As a bookseller, it pains me whenever I see young girls asking for or buying this book /series(I mean 15 and younger). Whenever a parent asks for the book I usually try to tell them that it's not appropriate for teens younger than 17 but they don't always listen and I don't want to get the kid into trouble. But yeah, so many young girls are reading these sort of books that set such a bad example of what relationships are/could be.
I agree with this, I was at a bookstore looking for ' it ends with us' ( for context I'm 19) and when I finally found where the books were, there were young teen girls looking at them! It really scared me how these 13/14-year-olds were buying ' it ends with us', especially now that I've finished the book I'm very worried about what the impact was on those girls.
@@paulogaspar8295 You do realize that people encourage and consume this type of media because it's the most common type of young adult romance story? People enjoy and love such toxic relationships because that's what the books (and lots of general societal standards) tell them a healthy relationship standard/ideal is. If more healthy relationships were pushed in young adult fiction then it would benefit those teenagers who are only just starting to go into relationships. And I'm certainly not only blaming the authors or only men, because this kind of romance book exploded that's what sells. There's also nothing wrong with writing morally ambiguous romance stories, a lot of people enjoy these stories because they're so bad or enjoy well written stories about morally ambiguous characters that actual provide deeper thinking. however to consume that type of nuanced story requires critical thinking skills in the reader that just can't be present when their brain isn't fully developed and/or the only type of "love" story they CAN consume is a extremely unhealthy and often borderline abusive kind of "love".
@Just Andru yes, thank you. I fully agree. It's actually a good thing to read materials that will shape critical thinking skills, too. If parents are concerned about what their daughters will take from the book they can just do the parenting-thing, you know. Teach them that they can read this stuff for entertainment, but not take it as relationship advice. That applies to any kind of media and also to adults indulging in them.
@@Cheekyampire18FrauHansen Because the way that it works, it's possible to buy a large number of copies of your own book and have it count as 'sales'. I remember when someone reviewed a book and pointed out that the wealthy author just found a way to pump the sales numbers and then presto chango, you've got a 'bestseller'.
For me it was the "she's a virgin" thing that killed it. I mean, there is nothing wrong with being a virgin. I happen to be somewhat of a late bloomer myself. But I don't prance around and advertise it as if it made me morally superior... I mean, what the hell. Can this trope go and die, please?
I’m absolutely shocked that a book would insist that it’s better to be around toxic people than to be alone. That’s literally a manipulative thought that abusers instill in their victims. That’s horrifying... But you yourself are completely lovely! You had me rolling!!
I think people need to understand that everyone enjoys different kinds of books, writing styles, etc. At the end of the day, it’s fiction. Take it or leave it.
@@NH-sp3oe My comment never once implied that people can’t like this book. Criticizing a work of art is not the same as criticizing the people who enjoy it. People are allowed to enjoy anything they want no matter how messy it is; there’s also not a single story that can’t be scrutinized in some way. But you can still like something while acknowledging its flaws and issues. And I’m sorry, but this book has several issues, one of them being what my original comment explained. Like it as much as you want, but that doesn’t mean other people have to like it too/that they can’t complain about its messages. It also doesn’t mean that we dislike you personally for enjoying it. Also, saying something is only fiction so it doesn’t matter ignores the impact that a book can have on people, both positive and negative. This is a very weak argument in order to deflect from a book’s problems. “It’s fine cause it’s fiction”? Nah.
are we gonna forget this tiny detail where our love interest reed and flower boy easton have addressed ella as a sister? and yet proceeded to have lewd thoughts about her and sexualize her in every way possible
isn't the girl trying to sleep with her brothers? she is sexualising them too and refers to them as brothers. And apparently the female audience that reads the books loves it.
"He was sleeping with his father... Mistress" oh God I can't explain how scared I was during that pause. Like making the LI of your book sleep with his dad would be a new low xD
😂😂😂 my thoughts exactly! then after a brief moment of shock I added "...actually, that at least would have added some surprise factor to this 300+-page-long absolute bore... 🙄
Ok ok so when I saw this vid I didn’t watch it yet and went to go read it lol so let me explain what happened was that he had slept with the mistress before but after he started going hit with Ella he didn’t have sex with anybody else and he was going to his bed and the stupid mistress was just laying in it because earlier the father finally kicked out the whore because the mistress is really gross and nasty and she like seduced some of the brothers and she was super mad about it and she still wanted to be a part of the family no matter what so she crawled in his bed and he walks in and she’s laying there completely naked and he tells her to get the heck out and she doesn’t and they hear Ella getting home and she pulls him into her and whispers that she’s pregnant with his baby and somehow he’s so shocked thinking about how the heck that could happen and Ella comes in and somehow he can’t even respond to her asking him what the heck was going on and she runs away devastated in her billionaire dollar car and the end is him of course going to find her and bring her back this book is the most promlematic thing I’ve ever read😮💨🤦♀️
I managed to read the whole series and let me tell you it is BAD and gradually it becomes worse. In the first three books I was so creeped out by Reed's behavior towards Ella. So what happens is that after the first book it turns out that Reed did not sleep with his father's mistress while with Ella but she tries to pin him as the father when pregnant. Then she dies randomly. And Ella's father is alive and comes back for Ella. Reed is framed for having murdered the mistress but it turns out that it was Ella's father who did that and then Reed's trilogy ends with him being safe and with Ella. The next 2 books are worse as it is about Easton. He is super creepy and stalks a girl, Hartley but she does not want him. Somehow they end up kind of getting together and suddenly she gets into an accident with the twins. Her family also does not approve of Easton but by the end the twins and Hartley recover. As Hartley's father is a fraud so he get caught and abandons he and her younger sister . Callum takes them 2 in as well. And they all by the end live as a family with Reed and Ella getting married. Ps this is from my brother's account. I hated this series. it was unrealistic dramatic and sexist. So I decided to spoil the whole series and tell how disgusting it is.
I know I'm late to the party with this book but thank you for saving me from this god awful series I don't get how people praise it and reccomend it it blows my mind the kinds garbage they all enjoy! Like how can you read and enjoy this how? I need to known🤣😂
But I have a series I can recommend it’s called the darkest mind series it’s about a character named ruby and she lives in this Dystopian world and She has powers and she lives in this camp and then escapes
Yeah, I know the book cover isn't the most important thing about a book but man some book have so ugly covers. The Discworld books are great but I can't stand the covers 😅
@@omdhdk Oh lord classic fantasy books have some terrible covers. Earthsea's one of my favorites, but out of its like 60 or so covers, only two or three are even decent lmaoo
She's doing strip-tease only for having some money and so she can eat and sleep. She lives alone and had to pay everything by herself. She was a stripper just 'cause it's a night "job" so she can actually go to school, get good grades and get the shit out of her situation. NONE of that is said in this video, only the bad story sides are evoked. I respect the fact that a lot of people did not liked the book, but showing only the defaults is not really fair
@@lieeyy in her defense, as someone who's read this book too, the trauma of this book leaves the bad stuff on the forefront of your mind, any attempt at logic or "good" stuff is not retained in the horror of the rest of the book. Also do NOT tell me it gets better bc it DOES NOT. I read until the third book I think and then finally found the strength to stop reading bc even my self hatred period wasn't enough to sustain this self torture till the very end.
Oh my gosh. Disses the burn in the book to then turn around and. Burn. The. Book. "Did you know the world is three dimensional? No? Well, that explains why your characters are so flat." Legendary.
@@ramaabapat Well since that guy adopted her it kind of is like they are related. (She has the rights and responsibilities she would have had if she was his daughter) In the eyes of the law their are a family now.
“She starts describing how beautiful his ear is.” I haven’t read Twilight, but this is the kind of bullshit I can imagine being in Twilight. (Edit: wait a moment I have read one sentence of Twilight over my friend’s shoulder and that is what I based this opinion on)
I REMEMBER THIS! I was browsing my zlibray page and found it and saw it had a bunch of rave reviews, decided to download it and give it a try. I proceeded to read the book in increasing horror, disgust, and shock. I'm amazed such a...work of art ever got published. It was so bad I couldn't stop reading. COULD NOT. I lost sleep over this book, wasted my time pondering whether I should break my phone after the last chapter. It was a roller-coaster of hate and negative emotions the entire time. But my morbid curiosity got the best of me in the end.
