tier ranking your "auto-buy" authors to compare our book taste (not judging you)

[@caricanread]

And in case you missed it, I posted our monthly wrap up on a random wednesday last week :') kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKTMfZelrLBnrZI

[@CarysWillard]

Mortal instruments city of heavenly fire please please please ❤

[@Booksociopath]

🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@julialuvbot]

you are my “auto-watch” creator 💗💗💗 such a good vid already!!

[@caricanread]

:'''') thank you!

[@ashtinmason9592]

This deserves endless snaps for sure🫰🏼🫰🏼🫰🏼🫰🏼

[@OG_lesliedixon]

Yes!!! ❤

[@KittyPretty-d6z]

I AGREE 🎉

[@imogendowling2574]

AGREED

[@francespeterson2452]

The best piece of Maggie Stiefvater lore is that time she and John Green raced each other and it ended with John's car on fire. Funnily enough maybe my top two auto-buy authors at this point

[@Lillyjoy]

Omg 😂

[@incandescentglow222]

LMFAOOO now I see the inspo for the dream thieves

[@romywolfofficial]

I LOVE that she has a music studio and sometimes makes her own music for her books and puts it on Soundcloud. She is living my dream, honestly

[@sierra6651]

I was in the audience when this happened! I haven't thought about it in years lol, thank you for reminding me!

[@fullmetal_pipsqueak]

Yay! So excited to see this - as a librarian (who also lives in Korea), you are such a help in keeping my finger on the figurative "pulse" of what's up and coming in book world and what could be good additions to our collection. Thanks for all you do!

[@caricanread]

omg honored to be of help!!!

[@eleanorcain5038]

The first of your "I have a cold" series. Can't wait to see where this goes after your last Cari Cakes video 😂 Glad you're feeling better now :)

[@caricanread]

lol :'''''''')

[@isadoratoledo822]

Unfortunately for my wallet, my auto-buy is Brandon Sanderson, the man doesn't stop! 😂

[@caricanread]

and unfortunate for your bookshelves cause his books are always massive hahaha

[@kathryne5510]

Same girl same. Maybe my only but damn they pricey.

[@ana_bigul]

yes, saaaame! I'm happy that my friend recommended him to me sometime in 2020 so that I could come back to reading, but damn, he has a lot to say. And I'm there for it

[@Kaylasbookcorner]

My plan is start reading Brandon Sanderson next year. I’m trying to get away from the popular “booktok” authors

[@evalange4626]

her rendition of the "oh, no thank you" meme is fucking precious

[@catharinetrr30]

“I’m going to purchase everything Han Kang touches.” Took the words right out of my mouth

[@rebeccaerbskorn]

100% Suzanne Collins for me! I literally have a barnes and noble gift card set aside for when Haymitch's book comes out 😅

[@tessavio]

What a perfect way to spend my birthday, sitting down at my local cafe and watching your videos ☺

[@a1exneedsahamdleplease]

Happy birthdayyyyy!!

[@caricanread]

omg happy happy birthday!!!

[@lindsayschmidt2177]

Happy birthday!

[@Showtunediva]

Happy Birthday

[@Lillyjoy]

Being FORCED to wait for new Erin Morgenstern books 😭 shes one of my favorite authors! but I am glad she’s not one of those authors that’s forced to put out a book every year, if she needs more time to release her amazing writing I’ll wait

[@Cabin7_official]

YESSS

[@2youstories]

the gasps i gusped at some of these author placements... but honestly the occasional wild takes are what make these videos a fun watch LOL

[@sarahnorrie6468]

Same! Like Madeline Miller!? I love that we all have different taste but it’s still shocking.

[@devilmvn]

LAINI TAYLOOORRRR, THE FRIES WILL FOREVER BE IN THE BAAAAG. Reading Daughter of Smoke & Bone and being 27 now, I STILL think about how that book made me feel. The rest of the trilogy are the only books I went to the bookstore upon their release to make sure I got them. All time favorite trilogy to this day.

