I hated everything that happened in "Serpent & Dove" except for one scene

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[@withcindy]

Get 70% off NordVPN! Only $3.49/mo, plus you get an additional month FREE at nordvpn.com/readwithcindy and use code readwithcindy Question of the video: if u were a witch who emanated a smell every time u used magic like Lou, what smell would it be? Mine would be hot cheetos

[@Taemin9494-c2c]

I was raised in a YA household. So my answer would be : Sandalwood whatever the heck that is

[@annbunmia]

Patchouli oil #justiceforzendaya

[@Im.trying.42]

Not gonna lie. Lime jarritos. I've drank so much of that in my lifetime that I'm pretty sure if I was to smell like something that'd be it.

[@miriamwheeler8104]

Ngl, i would just smell like i hadn’t taken a shower for a month. So like real life.

[@audreyajose632]

That's tough, mine would be floo powder 😂it's a magical transport powder from harry Potter, just seemed fitting as the smell of magic yunno😂

[@hillarydiaz2721]

The church could have said "Omg she is a witch and that's the reason he was hitting her" and since nobody cares about a women they would be fine

[@withcindy]

they didnt know she was a witch yet! they couldve just said she was a thief tho

[@pennywright3274]

@@withcindy But did they have to know she was a witch at all? I mean, if all they care about is saving the man's reputation, that's the quickest and easiest way. It's not like the witch trials only killed actual witches.

[@Amanda-wd4mp]

The archbishop was trying to save her, he didnt want her to die. The readers just didn't know it at the time.

[@maryt.3273]

Or else, just have her say, in public, "This was a big misunderstanding, this man was not hitting me." If she doesn't want to do it, then offer her something she'd like in return. THERE ARE A THOUSAND WAYS OUT OF THIS SITUATION WHY IS MARRIAGE THE ONE YOU GO WITH

[@giveandtake8428]

@@pennywright3274 you put way too much work and sense than the author did--but how else would she have her characters get married?

[@jasonellis4330]

"The precise colour of the sea." You mean that thing notorious for having an insane variation in its colour? Lol

[@fkhan2006]

LOL

[@withcindy]

we all know the sea has only 1 color

[@KiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiK]

I only sea one color

[@full-timelesbian1075]

Something's fishy here...

[@KiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiK]

I only sea one thing ... oh whale

[@CeCe25234]

cindy: I hated everything in this book except for 1 scene me: it was the sex scene, wasn't it

[@withcindy]

yes.

[@annathepotatowitch6395]

69th like.

[@wooyeah1738]

readwithcindy I’d like your reply, but it has 69 likes.

[@starbittenpixieboy]

@@wooyeah1738 90 now!

[@hsmacaraig]

hahahhaahha

[@gracelandsfool]

"You called her she...not it..." *sobs* THE BASIC HUMAN DECENCY

[@NoelleMar]

Honestly sometimes I forget this is the standard a lot of men are held to irl 😭

[@kodokuna.]

jokes on y’all my pronouns are it/it’s

[@personone1382]

@@kodokuna. yuhhhh it/its pronouns are valid af

[@stardatezer0]

@@kodokuna. yoo letsgo it/its pronouns are valid as hell

[@mich5124]

@@kodokuna. ^^ ayyy it/its gang!! 👀

[@KrystineBrown]

I had this as an audiobook. Imagine hearing big tiddy liddy on a crowded ny train and praying your wireless headphones don't short out

[@withcindy]

good god,,,,

[@sobriquetsola5172]

Someone had to read that line multiple times.

[@CIDILIABRA]

it's nyc. you know you've seen weirder.

[@KrystineBrown]

@@CIDILIABRA I'm used to seeing spectacles on the train but I never want to be one 😂

[@milkflower_r3094]

everyone just,,,, goes quiet,,,, ,, ,

[@aroojshakeel]

“Open mind, open legs” def my new tinder bio

[@withcindy]

yesss that'll get u the swipes

[@caseynealer9479]

"witches are asexuals" where is my hogwarts letter then

[@rx500android]

SAME

[@malapistachio]

EXACTLY

[@miriamwheeler8104]

Jk Rowling was too busy being a bitch to send it

[@lanatherana157]

That's what I'm saying 😂

[@withcindy]

i tried to reply to this comment but youtube keeps deleting it because of inappropriate words :|

[@kikimikiwazowski]

Sarah J maas loving the book and Cindy not knowing because of the sticker placed over her name is the biggest plot twist in this video

[@CursedCatTruffa]

That alone was more interesting than the whole plot of the book ngl

[@hermitcrab123]

i cant believe the words "big tiddy liddy" were ever published

[@withcindy]

Me... Neither ..

[@JMV1616]

That was my nickname in high school

[@mist-rulan1931]

big tiddy liddy goth loth gf

[@sercemwksiazkach]

God same

[@escapedscienceexperiement9824]

the wiki describes the main character as being "slim with normal sized breasts" and im losing it

[@withcindy]

LOLLLL NOOOOOO

[@iwakeupandboomimarat]

god i wish i was slim with normal sized breasts

[@mariahhenderson1470]

@@iwakeupandboomimarat *big tiddy liddy*

[@cerestrial8591]

Yet another unrealistic expectation for women ✌️😔

[@dreagreuel5829]

What the flapjack is "normal sized breasts" supposed to mean??!

[@ibangusername]

now, this is a way to spend time while on quarantine

[@withcindy]

stay safe!!

[@ibangusername]

you too!

[@zm1197]

facts!

