ASOWAR, Chain of Gold, and more Fantasy 🧚 Monthly Reading Wrap Up! 

I love slowburn too! I think the thing is I want to _feel_ the romance, I don’t want to be told they’re in love 🤷‍♀️ Or at least I wanna understand why they even like each other in the first place!

Pleeeeease read “The Infernal Devices”! That was the first series I read by Cassandra Clare (back in 2011), and it’s been a favourite ever since. “The Mortal Instruments” was great when I was a teen, but TID still holds a huuuge place on my heart 9 years later. It’s the story of the parents of the kids in Chain of Gold, so it might seem weird at first. It’s the best though - trust me! It would be great to know your thoughts x

Omg! I love The Shadowhunter Chronicles!! The Infernal Devices trilogy is my absolute favorite!! ❤❤

Please you have to read “The Infernal Devices”. They are simply beautiful and the epilogue of Clockwork Princess is going to leave you a mark on your heart. 😭

I just finished Howl's Moving Castle and it was gorgeous 👌😌 THANK YOU for the recommendation

omg cari, the way you've sold me on every single book! my goodreads want-to-read list is overflowing!

I love seeing An Ember in the Ashes in here 😭😭I finished the first one last week and I'm still thinking about it it was so incredible 🤧

I totally agree that Chain of Gold was very much focused on relationship building but I think that's one of Cassandra Clare's strong suits. I always fall in love with her characters (especially Magnus Bane), no matter what series. You should definitely give the Infernal Devices and The Dark Artifices a go, they have great characters and relationships but are more action packed even from the first book on.

Yas! I love these longer videos where we just get to hear you talk about what you love! Great video Cari

So excited to see An Ember in the Ashes in this video! I’ve loved the series so far. It’s definitely taken a turn towards being more fantasy which I wasn’t expecting but thoroughly enjoy. It’s also one of the few ya books out there that are written by an author of Pakistani descent and I’m so happy that people are reading her work!

You are so good at describing books without spoiling them! I tried to describe a winters promise to a friend the other day and completely butchered it (thanks for the recommendation! Loved it!)😂 I also love how much you love fantasy books it has really made me realise how much I love them too! sending love from England!

Reading queen!!! You've inspired me so so much to start reading again with this channel, thank you! 💖

When I saw Cinder I was so excited! I agree that the story felt a little young at first but it really grew on me as the books went on. I'm glad you enjoyed reading it :)

omg I used to ADORE the Lunar Chronicles series when I was in high school, and honestly it only gets better with each book. Scarlet is SOOOO good and Cress is fantastic as well. I don't remember Winter as much but I do remember liking that one too haha. So glad you're reading the Lunar Chronicles bc they were my fave for so long!!

i love that you gave a little summary about the books so i could know what i was interested in, it was super helpful

i really like the way you describe books!! it’s just enough to make us want to read them but there are no spoilers at all. you’re doing great 💓

hey I have just subscribed to your channel after watching the Eleanor and parks video. Really excited to watch this one and all your other videos!! :))

I read the whole Lunar Chronicles series and I enjoyed them. As you say more of a younger read but they are entertaining. I must say I liked the graphic novels featuring Iko the best I’m looking forward to the last book in the Ember in the ashes series, did not like book 3 as much as the others. Helene is my absolute favorite. Love the video, have a great weekend

Just me here again to recommend the Infernal Devicesssssss trilogyyyyy 🤗💕🌙✨ James in Chain of Gold is named after someone from that trilogy haha😏 love you Cari haha

I loved children of blood and bone!! But I agree about the love interest :// personally I hope she just forgets about him lmao it seemed quite forced, also with chain of gold I think the main reason I enjoyed it is because of how attached to a lot of the characters I already was, so I’d definitely recommend reading the infernal devices !

Some of these books are already on my Tbr, but you’ve convinced me to read em all ASAP! ASOWAR sounds so fun, definitely one I want to get my hands on soon! Love the way you describe books in an interesting yet non-spoilery way 😊 Hope you’re having a good day!!

