So many here that I agree with! I always love hearing the responses that you get. So glad you put up mine with the cliffhangers. If the next book takes forever to come out I always have to reread leading up to it. I would love to see you do this again sometime. I’m sure I can think of more.
I so agree about the boys of tommen!! I was searching for books 3-5 at my local B&N and could NOT find them. I finally asked someone to help me and they were in the YA section. I was like ??? There is language and triggers and some spice sprinkled in. Definitely needs to be in the adult romance section.
I definitely agree but I also noticed that the books were published under a young adult imprint, so that probably has to do with it being in the ya section more than the content.
Another word that authors LOVE to use is incarnate. I don’t mind, it’s just definitely something I see a lot, sometimes even multiple times in the same book!
Omg! Yes! The word UNDULATE is in soooooo many books! I also saw Murphy talk about this! And now I can’t unsee it! It’s always there staring at me! 👀 It’s almost unsettling! 🤣
🤣Good to know I am not the only one. I was at second chappter as he called her "pet" and "naive" [in terms of she is a virgin] and I dropped the book so fast.
I've been keeping track of the nicknames/ endearments for the books I read this year. There are some crazy ones. I never pay attention to the playlists, it's just an added page in a book I don't need. I wouldn't mind it so much if like the song was incorporated into the story where it belongs. Like have a little qr code on the page you want the song to go with, otherwise it's just a list of songs in one spot and I'm never going to listen to them 😂
Totally agree with the ick that Adult books should not be in the YA section. There is an assumption that YA means PG13. If it would be rated R in the theater, I feel it should be in the adult section. The ACOTAR series is in the YA section of my library. I checked, and they did put Silver Flames in the adult section, but still, I feel they should be in adult for sure. I think this is because the first one was marketed as New Adult, but once the series continued and they were republished with the new covers, they were published as Adult.
As a very conservative person, I usually buy from the YA section. I bought the whole ACOTAR series bundle from the YA section with no idea of the spice level and was wildly surprised. Luckily I am 24, but still.... Since then, I started watching book reviews on TH-cam😂
I noticed A Court of Silver Flames being shelved in the middle grade and YA mixed SFF shelf at my library, next to the Throne of Glass books 😳 But then Crescent City books are shelved among adult fantasy. So why the heck is Silver Flames shelved there, I have no clue 😳
Not a fan of the 28+ year old virgin. I feel like being a virgin is glorified, like, if she's a virgin she is pure and has standards... while in real life, a person with no experience by that age has to be pretty lonely and frustrated. Also - non-consent scenes are an automatic DNF for me even if she's "wet" - reminds me too much of how lawyers try to discredit women in rape trials. It's a hard no for me.
I recently realized that I don’t like books that heavily focus on the past in present books. Happens so much in second chance. It has to really be done correctly
book cover style changes half way through the series. of more than 4 POV in one book. Like not one series if its a series and it changes POV over a few characters that's fine but in one book having 7-8 different POV is just confusing.
English/British accent being sexy, which one there are so many, just listen to British sports, movie, or music being interviewed Think saying USA accent being sexy, is it a Boston, New York or Texas amongst others.
The "big girl panties" was mine. I've noticed a few expressions that are used ALL THE TIME. That's the one that bothers me the most though. The others are: When the couple touch for the first time and they feel like it's lightning... Come on authors... find something else to describe that feeling. I prefer it when instead of lightning they feel goosebumps or chills. That's more normal right? Who even knows how lightning feels? Anyway.... the other one is when they are about to have sex and the heroine says "please" but then she thinks to herself "I don't really know what I'm begging for exactly". If it's a historical and she is a virgin I understand that she doesn't know that she's about to orgasm. But if it's a contemporary it really bothers me. I just don't believe that in this day and age with the internet women don't know what's coming even if they're virgins and haven't experienced an orgasm before. Anyway.... the big girl panties really bothers me. I recently even read one where the heroine was thinking about the hero and she said "he needs to put on his big boy panties and come and talk to me". I mean COME ON....