[@isa-belva]

THE COMEDIC PERFECTION OF SARAH J. MAAS' NAME BEING COVERED BY THE LABEL STICKER SFHJGSDFJ

[@nilufertoker3216]

😄😄 I was going to read that book then I saw the cover of the book and how she said she loved it. That's why I've decided not to read it. I don't think someone who writes things like that is able to like something good.

[@galretelj771]

the only right decision...

[@elliehathaway3694]

i live for the idea that she might one day read and roast throne of glass

[@waewae]

That took me out

[@frankievermin]

Unrelated but I love your profile pic

[@jasminbenitez2059]

Imagine if there was a hispanic witch named Salsa de Valentina

[@informaticaaplicadaalasalu818]

Or Taco de frijol xD

[@Uewrdk]

Taco De Canasta

[@giovanac4820]

Brazilian witch named Arroz Com Feijão

[@comradeernie7686]

Giovana C uma bruxa brasileira chamada samba e futebol kkkkkk

[@brienneoftarth7361]

@@comradeernie7686 o gritão q eu dei 😂😂😂

[@frankundercoverdragon6288]

"Witches reproduce asexually" Imagine, you're in the middle of the street, you see a woman and wonder if she's a witch. You get the answer when another identical witch splits off of her. You tremble in fear, as that witch produces another witch, they have started a colony...

[@withcindy]

thanks i hate it

[@lifeabomination8050]

Ohh so that’s how I was born

[@coqui9879]

Frank -Undercover Dragon- plot twist... they were just twins standing next to each other

[@frostpersonal3758]

@@lifeabomination8050 username checks out

[@lifeabomination8050]

@@frostpersonal3758 Story checks out. You're free to go.

[@lucasrochasm]

Girl spilled blood on bed like she was Feminist Tarantino

[@withcindy]

LMAO

[@arturfernandes101]

this book isn't set in medieval france, it's set in a renaissance fair full of people wearing 20 dollar costumes from Wish

[@indiafox5786]

Your comment gave me life 😂

[@thecakegarden5324]

Not the 20 dollar Wish costumes 😂

[@susiepilled]

In the Evermore park

[@dearartms]

no one: cindy: OPEN MIND OPEN LEGS

[@withcindy]

👁👄👁 i see it

[@thebardedlady]

WHERE is this T-shirt

[@annathepotatowitch6395]

669

[@sugarandspicegaming6381]

When your man calls you by your name instead of "it" 😩💦💦💦

[@withcindy]

omgggg makes me wet

[@hsmacaraig]

💘💞💖💕💝💓💓🥵😍🥰😍😍😍🥺🥺😘😘🥰🥰 🥰🥰🥰🥰🤤💦💦💦

[@lunalluna9401]

couple goals 😍

[@unfortunateanchor1717]

GET YOURSELF A MAN WHO-

[@queer-ios3155]

@@unfortunateanchor1717 - CALLS YOU BY YOUR NAME!

[@AlchameAngel]

The poorly used french in this book is like when you’re listening to anime songs and there’s just random english words thrown in for no reason

[@withcindy]

"Kiss kiss fall in love"

[@Witchy_Hoo]

AlchameAngel or when its done in K-Pop

[@greteb]

@@Witchy_Hoo...

[@xx_depressed_lilies_xx4281]

ꂖ ꁏ ꁏ ꋊ ꂵ ꁲ ꀭ ꏹ ꌚ ꋖ ꂖ it true tho lol

[@greteb]

@@xx_depressed_lilies_xx4281... I know but i still listen to it...

[@JustSephine]

"Open mind, open legs." Is my new favorite quote and I'm so glad I found your channel.

[@withcindy]

Welcome aboard!

[@mariannecristina4390]

Book: tight little ass Cindy: _Ma'am, this is medieval France._

[@JustinPageSlayer]

It is _petité ass_ with the accent mark cause you gotta respect the world building

[@thatb1h855]

@@JustinPageSlayer that'd be peh-teet-ay TT-TT I think she meant pétit, which is wrong too

[@JustinPageSlayer]

@@thatb1h855 Yeah, I couldn't think of _where_ she wanted accent mark to actually go XD. I'm sure the _world building_ understands. And if it doesn't well, it can shove it up its _petité_ ass

[@zoeb3573]

@@JustinPageSlayer I'm crying it's PETIT no accent mark

[@JustinPageSlayer]

@@zoeb3573 I'm sorry, but Cindy disagrees, and she is CLEARLY a linguistic master

[@bsommervold]

She could just say “he didn’t hit me.” Things would have been fine.

[@withcindy]

Nah that would be too SIMPLE AND LOGICAL!!!

[@yashitaprasad5771]

That’s literally what I was thinking, if you’re gonna have a forced marriage story plot it needs to be plausible at least.....I can’t believe I just said that...

[@FloraNB]

She _could_ have said that, but why would they believe a woman? Y'all are being unrealistic.

[@bsommervold]

FloraNB sadly, I find it more believable that society would believe a woman who said nothing happened over a woman who said something did

[@ilhamsyamsuddin]

He did not hit me, ints not true, its bullshit, He did not hit me. Oh hey l, Mark

[@nadakhalil3869]

Remember boys and girls: When in danger start singing “Big Tiddy Liddy” you’ll be fine.

[@withcindy]

It's a fool proof plan

[@sora1498]

got it, gotta get studying-

[@Jrookus]

Listening to that sex scene has not only confirmed to me that I'm asexual, but that I will not have a good night's sleep for a while

[@bluetube364]

So you’re a witch too?