[@dreamywillow8664]

Obsessed with your squeak meme impression at 6:44 😭

[@sproutswithjoy]

I think my auto-buy author is R.F. Kuang. There are other authors and books that I like more, but her concepts are consistently interesting to me and I like her writing style. So far, she hasn’t missed!

[@Booksociopath]

Mine too

[@nazryye]

Literally needed this right now. I just finished ‘chain of iron’ and I’m violently sick. Never clicked on something so fast 😓❤

[@caricanread]

lmao cassieeeeee!

[@JamiMontgomery]

The Victoria Schwab comment was so valid! I love her so much because of Vicious, Monsters of Verity, and Shades of Magic but I didn't love Addie or Gallant.

[@ellias]

Hahahaha Erin morgenstern got me so choked up I need a third book soon pls!!! But I heard it’s a spring/summer book?? Starless sea was an autumn book, night circus was winter??? I think. YESSS!!! Sabaa so underrated. Ember was that girl. Not a lot of people I know have finished the series! Other person I can think of is Regan. SWORD OF KAIGEN CARI. CARIIIIIIIIII. If I had to choose one hyped book in this video, BUZZ IT IN.

[@AmiJaan-s4p]

GUYS ITS ELLIAS

[@ellias]

@ HIII 👋🏻

[@nandarambles2917]

Totally agree with Ruthless Vows, I LOVED divine rivals but that second book was like a different story

[@JovieStroll-f8t]

Same I really liked divine rivals and for the life of me cannot finish ruthless vows. It does feel like a completely different story. Honestly I might just DNF it 🤷‍♀️

[@alexb2563]

Coming back to this video again for ideas on what to read next bc so many of these authors are on my tbr, so thanks for that! Also, I actually loved Ruthless Vows when I read it, but I think it was a right time, right place kind of situation. I read Divine Rivals and Ruthless Vows back to back within a few days while I was at the beach in Massachusetts and it was kind of hazy and cold and dreamy and magical and it just made the books feel even more magical to me. I feel like Rebecca Ross writes about love and longing and loss in a way that really resonates with me. Maybe it would have been different in another setting, but I loved my experience with both of those books.

[@sproutswithjoy]

Oh my goodness, talk about apt timing with Divine Rivals/Ruthless Vows! I devoured Divine Rivals for the first time last week and I immediately started Ruthless Vows. I’m about 85% done with it, but it has definitely taken me longer to read than the first book did. We’ll see how the ending goes. I can’t say I’m disappointed-I generally have enjoyed it-but compared to Divine Rivals, it doesn’t hit quite the same.

[@Catgirl49]

I 100% agree to be honest, I read divine rivals in two days and ruthless vows in eleven 😭 (it’s still five stars for me, but divine rivals was six soo)

[@ainhoaleon4447]

i prefer a river enchanted. It's soooo good😍 and the second it's even better

[@maite.figueroa7291]

​@@ainhoaleon4447definitely her best work 😍

[@jess1093]

19:04 i was so let down by ruthless vows it was honestly insane!! idk what you did or didnt like about the book but personally i thought shifting the focus away from the romance to the external conflict really flattened the whole thing. the backdrop of the war in divine rivals and the tidbits we got about it were really interesting but the way she expanded on it in ruthless vows was...honestly it was stupid lol. i thought introducing a subplot about a movement of people who thought both gods were bad but then making one side out to be kind of cartoonishly evil and the other completely, irrefutably good despite introducing the fact that she had like...killed all the other gods to get their power them was insane?? i was baffled by how one dimensional it got lol

[@thelittleASMRdoge]

For me it was the fact that the decisions that the characters made made no sense. Like, you think the love of your life, your husband, is dead, and then you see him and you are ok with walking away? And then the letters that they write to each other feel so off! Like what is happening?? The first book was so incredibly well written and this one feels like fan fiction!! I really didn't understand it.

