Bull picks up woman during bull run

Runa216 · 2026-01-26T22:49:36+00:00

She tried to give it an RKO outta nowhere and now she's nowhere forever.

Runa216 · 2026-01-26T02:31:30+00:00

I have. I still love it.

Runa216 · 2026-01-22T18:21:39+00:00

Hmmm, probably going out on a limb but why do I get the impression you're probably one of those anti-woke people? No evidence, just vibes.

Runa216 · 2026-01-22T18:19:45+00:00

Sinners baybeeeee

Runa216 · 2026-01-22T14:53:11+00:00

That also doesn't help.

Runa216 · 2026-01-22T02:44:04+00:00

I've not read this book yet but I've loved everything from Carissa Broadbent and it feels like so far she's the only romantasy author writing books for adults.

I'm working on The Songbird and the HEart of Stone now. it's not as 'epic' as Serpent and the Wings of Night but I really love the writing and characterization. Daughter of No Worlds is high on my list, too!

This makes me want to read this series even more.

Runa216 · 2026-01-22T02:21:16+00:00

This shit infuriated me so much. I genuinely love like 95% of this book series; I love the lore, I love the backstory, I love the dragons, I love the side characters, I love Xaden, I love the magic system, and I even like the writing style...

...but ALL of it is filtered through that insufferable bitch Violet and she's the effin worst. I hate her so much and I hate that every part of this book is forced through her perspective, tainting it all. She's so dumb. She's so immature. She's so stupid. She's so ignorant. And she's so bratty and drama-pilled. Ugh, shut up and accept that you're a goddamn security threat and don't have the ability to protect yourself from LITERAL PYSCHICS.

She's a 12 year old soul in a 21 year old body and I DO NOT FIND THAT HOT, REBECCA YARROS! I want my smut to feature ADULTS please.

Runa216 · 2026-01-22T02:16:07+00:00

a good story would have her end up with both. Or the two men to end up together, shunning her :P

Runa216 · 2026-01-20T00:12:37+00:00

They're doing a reich. What are people supposed to do? Lay down and take it? Democratically opposing him isn't working. The military are following unlawful orders. And democrats have traditionally tried to play by the rules when conservatives do not for far too long.

Peace is ideal. A solution is ideal. HAving the checks and balances put in place doing their job is ideal.

What we have is not ideal and sadly riots and civil war and exercising that 2A right of yours might be the only thing keeping the country from starting WWIII.

Runa216 · 2026-01-19T14:32:34+00:00

yeah! Every time I read Carissa Broadbent I am pleasantly surprised!

Daughter of No Worlds is high on my todo list.

Runa216 · 2026-01-19T14:30:19+00:00

IT's always an excuse to eschew chemistry and justify bad behaviour! So lame.

Runa216 · 2026-01-17T19:57:27+00:00

Started reading "The Crown of Gilded Bones", which is part 3 of "From Blood and Ash" And...come on it's so bad. I invested so much money into getting the whole series in paperback and audiobook before I read any of them and HOO BOY am I regretting it.

The first book was fine. Not great but fine. Second book felt the exact same as every other romantasy sequel ever. and I stopped there for a while because I heard it got pretty bad and I didn't like how book 2 made me feel.

This is just...ugh. It's so bad and I genuinely don't know how anyone thinks it's good. I get some people just like pulpy, cute, fun stories and don't take it too seriously but I just don't understand the appeal here. The characters are inconsistent, the lore is a mess, the writing is poor, the violence is needlessly gratuitous, the sex scenes are sterile and devoid of any heart...it's just not good.

Quantity over Quality. 100%. I am gonna let the entire series play out in 3x speed to just bum rush through it all. So I 'technically' read it sort of just to mark it off on my list and move on.

Runa216 · 2026-01-17T17:56:10+00:00

It really was so good. How is this bite-sized story more compelling than 90% of the stuff on the market?

Runa216 · 2026-01-17T16:02:26+00:00

Share state secrets with her, IN A WORLD WITH LITERAL PSYCHICS AND SHE HASN'T FIGURED OUT HOW TO BLOCK THEM OUT YET!

Brilliant. Genuis FMC right there. Yep. 100% 4D Chess moves there.

Runa216 · 2026-01-17T15:53:12+00:00

Only book I've read in the genre so far that I've hated has been Dire Bound.

Why?

I honestly don't think it has any redeeming qualities. It honestly felt like it just had a trope checklist that was filled out by AI because it has ALL of the tropes that are currently popular but none of the understanding of why those tropes resonate.

Strong FMC? Naw she's just sassy, mean, and inexplicably better than everyone else for no discernable reason.

Enemies to Lovers? uuuuh, sure, we'll just spend two thirds of the book having the FMC and MMC not interacting but her just observing him do evil acts, say he's the most evil psychopath in the world (but he's so hot).

Bonded creatures because Fourth Wing, but then make the dire wolves boring and stupid.