[@hah-no.]

@@bluetube364 same here sis

[@linn5206]

Yeah, welcome to our coven😊

[@Tall_Child10]

@@bluetube364 yup as aces we are witches and dragons

[@tree3545]

ayy yo ace gang lets goooo

[@miriamwheeler8104]

Cindy: * says book is melodramatic * Also Cindy: * gets into bed and screams at ceiling because SJM exists *

[@withcindy]

I think that's a perfectly fair reaction

[@miriamwheeler8104]

readwithcindy it really is

[@rx500android]

Same tho

[@sokkvabekkr5973]

its not melodramatic if it's valid

[@ollie9552]

The author of the book: "tight little ass" Cindy: "Excuse me, this is medieval France." i literally laughed out loud i can'ttttt

[@kitfairchild9784]

Petite with a dash. Respect the world-building!

[@jina8960]

Keeley F I was about to be like ‘why doesn’t this have more likes’ but then I realized that it was posted 42 minutes ago

[@epistoliere]

pardon, it's petit cul serré, because it'ç WoRLdBUilDing

[@ihavelemonade5640]

"It's petite ass"

[@dannythefriendlycactus3274]

As a French person, I would like to confirm, all of our bakers are named "Pain"

[@FellowLee]

+

[@tatiana2696]

I-

[@ApoIIogetic]

Oof

[@TripleGia]

When he was caught "beating her" in public and the marriage was arranged, I thought a more expected solution would have been to just say that she's a witch and he was doing his job. I mean, they don't know that she's a witch for sure, but isn't the point of the witch hunt blaming random women anyway? Maybe the guy could even feel bad about the lie and that's how they get romantic, and there could have been this whole reveal of her actually being a witch, but at that point he's cool with it. Unfortunately, we have to contrive the forced marriage anyway, because Hot Trends.

[@wowza6649]

thats what i was thinking as well

[@miyakofoodling7727]

That is such a better solution!

[@victoriabg373]

Honestly, yes, this is great. The way the whole decision of marriage happened was so bland like, Lou's supposed to be badass but she's asking someone else to protest the decision in her place? Also, if Lou protested the marriage, why didn't Arch Bishop himself just say they'd frame her as a witch if she didn't comply! Try to sell the fuckin alternative, at least try to convince me you're smart! But Straight up, if that were me and I were in hiding, I'd take the marriage deal cuz you know there's some privileges to being married to a chasseur. Then a few weeks later, have your husband slowly die of poison after secretly gathering funds to run away. The more they get to know each other, she feels guilty, tries to cure him but gets caught and shit goes sideways.

[@arrietty1619]

The archbishop was lou's father right? So maybe he did it to protect her

[@kaileighlowry2825]

Fr Bro i thought the same thing.

[@jelielm.8103]

Are we even gonna pretend to be surprised that the only scene Cindy liked was the sex scene?

[@withcindy]

even im not surprised

[@nothinmulch]

Now i just want to read a book where there's only one white person and their name is Mayo.

[@talizorahnarrayya8166]

you made me choke on my pepsi :c

[@missobvious5436]

*Vanilla

[@codyh1817]

Better name would be tofu. White and flavorless

[@cabpeer5963]

Well, there is a tale in which a German girl is named Snow White...

[@aileenzhao7951]

Token white character, May O'naise.

[@cande9023]

"there could've been an asian witch named cho chang" SHE WENT THERE 💀

[@withcindy]

teehee

[@admiral_m_10k35]

I got really excited when you said that the witches emit a smell when using magic, I was like "OMG each witch can smell like different things" Like, in my lil head, especially given that this is a romance book, you could have the lemon witch, the strawberry witch, the pine sol witch, and etc. And witches could go into industries that make their extremely potent aromas more believable, like a lumberjack which cutting down timber and smells like pine, like "oh that's totes normal" or a bread witch in a bakery, again "totes normal" but no. This author gave us B.O.

[@KDsage123]

In "The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel", each magic user emits a different smell. Like Nick's is mint, the main characters' are oranges and vanilla ice cream.

[@sin3358]

I was thinking the smell might come based on what the witch eats, the same way out vagaygays smell and taste different whether we had pineapple or nachos for dinner 😂

[@akatie888]

Sounds like strawberry shortcake

[@annemarie-kay352]

@@sin3358 I spit out my coffee reading this comment lol I xD

[@MenacetoSociety28]

@@KDsage123 A YEAR LATE BUT THIS COMMENT REAWAKENED MY NOSTALGIA FOR THIS SERIES TY FOR REMINDING ME OF IT

[@rabidraviv]

if i never hear or read “big tiddy liddy” ever again it will be too soon

[@withcindy]

its always too soon......

[@SecretConceit]

readwithcindy Wait. That wasn’t actually in the book???

[@nootnewt3]

@SecretConceit No it was in the book. Repeatedly, actually and no, it doesn’t get funnier or less cringy.

[@yana33612]

Cindy: makes fun of a bad book for almost 40mins Me, who hasn’t read the book and has no plans to read the book: haha damn ur so right

[@gsleazy1975]

Same

[@kadabra4009]

Yep me too 😂

[@linamouha8402]

And me!