[@anjakuemski]

@@thelittleASMRdoge Good to know. I can cross it off my list then. Is the third typewriter at the museum at least put to some use in book 2? That is the only question left for me.😄

[@thelittleASMRdoge]

@@anjakuemski yes but it isn't as satisfying as it could be

[@joanne798]

Omg yes! I was so frustrated with the second book! In addition to what you said, I didn’t like that we just separated the two of them again for no good reason, and pretty much went read through a similar scenario as the first book.

[@theshadowfromwithin]

Yay I found me people 😅 I was so disappointed too! The war was so dumb

[@lindsayschmidt2177]

Don’t worry about the length of a video! I really enjoy the longer videos

[@maike__-]

Yes! More longer videos are welcome!

[@sameenmehdi2671]

The Night Circus is my all time favorite book, Erin is such an Auto-buy author for me. It hurt my heart seeing her so low😭😭😭 Also, Ava Reid, Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Ms Holly Black ❤️❤️❤️

[@scoobydont]

Same here 😭💔

[@Booksociopath]

Ava Reid and her a study in drowning for me I am currently reading too

[@daisydog]

Ruth Ware is my autobuy author and she's really active on Threads too, so I am practically reading her grocery list because she shares her favorite recipes sometimes.

[@sesecloud]

my catch a falling star and... would be rick riordan, his books are the ones i reach for when i need comfort. also 100% agree with andrew joseph white as an auto-buy author, i just finished my re-read of hell followed with us and i'm currently reading compound fracture for the first time.

[@iloukind]

it's 12 am here and I was going to sleep but now I have to watch this, never miss one of cari's videos😭

[@caricanread]

omg no it will be here when you wake up hahahha

[@wisepototo513]

Becky Chambers is one of my favorite authors, but not for a Psalm of the Wildbuilt! (I agree with what you said, I though it was fine, but it just didn't really hit for me either) She also has a 4 book series set in space, the first one is The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet! It reminded me of the murderbot diaries when I first read it, but maybe that's just because they're both set in space. Loved to hear your thoughts in this video, as always!

[@daisydog]

The Galaxy and The Ground Within destroyed me in the best way. ❤❤

[@CW-yta]

The 1st reminds me more of a good found family/crew of The Expanse or Firefly - loved it! The world building in this "anthology" is great and the tragic story of Jane23 & Owl in the 2nd and Speaker's whole species condition in 4th broke me - the Wayfarers series is amazing!

[@dinkkdinkk]

100% agree with this! i haven’t even read Psalm for the Wild Built but Long Way was life changing

[@pointegal96]

I feel so weird not having auto-buy authors

[@markkajc]

Completely normal. There are so many books already published that there's no need to rush out there and purchase everything new from an author

[@anyoneew27]

11:50 frantically searching the comments for “maggie”, I need the tea

[@lexbartelmann8398]

Maggie Stiefvater wrote and sang a little song on how to pronounce her last name (Steve Otter) 😂 I also love her articles in jalopnik. She's got the best lore for sure. Also I stg I am the only person in the world who hates Sword of Kaigan 😅 like I'm still mad about it months later.

[@machinegunlament]

Wait that's so cool actually :D

[@tofujordi]

you're not the only one... i strongly disliked sword of kaigen as well

[@Tarmachan]

@@tofujordi oh hey a club for me lol. I took it on a weekend trip and I only finished it to see if it got better (because I had the time). It didn't

[@lindsayschmidt2177]

Ali Hazelwood is the only romance author that is an auto-buy for me as well, it helps that I started out in the same fandom as her lol

[@AnimeLover36902]

The perfect video to finish my day! Thank you so much for the new video!!

[@caricanread]

thanks for watching!!

[@annasneddon44]

SO glad ur talking about ruthless vows. I read divine rivals in one sitting on a plane and literally lost my mind- I loved it. It took me weeks and weeks to finish ruthless vows and I was so angry and disappointed by the end. It killed all of the tension, was so boring, and I was so shocked bc I only saw glowing reviews saying that it was so much better than the first one???? SO glad to hear I’m not the only one who thought it was truly quite terrible.

