projects you may have.
@peppapotato Ай бұрын
@@AshChiCupcakthat’s totally okay to not like it for any reason, I just didn’t want any of my own ethics or use of on AI to be in question bc I saw comments questioning it a lot❤
@mariavalie8434 Ай бұрын
Can I ask . . . what is the cover supposed to be? I do like the cover as an overall art piece, divorced from the book. It's like a dark, whimsical sculpture. It reminds me of manhwa's that have elaborate decorative motifs as layout divisions. But in regards to the book, I'm having an issue see what is meant to be on the cover. Is this done with photobashing?
@Evelyn_Okay Ай бұрын
I'm a professional graphic designer and I knew it wasn't AI just looking at. With AI art, you have to give it a prompt. Like "a large blue snake hiding in a blue rose bush" to get an objective image. The cover is just layering and fading images into an abstract collage
@StephanyMarieShop Ай бұрын
Honestly I really like the cover and the book but I guess I’m in the minority here 🤷🏻♀️ I think you did a good job
@marymac3572 Ай бұрын
If you do end up covering any Jennifer L. Armentrout books, PLEASE talk about Jennifer Armintrout and her having to completely rebrand and eventually legally changing her name after Jennifer L. Armentrout took off.
@katgreer6113 Ай бұрын
What?? Why did she do that?
@marymac3572 Ай бұрын
@@katgreer6113 Jenny Trout blogged about it on her site, but it was causing her issues within the writing community and at events. She'd introduce herself as Jennifer Armintrout and get side-eyed or treated like she was the "wrong" Jennifer.
@EleiyaUmei Ай бұрын
But, like, legally change her name? Why not simply change her pen name?
@therync8207 Ай бұрын
@@EleiyaUmei It was professionally and emotionally devastating to the extent that a legal name change was part of the path to recovery
@afckingegg7585 Ай бұрын
What did she change her name to?
@somberhoney Ай бұрын
idk why but my brain wants to pronounce Raihn as Ryan
@grandpa_the_kid Ай бұрын
Or like rihn like rind without the d
@katarzynamarzec2291 Ай бұрын
My brain maybe from it 'rain' and it lead me to Snow so again... Hunger Games
@EleiyaUmei Ай бұрын
You anglophone people xD My German ass pronounces it as our river Rhein (Rhine) but my brain sees it as "Rainer" which is an old man name here
@Viteaification Ай бұрын
because of the h? weird place to put it
@alastair876 Ай бұрын
man the trope of little woman small man is so, wild sometimes. We need more small man big woman
@scylloid Ай бұрын
you get it. you understand. i'd vote for you for president.
@alastair876 Ай бұрын
@@scylloid As president I'd make it manditory to have more of this in romance
@jamieb2289 Ай бұрын
Seriously tho!!!
@ashannaredwolf8485 Ай бұрын
Not me literally jumping into this video straight from a video on how unhinged the book tok community can be.
@kir-is-here Ай бұрын
who made the unhinged booktok video? asking for a friend
@ashannaredwolf8485 Ай бұрын
@@kir-is-here it was Kasia Baba!
@kir-is-here Ай бұрын
@@ashannaredwolf8485 thank you!!
@notyourboi4076 Ай бұрын
the evanescence inserts made me laugh more than they probably should have. Also, very much agree on the need to abandon some of the smut words, 'slit' chief among them.
@Cakelynn6 Ай бұрын
I know full well this book has issues. But give me a polytheistic religion, a death tournament, and vampires and I’m gonna have a good time 😂 great video!
@SadWitchBree Ай бұрын
Drink every time Rachel says "I'm confused." Only if you did, you would be passed out halfway in. This is a reflection on the book.... that is all
@belovedwinter Ай бұрын
Any character calling another one a "little" anything is a literary red flag. Unless it's their parent, which is allowed but is on thin ice.
@SirensAfterMidnight Ай бұрын
I'm so glad you compared this to Underworld because the dad vampire was basically Viktor and then his name also started with a V, oh my godddd. HE WAS JUST MORE HOT, LESS DECREPIT MANIPULATIVE VAMPIRE DAD.
@drowningindeepblue Ай бұрын
The Queen of the Damned reference Y E S, I absolutely love that cheesy, cheesy movie, thank you for this
@mcjordie Ай бұрын
Do I know anything about this book? No. But when Rachel releases a feature length film of a video, I click on it immediately lol
@Itsbaberuthless_ Ай бұрын
Bought this book, read this bullshit “Day to day, I wore only black, plain clothing that attracted little attention and allowed free range of movement. I didn’t ever wear anything bright (as it would draw unwanted eyes), flowing (as it would allow someone to grab me), or restrictive (as it would impede my ability to fight, or flee).” And got up to return it to Target. I was not allowing this to collect dust in my shelf. No way.
