reading viral tiktok books so you don't have to 👺

[@spicyranch03]

authors who write incest plots for romance reasons makes me want to live on a different planet

[@newlynova]

fully agree LMAO

[@hellriderindustries3083]

@@newlynova Then go their we'll happily read are smute. Like I understand theirs a adversion their but it's fiction. I don't care about fictional characters doing incest and in the book it's not even incest cause it's step family. She didn't have any family relation to them prior so on top of it being fiction I don't care enough.

[@n1ck-st3r]

@@hellriderindustries3083There's like, a whole lot to unpack here. Even if it's fiction, it doesn't make it any less problematic and books like these are what are driving kids to mushed brains 💀. Just because it's fiction doesn't mean you get to write things like SA, incest, etc. It glamorizes it, and again, gives teenagers the wrong impression because books like these are constantly getting praised on booktok when they're not even well written, horrible plot, and disgusting subjects that are discussed within. And I'm sure there are books with smut that aren't like, incredibly weird on a morality-basis. Hell, I've read better Ao3 smut. But like you said, read whatever you like and if you like them, good for you.

[@Akari_reads]

Literally omw to Jupiter after reading this😀

[@hallieharvey4073]

@@n1ck-st3rfirst teenagers shouldn’t be reading these books second just because something like those topics are in a book does not mean it is glamorizing it

[@heatherbocks]

Oh dear. I took “smashed her whole step family” in the intro to mean she murdered them and I was like yeah sounds legit. My brain just didn’t go to incest for some weird reason. I would love a full spoiler video about it cause I’m not gonna read it, but I’m very curious.

[@Wildflower1013]

i literally thought the same thing. i was like "oooh girlie gets piiiiissed" so when i realized it was incest i cringed so hard looool

[@dejavudeux]

So, you prefer to read someone killing all her family members than her smashing the whole family? What's wrong with people today? Since when death is normal ? And if you answer this is fiction, I will answer the same about the smashing the whole family thing

[@silmist11]

like fr I was expecting a cabin in the woods thriller type of beat with a girlie wielding a hammer or perhaps some other blunt object until Lexi started reading the dialogue 😭😭😭

[@dejavudeux]

@silmist11 again we are living in a world where people prefer to read and watch about someone killing all his family members than having them have relationships with those set families. This is wild. I think that for a lot of readers, murder is better than two adults in the same family having intercourse.

[@wyn1912]

@@dejavudeux correct! thanks for comin!

[@Rangercsz99]

"Anytime you have to go 'it's not incest, technically!', that's not great, Ryan!" - Shane Madej, writing my book review of Credence for me

[@glitchezart]

I don’t trust books with playlists, but Credence definitely should have had ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ on its playlist

[@tealrootsg]

💀💀💀

[@Littlerubykinz]

And ‘Don’t Stand So Close to Me’ honestly

[@paolinagrosser2871]

as a fourteen year old girl who reads a lot of popular booktok books she probably shouldn’t, this helped me realise that i will stay the hell away from credence, so thank you lmao

[@clairew972]

AND A LITTLE LIFE please don’t scar yourself

[@CarlyRamos-pu9sk]

Fr same I'm 14 and when I tell you twisted Hate scarred me omg..

[@zoehains137]

Just avoid penelope douglas i havent been the same person since she needs to be psychiatrically supervised

[@shortlilyaya]

yess and h.d Carlton @@zoehains137

[@shortlilyaya]

same!!!

[@christinarezanow6433]

So, is Credence a forced proximity "found family" "romantic" thriller?? 😂😮

[@newlynova]

the way i am CACKLING LMFAO

[@christinarezanow6433]

I've read so many of your 4.5/5 ⭐️ recs and have loved them all so much! Thank you.

[@mj5697]

😂🤣

[@weirdlystrange6428]

Not even found family just family 😂

[@marloeslovestea]

😂😂😂😂

[@freckledlife]

Credence was the first book I read when I discovered Booktok, and after reading it I was SHOCKED by how many people had said it was 5 stars and their favorite book of the year

[@Starteez1024]

there are SO MANY PEOPLE on tiktok saying no other book has yet to beat credence for them… 🥲 like excuse me

[@rose-nn3wj]

Credence is just the worst side of wattpad made into a real book 😭

[@scliffbartoni9771]

The way "uncle" made me scream

[@thekaylaimani]

I'm almost through the last book in the A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series and it's all so good. I hope she never stops writing them.