[@thelittleASMRdoge]

Same! I hate when the second book is so bad that it ruins the first one! I was sure that I would buy the physical copy of the books and reread them from time to time and then I got to the part when the main characters reunited and I was like WTAF!?! And it went downhill from there

[@nospoonfulofmayonnaiseforme]

Yeah idk what was wrong with it but it was so blah and boring

[@calling.moon.twelve]

Omg I can't wait for you to finish the Murderbot Diaries! Or catch up rather as there are still more installments planned. The series actually has two full length novels in addition to the 5 novellas. If you've only read book 1 you haven't even met one of the best characters of the series yet! OH you've also gotta try the audiobooks narrated by Kevin R. Free they're fantastic and I didn't even like audiobooks prior to hearing them! Also there's a TV show adaptation coming out sometime next year I believe so that'll be interesting too. Can't wait to hear your thoughts on the whole series!

[@rorororos]

Was literally all up your channel just this morning omggg

[@caricanread]

🩷🩷🩷

[@DaraCartujano]

I love your reaction when you put Ali Hazelwood in the fries tier because a lot of people give her some flack but I can’t help it if her books hit every time!! Yes her books may be copies of each other, yes she probably describes her MMCs the same 99% of the time, do I care? NO! Best believe she’s in my auto buy list. She’s my absolute guilty pleasure.

[@sarahd.3247]

Your fallen Star category is filled with my all time favorites! Martha Wells is my lifeline!

[@bubblegumnnebula]

Surprised he's not on the list, but my 'auto-buy' will always and forever be Brandon Sanderson. Every book I've read of his has been a 6 star read. What a prolific writer. And apparently, he's the nicest guy! I can't believe you don't know that "squeak no thank you" is from critically acclaimed greatest movie of all time Enchanted starring your literal twin Amy Adams??

[@nobodynoone4]

I find this so interesting, because I don't have an auto-buy author at all. I have some that I love and I will absolutely read what they write... as long as it's similar to what I've read from them before. I think Leigh Bardugo or C.S.Pacat are probably closest to auto-read at least, but only if it's the grishaverse (because I’m already attached to all of that) or I know my heart is going to hurt while reading (because the emotions are the exact kind of pining I want to read). And even with them I could totally wait a few weeks or month before I pick up the book, because I'm really in no rush at all, so it's always really fascinating to hear about how people do have an author (or multiple) they like so much that they’d just immediately buy a book ^^

[@bluepaint9923]

was searching for this comment because i too feel the same! even with writers whose style is my absolute favorite, writing in their usual genre, if the premise doesn't pull me enough, then it's more likely that i won't buy the book. and the thought of having an auto-buy author fascinates me. might try to have one for fun

[@criminallie]

you’re incredibly valid for the rebecca ross take

[@greensss6922]

I love Divine Rivals duology :’)

[@gabrielleandsamuel4073]

Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (MXTX) is my auto-buy author. Her plotting is so good! The themes…the foreshadowing… I always know that I’ll get something great when I pick up her works.

[@lukeevans5427]

Having the discipline to set books you're excited for aside and hold onto them for a rainy day may be the most Capricorn (positive) thing I've seen in a minute.

[@MariaAlexia24]

As always when Cari posts a video my day gets better

[@rowanohes1496]

For anyone waiting for Gideon, Tamsyn Muir has a novella called Floralinda and the 40 Flight Tower and it's real good. Fairytale princess locked at the top of the tower and has to get herself down but with a twiiist

[@ronelia.creative]

Your wall plot summaries are my faves of all of your videos... I literally watch them so much that YT ALWAYS automatically plays one of them. So excited to see whats next after your wrap up your final Cassandra Clare book.

