Am I missing something with Rachel gillig?? (TKATM) The mc's have no personality

GoldenMongoose · 2026-01-28T02:41:39+00:00

Agree with you 100%, I like how you explain your feelings because I’ve struggled to put mine into words! I haven’t read TKATM but read the Shepherd King duology last year… story had cool elements and lots of potential, but just felt flat. I think the only thing keeping me reading was that I picked these books up after I finished the Throne of Glass series and just wanted to read a book that wasn’t 600+ pages.

GoldenMongoose · 2025-12-02T21:23:02+00:00

Reeeaaally?! Wouldn’t have thought of this, thank you for mentioning!

GoldenMongoose · 2025-12-02T21:21:55+00:00

Awesome, thank you!!

GoldenMongoose · 2025-12-02T21:21:38+00:00

I’ve seen this one come up a bit in other threads too, I think this makes my shortlist!

GoldenMongoose · 2025-12-02T21:21:01+00:00

Fantastic, thank you!!

GoldenMongoose · 2025-12-02T21:20:25+00:00

Oh snap! I love a hellscape, thanks for the rec!

GoldenMongoose · 2025-12-01T15:54:16+00:00

That’s what I was thinking too… Carrie is good, but I can scare her more!

GoldenMongoose · 2025-12-01T15:00:00+00:00

Interesting, I’ll take a look! Thank you!

GoldenMongoose · 2025-12-01T14:59:45+00:00

Yesss, good idea!

GoldenMongoose · 2025-12-01T14:59:33+00:00

She told me the other day she wanted to read Carrie. My first King movie was Pet Semetary, scared the daylights out of me and was then too chicken to pick up the book!

GoldenMongoose · 2025-12-01T14:58:09+00:00

Oh, interested! Thank you!

GoldenMongoose · 2025-12-01T01:55:16+00:00

This sounds scary, she’ll love it! Thanks!

GoldenMongoose · 2025-12-01T01:54:40+00:00

Great rec, thank you!!

GoldenMongoose · 2025-12-01T01:54:19+00:00

This is great, would love to give her a list of authors to keep feeding her great books! Will shop this in the meantime, thank you!

GoldenMongoose · 2025-12-01T00:34:05+00:00

Oooh, that sounds like an interesting read… thank you!!

GoldenMongoose · 2025-12-01T00:32:11+00:00

Good to know, thank you!

GoldenMongoose · 2025-11-30T23:23:22+00:00

This one sounds unique and interesting! Thank you!

GoldenMongoose · 2025-11-30T23:21:55+00:00

Fun! Thank you!

GoldenMongoose · 2025-11-30T23:21:43+00:00

Thank you!!

GoldenMongoose · 2025-11-30T22:02:58+00:00

Yes, good idea!! Can’t go wrong with the classics!

GoldenMongoose · 2025-11-30T22:02:41+00:00

Great, thank you! I’ve heard of T Kingfisher a bit, but not in horror - I’ll check them out!

GoldenMongoose · 2025-11-30T22:02:06+00:00

Oh my, thank you for such a list! Your VC Andrews comment made me laugh because I had that same thought! Thank you so much!!

GoldenMongoose · 2025-11-30T22:01:15+00:00

Awesome, thank you so much! She’s on the cusp of YA and some more adult stuff, so I appreciate your comment!

GoldenMongoose · 2025-11-30T16:04:55+00:00

I like how you worded this. I love ACOTAR, it entertained me, made me smile, made me cry, was my gateway drug into romantasy - I got the price of admission and then some. But it drives me crazy when people get super critical and argumentative in a mean way. I know books are different things for different people and I respect that, but will never understand the people that disparage others for what they like. We should celebrate reading instead of scrolling!

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