BOOKTUBE BOYFRIEND TAG 💖 (we broke up after this)

After Ellias and I consummated our relationship, we decided to answer questions for the BookTube Boyfriend Tag where we tested how well we know each other's bookish tastes. Thank you to Book of the Month for sponsoring this inappropriate video. Use code READWITHCINDY to get your first BOTM box for $9.99: bookofthemonth.com/join-billing
[The giveaway is now closed. Congrats to Chloe for being this month's winner! Tune in next month for August's giveaway.]
🗣️ Ellias and I were together because we attended a BLM protest. Want to help the movement but can't go to a protest yourself? Check out this great list of resources: blacklivesmatters.carrd.co
BOOKTUBERS
❤️ Myonna (the tag creator): / @myonnareads
❤️ Ellias (the victim): / @ellias
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BOOKS MENTIONED
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📕 Home Before Dark: www.bookdepository.com/Home-B...
📕 Call Down the Hawk: www.bookdepository.com/Call-D...
📕 I Don't Want To Die Poor: www.bookdepository.com/I-Don-...
📕 I'm Thinking of Ending Things: www.bookdepository.com/I-m-Th...
📕 The Raven Cycle: www.bookdepository.com/The-Ra...
📕 A Little Life: www.bookdepository.com/Little...
📕 Everything I Never Told You: www.bookdepository.com/Everyt...
📕 American Dirt: www.bookdepository.com/Americ...
📕 Twilight: www.bookdepository.com/Twilig...
📕 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: www.bookdepository.com/Harry-...
📕 A Court of Thorns and Roses: www.bookdepository.com/A-Cour...
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CREDITS
🎵 music: roses - genevra munoa
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BUSINESS INQUIRIES
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*Please read my FAQ before contacting me at / readwithcindy

[@xevylo3949]

Damn cindy using her ad revenue to buy a non existent boyfriend

[@withcindy]

bold of u to assume i would buy a boyfriend and not a girlfriend

[@xevylo3949]

I mean its 2020 everyone assumes everything

[@screee77cat83]

@@withcindy why not both

[@thisisdayvid]

@@xevylo3949 bold of you to assume I assume

[@xevylo3949]

@@thisisdayvid Bold of you to assume that i assume that you assume

[@catrocks7180]

POV: Your gay brother brings over a strange girl to fool his parents into thinking they're together.

[@withcindy]

JDKLAJDAJDEIOFJPAEJDKLSLKC

[@redacted3309]

HJKJGHJTHJSB I--

[@sunshinetonic7454]

IM DEAD 💀

[@patrickgriffin3239]

That’s it everybody, this is the best comment. Pack it all up we’re done here

[@kadabra4009]

This is so spot-on, I can‘t-

[@Pierre371]

Guys she has a boyfriend. He just lives in a different nation. Her imagiNATION.

[@withcindy]

i didnt ask to be attacked like this

[@hamstringpotatto6294]

That was beautiful. *wipes tears away*

[@panfluteskeleton]

Quick! Somebody get some ointment for that burn!

[@yeehaw69]

Fire nation or no nation

[@eevieee]

Yall are savage 😂

[@cedarmay4245]

This has "it's the 1950's and we're both gay so we're just gonna marry eachother" energy

[@withcindy]

The Seven Husbands of Cindy Pham

[@lisasowa1195]

Yes omg!

[@catrocks7180]

Cindy's slow descent to being a furry has been the best character development in the entire history of booktube.

[@withcindy]

An epic saga

[@serenasinha9384]

Nice dp

[@catrocks7180]

@@serenasinha9384 Thanks babe UwU

[@catrocks7180]

@@serenasinha9384 you too 😘

[@serenasinha9384]

@@catrocks7180 Never thought king Joffery would say UwU.But thank you for the kind words,highness.

[@catrocks7180]

Cindy: **hates capitalism and consumerism. worships minimalism.** Also Cindy: I'd marry Edward and Rhysand because they're rich.