I think all of the overused pet names in almost every book that’s been coming out is my biggest offender. Its not cute and can come of infantilizing. Major ick!
My big time ICK is too much swearing! I don’t mind swearing here and there, but OMG every other chapter is way too much! Especially when all of the characters do it. If there is swearing it has to be done right. The authors that use swear words to show toughness in the characters just turns me off as a reader. Matter of fact, it does the opposite for me and it shows signs of weakness in the writing and in the characters, but that is just my preference. When characters swear too much I think the characters were uneducated and the characters didn’t know how to handle stress at that specific pressure in the book. I rather see sarcasm replace swearing. I absolutely love Fourth Wing and Iron Flame, but the author used so many times the s word and so many times the fu** word it made me cringe. However, I am going to finish the series and I have pre-ordered the final book just to finish the series. Will I pick up another book from that author probably not.
One of my biggest bookish icks are female protagonists who are mean and verbally vicious/borderline abusive, but the author thinks and makes all of the other characters act toward that character like they are precious baby angels who can do no wrong (glaring at Feyre & SJM for popularizing this 😡). The dissonance between what I think about the character and what the author wants me to think drives me up the wall. Also, "not like other girls" makes me break out in hives. Hehehe, I didn't expect wild Merphy to appear at the end! 😁
Icks…. Poor editing. Overwhelmingly so, where I’m actively editing in my head once or twice every chapter. Ick for contemporary romance… inserting contemporary politics. Ali Hazelwood did this in Love Theoretically and I was incredibly annoyed, to the point I refuse to read any of her other books and pause when I see she recommended a book. I recognize that it’s meant to be contemporary, but still… in 10-20 years NO ONE is going to understand the reference AND, right now, it alienates half her desired audience.
This was the cringiest thing I’ve ever had to encounter 😖😅
So many here that I agree with! I always love hearing the responses that you get. So glad you put up mine with the cliffhangers. If the next book takes forever to come out I always have to reread leading up to it. I would love to see you do this again sometime. I’m sure I can think of more.
Adult books should not be in the YA section. Also, YA books should not be in the middle grade section.
I so agree
I so agree about the boys of tommen!! I was searching for books 3-5 at my local B&N and could NOT find them. I finally asked someone to help me and they were in the YA section. I was like ??? There is language and triggers and some spice sprinkled in. Definitely needs to be in the adult romance section.
I definitely agree but I also noticed that the books were published under a young adult imprint, so that probably has to do with it being in the ya section more than the content.
Another word that authors LOVE to use is incarnate. I don’t mind, it’s just definitely something I see a lot, sometimes even multiple times in the same book!
Omg! Yes! The word UNDULATE is in soooooo many books! I also saw Murphy talk about this! And now I can’t unsee it! It’s always there staring at me! 👀 It’s almost unsettling! 🤣
I'm not a fan of a lot of pet names either. Babe, baby girl, etc.
Kitten, babygirl and daddy really drive me crazy 😂
🤣Good to know I am not the only one. I was at second chappter as he called her "pet" and "naive" [in terms of she is a virgin] and I dropped the book so fast.
Same Jess half my Spotify songs from book playlist I love them
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Agree with quite a few!
I've been keeping track of the nicknames/ endearments for the books I read this year. There are some crazy ones. I never pay attention to the playlists, it's just an added page in a book I don't need. I wouldn't mind it so much if like the song was incorporated into the story where it belongs. Like have a little qr code on the page you want the song to go with, otherwise it's just a list of songs in one spot and I'm never going to listen to them 😂
Totally agree with the ick that Adult books should not be in the YA section. There is an assumption that YA means PG13. If it would be rated R in the theater, I feel it should be in the adult section. The ACOTAR series is in the YA section of my library. I checked, and they did put Silver Flames in the adult section, but still, I feel they should be in adult for sure. I think this is because the first one was marketed as New Adult, but once the series continued and they were republished with the new covers, they were published as Adult.