Same lol, until i got bored last minute and googled the rest as i was not reading any more of this crap and it seems it gets worse. I did not know it was smut until it was too late sadly. Like so far s3x,alcohol and dr00gs in the books or films i saw were not graphic, just named from above like "yo martin does molly and drives a car withis friends in alcoholic state plus gets a tons of girls every night" never describing privates haha. I was a teen, middle or early teen, and this was not something healthy to my brain. Self Moral of the story if you are gonna judge a book by its girly cover check at least genres, i have been doing that since this accident
@@paulogaspar8295 i guess its the parents fault, and media, there for buying them a copy of it and not checking about the contents 1st or explaining what a healthy relationship is. One thing is for the girl to download a pirate copy on their phone and another for the parents to go and personally buy it. Its hypocritical how they are judgy about videogames and violence but not in books imo. Personally my parents don't speak english and i downloaded it on my own , with my responsible child reputation i do not get questioned usually,due to the good publicity without knowing anything about it yet my parents taught me not to tolerate bs from boys or anyone. It was a huge suprise to find out it was not some cute shojo ouran like story lol
I did exactly the same, downloaded from zlibrary, and it was pure horror. I'm having headaches just remembering how visceral she was abused the whole book
Basically, just another flushed out "after" kind of romance. Bad boy meets virgin girl, who is against girls that are into sex, and then the plot twist, which is never a twist because you already know something like that would happen, and then girl got broken. Next book, they're back together like nothing happened.
I read the series and it concern me how the grooming ( The father's mistress's relationship with his Reed and I think another brother got blackmailed into sleeping with Ella's technically stepmom) was not addressed at all. Like the actions committed by those women were not bad because THEY ARE LITTERALLY UNDERAGE KIDS, but because blackmailing and faking pregnancy is bad. They are, but not as much as being A F*CKING LITTERAL CHILD PREDATOR. Not once in the whole series was the topic mentioned and it glossed over how SERIOUS of a crime it is. Like if the gender were reversed and it was grown a*s men forcing themself on teenage girls, this would have been a huge problem. It's really toxic and it glamorizes and normalizes p*dophilia toward boys.
It sounds like the authors pitched this to a porn producer and got rejected, and then they decided to submit it to a publisher for shit and giggles and accidentally published a NY Times bestseller.
YOU ARE BACK!!!! "If you are only goal is too have a steamy romance, at least do it well." "The spoilers shouldn't matter, because I highly discourage you from reading this."
“Instead of being alone, it’s better to be around friends and family - even if that family is functioning really bad.” Hell no. You would not be abandoning your friends or family if you left to a better environment to help yourself. Edit: I appreciate that at 0:22 Leonie is holding the book upside down 3:34 exactly! Ugh. Pop off 8:28 I’m gonna write better banter. I always have to do this to prove that I’m a competent writer so here’s hoping. - Ella couldn’t help her eyes wandering to the side of Reed’s face during the drive. She found herself taking in all his small details - the way his eyebrows furrowed as he concentrated on the road; the way his tongue poked the side of his mouth as he caught it between his teeth; the steady rhythm of his breathing chest, Adam’s apple dipping slightly with every swallow. She could see obvious abrasions and bruises crossing his nose and neck, and couldn’t help but feel concerned for Reed - who had done that? Why? Was he okay? Of course, the boy had said nothing about it when he came to pick her up, so she decided out of respect, she wouldn’t bring it up if he didn’t. Although, it was unfortunate that someone had decided to waste such an attractive face. Ella wanted to imprint his memory within her mind, capturing him as a snapshot in time so she would never feel lonely. Perhaps feeling her gaze on him, Reed’s eyes fell to her as he kept his head turned to the road, smirking slightly as he refocused his gaze. “Enjoying the view?” He asked in a smoothly smug voice, quirking an eyebrow upwards. Ella snorted, shaking her head at his cockiness, although unable to contain a smirk of her own at his banter. “Nah,” she leaned back in her seat, looking out her window. “I was just wondering what obnoxious thing you said this time to get someone to beat your ass.” Reed swallowed, silent, as he kept his eyes on the road, his smirk now gone.
mochimin박니콜 지민 the book is so nice. Try reading the first series and just stop if you dont like it. But based on my experience? Im on the third book now and im enjoyinh it. Fighting! 💪🏻
Listening to this audiobook right now, and every time a chapter ends I burst out laughing because the sheer pain I feel while listening to it is comical
I read it all without any spoilers. I didn't know the hole I was digging myself into. It was lolita with a slightest age progression. It was a ride. It was horrifying. The ending shocked the hell out of me. Never a girl was so used by everyone in a book. I wanted to hug the protagonist and send her to therapy to solve her daddy issues, they're really strong in her. I didn't see her purity as a "I'm not like other girls" trope, but as the last rope of protection her brain maintained. I think the ending could be that. Maybe no other books. Just plain ugly, and terrifying. If it was more psychologically based, it would be better. The smut was sad, truly sad. It just showed her daddy issues and power imbalance.
Crazy comment. What’s worse is I agree. Your interpretation at least means this book tries to be something profound rather than just failing to be a compelling or good love story
What I find so ridiculous is that's there's this common trope that one person being affected by substances--not both--somehow can lead to having _incredible_ sex for both people. If both of you are affected, then being clumsy and sloppy and things not working well isn't gonna be a huge deal because they're like that together and they don't care so much or don't realize that things aren't good, but when only _one_ person is affected. Yeah, being more horny is incredibly common for substances, but that doesn't mean they're going to be an incredible partner. Quite the opposite actually. It takes applied skill and conscious effort for things to be shatteringly incredible, yet that fact always seems to be ignored during these scenes throughout all media. Yeah, being more relaxed helps with blood flow, and increased dopamine and adrenaline can help, but you _aren't going to be clear-headed when you're under the influence._ MDMA (molly) actually impairs sexual performance even though--when under the influence--the desire for sex and _perceived_ satisfaction can both be increased. Studies show that use of MDMA increases the desire for physical contact and proximity and NOT sexual experiences and that's because it's an Empathogen-entactogen. Those drugs increase empathy, communication, and feelings of connectedness. Alcohol screws EVERYTHING up _especially_ in large dosages. There are conflicting studies of the affect of alcohol on sexual desire and behavior, but it is absolute that actually _good_ sex when you're fully _drunk_ doesn't exist. The higher the blood alcohol levels, the worse _everything_ is. Increased risk taking and worse performance although better _perceived_ performance. Small dosages of a very small number drugs may actually increase performance, but the more and the longer they're consumed ruins it. Increased sexual risk-taking is universal with substances, and skewed perspective creates the illusion of things being better, but performance is almost universally inhibited in various ways for anyone engaging in such activities. If people would just do some RESEARCH. I guess more trashy romance writers need to do the scientific research like the octopus monster smut book did. I think it'd be funnier if things _didn't_ go well. To use Sims 4 metaphors, there can be the Wants to Woohoo whim for both people, but afterward, the unaffected Sim gets the "unsatisfactory woohoo" moodlet and the affected one gets the "excellent woohoo" moodlet.
I appreciate this very thorough comment but I find it hilarious how one of the takeaways is “a parody book about Cthulhu smut did better scientific research than this absolutely awful but seemingly legit bestseller”
@@SteampunkHorse well thank you! It started as a question in my brain while I was watching the vid, then turned into a 2 hour research dive because SCIENCE is COOL. 🤣 Yah it's really sad how it's the silly or unheard of media creations that are actually more accurate yet no less entertaining than the massively popular ones
As a grown woman, I don’t mind reading trashy romance novels, but young girls shouldn’t be reading this because Tiktok or whoever told them to. These types of novels are definitely not for kids. Not just because of the toxicity in the relationship but because, even to teenagers, relationships are complex and they deserve better role models than what is shown in books like these and YA novels.