[@withcindy]

its just practical :3

[@issy7613]

readwithcindy you wanna get that bag, i respect that

[@lrose5522]

Hey you can hate capitalism but we still live under is so might as well get that rich guy booty if you can

[@lisasowa1195]

Even Marx was sponsored by his capital heavy friend

[@avocadovigilantes6195]

cat rocks damnit nit r h y s a n d :((((

[@haleyandrews74]

“He’s not a furry he’s a wolf half the time” honestly cindy’s defenses against her not being a furry are getting weaker and weaker 😂

[@withcindy]

Hehehe 😈

[@autumnsprite]

The fear in his eyes when you said you consummated your relationship lmao

[@withcindy]

his life flashed before his eyes

[@_gremlinboy]

His face is like you said that to his mother

[@laurencamila9024]

Cindy: It was pretty late so I ended up staying over My fanfiction reading ass: AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE BED OMG

[@withcindy]

:OOOOO

[@sanna5623]

can't believe 2020 is the year cindy came out as a furry

[@withcindy]

anything can happen in 2020

[@keysea7676]

2020 be freaky 😖😖

[@_gremlinboy]

@@withcindy every day you inch closer to acceptance. Proud of you

[@simultaneouslyimuserfriend1476]

Cindy’s sexuality: furry

[@suprajasridh]

the panic in Elias's face whenever Cindy said anything about them being together is pure gold.

[@withcindy]

he dies inside every time

[@ann6878]

@@withcindy You can see his soul shatter 😂😂

[@micalacady3921]

Damn your editing skills are so amazing you edited in a "boyfriend". Girl you gotta teach me how so i can fool everyone in to thinking i got a man

[@withcindy]

thanks it's CGI!

[@pastelkandies.8322]

I am sorry but the title sounds like a kid friendly prank channel

[@withcindy]

ur right

[@redacted3309]

Maybe the algorithm will be fooled

[@pastelkandies.8322]

Bruh I left this comment for 5 hours what in the world-

[@catrocks7180]

Cindy: What's my favorite book? Elias: **thinking** Me, a true fan: pffttt, we all know it's Hot Pterodactyl 😘😘

[@aimun5255]

No it's obviously acotar

[@withcindy]

this comment and its reply hurts me

[@bean8636]

😂

[@ives6622]

It's clearly I've lost my way

[@blankslate7491]

@@ives6622 I mean, the writing is so good

[@gabby-fd6tl]

We stan a short-lived asian couple 😜🙃

[@withcindy]

still a greater love story than twilight

[@maymay5600]

@@withcindy damn calm down, lol

[@esha6881]

Sometimes I can’t get over how pretty Cindy is, like damn those cheek bones

[@withcindy]

OwO thank u!!

[@doppofish]

@@withcindy dont owo us cindy

[@n1vzee]

Simp

[@emilyowen2555]

Literally! Every time she says some shit about being ugly I’m like bitch? Do you not own a mirror?

[@K_i_t_t_y84]

@@n1vzee it's always super cringey when I see people using that term non ironically.

[@SanchitaChandranDramione4Ever]

Cindy: I'm not a furry! Also Cindy: makes herself more suspicious with every new video

[@withcindy]

hehehe

[@Sophie-yp6oo]

knew right from the start that cindy having a love life was a big gigantic lie

[@withcindy]

now THATS a fantasy story

[@julystargaryen9452]

@@withcindy Saaaaame

[@khadidjab9494]

"We broke up after this" Me, knowing fully well that Elias is gay and you two are friends : heart broken☹😥😥😓 so many times 🚫🚫❌❌✖

[@withcindy]

true love isnt real

[@indigobeah]

I was so confused for a second until I remembered about Cindy's taste in men and that reassured me that it was fake even before I clicked the video. He doesn't exist that's why 😌

[@withcindy]

TRUUUUUU

[@lisasowa1195]

But like dude is cute and if he would just not read that many books he could be a himbo with suppressed feelings if he wanted to!

