I read 800 pages of A Court of Silver Flames so I made d*** soap and wore a furry face mask (Part 1)

[@azuli5520]

this video slaps more than cassian’s balls against nesta’s skin and i stand by this

[@evap2723]

genuinely fucking crying at this

[@SilverstreamPJ28]

GIRLL NOO

[@ramaabapat]

THE WAY I FUCKING SCREAMED-

[@withcindy]

thanks i hate this

[@alias4795]

💀💀💀

[@luciakocisova9925]

the writing sometimes really screams “women written by men” yet the author is a woman so i really don’t know what’s going on here

[@DarthYall]

This comment needs way more likes

[@confettibastard]

this is what I'm sayin, it's ridiculous

[@francescafreeman8789]

Internalized misogyny

[@riverrock4845]

THIS

[@withcindy]

SJM proving that women can write just as poorly as men!!! equality queen!!

[@damagedpages676]

SJM writes women's breasts the same way male authors do but nobody has said anything about it XD

[@sugarystrawberrybreeze6976]

NAH BUT FR I THOUGHT SO TOO

[@nautilusbones980]

“Her breasts tightened” hello?? Ma’am??? 🤢

[@idontknowanymore9966]

i guess not even woman know breasts don’t invite people

[@18Hongo]

@@nautilusbones980 Fuck, at least they didn't light up.

[@papus615]

Lmao yhea.

[@bm28601]

Can't believe rhysand is less feminist about his wife's deathly pregnancy than edward cullen

[@Vjhijufrsersgrfizuglui]

If a had a nickel for every time…

[@emilybarclay8831]

The way SJM describes arousal sounds like a tropical disease 😭

[@DarwinRoger893]

Please don’t disrespect our tropical diseases.

[@AllunderHispurview]

As a malaria parasite, I was hurt by this ​@@DarwinRoger893

[@Citizen-ku8kv]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@froggybug]

😂😂😂

[@unchartedraider7547]

The wheeze of the seagull

[@sparklesandlessons]

“The poor guy is just loitering around the house smelling Cassian’s balls as if they’re a new air freshener.” This is it. This is the one that sends me straight to hell. Cindy. I. Am. Dying.

[@withcindy]

thank u i also liked that line

[@madihornacek9971]

Im dead! I was laughing so hard I started shaking and almost fell over! 🤣

[@johannageisel5390]

TBH it would be cool to have fairies be able to communicate their emotions by scent. I mean, lots of eusocial insects do that. It would have been a nice bit of worldbuilding if the fairy folk cannot lie to each other, because they can always smell each other's emotions in addition to hearing each others words and seeing each other's body language. Bonus points if fairies actually released pollen to fertilize each other and if that's an involuntary process that happens if the man is aroused. Women can protect themselves against unwanted pregnancy by drinking contraceptive tea, of course.

[@kittycoutourxxx2706]

@@johannageisel5390 if that happens then these girlies can’t be giving magical guap guap 3000s

[@asanatics5711]

Was it just me; or were the sex scenes in this book WAYYYY more graphic and out of character than even other SJM books? At least in the past books she would cut down on the use of words like sex, and cock, and balls and try to dress it up in high fantasy banter…

[@ariakitty]

This is some rich suburban mom fantasy right here. What is even happening in this book? We’ve got Feyre crying about being rich, and Nesta banging her Pilates instructor. Does the book come with a pair of Uggs, a pumpkin spice latte, and a year subscription to L.L. Bean? Is Feyre’s middle name Karen?????

[@withcindy]

I think the author is a rich suburban mom lol

[@stealdork4214]

No way 🚷

[@stealdork4214]

😭😭😭

[@majinbaeee]

Feyre’s name is actually Feyrelynn

[@Strannik01]

@@stealdork4214 She grew up in New York City and lives in suburban Pennsylvania so... maybe?

[@nisharangdal781]

Feysand sex scene: *shakes the mountains* Rowaelin sex scene: *sets the beach on fire* Me: this is why we have global warming

[@dayenumunoz7624]

LMAOOOO PLS I LOVE THIS COMMENT SM

[@LivVirtual]

JHBASFJBAJKSF

[@Cristina5753]

🤣🤣

[@latenightytwatcher219]

LMAO 🤣

[@alvarenzavibes2060]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Heynowwtf7413]

the reason Azriel was the majority's favorite is because he never opened his mouth🤐

[@lissyreyna8803]

Just read for the bonus chapter 😈 just a matter of time till we all hate him too

[@ava_marie_v]

@@lissyreyna8803 Ugh, that fucking bonus chapter haunts me. Why are all the men SJM writes horny assholes????

[@lissyreyna8803]

@@ava_marie_v I think that those kind of men are “manly men” to her. Like this toxic moment when they all have sex in the same room. The problem is that she doesn’t even realize how toxic that is bc her “great males” are in reality the lowest is the low. At this point I’m just hate-reading anymore. I expect that I hate the books and I’m not disappointed.

[@junkosllette]

wait can anyone tell me about the bonus chapter??

[@shiratarsol]

@@junkosllette It’s online somewhere. I basically Azriels’s thoughts about Elaine is like what’s Cassian doing with Nesta all the time. Plus Rhys being the a*hole he is

[@sparklyhotdog8826]

Rhysand is really like "Its your choice 😊 but only if it's convenient for me 🤟🏻😃"

[@withcindy]

LITERALLY

[@ruchikacalton2424]

He's been doing that since book 1. Only now people notice it.

[@MsWinxmusa]

Feminist king 😔👌

[@jalyntaylor7609]

I rolled my eyes every time he said: “it’s your choice…”

[@mystupidlittlelife3368]

Lmao

[@luisalucia1758]

sjm: **infinitely dragging out the acotar world to get that coin** cindy: like calls to like

[@withcindy]

goddamn you got me there

[@sweetlids2898]

Oh my god lol

[@christinejung7915]

This comment wins

[@juliali6180]

I see you Grishaverse fan

[@Hoid.]

😂😂😂

[@katiie091]

sjm is really like "you all need to know that my characters FUCK"

[@withcindy]

Wow I had no idea!!

[@wochenente6977]

Except for her one adult fantasy book where we got a first kiss over halfway through and merely a fingering scene. Why is that🙃

[@eighteencupsoftea2021]

@@wochenente6977 the acotar books got republished as adult fantasy (along with silver flames) so technically crescent city isn’t her only adult book

[@wochenente6977]

@@eighteencupsoftea2021 did they? I didn't know that! Thanks for telling me☺

[@calebloganeditz7120]

I-😅

[@quietbirdelenor]

The best plot twist would be an asexual character that is totally immune from being manipulated by everybody's horniness

[@Mookneepie]

And they would be the most powerful fae. Because they don’t waste time smelling ppl’s arousal and effing in the sky. They’d end this series before it started.

[@colt9836]

*Lady Hestia, Athena, and Artemis want to know your location*

[@kudosforkai888]

they wouldn't have a nerve to get around the people with the smelly dicks

[@Balazs1102_]

They don't even have to be asexual, they just don't have to be super horny.

[@kavya71954]

this would be me if i was a character in this series

[@abbywolffe4114]

She didn't say what the Rhysand candle smells like but I'm assuming it has notes of snowy mountain breezes, sweaty linen sheets, testosterone, and manipulation

[@withcindy]

Smells foul

[@bigjbird4427]

@@withcindy surprised it doesn’t smell like feminism

[@PichuElric]

@@bigjbird4427 What would feminism smell like

[@bigjbird4427]

@@PichuElric rhysand

[@stchnard]

@@bigjbird4427 yes, I think, you would be right

[@Kanra99]

The only way i consume sarah j mass' books is through cindys suffering and thats the only right way to consume them

[@withcindy]

I envy u so much

[@sexyrat8693]

Yuppppp

[@chosjokolate9014]

Same. I think I'd hate the books but it's so hilarious to hear Cindy make fun of it 😂

[@annikalowery3050]

Support Cindy not SJM 😂

[@akakurapico]

It truly is

[@emmaknight7808]

Book summary: Rhys and feyre are a rich over privileged couple Cassian is always horney Nesta needs to go to the doctor The house needs a deep clean

[@pinkrose372]

Lol the house is completely filthy with all that fucking

[@johanblaauw6725]

They should just burn the house down tbh

[@jess4334]

No the house needs to be burned at this point

[@judew.9836]

guys STOP being mean !! cassian is NOT smelly, he’s just an omega releasing his pheromones 🥺🥺😩

[@swan7128]

STOP 😭

[@emanuelly.santos]

WHYYY ☠☠☠

[@shakirashipslied9721]

Bestie why.

