the way your hair covers your ears around 15:15 makes you look like you have pointy elve ears and I'm here for it. this is the most amazing this ive ever watched!
I have watched many vlogs of you and this is the best I watched so far. I believe this is basically the atmosphere matching with your book selections. Overall I think you and Edinburg is a perfect match. This has directly been reflected on your content lately which I greatly enjoy. Thank you so much. Greetings from Ankara, Turkey
Absolutely loved the aesthetics and the music! Edinburgh looks gorgeous and I can't wait to be back there. I hope you get to read more exciting dark academia books.
I’m currently reading the maidens too. So far it’s fine. Though I think I’m in a bit of a slump after reading the broken earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin. Now those are fantastic books. Really raised the bar. Highly recommend. This is a beautiful video!!!
What a wonderful vlog. I really enjoyed the choice of music and the scenery/ atmosphere you created. Hopefully you have better luck with your next dark acedemia books.
This is probably my favorite video I have seen from you. The music you selected, especially for the graveyard walk just before you speak about The Maidens is perfect. I can not love this video enough. 🤎 🕯📖
The whole vibe of this video is perfect to me, I just bought a camera and I hope my videos (or photos) will look like yours. This is my favorite video on your channel, everything was beautiful.
Watching you walk through those leaves made my heart ache. I want it to feel like fall where I live so badly, but summer is hanging on. Not an orange or yellow leaf in sight
Would love to see a poc dark academia centered vlog! I find that poc dark academia always adds such a powerful dynamic bc even into today there’s this persistent view that poc don’t belong in academia, but then on the other hand there’s some really cool dark academia that just place poc in the story force you to normalize their appearance. Legendborn and Ace of Spades are YA but really good YA, Ace of Spades is a bit shaky but still a great read. For adult Catherine House is one of my all time faves for dark academia, Real Life is another great one, Notes of a Crocodile as well!
I’ll be reading some poc dark academia next week and through October hopefully! I don’t know when I’ll next be able to make a video like this one as it took 3 weeks to do from beginning to end, and a second would be longer of trying to plan other shots that weren’t shown here - but they’ll be in my content regardless!
I've only found 2 books that are to me true Dark Academia, the first is of course the one that started it all, the Gold standard of the genre, The Secret History by my favourite author Donna Tartt and the other book is If We Were Villains by ML Rio which I also loved
Hi. I posted this video on my Facebook page as an example of how creative Booktubers can get with their videos, You have new fans. One friend replied "10/10".
tbh i liked the maidens mainly because i live in cambridge and it was fun reading the story at the places he mentions; however, it’s definitely not great as far as mysteries go. The Silent Patient was so good that I think he might’ve set the bar a bit too high lol
when I read the description of The Maidens, it sounds like the most perfect book written exactly for me. But I have literally never heard anything positive about this book, lol.
Those images from around edinbugh were gorgeous!! I have wanted to see images from edinbught for so long and now I finally "know" someone who lives there and who likes to go out and take photos and films. G lives in edinburgh as well, but she never films outside. Mostly the same with Lianne as well - except for that "welcome to edinburgh" meet up she did with you and the other girl whose name I forget. Since you dont like the Maidens, and rated it just 1 star, then I probably wont bother reading it, although I was looking forward to it. Sad really.
Just found your channel and this is one of the first videos I’ve watched…. I have to say I am loving every bit of the vibe of this video/vlog. It kind of settled my soul. I look forward to seeing this type of video on your channel again
I did leave a like because of the time you made to come up with this. despite the dark stuff there which might be not my first choice but i can see the atmosphere. grateful 🌻
What a beautiful vlog the city and it’s building are amazing. You look so serene and lost in the culture it was atmospheric and very calming thank you ❤️
The aesthetics, the music, the atmosphere AAAAAH 😍 this was just so beautiful! I’m reading lots of dark academia books this month for a video and I also read the Maidens & I agree 100% with you… it was so disappointing!