Hate books where a girl falls in love with a jerk who never explains why he’s so rude and redeems himself. I love a good redemption arc but being mildly attractive isn’t a personality
*throws book* "You deserve that" 😂 You're so funny and you're so right! Those books are full of slut shaming, girls fighting with other girls for a douchebag of boyfriend and abuse being romanticize like "cute and romantic" I hate them so much because they are sold to young girls like "goals couple", I was reading that kind of shit when I was younger and thinking it was cute, ugh Anyway Love your humor and your rant! You're great 💖🌸
I absolutely love this rant. I have never seen Leonie hate something so passionately. Also I'm glad that I watched this because I would never read it if I knew all the things you mentioned are present in the book.
This is one of the funniest videos I've ever seen on UA-cam and I've seen a ton of them. Great job. So much of this video is Memeable from the throwing the book and saying "You deserve that" to the sarcastic "Ooh sick burn," it's just asking to go viral. Hope you get some more subscribers and viewers out of this. It's well deserved.
I read 3 chapters and i gave up 😂😂 lucky I read that in the book store before buying it. I was in the same boat as you looking for a romance , after the 3 chapters I just reread fangirl.
DUDE I JUST READ THIS BOOK RECENTLY AND HAD ALL THE SAME FEELINGS!!! I gave it 2 stars on Goodreads, the only reason it got 2 instead of one was because it was entertaining for some of the time. Not much though.
In all honesty, I'm one of those people who probably reviewed it as "super addicting" on goodreads😂 In my defense, what you're saying is completely right and I don't disagree with any of it but for me personally, I enjoyed this book because of how bad it was. Like, I flew through each book in a day and finish this whole series in a week and even though I wouldn't recommend it to anyone and think it's a really bad story, I still had a great time reading it for reasons even I don't understand😅
Same! I liked in the beginning how Ella was somewhat “humble” but then she just got spoiled throughout the series. I also hated how Reed just followed her command when saying that Easton couldn’t come to his own brothers football game. Also, Easton wasn’t wrong when he said that she carried Reed’s balls in her purse. The way Reed chose his girlfriend over his brother. And then they were just cool 2 days earlier? And idk why they had the right to ban him from flying. Should be Callum’s call, not Ella and reeds. I also liked how Gideon didn’t like her either. She became awful. I’m glad Easton had his happy ending.
The whole premise pf the book is to make correct parenthood and morals make seem bad. The writer did Steve dirty and i was already sick of the series so just threw them off
I read this a few years back and finished the series simply because I was curious where the trainwreck would go. Or I tried to. I think I actually skipped one because it was so bad. But anyway, the storyline got even worse and more batshit crazy and was such a wild disjointed mess. Love your review.
I am cackling X'D The editing on this is great X'D Also, side note, as someone who recently entered the book publishing world, the "bestseller" means absolutely nothing. It simply means you figured out how to get a good enough reach to sell a lot of copies within a short span of time, and if you managed to reach the top on even one day within a selling period, you're a bestseller. It really means nothing but is good for the "algorithm" and gets you even more reach.
i only remember three things from the whole series: the twins sleeping with the same girl, the brothers talking about whether they want to cremate or bury their mother and the molly incident. also the fact that i read the bigger half of the series says a lot about pre-teen me
Oh gosh, this unlocks my memories from when I had an e-reader and I downloaded this series. At this point, I was way, wayyyyy too young to read the Royals. Scarred, definitely.
The fact that there is now a podcast retelling of this book series is so funny to me. I listened to all of the first season because I love trashy shows. The thing that bothered me was ALL the comments being like "Omg Reed is so hot" or "Easton seems so cute
I had forgotten about that horrible thing, bravely called "a book". It was horrible. Not a single character was realistic and not a single situation was had any meaning. The most satisfying thing was the end, when she finally left and all of this stupid parade ended. I was actually glad that she was heartbroken and unhappy and that shows very well how much I hated this girl and she was the most likable character in that playhouse. I won't spoil the book but the reason she was heartbroken was so out of nowhere, that it was comically stupid. Ok she said it, the father's mistress. Also she missed to say that MG stayed in the house because "daddy" promised her a lot of money for every month she stayed there. Shady?
The loud and disgusted scream I bellowed out from my throat from the realization that I share the same name as the main character. I’m changing my name…
The longer this video goes on, the more I remember that this is a New York Times Bestseller, the more I'm concerned for new readers because the YIKES is so strong
Ok OK So ive read thus series The worst part of this series is Easton is Ella's rl blood brother And they kissed Ella's dad (whose name I don't remember) had an affair with the boys mom And he leaves her she gets into depression and offs herself The twins, Sebastian gets into an accident with Hartley while speeding ( Easton's girl) And the whole family hates Hartley for the accident but the thing is It wasn't even her fault. They were speeding not her. And Sebastian becomes a psycopath who evil laughs when Hartley is badly abused by her fake ex ( she loses her memory after the accident, and this dude claims that he's her bf under a girls orders) And she's in pain and he's laughing The whole family just ignores his psycotic behavior Let's not forget Sebastian becoming literally whole ass sex qddict His twin even buys him a sex toy to quench his addiction but Sebastian keeps his eyes on this nurse eek Then their gf breaks up with them Ohhh did i forget Ella becomes a royal literally one with the family. And she dates reed. And they get married when Ella is 18. And the whole shit with Diana and Reed And that disgusting plot with the eldest son and Diana bestfriend It's disgusting I only finished the series cuz I started it and I'm not even kidding half the time I was just skiping chapters to see the ending. I was not happy
Paper Princess is my least favourite book ever... Just thinking about it makes me so angry. Also, those butts on the cover - we should've known. I watched this video and subscribed immediately.
9:03 With the banter part it could’ve been like: “Do you like the view?” “No, just imagining the death of it.” “I bet houseflies like you die easy.” “And like a house fly, I’ll make you think twice about sleeping.” “I don’t need to sleep, I’m a dream.” “More like a horrid nightmare with a pair of lungs.” And so on and so forth
I was thinking, if you wanted to keep the donkey thing: “Enjoying the view?” “Oh, no - I’m studying up on wild asses you see, and what better way to research on them than by viewing them in their natural habitat?”
I remember as a teen accidentally picking this for the girly cover and the slight reverse harem rich school synopsis. After reading too many dystopias i wanted something light shojo style to cleanse myself from tragedy, as in reading something silly to clean the mind.Girl i was wrong, i did not know it was smut so when stuff started happening i was like wtf is going on here this is not some silly ouran high school host club. By the time i realized this i was already advanced, like i did not mind the naming of s3x,alcohol and dr0gs(it would not have been the first time i come across these themes but like super lightly, never some privates coming into graphic description) ,anyway at some moment i got bored and kinda skipped to the ending as fast as i could(i wanted to know about the mistery i could not care less about these 2d guys lol but even that got boring), and googling the rest. i needed to clean my head with something else, and i learnt a valuable LESSON: it''s difficult to not judge a book by it's cover but at least see the genre, make sure the genres are what you are looking for. And that morbid curiosity kill the cat, or your brain lol. Personally i don't remember anything in this book so i guess my brain protected me, the little i remembered is that all boys were trash and that they made a huge deal about the v card, even the boys if i remember correctly as some sort of "sort of love sign "wtf, my mind is foggy, i was a TEEN and at that time, i feel, i was more sensitive to these harmful tropes, the same way i couldn't tolerate horror as now that i can watch graphic violence of a slasher film no prob in my 20's . i hate the quirky girl trope, i came to process this in my late teens. on the bright side it was a pirated pdf so i did not lose any money lol. i guess they followed the cliche of harems in anime and she was supposed to end with the tsundere? idk i wish i had read something better as it was not something healthy for a teen indeed.
