"i feel like books pretend to be fantasy or scifi but theyre romance" oops thats the tea. im a sucker for romance tho if it's done well!! thanks for the recs!!
Thank you! I just posted my Summer Faves on my beauty channel and the intro basically summarize my slight obsession with mustard 😂 th-cam.com/video/fQ4GVh-_nIc/w-d-xo.html
Girl don’t be ashamed of liking a romance! Romance has become the main genre I read now and I’ve just come to accept that this is what my life is now 😂 But you would HATE everything I read. I usually end up reading either the Megan Markle genre (working class American girls gets with a prince) or an intense romantic suspense. Those are my niche!!
Tara Taillon we are NOT ashamed for not liking romance. Dont get it wrong. For me even, romance ruins everything in the books, and almost everytime it isn't necessary.
Yeah I'm not ashamed to actually dislike romance, it has ruined so many books I liked! I struggle to describe why I like these because they sound ridiculous when I try to describe them haha
I literally read all of these on your recommendation and loved all of them! I get such secondhand embarrassment reading bad romances too (the Selection series was SO. CRINGY. but I couldn’t stop reading lol) but LOVE finding good ones that have the right balance of interesting plot + loveable side characters + not-too-cringy romance. So thanks for all the great recs!!!! Love your videos 💕💕💕
I relate on a spiritual level to everything you said about the romance plots, especially about buying a YA fantasy book that is just 400 pages of instalove, dumb love triangles (it's always clear who will be the OTP) and stupid misunderstanding-related drama that could be solved in 1 minute if people just spoke to each other. *rolls eyes* That's why I trust your reviews about these things. We seem to have the same point of view. I don't think that I hate-hate romance per se, it's just very annoying when it's done badly af + it takes over the whole plot. That being said, I'm currently reading the Winner's Curse trilogy and loving it.
I would recommend "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe". It treats it characters with love even when they make mistakes and just the whole book make me happy.
VERY surprised (in a good way) to see this video from you! Love it. May or may not have purchased the Winners trilogy off book outlet while waiting for the bus this morning...
You should read the Liveship Traders series by Robin Hobb. It’s a adult high fantasy series set in the same world as her Assassins Apprentice series. It’s has great writing, plot, and characters and includes one of my favorite romances, and the romance is a favorite because it does NOT take over the plot! I would never classify this series as romance, but the romance it has adds to plot and is MINOR to the rest of the story, so I think you’d really like it
Are you talking about the romance between Malta and Reyn or Althea and Brashen? + the Robin Hobb books contain my favorite romantic relationship of all time. It even spans 60 years.
Althea and Brashen, but Malta and Reyn are a close second! I just love all of them! And I think the fact it's not heavy on the romance adds a lot to it. Because of it I felt as though every scene counted between the couples and it never distracted from the rest of the story
"Apparently I am not completely made of rock, my heart is not completely dead" This is litearally me. Also, I love all the books in the Simonverse. I need to read the Remnant Chronicles sooooo badly!
I am sorry this is sooooo obvious but I like "Pride and Prejudice". I cant help it jajajsj
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I agree with all of these!!! I have yet to read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo though, but everyone has been raving about this book so I guess I'll have to pick it up soon! I also have to finish The Winner's Curse trilogy. I've only read the first one but I really enjoyed it.
I’m *not so* patiently waiting for you to read outlander! I read it earlier this year and loved it so much more than I thought I would! There are definitely some cringy sex scenes and moments but I actually didn’t mind and was rooting for the characters! There’s some awesome adventure in there too! Haha I want to hear what you think!
Great video! Have you though of doing a video about amazing books with little to no romance? I am so tired of seeing good plots ruined (or cheapen) because they wanted to have a love triangle/romance at all costs. Little rant: Gimme an wholesome friendship we don't need a love story all the freaking time, especially if the plot can stand on its own *end of rant* Keep it up Emily xx
The problem is that most books I enjoy end up being with little or no romance so I tend to forget which ones contained a bit of it and I'm scared to mention one in a video like that and being called out lol Have you read "The Poppy War"? 0 romance but trigger warnings for everything! Best fantasy book of 2018 though!
I read the Winner’s Trilogy because of you and LOVED it, and then, I started The Remnant chronicles also because of you and I’m loving it too! (Also, I read I’ll give you the sun by jandy nelson and fell completely in love too, lol, your recommendations are the best)
Ok, I loved ‘SATHSA’, ACOMAF and, am currently loving ‘The Winner Trilogy’, so I feel I better just take the plunge and read Evelyn Hugo and the Remnant series. This is a quality video 10/10
I loved the Winner's Curse and Remnant Chronicles. I'm currently reading Mary E. Pearson's newest book Dance of Thieves which takes place in the same world as Remnant Chronicles series six years later and love when she mentions old characters!!