[@withcindy]

thank u for ur unconditional support

[@cjsextras]

This is why I loved all her reviews regarding the court of thorns and roses series. I’ve sworn off of reading that series and throughout all her reviews I just loved how her commentary further proved that I wasn’t missing out on anything good. So thank you so much for that Cindy, now I never have to read these shitty books and still decently understand their hot garbage

[@withlovepice]

i kid u not a day after i finished this book i woke up in the middle of the night crying bc i heard someone sing big tiddy liddy in a fever dream

[@withcindy]

NOOOOOOO

[@blankslate7491]

I'm just imagining someone singing the song quietly and then the song slowly grows louder as the rest of the chaos of the dreams ensues

[@NylaTheWolf]

I would start sobbing too honestly.

[@NylaTheWolf]

@@blankslate7491 oh god that would be horrifying

[@blankslate7491]

@@NylaTheWolf that's the point

[@diyagore1784]

When I said I wanted ace representation, THIS ISN'T WHAT I MEANT.

[@eveofjustice3286]

Honestly - same. Does anyone know good fiction books which have decent ace representation? Cause' it ain't in this book.

[@eveofjustice3286]

@@lamar6431 I've finally stared reading his books (I should have done so much earlier). I can't wait to meet this character. Thank you so much for the recommendation - I've been struggling to find ace representation (or at least good ace representation in books.) Thank you! :)

[@lamar6431]

@@eveofjustice3286 you’re welcomeee. Btw, if you’re going to read them in order (his books) you’re going to have to wait a little till you see representation, mainly after PJO, but then there is more diversity.

[@asrieldreemurr1988]

@@lamar6431which one I just read them but I think I missed that somehow

[@lamar6431]

@@asrieldreemurr1988 I haven’t read the trials of Apollo, but it’s in them. There is also diversity in his other books. The Kane Chronicles has a black main character for example.

[@grimtheghastly8878]

The Church: "Thou shalt not suffer a which to live." Cindy, true big brain intellectual: "Witches get stitches."

[@withcindy]

It's the same thing but with fewer words

[@aphajime]

you're the main character of a long ass tv show that was supposed to end 5 seasons ago and sarah j. maas is the reoccurring villain who was defeating several arcs ago but somehow keeps reappearing

[@withcindy]

GET ME OUT I HATE IT HERE

[@aanchalsaxena1135]

Lmao its okay you can say Pretty Little Liars

[@frannyc7248]

Basically Winx Club

[@77cmchong]

Danganronpa V3 in one sentence

[@nerdy_evy]

Like star vs the forces of evil? Or in this version it would be Cindy vs the forces of Fairy dicks or Cindy vs Big titty Liddy

[@rosegoldfandoms_5119]

“If you were a witch what would your smell be?” After this? Depression.

[@Schindlerslistofmistakes]

The fact that you congratulated your friends on their baby right after you described a graphic sex scene, sent me to the stratosphere.

[@molliesreading6629]

"Sometimes she pretends to be a man, because that's how feminism works" Never change, Cindy, I'd move mountains for you

[@withcindy]

just like how rhysand moved mountains?

[@sydneyfessenden6119]

readwithcindy I literally KNEW you were going to reply something along the lines of that. I watch too many of your videos.

[@barelyfunctioning3982]

readwithcindy He moved them with HIS mountain if you know what I’m sayin’

[@paola208]

@@barelyfunctioning3982 ;) ;)

[@starbittenpixieboy]

@@barelyfunctioning3982 of course he did, he _does_ have the biggest wings, after all

[@sena6453]

Your beef with Sarah J. Maas added 10 years onto my life

[@ChainsawSeesaw]

Sameee

[@jalexoneschanel1356]

The beef with Sarah j mass actually made me start reading her books to see if they were really that bad. They are.

[@Iainttrynadoxxmyself]

@@jalexoneschanel1356 poor baby. Why did you do that?

[@andrikfelix6507]

@@jalexoneschanel1356 Not me loving Sarah J. Maas books-

[@leeeeeen9534]

@@andrikfelix6507 yeah whats wrong with her books

[@rashed351]

As an asian person, I’d want to be called Dimsum so that the reader can never ever forget my asian heritage ON ANOTHER NOTE: THAT SHIT WAS HILARIOUS, I SCREAMED DIMSUM SO HARD TO REAFFIRM MY ASIANCY

[@nunyabusiness776]

Andrei Zafra I wanna cry 😭. Next time I write a book with characters like me, I'll name them Pho or Banh mi so my characters know they're vietnamese 😭😭

[@dr.salty.m.d.7021]

Andrei Zafra are you alright

[@gregjayonnaise8314]

When you have sex, bleeding a whole lot is actually a very bad sign. It means there isn’t a lot of lubrication and that the woman isn’t turned on lol. Even if there is slight tearing, there should not be more blood than you might get from a light period. The experience is natural and shouldn’t cause you LITERAL INJURY.

[@hew619]

I read Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar in college and it’s semi-autobiographical and she writes about the main character’s first time and he did…nothing for her and she fuckin HEMORRHAGED!!!! I was disgusted and the guy did nothing to help her

[@kai_maceration]

i thought that she meant was to show they had period sex? 😭 i mean even then as someone who has periods I'd be surprised if it was really that messy, cuz my flow is way lighter when I'm laying down or in the shower... but I've never done that so idk

[@nearlynight]

​@@kai_macerationthe implication was for sure that losing her virginity somehow produced a full pint of blood, but really the most you should have is some light spotting. period sex is fairly messy if you're rough or have a heavier flow, enough to want to double layer a towel over your bedsheets. it usually ends up with blood on your partner and a lot of cleanup afterwards! definitely not something you do on bare, fresh sheets 😭

[@oakeii]

yeah, plus a lot of women break their hymen before intercourse without noticing because it takes little force to do so, and there's generally not much blood involved. in other words, bleeding all over the bed like she hemorrhaged wouldn't even confirm that they consummated, just that she had a horrible time!