I only found your channel a couple of days ago, from searching book haul and I’m so glad I found it. What great content you create and this vlog, is heaven to me. Absolutely love it. Also love the jumper, can I ask where it’s from? The one in the beginning part, reviewing A Lesson in Vengeance xx
Hi a new sub from algeria am gonna gona start my first year in uni as an english student ... Ur my fav cuz i love darck acd..and this video blow my mind hope all the best for u
Loved this! You capture everything so BEAUTIFULLY! 😍😍🥰 I’m sorry the books didn’t measure up. I still haven’t read The Maidens & I own it so it should be interesting. I hope you find some dark academia that you love! I’m starting to wonder if these type of books are becoming too common because is it realistic for everyone to truly capture dark academia? I feel like everyone probably has their own spin on what it is or what they want it to be. I think it terms of aesthetic & fashion, it’s timeless. I do wonder about books or even film & television. Is it something that can really have this many stories? Idk. I enjoy most books in an academic setting. I just don’t know if they would all fall under dark academia. But they are fun to read as Fall/Autumn rolls around. Well, I hope you’re having a Happy day, my dear! ☺️✨✨ I love you! 🥰🥰🥰 Happy Reading! 🤓📚✨
What a beautiful vlog! Ugh I hated the maidens. The worst book I’ve read in years. Sub par writing in my opinion. Currently reading the secret history and loving it. That’s good writing. I loose myself in it every time I open it.
@@AFrolicThroughFiction i war reading The Devil Makes Three and it's a library setting. The librarian actually made it a point that there couldn't be candles in the library. A person to my heart ❤️
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this vlog is so so comforting and it makes me want to go to edinburgh so much
I'm only 3 minutes in and this vlog is just making me so happy and gives me all the vibes I want in my life on a regular basis!
This makes me so happy 😭
@@AFrolicThroughFiction I’ve been want to go on a Dark Academia reading kick for October so it’s literally hyping me up!
the way your hair covers your ears around 15:15 makes you look like you have pointy elve ears and I'm here for it. this is the most amazing this ive ever watched!
My Elven heritage is showing 🙈😂
I have watched many vlogs of you and this is the best I watched so far. I believe this is basically the atmosphere matching with your book selections. Overall I think you and Edinburg is a perfect match. This has directly been reflected on your content lately which I greatly enjoy. Thank you so much. Greetings from Ankara, Turkey
🥺💚 thank you so much!! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
Edinburgh is my hometown, I’m so glad you enjoyed it 🥰 it’s truly the most magical place on earth
Just serendipity right now truly. Serotonin.
I just want to rewatch and rewatch this video already, the vibes of this vlog were just everything 🍂👻
Absolutely loved the aesthetics and the music! Edinburgh looks gorgeous and I can't wait to be back there. I hope you get to read more exciting dark academia books.
this video spoke to my soul - thank you so much for sharing 🖤🌿
Thank you Mary 🥺💚
I’m currently reading the maidens too. So far it’s fine. Though I think I’m in a bit of a slump after reading the broken earth trilogy by N.K. Jemisin. Now those are fantastic books. Really raised the bar. Highly recommend.
This is a beautiful video!!!
I loved Fifth Season but not the second and third in the series sadly!
The vibes tho! Chef’s kiss 👌
What a wonderful vlog. I really enjoyed the choice of music and the scenery/ atmosphere you created.
Hopefully you have better luck with your next dark acedemia books.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! 🥰
This is probably my favorite video I have seen from you. The music you selected, especially for the graveyard walk just before you speak about The Maidens is perfect. I can not love this video enough. 🤎 🕯📖
A lesson in Vengeance is on my October TBR 💀☠️ loved the dark academia vibes… very enjoyable 🎃💕
I hope you enjoy it more than I did! And thank you 🥰
The characters in The Secret History seem more real to me than the actual people I've met irl California.
The whole vibe of this video is perfect to me, I just bought a camera and I hope my videos (or photos) will look like yours. This is my favorite video on your channel, everything was beautiful.
Watching you walk through those leaves made my heart ache. I want it to feel like fall where I live so badly, but summer is hanging on. Not an orange or yellow leaf in sight
It only just started here - only the odd few leaves but it happened overnight aha
I loved the moody atmosphere and the scenery in this video!
Thank you!! Edinburgh did most of the work ahaha
Would love to see a poc dark academia centered vlog! I find that poc dark academia always adds such a powerful dynamic bc even into today there’s this persistent view that poc don’t belong in academia, but then on the other hand there’s some really cool dark academia that just place poc in the story force you to normalize their appearance. Legendborn and Ace of Spades are YA but really good YA, Ace of Spades is a bit shaky but still a great read. For adult Catherine House is one of my all time faves for dark academia, Real Life is another great one, Notes of a Crocodile as well!