@@karinagrigel yes, i guess i put my expectations too high to this piece of craps. The closest thing i could find to haruhi, not ouran, is the comic humor me. Its a slice of life, and though at first it gives ouran vibes it goes a different route, both haruhi and charlie feel queens unlike the quirky bish of this book. Its like there's this tomboy girl who gets mistaken as a boy in the rich school she goes with a scholarship. She has to secretly work to look after her little sibling against the school rules but does not have other choice as her dad ran away and left her alone with her brother. At the same time some ass paranoic celebrity from the school thinks "he"(charlie) is stalking him when our sarcastic queen just has bad luck of meeting him everywhere lol. And well she must keep the charade until graduation before the social services realize. It has comedy,drama,etc. It updates slowly but is good. You can find it on webtoon or tapas(the last one you get a page per week when on webtoon the author updates the whole chapter once a month)
I'm so happy that I found your channel. After watching this video I feel that I resonate with you on a cosmical level, because I had a book before, where I started to rant around the 10th page, forced myself till the 30th page (while ranting after every second page) and then wanted to throw it out the window (despite the fact that I HIGHLY respect every book). It was just as the book you reviewed (ranted): - author stating about every male character how hot and sexy they are, so you can be sure that guy will be a love interest - love interests being manipulative and rude - author forgets to describe the environment of the characters so you actually get confused that when and where things happen - character cries about how she should not feel ANY sexual attraction whatsoever BECAUSE she is a teacher (?!) And these were only on the first 30 page, and it was the start of a 3-4 part series. :"D So all in all, you got a new subscriber!
If you want a good romance, I recommend Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith! It includes things like misunderstandings, secret letters, war breaking out, and an ignorant countess red-haired wild child rebelling against a tyrant, which has its interesting moments. The romance is a good role model for teens but never too heavy handed over the plot that takes place in the book nor too overly sexualized at all.
God, that molly scene reminds me of when Mistle saves Ciri-who is absolutely too drunk to consent to sex or fight off an attacker-from being raped. .....And then starts performing sexual acts on her. And readers are actually like, "Nah, but it’s okay coz it's different since Ciri likes her and it felt good."
We have problematic stories that are so good t's unbelievable and you can't stop feeling guilty. We have fluffy romances. We have fanfiction that should belong in golden shelves 'cause they are masterpieces. And then we have stories like that.
I'm so sorry to hear that you didn't like the books! The royal series is one of my favorites! I totally respect your opinions and even agree with some, but I would definitely give it a go in a reading slump. It's a quick read, and entertaining in my opinion. I'm currently rereading the 4th book in the series, and I'm falling in love again! This obviously doesn't change the fact that I love your channel, and am currently binging it for new reads lol.
"randomly adopted by a family with five hot sons" Oh this is a 'my family sold me to One Direction' fanfic huh?
Hahahahah god the good old wattpad days
That's all there was back in 2014 😂 Sometimes I do miss those fanfics tho, they were amusing to read🙃
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@@RedLegendStudiosno cuz I'm 1 sister and 5 brothers.. I refuse to watch any of those ever
that book is giving "He stared at her hotly with those sexy eyes"
hotly 😭💔
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@@eeshan6855 Not the orbs 💀
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Oh no...t- the orbs...I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!
@@eeshan6855 marbles*
I'm 100% sure that _not_ reading this book counts as self care
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Yep.
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would reading this book count as self harm then? 💀 💀
@@nobetaaa yes
As a bookseller, it pains me whenever I see young girls asking for or buying this book /series(I mean 15 and younger). Whenever a parent asks for the book I usually try to tell them that it's not appropriate for teens younger than 17 but they don't always listen and I don't want to get the kid into trouble. But yeah, so many young girls are reading these sort of books that set such a bad example of what relationships are/could be.
I agree with this, I was at a bookstore looking for ' it ends with us' ( for context I'm 19) and when I finally found where the books were, there were young teen girls looking at them! It really scared me how these 13/14-year-olds were buying ' it ends with us', especially now that I've finished the book I'm very worried about what the impact was on those girls.
@@paulogaspar8295 Your a man
@@paulogaspar8295 By that logic, we should just let kids drink lead paint because they WAAAANT to.
@@paulogaspar8295 You do realize that people encourage and consume this type of media because it's the most common type of young adult romance story? People enjoy and love such toxic relationships because that's what the books (and lots of general societal standards) tell them a healthy relationship standard/ideal is. If more healthy relationships were pushed in young adult fiction then it would benefit those teenagers who are only just starting to go into relationships. And I'm certainly not only blaming the authors or only men, because this kind of romance book exploded that's what sells. There's also nothing wrong with writing morally ambiguous romance stories, a lot of people enjoy these stories because they're so bad or enjoy well written stories about morally ambiguous characters that actual provide deeper thinking. however to consume that type of nuanced story requires critical thinking skills in the reader that just can't be present when their brain isn't fully developed and/or the only type of "love" story they CAN consume is a extremely unhealthy and often borderline abusive kind of "love".
@Just Andru yes, thank you. I fully agree. It's actually a good thing to read materials that will shape critical thinking skills, too. If parents are concerned about what their daughters will take from the book they can just do the parenting-thing, you know. Teach them that they can read this stuff for entertainment, but not take it as relationship advice. That applies to any kind of media and also to adults indulging in them.
"it is a new York times best seller"
Girl every book is a new York times best seller
I don't get why... Those kind of books are bestsellers... Maybe I too should write a shitty book and become rich 😂
@@Cheekyampire18FrauHansen Because the way that it works, it's possible to buy a large number of copies of your own book and have it count as 'sales'. I remember when someone reviewed a book and pointed out that the wealthy author just found a way to pump the sales numbers and then presto chango, you've got a 'bestseller'.
@@eirinym really...!!? That's some interesting information... Thanks a lot
Pretty sure they just slap that label on every book.
Ya I’ve seen like two that aren’t..
When you said “she’s not like other girls” I lost all interest in reading the book.
Amanda Hernández I’m you’re 69th liker 😏
Grizzly Potato what
@@grizzlypotato6797 i read It. It's a garbage book.
@@grizzlypotato6797 I've actually read the book and I really dislike it
For me it was the "she's a virgin" thing that killed it. I mean, there is nothing wrong with being a virgin. I happen to be somewhat of a late bloomer myself. But I don't prance around and advertise it as if it made me morally superior... I mean, what the hell. Can this trope go and die, please?
The only thing missing from this "masterpiece" is the main character having "violet eyes" or some other weird color.
*orbs
🤣🤣🤣
Oh no if you see violet eyes in a non- fantasy book ur in deep sh!t even in fantasy its a warning sign!!
gothikana horror flashbacks
The fact that I just came from her other video about a terrible Gothic romance and the MC had violet eyes 😭🤣
I'm convinced the reason the protagonists are always virgins is because not only the target readers are virgins, but the writers are too.
Bro💀
🤣
In addendum, the only women who would put up with most YA male love interests are teenagers who’ve never been in a relationship/fucked before
it's like they say. being a virgin is cool unless you think it makes you cooler than someone else.
do they say that? i might have just made that up.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’m absolutely shocked that a book would insist that it’s better to be around toxic people than to be alone. That’s literally a manipulative thought that abusers instill in their victims. That’s horrifying...
But you yourself are completely lovely! You had me rolling!!
@@grizzlypotato6797 No, just no sweety
@@grizzlypotato6797 why can't you shut it instead?
@@grizzlypotato6797 no sweetheart, it's bad writing.
I read first few chap and I just can't......
I think people need to understand that everyone enjoys different kinds of books, writing styles, etc. At the end of the day, it’s fiction. Take it or leave it.
@@NH-sp3oe My comment never once implied that people can’t like this book. Criticizing a work of art is not the same as criticizing the people who enjoy it. People are allowed to enjoy anything they want no matter how messy it is; there’s also not a single story that can’t be scrutinized in some way. But you can still like something while acknowledging its flaws and issues. And I’m sorry, but this book has several issues, one of them being what my original comment explained. Like it as much as you want, but that doesn’t mean other people have to like it too/that they can’t complain about its messages. It also doesn’t mean that we dislike you personally for enjoying it.
Also, saying something is only fiction so it doesn’t matter ignores the impact that a book can have on people, both positive and negative. This is a very weak argument in order to deflect from a book’s problems. “It’s fine cause it’s fiction”? Nah.
are we gonna forget this tiny detail where our love interest reed and flower boy easton have addressed ella as a sister? and yet proceeded to have lewd thoughts about her and sexualize her in every way possible
isn't the girl trying to sleep with her brothers? she is sexualising them too and refers to them as brothers. And apparently the female audience that reads the books loves it.