[@SHAMPAIN]

“Sometimes she pretends to be a man cause that’s how feminism works” Me 😂

[@withcindy]

we love feminism~~

[@sms4077]

@@withcindy when u posted the video about your book, i was actually going to ask if your main character (or even the little sister) pretending to be male was an option or if that would be too cliche. but that is/was a reality for women just trying to get by in a man's world. i think it's all in how it's written.

[@wt8257]

Ngl, I really wanna see a character who pretends to be a man out of necessity and once doing so realizes "hey wtf this feels so right, am I trans?" Maybe I'll have to write that myself

[@nicky5669]

@@wt8257 Wright it. Now.

[@luuuuux_]

@@wt8257 write it yourself and let us know after you’re done

[@annamathree8455]

i truly read the cover as “serpent dave” and i’ll never recover

[@withcindy]

That's the spin off

[@AnnabelRoss6789]

Serpent Dave sounds like a super sketchy reptile store in a Florida strip mall.

[@voorbon4673]

LMAOOOOO I probably won't notice that if I didn't read your comment

[@tazathena4553]

what thats not what its called? edit. i just checked the vide title, im just blind

[@hannahatela5918]

"Why is a black witch named 'Coco'? Is there an Asian witch named 'Dim Sum'? I guess it could have been worse. I mean, there could have been an Asian witch named 'Cho Chang'." 5 minutes later and I'm still laughing at this.

[@lorettabes4553]

I shouldn't be laughing... But damn it's so funny

[@entropy5157]

Miss Dim Sum you should act more like a lady!🤣 Laughs in walrus!... lololol

[@stefaniemollinedo577]

Hannah Atela I’m dying. Lol.

[@RinLockhart]

FUCK LMAO

[@milflover6203]

oh shit

[@bulgna]

I love that he is a witch hunter and is unable to identify a witch that's practically smacking her identity in his face. Nobody in this book is good at their job

[@threelonelymoomins6122]

Tbh a witch named Dim Sum sounds more realistic than Cho Chang.

[@withcindy]

the sad thing is ur right

[@kaolaii]

threelonelymoomins Dim Sum be tastier too

[@rx500android]

@@kaolaii 😳😳😳

[@1cecesea3]

Honestly I'm beginning to think being a new York times bestseller doesn't always mean you're a good and unique writer, sometimes it just means you're capable of catering to the thirsty middle-aged housewife community.

[@withcindy]

Anybody can be a New York times bestseller TbH, it's literally printed on every book at the store lol

[@sammyruncorn4165]

@Jennifer Wang still... Cas and Cindy got a point. There are so many books titled as (NYT) Bestsellers. But a lot of them go into the same niche and are often doubtful in their quality. Don't know... maybe it's just taste 🤷‍♀️, still if you consider that Sarah J. Maas, E.L.James and the After-Lady sold their books to be Bestsellers it's really sad. There could be so many more fantastic, original books out there, if people would just change the way books are advertised.

[@sammyruncorn4165]

@Jennifer Wang yeah. Guess that's true too.

[@yagirlsheila7705]

When I was a kid I read a book about a tiny kid who was really good at living at a mansion discreetly because her dad was the mechanic and she lived down in the furnace room. That book said New York times bestseller. It wasn't incredible but I had a blast reading it.

[@yagirlsheila7705]

@Mae McCardle You are right! I love that book

[@AnnaKin]

Asexuals keep getting done dirty by these romance books

[@adimadeez]

so i just finished reading this book and wanted to see people's opinion on it. abt the asexual thing, its not the sexuality. its asexual reproduction, meaning they produce offsprings without needing a second parent. example, an amoeba parent splitting into two to produce two daughter cells. thats a misunderstanding.

[@hanaomer4419]

AdiMadee Z how does Lou have a dad then? Was she the only one?

[@adimadeez]

@@hanaomer4419 they just assumed that witches produced offsprings asexually, as there arent any male witches. its not that they arent sexually attracted to other people/witches. the witches in the book have relationships with other witches, which promotes that witches can be lesbian. other than that, during modraniht (lou's sacrifice), reid, beau and ansel sneak into the château as consorts. also proving that witches have sexual attraction to males.

[@adimadeez]

@@hanaomer4419 I'm pretty sure reid was joking anyway it's not a serious point that he was trying to make

[@doctorwholover1012]

@@hanaomer4419 pretty sure all witches are female, but they didn't mention warlocks so........ 🤔😅

[@temitopeoluwaseun]

“Is the an Asian witch named Dim Sun” finally got my phone to drop while laughing. Oh Cindy…. You are sooo brutal

[@theXlegend17]

are we just going to let "big willy billy" slide by like that...

[@withcindy]

i ship billy and liddy

[@mementomissy]

readwithcindy billy x liddy = biddy/ lilly

[@kajamiletic3223]

@@withcindy You'll be happy to know that in Book 2 it is revealed to the protagonists by an immortal god-like creature that Billy and Liddy were actual real people who existed and ended up getting married.