I’ll be reading some poc dark academia next week and through October hopefully! I don’t know when I’ll next be able to make a video like this one as it took 3 weeks to do from beginning to end, and a second would be longer of trying to plan other shots that weren’t shown here - but they’ll be in my content regardless!
This is incredible! The vibes, aesthetics, everything about this vlog is beautiful ❤️ I'd be waiting for more dark acedamia content ✨
I want your brown dress! Utterly gorgeous and really suits you
OBSESSED WITH THAT INTRO OMG.
Thank youuuu 🥺🥰
this vlog is absolutely amazing ! the vibes are everything 🕯💼🌑
You’re a whole Vibe 😌
This vlog is beautifully done, Ashleigh! I loved every part of it and will wind up watching it more than once I’m sure. Thank you🥰🧡🧡🧡🧡
Thank you so much!! 🥰
The music go so well with the whole video! Now I want to pay Edinburgh a visit! 😍
I enjoyed this video! Was looking for something with cosy dark-academia vibes and this was perfect for it!
I've read the MAIDENS and tbvh it's the best!!! I mean how can someone write so perfectly? It's a beautiful book!
I've only found 2 books that are to me true Dark Academia, the first is of course the one that started it all, the Gold standard of the genre, The Secret History by my favourite author Donna Tartt and the other book is If We Were Villains by ML Rio which I also loved
Hi. I posted this video on my Facebook page as an example of how creative Booktubers can get with their videos, You have new fans. One friend replied "10/10".
tbh i liked the maidens mainly because i live in cambridge and it was fun reading the story at the places he mentions; however, it’s definitely not great as far as mysteries go. The Silent Patient was so good that I think he might’ve set the bar a bit too high lol
I love the creative aspect of this weeks vlog, well done.
Such an atmospheric vlog, loved it 😍
Already such a beautifully put together video!
This was so aesthetically pleasing, I loved it!!!
i'm absolutely in love with this video 😍
when I read the description of The Maidens, it sounds like the most perfect book written exactly for me. But I have literally never heard anything positive about this book, lol.
This is such a dream ❤️
Thank you for enabling me to escape reality for 18 minutes. This vlog was stunning.♥️
This was fabulous. Spoke to my soul 🖤
I’m so glad 🥰💚
Those images from around edinbugh were gorgeous!! I have wanted to see images from edinbught for so long and now I finally "know" someone who lives there and who likes to go out and take photos and films. G lives in edinburgh as well, but she never films outside. Mostly the same with Lianne as well - except for that "welcome to edinburgh" meet up she did with you and the other girl whose name I forget. Since you dont like the Maidens, and rated it just 1 star, then I probably wont bother reading it, although I was looking forward to it. Sad really.
There won’t be a lack of Edinburgh content in my vlogs, that’s for sure 😂🙈
Aside from the secret history, I really enjoyed The Truants, which has similar darkness, intensity and obsession.
Just found your channel and this is one of the first videos I’ve watched…. I have to say I am loving every bit of the vibe of this video/vlog. It kind of settled my soul. I look forward to seeing this type of video on your channel again
I did leave a like because of the time you made to come up with this. despite the dark stuff there which might be not my first choice but i can see the atmosphere. grateful 🌻
Stunning!
Just so beautiful 😍😍😍
What a beautiful vlog the city and it’s building are amazing. You look so serene and lost in the culture it was atmospheric and very calming thank you ❤️
Only 5 & a half minutes in and I have to say, this is beautifully done! Love it so much 🖤🧡
I loved how you narrated and showed the beautiful clips! Feels like a short film 🕯
I loved it! The music you chose fits perfectly. Now I want to to live in Edinburg😭
okay seriously this was the most aesthetically pleasing vlog everrrrrrrrr i am obsessed!!!!!!! such a brilliant job Ashleigh!
Thank you so much!!
Love this!!🖤
This was lovely ❤️
Thank you!
This was so atmospheric!🎃🍂
Just the vibe I needed today! Lovely video
LOVED THIS!!
I’m so glad! 🥰
this is the most aesthetic thing, it's so lovely!!
reallu cool video. i didn't want it to end.