@loadingrat6057 Ай бұрын
"a blinding black" but- black- is the absence of light- ??????
@EleiyaUmei Ай бұрын
Well, I guess it's supposed to mean "a black that makes you feel blind" instead of "a black that blinds you" but it's still not a good phrase...
@HirilCelebrian Ай бұрын
The MCs magic powers make me think of Sookie Stackhouse's fairy magic, it is also a blasting blinding light
@bunnyellabell Ай бұрын
SOOKIE STACKHOUSE MENTION 🔥🚨
@CelticGuardian7 Ай бұрын
What the flipping heck does sky smell like? Why is this used multiple times when it doesn't even make sense once?!
@TheTrickster969 Ай бұрын
Instinctively I thought of rain or that ozone thunderstorm smell, but then you could literally just say that 💀
@CelticGuardian7 Ай бұрын
@@TheTrickster969 Indeed, I considered some things like that, but it doesn't make sense to call that "sky."
@thea4676 Ай бұрын
The reason why I compared this to ACOTAR (and I dnfed 23% in) is because it was just ACOTAR with vampires. You have the human MC who is human and weak, but also fiesty and snarky! You have the tall, brooding dark shadow daddy love interest (I mean he doesn't wield shadows, but that's the vibe), like you said Mische is basically Mor. It's just doing ACOTAR but even worse
@Lady_Talksalot Ай бұрын
I actually didn’t mind this book. The world building leaves a lot to be desired, but I liked how she handled the trauma daddy/lover arc. Carissa is also an indie author, and I feel like her writing has improved from the daughter of no worlds trilogy, so I’m interested in how far she’ll progress in the future (albeit I dnf’d the second book in the serpent and the wings of night series (I finished the novella though))
@ReadswithRachel Ай бұрын
Yeah at some point I mention I think the daddy issues thing is done well but I feel like the world building and character building is poor. But certainly it’s not as bad as fourth wing, so that was nice to see
@orionsbelt25 Ай бұрын
I think thematically, Ibrahim would've been a good love interest
@FatherIimaginedyoutaller Ай бұрын
Ok, I know you're being sarcastic and snarky, and i love that, but all you said about this book made it sound awesome (except for the iffy parts. I might have to skip the rape stuff). So i think I'm gonna order myself a copy of this. Cause it honestly sounds lowkey cool. If it helps, you made me make an informed purchase. Which i believe is the whole point of this.
@ReadswithRachel Ай бұрын
I’m honestly happy to hear this! Means I did my job!
@Kasterwill Ай бұрын
Nooooo not another character trying to be Celine from Underworld and failing. Stop trying to imitate perfection my gay heart can't take it anymore
@szafot_ Ай бұрын
Even the title of the book sounds like a rejected first draft for the hunger games prequel’s title
@stanloona000 Ай бұрын
It says a lot about the absolute trash you've read before that I thought "this one isn't that bad, sounds kinda fun"
@ragingdevi Ай бұрын
Going Under is still in my karaoke rotation lol (The karaoke is in my room but... it's in there)
@Thatdumbgremlin Ай бұрын
We need to abolish the phrase “House of Night.” PC and Kristin Cast have done enough damage, thank you.
@nerdypenguin9164 Ай бұрын
I cant stop imagining this all takjng place at a vampire prep school simply because the author named one of the factions thehouse of night.
@opiateutopia Ай бұрын
The Hunger Games title does fut a vampire novel perfectly. When it came out in my country, the cover was just a generic teenage couple kissing in the rain and after all the Twilight craze I legit thought it was another vampire romance.
@RyldsGirl Ай бұрын
Underworld was my pansexual awakening 😂
@linksystothepast Ай бұрын
Honestly, same. Amy Lee from evanescence was my first "am I gay?" And then underworld was my "holy fuck im hot for all of them." And I discovered I was pan. 😂
@marshall7002 Ай бұрын
Is it just me or does this sound really familiar to the House of Night series? Maybe it’s just because it’s YA…
@ReadswithRachel Ай бұрын
I haven’t read it!
