I had such high hopes for Five Broken Blades. The story was really fun but the writing was so cringey and the world building was so weak. I don't think I'll be continuing the series unfortunately 😬 (Royo's POV is the worst!!!)

so happy you finally read six crimson cranes I read it last year and it was so stinking cute and I also cried multiple times 😭💞 def gonna add five broken blades and library of the unwritten to my tbr

One month! Girly really wanted those NaNoWriMo points. 😕

the themes for may appear to have been cranes and broken blades

i read victim as part of a book club and loved it so much! 🇵🇷

I’m sending you love❤❤❤

Jace & Simon 🥰🥰🥰

Good standalone fantasy*: Sabriel by Garth Nix, coolest magic system w/ necromancy, and a sarcastic cat *technically a loose series, but Sabriel can be read by itself, each book switches up the cast and time period

We need a collaboration with cari and cindy

I read Five Broken Blades after your recc and really really did not enjoy it, however I am glad you convinced me to read it nonetheless 💕 I don’t think I would have tried it if you hadn’t posted about it!

this book is so silly

caro I woke up scrolled saw ur video and boom you were in my dream LMAO

I guess Warriors or Percy Jackson for middle school book video haha

is it his dark materials?

I LOVED the prequel to Six Crimson Cranes, Her Radiant Curse. Highly recommend

Those books should be DNS’d

beautiful , alway happy to watch ya videos. :D

I rewatch that Crave video at least twice a week 😂😂

I’m really curious about your theory on a broken blade! I’ve read all of them, and I personally really love them

Six Crimson Cranes is almost identical to a fairytale I grew up with in Eastern Europe. It was terrifying as a kid tbh

Please do read The Priory of the Orange Tree when you have the time. It's a book I really loved.

god. sorcery of thorns was so so good. genuinely amazing, it had such pretty prose that you don't often see in this genre of fantasy

Six Crimson Cranes is the same story as Daughter of the Forest, which i absolutely adored and I think you would too

Please try Robin Hobb’s books!!😭

I was relatively meh for the overall book, but Feyre and Lucien's snarky frenemyship was Peak.

100% agree about a feather so black, like nothing surprised me and it was just like mmm okay so I read that

six crimson cranes remind me a lot of an old slavic fairytale about a mute princess and her six brothers who were cursed to become swans. It was maybe inspired by it?either way, you peaked my interest lol

For anyone still reading comments, Six Crimson Cranes/The Dragon's Promise has a prequel .5 book called Her Radiant Curse which I think does a good job of set up for the rest of the duology (?) (trilogy?)

I read Five Broken Blades after you recommended it in your last video, and I really enjoyed it!

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Hi, really enjoys your content and it's pushing me, in a good way, to continue reading! :)) My guess for the series is Sweep, but there is 13 books so maybe not! 😂 I wish you a good reading month! :))

It all reminds me of the winx club, with specialists from rich cool families and oh god

If you want a good east asian read, I recommend the Eon duology by Alison Goodman. The story is based on the Chinese zodiac.

I just finished "Tale of two cities" - because Cassandra Clare was referring to it so much! Now started "What moves the dead" from your short books recommendations - need to heal after 900 page books

I love that you've read A broken blade and Five broken blades 😅😅

Ohhh I'm ready to see your thoughts on Blood over Bright Haven! I was even checking yesterday if there's maybe a wrap up from you! 💜

To touch on the Broken Blade a bit more for a moment. I do think the 2nd and 3rd books are paced a bit better which makes them much more digestible. There are two things I love about his series, the first is Keera's (that's our main girl) battle with addiction, Melissa does not shy away from the reality of withdrawal and how dependent you become on the substance. But she handles it in a way that does not make Keera seem weak because she an addict, but that this is how she survives this world and her trauma. The second thing is the theme of colonialism, which Melissa Anishinaabekwe has first-hand experience with and you can feel that coming through the story. As Cari says Keera is a smart main character and she gets smarter, she grows alongside her found family, you're rooting for her because she is a damaged character who is putting in the work to try and be better. Just my thoughts🥰

summer of salt sounds like kiki's delivery service x encanto 🤭

I really loved Summer Of Salt. Loved the vibes. Darker than expected in parts.

Love your videos Carrie❤ each one brings me so much joy (and adds things to my tbr). Since you're such a big part of this book world, I wanted to ask if you know where I could publish some of my own writing. Blog style articles, short stories, book reviews etc. I just really want to get my writing out there and start building a prescence. So anywhere will do. Please help me I don't know where to start!

The six crimson cranes reminds me of a German story… I saw a movie about that few years ago

Me seeing the title: Oh, good hook. Good hook.

Uuuuu "Victim" sounds so good! And also "Library of the Unwritten" sounds so wacky lol (maybe wacky good)

Was the book series you mentioned Babysitter club, Girltalk, or Sweet Valley high?? Maybe it was a mystery series like Nancy Drew or the Hardy boys? Or maybe those books are just a little before your time so probably Percy Jackson series? Also I laughed at the “rut roe” expression. Love when that pops up. 😂

This book made me ship Gwyn and Az. Like yeah, him and Elain obviously have some sexual tension, and romantic feelings. But Gwyn and Azriel PLAY with eachother. They have banter and they have fun. I want to read about their friendship and how it becomes something more.

SIX CRIMSON CRANES😍😍😍

I finished five broken blades two days ago and I loved it! It took me a week to get through (which is long for me and because I don’t really like multiple POVs) but it was so worth it 🤭 that ending had me screaming hehe

i dont know if this was a 'big thing' for middle school but one series i binged during middle school was the tigers curse saga by colleen houck... which didnt really 'age like milk' so much as it was probably a bit off from the start LMAO

I am finally getting out of my reading slump this month too. I am tempted to start Five Broken Blades now, it sounds so good! For the book series you mentioned at the end of the video, since we're similar in age, I will go and guess A Series of Unfortunate Events maybe? They were reaally big when I was in elementary and middle school.

Popular Series from middle school??? Your angsty self probably read Fallen, didn’t it? 👀 This is probably so far off but it would be hilarious if you were reading Series of Unfortunate Events 😂