As a very conservative person, I usually buy from the YA section. I bought the whole ACOTAR series bundle from the YA section with no idea of the spice level and was wildly surprised. Luckily I am 24, but still.... Since then, I started watching book reviews on TH-cam😂
I noticed A Court of Silver Flames being shelved in the middle grade and YA mixed SFF shelf at my library, next to the Throne of Glass books 😳 But then Crescent City books are shelved among adult fantasy. So why the heck is Silver Flames shelved there, I have no clue 😳
Not a fan of the 28+ year old virgin. I feel like being a virgin is glorified, like, if she's a virgin she is pure and has standards... while in real life, a person with no experience by that age has to be pretty lonely and frustrated.
Also - non-consent scenes are an automatic DNF for me even if she's "wet" - reminds me too much of how lawyers try to discredit women in rape trials. It's a hard no for me.
I recently realized that I don’t like books that heavily focus on the past in present books. Happens so much in second chance. It has to really be done correctly
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book cover style changes half way through the series. of more than 4 POV in one book. Like not one series if its a series and it changes POV over a few characters that's fine but in one book having 7-8 different POV is just confusing.
English/British accent being sexy, which one there are so many, just listen to British sports, movie, or music being interviewed
Think saying USA accent being sexy, is it a Boston, New York or Texas amongst others.
The "big girl panties" was mine. I've noticed a few expressions that are used ALL THE TIME. That's the one that bothers me the most though. The others are: When the couple touch for the first time and they feel like it's lightning... Come on authors... find something else to describe that feeling. I prefer it when instead of lightning they feel goosebumps or chills. That's more normal right? Who even knows how lightning feels? Anyway.... the other one is when they are about to have sex and the heroine says "please" but then she thinks to herself "I don't really know what I'm begging for exactly". If it's a historical and she is a virgin I understand that she doesn't know that she's about to orgasm. But if it's a contemporary it really bothers me. I just don't believe that in this day and age with the internet women don't know what's coming even if they're virgins and haven't experienced an orgasm before. Anyway.... the big girl panties really bothers me. I recently even read one where the heroine was thinking about the hero and she said "he needs to put on his big boy panties and come and talk to me". I mean COME ON....
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I think all of the overused pet names in almost every book that’s been coming out is my biggest offender. Its not cute and can come of infantilizing. Major ick!
My big time ICK is too much swearing! I don’t mind swearing here and there, but OMG every other chapter is way too much! Especially when all of the characters do it. If there is swearing it has to be done right. The authors that use swear words to show toughness in the characters just turns me off as a reader. Matter of fact, it does the opposite for me and it shows signs of weakness in the writing and in the characters, but that is just my preference. When characters swear too much I think the characters were uneducated and the characters didn’t know how to handle stress at that specific pressure in the book. I rather see sarcasm replace swearing. I absolutely love Fourth Wing and Iron Flame, but the author used so many times the s word and so many times the fu** word it made me cringe. However, I am going to finish the series and I have pre-ordered the final book just to finish the series. Will I pick up another book from that author probably not.
One of my biggest bookish icks are female protagonists who are mean and verbally vicious/borderline abusive, but the author thinks and makes all of the other characters act toward that character like they are precious baby angels who can do no wrong (glaring at Feyre & SJM for popularizing this 😡). The dissonance between what I think about the character and what the author wants me to think drives me up the wall.
Also, "not like other girls" makes me break out in hives.
Hehehe, I didn't expect wild Merphy to appear at the end! 😁
Icks….
Poor editing. Overwhelmingly so, where I’m actively editing in my head once or twice every chapter.
Ick for contemporary romance… inserting contemporary politics. Ali Hazelwood did this in Love Theoretically and I was incredibly annoyed, to the point I refuse to read any of her other books and pause when I see she recommended a book. I recognize that it’s meant to be contemporary, but still… in 10-20 years NO ONE is going to understand the reference AND, right now, it alienates half her desired audience.
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