[@horsethunder99]

:(

[@ashikjaman1940]

Cassian has a sigma male grindset

[@PrettyWitchCraft]

The worst crime in this entire book for me was 100% Rhysand not telling Feyre about her own body and her own pregnancy. That is NOT giving her a choice. That is not giving her autonomy. And then the way its played like Nesta is the criminal for telling her sister and she has to apologize for that. Rhysand CAGING HER the same way Tamlin did, not letting her make her own choices, not even letting her own friends and family touch her, really disgusted me. I hated Rhysand in this book and keeping the details of the pregnancy from Feyre absolutely disgusted me. Big side eye to anyone who stans Rhysand after this book tbh.

[@withcindy]

LITERALLLYYYY AND FOR WHAT?

[@loveblushed6360]

EXACTLY he literally withholds medical info from her about HER own deadly pregnancy like that isn’t literally reproductive abuse 💀 but ofc nesta is the villain because she was rude when told her about it

[@mafuyukinnie21]

FEMINISM! /s

[@mariama1735]

The whole pregnancy thing reminds me of Edward and Bella

[@user-cy8li6xt3s]

Yeah, like what sounded like the best option was to attempt to shapeshift to give herself the correct autonomy, because it is a risk, but worst thing is that she would loose the baby, her life would be safe. And that might have been what she would have chosen, had she known that her mf life was in danger

[@emilybarclay8831]

So Tamlin having crippling PTSD surrounding his partner’s death he literally witnessed isn’t an excuse for being possessive but Rhysand impregnating Feyre knowing it’ll kill her and hiding that from her is an excuse for him to act literally exactly the same as Tamlin did if not worse?

[@thrumugnyr]

Tamlin did like, what, lock Feyre in his house for one afternoon cause she threatened to run after him into danger? And she went and ruined his life for it XD But it's ok when Rhys does worse.....I guess his dick is really that much bigger

[@vitto_fratm144]

@@thrumugnyr I guess Feyre's just like the males in this books that think with the thing between their legs.

[@katexsawyer]

Rhys and Feyre locking Nesta up in the house if wind or threatening to dump her out is just as bad as Tamlin keeping her in the house TBH. No one else’s trauma is valid except for Rhys. I don’t know what break up she went though to despise Tamlin that much but it shows in the “Rhys can do no wrong”.

[@DarwinRoger893]

Also don’t forget how it was made up to be such a disgusting and horrible thing for Tamlin to keep Feyre locked in the manor and have his court decide for her if she should train her powers. And in this book Rhysand goes and keeps her pregnancy issues hidden from her, puts her in a literal bubble so no one, not even his friends, interact with her and stops her from doing stuff. And Feyre has no qualms about that, no triggering trauma or anything. Make it make sense.

[@ll2323]

I need a tamilin fanfic for his redemption arch! Bc he wasn’t that bad for working with what he knew at the time. But I still want his story to be spicy 😂

[@vanman7169]

Feyre sees Jeff Bezos sitting at the 4th story dinning table at her 3rd house “Like calls to like” he says

[@brkh96]

Omg I can't 💀💀💀

[@cheesecakelasagna]

Sometimes when I feel loneliness, I'd imagine Jeff Bezos reading this series while he's in his 12th yacht.

[@The-bi5ry]

I'm waiting for my bus at the bus stop and it's like 9 pm on a Saturday night and I laughed so loud I scared a raccoon nearby

[@nah_.]

Cindy really has the best comment section 😭😭

[@meghnakane1807]

How does this comment not have more likes? bitch, I'm DYING🤣

[@leahswan3178]

Nesta was really "ugh I'm such a bad person I have sex with everyone" but then it's considered healing when it's just one man.

[@palomitapalomita7866]

Have you read the book? The "fucking only one dude" part wasn't healing... the healing part was dealing with her alcohol addiction, getting a life purpose and working on herself (training, job). She was using alcohol and sex to evade herself and escape from her actual feelings.... and part of those feelings where for Cassian. So it makes sense that after facing her feelings she is finally able to tell him how she feels, but it didn't happen fucking, it happened when they were appart and in danger, hoping to be together once again. Cassian helps her, but not with monogamous sex... he loves her even when she hates herself, and that has nothing to do with sex.

[@fsn1749]

@@palomitapalomita7866 i aint reading all that. i'm happy for u tho or sorry that happened

[@emanaredzepovic8392]

​@@fsn1749 LMAOOOO

[@artistocraaat]

I didn't like this book either but you totally missed the point lmao

[@DarwinRoger893]

​@@palomitapalomita7866so...you're saying monogamy fixed her? Idgaf how bad her condition was, everything worked out for nesta after she got into a traditional relationship with a man and said man also has a bad history of sleeping around and using alcohol but it's apparently different when it's him 🙄

[@teifan6674]

Feyra criticizing Nesta for how much she spends is like when the 1% say that paying their workers a living wage will ruin the economy

[@withcindy]

PERIODDDD

[@Dell-ol6hb]

Real and true

[@j.g.3293]

According to Feyra, maybe I wouldn’t be so poor if I hadn’t bought that donut 7 years ago

[@lucyreads9368]

AND THE FACT THAT FEYRE PROBABLY EXPECTS NESTA TO GET A JOB, BUT LIKE FEYRE HAS FREELOADED OFF OF TAMLIN AND RHYS FOR YEARS⁉️I LOVE FEYRE I DO, BUT THE HYPOCRISY IN THIS BOOK FROM HER IS LAUGHABLE 🤪

[@kupidrosalindavateri3965]

lucyreads not only that but they aren’t forcing Elaine to nor is anyone dragging Elaine for being just as useless as Nesta when they were poor

[@alexitimio]

So Tamlin being overprotective is toxic, but Rhysand doing the same is cute and just how it is.

[@GorloftheMonth]

Ikr. Like, please make it make sense 🤨

[@withcindy]

It's different cuz he's a feminist ♥️

[@MT-lk7qt]

Of these two things I am absolutely certain: 1. Rhysand is the author's favorite character 2. SJM's editor read these books one-handed

[@thebookhunter2913]

Dammn how can you say something so controversial yet so brave?

[@miakirilova7255]

From what I know, Sarah had said it was fun to write Rhysand, through Nesta's eyes, because Nesta dislikes him, even though he's literally perfect, or something like that, which, in my opinion, is a huge red flag for her writing skills But also, I think I have read somewhere that she had somewhat based Rhysand on her husband, so, of course he'll be her favorite. Love really is blind, I guess

[@inesvieira356]

The poor maids that have to clean Cassian's sheets after 3 consecutive sessions: 👁👄👁

[@withcindy]

It's so crusty you could snap it in half

[@ashikjaman1940]

But it's their choice

[@mothersuperior2673]

@@ashikjaman1940 PLEASE

[@rooklightstone2339]

@@withcindy oh god EW

[@ayajade6683]

They just buy new ones and burn the old ones. Surprisingly they have a large budget for sheets it must be a tax write off

[@rs5075]

Rhys is the kind of guy to say "it's your choice" right up till Feyre makes the choice to peg him

[@Contrarian-v7p]

Actually, hes the kind of guy to say "Its your choice." But only if it's in alignment with what he actually wants.

[@LyionOfRoses]

@@Contrarian-v7p so your saying he wants to get pegged?

[@Contrarian-v7p]

@@LyionOfRoses No, I'm saying nothing is ever really her choice. Its manipulative.

[@LyionOfRoses]

@@Contrarian-v7p you both basically said the same thing. since the first comment is just saying peg as an example of what he "wouldnt" want to happen so you disagreeing/correcting makes it seem like he wants to get pegged. which i find Funny AF LUL

[@Contrarian-v7p]

@@LyionOfRoses Bit of a difference between "anything but pegging" and "nothing is really your choice". Not to debate the sexual preferences of a fictional character but I highly doubt Rhys would be into pegging.