Honestly loving these videos! I'm glad you did this channel as it gives you more space and room to do these book videos!

I have some of these in my tbr and now I’m even more excited to read them haha , I’ll add random books to my tbr without even knowing what they’re about so this was great!Definitely read Sorcery of thorns by Margaret Rogerson , I also found that an enchantment of ravens was super short and this one is also a short book but I think you’ll like the characters 🥰 also I love this new intro super cute 🥺

So many of these will go to my Want to read list! 😍 Thank you Cari!!

Loved this video! Keep going Cari! I think it's perfect don't change anything xx

I really like your thoughts/review style of these books. You sound like to mostly read for enjoyment and for an experience, which is basically me.

i'm so happy you made this channel!! excited to add these to my goodreads list! 🧚🏻

your intro!! i'm really glad that you're enjoying an ember in the ashes! i've been meaning to finish the series for a while now 😅. and i never had an interest in reading the chain of gold until you described it 😮!

finally someone else who read a song of wraiths and ruin! i bought it right when it came out and loved it. i need the second book omg

Cari, you should read The Infernal Devices! I think you'll love it! And The Last Hours makes much more sense with TID background

Okay I loveeeeedd this video! Literally every book you described I was like ohhh maybe I should pick that up haha you speak in such an engaging way

First, you’re so pretty! Love the whole aesthetic of your background :) An Ember In the Ashes is so good 👌🏻👌🏻 I enjoyed the first book a little more than the second but regardless they were very captivating. But, I need to read the third book before the fourth comes out To Kill A Kingdom sounds so interesting! I’ve always wanted to find a good story that involves mermaid/ sirens. Just sea creatures in general

I'm glad you read Cinder!!! I think you'll like Scarlet once you meet her in the series and I loovvvveeeeeeee Cress hahahaha. I agree it is a little young but I think knowing how much i would have loved it like 15 years ago helps

Omg i love your videos so much 💜

I absolutely loved this video and the way you sold me every single book haha

So glad I found your channel! Your video was great and I added so many books to my TBR (my poor shelves...)

OMG your opening is soooo cute!

lately i’ve been craving for a good fantasy book so thank you so much for all the recommendations!! this video couldn’t have come in a better time !! i’m so happy about this channel

Cress (the third book) is my favorite in the Lunar Chronicles, i would totally recommend to keep reading the series ✨ i also want to read Sorcery of Thornes by Margaret Rogerson! "The love interest is a pain in the butt" is the truest statement of them all haha great reads! I read 17 books in july and my favorite one was Normal People by Sally Rooney! It's AMAZING!

You should read infernal devices by Cassandra Clare , another shadowhunter book series and find out the ultimate bad boy heartache!

I'm working thru the ember in the ashes series and really liking it. Excited to hear what u think about woven in moonlight. Wrap ups can be allot of talking at once I feel ya at the end there lol

I know it's still new, but I hope your channel succeeds and grow 🙂. Your assessment of books seem fair and well balanced and, overall, you spread a positive vibe. Keep it up!

im glad you loved tmi!!

honestly i don't read fantasy at all but your descriptions of the books make them sound so interesting i found myself intrigued by all of them

woah cari! props for finishing so many books this month!! I'm now motivated more than ever to finish this one I started over a year ago >< haha also amazing job on posting 3 videos a week

Wow! The intro is so so cool!

Yaaaay, more books to add to my reading list haha I have so many already on my wishlist and the most I can on hold but omg, the "a song of wraiths and ruin" is 16 weeks away I mean, I'm dying haha and there's a couple more that are 12 weeks away and so on but, oh well their free, I can't complain.

yes to fantasy!! ♡♡♡

Im so in love with the watercolor next to the guitar 💙

If you want a book series that is fantasy and modern at once I highly suggest Artemis Fowl. It’s about a genius kid who discovers an entire secret world and the chaos that ensues, he goes from a villain in the first book to a hero in the last book so amazing character development.