Your scenery shots are AMAZING! I'd watch a whole video of just that.
I am 💯 here for your Dark Academia aesthetic. You belong in Edinburgh!
Love your intro! 🤍
I LOVED the vibes in this video.
I was in Edinburgh a couple of weeks ago and this makes me miss it so much 😂😍😭
Ok your video made me want to travel to Eidenburg!!!
The aesthetics, the music, the atmosphere AAAAAH 😍 this was just so beautiful! I’m reading lots of dark academia books this month for a video and I also read the Maidens & I agree 100% with you… it was so disappointing!
I’m love this video so much
I want to read a lesson of vengeance so badly 👀
Loved this😍😍🦇
Amazing!
Loved This So Much 😍🤩🍂🍁❤️✨
I wish i could like this more than once. This was everything. I'm obsessed 😍✨🖤
Your videos are so aesthetic 😍 I just opened a small dark academia etsy shop and love your vibe✒️✨
everything about this vlog is stunning 🖤✨
Loved this video!
Absolutely love this! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
This video was EVERYTHING! I loved it! 😍🔥
I only found your channel a couple of days ago, from searching book haul and I’m so glad I found it. What great content you create and this vlog, is heaven to me. Absolutely love it. Also love the jumper, can I ask where it’s from? The one in the beginning part, reviewing A Lesson in Vengeance xx
Wow this one is impressive
This is so beautiful!
This whole video oh my goodness! 😍😍❤️❤️
Hi a new sub from algeria am gonna gona start my first year in uni as an english student ... Ur my fav cuz i love darck acd..and this video blow my mind hope all the best for u
I hope your time at uni goes well!
stunning video!
Thank you!!
Such a beautiful video! Loved it!!!
Absolutely love this vlog ❤ 😍
Loved this! You capture everything so BEAUTIFULLY! 😍😍🥰 I’m sorry the books didn’t measure up. I still haven’t read The Maidens & I own it so it should be interesting. I hope you find some dark academia that you love! I’m starting to wonder if these type of books are becoming too common because is it realistic for everyone to truly capture dark academia? I feel like everyone probably has their own spin on what it is or what they want it to be. I think it terms of aesthetic & fashion, it’s timeless. I do wonder about books or even film & television. Is it something that can really have this many stories? Idk. I enjoy most books in an academic setting. I just don’t know if they would all fall under dark academia. But they are fun to read as Fall/Autumn rolls around. Well, I hope you’re having a Happy day, my dear! ☺️✨✨ I love you! 🥰🥰🥰 Happy Reading! 🤓📚✨
Loving this
Oooo nice nails Ashleigh at the beginning 🤗
Those buildings are amazing 🤭
Thank you!! The buildings here are immense
Moving to Scotland seems like a good decision 😀
Definitely!
I think you'd love Gothikana for dark academia and gothic. The castle reminds me of Edinburgh castle too. It's very steamy though 🔥
it is Edinburgh castle i’m pretty sure as she said she was in Edinburgh :)
I ordered it yesterday!! Hoping to read in October 🙌🏻
What a beautiful vlog! Ugh I hated the maidens. The worst book I’ve read in years. Sub par writing in my opinion. Currently reading the secret history and loving it. That’s good writing. I loose myself in it every time I open it.
This was such a great vlog, I loved the aesthetic throughout this, though its a shame about the books, I think I'll give Madiens a miss
well... here comes my dark academia phase again
Omg your accent!!! So cute!! 🥰
Thank you! 🥰
Beautifully shot. This must have taken ages to edit!!
Thank you!! Aha yeah a good few hours went into it 😅
Wau😍izlediyim en mohteşem videolardandı darc academia
*me being scared each time a book comes close to a candle*. 😂
😂😂 I can assure you no books were harmed in the making of this video
@@AFrolicThroughFiction i war reading The Devil Makes Three and it's a library setting. The librarian actually made it a point that there couldn't be candles in the library. A person to my heart ❤️
Of course it’s easy to get lost in the dark academia aesthetic when you live in freaking Edinburg!
I'm gonna need to know where your entire wardrobe is from
I think everyone's really disliked Maidens, I sure did
This vlog is very restful almost a backgroubd vlog to read while it plays in the background
Can I ask where your old timey dress was from?