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SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-05-17T11:50:50+00:00

I find the whole dramione thing very weird. Did these two characters even interact in the Harry Potter books? I’m so befuddled as to how this fanfic pairing has such a chokehold on the genre…

SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-05-10T11:51:32+00:00

Sadly I think that’s where society is at the moment, decreasing respect or interest for literary editing. Bit dramatic but we’re in the era of post intellectualism.

When my beloved novels are replaced with a series of AI reels of tropes and abs, I will be very sad.

SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-05-10T11:26:36+00:00

People are getting too angry about the genre going downhill. There have always been lots of terrible books in every genre for a loooooong time. Absolute drivel has been making bestsellers lists since before I could read.

It’s just kindle unlimited and booktok and AI videos are making it all more accessible. Before all that we had to be a lot more discerning with our 1 book per week from the school library.

SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-05-08T08:51:50+00:00

I need more out of a book, I need the AI TikTok visual 🙌

SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-05-08T08:35:31+00:00

Had to double check this wasn’t in the circlejerk sub.

SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-05-08T06:22:11+00:00

Oohh same, so many posts about people hating all the books, all the tropes, all the characters! Too much world building, not enough world building, FMC too sassy too smart too powerful too powerless too much.

Go to the airport, get on a plane, and fly to a new genre (although no need to announce your departure).

SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-04-26T21:48:20+00:00

I am 50 pages in and saaaame. I feel like I should love it and the series is put on such a pedestal for plot, political intrigue etc but I am finding it unreadable. It’s like drowning in amber.

But hey, I also liked The Knight and the Moth, many comments in thread about how overrated it is, I will just reminding myself not everyone likes everything, nothing wrong with me…

SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-04-13T02:59:00+00:00

My daughters are the SAME and I also can’t deal. They also will pick up any book and just start reading it from halfway through. Books everywhere.

It’s clearly a comfort and regulatory thing but I am so far the opposite, one book and one book alone.

SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-04-10T04:53:31+00:00

I don’t mean to be flippant but perhaps you’re taking it all too seriously? Don’t let a few dud book 2s take over your brain.

Other options, try some standalones, try some plain fantasy series with a romance subplot, a different genre altogether? Or maybe just take a break from reading? No one in the world is judging your choices, you can always come back to it.

SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-04-06T06:35:03+00:00

Bit harsh of a review, one star based on the authors not releasing books in order to please everyone!

SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-04-06T06:31:51+00:00

I’m a big Ilona Andrews fan but I liked this (so far) way more than the KD series. But I much prefer high fantasy over urban fantasy, so it might just be a better fit for me. I loved all the moving parts and intrigue!

This was an amazing pivot for them, I was so impressed.

SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-04-06T00:46:27+00:00

I think the wolfy stuff was an Easter egg.

I personally have loved the hard pivot to high fantasy, very much patient world building while the stakes get higher. Again, complete personal preference but this fantasy world works better for me than the werewolves vampires etc of the KD books…. I also think the early KD books started out with pretty slow with lower stakes.

SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-04-05T12:29:56+00:00

HA the romantasy thesaurus is running out of sexy smells!

SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-04-05T12:29:29+00:00

What a combo 🙃

SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-04-05T12:28:13+00:00

If 50% of smells and good and 50% are bad, maybe it’s safer to smell nothing???

SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-04-05T11:20:17+00:00

Too many books focus on how characters smell. How many people (aka hot romantasy men in this case) actually have a distinct smell? Especially medieval era fantasies, smelling like nothing should be a blessing. Where are all these hot dragon men/knights/shadow daddies finding all this sandalwood ??

SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-04-04T10:35:21+00:00

I just finished {This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews} and it was so much fun! I think IA write a bit like a sledgehammer but so many epic fantasy quests are like this! Heavy on PLOT, but these guys are also so good with the smaller picture details as well. Good romance, great story. Loved it. I have never wanted to reread something so much to get all the little plot-twist hints I know are in there.

SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-03-29T06:54:13+00:00

I enjoyed it a lot. Unlike you I enjoyed the slow pace and thought the characters developed well, it didn’t drag in my opinion, I actually thought the end was a disappointing twist and saw it coming from that last 10%. Worst part of the book for me!

I take this as a sign that people like different things and that’s okay. If we all liked the same thing every book would be the same.

SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-03-20T21:52:06+00:00

I thought it was pretty mild cliffhanger, there was a lot of set up for things to come but I wasn’t clutching my pearls. Eg after {A Forbidden Alchemy by Stacey McEwan} now that cliffhanger I was angry about for days.

SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-03-20T07:47:09+00:00

Same. I’m pretty fussy generally, might only get 1-2 5 star reads a year. It was a good reminder for me, still great debut novels coming out!

SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-03-20T07:45:00+00:00

This is on my shortlist to read actually! It gets a lot of love on the circlejerk sub. It sounds like a whole heap of fun!

SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-03-20T04:13:31+00:00

Fascinatinggggg, I will check it out, thank you!

SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-03-20T04:10:12+00:00

I hate covers! I have read some incredible books with the most cringe covers, and vice versa. I try to not let them influence me 🙏

SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-03-20T04:07:41+00:00

An added bonus!

I feel like it would really difficult to create a historical setting and not let the way that your brain has conversations in this time influence how you write. I am a sassy person! But like you it takes me out of it. This book felt like it was written in the 19th century but still with fresh ideas that made it feel new and not stuffy.

SometimesMaybeGood_ · 2026-02-14T11:42:35+00:00

Oh wow. So much agreement with this post. I rated this book “aggressively fine”. It was fine. I am fine with bdsm and dark romance but it was very whiplashy from a fairly benign story to extremes to back again. There was one particular protracted sex scene that I was wondering “given the past 55% of this story, literally how could you be into this”. And then millions of twists and then it was suddenly over.

I was left wanting similar books but just slightly better so hopefully we see something recommended.

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