I love what I’ve read by Grace Draven. Easily some of my favorite reads... her writing just give me such a good feel. Do you have any recommendations of authors like her!?
Currently reading book 2 of the Remnant Chronicles, and loving it! Thanks for the recomendation! You don't like who she ended up with?! Now I'm worried :') (Though we may not even like the same one)
I think you would like Written in Red by Anne Bishop. It is such an underrated series with the best slowburn romance and an actual plot that has nothing to do with romance!
Romances I would recommend because I was really caught off guard by how much I liked them: "Cruel Beauty" by Rosamund Hodge, "His Pretend Baby" by Theodora Taylor, and "Glitterland" by Alexis Hall. ALL will be in my favorite books of 2018 vid at the end of the year!
Lol I'm still here to hang! I've been slowly trying to get into sci-fi. But if you mention a book with romance you don't like I can go "wait I might like that one" 😂
I'm so confused why you loved the kiss of deception ahaha. Like. I REALLY liked it too but there is so much romance and the love triangle takes such a big place ahah. Argh I love the romance in winner's curse. I love the whole trilogy. love love love love.
Honestly I have no idea but for some reason I liked it lol I did start to resent the love triangle during the second book but there was enough political intrigue for me to continue!
if you wanna start with romance, i recommend starting with YA first, then go higher and higher (by age). I would like to recommend Autoboyography by Christina Lauren, Aristotle and Dante Discover the secrets of the universe, and after that, maybe you could dive into rom-coms hehe. Well, for rom-coms that would be a different story.
I really enjoyed this video. I definitely agree with you about the romance in A Court of Mist and Fury. After hearing you talk about them I definitely want to give some of the other books a try
This is not a video I was expecting of you.. I'm really not mad at it 🤔🤣 J'adore ton nouveau rythme de upload de vidéos sur cette chaîne tu me donnes toujours envie de lire plus mais surtout d'utiliser mon esprit critique avec ce que je lis! Bisous de la Belgique ❤
The All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness is my favourite romance! Romance is also my favourite genre! All Souls is paranormal and has no love triangle and not many sex scenes. Those scenes aren’t written graphically. The author has another book, connected to this series coming out in September 2018 too, so now might be the perfect time to start it! Plus, the lead male character is my favourite EVER!!!!!!!! All of the books you mentioned are on my TBR, as well, apart from ACOMAF, which I’ve already read and I LOVED!!!! You’ve made me excited to get to all of them!!!
Matthew is the love of my life. I was a little skeptical about him at first, but now coming to think of it I believe he is one of the best characters I've ever read about and which completely stole my heart :))))
You should have included some classics. You have to read Persuasion by Jane Austen if u did not. It's My No.1 romance book. I also mostly hate romance for the same reason cheesy and cringy
I tend to avoid romance so "romance + classic" usually wouldn't be on my radar lol I did like Pride and Prejudice but I tend to prefer the BBC series over the book!
The moment i saw the notification, i thought the books will not be more than 5 books. Then Again you mentioned that it is not recommendation video but merely your favourites , but will try some of these. PS: Your eyes were clearly distracting in yellow but in a good way.
Yay - what a cool video idea! I kinda did a double take when I read the title haha.. I also get embarrassed for te characters generally when the female characters main goal in life is made to be to find a guy :(
Oh, had to stop reading about ethics to see this video. Yes, I really wasn’t expecting, but I loved it. No, I don’t like romance as well, but sometimes it’s done right. I’ve only read the Simon one, but I’d like to check on the others. Loved you make up, even though I don’t use make up, and understand nothing about it. You have a particular way of talking that makes me very enchanted. It’s delightful how you talk about books. Makes me read more.
Hey Emily. How are you doing? Thanks for telling me about all of those books and series, for I have not read any of those. I will have to check those out after I get done with a few other book projects that I have.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on Daughter of Smoke and Bone! The first book is very romance heavy, the others have that love element but there is a big plot (a wonderful, wonderful war theme). I am curious to know if you would like them!
I'm definitely a fan of subtle romance. One of the best romantic relationships I've ever read is from The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker and it's barely there but so wonderful and the characters are so different but that's why they come to appreciate each other and gah...I'm very emotional about it lol. YES Arin and Kestrel! I still need to read the last book but I feel like I'm not emotionally prepared for it lol. Also: you are ROCKING that yellow eyeshadow!
I’m not one to comment on looks because I feel like there’s so much more to a person than that but Emily you are so beautiful dude wtf. And I love your makeup.
I am so proud that I discovered The winner's curse trilogy before you raved about it since you introduced me to the Kiss of Deception trilogy - I binged both as well they are so good! And preach, I want organic romance not just in there to fill space LOL
You look beautiful and I love the nail/shadow combo! I'm glad to see some of your romance heavy books. Don't worry about the hate. Its your channel. I LOVE romance but I get it. There are some books where it is super cringey and I have to back away slowly (AKA immediately move on to another book) because it is so emberrasing/bad. You might enjoy The Wall of Winnipeg and Me, it's a slow burn (like no sex until the last 30 pages or so) and it's more character driven. It's quite long but I think you might like it. On another note, you should read Anna Akana's So Much I Want to Tell You.