@Biancaleigh693 Ай бұрын
Nope I have been watching a KZfaqr react to it and it sounds like this whole book is just copying a lot of books and mashing it together. Hunger games. House of night. ACOTAR. Twilight. And likely one more that I haven't read. It's too similar to not be potentially fanfiction merging
@asteridshydrangea-jt2hf Ай бұрын
@@ReadswithRachel Alizee Yeezy did videos on a number of the books iirc
@marshall7002 Ай бұрын
@@Biancaleigh693 I agree that it’s just fanfic mashing. My original comment was made before I watched the whole video and it was just based off the summary which reminded me a lot of House of Night.
@Biancaleigh693 Ай бұрын
@@asteridshydrangea-jt2hf that's the exact video I have been watching and knew it was too similar
@emackenzie Ай бұрын
22:30 did she... did she write a disabled character just so her mc can continuously say "thank god I'm not ~hobbled~" _?????_
@sakurablossoms94 Ай бұрын
I thought I was the only one that hated this book
@exomake_mehorololo Ай бұрын
You're never alone in hating bad fantasy nomance
@sakurablossoms94 Ай бұрын
@@exomake_mehorololo I'm trying to find a good fantasy romance, but haven't found a single one.
@jessica_inprogress Ай бұрын
@@sakurablossoms94 how much romance do you want in yout fantacy romance? becasue I always recomend Gracling by Krisen Cashoer. It's been a few years since I read it but I remember if fondly. Romance is also the side plot, not the main plot iirc.
@krobusart Ай бұрын
oh, i was thinking of Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way
@kissxlove1 Ай бұрын
My dyslexic mind thought the title was "the serpent the wings and night" when I first saw it in the store 😅
@emilyatoz Ай бұрын
Not TVD broody vampire brother as the bad ex boyfriend 😂😂 Also over the “him so big. Her so smol.” 😮 I misheard Raihn’s name in the beginning and now it’s forever Rain Ashcrotch in my head
@Womynxx Ай бұрын
I thought I heard assvaj at one point. 😂😂😂
@lizpris8783 Ай бұрын
I just read a Carissa Broadbent for the first time this year, the book was called "daughter of no worlds" and it wasn't bad but I honestly can't remember anything that happened. 🤷
@theedexterspeckman6512 Ай бұрын
babe wake tf up reads with rachel just posted
@kay12 Ай бұрын
I replayed multiple sections MULTIPLE TIMES because i thought I was stupid and not understanding. Thank you for reassuring me I am not, in fact, a nincompoop. ( Also, I absolutely LIVE for your videos
@peggyluwhoreads Ай бұрын
Not the ungodly amount of Evanescence. GASP!
@ReadswithRachel Ай бұрын
I AM WHO I AM PEGGY!
@peggyluwhoreads Ай бұрын
@@ReadswithRachel And I like you just the way you are.
@ninteldazelda Ай бұрын
THIS WAS THE FIRST BOOK I READ ON MY KINDLE. I wanted to make sure everything was functioning correctly so I downloaded the very first kindleunlimited book it recommended me and boy was I in for a storm of BAD.
@annahapunkt1970 Ай бұрын
Not the Count!!! 🤣🤣🤣
@Slywyn Ай бұрын
"house of night" and I instantly had flashbacks to that really, really, really horrible series from like a decade ago or whenever it was. "BELIEVE IN NYX ~uwetsiageya~"
@jasminv8653 Ай бұрын
aliizee yeezys readalong of that whole series is absolutely insane, cant recommend enough
@Slywyn Ай бұрын
@@jasminv8653 If that's who I'm thinking of I've already seen it lol.
@stormeyedselkie 21 күн бұрын
Ah yes, the Cherokee word for daughter. I was obsessed with this series when I was like 16 😭
@jasminv8653 Ай бұрын
Why would she even want to become a vampire when she's constantly witnessing the horrors of that society and has explicitly decided to go against vampire eating habits? Do I just not understand what vampires are in this universe? Does her daddy not drink humans, would she not have to?
@76kilosofshade81 Ай бұрын
We're 12 minutes in and I'm already lost 😭 so thank you for being our Champion and reading this whole thing!
@vanessacool5355 Ай бұрын
The cover looks like those photos that are supposed to simulate what you see when you’re having a stroke
@InkyCakes Ай бұрын
This review prompted me to listen to Going Under for an hour straight, thanks Rachel lol
@rabbitpirate Ай бұрын
17:30 My first thought when you said "blinding black light" was one of those lights they use to show up hidden stains in crime dramas. I had this mental image of this blinding flash of light and then everyone just going "ewww" as they noticed all the questionable stains on the surfaces around them.
