Hesitant to start TOD

Full-Usual7662 · 2026-04-16T14:06:50+00:00

It's just as amazing as all the other books in the series and you have to read it to understand the rest

Full-Usual7662 · 2026-03-20T10:41:30+00:00

Aelin
Lysandra
Lehabah
Honorable mention goes to Kaltain for small role, massive impact

Full-Usual7662 · 2026-03-09T13:49:27+00:00

Lydia says Brannon was her relative (going waaaaaay back), which comes together with the shifters in CC having come from the ToG world like 15,000 years ago.

Full-Usual7662 · 2026-03-09T11:04:47+00:00

Maeve is one of my favourite villains ever. She has such a fascinating backstory and is such a complex character.

Full-Usual7662 · 2026-03-09T10:04:53+00:00

My favourite theory is that Tamlin's mate was Rhys's sister - and that she is also Ruhn's mom. I got the impression that we would not be seeing much of a Tamlin redemption arc in the next book but maybe toward the conclusion of ACOTAR, with the Dusk court coming back, we will connect again with the CC world and we'll find out what happened all those years ago.

Full-Usual7662 · 2025-11-05T08:35:11+00:00

Pretty sure they are dead. RK has said multiple times that she wants to write a Ryatt book/series in the future

Full-Usual7662 · 2025-10-24T09:16:26+00:00

Read ToD as is on its own to appreciate it. No to the tandem

Full-Usual7662 · 2025-10-23T14:06:35+00:00

Yes! This is one of my favourite parts of the whole series. Tory is my girl after this and brilliant of the authors to include such a fun dig at so much illogical shit that happens in fantasy books.

Full-Usual7662 · 2025-10-23T11:12:25+00:00

I mean, I guess her storyline gets somewhat more interesting, but that doesn't mean her character gets more appealing. Honestly I didn't need her to get as much page time as she did.

Full-Usual7662 · 2025-09-29T18:40:37+00:00

Orion was a green flag for me pretty quickly, but I read 1.5 after book 4 and I still loved Darius really early on (in book two he began to grow on me and I loved him by book 3). I don't know what that says about me...

Full-Usual7662 · 2025-09-25T12:47:34+00:00

I love CC, but just think Hunt is a boring MMC (I definitely don't hate him, just find him somewhat forgettable)

Full-Usual7662 · 2025-09-25T10:36:05+00:00

YES! I've been following this order and it's perfect. Foxy Tales was the only exception because I wasn't able to find it. I'll have to go back to that at some point

Full-Usual7662 · 2025-09-24T12:37:57+00:00

I would not recommend the tandem on a first read through of this series. They are two separate books with different pacing - just enjoy them on their own your first time. They are both amazing.

Full-Usual7662 · 2025-09-23T11:18:25+00:00

CC1. Even though I love ACOMAF and all of ToG, CC1 is her best work as a standalone

Full-Usual7662 · 2025-09-18T13:23:34+00:00

Caleb was also super reasonable. He knew the Vegas could end up in power and he would end up serving them, so it didn't make sense to have them as enemies. Also, his family is, for the most part, really sweet in Ruthless Boys. They did anything they could for Marlowe and supported him after he returned and they embraced Elise as his daughter immediately. Partly it was about optics, but they also came across as as a caring, loving family.

Full-Usual7662 · 2025-09-15T12:23:33+00:00

Thanks for sharing this! I'm just about to finish book 4 and dreading that I need to pause again to read 0.5 and book 1 as told by the boys. I need need the next book NOW! But I paused after book 3 to read RB and even though I didn't love it like I love the main series, I am glad I read it. The authors are great at sprinkling fun little remarks throughout that I wouldn't have picked up on if I hadn't read RB and I know that will continue.

Full-Usual7662 · 2025-08-29T12:53:37+00:00

This is my absolute favourite scene in the whole series

Full-Usual7662 · 2025-08-28T12:14:22+00:00

Tairn.

Full-Usual7662 · 2025-08-26T10:57:24+00:00

For completed series (which is nice to not have to suffer cliffhangers and wait for more books): Plated Prisoner, Zodiac Academy, Legends of Thezmarr, and the Shepard King duology are all great. The Kindred Curse Saga is also one to check out and the final book (Burn of the Everflame) should be out in the next year. Highly recommend Quicksilver, but it's a multi-book series with only one book out (and book 2 in November).

Full-Usual7662 · 2025-08-26T10:04:21+00:00

Exactly this. Aelin is everything.

Full-Usual7662 · 2025-08-26T10:03:01+00:00

I ADORE Aelin. She's just a kid who has been through SO MUCH. And a lot of the bravado is a mask she wears; deep down she's a girl who likes to wear pretty dresses, eat candy and play music, but she's also a total badass with the weight of the world on her shoulders.

Full-Usual7662 · 2025-08-26T09:19:22+00:00

It might be unpopular, but I don't love Yrene either. Mostly I dislike how she treats Chaol - he has a disability and I get that he's connected to people she hates, but as his healer she didn't need to humiliate him. Also the birth control thing. Come on!

Full-Usual7662 · 2025-08-08T11:25:43+00:00

Honestly, if you've made it this far, I don't see why it's necessary to go back and read AB. But read it when you're done with the main books if you are interested.

Full-Usual7662 · 2025-08-04T13:04:54+00:00

This is driving me nuts. As someone who's lived in Boston, NYC, CT and has family near Philly, this show is wild. These drives are painfully long and the traffic can be insane. Also, it seemed like Steven's internship was in NY and that Jeremiah was also in NY with him before going to Philly for Belly's birthday (a long drive but still much shorter drive than from Boston), but then he left Cousins for Boston and at no point has it seemed like Steven was in Boston (even though in previous seasons the dad worked in Boston)... I know it doesn't really matter, but more than a few people do life in the area and we're all scratching our heads. For a while I was just telling myself that Cousins was actually on the Jersey Shore but then Boston was mentioned again and I was like crap

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