"as one does" that side comment killed me xD I am here for these little moments!!!

i’ve also just recently just read cinder for the first time and i absolutely loved it!! although i agree that it was kind of predictable. can’t wait to read the sequels!

I am going to add To Kill A Kingdom and Girl Serpent Thorne much higher on my TBR now cause they sound amazing!

omg the intro caro 💚💚 I love it

Love love love listening to you talk

you will love The Infernal Devices!

Glad I watched this one, I have so many new books on my tbr list now (even though it's already so long and I have so many books at home to read ) I think you might like the book The Girl King by Mimi Yu ; after a huge reading slump which lasted literal years I found this book and read it in one sitting. 50 pages before the end of the book I realized that it's the first book, the second book coming out in may 2021. Also an underrated and kinda unknown series is the House of Commaré series ; I just saw it in my local bookstore, liked the cover, liked the summary, and read the 1st book in 2 days, got the 2nd book the next day, ordering the others online.

I'm reading A Torch Against The Night !! Its SOOO GOOD

I have a book series recommendation that you might be enjoy. The series is The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott and it’s a YA series that I read a super long time ago but it was really unique to me and I really loved it when I read it although I don’t remember too many details. The super cool thing about the series is that it has a bunch of characters who are immortal humans who were real people in history, Nicholas Flamel being the obvious one, but there’s others such as Joan of Arc and Shakespeare and Miyamoto Musashi (one of my favorites in the series) and soooo many others. The series also has immortal humans who are specifically from mythology which I found really cool and interesting because it has so many mythologies from around the world tied into the story. My favorite character was Scathach who is from Celtic mythology and she is so amazing and super badass because she’s a master in every martial art and fighting style that’s ever existed, and she also has bright red hair too. The two main characters Sophie and Josh who are twins end up working for the Flamels and basically get all tied up in this huge adventure which takes them all over the world. I don’t remember too much about the actual story but I really just remember the characters and the mythology and historical elements to the series which I found really unique and I loved because I love that stuff in general. I never hear people talk about this series which makes me sad and also why I wanted to recommend it because I thought it was great when I read it and it really stood out to me as being a really unique urban fantasy series. It’s definitely a pretty easy read but I think it’s really enjoyable and worth the time.

great video!!!!! i love wrap ups!!! this made me miss fantasy books so much 😭😭 all i've read this month was a little life by hanya yanagihara (actually i just reread the first two parts cause i think about these charecters literally everyday and i miss seeing them happy), little fires everywhere by celeste ng and vidas secas by graciliano ramos. definitely need to take a break from serious topics and just enjoy mermaids and faeries again 😅

YEYYYYYYYY NEW VIDEO!!!

Lunar chronicles series is so good. You'll get to love every single characters with their back stories!

You should totally check out the “Legend” series by Marie Lu. It is a series that I have read time and time again and would really love to see your take on it!!! Everyone I recommend it to ends up loving it so hopefully you would too!! Love your videos and content!! ❤️

I highly HIGHLY recommend the dark artifices series by cassandra clare. It’s my personal favorite

You should totally read The Infernal Devices if you liked the Mortal Instruments, Cari!

The intro is sooo cute wish we have a sticker like that for IG storyyyy 😭

enchantment of ravens was really sweet! I typically dont like fairy romances but that one was great. to kill a kingdom was soooo. young adult fantasy romance hahahah

Loved this video!! More please :)

AKFJFFKFKIF AN EMBER WORLD HOOKED ME INSTANTLY. 🔥

I love the cartoon girl like in the intro. 😍💓✨

I love this channel so much! I didn’t know I needed booktube, but I love it! Have you ever read Bloodless Mercies or Seven Endless Forests by April Genevieve Tucholke? I feel like our taste in books is very similar and you might like them!! Fantasy, powerful female characters, Norse-esque mythology re: gods mentioned and name of places, etc. So so good. Highly recommend.

Great video!

Cari is a booktuber now and I just so fucking happy!!!

