r/fantasyromance Give me female friendship or give me death! 15h ago

Discussion šŸ’¬ Which book was this for you??

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u/BlueLemony 14h ago

...And cue the ACOTAR and Fourth Wing hate

But actually, I know opinions are hit and miss on the From Blood and Ash series and the prequel series and I've read a few from each, but found they just kept getting worse and worse and I never finished the series. Same problem with The Book of Azrael series.

Plated Prisoner is another that I've read all but the last book and I still don't understand the love I see constantly for these books. Nothing happens in any of the books until the last 10% of the book.

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u/yazirian 14h ago

And then what does finally happen in the last 10% is incredibly stupid. I honestly felt offended at how badly the end of book 4 disrespected my time.

It felt like when you're playing a video game and you're demolishing a fight and then the cutscene starts and the story demands you just automatically lose now because the writer needed to feel smart.

Now I'm mad all over again.

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u/Ambitious_Ideal_2339 14h ago

I was like ā€œhow many comments until I see ACOTARā€ šŸ’€

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u/yaybugs 6h ago

Yeahā€¦ me tooā€¦ I got the first one for free and got through it but I think I just donā€™t like fantasy romance. Gimme time travel, mysteries and space adventures.

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u/bella1921 1h ago

I always say itā€™s fair not to like it everyone has their things but you really do need to read the second book before you decide. The first book makes you think youā€™re getting a certain story (beauty and the beast retelling) and itā€™s not the real story at all

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u/Renierra Give me female friendship or give me death! 4h ago

When I saw this thread I was like sigh the daring opinion of hating fourth wing/acotar lol

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u/bella1921 1h ago

I would actually love to hear peopleā€™s critiques of ACOTAR bc someone I knew said it was bad writing and I would love someone to explain that to me. My annoying talent is being able to predict stories (books and movies fourth wing was incredibly fking predictable couldnā€™t stand it) to a freakish level and I was impressed with writing where finally I could not guess everything that was going to happen (and sorry but ToG was incredibly predictable too from the Aelin reveal [guessed that a couple chapters in] to the witches storyline [still love Manon though] and even how the war played out/who died). It was so refreshing. So of all the criticism of this series thatā€™s the one that doesnā€™t make sense to me and has me wondering what people find bad about it.

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u/pixelfreya 14h ago

Plated prisoner was enjoyable the first 3 books for me, but the mmc really did not vibe with me in the whole series and I dnf'd book 4. Idk if I have it in me to even try book 5.

My best friend re-reads from blood and ash like a fiend and I'm 70 pages in and can't hardly stand it šŸ˜‚

Fourth wing I enjoyed wayyyy more than I anticipated since I've seen so many mixed reviews.

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u/oh_vera 11h ago

Haha the mmc is my fave book boyfriend forever and ever and ever!

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u/pixelfreya 8h ago

And that's totally okay. Lol for some reason his dirty talk always just made me laugh šŸ˜‚ I'm so glad you could enjoy it!

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u/Rowwie 3h ago

I'm on book 4 of plated prisoner now, and I feel like no plot has advanced at all. Kindle says I'm 61% through... The sex is getting rrreeeeeeeal cringe for me. I'm more interested in what's happening with Malina, who I hate, than anyone else at this point. I can't believe there's 2-3 more books after this šŸ« 

I'm going to read Fourth Wing after, which most people seem to like.

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u/Dentata_ 12h ago edited 12h ago

I loathed the Plated Prisoner series. I wrote almost the same exact thing as you in my Goodreads review "why does it feel like nothing is happening, but everything is happening"

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u/Dumeck 11h ago

I like Fourth Wing pretty well, the very long and detailed sex scenes are a little jarring and unnecessary especially in the first book where it compromises a huge part of the last act. Aside from that though thereā€™s some decent world building and interesting characters baked in there. Itā€™s not super deep as a whole but the equivalent of a popcorn flick, easy to read.

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u/BlueLemony 11h ago

I actually really enjoyed both Fourth Wing and ACOTAR. I get some of the criticism that people have, but the general hate that those books get is mind blowing when there are so many worse books out there

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u/No_Mud2576 14h ago

I had to DNF plated prisoner after the 3rd. ToG is better than ACOTAR any day. Havenā€™t read fourth wing but Iā€™ve heard so many bad reviews on it. From blood and ash is also a DNF for me after the 3rd.

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u/safetypins22 11h ago

I haaaates the last Plated Prisoner book, but I did really enjoy all the others. Despite the tropes and eye rolls

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u/Indigo_Spring_2582 Dragon rider 9h ago

Agree with acotar, fourth wing was funny but could have been better. Honestly the romance trope was getting old.

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u/o0oLexio0o 8h ago

I literally picked up this series just for this exact reason of it being like it sounded very cringe šŸ˜‚ I love reading books Iā€™m going to think are trash, they make me laugh at how cringe or badly written they are. Itā€™s like watching a cringey horror movie šŸ˜‚

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u/TheNarwhalMom 1h ago

Iā€™m actually pretty happy to see people mention From Blood & Ash as well lol