[@yourlocalscrivener7302]

"Nesta screamed...a sound she knew would echo off the mountains" Those poor mountains, first Rhysand and now Nesta??

[@withcindy]

Earthquakes literally every day

[@ashikjaman1940]

Could you imagine being a Dwarf or some shit and you're just mining in peace when all of a sudden everything starts shaking and you hear loud moaning (Idk if ACOTAR has dwarves but it should)

[@luuuuux_]

@@ashikjaman1940 I feel so bad for those dwarfs

[@nagisa0931]

Pls this comment 😭😭😭😭 I was eating and I almost choked on my food reading this comment 😂😭😭

[@lucasgray1492]

I feel really bad for the Mountains

[@selkie4084]

Cindy wore a furry mask because masking her identity is the only way she can make it through this video

[@withcindy]

Exactly

[@CTheng]

The furry mask helps with dissociation, the only way to survive the trauma from this book.

[@popi5476]

@@withcindy u just decided to cosplay as a faerie from the spring court from the first book 🙄

[@ahhhh913]

And what better way to hide your identity than wearing a mask with your own face on it

[@mounia8548]

Why the furry tho lol

[@thebloodletter7824]

“He was the picture of male arrogance” this is the biggest turn off I can imagine and yet she finishes when seeing it.

[@tee-nw5vx]

thinking about how feyre starts hating tamlin for trapping her in his house and then continues to trap nesta in a house

[@withcindy]

"it's for your own good" HMMMMMM

[@mariama1735]

and then rhysand traps feyre in a figurative bubble

[@anaghanalinan7530]

How did I not notice this before🤦🏽‍♀️

[@PetalsAndPlague]

And on top of that, she uses a fake faerie law to get Nesta to do what she wants. Sound familiar?

[@esekayoma6039]

@@mariama1735 Him and Tamlin are scary similar except Rhys pretends to be a “woke feminist” to be seen as the better love interest and surrounds himself with people who enable his behaviour, they’re really as bad as each other but feyre sees it as liberation when he gives her the illusion of choice

[@ossswin]

Feyre getting a title and five houses out of her marriage to Rhysand really is giving major gaslight gatekeep girlboss vibes

[@withcindy]

she rly do be gaslighting nesta sometimes tho

[@ossswin]

@@withcindy typical of rich people

[@sadsadtearsofaclown859]

@@ossswin and this is why we eat the rich 🤙

[@k80_]

mansplain manipulate malewife

[@lilpotato1039]

@@withcindy as she should

[@mimirants7935]

Gather round gentlemales, we are about to witness history.

[@withcindy]

Not gentle males...

[@paige8556]

As Rhysand would say, HERstory

[@missb.197]

​@@paige8556 The suffragettes walked so that Rhysand could run ✨

[@solkai7575]

GENTLEMATES NO

[@solkai7575]

@@paige8556 I’m dying

[@allypatterson2625]

“I say when we eat the rich, we start with Feyre.” I CANNOT BREATHHEEEE 🤣🤣

[@Punk-possum]

Rhys got that handled.... If u know what I mean 😏😏😏

[@allypatterson2625]

@@Punk-possum IM SCREAMING

[@soapy4066]

@@allypatterson2625 you mean you're screaming without the 's'.......👁️👄👁️✍️⚰️

[@beelieboo]

@@soapy4066 YOU'RE DONE💀⁉️

[@soapy4066]

@@beelieboo no ........never

[@qrqdx]

ACOSF destroyed whatever enjoyment I had had with the ACOTAR series. Before, I thought of it as an escapist fantasy soap opera with its flaws and ridiculous moments yet an OK overall message. Now, I think that the series reinforce the old adages about a “woman’s place”. Feyre, the one who was supposedly dying at the idea of becoming a housewife/hostess/childbirthing machine at Tamlin’s court… became exactly that at Rhysand’s. Nesta had to lose her mega powers as to not intimidate the feminist king Rhysand, and she also needed to find the love of a good man and smile more. And Mor, the only openly LGBT character in the core cast, was swept away under the rug and did not get a say in important decisions, despite being a Second to the feminist king Rhysand. And yeah, reproductive abuse is totally fine as long as it’s done by a handsome dark-haired man as opposed to a blonde guy. /s

[@withcindy]

You really just laid out all the hypocrisy out there huh

[@airynshae]

So true

[@carys7417]

Yeah I’m not reading any more of them.

[@Mehadi_Hasan2211]

Exactly like wasn't she supposed to be the hIgH lAdY who is EqUaL but no rhysand does all the things and despite being a high lady she's still the same girl she would be if Tam married her

[@Mehadi_Hasan2211]

Yes he made her the equal but it feels like it was just a play to convince others like wtf

[@raemetters819]

They all dogpiled on Tamlin for being possessive in the earlier books, but they're all fine with Rhysand being possessive when Feyre is pregnant. Double standards. Tamlin had PTSD, what's Rhysand's excuse for withholding medical information from her and not letting anyone near her when she's pregnant? Rhys lost all his credibility in this book. So did Feyre for letting him get away with this shit when she had such a problem with Tamlin doing the same. I only got half way through this book before I Frisbee'd it across the room.

[@withcindy]

I love ur rage

[@raemetters819]

@@withcindy Dude, every single one of these books had me mad, lol. I mean, did I enjoy reading them? No. Can I not stop myself from buying every single one of them and muttering 'What the fuck' as I read them? Also no. Love you Cindy, I needed your wisdom today xxx

[@julesking1303]

As someone who has never interacted with ACOTAR outside of Cindy’s videos, this is the first time I’ve seen how Feyre’s name is spelled. I’ve never been more fucking annoyed about a character’s name IN MY LIFE. That’s like name a character “fairy’s bitch” and making some slight spelling changes.

[@angelambrosia6397]

I'd read a book dedicated to Nesta because She's the character with Brain cells

[@chanmarr8118]

@@julesking1303 I thought the same thing. Fey (fae) is just another way of saying “fairy”. I was like this author is so subtle 🙄

[@thecatlurking]

If hetero sex was this satisfying for women IRL, the world would be a much better place. Thanks SJM for believing that we should aspire to more.

[@withcindy]

Yes!!

[@steinistein8611]

honesty if it's not that satisfying for you, you should talk to your partner about it. Everyone deserves a fun satisfying time

[@Salma-tz3ee]

Reasons why it's labeled as fantasy:

[@starkin4e]

LMAO

[@EmilybShore]

if it comes with the dude having to literally objectify and sexually assault and parading me as a sexual trophy in order to somehow give me "good" sex, check the EFF OUT! Because that's just cheap and I'll go over to the BDSM community instead. True kink know true good sex. Not Fifty Shades of Feysand crap.

[@talialghouls]

I literally don’t understand how Rhysand is still seen as a woke feminist king… he’s literally the total embodiment of all things I hate in men. WHO’S MAN IS THIS?? ?

[@marvthegecko]

YESSSSS I SO AGREE!! Me, being thirteen aside, I never really liked him except for some scenes in the first book. Hes not the worst man in fantasy but he could be a lot better than he is!

[@dianaly6956]

Mass has said that her husband was an inspiration for Rhys so.... I guess hers?

[@artistocraaat]

Care to explain what else he did wrong other than keeping the pregnancy thing from feyre? Genuinely curious.

[@dianaly6956]

@@artistocraaat - putting Mor in the same room as her abusers with no heads up - giving Feyre the illusion of choice - refusing to put stricter rules/laws/punishment on the Illyrians for the way they treat their women even tho he is this supposed all powerful fae and the highlord - etc

[@marvthegecko]

@@dianaly6956 Which brings me to the question couldnt he just change the illyrian camps so that women COULD train for like 5 hours or what-not??

[@bea2985]

Also, Tamlin being possessive = abuse, but Rhysand being possessive = "just Rhysand things"? What is the moral compass of this characters?

[@withcindy]

it's different because he's a feminist

[@dreamiinotdream730]

from my careful analysis, it’s whoever has the better dick game

[@Moxy125]

They have the moral compass of a spinning wheel.

[@Ashley-Lopez]

@@Moxy125 their moral compass is about as consistent as playing darts blindfolded

[@nismamusthafa4547]

@@withcindy Rhysand's moral compass is a russian roulette wheel of hypocrisy

[@teresaharris-travelbybooks5564]

I always hated how the " males" were always growling and snarling. Made me think of a pack of wild dogs. I've been tempted to take a box cutter and excise all the chapters containing smut.