[@thekaylaimani]

And the next book actually connects in a non-murder of the week kind of way!

[@nospoonfulofmayonnaiseforme]

i finished as good as dead and I was kind of disappointed :( I loved book 1 but just didn't like the direction the series went in

[@thekaylaimani]

@@nospoonfulofmayonnaiseforme valid take! I definitely had some disappointed moments.

[@zknight4481]

21:58 “Foreshadowed [derogatory]” We definitely need a word for this because I felt the exact same way reading Fourth Wing and Iron Flame. I did end up enjoying the books but Rebecca Yarros seems so afraid that people won’t see her foreshadowing that she shoves it down your throat. She WANTS you to piece it together way in advance and then is surprised when people called the whole plot before the end of the first book. “The fifteen year old reading this who didn’t catch it the first time will have something to annotate the second time” literally just describes everything that Rebecca Yarros did in Fourth Wing.

[@LynnHermione]

Here they say telegraphed for a v obvious foreshadowing

[@spookga0]

7:35 "why are you giving your step niece a rice purity test?" the laugh i let out was a fuckin bark

[@libertywalters4627]

RIGHT??!

[@pleasemyplants3447]

I read one Penelope Douglas book and knew that I would never need to read another one, so thank you for your service!

[@marleyv9108]

Which one was it? If I may ask. Ive read one of her books as well

[@pleasemyplants3447]

Punk 57 @@marleyv9108

[@shelbyjoines96]

I read Credence first and then Birthday Girl because it was just as popular and I thought they were both trash 😁 honestly the way she writes her FMCs is just cringey

[@liad4909]

I read punk 57 from a recommendations and that book was so trash. I am all for bad smut books as long as it was kinda fun and people aren't just evil. I can only suspend my reality so far.

[@Sophie-qg9gw]

The fact that she saved her book page with another book 😅

[@newlynova]

LMFAO shhhhhhh

[@Aye.its.paypay]

The last book in agggtm ties everything together SOOO PERFECTLY! I loved the series so much.

[@jonreads366]

Can we PLEASE get that chaotic recap of Creedence with spoilers? If your sanity can handle it of course 😂 Also Im so glad you like AGGGTM, I read the whole series in like 4 days lol its so fun and readable

[@Vjhijufrsersgrfizuglui]

I feel like I need this

[@Nicoleeeeeeee8]

YES. Petition for this to happen.

[@elizacrepes]

i was thinking the same thing! the video she did for twisted love was great, we need one for credence aha

[@francescakyanda9182]

I’m here for it! Bring back the board and the pen too!

[@emackenzie]

The sheer disrespect Sexy BookTok holds towards step and adoptive relationships makes my head spin

[@hallieharvey4073]

I think step can be fine when the parents marry after they are already adults and that’s when they meet because ya know they didn’t grow up together but adoptive is yikes

[@Ang3liclov3ly]

I read half of Credence before my brain finally caught on to the fact that they were related. Like I think my brain truly wanted to block out the trauma

[@hallieharvey4073]

They aren’t blood and didn’t know her until the start if that helps? 😂

[@o0ally]

“what are you doing step bro 🤪” “what… are you doing stepbro 😨”

[@papayaval]

credence made me sooooo uncomfortable, i literally tried to gaslight myself that they werent step cousins and the age gap between tiernan and jake wasnt that big AND THE FACT SHE WAS 17, AND HE WAITED FOR HER THEN BOOM INCEST INCEST AND MKRE INCEST. but for anyone planning or thinking of reading credence, just know itll probably make u uncomfortable at some point, but the weird stuff does lighten up towards the end. She sticks with one guy and gets better 💀

[@Lindsay8585]

Lexi, you're out here saving lives and book reading time for all of us. Thank you for your sacrifice.