@@paulogaspar8295 STOP LMAO
@@lapissalem9478 Stop what? He is right
Lmao Ella is in the wrong here and the millions of degenerate female readers. COPE
@@attilamert6973 girl no, he's everywhere
When you read a book that is so bad that you MUST break your hiatus and rant for 20 min straight.
I dare you to read the rest of the series 😝
No replies I fixed it
@@Minori2442 very naice
@@Minori2442 lovely
Oh no she is gonna die-
finally somone else with my name 😂
"He was sleeping with his father... Mistress" oh God I can't explain how scared I was during that pause. Like making the LI of your book sleep with his dad would be a new low xD
Me too, your comment made me laugh so hard 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I would burn that book
Just
Burn
The end is a shocking horror, for real
😂😂😂 my thoughts exactly! then after a brief moment of shock I added "...actually, that at least would have added some surprise factor to this 300+-page-long absolute bore... 🙄
Ok ok so when I saw this vid I didn’t watch it yet and went to go read it lol so let me explain what happened was that he had slept with the mistress before but after he started going hit with Ella he didn’t have sex with anybody else and he was going to his bed and the stupid mistress was just laying in it because earlier the father finally kicked out the whore because the mistress is really gross and nasty and she like seduced some of the brothers and she was super mad about it and she still wanted to be a part of the family no matter what so she crawled in his bed and he walks in and she’s laying there completely naked and he tells her to get the heck out and she doesn’t and they hear Ella getting home and she pulls him into her and whispers that she’s pregnant with his baby and somehow he’s so shocked thinking about how the heck that could happen and Ella comes in and somehow he can’t even respond to her asking him what the heck was going on and she runs away devastated in her billionaire dollar car and the end is him of course going to find her and bring her back this book is the most promlematic thing I’ve ever read😮💨🤦♀️
So she judges other girls for wearing a short skirt but her own job was a stripper 🤣
Like pick a lane lady
lol
She lost credibility for shit talking other girls for being "sluts" but literally works in the sex industry.
She's adopted, so she's a minor, but she's also a stripper? Isn't that illegal?
I managed to read the whole series and let me tell you it is BAD and gradually it becomes worse. In the first three books I was so creeped out by Reed's behavior towards Ella. So what happens is that after the first book it turns out that Reed did not sleep with his father's mistress while with Ella but she tries to pin him as the father when pregnant. Then she dies randomly. And Ella's father is alive and comes back for Ella. Reed is framed for having murdered the mistress but it turns out that it was Ella's father who did that and then Reed's trilogy ends with him being safe and with Ella. The next 2 books are worse as it is about Easton. He is super creepy and stalks a girl, Hartley but she does not want him. Somehow they end up kind of getting together and suddenly she gets into an accident with the twins. Her family also does not approve of Easton but by the end the twins and Hartley recover. As Hartley's father is a fraud so he get caught and abandons he and her younger sister . Callum takes them 2 in as well. And they all by the end live as a family with Reed and Ella getting married.
Ps this is from my brother's account. I hated this series. it was unrealistic dramatic and sexist. So I decided to spoil the whole series and tell how disgusting it is.
I know I'm late to the party with this book but thank you for saving me from this god awful series I don't get how people praise it and reccomend it it blows my mind the kinds garbage they all enjoy! Like how can you read and enjoy this how? I need to known🤣😂
Maybe just hormonal teen girls who are naive about relationships and how they operate. Still surprised a loot of them have Goodreads tho.
WHAT THE HELL OMG TY FOR SUMMARIZING BUT WTH????
Sounds like really bad fanfic where the author made up the plot as they went along...
But I have a series I can recommend it’s called the darkest mind series it’s about a character named ruby and she lives in this Dystopian world and She has powers and she lives in this camp and then escapes
Wait wait wait, she's a stripper but she's young enough to be adopted?!?!? Confused noises
And in highschool
@@chocobear4078 Wattpad logic 😶
@@winterbutterfly8861 truer words have not been spoken
yep, used her mums id (34 years old) to get that job, to pay for school
@@joosuy 😮😮oh I see, that makes more sense.
I'm getting the inside intel, thanks
Love Interest: *Is a douche*
MC: Oh he's a douche.
Love Interest: C H E A T S
MC: *surprised pikachu face*
and she stills likes him.
FR.
"But he's different with me. None of those other girls get him like I do. He'd never do that to me, right? Right?" 🙁
He wasn’t actuallay cheating, the book is still bad tho
Every time💀
It really annoys me that so many great books have terrible covers and then THIS book of all things has a beautiful one
That is so true
Yeah, I know the book cover isn't the most important thing about a book but man some book have so ugly covers. The Discworld books are great but I can't stand the covers 😅
@@omdhdk Oh lord classic fantasy books have some terrible covers. Earthsea's one of my favorites, but out of its like 60 or so covers, only two or three are even decent lmaoo
Dude, it sounds like a badly written fan fiction about incest.
Lol yeah it is.
Yeahh
They aren't related by blood wtf
@@nicole434 they’re still siblings by the law, due to the female lead being adopted.
@@jennifernguyen3688 yes i know..
She's a stripper... but she goes to high school?
Wtf?
She's doing strip-tease only for having some money and so she can eat and sleep. She lives alone and had to pay everything by herself. She was a stripper just 'cause it's a night "job" so she can actually go to school, get good grades and get the shit out of her situation. NONE of that is said in this video, only the bad story sides are evoked. I respect the fact that a lot of people did not liked the book, but showing only the defaults is not really fair
@@lieeyy in her defense, as someone who's read this book too, the trauma of this book leaves the bad stuff on the forefront of your mind, any attempt at logic or "good" stuff is not retained in the horror of the rest of the book. Also do NOT tell me it gets better bc it DOES NOT. I read until the third book I think and then finally found the strength to stop reading bc even my self hatred period wasn't enough to sustain this self torture till the very end.
@@aimun5255 I forgot all the bad stuff and had the good stuff at the forefront of my mind. I really enjoyed this book😂
@@NH-sp3oe yikes
@@lieeyy still a teen
I laughed SO HARD at "Reed the Destroyer"
Same. Gets me every time.
I just read that sentence and that was what made me put the book down for good.
Replay button: 16:02
It honestly sounds like someone's shity username
I remember reading this as an early teen and EVEN THEN I realized how problematic it was
Same I was like thirteen or fourteen and it was so bad
i’m sixteen now, first time reading so i’ll probably come back in four years to express my thoughts now 😭
I read it when I was 12 (I know, I know.) so I did not understand it fully. And I was so confused and disgusted by the book.
@@captainduckling4726 bruh if even literal children recognize its shittiness, then teenage girls have no excuse 😭
Oh my gosh. Disses the burn in the book to then turn around and. Burn. The. Book.
"Did you know the world is three dimensional? No? Well, that explains why your characters are so flat."
Legendary.
She’s such a queen
No one is talking about the fact that if she's adopted, this is technically incest-?
Well not really since she’s not blood related but it’s still weird
Everytime Easton called her little sis i was like ughhhhh
@@ramaabapat Well since that guy adopted her it kind of is like they are related. (She has the rights and responsibilities she would have had if she was his daughter) In the eyes of the law their are a family now.
The fact that stepbrother romance is a legit romance subgenre weirds me out every time
@@wochenente6977 Literally I know a common excuse is that they're not related but bruh it's just weird.
ok I’m way too late but this was my honest reaction:
“he’s been sleeping with his father...”
I was like WAIT WHAT
“...’s mistress”
oh oka- WAIT WHAT
“His tongue comes out and brushes his lip and that is very sexy” 😂😂😂I can’t 🤣🤣🤣
He's a lizard. She's talking about a lizard.
“She starts describing how beautiful his ear is.”
I haven’t read Twilight, but this is the kind of bullshit I can imagine being in Twilight.
(Edit: wait a moment I have read one sentence of Twilight over my friend’s shoulder and that is what I based this opinion on)
😂😂😭😂😂
I've read twilight a very long time ago so my memory isn't the best of it but yes it does sound like something that belongs in twilight
As someone who’s favorite book is Twilight and basically reads the books on a loop, yeah, that sounds like Twilight.