[@withcindy]

Bad dog!! Bad!!

[@yanoyscabam]

The book would be like four chapters long 😭

[@eleanorlanpher34]

Weird, weird.

[@hannahcraig6763]

Brandon Sanderson always has people growling too, not in a sexual way, but it still kind of annoys me. Do you really hear people growling in real life? Want to laugh picturing it.

[@SallySueSaywhatagain]

There's also that obsession with the man "roaring as he came." That's weird, right? Like, if someone roars in bed, that's weird, right?

[@werepupluckynightrider1104]

Sarah J Mass writes like she's back in Edgar Allen Poes time where writers get paid per word.

[@batturiebunnie6460]

YO WRITERS USED TO- ? it all makes sense now

[@nea3938]

From what i gather if the book is on kindle unlimited then Maas gets paid by page read so make of that what you will 😂🙄

[@alericia]

JKSDFKSDHFJKSH

[@dustonpage1280]

​@@batturiebunnie6460 victor hugo got paid for us to agonize when and just when will jean valjean appear-

[@safala]

Whenever I am reminded of that, I go 'it all makes sense now'. And then I forget it until I have to read some old-timey book again.

[@itstreasure7070]

The day the acotar fandom calls out rhysand for his bs will be the day we finally move forward as a society ✋🏾🙄

[@jezza_belle4867]

which is never. He is just overglorified christian gray

[@sadrabbit53]

@@jezza_belle4867 With wings

[@ninojohnvitor4485]

But he has the D, ofc accountability is not something for them for some reason

[@adeleaslan8182]

We’re gonna be stuck here forever

[@IcyBlueNights]

Azriel at the kitchen table between Nesta and Cassian: “Really? Right in front of my eggs and bacon?”

[@riversrhodell2359]

I definitely felt like I was the silent POV of the poor servants through most of this book

[@helloimarabbit4083]

@@riversrhodell2359 agreed

[@sadsadtearsofaclown859]

“You guys are fucking gross 🤢”

[@magicallydelicious1673]

Really? Right in front of my salad?

[@starkling]

Don’t forget that the eggs are salted with Feyre’s tears

[@andreeanavlea6673]

“so sarah tell us about the plot of the 4th book” “plot?” 👁👄👁

[@withcindy]

what plot

[@miakirilova7255]

Who needs plot, when you have faeries' dicks

[@gryranfelt5473]

The worst part is, the plot could've been AMAZING! Why did Nesta need to have two new side kicks? her relationships with Feyre, Amren and Elain were already ripe for conflict. And seeing Feyre pregnant but also badass while the two of them look for this relics - uhm, yes please? (Although, please come up with a better plot than that, but you know what I mean)

[@miakirilova7255]

@@gryranfelt5473 Amren called her a waste of life, Rhysand hated her and that definitely had a negative impact in Nesta's relationship with Feyre. As for Elain, she just can't understand her trauma, besides Nesta wanted to get away from her, from fear someone will hurt Elain, because of her. + they're just going on different paths. Feyre is a High lady and a mother now, Elain, in my opinion will leave the NC soon (she better, people there aren't letting her grow) and Nesta is bringing the Valkyries back. Obviously, she'll have to be friend with the other girls anyway... Oh, and also, now everyone have love interest

[@misssteak1290]

"It's about cassian's stinky pee pee"

[@ashildrtheswift3028]

Ah yes. The extremely skinny female character who someone manages to have big boobs. I'm not saying those types of people don't exist, but they're definitely less common than novels like these make you think.

[@malec56]

Also they somehow never have back pain or sagfy boobs or stretchmarks

[@yikes2540]

@@malec56 I want a book with this type of character who actually wants a breast reduction. That would be way more accurate to how large chested people feel lol

[@OnkelFenrir]

Where are my small-chested girls? Where are my chubby girls? Where are my small muscly girls? Honestly, there are so many beautiful human shapes out there. I literally don't get why we only get to see that one type of woman...

[@alyssapinon9670]

@@OnkelFenrir yes! This is why I loved SoC so much as a flat, dark skinned Asian girl and felt ugly as hell reading SJM novels. So many different body types and facial features that vary from the traditional IG model look. yet they’re all still extremely attractive.

[@BenefitCounterbench]

@@OnkelFenrir Most of my chubby/fat friends had small chests. One of the thinnest and smallest girls I've ever known had one of the biggest natural boobs I've seen. _Our bodies are diverse y'all._

[@Ilvaaaaaaaa]

Honestly the whole pregnancy arc- I hate it so much. How is it less of a violation for Rhys to literally keep her in a shield and physically cut her off from the world and also not tell her that she’s literally gonna die because of that crotch goblin, than Tamlin just making her stay in his house for a few hours. Rabies is always about cHoIcEs yet he doesn’t even give Feyre the chance to choose if she wants To keep that brood? But how dare Tamlin be possessive.

[@ladonnakalala]

YES! Tamlin is a douche but he was exaggeratedly villanised. Like, it was even revealed that the whole partnership Hybern was just to get information about it like??? And I completely understand he ptsd thing and stuff but if she just said the colour red and being in closed spaces triggered her, Tamlin would've definitely done something about it

[@inaju]

SJM character assassinated Tamlin . I guess now it's Rhys' turn to become the bad guy to let Cassian look better in comparison. In Acomaf Feyre is so sure that Rhys would never lock her up, that Cass would never just tolerate it if Rhys did. Then we have this book. I am going to do what I do best- make up my own plotline. In my world, Feyre dies after the Hybern war, because she mends the cauldron. Also, Tamlin doesn't help to bring her back, so Rhys kills him. Then there's another war, Rhys wins and becomes High King of Prythian. Also, he never did any of the irritating things SJM made him do. Sometimes I feel like Rhys was someone else's idea, SJM took him and messed him up. LOL sorry for the rant I just liked Rhys too much. My bad. Also, I didn't even read ACOSF. will not either, after this video

[@inaju]

@@jessicadoyne1696 right? It's like everyone lost their agencies- Nesta, Mor, Amren, Cass, everyone became cookie cutter versions of themselves. Also why did Feyre not protest? Remember how she freaked out when she discovered that Rhys had kept their mating bond a secret from her? then why the hell did she not freak out about this?

[@ha-kf3rd]

the more i go down the comments, the more frustrated i get. i hope the the author’s demographic is not teenagers bc she really be out there spreading misogyny and very impossible standards/expectations on how sex and arousal feel like. idk the author much but my god are her books absolute garbage.

[@temtem8110]

I’m absolutely convinced that SJM is trying to pull that fanfic trope where the main love interest is demonized and portrayed as abusive to justify getting MC together with a villain/villainous character. Weird to see this trope outside of the fanfic realm. Tamlin would have been a-okay if SJM saw the value of therapy. But the plot line where the characters break up not out of animosity but the need to heal and save each other from toxicity is too mature and leaves no place for the dick, so… Btw, what Rhys did is much worse, in my opinion. At least Tamlin was trying to protect Feyre and had a severe mental illness obscuring his understanding of the situation. Rhysand was in a good state of mind, knew that pregnancy was a dangerous gamble, still knocked Feyre up, locked her inside her own body and left her to die in ignorance. Yet it’s Tamlin who’s the epitome of abuse

[@virgi8899]

sarah j mass: yeah my books are so feminist also sarah j mass: describes women just like men do, takes all of nesta's powers back, villainizes nesta for not liking rhysand and calling the court out.

[@lucifer_333_bones7]

Not all men describe women that way. Stop generalizing.

[@humanbean4037]

@@lucifer_333_bones7 men sexualize women more often than women do, that’s just fact.

[@lucifer_333_bones7]

@@humanbean4037 it can go both ways

[@humanbean4037]

@@lucifer_333_bones7 it can but usually it doesn’t dude

[@lucifer_333_bones7]

@@humanbean4037 it happens more often than you think. And I’m actually female.

[@Shrilaraune]

She's been sending her bills to her sis and sis's Bae? We love a resourceful queen.

[@withcindy]

the rich SHOULD pay our bills!

[@Shrilaraune]

☝🏿☝🏿☝🏿☝🏿☝🏿☝🏿 What you said.

