GREAT BOOKS, GREAT STARTS

[@ebnovels]

Alongside the reader? Alongside the CHARACTER. What are words? Anyway, relevant links below! Great Books, Rough Starts video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i325pqGMoZuobK8 Reviews, relevant videos, and amazon affiliate purchase links: Curse So Dark and Lonely: amzn.to/3n6YrjC -A Curse So Dark and Lonely review: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpTXm3SqittgmpY -A Heart So Fierce and Broken review: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4u0aYJqn6ier80 -Character Appreciation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXvVgpJvdqd9ebc Warbreaker: amzn.to/2SaDLsR -Warbreaker review: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKKmYXWhrbWKas0 Scythe: amzn.to/3l2cZPH -Scythe trilogy review: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWannpSkfrV_jJI -Scythe Funny Ones Star Reviews: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXbEgGivqaaLptE Rage of Dragons: amzn.to/2SeWxze -Rage of Dragons review: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYHbaYKKdpyUqNU Steelheart: amzn.to/2SaLQxy -Steelheart review: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hn2nZqCja9aaoM0 The Rithmatist: amzn.to/3jhPPEB -The Rithmatist review: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZS6i4uGbMSejcU Queen of Blood: amzn.to/2GlqDOX -Queen of Blood review: kzbin.info/www/bejne/roCpnn2faZWtjrc Ash Princess: amzn.to/3ignqNJ -Ash Princess review: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rp22lZiOqsx_gZo -Lady Smoke review: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioOcmXeno76DjM0 -Trilogy review: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZPOZWdvitqjkM0 Red Rising: amzn.to/3jm8T4C -Red Rising trilogy review: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6rGn517ba-WbNE Mistborn shirt: thedarkforestco.com/search?q=era+1 -The company's IG page: instagram.com/thedarkforestco/

[@erickmacgregor]

I love how you masterfully explain a book plot without spoiling anything. Thank you for the recommendations.

[@LanaFeyah]

You have an amazing way of describing books and pinpointing their most prominent qualities without giving any spoilers away!

[@robertblume2951]

Favorite opening? Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia. "On one otherwise normal Tuesday evening I had the chance to live the American Dream. I was able to throw my incompetent jackass of a boss from a fourteenth story window. "

[@Breanna.L]

Ash princess literally hooked me by the opening then proceeded to blow my mind and shatter my heart throughout the whole thing. Definitely a top series for me.

[@Ahno1234]

Thank you. Can’t say I’ve ever enjoyed a KZbin video where people describe and review things. This is a first for me. I throughly enjoyed watching and have nearly all the suggestions cued up on my reading list.

[@JesseOnYoutube]

Honestly the way you described rage of dragons has me dying for it 👀 how have I not heard of steelheart!? Omg

[@zac8033]

Scythe series is such an amazing read!! I read the third book in basically one sitting Another great fast read is They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

[@TheMovieSequelDude49]

I remember reading the first Percy Jackson book in middle school. And when I opened the book and saw the title of the first chapter, "I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher", I knew I was gonna love this book.

[@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy]

I’m all caught up in The Stormlight Archive, but I haven’t read Warbreaker yet. My younger daughter just read Scythe and the two books that follow it, and she loved them, so I’ll have to check them out. Rage of Dragons I’m going to read later this year, so I’m glad to hear the positives from you. On another note, I woke up this morning with more subscribers! Thank you so much!

[@vidarfe]

Warbreaker is sort of a prequel to Stormlight Archive. Even though it takes place on a different planet, some people as well as a certain object from Warbreaker turn up in Stormlight. I highly recommend you read it.

[@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy]

vidarfe Thanks! I’ll definitely tackle it at some point.

[@Patricia-mm2mr]

Girl you've been working so hard lately and I hope you know we appreciate it!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@erinpeakovic1]

A curse so dark and lonely literally hooked me from page one!

[@lupaecainis]

Red Sister by Mark Lawrence (1st book in Book of the Ancestor trilogy with kick ass warrior nuns) has the coolest first line I've ever read. "It is important, when killing a nun, to ensure you bring an army of sufficient size. For Sister Thorn of Sweet Mercy convent, Lano Tacsis brought 200 men."

[@ciannacoleman5125]

Lol, definitely one of the coolest first lines. Looking forward to reading that one over winter break

[@safsam1]

This immediately came to my mind too!

[@terrelljohnson5811]

Love the shirt!!! Great series so far half way through book 2 now

[@lorbito155]

The entire arc of a scythe series had me hooked the whole way through!