They actually named their rich family "the Royals"? Jumpin' Jesus...
From what I remember their last name Is Royal
Jumpin Jesus on a pogo stick!
I skim-read "After" and now whenever I hear the word "rude" the trauma resurfaces.
Lmao
F
I love after
@@cakeforbreakfast3732 Same, I love it 😂
@sam kazi what is so wrong about it?
It sounds like a sixth grader wrote it on wattpad. 💀🤦🏽♀️
honestly, it kind of does
I'm so sure the author was in wattpad
And I'm sorry, but *_Wattpad_*
and the pen name is erin *watt*
Sixth graders on wattpad write better than this-
Honestly I got that hone the ENTIRE time while reading the series
I REMEMBER THIS! I was browsing my zlibray page and found it and saw it had a bunch of rave reviews, decided to download it and give it a try. I proceeded to read the book in increasing horror, disgust, and shock. I'm amazed such a...work of art ever got published. It was so bad I couldn't stop reading. COULD NOT. I lost sleep over this book, wasted my time pondering whether I should break my phone after the last chapter. It was a roller-coaster of hate and negative emotions the entire time. But my morbid curiosity got the best of me in the end.
Same lol, until i got bored last minute and googled the rest as i was not reading any more of this crap and it seems it gets worse. I did not know it was smut until it was too late sadly. Like so far s3x,alcohol and dr00gs in the books or films i saw were not graphic, just named from above like "yo martin does molly and drives a car withis friends in alcoholic state plus gets a tons of girls every night" never describing privates haha. I was a teen, middle or early teen, and this was not something healthy to my brain. Self Moral of the story if you are gonna judge a book by its girly cover check at least genres, i have been doing that since this accident
yet so many girls still loved it. It tells you something about this girls tastes doesn't it?
@@paulogaspar8295 i guess its the parents fault, and media, there for buying them a copy of it and not checking about the contents 1st or explaining what a healthy relationship is. One thing is for the girl to download a pirate copy on their phone and another for the parents to go and personally buy it. Its hypocritical how they are judgy about videogames and violence but not in books imo. Personally my parents don't speak english and i downloaded it on my own , with my responsible child reputation i do not get questioned usually,due to the good publicity without knowing anything about it yet my parents taught me not to tolerate bs from boys or anyone. It was a huge suprise to find out it was not some cute shojo ouran like story lol
I did exactly the same, downloaded from zlibrary, and it was pure horror. I'm having headaches just remembering how visceral she was abused the whole book
@@paulogaspar8295 what girls "loved" it?? you're seriously trying so hard to push the narrative that girls are into incest?? tf is wrong with you
Basically, just another flushed out "after" kind of romance. Bad boy meets virgin girl, who is against girls that are into sex, and then the plot twist, which is never a twist because you already know something like that would happen, and then girl got broken. Next book, they're back together like nothing happened.
Sometimes I feel bad about my writing and then I remember this
Same
I read the series and it concern me how the grooming ( The father's mistress's relationship with his Reed and I think another brother got blackmailed into sleeping with Ella's technically stepmom) was not addressed at all. Like the actions committed by those women were not bad because THEY ARE LITTERALLY UNDERAGE KIDS, but because blackmailing and faking pregnancy is bad. They are, but not as much as being A F*CKING LITTERAL CHILD PREDATOR. Not once in the whole series was the topic mentioned and it glossed over how SERIOUS of a crime it is. Like if the gender were reversed and it was grown a*s men forcing themself on teenage girls, this would have been a huge problem. It's really toxic and it glamorizes and normalizes p*dophilia toward boys.
It sounds like the authors pitched this to a porn producer and got rejected, and then they decided to submit it to a publisher for shit and giggles and accidentally published a NY Times bestseller.
YOU ARE BACK!!!! "If you are only goal is too have a steamy romance, at least do it well."
"The spoilers shouldn't matter, because I highly discourage you from reading this."
“Instead of being alone, it’s better to be around friends and family - even if that family is functioning really bad.”
Hell no. You would not be abandoning your friends or family if you left to a better environment to help yourself.
Edit: I appreciate that at 0:22 Leonie is holding the book upside down
3:34 exactly! Ugh. Pop off
8:28 I’m gonna write better banter. I always have to do this to prove that I’m a competent writer so here’s hoping.
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Ella couldn’t help her eyes wandering to the side of Reed’s face during the drive. She found herself taking in all his small details - the way his eyebrows furrowed as he concentrated on the road; the way his tongue poked the side of his mouth as he caught it between his teeth; the steady rhythm of his breathing chest, Adam’s apple dipping slightly with every swallow. She could see obvious abrasions and bruises crossing his nose and neck, and couldn’t help but feel concerned for Reed - who had done that? Why? Was he okay?
Of course, the boy had said nothing about it when he came to pick her up, so she decided out of respect, she wouldn’t bring it up if he didn’t. Although, it was unfortunate that someone had decided to waste such an attractive face. Ella wanted to imprint his memory within her mind, capturing him as a snapshot in time so she would never feel lonely.
Perhaps feeling her gaze on him, Reed’s eyes fell to her as he kept his head turned to the road, smirking slightly as he refocused his gaze. “Enjoying the view?” He asked in a smoothly smug voice, quirking an eyebrow upwards.
Ella snorted, shaking her head at his cockiness, although unable to contain a smirk of her own at his banter. “Nah,” she leaned back in her seat, looking out her window. “I was just wondering what obnoxious thing you said this time to get someone to beat your ass.”
Reed swallowed, silent, as he kept his eyes on the road, his smirk now gone.
This is so underrated! Great job!!
@@SandpiperArtsofWOF omg, thank you so much
@@SteampunkHorse you’re welcome!! You should be a writer!!
@@SandpiperArtsofWOF thank you 🫶🏻🥹 that’s the plan hopefully 🩷!!
@@SteampunkHorse aaaaaa really? Good luck! ❤️
i was actually thinking about buying this book. you just saved a life. thank you :')
mochimin박니콜 지민 the book is so nice. Try reading the first series and just stop if you dont like it. But based on my experience? Im on the third book now and im enjoyinh it. Fighting! 💪🏻
@@wiredlikeBOT wtf? Do u like abusive books?
You have terrible taste then
Sadly I bought this book :( I haven't read it so now I don't know what to do
@@chhristina nah i bought it months ago
You know it’s a terribly written book when people who use English as a second language are able to use wittier wordplay during their critique
god the main character of this book sounds like Tessa from After
That's... terrifyingly true
@@bea184 sort of, she cries less :))
@@maceymcgowan3405 loool so true
Ohh yesss...
Nah Tessa is way worse
Me writing fanfic: I’m so cringe, this isn’t any good, I’m a bad writer…
My phone: *discusses the driest writing ever*
Me: Nevermind…
“I mean, it can be worse..."
✨THE ROYALS✨
IT'S WORSE!
Listening to this audiobook right now, and every time a chapter ends I burst out laughing because the sheer pain I feel while listening to it is comical
Sooooo, a Wattpad book.... Right 😭💀
milk tea 🍵 hahaha or a episode book but tbh some are good but some are like wtf is this shit hahaha 🙈💀😳
I had to do a double take! It’s so great to see you back in my subscription feed, I missed your fun narrative style videos✨
Thank you! I'm so glad to hear you like my style :D
I read it all without any spoilers. I didn't know the hole I was digging myself into. It was lolita with a slightest age progression. It was a ride. It was horrifying. The ending shocked the hell out of me. Never a girl was so used by everyone in a book. I wanted to hug the protagonist and send her to therapy to solve her daddy issues, they're really strong in her. I didn't see her purity as a "I'm not like other girls" trope, but as the last rope of protection her brain maintained. I think the ending could be that. Maybe no other books. Just plain ugly, and terrifying. If it was more psychologically based, it would be better. The smut was sad, truly sad. It just showed her daddy issues and power imbalance.