[@MT-lk7qt]

If my sister married Jeff Batwing Bezos I'd make them pay my bills too

[@aaizapatel2199]

@@MT-lk7qt not jeffrhys bezos pls im dying

[@MT-lk7qt]

@@aaizapatel2199 JEFFRHYS BEZOS

[@Jay-kc6sg]

The fact that it says “Part 1” makes it clear Cindy had a LOT to say about this monstrosity, and I’m here for it

[@withcindy]

theres just too much..... too much

[@curryfishheadenjoyer]

And the fact that part 1 is already more than 1h long-

[@victoriabaltazar2824]

I just realized it was part 1 about an hour in, ripperoni

[@zahrazarqaa]

@@withcindy yeah...800 fuckin pages!! 😂

[@dianka414]

Well she said she has 4 hrs of footage… So I wonder if she’s condensing it to 2 parts or more lol 😆

[@studybuddy.]

The thing is Rhys and everyone knew a pregnancy could kill Feyre before she was ever pregnant, but no one thought to tell her? And he still got her pregnant knowing it would kill her? Even if it was an accident, if you knew an oopsie during sex could kill the love of your life shouldn’t you EXPLAIN?! They’re supposed to be mates but they never even discussed having kids and what risks that may bring? So many huge red flags.

[@marielle_critique35]

And it's also low-key rape to b/c Rhysand [Cassian and Azriel] been knowing the knowledge of it b/c he been around for 500 years and I bet have witness or heard some few failed pregnancy throughout his life,which really SJM was trying to make Rhys to be sympathetic like Edward Cullen in Breaking Dawn, *but* super really Rhysand is just like Christian Grey in the third book when Anna told him that she was pregnant and got angry at her about it for not keeping-up with her birth control pills and left her crying all alone *except* Rhys isn't angry at feyre,he's just not gonna tell her b/c either; 1.Just for no reason at all and just being a idiot for not telling her in ACOFAS or in ACOWAR. 2.B/c he's the male in their mating bond/relationship which means basically he can do whatever *he* wants with or without his female mate b/c he's ahead of her. 3.He's a manipulator abuser that is going to use that same old ass excuse to feyre that the die hard Rhysand fans can't get enough of *"I did it to protect you."* BS. Either way of the three there's no any excuses for his damn actions and he is straight-up Christian Grey 2.0. And PS - I Love ur Comment. :)

[@hannahill9621]

They didn’t really know that the pregnancy would kill her. She’s Fae and so is he. It’s the fact that she was in her illyrian form when it was conceived. That’s what causes the wings

[@hannahill9621]

Like I don’t think they knew that her growing wings causes her dna to change and make it transferable to a child.

[@hannahill9621]

@@marielle_critique35 that’s not rape. He didn’t force himself onto her. It was completely consensual between husband and wife AND feyre literally tells him In a court of frost and starlight that she is ready/wants to start a family. Ur allowed to feel however u want and have whatever opinions you’d like ab the books and characters. Just pointing out that in no way was it rape. She told him she wanted to stop her contraceptive and start a family. I completely disagree with him not telling her that the baby had wings tho.

[@studybuddy.]

Hannah Ill no they did know because Cindy says in the book they said there were cases like Feyre in the past but the mother and child had always died. They knew.

[@Talia778]

The amount of “aching” involved in the smut scenes is concerning

[@withcindy]

I ache in cringe

[@Jason-ue7gi]

Right? Like maybe if you have so many aches you should see a chiropracter

[@mokodomi]

@@Jason-ue7gi FOR REAL LMAO

[@nataliegradyy1704]

there’s this scene where nesta is thinking cassian is attracted to this woman (i think a servant?) and he calls her a “girl” and nesta is like omg that woman is a child to him bc she’s only like 25 and he’s 500 years old and i’m like…girl but you’re…you’re also in your 20’s so that’s a little weird?

[@PichuElric]

Wait wait wait Do you mean it in like a good way like "Oh he's a good person for considering a 25 year old a child because he's like 20 times older than her" or did you mean it in a bad way like "but Nesta is almost the same age as her so her acknowledging that doesn't make sense"

[@lea_w6946]

It’s explained with the different aging process I guess. Fae age slower/ are less mature I guess (?) in their young years. And humans just age normal I guess? I don’t know and I don’t really give a damn 😂

[@nataliegradyy1704]

@@PichuElric i definitely mean it in a bad way-it felt super weird to have the author write this scene at all bc it just makes it sound like cassian must see nesta as a child as well

[@Helena-lw6kz]

I’m legit so sad bc this book was supposed to be nestas redemption arc and it was centered around a man and sex and it just shows how everything with women is sexualized and like why couldn’t nesta grow and stuff without a man...

[@withcindy]

we need men to heal duh

[@yingshinho3767]

Yeah this makes me really sad considering I have female characters who focus on themselves to heal. Maybe I should include lots of sex instead lol

[@sridevisudhahar309]

ARRRGHHHHH the more i read down this comment section, the more i agree and the more mad I get AAAAAAAARRRRGHHHHH

[@suki9871]

For real. I gave up on the books after the third one came out. Before the third one, the books had their issues, yeah, but it was a nice escapism from real life--and had an overall okay message. Writing wasn't bad, but wasn't great, and the characters were... interesting? Nesta was always my favorite, and I was excited to see her grow more based on power than the love of a man, lmao (tbh, before the weird shit with Cassian came out, I shipped her and Mor, because I thought they would make a super interesting couple). But... no. Can't say I'm not surprised it turned out bad. I just am not quite sure what happened. Her books have never been great but they were, at one point, not terrible. It's like SJM's writing and motivation has gone completely downhill, lol. Hope she's okay.

[@sukanya3216]

shut up sjm is feminism queen

[@aliahsarchive]

i know nothing about this series but did you just say the male characters were boasting about sleeping around but nesta(?) is getting an intervention for... sleeping around?

[@morley364]

@@jessicadoyne1696 And don't worry! She replaced her coping mechanism of sleeping around with...a coping mechanism of sleeping with one person! (to the point where it literally saves her from the void oh my GOD) No more intervention needed, as long as you're monogamous :)

[@BenefitCounterbench]

the author is projecting her internalized misogyny into her stories, there's nothing new to see here

[@timefliesaway999]

Isn’t in irl like that too? When guys are bragging about how many girls/nights they had, they’re considered as cool, but if a girl has a lot of one night stands, she’s considered as a whore

[@joyc.e.7511]

@@timefliesaway999 We love those double standards

[@timefliesaway999]

@@joyc.e.7511 we truly do...

[@abigailnelson7825]

rhysand is literally the guy to be a fake feminist just to go get some of the good good. like he try’s to create this semblance of choice just so he can manipulate people into making the choice he wants subconsciously…

[@beetsred2387]

Abuse tactic 101.

[@cryforhelp7270]

"It's your choice uwu, I made a shelter for abused women uwu" Talks about how good he is at sex, how much sex he's getting, sex sex se-

[@k80_]

Yea he uses like incel tactics even tho he fucks

[@benjiecfelix5264]

Me who has never read the books at all: FINALLY some long ass juicy content

[@withcindy]

that's what cassian said

[@yipyip3173]

X2

[@benjiecfelix5264]

@@withcindy he sure did huh!!!

[@ohohnenyeoo2654]

Girl, me too.

[@thevilonesfr]

I didn't even knew something like this exists until Cindy started reviewing and thank god cause I ain't reading that shit.

[@iynaha]

Not to mention how Rhysand had hundreds of years to get over his trauma BUT Nesta has to get over it real quick cuz Fayre is crying. All the time.