[@gregjayonnaise8314]

@@kajamiletic3223 Hell yeah

[@dantemcedgelord8168]

Dark/evil witches would smell like Axe Body Spray when they cast spells

[@withcindy]

oh god

[@spookyspider2820]

Christian Gorgievski CANNON

[@starxmon]

'witches are asexual' me : oh no they are onto us

[@withcindy]

X FILES THEME SONG PLAYS

[@rx500android]

Oh shit oh fuck, initiate plan b-

[@elvingearmasterirma7241]

Me, an asexual witch: _Oh no_

[@wooyeah1738]

Me, a pansexual: What’re they up to now?

[@michaelamcflurry4614]

I was reading Serpent and Dove, and one of the things I realized is that Lou is 18. So when she mentioned Ansel's age, I was like, "Girl, you aren't that much older."

[@kavya71954]

yeah she weird

[@lyannastarkweather]

Of course there’s a character named Coco. How else would we know there are black characters in this story if the author doesn’t remind us of their skin tone on every single page?

[@withcindy]

thank god for the constant reminder!!

[@ApoIIogetic]

Peter Parker omg

[@hsmacaraig]

Peter Parker It was Dim Sum I think.

[@levi320]

Fanfiction authors out there write better books for free and funzies while this woman is probably making a fortune with THAT

[@monus782]

Not the first one to do so, and sadly will not be the last. Like most other industries the book publishing one can seem to be really unfair at times.

[@maymay5600]

yep, i'm trying my very fucking best to write some chapters for one of story and the other one as well too!

[@Ashley-Lopez]

As an aspiring fanfic writer, I felt this😔✊.

[@nebula2578]

ive found oneshots better than published book series smh

[@elias0282]

@@monus782 69 I can't like.

[@phoebs987]

Cindy is so cursed that in a few years, when she publishes her book, there’s going to be some sort of mistake and one of the blurbs is gonna end up being written by Sarah J. Mass 🤣

[@withcindy]

LMFAO i would love that actually

[@phoebs987]

​@@withcindy "Cindy Pham's debut novel is truly awe-inspiring and it remains surprisingly entrancing until the end despite the serious lack of faerie dick. The main character seems to be gay however she did not come out through a 6-page monologue so we will never be able to know for sure. The LGBT community deserves better" - Sarah J. Maas

[@dawnmayflower4422]

Susana Vieira *SNORT 🤣😂

[@serenasinha9384]

Sarah J. Mass is one of my favourite authors of all times.You mustn't have read Throne of Glass.The series which lead me to love books.💘

[@user-pm1gb2eo1s]

Serena sinha Cindy literally did an entire series on her books

[@bethany5527]

im sorry, she legitimatelt sings the words "big tiddy liddy" in a BOOK??? set in MEDEIVAL FRANCE????? WTF

[@sholem_bond]

A song that rhymes in English (but wouldn't in French or another language unless it was similar enough to English structurally)... Sung in medieval France... O.K.

[@yogiwithabook]

you say "i wouldn't have known this character wasn't a baker if they weren't named pan" and i was immediately thrown back to the hunger games flashbacks. why peeta. why.

[@withcindy]

peeta walked so that pan could run

[@burntblueberrywaffles]

Wait, he was actually called “Pan”? As a francophone I thought it was just Cindy mispronouncing “Pain”

[@gsleazy1975]

Lolol

[@kirihauchiha]

“I never have to read another Sarah J. Maas book again” Crescent City: say sike right now

[@joelledieduksman]

I also want her to read ToG just so I can hear it from her perspective bc I don't know anyone that has also read the books and I just really want to find out what she thinks of it

[@nukaberry447]

@DyingForCookies good they suck

[@nehapalle5797]

"there could have been an asian witch named Cho Chang. Wai-" YES 😂😂😂

[@withcindy]

Wait a minute.....

[@DragonHotCoffee]

Cindy crawling into bed to scream after she found out Sarah J. Maas said this was her favorite book has the same energy as Truth crawling out of her well to shame mankind

[@Amy-G-Dala-]

"I guess it could have been worse, there could have been an Asian witch name 'Cho Chang' ... Wait -" I wheezed.

[@withcindy]

I sighed, disappointed but not surprised

[@reemgaga5622]

Was there really a character in that name??!! I didnt read the book

[@Amy-G-Dala-]

@@reemgaga5622 Yes, Harry's crush before Ginny. I'm pretty sure they kissed in the movies.

[@gnomercy14]

Amy G. Dala they kissed in the books, too.

[@thesleepydot]

Amy G. Dala NOOOO

[@jujube150]

You picked the single best opening scene you ever could have wow I'm WHEEZING

[@withcindy]

it was also the scene that solidified why i could not rate this higher than 2 stars

[@koshetchka]

this book: witches are asexual because they give birth to only witches actual asexuals:

[@ABJC94]

Is it for real? I legit lost some brain cells trying to understand.

[@RumiRHood]

@@ABJC94 don't 😂

[@aaljustaal1890]

Witches mitosis?

[@adimadeez]

so i just finished reading this book and wanted to see people's opinion on it. abt the asexual thing, its not the sexuality. its asexual reproduction, meaning they produce offsprings without needing a second parent. example, an amoeba parent splitting into two to produce two daughter cells. thats a misunderstanding.

[@3Hyaden]

@@adimadeez thanks! I felt kinda uneasy about people taking offense from that word. It's been a scientific term in biology studies for much longer than the implied meaning here, and it's used correctly.