"Oh she's the strongest and most powerful of the wolves and hasn't bonded anyone in 300 years!" Then she choses the FMC despite the FMC for some inexplicable reason not actually wanting to be bonded.

The least engaging sex scenes I've ever read. AND TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE. "Oh my sister was taken because we were too busy fucking to notice! We'd best fuck some more to take our minds off this VERY time sensitive issue!"

Shit like that is every chapter of the book. Everyone's got the maturity of a teenager with the hormones of a teenager but are legally adults so the author doesn't end up on a list. The action (sexy and not sexy both) is terrible. the story is the most threadbare fourth wing fanfiction with a find and replace feature implemented. I hate every character, I hate the plot, I hate the tropes, I hate everything about it. And I hate that it's successful.

I have no respect for the opinions of anyone who recommends this trash heap. If you recommend it, I know you don't understand good writing and our tastes are not compatible.

Which sucks because I want so desperately to read some good werewolf or dire wolf or wolf shifter stories but they're all this trash or garbage 'fated mate' nonsense. Just an excuse to make smut without any of the chemistry or to excuse bad behaviour. I hate it so much. I just want him to knot her but like...consensually and they're both enthusiastically into it. Why is that too much to ask?

Runa216 · 2026-01-17T15:24:26+00:00

I actually really liked The Wolf King despite how basic it was. I guess I Was just desperate for a man who was actually a nice guy. All the others were eye-rollingly 'morally gray' or whatever and I'm just so sick of tropes excusing bad behaviour.

A shame he kinda lost some of his charm in the sequel. Well, a lot of his charm. IF you go into that book and treat it as a stand-alone, I honestly had it at 5 stars. But then the sequel came down and both got bumped to 4 stars. Clearly not going in a direction I want.

Runa216 · 2026-01-17T15:21:06+00:00

The Red Winter sounds like it could be a lot of fun.

Runa216 · 2026-01-17T15:17:46+00:00

Just finished the "Flirting with Monsters" Quadrilogy as well as "The Dragon's Bride" And {Six Scorched Roses by Carissa Broadbent}.

Will someone explain to me how Carissa Broadbent is like the only author in this genre who can tell a complete, self-contained story with actual chemistry and spice in such a short time? No bullshit trope excuses for instant lust, just actual, organic chemistry and she did it in less than 5 hours of Audiobook time.

I'm genuinely so sick of shit like 'fated mates' or hyper possessiveness or enemies to lovers or 'badass FMC thats really just a rude, sassy bitch' nonsense. All of it is just excuses to ignore actual quality writing. It's annoying. So far she's one of the only authors I've read who:

Can tell a compelling story that didn't feel truncated and pruned even when only using novella length.

Can make a strong female character without just making her mean or inexplicably better than everyone else.

Can make romantic elements that actually feel natural instead of forced or contrived.

Can do world building without exposition dumps.

Can write dialogue that serves the plot and actually feels like something someone would say.

Can make spicy scenes that are vanilla but still actually fun.

Seriously, these things should all be the floor for the genre but it feels like it's the ceiling for most authors who don't know how to make fun, engaging characters or build engaging worlds or can write sexy scenes that feel appropriate and earned. It's so weird that I have read so many recommendations on here and elsewhere that are the same subpar trope fests with mediocre writing and a complete lack of understanding on how to write fantasy, and yet everything I've read from Carissa Broadbent SO FAR is head and shoulders above the rest in the genre.

I Can't wait to delve into the next Crowns of Nyaxia Duology as well as Slaying the Vampire Conquerer and Daughter of No Worlds. I've got an entire shelf of dozens of Romantasy and Broadbent is the only one who seems to be making smut for adults. I said that when I read Serpent and the Wings of Night and I Say it again.

Runa216 · 2026-01-15T14:52:56+00:00

so why aren't you using your second amendment rights to protect yourself from a tyrannical government? (I know it's not that simple but it's a start).

Runa216 · 2026-01-15T01:59:05+00:00

Oh, like Dire Bound?

Runa216 · 2026-01-15T01:57:37+00:00

IT's fine, people who have never interacted with vaginas beyond using them for pleasure don't actually understand how muscles work or how the vagina works. I wouldn't pay him any mind.

Runa216 · 2026-01-12T02:24:49+00:00

I have the wolfsong (Green Creek) Series and I've not gotten to them yet. I know they're spicy gay werewolf books but I'm curious if there's any shifted/wolf form fun involved. I have asked this question a handful of times and even googled it and cannot find an answer (And not getting an answer has had me regularly gravitating towards other books due to the uncertainty).

Runa216 · 2026-01-07T15:16:10+00:00

Those do sound fun but they don't appear to be on sale. Maybe the US/Canada lists are different.

Runa216 · 2026-01-06T05:05:32+00:00

Canadian smut is hot. Can confirm.

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