[@joannaciechanowska9782]

Wow! I see the Polish bookcover for Mistborn!

[@TheRASDEL83]

Basically, every Sanderson book I read grab me from the start. I am not a Stephen King fan... I tend to like more his adaptations that his books o_O... but the first sentence from "The Gunslinger" really got my attention. I gave up on the Dark Tower on Book 4 unfortunately. That said... I need to know what does that shirt say... "Kelsier &, Vin &, Sazed &, M..." is that for Marsh?... why Marsh and not Elend though... I need to know.... I NEED TO KNOW!!!

[@teanlit2949]

I'm so glad you are continuing this series. I loved the rough starts video.

[@Johanna_reads]

I just read and finished The Queen of Blood based on your non-spoiler review video. You did an excellent job setting up my expectations. I enjoyed reading it while agreeing that some areas and characters could have been a bit more fleshed out. I appreciated knowing that going in. The forest setting is what sold me, and the author did a fantastic job creating it! 💕

[@riotgurlie]

I should start actually reading, and not just watching youtube videos about reading books.

[@megasalexander927]

Start with Bible

[@riotgurlie]

@@megasalexander927 no thanks

[@matthewrobson981]

So basically A Curse so Dark and Lonely = Shrek meets Alice in Wonderland

[@dmbfreak123]

Warbreaker definitely hooked me from page one, amazing book and one of Sanderson's best. Scythe was another one for me and A Darker Shade of Magic by Schwab. Great vid!

[@ScullyPop]

I've taken a great interest in Ms. Brooks's channel. This content is on point. I recommend you become a part of this community.

[@BoosGaming1]

She's so good! 💖

[@Sahil-rx2oe]

Your shirt 😍😍😍 I had no idea mercy like that even existed!

[@bookwormemerson3074]

sooo many of these are on my TBR and now i’m even more excited to read them! i’m a sucker for fantasy and sci-fi books.

[@amusicalbookworm]

I really need to get to Warbreaker! The magic system sounds super interesting. I loved the entire Scythe trilogy. The Rithmatist sounds so fun! Let’s be honest, I just want to read all of these!

[@NoahSJ2005]

I just finished the first scythe book and have already ordered the next two

[@sentient.ball.of.stardust]

A top best first lines in fantasy would be awesome. I was absolutely taken in with "Szeth-son-son-Vallano, Truthless of Shinovar, wore white on the day he was to kill a king"

[@irmac.a.6818]

Scythe trilogy and Warbreaker were one of the best books I read last year!

[@brendagomez5072]

Your short hair wavy looks SO CUTE!!

[@yvakhojin2562]

I only recently found your channel and therefore only watched a few of your videos, but I already want to buy like 20 new books. And my list is already endless xD I need more money. And more space.

[@aplatypusguy27]

I finished Warbreaker last night, and it hooked me right from chapter 1. I could not stop reading it, it's such an amazing story.

[@natasagajic1061]

Elle: Things can't possibly get any worse Me, after finishing the Farseer trilogy:👀 That's pretty much Robin Hobb's whole vibe 😅

[@harley2166]

I finished the farseer trilogy this week. Totally agree...having a break before starting thr next trilogy to find happy books

[@stephaniesbookverse1098]

I agree that the prologue of Rage of Dragons was super interesting and I think it would have been a really cool story to follow that timeline and those characters instead.

[@briankregg6329]

Agree, the book was abysmal!!

[@avi6837]

Scythe, Red Rising and Steelheart... Although none of them are my favourites but the beginning of these books are so freaking🔥 🔥

[@julibananaful]

You’re been spoiling us with all this content ❤️❤️

[@athousandsplendidstories2235]

Thank you so much for this video! I was really looking for books that hook you from the get go and these were some great suggestions!

[@owenlambert3498]

I recently picked up Scythe. I can't wait to read it! I also love how you described Joel from The Rithmatist as a cinnamon roll

[@TheLibraryofAllenxandria]

Great video. I really like how you can recommend books to other people that you did not personally enjoy! I'm excited to read Warbreaker at some point for sure.

[@RedtsunamiTed]

just wanted you to know I'm pumping iron while watching this. I hate reverse flys and life at this moment but I love your videos! plus sides

[@kyleeclawson2581]

Love your shirt! Also I’m kinda surprised Mistborn isn’t on this list. I thought the Final Empire was very gripping right from the start! Great list though, lots of books I have to add to my to be read list.

[@katharinelmuir220]

Thank you for your honest review of “The Rage of Dragons”! I’ve been going back and forth on whether to read it! You helped a lot!