[@sarahogborn8024]

Omg, I never see anyone else reference the “no thank you” scene from Enchanted 😂😂 me and my sister literally quote it all of the time lol

[@miaastrange]

yay, i’ve been excited for this!! 🤩 i’ve just come down with a cold so i’m watching wrapped up in my blanket in solidarity 🥰💌

[@caricanread]

omg hope we both are fully recovered soon!

[@miaastrange]

@@caricanread we can do it !! 🌟💗

[@thelittleASMRdoge]

I was so disappointed that you didn't review Ruthless Vows because I really needed the validation. I thought I found a new favorite author when I read Divine Rivals and was about to buy the physical copy but I was so annoyed with the ending that I thought I'd wait to buy it until I'd finished the second book and oh boy was I glad that I didn't have the physical copy staring back at me reminding me of what could have been...

[@Nittanynn]

i think the problem with Ruthless Vows was that it felt like a COMPLETELY different book. Divine Rivals was more introspective and had the build up to Iris and Kitt getting together. and then Ruthless Vows was almost... full action? constantly? (from what i remember, its been a while since i read it and i struggled to get through it) also that ending to divine rivals pissed me off so hard lol. that's my LEAST favorite trope. So of course i had to immediately read the next one to make sure i got relief lol

[@carajohnson2346]

I appreciate this, I didn’t really love divine rivals and have been trying to decide whether or not to read it and this video has convinced me not to!

[@kennedygifford5966]

Gilded Wolves got me back into reading and Silvered Serpents was the first ARC I ever got because I was sooooo obsessed there was so way I wasn't gonna try to get that ARC. Roshani Chokshi ily so much

[@larissaprates1384]

Less than 5 minutes into the video and my heart is already so warm. Whenever I am in a reading slump I stop gravitating towards book related content, but as soon as I come back you are the first one I look for ❤ (and every time I ask myself how did I ever take a break!!!!) Somebody comented "auto-watch" content creator and actually yes hahaha

[@larissaprates1384]

Also, the idea of this video? Brilliant! And the categories? Chef's kiss!

[@AnaTorres-lh1yt]

content i'd like to see in the future: the city of heavenly fire plot breakdown vid jsjs (swinging my legs waiting patiently)

[@rachiereads]

seconding this!!!

[@robyn1766]

I was actually in shock at how bad ruthless vows was, i mean i thought divine rivals kind of sped through the ending but i was not prepared for how ruthless vows felt like a speed run, it felt like the author was just checking a list of things she wanted to happen oof

[@nataliabarroso6451]

true story: i had the chance to buy what the river knows on sale a couple osf months ago and the synopsis was really interesting. so i was about to buy it when i thought “let me see if cari has a review on this one” and you didn’t yet. glad i decided to wait cause otherwise i’d have lose money

[@ceciflores2696]

You should never worry about the video being too long. I would gladly listen to an extra long video from you any day.

[@DaraCartujano]

Yes I would LOVE a Maggie lore video. Your Agatha Cristie video is probably my most rewatched content of yours in this channel. I play it in the background when I’m doing chores and it gets better after every rewatch. It would be awesome if you could do another author lore video with Maggie this time!

[@alyssar6852]

super agree re rf kuang. her concepts are always so fun but the way she writes like her readers are idiots drives me insane

[@weirdandproudofit1]

Cari you broke my heart! (It's ok obviously you don't need to like stuff others like). If you are up for it, try Becky Chambers' other series, it's very different. First one is A long way to a small angry planet

[@heyheysheashea12]

My auto-buy is the menace to society Sabaa Tahir. I cannot be held responsible for what I will do if anything bad happens to my baby Helene I also loved Divine Rivals and did not like Ruthless Vows at all

[@markkajc]

Only read 2 of these authors and heard of a couple more. So interesting how æarge the reading world is

[@procrasy]

All my auto-buy are dead 😭 You do not want to know how many editions of the same books I have. Cause that’s my only option now.