[@crizmeow8394]

I have to give props to the person that designed the art in the cover, the plot doesn’t sound like something I would enjoy but the cover is beautiful and it would defined make it stand out

[@jetghoul4182]

"Witches can give birth therefore they're women" "Witches can only give birth with other witches therefore they're asexual" I am confusion-

[@withcindy]

we don't have time to unpack all that

[@jetghoul4182]

@@withcindy the sex scene was the only thing that carried the whole book 😂😂

[@billuraral1870]

Whyyyyy

[@abbywilson8489]

@@withcindy I read this as john mulaney i-

[@occasionalfan-content4771]

I’m so confused as to how all infertile women aren’t women anymore...

[@miiiyo2]

“There could’ve been an Asian witch called Cho Chang.” _”... wait.”_

[@Isabel-js3yh]

Aurell S. I can only think of starkid damn

[@delightfulmochas]

​@@Isabel-js3yh "I'm Cho Chang, y'all!"

[@thedarkoverlordofall]

Isabel Tbh same, Starkid’s Cho Chang is iconic

[@WhiteScorpio2]

Does that name mean anything or allude to anything? I don't get the joke.

[@delightfulmochas]

WhiteScorpio2 The Asian witch in Harry Potter was named Cho Chang

[@CheshireJellyfish]

"Are you angry or thirsty? I guess both." same.

[@withcindy]

this video in a nutshell

[@booksandkayla5300]

"the poor mans versions of Nina and Matthias" i'm already choking up this is incredible i--

[@k-0316]

The bleeding after sex is such a bad myth. It is still a modern practice (usually in middle eastern countries from my knowledge) for newly wed couples to 'do it' on a towel for the bride to bleed on to prove they were a virgin before marriage. It is a horrible myth that has gotten many brides in trouble.

[@tesso.6193]

yeah women developed all sorts of "tricks" to work around that, like timing it around their periods or injuring themselves and honestly i'd rather forget i ever read about it

[@butterbubbles5375]

Yeah, that’s were the tradition for white wedding dresses came from. Women would hang their bloody dresses out their window for their whole town to see and take pride in. I never imagined the romanticized wedding whites had such a tragic backstory. I pray to God I won’t bleed my first time, that sounds painful.

[@LpsAngel031]

No, white wedding dresses were popularized by Queen Victoria, who wore it to her own wedding in 1840. Before that, European women wore dresses of many different colors. Also, the white color resembles wealth and high social status, not innocene or virginity, as many people believe.

[@angiewinchester3384]

It used to happen in my country, mainly in villages but we're thankfully over it now..

[@ashikjaman1940]

@@LpsAngel031 God damn British people lmao

[@thenameisgrey6546]

damn i wish you were the narrator for my life, an opinionated overseer that judges all my stupid decisions

[@withcindy]

me if i were God

[@rx500android]

Yes please

[@nickeynouse6093]

"This dumb hoe really texted her ex back after watching the Bachelor, what a dumbass move-"

[@ashleysmith9494]

I would love that.

[@ariannacg3645]

The author really knows nothing about France lol, French doesn't even have proper gender neutral pronouns so the whole scene of him calling witches "it" wouldn't make sense in the language they should be speaking

[@livenitup_de]

Arianna CG and also calling the head witch of the white witches "Morgane LeBlanc" and Not "LaBlanche" is Kinda weird

[@ariannacg3645]

@@livenitup_de lol i hadn't notice it, how can a person get so many things wrong

[@zeera7080]

Ça

[@Swordprincess777]

@@zeera7080 which is the feminine form, as there is also ce, the masculine. So even the word 'it' would be feminized, meaning the author is still wrong.

[@thymeandspace110]

@@Swordprincess777 "Ça" is not the feminine form of "ce". It's a contraction of "cela", and its counterpart is "ceci". They roughly translate to "that" and "this", respectively. I honestly have trouble with when to use "ce" vs. "ça", since they're similar (I'm learning French), but suffice it to say they're not the feminine and masculine versions of each other.

[@ashleighcalvert8937]

Why are so many authors obsessed with the idea of “copper hair” I feel like every abusive leading man has to have copper hair is this Edward Cullen’s legacy?

[@laralia2275]

LMAOOOOO Edward I love you but I blame YOU for this

[@user-vy2hz6fl6x]

Smh, they have to be Edward’s legacy😭

[@problematicprincess6270]

It's strange since everyone hates gingers

[@TenderNoodle]

Also the icy blue eyes, it’s like bad boys™️ are not legally allowed to have any other eye colour💀

[@harmonia7841]

Lmao it's just like korean manhwa male lead characters, most of them have black hair and red eyes 😂

[@pipthecow]

Ah yes.. us the French always naming our kids... pain... ils auraient aussi pu l'appeler baguette, croissant ou chocolatine pour plus de cliché

[@emdove]

Chocolatine actually sounds really nice 😂

[@adrianbooklecter7545]

wow un francais O:

[@imissthefloor]

je te jure c’est dingue les noms qu’ils donnent aux français dans les livres anglophones... un jour j’ai eu l’occasion de lire une jeune française du nom de Tarte

[@emdove]

necessary noodles I just realised: my name is Merle, by the way. I’m glad I wasn’t named after a snack though 😂

[@ST4rG1rL.]

Je te jure j’ai hurlé de rire quand j’ai vu que le mec s’appelait “Pain”, genre elle aurait pu faire un minimum de recherche quoi 😭

[@emmaelizabeth7070]

The phrase “her creamery knockers” will forever haunt me, thank you

[@withcindy]

they drove men off their rockers!!

[@marylangan6058]

*problematic love story* Sarah stands up Shelby stands up Now that’s sisters supporting sisters.