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

I still need to pick up Scyhe!!!

[@vp8671]

Your hair looks amazing!! I just picked up warbreaker and scythe from the library

[@TheBookishMom]

I have been wanting to finally read a Curse so Dark and Lonely. I picked it up a while back but still haven't gotten to it. The prologue of Rage of Dragons was one of the best parts of Rage of Dragons haha

[@bookwormemerson3074]

the third book of the series for a curse so dark and lonely is coming out in 2021 so im right there with you bought it but haven’t fit it in. i really want to read both before its released 😊

[@chelseamcintyre6473]

piggy backing off of Steelheart, I would recommend The Renegades trilogy by Marissa Meyer. The opening to this book is incredible and heartbreaking and you are with one of the protagonists from the beginning

[@maishamathole2347]

The way you change up your voice is really funny 😂

[@homesteadalbania]

Would love to hear your thoughts on Castle of Teskom!

[@maritorres6366]

Elle, I finally bought your book and its arriving tomorrow and I can't even wait

[@qine6559]

You are so good at this! I enjoy it all!

[@gabieger]

I do not know why but I had a very hard time to get into Warbreaker, really do not why, but it took me a while to hook, but omg, I am so glad I persisted, because after that point it was just amazing.

[@balrajsingh1492]

It is veryyyyyy slow but it's good.

[@josephdumbi-ijeh2745]

What the heck did you say at 1:42 😂😂🤣. Also, it's so sad thereI no rithmatist 2 😭. The book 1 was freaking awesome 🤯. Lovely shirt by the way.

[@BoosGaming1]

A Curse So Dark and Lonely is something I want to pick just for the hype of it but after seeing Ell review of the second book i'm in no rush. On the flip side i'm asking for Rithmatist for christmas to give me time to finish Stromlight Archive......hopefully anyway lol 😝

[@laurasuarez6054]

Subscribing immediately just because when I saw the full metal alchemist behind you I know you were my soul mate

[@safinan8008]

Great variety of book!! Happy weekend reading to u!! 😊📖🍁🍂🎃

[@bugsby4663]

I loved a Curse so dark and lonely but I wish the publicity hadn't revealed it was a Beauty & the Beast retelling because the narrative tries to keep the suspense that the hero and the beast are not the same person. I'm the sort of person who rarely sees twists coming and would have loved to have been surprised by this. On an unrelated note, can you please review the Savor's Champion by Jenna Moreci?

[@MarkDeibert]

That t-shirt is crazy cool!

[@sineadjenks5325]

WHERE IS YOUR SHIRT FROM

[@beansprout_apg886]

Shout out to the full metal alchemist manga..I miss mustang.. i needto readthat warbreaker.

[@sehajarora9371]

To me red rising looks a bit similar to the red queen, considering the color thingy, rebellion and all. It's in my tbr and so I just hope that it doesn't get that bad.(I mean red queen was a nice book but the sequels disappointed me a lot)...

[@JoshsBookishVoyage]

Great idea for a video! So stealheart is like the Boys on Amazon? Now I'm intrigued.

[@ebnovels]

It is similar, though it’s hard for me to recommend sometimes because of how much I personally didn’t care for it 😅

[@rtaaaa1111]

"It is important, when killing a nun, to ensure that you bring an army of sufficient size. For Sister Thorn of the Sweet Mercy convent Lano Tacsis brought two hundred men.” This is the opening line for Red Sister by Mark Lawrence

[@kathyking2515]

I'm a teacher that is trying to get kids to love reading. One 4th gr. student only wants graphic novel like Marvel or DC. Any recommendations of something similar?

[@cwfcwfcwf]

Like the shirt, I'm reading that series now. LOL :)

[@terrelljohnson5811]

Me too as well in book 2 now halfway through

[@cwfcwfcwf]

@@terrelljohnson5811 Just started book 2.

[@terrelljohnson5811]

It's good so far you will enjoy it

[@milospollonia1121]

Whoo I just finished it. 2 is the best guys, THAT ENDING

[@terrelljohnson5811]

@@milospollonia1121 then I look forward to it. This is my first series I have started by Sanderson and from what I hear and read from the first mistborn book he ends books extremely well. I am reading WOT as well in book 7 and look forward to the ending as well with that series

[@michaellong5439]

Great video! Where did you get the shirt from?

[@nikosbookreviews]

100% agree on Steelheart, opening was great, but overall Sanderson's weakest series. Still haven't read Rithmatist, so that was a good reminder!

[@carolinesmash7119]

I finished reading war breaker and then watched this video. I wish I had known that war breaker was going to be part of a series, because now I’m stuck in yet another unfinished series!