[@lucyreads9368]

EXACTLY. like not everyone has to get over their trauma right away, y’all are IMMORTAL YOU HAVE ETERNITY. AND THE HYPOCRISY OF FEYRE AND RHYSAND WHEN THEY LITERALLY BOTH TOOK FOREVER TO GET OVER THEIR OWN SHIT

[@luaourus]

I tried to read the book because I like suffering and instead I felt so angry. Feyre and Rhysand were always ridiculous, but I HATE, absolutely fucking HATE the way they treated Nesta. She shouldn't have become part of their court at all. They are so immature and petty, it's absurd; I still cannot believe they tried to force her into healing because of others. It's literally the same thing Elain said about her trauma and how Nesta only wanted to view how she suffered from it. Like, SJM really doesn’t see the stupidity and hypocrisy? I am so mAdD help

[@AllDaGoodUsernamesWereTaken]

Tbh I dont like Nesta cuz I feel like they never addressed how awful she was to Feyre before she ended up in the whole fairy-drama. I want to see her at least acknowledge and take accountability for letting the youngest of them fend for their lives while they were poor and all she did was treat her like shit during that time. If she doesnt acknowledge it or show remorse, tbh I just cant with her

[@withcindy]

I am Team No One here

[@amlisking8217]

@@AllDaGoodUsernamesWereTaken agreed 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@TripleGia]

Let me get this straight. Rhysand, the "it's your choice" hyperfeminist character doesn't want to immediately go and tell Feyre about her dangerous pregnancy? Maas can't even write the "it's your choice" guy as being pro-choice? Hello?????? Maas is so into performative feminism it's absolutely insane.

[@Aurelian369_]

what’s even more disturbing is that Rhysand has been raw dogging Feyre the whole time even though she could get pregnant and die (like the meme) This is why I hate Rhysand.

[@aurora.lis956]

“barking pain” is the new “oinking sea”

[@withcindy]

my god... ur right

[@Shrilaraune]

Oinking...sea?

[@pernilles-f260]

@@Shrilaraune watch her Nevernight review

[@ashikjaman1940]

Oinking pain vs Barking Sea

[@idkanymore12]

@@ashikjaman1940 barking sea makes slightly more sense but also simultaneously doesn’t

[@marypole10]

Loved the part where Feyre and here fwiends sl*t shamed Nesta, criticizing her for enjoying her life at the beginning of the book… and then, a few chapters later, the boyzzzz go ahead and talked about good old days where they were never keeping it in their pants…. 🍆 Really inspiring, love double standards 🤩🤍😅

[@withcindy]

everyone: NESTA UR RUINING UR LIFE BY SLEEPING AROUND!!! boyzz: heheh remember when we slept around everyone: HEHEHE YOU SILLY BOYS

[@galaxyocicat5660]

We stan misogyny here /s

[@Shrilaraune]

LITERALLY THIS

[@gryranfelt5473]

To be fair, Nesta definitely isn't using sex in a healthy way in this book.

[@valemedina4473]

@@gryranfelt5473 but still unfair to treat her like that.

[@graeae9804]

You know what I think pissed me off in this entire book was Feyre. Like she knows what it’s like to have free choice taken away from you. Tamlin did that to her - isolating and trapping her claiming it’s for her own safety. And he was called out for it, rightfully so be that’s abusive. But it’s fine when she does the same exact thing to her own fucking sister? Especially when you think about the fact that Nesta was assaulted in the past by her fiancé. Yet it’s fine because it’s to “help Nesta”. Like I understand if you don’t want to fund her anymore - it’s your money do what you fucking want with it. But to destroy her home and giving her no choice but to go with Cassian???? In that situation how is Feyre better than Tamlin when she just did the exact same thing. ALSO WHY WASNT NESTA GIVEN A FUCKING THERAPIST????

[@sophiatsugawa7996]

nesta didn't want a therapist or any type of help. Feyre wanted to help her but just went about it wrong. Nesta had no home. it was easy to see she wasn't happy while she was drinking and having tons of sex. she was depressed and had loads of ptsd and they had to do something. Nesta and her habits had obviously gone way too long and she needed to go train and be with Cassian. those two situations are very different. countless times feyre has taken care of Nesta and btw if u read it you'd know she did have a choice whether or not to go with cassian. they are sisters but Nesta has never wanted to be.

[@annahx6461]

I’ve never looked at it this way but you’ve just made me realize ! The more I think about it none of them are much better than Tamlin like even Rhys who is all about giving Feyre “choice” takes one of the most important choices away from her when he doesn’t tell her about the dangers which put her LIFE at risk with the pregnancy??? now all of them annoy me in some way 🤣

[@graeae9804]

@@sophiatsugawa7996 Ok when you said Nesta was given a “choice” she was told to go with Cassian or the human lands. So it was either go with Cassian or be hunted down like an animal. And I can see why they wanted to “help” her but they did it so horribly. Nesta isn’t the easiest to like which is understandable. But they literally slut shamed her. They could’ve tried to talk to her more delicately. Actually treat her as a victim who’s experiencing trauma and ptsd. And the whole intervention was a mess. There was absolutely no reason for Rhys and Amren to be there. It should’ve been done between her and her sisters - people that actually care for her well being. Also the way they treated Nesta’s trauma is completely different to how they treated Feyre when she was traumatized. People need patience. Not everyone reacts and deals the same way to trauma.

[@graeae9804]

@@annahx6461 agreed. Like in what way was hiding the fact that she could die from child birth a way to protect her. That’s just fucking controlling and abusive. He in no shape or form had the right to make that decision for her.

[@HenkePenke69]

57:16 "and if I wish to take you?" "Then I will beg you to ride me into oblivion" Deadass thought she was gonna peg him. My interest actually peaked. I got my fucking hopes up, and for what? Disappointment.

[@withcindy]

Dude same

[@thebloodletter7824]

I thought so to! I got so excited then nope 👎🏻

[@fae.13]

LMAO-

[@alyssavon5246]

"First we had to deal with COVID-19, now we have to deal with CASSIAN-69" I CAN'T WITH THIS SENTENCE!

[@samash7302]

Mass’ repetition technique in this book is just like how I write my college essays to reach the word counts…..

[@withcindy]

same

[@tiffanykim2773]

Bruh same 🤣🤣🤣

[@nagisa0931]

“And the glass was green, the glass was also the color of Forrest trees in the rain cold.” It was the same green as the garden planets’ it was the color that was reminiscent of the life portion of the earth map”

[@kaorisity4962]

I never read this book but honestly this is just a wattpad fanfiction in hardcover

[@quidditch1991]

Very specifically Wattpad Spotlight fanfic in hard cover

[@dayenumunoz7624]

Don’t disrespect Wattpad like that 😭

[@shiannalford3839]

@@dayenumunoz7624 frl wattpad has some good stuff🤫

[@Sasu123456789x1]

Facts!

[@lucifer_333_bones7]

@@dayenumunoz7624Everything on Wattpad that I’ve read is horrible. I usually go for horror and Wattpad hasn’t given me a good horror story. I’m not surprised.

[@sohsaturno]

regardless of age, gender, sexuality, social class the whole of society unites when cindy reads a sarah j. maas book.

[@alexaweiss2656]

Heck yeah!

[@withcindy]

is this how we end racism? sexism? homophobia?

[@riversrhodell2359]

@@withcindy And climate change.

[@obi-wan-pierogi]

You can always tell a straight women wrote a sex scene when oral sex is written like this novel , ingenious thing. Like these characters are always shocked by it like it is something they’ve never thought of or experienced lol.

[@tetewhyelle]

I think this book used the phrase “like calls to like” more than the entire Grishaverse trilogy

[@withcindy]

it did

[@kaytamurray]

Right 💀

[@emmaduchemin]

100%

[@daniellehack5373]

She might have mentioned Nesta’s spine being straight more than “like calls to like” 📏

[@the_iris_of_my_eye3271]

That’s honestly lowkey hilarious when you realise “like calls to like” is a Grisha philosophy and yet they used it less than Acosf

[@arri389]

y'all honestly, reading this comment section was the true religious experience. Y'all TOO funny fr

[@paulpaul20000]

Her freaking mask going off on the bottom is killing me, looks like a shitty santa fake beard 😂😂😂 I adore this woman.

[@withcindy]

Thank u 🎅🎅🎅

[@mwatson4970]

It really did for the mood, especially laughable while she was reading those smit bits LOL!

[@jalyntaylor7609]

Rhysand is all like… “it’s your choice…” blah blah blah. BUT doesn’t tell his mate that she may DIE giving birth…?!?!

[@raymond-reviews]

“I say when we eat the rich, we start with Feyre.” I’m pretty sure Rhysand’s already got that covered.

[@adelaquinne2838]

IM CRYING 😭 WHAT

[@hafsaaleem5688]

SHUTUP LMFAo

[@Shrilaraune]

HOW DARE Y--

[@marialemos8074]

I GASPED LMAO

[@ravenx6425]

But don’t forget, it’s her choice.