[@micalacady3921]

You: gasps at hufflepuff Me a hufflepuff: gasps at your gasp

[@withcindy]

GASP

[@echobean5222]

I gasped but idk why cause we get dragged in all the videos 😅

[@jo.k.4210]

Its because shes an Undercover Slytherin lets be real.

[@jina8960]

Cindy: What is my favourite book genre? Me: *I bet it's romance*

[@withcindy]

of course

[@Grace-ez2ot]

Does your fandom have a name? Can we be called the Unsubscribers? 🥺

[@withcindy]

HAHA that's a good book title too

[@BizzarosGarden]

I assumed we were the big tiddie liddies

[@imagenietion]

the cindy fam

[@aloe_thera]

We can be called the tiddie liddies lol

[@shaunakullden493]

@@imagenietion OH GOOD ONE😂😂CUZ CINDY PHAM WOW NICE😂😂

[@paperbackdreams]

I started wheezing when I read the title and didn't stop until the video was over

[@withcindy]

Sis u ok?

[@mattb5881]

@@withcindy its the corona

[@lukyanslibrary]

"Something to do with the LeTtEr SiX"...Ellias is canceled.

[@withcindy]

HAHAH I NOTICED THAT TOO

[@ellias]

Hahahaha

[@funnyfriend14]

The comment section is filled with a bunch of funny drags and relationship jokes. I cannot add it to just like and scroll

[@withcindy]

lets be real thats the comments section on all my videos

[@funnyfriend14]

@@withcindy we support a self aware queen

[@tiegand7818]

I started watching this being like “awww that’s so cute she’s in a relationship” then I got confused, really confused.

[@withcindy]

We are all confused

[@elisacaporilli3531]

I'm still confused

[@ralucamanea9321]

Hehe I am confused too. So are they together or not? Who cares, if i ever get a boyfriend, he has to pass this quiz before being called by bf😂😂

[@justjay6388]

Ralu no lmao he’s gay

[@ralucamanea9321]

Bookworminthewild thanks

[@librarymeg57]

So my phone somehow got connected to the echo dot in my kitchen so this video started playing and my whole family could hear. Thanks, Cindy.

[@withcindy]

Play it louder

[@Michie_1412]

Looking at Ellias’s face when Cindy says consummated 😂😂😂

[@withcindy]

He died inside

[@TheSScrewdriver]

Cindy: Boyfriend tag! me: *reading comments* me: did you just plot twist and click bait and prank in one tittle?

[@withcindy]

yes, yes i did

[@schlossburg985]

I'm new here and I'm still clueless as to whether it's her boyfriend or not or when or what... I'm lowkey ashamed of myself lol

[@steamyvegetables1445]

@@schlossburg985 ok ok, so maybe they hooked up once and Ellias came out as gay?

[@umchanbosaba8525]

The title, just, the title.

[@withcindy]

short & sweet

[@justabuddy]

Yes.

[@catrocks7180]

Elias calling Cindy different Hogwarts houses and Cindy asking WHY?! until he gets the right answer. Yessss ❣️❣️❣️

[@withcindy]

i didnt realize i say "WHY?" so aggressively lmao

[@krisl1798]

@@withcindy I just cannot believe you're not slytherin lmaoo

[@TheAquamarine4]

Omg the way Elias goes “don’t do that” at the end after Cindy continues to self-deprecate and tell fans to unsubscribe from her, really adds to their love story....

[@withcindy]

so romantic

[@missfrizzle1717]

"Maybe it has something to do with the letter six"

[@withcindy]

THIS is why he's not a ravenclaw

[@thebaIding]

Wait what's wrong with that sentence?

[@burninembers]

@@thebaIding he said letter and not number hahah

[@thebaIding]

@@burninembers i am dumb I'm sorry.

