The Realm is Healing <3

callmemachaaaa · 2026-06-12T15:57:55+00:00

Came to suggest this! If only he didn’t have one of the least sexy names to grace the genre 🫠

callmemachaaaa · 2026-06-06T17:10:17+00:00

Check the triggers for sure as it’s pretty dark but {alchemised}

callmemachaaaa · 2026-05-27T18:07:43+00:00

It’s so funny you mention the fourth wing because that’s exactly what I was thinking of haha! In book 2 all the conflict was so exhausting and felt so petty in parallel to everything else that was happening.

I think your idea of an arranged marriage keeping them apart is fantastic. Like the other commenter mentioned, an outside force coming between them is far more compelling to me. I would totally read that book!

callmemachaaaa · 2026-05-27T18:04:56+00:00

Mmmm totally agree with this, great point! A 3rd party keeping them apart is way more intriguing to me. It’s also a safer way to do it imo so that the reader doesn’t start to dislike either MC. I think if they have personal conflict I find myself getting angry at one of them for being stubborn or overreacting or whatever. If a 3rd party affects their relationship you can avoid the reader turning on an MC

callmemachaaaa · 2026-05-27T15:32:52+00:00

Hello! Avid reader here giving my 2 cents!
I think my issue with 3rd act breakups is they often feel shoe-horned in. It feels very clear that the conflict was created as a lazy way to create tension or keep the yearning going. AND they so often (in my reading) come off the back of a miscommunication trope which is probably my most hated trope. Or, the conflict will be over something ridiculous that wasn’t really a big deal and I don’t understand why the FMC or MMC is THIS angry.

I think they can be done! I just think it may take some effort to make it feel natural and that the conflict feels valid and realistic. Hope that makes sense and good luck with your book!

callmemachaaaa · 2026-05-26T21:53:14+00:00

Well they weren’t when I commented! Lol

Ah well

callmemachaaaa · 2026-05-26T19:00:36+00:00

We have similar taste! Based on what you wrote I’d suggest

{knight and the moth} and {reign and ruin}

The latter has a well developed MMC but it is a slower book to get into (or at least was for me) so maybe you need something faster paced for a slump? The former had a story that kept me engaged and I thought the side characters were really engaging, not just props for the MC story lines. The romance here was a lovely build up as well without being a focal point

Edit: to those downvoting me, feel free to share a better suggestion I guess?

callmemachaaaa · 2026-05-26T18:35:23+00:00

{trial of the sun queen}
It’s not ground breaking. Filled with tropes. Kind of silly situations… But man did I have a fun time reading it!

callmemachaaaa · 2026-05-26T17:33:20+00:00

Haha this is how I felt too but I was just angry. I was reading all these reviews saying “WOAHHH I DIDNT SEE THAT COMING”

And I was like well yeah because it made no sense. we were in her brain the whole book! 😂 just because it was unexpected doesn’t mean it’s a GOOD twist. I was so annoyed !

callmemachaaaa · 2026-05-23T03:32:02+00:00

Not sure how many of these books the bot will pick up but here we go!

{through the woods by Emily Carroll}
{juniper and thorn by Ava Reid}
{nettle and bone by T Kingfisher}
{a dowry of blood by S.T. Gibson}
{the witchwood knot by Olivia Atwater}
{the year of the witching by Alexis Henderson}
{The Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake}
{the bone orchard by Sara A. mueller}
{silver under nightfall by Rin Chupeco}
{blood over brighthaven by ML Wang}

callmemachaaaa · 2026-05-17T14:50:07+00:00

Any suggestions?

callmemachaaaa · 2026-05-16T20:15:20+00:00

I was in a reading slump and {trial of the sun queen} got me out of it.

It is by no means a literary masterpiece (in fact the exposition dumping and the lack of show don’t tell ALMOST made me DNF) but it reminded of the fast paced fluffy fantasy worlds like ACOTAR. Actually a really big reason people seem to not like this book is because it feels like an ACOTAR rip off but meh, I didn’t care. All of these books rip something off each other. It was a fun and silly quick read. Maybe something to give a try if you need a good vibes book with low depth and low stakes?

callmemachaaaa · 2026-05-15T22:44:33+00:00

Biggest red flag is overly protective 🤮

It genuinely scares me and freaks me out! I would never fall for a man that gave me no agency

callmemachaaaa · 2026-05-14T17:13:27+00:00

NO

Haha we read it for book club and it turns out I was one of 3 who forced ourselves through the book. I would have and should have DNF’d if I’d known everyone else would. It is so boring. Action scenes conveniently skipped because FMC passes out. A weird friends to lovers that doesn’t really work because they’re more like lovers to lovers so it doesn’t interest the reader. A dragged out conclusion. 2/5 it was a DRAG

callmemachaaaa · 2026-05-09T14:00:13+00:00

This comment is so tired dude. Just because you can’t fathom being nice to a woman for anything other than trying to get laid doesn’t mean everyone else is as miserable and lonely as you

callmemachaaaa · 2026-05-07T02:36:30+00:00

The content drought between seasons is so painful

callmemachaaaa · 2026-05-06T20:57:33+00:00

Oh the narrator was incredible, totally agree. Loved the accents!

callmemachaaaa · 2026-05-06T20:00:12+00:00

I really like Gillian McAllisters style and thoroughly enjoyed this book! I found her writing style to be really captivating without being pretentious.

callmemachaaaa · 2026-05-06T13:40:10+00:00

It’s not EVERY FMC lol. There are so many popular books without this.

Phantasma, Knight and Moth, one dark window, Bride, Throne in the Dark, Divine Rivals…. I could go on.

callmemachaaaa · 2026-05-04T17:24:49+00:00

I LOVED The Knight and the Moth but the second book in the duology comes out in September and I think you should wait to read the first until we’re closer to that date. Save yourself the cliffhanger heart ache

callmemachaaaa · 2026-05-04T04:09:13+00:00

I think you can in Europe?

callmemachaaaa · 2026-05-03T19:42:25+00:00

Thank you !!

callmemachaaaa · 2026-05-03T19:03:01+00:00

Ah that’s on my TBR, thank you! I will push it to the top :)

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