[@heavenjoy6042]

The Supernatural comment was so accurate. THERE WAS NO REASON FOR ME TO BEING SEEING ALL THAT WINCEST AT THAT AGE. Even as a Destiel girly

[@rx500android]

I hate that all of us had the same experience

[@morganhyde3225]

I too read Credence out of curiosity…never again😂

[@eliseeverett620]

i dnf’d archers voice almost halfway through and gave it 2 stars. i had the exact same uncomfortable feeling when the author made archer overly innocent. you just validated every bland emotion i had while reading the first half of that book, so thank you.

[@LilyBoyde]

All of her videos are literally so entertaining like no matter whats books are in them

[@MaxximusP]

AGGGTM and its two sequels is SO GOOD. Honestly, I am a big fan of each one but the last one, As Good as Dead, is my fave. I got it and read it all within like three hours

[@Space.Panda1805]

I'm reading As Good as Dead, it is really good, but I'm in chapther 3. 2th book is 5 stars 🤩

[@nataliechan1478]

as good as dead gave me so much anxiety but it was sooo good

[@anisa2273]

same! i rated the first two 4.75 stars but the last one was a 5 star read for sure! theyre all such one sitting reads and i loved them dearly!

[@Theatreiswild]

As Good As Dead is the most unhinged out of the 3 but I am hear for it!!

[@Space.Panda1805]

Girls!! I finish As Good as Dead!! I never expected that 2th part!!!! Holly Jackson, OMG I'm ready to read her little novella "Kill Joy" and her other book. And in 2024 we have another book from her "The Reappearance of Rachel Price" 🙌

[@taylorsaunders254]

I gave in to my rabid curiosity and also read Credence. It altered my brain chemistry. In the worst way. I still can’t believe I read it

[@meganelizabethwade]

The good girls guide to murder series is sooo good. It’s like a newer Veronica mars.

[@oazasumraka]

oh thank god, the voices were haunting me the entire day

[@oazasumraka]

AND YOU'RE READING ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS EVER 😭 agggtm

[@jayciekimball7126]

the worst thing about Credence is it has never left my brain since i read it. i will never know peace, i just wanna forgot it 😭

[@kaseykaylynn]

I overlooked A LOT in Credence because I just love Penelope Douglas and their books HOWEVER when *that* scene happened between her Caleb AND Noah IYKYK I was OUT!! ✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼

[@Mieraeux]

I hate penelope douglas almost as much as I hate colleen hoover tbh. Probably because Im a classics type of girl but..

[@V4ness4_5]

I'll never read those books so can u pls spoil? I'm way too curious

[@journeywithrosie]

@@V4ness4_5sarahwithoutanh did a taboo romance vid where she spoke more in depth on what happens in credence 😅

[@Mieraeux]

@@M.H.I.A.F.T. It's the stuff in which she writes that disgust me, I hate her as an author not as a person. When did I ever state that? You must be even more fun at parties!!

[@sleepiestpenguin]

Seeing Lexi post a new video evokes the same happy chemicals as getting a FT call to catch up with your long-distance bestie

[@gulnaharakter2217]

As having read Credence out of curiosity, I am literally laughing my ass off..😂😂😂 damn when I skipped 50 pages once and literally jumped to uncle Jack's scene in the pool 🤣 that was truma now it's just funny...

[@malkyounis5499]

Oh my god that was exactly my opinion on archers voice!! I hate how some authors just feel the need to make a character traumatised and then don't address their trauma for the rest of the book

[@myweakness1883]

I read the entire A Good Girl's Guide to Murder trilogy this month and omg, if you enjoyed the first one, it only gets better!

[@laurenjorges9040]

sooo intrigued if you have recs for other books with a "that feeling when you can never go back to how it was before" vibe

[@xoSelena19]

I’m so glad I stumbled across your channel. You absolutely crack me up 😂

[@jean5833]

I enjoy your book rambles so much that even when I have a different opinion on a book I still really want to hear what you have to say 😄 the way you talk and present things scratches an itch in my brain 😂

[@jean5833]

And I’ll be real my first thought when I finished Credence was “if you’re gonna write a book that unhinged why even have her pick one at the end?” 😂😂😂 that book was an… experience

[@Petri_ch0r]