[@burninembers]

Its okay, i didnt realise at first either😄

[@ruqaiyafawaz5666]

‘wings, i would stroke them’ ‘adam’s the bottom, so two bottoms cant work out’ cindy is out here repping everything i want to be

[@withcindy]

its just simple math

[@lindsay4298]

oh the pure panic in his expression whenever a romantic relationship was implied is AMAZING

[@milliaboo765]

omg elias’ bookshelves are what mine aspire to be

[@withcindy]

consumerism at its finest

[@catrocks7180]

Me: **knows Elias is gay** **knows Cindy would never sleep with anyone ever because she's a mermaid underneath** Cindy: I ended up sleeping over. Me:**omgggg, ship**

[@withcindy]

waiting for the fanfic

[@emiloberg2110]

they even *consumated* the relationship, but please; do not expose her secret mermaid identity, it's highly confidential :)

[@candicecandice8202]

@@withcindy Don't ask for such vile things.

[@LoveK1]

readwithcindy you’ll regret that.

[@marodes9440]

@@withcindy be careful what you wish for ...💀 (ok but please someone do it cuz she needs content)

[@bchjcloud]

Only fools would think the title could possible be true It’s me, I’m fools.

[@withcindy]

if only it was true for the sake of drama

[@phoebs987]

"I'm gonna go with my furry instincts and marry Jacob. I'll just have a bunch of dogs with me as like a family, and it will be cute" - Wolf Children (2012)

[@Helen-gv2di]

i love how you chose to f cedric diggory and edward cullen considering they're both played by robert pattinson....LOL

[@withcindy]

cedric > edward

[@Andyatl2002]

Someday he’ll be Batman.

[@radikl_ed]

When two people who haven’t finished Goblet of Fire talk about grown up Cedric... 👁👄👁

[@withcindy]

👀👀👀

[@kurzler]

OOP AHAHAAHH

[@lukyanslibrary]

I love how Ellias has a whole shelf of BOTM books. We love when your significant other supports your sponsorships

[@withcindy]

the ironic part is that i dont own any BOTM books

[@aimun5255]

"Cedric? He was barely there" LMAOOO ellias maybe you should finish goblet of fire and Cindy pls pls read twilight, that sounds hilarious

[@withcindy]

👀👀👀

[@sophiamay3629]

Cindy out of interest when you consummated you’re relationship did the mountains tremble? 👀

[@withcindy]

Yes they did... In fear

[@Trynsa]

"I don't want to be a YA character" Actual rant I have at partner, and my best friend, lately: "I have no desire to be the main character in this story. I'm gonna move to the mountains, so that I can be crazy-science-lady-in-the-mountains that the main character visits 3/4 of the way through the story to gain vital information. They're vital, but no one remembers them. They're not in danger. It's great." And honestly, I'm pretty hype about living that life.

[@kukujiao]

didn't ❤️know 😘 cindy 🤦‍♂️ had 💰 a 🍎 boyfriend 💦 can't 💞 believe 💌 she ☝️aint📚single 💍

[@withcindy]

dont worry we broke up after he used me for my juicy body uwu

[@Sofia-wh9jr]

Both of this comments have left me deep trauma 😔

[@aidandaniels5366]

Cindy be giving us depressed people representation! Yasssssss

[@withcindy]

It's what I'm here for

[@milliaboo765]

i was literally gonna write a comment about how gryffindors scare me bc i’m an anxious bean but then i remembered my best friend is literally a gryffindor 👁👄👁

[@withcindy]

ur scared of ur best friend?!

[@milliaboo765]

readwithcindy lmao not in a bad way- she’s just much much more outgoing and confident and confrontational than i am

[@jessicaaawho]

U really had me going for a second. When I tell you how fast I clicked

[@withcindy]

Clickbait at its finest

[@luckysmom51]

You guys look like each other's beards.