Crazy comment. What’s worse is I agree. Your interpretation at least means this book tries to be something profound rather than just failing to be a compelling or good love story
Leo: I highly discourage you from reading this book unless you hate yourself
Me: …… *add to cart*
oh nothing screams more "romance" than a love interest saving the protagonist from a r*pe or se*ual ass*ult 🥰
What I find so ridiculous is that's there's this common trope that one person being affected by substances--not both--somehow can lead to having _incredible_ sex for both people. If both of you are affected, then being clumsy and sloppy and things not working well isn't gonna be a huge deal because they're like that together and they don't care so much or don't realize that things aren't good, but when only _one_ person is affected. Yeah, being more horny is incredibly common for substances, but that doesn't mean they're going to be an incredible partner. Quite the opposite actually. It takes applied skill and conscious effort for things to be shatteringly incredible, yet that fact always seems to be ignored during these scenes throughout all media. Yeah, being more relaxed helps with blood flow, and increased dopamine and adrenaline can help, but you _aren't going to be clear-headed when you're under the influence._
MDMA (molly) actually impairs sexual performance even though--when under the influence--the desire for sex and _perceived_ satisfaction can both be increased. Studies show that use of MDMA increases the desire for physical contact and proximity and NOT sexual experiences and that's because it's an Empathogen-entactogen. Those drugs increase empathy, communication, and feelings of connectedness.
Alcohol screws EVERYTHING up _especially_ in large dosages. There are conflicting studies of the affect of alcohol on sexual desire and behavior, but it is absolute that actually _good_ sex when you're fully _drunk_ doesn't exist. The higher the blood alcohol levels, the worse _everything_ is. Increased risk taking and worse performance although better _perceived_ performance.
Small dosages of a very small number drugs may actually increase performance, but the more and the longer they're consumed ruins it.
Increased sexual risk-taking is universal with substances, and skewed perspective creates the illusion of things being better, but performance is almost universally inhibited in various ways for anyone engaging in such activities.
If people would just do some RESEARCH. I guess more trashy romance writers need to do the scientific research like the octopus monster smut book did. I think it'd be funnier if things _didn't_ go well. To use Sims 4 metaphors, there can be the Wants to Woohoo whim for both people, but afterward, the unaffected Sim gets the "unsatisfactory woohoo" moodlet and the affected one gets the "excellent woohoo" moodlet.
I appreciate this very thorough comment but I find it hilarious how one of the takeaways is “a parody book about Cthulhu smut did better scientific research than this absolutely awful but seemingly legit bestseller”
@@SteampunkHorse well thank you! It started as a question in my brain while I was watching the vid, then turned into a 2 hour research dive because SCIENCE is COOL. 🤣
Yah it's really sad how it's the silly or unheard of media creations that are actually more accurate yet no less entertaining than the massively popular ones
So she's a stripper but she's in high school? This girl wasn't kidding about how problematic this is
This book screams written by a fanfic writers in so many ways possible
Both of your comments are right
As a grown woman, I don’t mind reading trashy romance novels, but young girls shouldn’t be reading this because Tiktok or whoever told them to. These types of novels are definitely not for kids. Not just because of the toxicity in the relationship but because, even to teenagers, relationships are complex and they deserve better role models than what is shown in books like these and YA novels.
Just the intro alone is comedic gold
Videos like these make me so much more confident in my storytelling abilities.
Hate books where a girl falls in love with a jerk who never explains why he’s so rude and redeems himself. I love a good redemption arc but being mildly attractive isn’t a personality
Basically, it's writing by people who _know_ Pride and Prejudice, but _understand_ none of it.
*throws book*
"You deserve that"
😂
You're so funny and you're so right!
Those books are full of slut shaming, girls fighting with other girls for a douchebag of boyfriend and abuse being romanticize like "cute and romantic"
I hate them so much because they are sold to young girls like "goals couple", I was reading that kind of shit when I was younger and thinking it was cute, ugh
Anyway
Love your humor and your rant!
You're great 💖🌸
I absolutely love this rant. I have never seen Leonie hate something so passionately. Also I'm glad that I watched this because I would never read it if I knew all the things you mentioned are present in the book.
“not a review, a rant, a rant, a rant” i love u already
This is one of the funniest videos I've ever seen on UA-cam and I've seen a ton of them. Great job. So much of this video is Memeable from the throwing the book and saying "You deserve that" to the sarcastic "Ooh sick burn," it's just asking to go viral. Hope you get some more subscribers and viewers out of this. It's well deserved.
As soon as you said five brothers, I knew it was going to be gross. I hate writers make love triangles but especially when it’s with family. 🤮
I read 3 chapters and i gave up 😂😂 lucky I read that in the book store before buying it. I was in the same boat as you looking for a romance , after the 3 chapters I just reread fangirl.
You should read geekerella it's a really cute romance
@@lydias376 oh I have and sadly i hated it geekerella 🤷♀️. Was more into one of the side characters then the romance and I didn't like the romance
If this book was actually published like that, it gives me hope that mine will do well when I publish it.
Ikr?
DUDE I JUST READ THIS BOOK RECENTLY AND HAD ALL THE SAME FEELINGS!!! I gave it 2 stars on Goodreads, the only reason it got 2 instead of one was because it was entertaining for some of the time. Not much though.
I can't believe you're back!! I'm so glad you are back on UA-cam. A book rant is always nice, once in awhile
This book proves that “New York Times bestseller” isn’t always a seal of approval
In all honesty, I'm one of those people who probably reviewed it as "super addicting" on goodreads😂 In my defense, what you're saying is completely right and I don't disagree with any of it but for me personally, I enjoyed this book because of how bad it was. Like, I flew through each book in a day and finish this whole series in a week and even though I wouldn't recommend it to anyone and think it's a really bad story, I still had a great time reading it for reasons even I don't understand😅
Same! I liked in the beginning how Ella was somewhat “humble” but then she just got spoiled throughout the series. I also hated how Reed just followed her command when saying that Easton couldn’t come to his own brothers football game. Also, Easton wasn’t wrong when he said that she carried Reed’s balls in her purse. The way Reed chose his girlfriend over his brother. And then they were just cool 2 days earlier? And idk why they had the right to ban him from flying. Should be Callum’s call, not Ella and reeds. I also liked how Gideon didn’t like her either. She became awful. I’m glad Easton had his happy ending.
The whole premise pf the book is to make correct parenthood and morals make seem bad. The writer did Steve dirty and i was already sick of the series so just threw them off
I missed your sense of humor, this made my day 😂
As an author, the worst feeling ever is having someone tell you that your book is trash.
But the thing is, that book is utter garbage.
Everytime I feel like hating myself I'm continuing reading this book and now I'm at chapter 18
My dreams to write a novel series that has a small cult following have now been reinforced due to my writing not being this bad, fanks m8
Goodluck! I'm sure it will be great :D
Good luck! You will make it, as will I, and everyone else who wants to write. 💚
I love how she slowly spirals into insanity through the video, it's like watching Arthur becoming the Joker
I read this a few years back and finished the series simply because I was curious where the trainwreck would go. Or I tried to. I think I actually skipped one because it was so bad. But anyway, the storyline got even worse and more batshit crazy and was such a wild disjointed mess. Love your review.
The book is very messed up. I think you guys should read it because it is so funny. Loved the video.
In these dark times, this video has been the source of some deep, hearty chuckling. Look forward to more vids like this. Thanks.
I am cackling X'D The editing on this is great X'D Also, side note, as someone who recently entered the book publishing world, the "bestseller" means absolutely nothing. It simply means you figured out how to get a good enough reach to sell a lot of copies within a short span of time, and if you managed to reach the top on even one day within a selling period, you're a bestseller. It really means nothing but is good for the "algorithm" and gets you even more reach.
i only remember three things from the whole series: the twins sleeping with the same girl, the brothers talking about whether they want to cremate or bury their mother and the molly incident. also the fact that i read the bigger half of the series says a lot about pre-teen me
Oh gosh, this unlocks my memories from when I had an e-reader and I downloaded this series.
At this point, I was way, wayyyyy too young to read the Royals. Scarred, definitely.