[@chrisgordon842]

6:45 This impression was SPOT on, you deserve more credit for that haha

[@savabriet]

literally needed this right now. xoxo

[@caricanread]

[@Stevie.lovesbooks]

I didn't actually think that Divine Rivals & Ruthless Vows deserved the hype... but I LOVE Rebecca Ross. Because of. A River Enchanted and A Fire Endless. Now THOSE are her best books. And honestly her first duology The Queen's Rising might even be better than Divine Rivals. So anyway. I encourage you to read A River Enchanted

[@lm4757]

OMG RIGHT i actually did really love divine rivals but ruthless vows… 🙃 but the elements of cadence duology 😩😩😩

[@maite.figueroa7291]

The Element of Cadence duology is so good 😭🫶🏻🩷🩷 absolute perfection

[@starsandsuch7778]

Agree!! It’s refreshing to hear someone say divine rivals was a letdown.

[@milanova5061]

I LOVED Dreams lie beneath also very underrated but it just hit for me

[@Bookishbrunette]

I am shocked no one said Stephanie Garber. She’s my ultimate auto buy 😭

[@sovereigntae]

Ali hazelwood has us both in the strangest chokehold. I’m currently impartial to contemporary romance but somehow Ali will always have me tuning in on release day, it’s actually a mystery.

[@sovereigntae]

It makes no sense because none of her books are even a 3 stars for me so why I tune in is a mystery

[@blizzardinsummer]

my auto buy is 110% suzanne collins. the second she announced ballad, it was in my cart ready to go. i’m already prepared to devour this haymitch book. don’t even have to read a description or anything. and also john green’s fiction books (i’m sorry john, ily but not enough to be able to really get into a book about tuberculosis.)

[@kristinmarie1538]

a psalm for the wild built hurt 😭 that’s one of my favorite books of all time. but loved this video and hearing your thoughts!

[@miiiiaaah]

Being a laini taylor & erin morgenstern fan has been PAINFUL!

[@bvbypink]

i need a video essay on maggie stiefvater from you now

[@laurenhenigman9163]

Haha I actually loved both Divine Rivals and Ruthless Vows, but I could see how the second didn’t hit for some people. The two books are definitely very different to each other in vibes, pacing, character focus, etc

[@shawneejerome3783]

A LOT of the series that I LOVE are typically rated pretty low by you❤ However, I love hearing your opinions about all of the books you’ve read. It calms my mind. You do great reviews, even if you don’t like the same books as me. You’re videos are a great watch❤

[@thethriftyfawn]

Oh my goodness, can't wait to watch and listen to this! I LOVE tier ranking videos- especially for BOOKS!!! 😍

[@latenightmurmur]

I'm just so happy that Alix Harrow is up in there because Starling House is also such a win for me

[@LeeReads]

I agree about ruthless vow. I loved and devoured Divine Rivals but dnf'ed Ruthless Vows. She's still auto buy for me because of her adult duology though!

[@esjaymusings]

LOVED this! for your next romance reads- the ex vows by jessica joyce is lovelyyyyyy and please continue the lovelight series, the 4th one business casual is my FAVEEEEEEEE.

[@dianam.60]

Wow, didn't expect this reaction ruthless vows. It took me a month to get through divine rivals, then DEVOURED rutthless vows in like...a day? But I do like action in my books, and it felt like all that build up was finally worth it 😂

[@Ehly]

My auto-buy author is Taylor Jenkins Reid. I don't think any of her books would rank as favourites for me, except the audiobook for Daisy Jones & The Six, due to the great story and amazing performance by the cast. I have yet read to read a book from her that completely missed the mark - although I still have a couple of her earlier works I have yet to read, I'm saving those for a rainy day and when I think it's been too long between her book releases.

[@houseofplayboys6413]

Couldn't have worded it better for stephen king

[@wesjajnxkssj]

The footnotes in babel drove me crazy and felt almost.. condescending? Note to self: read rf kuang in ebook only.