[@withcindy]

i.... ur right

[@amandag.2988]

this is so iconic

[@withcindy]

the highest quality camera i'll ever have in a video

[@Otra_Chica_de_Internet]

Ellias look at the camera if you're being held hostage

[@alakazamjackass3517]

I don't know what surprises me more: that Cindy has a boyfriend, or that he's not half animal.

[@ma.nasa26]

Ellias: It's very emotional, very heavy, and traumatic Cindy: LiKe LaSt NiGhT!!! Ellias: .....🙃

[@withcindy]

sums up our relationship in a nutshell

[@sol.f]

Girl, your living is gorgeous. Loving that teal theme

[@withcindy]

thank u!! :3

[@raedoroteo2225]

Me: [blinks twice at the title] Me: Good for Cindy! She deserves love 😊 Me, two seconds in: Oh.

[@withcindy]

Oh

[@renshifter3804]

Smh I knew the title was wrong bc we all know Cindy's true love is Rhysand

[@withcindy]

It's MY choice

[@renshifter3804]

@@withcindy ugh we stan a feminist king 😫

[@jessiemorales5808]

Cindy: **doesn't pay attention to her fake boyfriend** Well that explains why this fake relationship didn't last past this video. 🤣

[@ishika5619]

last time i was this early cindy thought ACOWAR would be the end of her sjm trauma

[@withcindy]

U thought wrong

[@eleanorlee9154]

Gonna like the video and watch it tmr, time to sleep😂

[@withcindy]

go sleep

[@luccychenn3011]

0:08 breaking dawn proved otherwise lmao

[@withcindy]

LOL IKR where is the logic

[@mikennadebruin6628]

Hahaha. Reading Twilight as a child confused the shit out of me because of this very reason.

[@Tiffany-iq8ex]

And you can still get STDs if no one cums lol

[@alexia3552]

luccy chenn came here to comment this 😂

[@noor-tj8dq]

renesme carlie cullen is an icon

[@brunetteartist2750]

The description: Elias (the victim) Well okay then.

[@Peacherriesz]

as soon as I read the title, i already knew it was a scam.

[@withcindy]

scamwithcindy

[@vanman7169]

“I’m gonna go with my furry instincts” - Cindy 2020

[@withcindy]

Woof woof!

[@bean8636]

I love how you guys just drag each other the whole time lmao

[@withcindy]

our relationship in a nutshell

[@SanchitaChandranDramione4Ever]

When I tell you I literally stopped everything I was doing and clicked so fast

[@withcindy]

welcome

[@elirem7224]

We love it when Cindy uploads. We truly do.

[@withcindy]

aww thank u!

[@lace685]

I honestly look forward to it

[@tabibimbap]

Thank you for featuring Ellias! I checked out his videos and I'm glad I did because I finally found a booktuber with good mystery & thriller book recs 🥺

[@withcindy]

I'm so glad!

[@mirasfingerbandages]

5 seconds in I love this

[@withcindy]

he gave me much to think about

[@mariosblago94]

I'm just going to take a moment to appreciate how supportive Cindy was about Ellias coming out. Ellias felt so comfortable that he's even ok with making jokes about it.

[@withcindy]

ellias: I'm gay me: cool anyway let's get some pho

[@queene1036]

"I'd rather be friends with Ravenclaw people than Slytherin people" You'll still be friends with me though, right? 🥺

[@withcindy]

yes :3

[@ElianaKreider]

Cindy: this is my boyfriend Me, a known ace: hahaha he’s about as real as the boyfriend I made up so my grandma will stop asking me about my love life.

[@withcindy]

HAHAHA u got me

[@unnecessarydelivery5549]

With how big this channel is I'm amazed by how much Cindy interacts with her subscriber's! ❤️❤️❤️

[@jasminenguyen8300]

cindy bullying her boyfriend for 18 minutes straight lmao

[@wanessaribeiro3965]

Only thing straight about this video

[@MavisCCC]

"Does he have wings? Ohhh, I would stroke them"

[@withcindy]

teehee

[@nnt9498]

That, out of context, just sounds like more of Cindys burgeoning furry kink to me.