[@mapotofu1841]

1:02:17 This is legitimately disgusting. Obviously sexual assault survivors would pick up on the innuendo. Does Cassian really just not care? He's teaching a class of sexual assault survivors how to use self-defense... by making dick jokes... ok bro

[@withcindy]

the irony of this is not lost on me

[@francescafreeman8789]

Maas disappoints me not because she is a woman but she’s an adult who should have known better than this

[@mariama1735]

at this point, SJM should be paying you for the amount of publicity you give her books

[@withcindy]

Periodddd

[@apophis7712]

Now THIS is a good demonstration of the labor theory of value!

[@nagisa0931]

@@apophis7712 pls non of us us are gonna read these trash books 😭😭😭

[@Sasu123456789x1]

Damn basically... 😆

[@carahamelie]

People getting powers and not wanting them is literally the weirdest trope in the world. "I am now immortal, and one of the most powerful faeries in all the land.. I live with the wealthiest high lord and get paid to do nothing, and the hottest warrior is obsessed with me. but nothing compares to being human living in poverty."...... With that said though... I still love this series. lol

[@thealexellucas]

The thing is there are stories like that where it works, the main character is in a bad situation, gets everything they wanted, still isn't happy, learns a lesson about humility or something, and uses their new situation/status/powers to do better in the world. This isn't that kind of story however, everyone is too selfish or obsessed with meaningless drama to actually do anything productive.

[@clarabaroud8447]

@@thealexellucas same, i have a love/ hate relationship with this series. Its like i enjoy reading it and afterwards when i think abt it i see so many wrongs. Also Feyre and Rhys became so annoying after acomaf.

[@MarshallCake]

Exactly! Sometimes the 'power bad' narrative can be quite boring. Most human characters who got special powers they end up loosing them or they reject that power. Reading The folk of the air was so refreshing because the main character actually wanted power and everytime she go it she was thriving.

[@brookelawrence6740]

I actually really relate with the aversion to power and being more “special” than other people. I’m a deeply democratic person - believing everyone is equal - so the idea that I could be more than someone in a way if like… unbearable to me. If that makes sense?

[@whatsthepoint843]

@@brookelawrence6740 Depend on what you intend by your belief that everyone is 'equal'. In what people are equal exactly? At birth, nobody is superior nor inferior than another or somethin like that? Because if you only have the 'belief' that everyone is equal, something that should be a certainty. It's rather pobrematic, you see?

[@camrynreads]

I’ve never even read a single Sarah J Maas book but I’ve seen every one of your videos on them

[@GINSHOTGUN]

Same-

[@alicez285]

same lmao

[@RandomRyter]

Same!!!!

[@pinkiepielunagirls4541]

god i wish that was me. i read throne of glass in ninth grade and regretted it greatly

[@aleksandrasuso2043]

Lmao same

[@hermaeus2662]

When Tamlin shielded Feyre inside a house it was horrible and traumatising and she just needed to escape, when Rhys shields Feyre inside her own body-bubble it's just Rhys being Rhys 😭 So protective of Rhys and so toxic from TamTam 😭 Sarah just put one not possessive dude into this goddamn series is that too much to ask 😭

[@withcindy]

But possessive is sexy

[@hermaeus2662]

In that case I'm fully convinced now that Rhys only has the bigger schlong and therefore he's the better guy. At least Tamlin didn't put her into a situation of certain death by pregnancy😭

[@nilla8344]

@@hermaeus2662 exactly😭

[@Rikrobat]

I wouldn't mind the "possessive" thing so much if there were actually meaningful discussions in the series about why the fairies of this world are slaves to their instincts and whether they try and combat them for the sake of the ones they supposedly love. Like, we're supposed to be dealing with non-human creatures; there is so much room to explore societal dissonance on acceptable and unacceptable behaviour. But SJM just writes their magical creatures as regular-ass humans with abilities and wings, with many characters just shrugging their shoulders at behaviour that is ignored depending on who's doing it.

[@hermaeus2662]

@@Rikrobat I agree. I went into this series with the "knowledge" that this is mostly smut, and then I read the first trilogy and I was so confused as to why this weird "plot" thingy had to be forced into it. Now everything is inconsistent, nothing makes sense within universe, it's dragged and boring as a story, the only characters who have flaws are the ones the author says that have flaws (Tam and Nesta, the ones who don't feel like cardboard cutouts), the others' flaws and wrongdoings are never addressed or acknowledged. The story and the values within it and the topics it deals with are constructed poorly and rather repulsively. So yeah, there was room to explore these interesting topics throughout the hundreds and hundreds of boring empty pages of just unedited fanfic, but "it's a fantasy", except every decent fantasy has its own built up rules and physics and laws and everything. "It's fantasy" is not a valid excuse or argument for a fantasy when it's poorly written and thus deemed unrealistic.

[@PichuElric]

Ngl the way the writer describes horniness is literally how we describe 'heats' in Omegaverse fanfiction, except we were never told if fairies/fae ever go through something similar. The characters are JUST that horny, without the omega heat thing

[@tabsonthecomputer8480]

Ur right but you shouldn't say it 🤚😔

[@strawberrymochi118]

lol the whole video I was thinking that it sounded like a weird version of omegaverse

[@PichuElric]

@@tabsonthecomputer8480 😩😩

[@Sasu123456789x1]

Ikr, I'm like why does this sound familiar! Lol 😆

[@idontneedaname318]

Ur right the entire book felt like an Omega verse fanfic

[@itsnlee]

"Why are there so many seeds? Are we planting a garden?" IM WHEEZING

[@iFlutterbye]

“Is this what God felt like?” “This shit made me atheist.” “NOT MY CHRISTIAN SUBBERBS!!” Cindy, I’m Crying 😂

[@withcindy]

take me to church

[@ashikjaman1940]

The newest branch of Christianity, Cindyism

[@helloimarabbit4083]

@@ashikjaman1940 I can dig it

[@thoughtsofaleo2916]

Controlling male lead who is manipulative and creepy but it’s okay because he’s hot, pregnancy plot line where the female character is likely gonna die, weirdly graphic birth depictions, the female lead basically being a house wife for a majority of the book? This book is a lot Breaking Dawn than I was expecting and I really don’t know how to feel about it.

[@Dani_77709]

Oh my God...you're right

[@emilybarclay8831]

Such is the way of smutty romance written by religious conservative women

[@RainbowAnimeCupcake]

Holy shit I didnt catch that. You’re completely right except its way more graphic and Bella had a choice in what to do about her baby potentially murdering her

[@ButtercupJr]

I know exactly how I feel about it: Stephanie Meyer fucked up a new generation of writers. I used to love SJM until I connected the dots. Now I keep seeing this bullshit everywhere.

[@abigase135]

Excuse the pun here but the book reads like a fantasy for housewives who aren't getting much attention from their husbands. Ofc there's nothing wrong about being a housewife if it's your choice but this book is sending all the wrong messages

[@michelletan312]

The only important difference between Tamlin locking Feyre in his house and Rhysand putting a magical barrier around her and withholding information about her body from her is that in Rhysand's case Feyre doesn't realize or care that she's being treated like a possession for the sake of her "safety", which is honestly worse. Like Girl. The second those mate juices hit you really just went actually maybe gaslighting and manipulation Can be hot.

[@withcindy]

NOT MATE JUICES :(

[@blahblah2178]

@@withcindy omegaverse type beat

[@Ophiotaurus_AKA_Bessie]

Points to Tamlin for being honest with his abuse!

[@sukanya3216]

manwhore manipulate marriage🥰

[@shitalpriyadarshini2174]

the only good thing about SJM books is that cindy makes her coins out of them and we get to experience them vicariously through her suffering

[@parsapari4]

Can we talk about the fact that this book would have ended so much faster if they just sent Nesta to a therapist? Like why do the girls have to learn how to fight to heal mentally??

[@withcindy]

let them be a girlboss!!!