[@withcindy]

I stand up in solidarity for my sisters

[@nenegrey2282]

Graphic sex scene in a YA novel + only one black character (who almost dies)... no wonder SJM loves it so much 😂

[@indiafox5786]

😂🖤

[@larkito3279]

It sounds like the author created a long character sheet for each character with a bunch of fun facts so she tried to incorporate them into the story but got tired so she created the twenty questions scene

[@aisha9079]

*B I G T I D D Y L I D D Y* Ah yes we love a Big Tiddy

[@withcindy]

so does Reid...

[@aubreyjane6659]

This book was a trip! I don't think it was awful in a "problematic" way, it was just kinda ridiculous and I think it's targetting the Sarah J. Maas crowd honestly. Edit: OOf! You said it.

[@withcindy]

i 100% agree! i dont consider it to be qhite problematique but it was def very ridiculous lol

[@tammy5466]

@@withcindy problematique?

[@Miissymoo]

I actually like SJM. This book was horrible tho.

[@withcindy]

problematique is "problematic" but with a french accent

[@melsu_x]

As someone from the sarah j maas crowd, I didn't like this book at all :^( which sucks cuz the concept seemed kinda interesting

[@sparklyhotdog8826]

"Fuck the me too movement, what about the church?" You did it you broke the catholic church down to its bare essentials

[@UnusuallySunny]

Me: Can we get Nina x Matthias on the way home? Mom: No, we already have Nina x Matthias at home. The Nina x Matthias at home:

[@aramis9472]

This is genius lol 😂

[@bluebelle8743]

ITXITXITXITXCIITYDJG, JFYDHD OMG

[@o.m.7766]

was watching this and i was like tHIS sEemS faMiliAR - holy i did not realize she was going for a Nina x Matthias

[@xxshadowhunter1068]

PLEASE BAHAHA THIS MADE ME LAUGH OUT LOUD

[@vasankeerthana]

lmaoo i died

[@asliverofsun]

“there could’ve been an asian witch named cho Chang” HGAHDJDKSJDL

[@withcindy]

And I oop

[@UnusuallySunny]

Imagine this: You're sitting in a movie theater, and the previews are playing, and you hear "BIG TIDDY LIDDY WAS NOT VERY PRETTY BUT HER BOSOM WAS BIG AS A BARN."

[@leopixx]

This book is literally the definition of, “I’m not laughing with you, I’m laughing at you”.

[@miri5609]

"Sometimes she pretends to be a man, cause that's how feminism works" They took notes from Mulan

[@Zealous_Delusional]

Miriam MP at least at the end of mulan they had the men dress like women

[@wuwuink]

"Into sexually repressed buff guys" I-HONEY SAMEEE

[@Sofia-wh9jr]

IS THAT WHY YOU HAVE JUMIN IN YOUR PFP?

[@lee2791]

@@Sofia-wh9jr LDKAJLDFJADL NOOO-

[@elias0282]

Can't relate :)

[@elias0282]

I like someone who I can bully.

[@xxshadowhunter1068]

SAME

[@adamparrishkinnie]

"sometimes she pretends to be a man because thats how feminism works" made me somersault out of my chair and astral project to mars that was so funny

[@beomgyusmcnugget1055]

Now *im* somersaulting and astral projecting bc your comment

[@cinnamoony3996]

@@beomgyusmcnugget1055 Now *im* somersaulting and astral projecting bc your reply

[@luuuuux_]

@@cinnamoony3996 now *im* somersaulting and astral projecting bc your reply.

[@Mac-J]

now I’m somersaulting and astral projecting because of this thread

[@yn2310]

now I’m somersaulting and astral projecting bc why not

[@kerenmathew4485]

17:28 "It's like she could smell the problematic love story, and she started salivating." I almost woke everyone in my house with my laughter. God! This line is so funny!

[@thatfunnycripple]

As a younger audience, I can confirm that it actually isn’t funny.

[@withcindy]

big oof

[@dreamyanon5151]

Absolutely Kool Abnormalities *say it louder for the authors of ya novels in the back*

[@cooldudesmith6384]

Tiddy liddy made me giggle the first time but after it was not funny

[@gurigurigunzul3090]

BRO HER GLASSES ARE FINALLY CLEAN

[@withcindy]

im REALLY bad at cleaning glasses im sorry

[@MsLPSFOREVER]

A mood

[@Kaastengels]

@Amphibious 17 yikes

[@dusanvajagic6954]

My magic smell would be mint dark chocolate. That's it. That's the comment.

[@withcindy]

So thin mints?

[@goliathtigerfishes]

Mine would be vanilla and sugar cookies lol

[@lakefeatherss]

Mine would be either pinesap, coffee, or baked goods.

[@almondmelk]

Dušan Vajagić that’s it. That’s the intro.

[@PaphvulMayle]

But is it a WAFFAIR thin mint?

[@ashe323d7]

As a random person, who hates reading books, stumbling across the "I read A Court of Wings and Ruin and now I’m an alcoholic" video, then went to "I read A Court of Frost and Starlight and it ruined my Christmas" and now this, I haven't stopped laughing.

[@laursieloise]

This girl really went from screaming about a sex scene to congratulating her coworker on having a baby... we stan

[@lia-dh8ti]

the situation being diffused by a song has the same energy as kendall jenner giving a police officer a pepsi can

[@withcindy]

LMAO UR RIGHT

[@alexdejesus9288]

"i am into sexually repressed buff dudes- I like the gentle giants" I choked on my drink because SAME 😭😂💀

[@somethingsomething1561]

BRO, SAME