I'm off to my honeymoon tomorrow (we're off to Sri Lanka for 2 weeks- I'm so excited) and you convinced me, I'm taking The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo with me to read on the plane ❤
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo has been sitting on my list! Now I'm even more excited to read it lol. I feel like you might like The Rules of Civility.
When you were talking about the winner's curse I started thinking abouy The Remnant Chronicles and was about to check your Goodreads to see if you've read it and you pulled them out and it made me so happy!!! I feel the same way about who Lia ended up with and also the whole Pauline relationship I could see it being foreshadowed but I was still hoping it wouldn't happen then it did and they ended up together which made me take half a star off my rating lol
I have already read three of these books (including The Winner's Curse trilogy) and I absolutely love them... I just finished a trilogy recently and I think that you could like it, the first book is called Legend by Marie Lu and, as though there is romance, it's not the main topic. It's a dystopia which is really really really good ! I recommend it to you :)
I'm about halfway through Dance of Thieves and am LOVING it. it takes place ~6 yrs after the previous series so we see a lot of the characters again on the periphery as we expand on the world. Also, if you were a Kaden fan I feel like this new romance will be up your alley!
Definitely an unexpected video but indeed fun! I know you don’t read that much ya, neither do I, but if I were to recommend one that’s good overall and did the romance especially well (in the same line of Winner Trilogy but Not that romance heavy) I’d say the Girl of Fire and Thorns Trilogy by Rae Carson. I can’t remember if you tried it or read it already but just in case! Awesome video & have a nice day :)
My favorites are P.S. I like you by Kasie West and Dramatically Ever After by Isabel Bandeira. =) They're both super sweet hate turned love romances. Super hilarious banter and nice "clean" romances, if you're looking!!
Great video. I totally get your dislike of romance in general because I used to hate these books too. (Used to.) The fact that some romance books still won your heart definitely make them interesting recommendations.
I kept hearing EVERYONE talk about The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and I kept checking it out on Overdrive, but never got around to reading it, but one day, I was just like okay, I'm going to read this book! OH MY GOSH! I read that book in 1 day, I couldn't put it down, you know a book is good when you start reading it and it just consumes your entire life for a day.
Your eye makeup is gorgeous. Have you ever read historical romance? I was surprised I enjoyed the few I read. But if you liked Kiss of Deception with the war and adventure and royalty, it might be a genre to try out. From what I can remember, "fade to black" love scenes are more common in that sub genre than explicit ones too.
That's a good idea! Although to be honest, historical romance is also not my usual genre but I should try it more often (I still need to finish The Song of Achilles!)
I love a variety of genres including romance. I don't like it when most of the novel involves sex but I don't mind reading about it if the wording and atmosphere is right. I read A Court of Thorns and Roses but haven't read the other books in the series. The series that comes to mind that I recommend is Noctis Magicae by Sylvia Izzo Hunter with the first book The Midnight Queen. There is some romance in it but that's not the main focus of the series plus there's magic and at least two magical schools are named. A standalone book is The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. There are probably more I've read that have some romance in it but those are the ones that most come to mind.
I love these books! Haven't read the first and third ones though. Putting them on my to-read list. I'd also recommend some boys by patty Blount. Sea of tranquility. Private arrangements. And gone with the wind. None of them are fantasy though. Sarah J. Mass's other series, the 1st book being the assassin's blade is also a personal fav. That's fantasy.
So far I have read a sci-fi, a fantasy and a romance on your recommendation and loved them all. I thought I was mostly into romance (aka fantasy romance YA aka it all started with twilight), but I'm happy to say that I enjoy a book without it/more realistic relationships just as much.
One book that I recomend is "las 3 bodas de Manolita" (the 3 marriages of Manolita, Almudena Grande). It is a story of the spanish civil war and how romance can coexist with it.
I know it’s not related to books, but could you tell me what eyeshadow are you wearing, I just love that color and I still haven’t found the perfect one💛
For books that have romance in them but are not about the romance, I definitely recommend the Graceling trilogy (which I think I saw on the shelf behind you? haha) Its my favorite of those types of books. especially the second in the series :)
I haven’t read Simon VS, but I did read the sequel of sorts Leah on the Offbeat and it was okay, kind of unmemorable (to be fair, it gets less enthusiastic reviews than Simon.) I am not a romance reader either, but I can tolerate or even like it if it’s wrapped well in another genre, particularly fantasy. On that note, Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder had an interesting, original plot and a romance I fully shipped. Ditto for Uprooted by Naomi Novik.