This made my day exponentially better you are for sure my comfort youtuber currently, and i will not be reading any of these other than a good girls guide to murder

[@sarahtapper3943]

other booktube recs? i love lexi but don’t know anyone else

[@slayslay-jw2vf]

⁠@@sarahtapper3943 jack edward’s and shawn mccomb’s videos are really good

[@autumnb8592]

i think i’m in love with her lowkey

[@ShaneSmfit]

This showed up in my recommended to watch list. Now I must watch all the videos. I love the chaotic telling of your adventures reading. Can't seem to get enough

[@sar-bear9388]

I loved your "rambling" on tiktok and was super excited when u moved to KZbin with longer format videos!! Your doing really great

[@sorrowcats]

i looovee a good girls guide to murder, i read the entire series in 3 days!! it starts out as ur average fun thriller and then progressively insane and unhinged after each book. i hope you enjoy them and would love to hear your thoughts!

[@i_amwatchingnow]

12:55 I saw your agggtm section, it got me excited to read the book, i read it and it was honestly AMAZING ✨

[@penelopepelletier7389]

I was so so so excited for you to read agggtm!!! And I do wanna say loose ends get kind of tied up in the other books in the ways that it’s all linked! Hope you’ll enjoy the others!! And five survive too which is crazy in its own way hahah

[@moonelysian77]

Okay, soooo this may be a hot take. As someone fairly new to smuttok but have been reading romance for years including Zane novels in the early 2000s. Has anyone else noticed majority of the female main characters in these viral smut novels are all under 23? But the authors are all over 35? I'm 37 and kind of weirded out by this. Is it just me? I can also go on about lack of diversity and how most of the female main characters are described as "petite", "doll like", "fragile" etc.

[@veru.krejci]

I noticed it too and it makes me so uncomfortable. Especially when the female characters are described as "tiny" and the other words you said. No diversity at all. Most female characters between the ages of 17-25, thin with breasts and butt for days, under 5'5. Even with men. They’re all at least 6’3, have a manhood of a horse that the women like to repeat the question "Is it going to fit my small body?". As a 17 year old (literally the same age as the girl in Credence), I’m sick to my stomach for the majority of those books because they are literally only a few years older and made out to be children-like at times

[@Wildflower1013]

so excited you read agggtm and got the sequels!! the 2nd in the series is my fave. the 3rd is veeeery different from the first two and is pretty divisive it seems so i'd be curious to know your thoughts on books 2 and 3 too. i have five survive on my tbr shelf.

[@sam.and.other.wordss]

Thank you SO much for the booktok acc recos. I’ve been looking for more accounts whose genres or general taste in books overlap with mine the way that yours do for such a long time 😭

[@Mad.E]

when I saw the short description for "my life with the walter brothers" on netflix for a hot sec I was worried that was a netflix adaption of credence so I cam back here just to check the title haha though apparently in the tv show it's not two but seven brothers and... uh... uhm... yeah

[@SuperHappyKpopTime]

Another YA thriller that I read recently that was quick and had a higher stakes vibe was "Their Vicious Games" it was like deadly bachelor. Highly recommend for a 5 star YA thriller!

[@newlynova]

the way this looks awesome?? i went through a BIG bachelor phase lol i will be checking this out for sure

[@melryder2853]

Oh my gods, this was exactly the boost of serotonin I needed today, thank you

[@Lyssa827]

As someone who has a step family, yes we are related. So very related. Maybe more related than my blood family. good god Penelope.

[@TheCurlyCrew116]

I came here as soon as i saw you had a channel because your rambles are something else, i absolutely love your videos and i watch them as soon as they come out, also aggtm is one of my favs and i need to see you react to the other two, especially the last one!

[@taylorclegg]

i never knew anything about Credence, but I wanted to read it bc it’s so popular. thank you for your service i will now avoid the book like the plague

[@DMCStudios-FiveM]

Please make this a series!!! I swear I can’t fall for another booktok trend….

