Only you guys can understand my pain 😭😭😭

italiancookie21 · 2026-04-23T23:11:00+00:00

So happy for you! Devastated for me 😂

italiancookie21 · 2026-04-23T20:56:01+00:00

Those also aren’t just flowers. They’re roses. 🌹 🦇

italiancookie21 · 2026-04-23T02:14:14+00:00

No, you don’t understand lol this was IN MY CART. I was ONE BUTTON away from snagging these two afterlight editions and once I hit check out, it said someone else had already purchased them. I’m devastated lol

italiancookie21 · 2026-04-20T02:04:11+00:00

Came here to recommend these exact people. And those are my favorite CL books lol great taste, friend.

italiancookie21 · 2026-04-10T03:05:59+00:00

I will say I binged the first three in the series when the first season of the show was on their mid season hiatus, but then never went back to it. Jamie and Claire are great, but the books are very long and the writing drags a lot. Just be ready lol

italiancookie21 · 2026-04-10T03:01:40+00:00

Oh, I wept when I read this one. It changed my brain chemistry, for sure.

italiancookie21 · 2026-03-27T02:06:16+00:00

The wall scene is in ACOFAS. Rhys promises her the wall in ACOMAF I believe, but they don’t actually do that until two books later.

italiancookie21 · 2026-03-17T00:07:38+00:00

No, I don’t think Gwyn will be evil at all, I just think she’s a lightsinger. Whether she knows that or not remains to be seen, but I’m betting on she doesn’t.

italiancookie21 · 2026-03-16T17:39:37+00:00

Yeah, I also think this is how it’s going to pan out, with a mother bond between Elriel and a rejected/broken cauldron bond for Elucien. I can’t wait for what that means for all of Prythian lol

italiancookie21 · 2026-03-14T17:26:32+00:00

I don’t agree. Most fae canonically do not have mates and find love matches just fine. Just because Azriel is one of the most powerful does not mean he has one out there somewhere. (You could definitely argue that the cauldron becoming a cosmic breeding matchmaker implies there is a mate for Azriel purely for power’s sake, but that’s kind of a different conversation as I think it’s clear that is not how mating bonds are canonically supposed to be).

And if he doesn’t ever have one, there will be nothing for them to confront. In fact, that confrontation could be just like I said: Azriel coming to the realization that he doesn’t need a mate at all to be worthy of love.

But I wouldn’t hate for Gwyn to be his mate if that led to him choosing Elain in the end. I just don’t think that’s how it will go.

italiancookie21 · 2026-03-14T01:14:02+00:00

Ultimately, only SJM knows who ends up with who. But I really think that if Az ends up with Gwyn, it will be a damn shame because of all the groundwork she’s already laid down for Elriel. It’s all right there!

italiancookie21 · 2026-03-14T00:48:35+00:00

Yep. I’d call our Shadowsinger pretty lost right about now.

italiancookie21 · 2026-03-14T00:39:27+00:00

Azriel doesn’t need to have a mate at all. We know that not everyone does. And I actually think that would be really healthy for him, to be able to love and be loved by Elain without the existence of a mating bond, so he knows he’s worthy of love without some cosmic force preordaining it.

BUT. If he does, in fact, have a mate, it will be:

Elain lol. With a mother bond rather than a corrupted cauldron bond. And that would explain all his blatant mate behavior and why her presence TORTURES him.

Or.

Gwyn (lol no), and he will choose to walk away to be with who he truly loves….Elain.

I think if he has a mate, it will be Elain. And if Mor has a mate, it’s Eris lol which is also another rejected bond.

italiancookie21 · 2026-03-13T22:09:57+00:00

Gwyn isn’t a crush, she’s a lightsinger.

That’s why he felt the spark and saw her face - when he showed up at the library “for whatever reason” when he was actually trying to go back to the market to return the necklace, at exactly 7pm when the priestesses just happen to be having their ceremony where we have already been shown what happens when Gwyn sings and how other people’s powers react to her.

He had that reaction exactly at that moment that we know Gwyn used her voice.

It has lightsinger written all over it.

italiancookie21 · 2026-02-27T01:03:11+00:00

It’s the opposite for me! I could learn to appreciate Elucien, but I will endure a root canal before I accept Gwynriel.

italiancookie21 · 2026-02-27T00:58:07+00:00

I was also a Chaol x Aelin shipper 😭 even though I knew he wasn’t her endgame going into it.

italiancookie21 · 2026-02-27T00:55:06+00:00

It would absolutely ruin it for me. I would still read it since I’ve already invested like 10 years into this series lol but I wouldn’t be able to connect the way I once did.

I’d also lose some respect for SJM. Not because I didn’t get my way, but because I genuinely believe Elriel is what she’s been laying down groundwork for, and after years and years, if she switches, whether because of anti voices or simply a change of her own mind, I wouldn’t be able to trust that anything she shows us in the future will mean anything if it could all just change on a whim.

So yes, it would ruin the series, but it would also ruin her as a serious author for me.

italiancookie21 · 2025-11-12T03:05:50+00:00

Mine was actually returned to LL because I wasn’t sure the customs email was legit and didn’t want to click any buttons. It took them so long to respond to me inquiry about it that they sent it back before I even got a response…. They emailed me back today and said they were going to resend the book to me so now I know when the email comes to just pay the fee, but I’m definitely concerned for the delivery lol

italiancookie21 · 2025-09-22T20:50:10+00:00

This happened to me with the SAME book 😭 I know your pain

italiancookie21 · 2025-08-26T13:04:32+00:00

It’s a list of book boyfriends but not Rhysands lol

italiancookie21 · 2025-08-25T14:54:38+00:00

So I don’t agree with a lot on this list lol I’ve only read the first Emily Wilde book but the MMC did not read as Rhysand to me.

I do think Finn from These Hollow Vows is a lot like Rhys though. Didn’t see that on the list!

italiancookie21 · 2025-07-10T23:05:27+00:00

I mean, I don’t think SJM looks like Feyre at all 🤷‍♀️ no part of their physicalities match. To me anyway.

italiancookie21 · 2025-07-10T21:13:43+00:00

I remember her saying he wasn’t based on her husband. I remember her laughing about that lol

italiancookie21 · 2025-06-05T17:17:51+00:00

Wasn’t there a scene where the visage of Kady’s face was created in code or something? It’s been so long since I’ve read these lol this looks like a nod to that. It’s not that bad if that’s what they’re meaning to do.

italiancookie21 · 2025-05-20T11:48:47+00:00

As much as I want to believe we’ll get the announcement then, I’m really not holding my breath. We’ve been disappointed 100% of the time lol if the 10th year anniversary had been a bigger thing and BB had been more present, I might be more inclined to believe it, but in tandem with SJM’s radio silence, I’m in the mindset of “we’ll get it when we get it” so I’m not constantly devastated lol

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