Usually, like 99,9% of time I hate romance in a books, but recently I've read Radiance by Grace Draven and I loved the relationship between two main characters. By the cover it looks like a typical trashy romance fantasy, but the world building was actually quite good and again the main couple! The fun part is that our two heroes are from different races that find each other extremely hideous but are forced to marry for political reasons. So their hole relationship is build on understanding, acceptance and friendship, which was just beautiful 😍
the cover makes you doubt the story but you're absolutely right about the world building and the slow burn. after i read the 1st book, I immediately looked for the second.
I actually tend to like some romance in my fantasy books (only if it's done right though). So I'm pretty excited to try out The Winner's Trilogy and The Remnant Chronicles. Thank you so much for the great recs Emily! ^-^ Also, I totally get not wanting romance in certain books, it can be extremely distracting, or in some cases can take away from the story itself.
I feel like there are a few different levels of romance... Brandon Sanderson for example, there are love interests but it never becomes the whole book. Then the few I mentioned here are kind of in between. And then you have the ones that are "disguised" as fantasy/sci-fi but really it's just romance lol
Have you tried Mitch Albom's books? They're not that big of a read but they're *reallyyy* spiritual! I hope you try his "Five People You Meet In Heaven" and "Tuesdays with Morrie", Em! Btw great unexpected video though!
Omg I felt the exact same way about a court of mist and fury!! I didnt mind the first, loved second, hated the third. I just posted my romance favs if anyone is interested. Would love to hear other recs as well!
I'm sure this wasn't a video you were expecting from me... but I thought it would be fun 😂
BookswithEmilyFox Acceptance is the first step 😂
Greetings from Costa Rica! ✌🏽
I did do a double take when I saw the words romance next to your channel !! 🤣❤️ Absolutely LOVE Love Simon !!! ❤️ Xxx
BookswithEmilyFox this is so unexpected of you! I love it! Keep it up!
BookswithEmilyFox i have been waiting for this!
This was awesome Emily!! Great recommendations :)
"i feel like books pretend to be fantasy or scifi but theyre romance" oops thats the tea. im a sucker for romance tho if it's done well!! thanks for the recs!!
Ah but the key is "if it's done well"!! Too often its not haha
loving the yellow eyeshadow & nail polish 💅🏻 💛
Thank you! I just posted my Summer Faves on my beauty channel and the intro basically summarize my slight obsession with mustard 😂 th-cam.com/video/fQ4GVh-_nIc/w-d-xo.html
"Top romance books I hate the least" by Emily Fox
LMAO... close enough :P
Girl don’t be ashamed of liking a romance! Romance has become the main genre I read now and I’ve just come to accept that this is what my life is now 😂 But you would HATE everything I read. I usually end up reading either the Megan Markle genre (working class American girls gets with a prince) or an intense romantic suspense. Those are my niche!!
Tara Taillon we are NOT ashamed for not liking romance. Dont get it wrong. For me even, romance ruins everything in the books, and almost everytime it isn't necessary.
Yeah I'm not ashamed to actually dislike romance, it has ruined so many books I liked!
I struggle to describe why I like these because they sound ridiculous when I try to describe them haha
Girl recommend some intense romantic suspense
I love all your videos! You have such unique opinions on books. Sometimes I got back and binge your old videos.
Emily: ”My favourite Romance Books”
Me: “Wait, what? Since when has Emily liked Romance novels?!” 😂😉
Right? But I think that's what makes it a good video! I usually don't like romance but these ones I did :P
I literally read all of these on your recommendation and loved all of them! I get such secondhand embarrassment reading bad romances too (the Selection series was SO. CRINGY. but I couldn’t stop reading lol) but LOVE finding good ones that have the right balance of interesting plot + loveable side characters + not-too-cringy romance. So thanks for all the great recs!!!! Love your videos 💕💕💕
I felt the same about the selection... So bad. Yet addicting.
I relate on a spiritual level to everything you said about the romance plots, especially about buying a YA fantasy book that is just 400 pages of instalove, dumb love triangles (it's always clear who will be the OTP) and stupid misunderstanding-related drama that could be solved in 1 minute if people just spoke to each other. *rolls eyes*
That's why I trust your reviews about these things. We seem to have the same point of view. I don't think that I hate-hate romance per se, it's just very annoying when it's done badly af + it takes over the whole plot.
That being said, I'm currently reading the Winner's Curse trilogy and loving it.
Same same same!!
I would recommend "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe". It treats it characters with love even when they make mistakes and just the whole book make me happy.
Whenever I hear someone say “chick-lit” all I can think of is a bunch of tiny baby chickens running around, just me?😂
Zoe Powe it's not just you!!! 🤣🤣
I am living for the eyes and matching nails look btw. Love the video as well
Thank you! I keep getting more and more mustard and my life... and I'm okay with it lol
VERY surprised (in a good way) to see this video from you! Love it. May or may not have purchased the Winners trilogy off book outlet while waiting for the bus this morning...