[@DMCStudios-FiveM]

Also I wouldn’t be upset if you made one with spoilers. Lol

[@Sionainn_13]

You're so brave for using the big light 😅

[@newlynova]

it is my divine punishment for not having lamps yet 💀 i have been meaning to get lamps for THREE MONTHS but keep putting it off

[@elilight1190]

I’m glad we can all agree that “but the dogs love him” is such a WACK thing to say to try and justify all of these love interest’s sociopathic behavior. One of their intro scenes was SA!!! WHAT!!

[@veru.krejci]

I never understood how anyone could like Credence besides for the smut. It’s problematic at its best. A 40 year-old sleeps with his niece freshly after she turns 18 (he has shown sexual interest in her even BEFORE she turned 18 and she still calls him uncle), Kaleb, or whatever his name, is an assaulter and people only excuse it because "He has trauma🥺". He literally throws himself at her multiple times after she says no, physically assaults her after knowing she slept with his dad and writes a sl*ut (or some other slur) on her forehead, spits in her face for it too. And she ends up with him? People are supposed to root for them after all of that? I really can’t comprehend how it’s so popular.

[@anisa2273]

im so GLAD you loved tgggtm and read the whole seies, theyre the best! the last one will kill you! theyre a 5 star series for me for real!

[@lalalsm]

I read the whole AGGGTM series in 5 days and loved everything

[@syrritajones2538]

She rambles. And she’s really funny. And I absolutely love it. New subscriber here! 🫶🏾📚❤️

[@lovely_beca]

girl.... when I tell you, that you are not prepared AT ALL for the sequals of AGGGTM, I AM TELLING YOU, U ARE NOT PREPARED!!!!!

[@sashaferris1954]

IM SO HAPPY YOU READ AGGGTM! It’s one of my favourite books of all time but I HIGHLY implore you to get the British versions instead of the American versions bc they changed a few things in the American versions that didn’t need to be changed. However I would love to see you read the other two books because they are SO GOOOD lots of luv

[@randifaye]

I understand. My experience with Credence was very much like yours. I should never follow that kind of curiosity again… Yes, you think it’s bad… no, it’s worse. Agreed! 🤢🤮🥴

[@LeoGirl80]

Can’t wait for the Good Girl’s Guide spoiler vlog! 😉☺️

[@maddiaultman4519]

It’s always a joyous moment when Lexi feels as if she might combust because we as subscribers get a very witty tell all videooo

[@Lyleelou11]

the second book of AGGTM is kinda different, but the third book reveals a huge overarching plot. def worth the read for the whole series

[@BooksStarringMissy]

I’ve read two Penelope douglas books and all i can say is never again.

[@liz.nic.475]

The reference to the Wincest fan fictions pulled me out of my 401k having adult brain and threw me so far into 2011-2014 teenage Tumblr user brain i got whiplash. It's crazy the deepest depraved things that were going on back then on the internet are now becoming weirdly mainstream. People are posting POSITIVE REVIEWS OF INCEST BOOKS ON THEIR PERSONAL TIKTOKS. Like with their FACES. Wild time to see my history repeated

[@CMAlongi]

I'm about halfway through "Good Girl's Guide to Murder." I'm hoping it takes me out of a reading slump.

[@geegee6752]

The way I hate Archer's Voice because of how interesting the premise is, I felt scammed because half of the book is just unnecessary smut.

[@Faith4vincera]

The question, “what possessed you to use those skills for evil??”, is the exact question I find myself asking so many authors and artists now-a-days. Where is the filter, when is ok to just be quiet and …. Not share? Why do we think people need to know every sick, twisted, intrusive thought? It’s almost like a “taking everybody down w this ship” moment over and over. I love a good romance, and even some spice now and then, but the hitting, spitting, swapping, humiliating, degrading, ….. all of it, just isn’t sexy. It’s sick.

[@julianaa.4512]

AGGGTM was actually the first booktok book i read and it started me on one HELL of a journey

[@YasminBook1]

I just want to say I love the wall art next to your bookshelves! Also, thanks for doing the work for us 🤣.

[@nataliemanuel5203]

I had an identical experience with Archer's voice. I was like "oh maybe this is okay" at first and then....bam, cringe city.