[@MavisCCC]

@@nnt9498 uncovering Cindy's secrets alright

[@comprehensiblehorrors]

"I was gonna marry Jacob bc I like dogs". Yeah of course, u can't knot love dogs

[@withcindy]

I--😳

[@arowace498]

I just did the ugliest snort

[@missfrizzle1717]

no...

[@blairebussey1278]

a book about two people who meet at a protest and have to go home together/get arrested together is the only romance novel i need

[@withcindy]

Ooooo I would read that

[@aoifeoconnell]

Cindy giving us the collab content we need during these times!! 🙌

[@Undeadharpie]

I thought the thumbnail read “he wanted clout, I gave him crying” and that made me laugh for too damn long

[@gaurimann7156]

YESSS CINDYYYY THANKS FOR THE UPDATEEE GURRLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@withcindy]

thanks for being hereeeee

[@gaurimann7156]

readwithcindy thanks for making a “here” so that I could be there 😂😂

[@jellogirl2010]

I love it when you guys do videos together. Ellias has the best reactions to all your innuendos and jokes.

[@MelsShelves]

This randomly popped up on my home page today and it’s the best video I’ve seen in months! So delightful 🥰

[@suprajasridh]

we love awesome Asian booktubers supporting each other!

[@withcindy]

asian solidarity

[@leandroaraujo9515]

"letter six"? omg Cindy did you get yourself a himbo?

[@kateregier]

You guys are both RADIATING chaotic energy and I love it

[@withcindy]

It's why we're friends

[@salmaraf]

OMG YES I LIVE FOR THIS COLLAB

[@withcindy]

i live for u

[@salmaraf]

readwithcindy well i mean i don't blame you, im awesome

[@marianaipiranga4846]

Omg Cindy's reaction to Twilight would be amazing

[@withcindy]

thinking of doing a movie reaction

[@mattb5881]

@@withcindy pls yes

[@marianaipiranga4846]

@@withcindy PLEASEEE. Its the content we want, nay, need

[@weaselchan8309]

Me: Okay. Cindy finally has a "boyfriend!" "We finally slept together so" Me: *Chokes*

[@juniperjupiter444]

“That’s because you think i care about you” relationship goals 😍😍

[@withcindy]

😍😍😍 so romantic

[@AbiofPellinor]

Possibly the best ever edition of this tag to have graced the internet

[@susanisreading5009]

omg... if only cindy and ellias were my parents 😫can u guys please adopt me 🥺

[@withcindy]

Ok we will 😊

[@ohword9541]

Ah, so this what they mean when they say "Rent-A-Boyfriend". Glad to see Cindy is trying it out for us singles.

[@withcindy]

ellias cost around tree fiddy

[@eileen1020]

Thank you for having subtitles!

[@withcindy]

its thanks to community contributions!!

[@katefoxchan4054]

I like how you read and recommend other books besides YA and fantasy here on the channel, it really convinces me to read more non-fiction and literary books. I don't see this with other booktubers, thank you cindy!

[@withcindy]

I'm so glad! thank u :)

[@starlitbri]

Elias: I'm a Ravenclaw Also Elias: It starts with the letter six

[@caiti_4897]

the title gives me **PRANK** **GONE WRONG** **THE POLICE CAME** **EMOTIONAL** vibes

[@alenasmolemoreader3584]

Aww we need more videos of you two together after the quarantine 🖤

[@withcindy]

i hope so!

[@ohitsann]

This started off with Cindy stalking Ellias' goodreads, then Ellias taking Cindy's (booktube collab) virginity, and now 1 year later they're still going strong 😭✊ She's really living the y/n life y'all

[@emiloberg2110]

"But Ravenclaws are supposed to be smart." **proceeds to be a Ravenclaw** PS: I agree that you are a fellow Slytherin though :) *snakey snakey sounds*

[@withcindy]

hssssssss :K