I feared exactly what had happened. An unexpected, sloppy plot twist. How are you a psychotherapist and not realize that paining would help her "communicate"? How on EARTH did Theo not know "the man" on the Alcestis was HIM?

One word: AGREED

17 hour videos on a single book? why does that not fit into reading comprehension skills

That is a damn good question, because I need to evaluate what I’m offering to the community and what the community is offering and providing me in return.

I second all of this!

I’m cool with that, I have no idea what your talking about

The fact he is the most "powerful highlord" yet somehow the illyrians are still abusing their women for 500 years of his reign is crazy to me.

yes yes yes - team tamlin always - she ruined him - i was so mad

I went into the book expecting MLM because I assumed Theo and Kit were both men.. felt a little baited 😭

Thank you. I was ready to buy, now I'll give it some time

This is my first real book ever and i just finished reading. Took me 2 days to get through it. Since I've never read anything before I'm not sure how to feel about this book. It would've been nice if there was a distinction between the what was happening in the past and the present i don't know if that would've given the plot away but yeah.

I picked up secret lives of church ladies because of you and really enjoyed it. Definitely not something i would have read normally but thats the joy of booktube

I really really don't understand how this book is so hyped. It's some of the most unbelievable dialogue, characters and plot I've ever come across. The twist was predictable and the reason for her silence was not a reason. Absolutely terrible.

I’ve struggled with every Casey McQuiston book I read, including RW&RB and tbh, I skipped this one all together because the plot sounded like the antithesis of a good time for me. I’d highly recommend Alison Cochrun’s romances - she also writes queer romances, but I like her emotional build up and characters a lot more.

It never fails to amuse me that fans forget about what Rhysand did in Book 1. All that creepy assault is pushed to the side and he becomes a feminist love interest all of a sudden. The romanticization of abusive relationships made me dnf this series.

Im not a romance girlie myself, but i feel seen when you were talking about sapphic romance novels; i feel like as a sapphic reader, my standards for what i want in a sapphic romance novel are rarely met 🤷‍♀️ I also was so entertained by your rant on the superbloom, that does sound like a nightmare 😂😂😂🦋

I read the Silent Patient first, which I enjoyed enough to read the Maidens. Silent Patient was quite slow in a lot of parts and the whole conclusion could have been reached more efficiently without as much boring (unnecessary imo) character introspection. The only reason I had a net positive experience was because I had not expected the end, so I give credit to Michaelides for setting up the story to make me question Alicia’s guilt and then catch me off guard at the unmasking that <<<spoiler>>> confirms it was her after all, but with Theo’s major involvement also confirmed. I guess bc I was only anticipating Theo being a creep in the current timeline (like yeah why tf are you obsessed with her case, and snaking your way into being her therapist?) and suspected one of Alicia’s people to be the stalker she had mentioned, I was surprised at the revelation that Theo had been the creep stalking her before she murdered her husband after all. If I had not read this book via audiobook where I could zone out for a lot of the boring parts, I probably would have DNF’d it. The Maidens on the other hand I did almost DNF and I was listening to the audiobook. Like you said, same types of characters and similar themes and set up, equally unthrilling as the Silent Patient with an equally “twisted” end - except the only reason it felt like a “twist” was bc of the sheer shock value to learn Sebastian was a pedophile and that he was abusing Zoe. Worst about that though is that there were no clues to the reader for us to ever have guessed it ourselves (unless I missed them lol, wasn’t always paying attention), whereas with the Silent Patient did lay out enough info throughout for us to have guessed the conclusion. Any good mystery writer should know that they have to leave a proper trail, however disguised, for the reader, and Michaelides did not in the Maidens.

I completely disagree with you. This is not a book about war. This is a romance book about Feyre's relationship with Rhys and Tamlin and it does in fact tie into the previous book. And the whole comparison with throne of glass is stupid, that series was literally carried by dues ex machinas in the last book, imo EoS is the best ToG book, and it does end pretty similar to acomaf, except that here Feyre actually goes semi on her own will to help in the war. The mating bond in throne of glass is so bad, its just not built up correctly, here it actually makes sense. Mating in acotar makes sense since most mates are actually human, and usually arent met.

While reading it, I kept seeing parallels with ACOMAF. We had an Acheron sister, recently turned fae dealing with trauma. Along their journey, they train physically and/or magically, go on quests, fall in love with their mate, get a found family and come to the conclusion that they’re looking forward to life at the end of the book.

monte you fucking crack me up. like you have never met a book you liked 😂😂 i always look forward to your uploads!

Hey monte 😊❤ glad to see you uploaded a new video to your channel 🥰 I was thinking about re watching your latest videos, and now I have one more to enjoy ♥️❤️

“Pucking Wild” summary sounds wild because what do you mean he’s illiterate & she proposed to him twice, forcing him to read? 😭

You kinda hit it right on the nose ab the Star Wars fanfic tangent . if you see something is related to Star Wars fanfic just runnn

Asdfghjkl this could be us: “the banter in the beginning was cute. But then this man turns into a stalker” BYE 😭😭I gave the book 3, maybe a 2.5 now that some time has passed & I’m really thinking of it.

I thought Amari was cool but it definitely overshadowed the marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton. It was a much better magical middle grade about a black girl

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Before I let go was a very annoying book. This could be us was just ok. I won't be reading anything else by Kennedy Ryan

A public video from Mr. Montgomery! 😁

⚔️ No lies were told here! I can't take Rhysand as a love interest after the way he physically and sexually assaulted Feyre in ACOTAR.

Oh my God! STOP! I’m dying laughing.😂

Would you, could you read Lily Mane? Monster series. Moth is my favorite! The first book Wynn is really good too! 🙏

Binge watching. The most refreshing entertainment. Saves me time.