[@karleyjags]

omg i just finished watching your september/october wrap up and was like damn wish i had another lexi video to watch while i get stuff done. thank you for reading my mind 🤸‍♀️

[@newlynova]

we are IN SYNC

[@bethany5527]

the costco sweatshirt really adds to the vibe and i love it

[@mikankitsune0440]

The minute I read the synopsis of this book, I was ✨️Disturbed✨️

[@alainam5540]

7:45 took me OUTTTT

[@jewls_rules]

just you reading Credence makes me want to cry i am pausing every word and just SCREAMING IN PAIN

[@rosesthornsandreads]

i was going to comment that there should be a whole separate video for credence and i'm so thrilled you came to the conclusion that you need to make one

[@jaynedoe727]

Give us the credence spoilers!!! Spill the tea. My friend in BAM told me the premise and i refused!!!

[@orebadejoh7250]

The variety in these choices omg

[@StarBee223]

"This book wont change your life" I read AGGTM when it first came out before TikTok got its grubby little mitts on it and. It probably did change my life tbh. I dont know exactly how but the whole series, and especially the first book, stuck with me like glue. Pip is very relatable to me (take that as you will) and Ravi happens to be the best man in existence actually, so the 2 main characters definitely are a big part of it, plus I grew up/live in an area identical to Little Kilton, the original English version. Idk I love it so much 😅

[@prekshavardhan1]

Reading something like Bable to all those thrillers to these books, the range of content you've gone through in the last 2/3 months blows my mind. 🙌🏽 I've been reading fiction/non-fiction for the last decade or so and have a decent understanding of HOW HUGE AN IMPACT reading has had in who I've turned out to be and how I think. I can only imagine what reading must've done/been for you. 🧡 You must be a terribly interesting person to talk to. 😂😇✨ Congratulations on the 50k!!! 🥳🥳 May this tribe keep growing and growing ♥️

[@lila7477]

I just need you to know that my service dog likes watching my phone to watch your videos. This is not a joke. She is very intrigued by you and your voice and just watches you closely while ur talking, and I am not sure why since she usually likes to watch things like dinosaurs, fish, cattle, and birds on the screen. She rarely shows this much interest on someone talking?? Like she seems invested in the booktok tea and this is news to me

[@ohanachiaini9868]

I just want another video about Credence putting the plot on a wall like you did with Twist Love 😂😂😂

[@enchanted6007]

To this day i'm so glad the first novel I read from booktok recs are the AGGGTM triology bc aint no way there is a book like credence out in the wild for people to reccomend 😭

[@logann-mackenziefroste563]

Awesome vlog ‼️💯 I read A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and I really liked the first 2 books the last book for me was the worst out of the series. Also thanks to this video and the TikTok videos I am not reading Credence. 😊

[@kaitlynfield8911]

I read Credence in one day because it was so bad but I HAD to finish it to see if it got any better🥴 it scarred me

[@fletcherhayes2089]

these videos give me life

[@2021YOLO]

Need more episodes like this!

[@ayabenmansour1107]

The day I read punk 57 was the day I swore off Penelope Douglas so I feel bad for ur soul and ur eyes who both had to witness this,trust ur heroism will be remembered ✋️

[@jodilumpkin551]

I simply love to hate-read Penelope Douglas. It’s such a fun time in the worst way.

[@untitledmanuscript]

Watched a few videos of yours on TikTok then lost your channel. Then I found your channel again and binged all the videos and now I am here… watching all your videos

[@newlynova]

[@Ryan_Dessert]

why did I think that you were gonna say you found the only other romance book with incest instead of a character that can't speak😭

[@Vjhijufrsersgrfizuglui]

18:22 Oh my sweet summer child... (Like seriously there's a bunch of stuff in book 1 that becomes important in the following books)

[@mqwmrouge]

Subscribed recently, and you became one of my favourite channels. Keep up the good work, Lexi :)

[@frabjuosity]

"They're not TECHNICALLY related" is the most nonsense thing bc if them being related wasn't part of the draw for the author/audience why wouldn't it just be 3 random men instead of specifically stepfamily? Like have weird kinks if you want but don't be a coward

[@lianabanana444]

credence was the first book i read since MIDDLE SCHOOL… it scarred me, but also it made me dive back into reading so.. idk what that says about me. yes i need therapy.