[@parsapari4]

@@withcindy oooooooooooof💀

[@lisabutterdorf8291]

bc feminism, duh

[@hebamostafa1756]

@@withcindy you know Rhysand the feminist encrouges the girlboss moment

[@mahtanel7049]

Agreed 100% but at the same time, I related to it a lot, I had very similar mental health journey 😅 also, this book is so bad but kinda did it to me, i never had such an easy time motivating myself to workout as when I pretended its some Valkyrie training 😄

[@adelaidescotts2701]

nesta: gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss cassian: mansplain, manslaughter, manwhore this video was a religious experience, Cindy

[@withcindy]

wait a minute...................

[@arthgh-p5h]

Nesta: abusive, abusive, abusive 😁

[@francescafreeman8789]

The book: repetitive, repetitive, repetitive

[@TacticusPrime]

> mansplain, manslaughter, manwhore Iconic.

[@OctopusOwl]

There's a weird sorts Christian patriarchy thread that runs through this book. It's weirdly male gaze-y for being a series of female protags.

[@withcindy]

I think the author is a Mormon

[@annenonimus6709]

@@withcindy She is jewish, but yeah, still fully of male gaze-y patriarchy.

[@kahus2135]

@@withcindy nah that was Twilight

[@virgil2219]

Hold on….why is it teehee silly when Rhysand gets possessive of Feyre but when Tamlin becomes possessive, it’s abuse and he’s a bad person

[@DarwinRoger893]

You know why

[@notquitechaos6705]

"are smiles gendered now" ah, my longest-running gripe about sjm's writing

[@thatweirdowlhatgirl4671]

That book is 90 percent training montage, 5 percent plot (if that actually counts as plot), 4 percent fEmiNiSm, 1 percent barking pain, and 4000000 percent fairy dick.

[@withcindy]

100% pain

[@ashikjaman1940]

100% reason to remember the name

[@Frogface91]

And the training is just planks 🤣🤣🤣

[@Frogface91]

@Jo L 😂 pahahaha, I love the terrible-ness 🤣

[@Danny-wf9fe]

This is just an hour of "are the straights okay?"

[@withcindy]

No they are not

[@mindofmatt7999]

This, is my favorite comment

[@lisamar8344]

They're never okay

[@Danny-wf9fe]

@Clara There is an important distinction between straight people and The Straights, Sara J Maas is definitely buried deep in the terrifying depths of The Straights.

[@feef1699]

@Clara from now on i will be referring to sarah j maas as "mamaas"

[@beedoesthings8037]

As someone who was obsessed fae mythology and folk lore all throughout my childhood and is currently writing an urban fantasy book series that adheres to it, the Court of Thorns and Roses series annoys the fuck out me. Every mention of smells and mates and wings makes me wanna tear my hair out because it’s just. So different. Actual fairies would have been more interesting than the fairies in these books.

[@aicha454]

The "faeries" in this book aren't even faeries, they're just glorified humans that have powers, are super-duper mega sexy and are immortal. For no reason whatsoever. Because it doesn't change the story. I've read a few books with faeries and, honestly, ACOTAR just takes a massive dump on actual faerie lore. Not only that, but there's history to that lore. SJM is a bigger joke than the circus. 🤡

[@Rikrobat]

This is a huge problem I have with this series. These characters aren't faeries. FFS, Nesta is doing core workouts as her magic training. It's such a limit of creativity in the paranormal romance genre, I've found. The non-human characters are just humans with some sort of magic, physical enhancements, or both, or more. It's so tiring. I like reading about the negotiations needed between human sensibilities and creatures that don't comprehend them.

[@shayan6291]

the iron fae series by Julie kagawa are the only decent faery books I've ever read

[@Rikrobat]

@@shayan6291 - Sadly, I disagree. Her series was one of the reasons I became kinda bummed with fae stories to begin with. The first book interested me, though I was not a fan of turning Robin Goodfellow into the “friendzoned best friend” trope (lame thing to do to Puck, a trickster character). But the second book in the series tanked my investment; I could barely finish it. I’m glad they worked for you though! :)

[@kierafinneke5828]

Tamlin is one of my favorite Irish folktales! Made me so sad when she made it boring. Edit: It's Scottish. "favorite folktale" my ass, huh? 🙃

[@villainoir]

Cindy reading smut scene here is a representation of an ace person reading every smut scene ever

[@dontmintme]

Omfg true

[@spiderganon]

As an ace I can confirm

[@dreamiinotdream730]

I’m not even ace and that’s exactly how I felt.

[@Saya-ng1sl]

Oh god you put it into words, I’m ace too and the descriptions that cindy reads out makes me wanna kermit mcfuking murder (on my self). At the same time, Cindy also makes it way too amusing to stop watching

[@riversrhodell2359]

Also an ace fan. My sex-repulsion was on a roller-coaster this entire video from "this is the funniest thing I've ever heard" to "fuck no, no, no, NO."

[@alyssaoh]

I'm so disappointed that SJ Maas wrote Feyre getting pregnant so early and so quickly. Like for all feyre said that she just wanted it to be her &Rhys for a while and to so quickly change her mind... like how basic. Y'all have literally eternity

[@ashikjaman1940]

Well how else is Rhysand supposed to nut if he doesn't have the image of his child? Think of the poor, poor men!

[@bloodycoollife2480]

You're Riiiiiight...👁👄👁 I truuuuuuly forgot that they were some sort of eternal beings!!! and not some Plot What Plot Mafia fanfiction characters!

[@rayasurinx9877]

@@ashikjaman1940 PLS IM DYING ALDNWKZNHDKA

[@BeAllLabel]

"Not in my Christian suburbs OR my Christian skies!"

[@withcindy]

Jesus did not die for this

[@claire7559]

The thing I am most horrified about in these books is that my mother has read them. AND SHE SAYS THEY ARE AMAZING. I am terrified. I will never be reading these books.

[@beelieboo]

what 😀😰

[@sophiasocwell7658]

Oh my god that’s terrifying.

[@Silversubs29078]

Rip sis

[@porlinchhun7473]

“The floors are fking sticky, the ceiling is fking sticky for some reasons. And the wall is painted white but not the white you’re thinking about.” I almost stop breathing 😆

[@withcindy]

i wouldnt breathe either if i were in that house

[@yasspanda2559]

Channelling your inner YA protagonist by holding breath you didn't notice

[@OctopusOwl]

Having had to clean jack off booths in a porn store.... It STINKS.

[@aileenzhao7951]

NO SHUT

[@pendaba3746]

IT’S ONE HOUR. OH MY GOD. THIS IS THE MOMENT WE’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR IM GRABBING MY POPCORN

[@withcindy]

Get extra butter

[@xkiruo]

And it’s only Part 1 as well - I’m so excited for the next one ahhhh

[@hi-6063]

smooth like butter 🧈

[@alishaghayas8232]

@@hi-6063 ayy

[@hanamaryam7882]

@@hi-6063 I’m a criminal undercover

[@TheBookLeo]

26:21 for real i thought it read "cassian shits in his seat" and i can't stop laughing

[@withcindy]

i mean he basically did

[@mybalcony4066]

🤣🤣🤣

[@UchihaKat]

Considering how often the author uses the phrase "my bowels turned watery" I wouldn't be surprised.

[@musicalnerds101]

Me too I had to go back I was like 😱

[@Scaevola9449]

W A T E R Y B O W E L S

[@annac1486]

I lost my headphones so I listened to this, without them, while walking my dog. My neighbors are now avoiding me, and my dog is traumatized. Thank you Cindy.

[@timelesstalesbeauty5394]

Less traumatic than you listening to the audiobook version though lmaoo

[@laniie6278]

ME, WITH A FUCKING MICROPHONE, A CROWD SURROUNDS ME: This is just PART ONE everyone! We are WITNESSING history! Cindy read the WHOLE BOOK! FOR CONTENT!

[@withcindy]

not u sounding like a preacher during the end of days

[@laniie6278]

@@withcindy lmao I'm dead u right

[@LaraAhmedG]

This title is a wild ride and a half

[@withcindy]

You can't even imagine

[@GINSHOTGUN]

It really is

[@pitpat2928]

and its only part 1?? consider me strapped in

[@clairvaux8459]

the names of the timestamps are at least another two wild rides

[@saragp8291]

I am watching this without earphones and when the fairy smut part started my non-English speaking parents nodded at me cause they think I'm listening to something educational gotta love being bilingual I guess

[@withcindy]

Wow I hate this

[@ashikjaman1940]

I love when Ms. Cindy teaches us about Fairy dick