Hope you'll enjoy it!
Merci!
Thought I read this notification so wrong 😂
It was unexpected for sure lol
You should read the Liveship Traders series by Robin Hobb. It’s a adult high fantasy series set in the same world as her Assassins Apprentice series. It’s has great writing, plot, and characters and includes one of my favorite romances, and the romance is a favorite because it does NOT take over the plot! I would never classify this series as romance, but the romance it has adds to plot and is MINOR to the rest of the story, so I think you’d really like it
I'll definitely get to it! I want to read all her books but I'm planning to start with AA first!
Are you talking about the romance between Malta and Reyn or Althea and Brashen?
+ the Robin Hobb books contain my favorite romantic relationship of all time. It even spans 60 years.
Robin Hobb was my jam in my teenage years. Very pg-13, imo.
BookswithEmilyFox If you don’t like Assassin’s Apprentice, don’t give up. Liveship Traders is SO MUCH better.
Althea and Brashen, but Malta and Reyn are a close second! I just love all of them! And I think the fact it's not heavy on the romance adds a lot to it. Because of it I felt as though every scene counted between the couples and it never distracted from the rest of the story
"Apparently I am not completely made of rock, my heart is not completely dead" This is litearally me. Also, I love all the books in the Simonverse. I need to read the Remnant Chronicles sooooo badly!
I am sorry this is sooooo obvious but I like "Pride and Prejudice". I cant help it jajajsj
I agree with all of these!!! I have yet to read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo though, but everyone has been raving about this book so I guess I'll have to pick it up soon! I also have to finish The Winner's Curse trilogy. I've only read the first one but I really enjoyed it.
I’m *not so* patiently waiting for you to read outlander! I read it earlier this year and loved it so much more than I thought I would! There are definitely some cringy sex scenes and moments but I actually didn’t mind and was rooting for the characters! There’s some awesome adventure in there too! Haha I want to hear what you think!
OOOO THIS EYE LOOK YAAAAAS
I really struggle with Romance for all the reasons you listed as well. Loved the video!
Your makeup is inspiring me to do a yellow eyeshadow look
Mustard is the best! NYX Nude Matte shadow in Cougar is what I'm wearing! Super affordable and pigmented :D
Great video!
Have you though of doing a video about amazing books with little to no romance? I am so tired of seeing good plots ruined (or cheapen) because they wanted to have a love triangle/romance at all costs.
Little rant: Gimme an wholesome friendship we don't need a love story all the freaking time, especially if the plot can stand on its own *end of rant*
Keep it up Emily xx
The problem is that most books I enjoy end up being with little or no romance so I tend to forget which ones contained a bit of it and I'm scared to mention one in a video like that and being called out lol
Have you read "The Poppy War"? 0 romance but trigger warnings for everything! Best fantasy book of 2018 though!
I read the Winner’s Trilogy because of you and LOVED it, and then, I started The Remnant chronicles also because of you and I’m loving it too! (Also, I read I’ll give you the sun by jandy nelson and fell completely in love too, lol, your recommendations are the best)
Ok, I loved ‘SATHSA’, ACOMAF and, am currently loving ‘The Winner Trilogy’, so I feel I better just take the plunge and read Evelyn Hugo and the Remnant series. This is a quality video 10/10
I loved the Winner's Curse and Remnant Chronicles. I'm currently reading Mary E. Pearson's newest book Dance of Thieves which takes place in the same world as Remnant Chronicles series six years later and love when she mentions old characters!!
So glad the Winner's Trilogy made it to your list 💖 It's easily one of my faves. Excited to check out the other books on here as well!
One of my favorite fantasy books with a romance is Grace Draven's Master of Crows. But then I like romance.... So be warned. Do you have a PO Box?
I love what I’ve read by Grace Draven. Easily some of my favorite reads... her writing just give me such a good feel. Do you have any recommendations of authors like her!?
Currently reading book 2 of the Remnant Chronicles, and loving it! Thanks for the recomendation!
You don't like who she ended up with?! Now I'm worried :') (Though we may not even like the same one)
You might be okay with the ending... It just felt a bit incomplete to me!
I think you would like Written in Red by Anne Bishop. It is such an underrated series with the best slowburn romance and an actual plot that has nothing to do with romance!
Romances I would recommend because I was really caught off guard by how much I liked them: "Cruel Beauty" by Rosamund Hodge, "His Pretend Baby" by Theodora Taylor, and "Glitterland" by Alexis Hall. ALL will be in my favorite books of 2018 vid at the end of the year!
I’ll be sure to check out these books in the future. Thanks for the recommendations Emily!