The fact that there is now a podcast retelling of this book series is so funny to me. I listened to all of the first season because I love trashy shows. The thing that bothered me was ALL the comments being like "Omg Reed is so hot" or "Easton seems so cute
Reid the DESTROYERRRRR
I had forgotten about that horrible thing, bravely called "a book". It was horrible. Not a single character was realistic and not a single situation was had any meaning. The most satisfying thing was the end, when she finally left and all of this stupid parade ended. I was actually glad that she was heartbroken and unhappy and that shows very well how much I hated this girl and she was the most likable character in that playhouse. I won't spoil the book but the reason she was heartbroken was so out of nowhere, that it was comically stupid.
Ok she said it, the father's mistress. Also she missed to say that MG stayed in the house because "daddy" promised her a lot of money for every month she stayed there. Shady?
The loud and disgusted scream I bellowed out from my throat from the realization that I share the same name as the main character. I’m changing my name…
The longer this video goes on, the more I remember that this is a New York Times Bestseller, the more I'm concerned for new readers because the YIKES is so strong
So happy you are back!!! It has been a year without your updating. Hope you will update more. Miss your book recommendations so much.
Ok OK
So ive read thus series
The worst part of this series is
Easton is Ella's rl blood brother
And they kissed
Ella's dad (whose name I don't remember) had an affair with the boys mom
And he leaves her she gets into depression and offs herself
The twins, Sebastian gets into an accident with Hartley while speeding ( Easton's girl)
And the whole family hates Hartley for the accident but the thing is
It wasn't even her fault. They were speeding not her.
And Sebastian becomes a psycopath who evil laughs when Hartley is badly abused by her fake ex ( she loses her memory after the accident, and this dude claims that he's her bf under a girls orders)
And she's in pain and he's laughing
The whole family just ignores his psycotic behavior
Let's not forget Sebastian becoming literally whole ass sex qddict
His twin even buys him a sex toy to quench his addiction but Sebastian keeps his eyes on this nurse eek
Then their gf breaks up with them
Ohhh did i forget Ella becomes a royal literally one with the family. And she dates reed. And they get married when Ella is 18.
And the whole shit with Diana and Reed
And that disgusting plot with the eldest son and Diana bestfriend
It's disgusting
I only finished the series cuz I started it and I'm not even kidding half the time I was just skiping chapters to see the ending. I was not happy
Whenever I have to remind myself what I shouldn't let a story turn into, I'll probably come back to this video and watch you rant.
Paper Princess is my least favourite book ever... Just thinking about it makes me so angry. Also, those butts on the cover - we should've known.
I watched this video and subscribed immediately.
Omfg I thought it was a crown
Maryam Barksdale it is💀
9:03 With the banter part it could’ve been like:
“Do you like the view?”
“No, just imagining the death of it.”
“I bet houseflies like you die easy.”
“And like a house fly, I’ll make you think twice about sleeping.”
“I don’t need to sleep, I’m a dream.”
“More like a horrid nightmare with a pair of lungs.”
And so on and so forth
I was thinking, if you wanted to keep the donkey thing:
“Enjoying the view?”
“Oh, no - I’m studying up on wild asses you see, and what better way to research on them than by viewing them in their natural habitat?”
This book was so embarrassing. That was my predominant emotion throughout. And then I read the second one lmao and it was worse!!!!
I remember as a teen accidentally picking this for the girly cover and the slight reverse harem rich school synopsis. After reading too many dystopias i wanted something light shojo style to cleanse myself from tragedy, as in reading something silly to clean the mind.Girl i was wrong, i did not know it was smut so when stuff started happening i was like wtf is going on here this is not some silly ouran high school host club. By the time i realized this i was already advanced, like i did not mind the naming of s3x,alcohol and dr0gs(it would not have been the first time i come across these themes but like super lightly, never some privates coming into graphic description) ,anyway at some moment i got bored and kinda skipped to the ending as fast as i could(i wanted to know about the mistery i could not care less about these 2d guys lol but even that got boring), and googling the rest. i needed to clean my head with something else, and i learnt a valuable LESSON: it''s difficult to not judge a book by it's cover but at least see the genre, make sure the genres are what you are looking for. And that morbid curiosity kill the cat, or your brain lol. Personally i don't remember anything in this book so i guess my brain protected me, the little i remembered is that all boys were trash and that they made a huge deal about the v card, even the boys if i remember correctly as some sort of "sort of love sign "wtf, my mind is foggy, i was a TEEN and at that time, i feel, i was more sensitive to these harmful tropes, the same way i couldn't tolerate horror as now that i can watch graphic violence of a slasher film no prob in my 20's . i hate the quirky girl trope, i came to process this in my late teens. on the bright side it was a pirated pdf so i did not lose any money lol. i guess they followed the cliche of harems in anime and she was supposed to end with the tsundere? idk i wish i had read something better as it was not something healthy for a teen indeed.
ouran high school host club is so much better than this
@@karinagrigel yes, i guess i put my expectations too high to this piece of craps. The closest thing i could find to haruhi, not ouran, is the comic humor me. Its a slice of life, and though at first it gives ouran vibes it goes a different route, both haruhi and charlie feel queens unlike the quirky bish of this book. Its like there's this tomboy girl who gets mistaken as a boy in the rich school she goes with a scholarship. She has to secretly work to look after her little sibling against the school rules but does not have other choice as her dad ran away and left her alone with her brother. At the same time some ass paranoic celebrity from the school thinks "he"(charlie) is stalking him when our sarcastic queen just has bad luck of meeting him everywhere lol. And well she must keep the charade until graduation before the social services realize. It has comedy,drama,etc. It updates slowly but is good. You can find it on webtoon or tapas(the last one you get a page per week when on webtoon the author updates the whole chapter once a month)
i just love rants on stupid books.
YAAAAAAS A NEW VID! I'm so freaking excited. Love it girl!
Girl I literally read this book and laughed through the whole thing. I was seriously shocked it was ridiculous
I'm so happy that I found your channel. After watching this video I feel that I resonate with you on a cosmical level, because I had a book before, where I started to rant around the 10th page, forced myself till the 30th page (while ranting after every second page) and then wanted to throw it out the window (despite the fact that I HIGHLY respect every book).
It was just as the book you reviewed (ranted):
- author stating about every male character how hot and sexy they are, so you can be sure that guy will be a love interest
- love interests being manipulative and rude
- author forgets to describe the environment of the characters so you actually get confused that when and where things happen
- character cries about how she should not feel ANY sexual attraction whatsoever BECAUSE she is a teacher (?!)
And these were only on the first 30 page, and it was the start of a 3-4 part series. :"D
So all in all, you got a new subscriber!
This book is making me feel really superior about my own writing :/ who approved this?
I come back to this every once in a while! 😂 Leonie, one of your best videos ever! ❤😂
You're back!! Honestly couldn't believe my eyes when I saw you in my subscription box, but hope to see more from you soon :D
Thank you! I hope to be back in this community soon as well!
If you want a good romance, I recommend Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith! It includes things like misunderstandings, secret letters, war breaking out, and an ignorant countess red-haired wild child rebelling against a tyrant, which has its interesting moments. The romance is a good role model for teens but never too heavy handed over the plot that takes place in the book nor too overly sexualized at all.
One of the best intros for a book review I've seen :'D
God, that molly scene reminds me of when Mistle saves Ciri-who is absolutely too drunk to consent to sex or fight off an attacker-from being raped. .....And then starts performing sexual acts on her. And readers are actually like, "Nah, but it’s okay coz it's different since Ciri likes her and it felt good."
We have problematic stories that are so good t's unbelievable and you can't stop feeling guilty. We have fluffy romances. We have fanfiction that should belong in golden shelves 'cause they are masterpieces.
And then we have stories like that.
Watching you get so frustrated and flustered is so entertaining. Thank you for this sacrifice.
I'm so sorry to hear that you didn't like the books! The royal series is one of my favorites! I totally respect your opinions and even agree with some, but I would definitely give it a go in a reading slump. It's a quick read, and entertaining in my opinion. I'm currently rereading the 4th book in the series, and I'm falling in love again! This obviously doesn't change the fact that I love your channel, and am currently binging it for new reads lol.
I agree! It isn't that bad..... I always think back to the story!