@onesantalks8105 Ай бұрын
is it bad that when I heard Daddy, I thought that's the love interest 😅😂
@cutecheerfreak1 Ай бұрын
Omg I love the picture of Akasha for the vampire goddess mother woman. RIP Aaliyah 💖
@katekursive1370 Ай бұрын
We like to read about vampires because they are other, but somehow these books always twist them into the most mundane thing. How come True Blood did a better job at creating complex vampire systems? 🤣
@Womynxx Ай бұрын
Right?! And the author always tries to make you feel like the love interest is so dangerous by having the MC constantly thinking about how he could kill her right then and there but we know he’s not going to kill her/hurt her. 🤦🏾♀️
@EleiyaUmei 20 күн бұрын
they just took the human-oppression-fantasy from regular fantasy books (which always feels like white-people-oppression-fantasy to me) and replaced orcs/elves with vampires
@lagggoat7170 Ай бұрын
House of Night? A god named Nyx(ia)? HMMMMMMMM
@lagggoat7170 Ай бұрын
(Not that House of Night is a good series either, I just find it funny that I cant tell if those names are because those associations are low hanging fruit or because one rips off the other)
@lagggoat7170 Ай бұрын
20:45 Honestly, this feels Drow-coded. Drow in (old? my source are the Drizzt novels so dunno if there were recent lore overhauls) D&D Lore serve an evil godess and the city of Menzoberranzan has multiple big families that vy for power, but also have major internal conflicts/assassinations, with an empathized rivalry between siblings (first novel has a sister murdering a brother the only reason the MC doesnt get killed right after birth). Im not saying this was an inspiration, D&D lore doesnt have the monopoly on edgyness, I just find it funny how much edgy aspects get ticked off. Now we just need a character calling others "preps" and its almost as if Ebony Darkness Dementia Raven Way could walk into the room any second.
@auramint Ай бұрын
Vampires?
@SuperEkkorn Ай бұрын
Oh no, and just as I was arguing with ppl on the internet, guess I have to take a break.
@bj71000 Ай бұрын
Hearing “House of Night” took me for a loop, and the fact they’re both about vampires made it hilarious.
@Kokechii Ай бұрын
Oooooh, I am grabbing my popcorn and so sitting down for this! I read both books last year and found them VERY average and this one was jumping out at me left and right on all platforms being lauded as the best thing ever.
@cadburyyork5052 Ай бұрын
I haven't read this book so I'm going off this review. I keep thinking he calls her serpent because she spit at him. But... llamas spit too. Maybe she should have been called Llama.
@ReadswithRachel Ай бұрын
Exactly!
@juice6479 Күн бұрын
17:16 the way that the darksaber was the first thing i thought of too 😭😭
@CipherCutie 28 күн бұрын
"Blinding Black Light" makes me think of the orthicon halo, also sometimes called "Black Lens flare", that you see in old TV footage.
@j24030 Ай бұрын
This book has big House of Night energy (iykyk), and that is not a compliment (that book series haunts me)
@quitabanana3684 Ай бұрын
I’m so saaaad. I loved this book :( now I’m questioning everything. But thank you for calling out the cover because wtf is that?
@quitabanana3684 Ай бұрын
Oh wait. I’m watching now and I completely agree about the houses and how confusing that was. I thought it was just me being dumb so I forgave it…uh oh. Am I about to learn that all the things that confused me were because of the book and not me? Shit.
@AshChiCupcak Ай бұрын
It's ok, you don't have to feel pressured to not like a book if you enjoy it just because others don't. Though it does help getting outside perspective, especially if you thought it was yr fault the story got confusing. I just assumed there are other books in this series and maybe the others kind of fill in those holes. I hope so cuz the concepts are interesting, they just aren't really delved into a lot of the time.
@ReadswithRachel Ай бұрын
Love what you love! Every once in a while I love a book that has terrible world building.
@kaylamae5193 24 күн бұрын
This book was literally Underworld with some changes. Selene was originally a human and Viktor (the leader of the vampires) killed everyone in her family except her then raises her as his daughter and she’s told a different story about how she came to be with him. Sound familiar? 🤔
@JennyTroutstanding Ай бұрын
I loved this. Can't stop, won't stop. 😂
@ReadswithRachel Ай бұрын
Listen no shade will be thrown at you by me over it. Love what you love friend!
@Mrsbunnyxkitty Ай бұрын
started this on recommendation from a friend, seriously thought my library ebook was corrupted and i had lost pages because the plot was that broken
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