I feel the same about The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 😍😍
Am I one of the few that loves romance? Lol 🙊
Possibly on this channel lol I've mentioned how I feel about them so often that it might not be where romance loving people hang out :P
Lol I'm still here to hang! I've been slowly trying to get into sci-fi. But if you mention a book with romance you don't like I can go "wait I might like that one" 😂
I was JUST looking for a new romance book...how’d you know??
I'm so confused why you loved the kiss of deception ahaha. Like. I REALLY liked it too but there is so much romance and the love triangle takes such a big place ahah.
Argh I love the romance in winner's curse. I love the whole trilogy. love love love love.
Honestly I have no idea but for some reason I liked it lol
I did start to resent the love triangle during the second book but there was enough political intrigue for me to continue!
I don't really read romance, but a classic romance that I love is Pride and Prejudice.
I do want to pick up The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo though.
if you wanna start with romance, i recommend starting with YA first, then go higher and higher (by age). I would like to recommend Autoboyography by Christina Lauren, Aristotle and Dante Discover the secrets of the universe, and after that, maybe you could dive into rom-coms hehe. Well, for rom-coms that would be a different story.
I really enjoyed this video. I definitely agree with you about the romance in A Court of Mist and Fury. After hearing you talk about them I definitely want to give some of the other books a try
This is not a video I was expecting of you.. I'm really not mad at it 🤔🤣
J'adore ton nouveau rythme de upload de vidéos sur cette chaîne tu me donnes toujours envie de lire plus mais surtout d'utiliser mon esprit critique avec ce que je lis! Bisous de la Belgique ❤
Hellraiky x omg I am also belgian hihi
Je me disais que ca serait bien de balancer un peu toute la haine que je donne aux livres romantiques 😂
Marie Van Loon omg de où? Van waar ??
Ik woon dicht bij Brussel 😊
Jij?
I don’t know if you already read it, but if you didn’t I recommend Call me by your name.
I don‘t like romance books neither, but one of my favourite books ever is the time traveler‘s wife. Have your read it?
The All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness is my favourite romance! Romance is also my favourite genre! All Souls is paranormal and has no love triangle and not many sex scenes. Those scenes aren’t written graphically. The author has another book, connected to this series coming out in September 2018 too, so now might be the perfect time to start it! Plus, the lead male character is my favourite EVER!!!!!!!! All of the books you mentioned are on my TBR, as well, apart from ACOMAF, which I’ve already read and I LOVED!!!! You’ve made me excited to get to all of them!!!
Matthew is the love of my life. I was a little skeptical about him at first, but now coming to think of it I believe he is one of the best characters I've ever read about and which completely stole my heart :))))
You should have included some classics. You have to read Persuasion by Jane Austen if u did not. It's My No.1 romance book. I also mostly hate romance for the same reason cheesy and cringy
I tend to avoid romance so "romance + classic" usually wouldn't be on my radar lol
I did like Pride and Prejudice but I tend to prefer the BBC series over the book!
BookswithEmilyFox mmm personally I prefer Persuation over Pride and Prejudice. The heroin is 27 and very mature.
Yes and the BBC movie for Persuation is very good. The end is a little cringy though hehe, which is not the case in the book.
It's on my shelf so I'll need to get to it :)
BookswithEmilyFox I would love to watch what u thought of it 😍😍😍 😘
The moment i saw the notification, i thought the books will not be more than 5 books. Then Again you mentioned that it is not recommendation video but merely your favourites , but will try some of these.
PS: Your eyes were clearly distracting in yellow but in a good way.
Mine are
Sandra Hill- The Bewitched Viking
Catherine Coulter - Windham Legacy
Theodora Taylor - His One and Only
Yay - what a cool video idea! I kinda did a double take when I read the title haha.. I also get embarrassed for te characters generally when the female characters main goal in life is made to be to find a guy :(
They're the worst!! It's way too common in YA books :(
Oh, had to stop reading about ethics to see this video.
Yes, I really wasn’t expecting, but I loved it. No, I don’t like romance as well, but sometimes it’s done right.
I’ve only read the Simon one, but I’d like to check on the others.
Loved you make up, even though I don’t use make up, and understand nothing about it.
You have a particular way of talking that makes me very enchanted. It’s delightful how you talk about books. Makes me read more.
If Emily is recommending romance books, these better be good 😂
Nooooo I warn everyone in the video that there's 0 guarantee here 😂
I LOVE IT OFC HAHAHA especially the mustard nails x i will go read evelyn hugo now
OMG I LOVE all the books you mentioned! They're great!
I am SHOOKETH!!! Did not expect this video at all. Literally did a double take to make sure it was actually you!
My favourite romance book has to be Great Expectations. It touches on all aspects of love. Falling in love, betreyal, disappointment and misery.
Hey Emily. How are you doing? Thanks for telling me about all of those books and series, for I have not read any of those. I will have to check those out after I get done with a few other book projects that I have.
I haven't read the Winner' Kiss! I can't believe I forgot about it. Will go check it out now!