[@Mmm-xi7fx]

I need to know all the names on your shirt. Someone please HELP!!! Tell me who’s on there. I only see the first three names.

[@mcp0y3]

Rage of Dragons I knew you were gonna mention this one, it's so good. So much action and it's very different from Sanderson. Not so much info dump.

[@KFoxtheGreat]

Great recommendations :) I'm hoping to get to Warbreaker soon P.S. I love your makeup in this video!

[@legokgoxy3221]

Wait! is it like the 2012 Beaty and the Beast TV show🤔

[@JessieMaeBooks]

WOW! Now I really have to pick up Steelheart! 😉😂❤️

[@munz0010]

I LOVE your shirt! 😍

[@agnesmetanomski6730]

I actually quite enjoyed Rage of Dragons. But then maybe my tendency to hold grudges made me sympathise more with the main character :D The world in this novel was one of the most vivid I've experienced. Can't wait to get my hand on volume 2, which is quite telling, since usually a novel centred around a culture I'd rather nuke than save would turn me off :D

[@agnesmetanomski6730]

@@hhoi8225 The Omehi culture, of course. -- spoiler alert -- It really has pretty much every element I hate: a pretend-meritocracy that ranks people according to birth, and in which the upper class can go around mistreating and killing the lower class members with impunity. An arrogance regarding their own value compared to others. The opening scene, in the prologue, does not give too much information, but what is there makes me definitely think that the Omehi arrived on shore deciding they'd settle there, found there were already other tribes living there and didn't give a damn, leading to the beginning of the conflict. Also the way they feel entitled to enslave and mistreat a baby dragon, which is quite surely the reason they were banished from their land of origin in the first place. Overall, while I like individual characters or can at least empathise with them, I'd rather root for the "barbarians", because they seem to me to have the better cause. Especially after the way they were tricked with the pretend peace offer.

[@aliebellule]

Steelheart sounds sooo much like the show The Boys.

[@giuliakenway6500]

I was about to leave a comment like "Is it just me or is Steelheart basically The Boys" 😂 apparently it's not just me who thought of it

[@sentient.ball.of.stardust]

Came down here to say the same thing.

[@joecourtney8552]

Just wanted to say great content lately. Well done 💯📈.

[@laurivettegarcia]

Can I ask where your eyeglasses are from? ;)

[@LadyHawaiian]

Yes, Red Rising!!

[@loudfunstrawberry4127]

I just actually read a curse so dark and lonely and now I am reading a heart so broken and festival

[@sausage12ify]

Random question! But where are your glasses from?!😍

[@ebnovels]

GlassesUSA! Here’s the link: m.glassesusa.com/gold-medium/ray-ban-3447v-round-metal/44-m11361.html?affid=elliotb-lp1919&irgwc=1 😄

[@Writer_Gaby]

I really wanna know where you got that tshirt, i wanted to see all of it and kinda of steal it to be honest 😂

[@mintleafbluesey]

I’m predicting Warbreaker is there in the list

[@jeremyfee]

Great video and t-shirt.

[@kristinalam6614]

I actually thought that Red Rising had a really slow start. It was still interesting but the part where he’s in Lykos is super boring.

[@a23corson]

Love your tee shirt

[@monvlogs14]

hi, how do you style your hair???... BTW i love ur book review vlogs amazing, keep it up !!! :)

[@garrettlockhart4112]

Rage of dragons is amazing

[@apithonia]

Love the shirt!

[@farazkhan0]

I want that t-shirt, can I get a full look, please please please...

[@ebnovels]

It’s linked in the pinned comment :)

[@SifuKodiakc]

Warbreaker i feel is the worst of the Sanderson's books by the end i just didnt care about any of the characters. the idea was interesting but just never came together.

[@venom0921]

Awesome shirt. xD

[@freestyle_handsome]

i’m sad i can’t turn on post notifs for you😢

[@apithonia]

What percentage of your subscribers are Sanderson fanatics do you think? I bet it’s 95%

[@GrapplingBook]

Warbreaker doesn't have a great start at all. It gets better towards the end but it's not an easy book to get through

[@xerowon3490]

Excuse me lady... its Lightsong THE BOLD

[@FA-bp3po]

Love you keep recommending 😚♥️

[@Big-guy1981]

Why didn't you just read the first chapter of each book.

[@arundhatiparida4075]

Loved ur tshirt😍😍😍😍😍

[@Neesatou]

I love this

[@pilzanime8499]

Did anyone here read Markus Heitz yet?