[@kariikosmos3005]

My only autobuy is John Green. I could listen to/read the way he speaks/ thinks about anything.

[@HirakoKuyo]

Caaaaari! Please you need to vlog when you're reading happy place. It has such a special place in my heart and i cried too many times at my favourite café while reading it 🥲

[@LifeInApryl]

Cari! 🥰 We super duper need the Throne of Glass series from you seeing as how most Sarah J Maas lovers say it’s her best series. 🙏🏻💖

[@caricanread]

i haaaaated throne of glass

[@LifeInApryl]

@ oh! How come? I just started it and hear so many people were addicted to it more than the other series’ which I just finished. Did you do a vid on why you don’t like this one? I missed it! 😳

[@ladydiamond6611]

the " *speak* no thank you, its good, well ok" is an Enchanted meme girl ofcs I know it!!!!

[@THÚG々MOGAMBO]

meme give to me

[@jaishpreet0206]

This just feels like an early Christmas present yaaayy!!

[@caricanread]

:'''')

[@mattkean1128]

I look forward to signing up for the Cari masterclass.

[@alycemcknight8697]

Ruta Septys is definitely my consistent auto buy author. I loved both books in What A River Knows 😭. It’s def not for everyone but as someone who is very much not a regular middle grade reader I really enjoyed it. I do agree that plot does get a bit slow at times and I never like when authors kinda decide last minute to add a new character’s POV, but I though the concept was so unique and idk I felt like the maturity level matched the age pretty well. I would have probably loved the books even more if I read them between 16 and 19. I would like to know your more specific thoughts on the plot, writing style, and characters since I read each book within a day. Maybe do a long video on it?

[@caricanread]

i cant really make a long video about a book i put down after only reading 30% of it lol

[@jemcarstairstoe]

Cari! Have you heard of R. Raeta? She’s the author of the Peaches & Honey duology, which is an immortal’s incredibly beautiful and heart breaking journey through the centuries and a story on what it means to be human. It’s what I wished The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue *was* but isn’t. Definitely a new auto-buy author for me. Along with Kelly Andrew and Tahereh Mafi 🖤

[@KYX1994]

OMG I SO agree on Peaches and Honey vs Addie LaRue 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@martham496]

Rebecca Ross stays up as an auto buy author only because how much I loved A River Enchanted. Divine Rivals was fine and I still haven’t read Ruthless Vows because I don’t want to be disappointed even though I know I will be. A River Enchanted just holds such a special place in my heart that I will immediately read whatever she releases next

[@readwithorla]

no i 100% agree with stephen king i only realised lately that he was still writing

[@scb11323]

Emily St. John Mandel is my must buy! She has mentioned that the book she is connecting with her new novel is Lola Quartet, the only book I don't own so both will be going in the bag. Agreed on Ruthless Vows! I loved the letters and dialogue in Divine Rivals and book 2 just didn't have it.

[@HushIAmTalking]

When I was younger (and read voraciously) I definitely had several auto buy authors. Seeing this video made me realise I no longer have any. I either get recs from booktubers, ask friends or walk into the bookshop and pick up whatever has the best cover and 1st page 😂

[@alexarogers851]

I just wrote a conference paper about Babel's use of footnotes and its impact on the story, so I'm really curious about your reading of it without the footnotes.

[@selamabinet]

i think what i hated most about ruthless vows was the arc of iris’s brother, i just felt like so much of what he did felt wrong somehow? and then his ending was like a stab in the heart, especially from what we learn in the first book, like are you for real rebecca ross?

[@baileyquigley2389]

Ava Reid is for sure my auto-buy author. Everything she puts out is literally perfection 😍

[@yvannekerignard]

I can't wait for the Christmas Rom Com Marathon!!

[@amelianotthepilot]

ohhhh i loveeedddd divine rivals and ruthless vows ...but i did binge read them back to back because i needed to know the conclusion so perhaps in my head they're all one story