I'd love to hear your thoughts on Daughter of Smoke and Bone! The first book is very romance heavy, the others have that love element but there is a big plot (a wonderful, wonderful war theme). I am curious to know if you would like them!
Tell me there's a tutorial for this makeup look on your other channel! It's so liiiiiiit!
It's literally one shadow ;)
It's NYX Matte Nude in Cougar! Super affordable, blends like a dream and is super pigmented!
hahaha thanks! such a nice, simple summer look! =*
I'm definitely a fan of subtle romance. One of the best romantic relationships I've ever read is from The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker and it's barely there but so wonderful and the characters are so different but that's why they come to appreciate each other and gah...I'm very emotional about it lol.
YES Arin and Kestrel! I still need to read the last book but I feel like I'm not emotionally prepared for it lol.
Also: you are ROCKING that yellow eyeshadow!
Oh that book has been on my TBR for a while I need to get it!
The third book was least favorite one but still pretty solid!
Thank you :)
I’m not one to comment on looks because I feel like there’s so much more to a person than that but Emily you are so beautiful dude wtf. And I love your makeup.
Aw shush you're too sweet!
I totally agree with the Sarah j Maas book YES GIRL and by the way I'm LIVING for your eyeshadow!!!
I am so proud that I discovered The winner's curse trilogy before you raved about it since you introduced me to the Kiss of Deception trilogy - I binged both as well they are so good! And preach, I want organic romance not just in there to fill space LOL
You look beautiful and I love the nail/shadow combo! I'm glad to see some of your romance heavy books. Don't worry about the hate. Its your channel. I LOVE romance but I get it. There are some books where it is super cringey and I have to back away slowly (AKA immediately move on to another book) because it is so emberrasing/bad. You might enjoy The Wall of Winnipeg and Me, it's a slow burn (like no sex until the last 30 pages or so) and it's more character driven. It's quite long but I think you might like it. On another note, you should read Anna Akana's So Much I Want to Tell You.
I'm off to my honeymoon tomorrow (we're off to Sri Lanka for 2 weeks- I'm so excited) and you convinced me, I'm taking The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo with me to read on the plane ❤
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo has been sitting on my list! Now I'm even more excited to read it lol. I feel like you might like The Rules of Civility.
I think its my favorite of your videos! sooo cute! And Ive watched almost all of them :)
When you were talking about the winner's curse I started thinking abouy The Remnant Chronicles and was about to check your Goodreads to see if you've read it and you pulled them out and it made me so happy!!! I feel the same way about who Lia ended up with and also the whole Pauline relationship I could see it being foreshadowed but I was still hoping it wouldn't happen then it did and they ended up together which made me take half a star off my rating lol
Your accent is soo cute and that eyeshadow + nail combo is awesome 💛❤
I have already read three of these books (including The Winner's Curse trilogy) and I absolutely love them... I just finished a trilogy recently and I think that you could like it, the first book is called Legend by Marie Lu and, as though there is romance, it's not the main topic. It's a dystopia which is really really really good ! I recommend it to you :)
I'm about halfway through Dance of Thieves and am LOVING it. it takes place ~6 yrs after the previous series so we see a lot of the characters again on the periphery as we expand on the world. Also, if you were a Kaden fan I feel like this new romance will be up your alley!
That's so good to hear! I was hesitating about picking it up because I was scared it would ruin the universe for me! Definitely will now :)
Definitely an unexpected video but indeed fun! I know you don’t read that much ya, neither do I, but if I were to recommend one that’s good overall and did the romance especially well (in the same line of Winner Trilogy but Not that romance heavy) I’d say the Girl of Fire and Thorns Trilogy by Rae Carson. I can’t remember if you tried it or read it already but just in case! Awesome video & have a nice day :)
My favorites are P.S. I like you by Kasie West and Dramatically Ever After by Isabel Bandeira. =) They're both super sweet hate turned love romances. Super hilarious banter and nice "clean" romances, if you're looking!!
Great video. I totally get your dislike of romance in general because I used to hate these books too. (Used to.) The fact that some romance books still won your heart definitely make them interesting recommendations.
I love that I’ve read all of those and totally agree with u !
I actually reread ACOMAF this year and i raised my rating. I realized that for a young adult romance, its probably the best that I've read.
I kept hearing EVERYONE talk about The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and I kept checking it out on Overdrive, but never got around to reading it, but one day, I was just like okay, I'm going to read this book! OH MY GOSH! I read that book in 1 day, I couldn't put it down, you know a book is good when you start reading it and it just consumes your entire life for a day.
Your eye makeup is gorgeous. Have you ever read historical romance? I was surprised I enjoyed the few I read. But if you liked Kiss of Deception with the war and adventure and royalty, it might be a genre to try out. From what I can remember, "fade to black" love scenes are more common in that sub genre than explicit ones too.