Omg, you-have-to-read the infernal devices first! Hits different 🤧

You HAVE to read the infernal devices and the dark artifices!! Even though there are spoilers in chain of gold you’d still love it TID is the best shadowhunters series by far

I love Cassandra Clare's writing

I think a lot of cassandra clares series have the same format that at the start of a series the first book builds all the character relationships and then as the series progresses more and more action happens. But also i think reading her books in order of publication is best because there is spoilers for past series in the books

I WAS FANGIRLING WHEN I SAW CHAIN OF GOLD

thank you for the recommendations! would it be possible for you to put a page count for each of the books in the next monthly wrap up? love the video!

"Scythe" reminds me of the short story "2BR02B" by Kurt Vonnegut, it's super short and on Gutenberg I think, but it's really unsettling and one of those stories that's stayed with me since middle school.

Cassandra Clare books are so good! The Infernal Devices is one of the best. You should also try Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz. It’s not your typical YA book. As for other YA you could try Jenny Han and Morgan Matson books. Colleen Hoover also has some good books. For fantasy A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas is good too. ❣️

I'm still so happy you made a booktube channel~~ I loved the video~ suggestions wise...idk maybe add star ratings if you're comfortable with that?? I don't feel like it's necessary but maybe something to think about??

The moment you said "enemies to lovers trope," I added to my Goodreads LOL... time to add even more to my 100+ TBR

I’ve been on a reading slump since June so I’ve only read 6 books for the last two months ㅠㅠ thankfully I’m coming out of it and finished a whole book in one day yesterday. Also, where do you read your books? Seoul has some great English sections in some bookstores but I read mostly on Libby

LOVED watching this so much!! But hi hello I am very upset that you didn't read The Infernal Devices before CoG!! (not really but highly recommend you do, you can skip TDA, but PLEASE read TID)

I would love to know your star ratings for books in future wrap ups!!

I had no idea you read so much YA!

Please read “This is how you loose a time war” it’s so strange I’d love to hear ur thoughts.

If you love this type of books please read « A Winter’s Promise » from Christelle Dabos (French author). You will either like it or hate it but if you can, give it a try it’s worth it ! You have 4 books (around 450-550 pages each) and it won a lot of prices here in France :). « Plain-spoken, headstrong Ophelia cares little about appearances. Her ability to read the past of objects is unmatched in all of Anima and, what s more, she possesses the ability to travel through mirrors, a skill passed down to her from previous generations. Her idyllic life is disrupted, however, when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, a taciturn and influential member of a distant clan. Ophelia must leave all she knows behind and follow her fiancé to Citaceleste, the capital of a cold, icy ark known as the Pole, where danger lurks around every corner and nobody can be trusted. There, in the presence of her inscrutable future husband, Ophelia slowly realizes that she is a pawn in a political game that will have far-reaching ramifications not only for her but for her entire world. » it’s by far my list favorite saga EVER.

I love seeing what my favorite youtubers are reading. Have you read Circe by Madeline Miller? If you haven't I highly recommend it.

You neeedddd to read the clockwork series from Cassandra clare I think they’re soooo much better than the mortal instruments series.

pet by akwaeke emery is so great!!

I ENJOYED CHAIN OF GOLD SO MUCH. I REALLY ADMIRE CASSIE CLARE FOR WRITING BEAUTIFUL CHARACTER RELATIONSHIPS. I HOPE YOU'LL READ THE INFERNAL DEVICES. OHHDKDJDK YOURE GONNA LOVE ANOTHER HERONDALE & LIGHTWOODS, AND MANY OTHERS. 😅

I just bought six of crows because of your video so here we go into the heartbreak

you should check out "The City We Became" by NK Jemisin!

I'm sure you have been asked, but have you read the "Throne of Glass" series? I struggle with whether I like that series or ACOTAR more from Sarah J. Maas.

Add in your star rating😌

I just saw Chain of Gold and liked the video lol

Girl serpent thorn sounds so interesting it’s such a shame it was disappointing for you 😱😞🥺

You should read The Infernal Devices by Clare, it is the best Shadowhunter series 😊