That's a good idea! Although to be honest, historical romance is also not my usual genre but I should try it more often (I still need to finish The Song of Achilles!)
I love a variety of genres including romance. I don't like it when most of the novel involves sex but I don't mind reading about it if the wording and atmosphere is right. I read A Court of Thorns and Roses but haven't read the other books in the series. The series that comes to mind that I recommend is Noctis Magicae by Sylvia Izzo Hunter with the first book The Midnight Queen. There is some romance in it but that's not the main focus of the series plus there's magic and at least two magical schools are named. A standalone book is The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. There are probably more I've read that have some romance in it but those are the ones that most come to mind.
Omg I’m actually really intrigued to know why you aren’t happy with who Lia ended up with !!
I love these books! Haven't read the first and third ones though. Putting them on my to-read list.
I'd also recommend some boys by patty Blount. Sea of tranquility. Private arrangements. And gone with the wind. None of them are fantasy though. Sarah J. Mass's other series, the 1st book being the assassin's blade is also a personal fav. That's fantasy.
Just curious, did you like the romance in vampire academy?
From what I remember... Didn't mind it in the beginner but didn't care for it after that bit that I can't say due to spoilers lol
I liked vampire Academy until like book 5 or 6 for reasons. But Loved the spin off series!
So far I have read a sci-fi, a fantasy and a romance on your recommendation and loved them all. I thought I was mostly into romance (aka fantasy romance YA aka it all started with twilight), but I'm happy to say that I enjoy a book without it/more realistic relationships just as much.
You could check The girl of Fire and Thorns trilogy. It has a very well done romance (one of my favourites)
*Omg one of the first comments I must be your greatest fan*
OMGGGGG i relate to this second hand embarrasment and cringe-athon when reading romance heavy books!!!!!! UR MY TWIN
One book that I recomend is "las 3 bodas de Manolita" (the 3 marriages of Manolita, Almudena Grande). It is a story of the spanish civil war and how romance can coexist with it.
I've read all these books and compleetly adore them
You convinced me to read The Winner’s Curse❤️
I know it’s not related to books, but could you tell me what eyeshadow are you wearing, I just love that color and I still haven’t found the perfect one💛
NYX Cougar! it's super cheap and amazing quality!
That eyeshadow is popppinnn
For books that have romance in them but are not about the romance, I definitely recommend the Graceling trilogy (which I think I saw on the shelf behind you? haha) Its my favorite of those types of books. especially the second in the series :)
Hey Emily! I really like your videos, love your accent and I'm Canadian too!!!
I haven’t read Simon VS, but I did read the sequel of sorts Leah on the Offbeat and it was okay, kind of unmemorable (to be fair, it gets less enthusiastic reviews than Simon.) I am not a romance reader either, but I can tolerate or even like it if it’s wrapped well in another genre, particularly fantasy. On that note, Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder had an interesting, original plot and a romance I fully shipped. Ditto for Uprooted by Naomi Novik.
Usually, like 99,9% of time I hate romance in a books, but recently I've read Radiance by Grace Draven and I loved the relationship between two main characters. By the cover it looks like a typical trashy romance fantasy, but the world building was actually quite good and again the main couple! The fun part is that our two heroes are from different races that find each other extremely hideous but are forced to marry for political reasons. So their hole relationship is build on understanding, acceptance and friendship, which was just beautiful 😍
the cover makes you doubt the story but you're absolutely right about the world building and the slow burn. after i read the 1st book, I immediately looked for the second.
I actually tend to like some romance in my fantasy books (only if it's done right though). So I'm pretty excited to try out The Winner's Trilogy and The Remnant Chronicles. Thank you so much for the great recs Emily! ^-^
Also, I totally get not wanting romance in certain books, it can be extremely distracting, or in some cases can take away from the story itself.
I feel like there are a few different levels of romance...
Brandon Sanderson for example, there are love interests but it never becomes the whole book. Then the few I mentioned here are kind of in between. And then you have the ones that are "disguised" as fantasy/sci-fi but really it's just romance lol
Yeah, I can definitely see that.
Love Evelyn Hugo!! I guess I haven’t really viewed it as a romance, I think of it as a historical fictions. None the less, fantastic.
I adore Jane Eyre! I tried reading My Plain Jane and hated it because they flattened the romance.
I’m a huge enemies to lovers fan. 😍
Have you tried Mitch Albom's books? They're not that big of a read but they're *reallyyy* spiritual! I hope you try his "Five People You Meet In Heaven" and "Tuesdays with Morrie", Em! Btw great unexpected video though!
I've heard of them but I'm not a spiritual person so I'm not planning on picking them up :)
ahh I always love love looove your videos!
Omg I felt the exact same way about a court of mist and fury!! I didnt mind the first, loved second, hated the third. I just posted my romance favs if anyone is interested. Would love to hear other recs as well!
I dont really mind romance books but yes im not really in to them too