BOOKS THAT DESERVE MORE HYPE 🤎 hidden gem book recs 

I'll check it out Thanks

@@sidepunch Really hope you'll give it a try and enjoy it :)

Only 12 ratings is crazy

@@nikkisumesh It is. And this book deserves so much more. :)

I’ve been considering doing this for my fav underhyped books!

Riyria series is best!

Glad you’re okay!!

@@nrgnjg Yes very thankful that me and my family were okay!

I totally get what you’re saying and I felt similar. I kind of forced myself through storm and shield (it’s one a lot of people struggle with) but I think I might be able to offer some clarifications that could help. With Naime acting different, I agree, her not trusting makram’s word on that family’s reliability was a bit odd but I think we also have to recognize that our perception is colored by the fmc’s contextual lens. Aysel can’t read Naime or Naime’s relationship to makram very well because Naime puts on a cold facade to almost everyone else. In my head canon, I think Naime is distrustful towards them partially because she’s considering factors that Makram isn’t. She has to deal with the political fall out with her viziers if she makes any missteps so she’s hesitant to move until she has all of the pieces to make a solid judgment. I would recommend you push through book two. Once you’re through book two, you could jump into book three OR you could read the prequel. The prequel is the most similar to R&R and the pining is so flipping sweet. Seriously, it has no business being that good. I think it could reignite your love for the series and cleanse your palette from Storm & Shield. Book three is great too, but in a totally different way. The FMC there has a lot of past trauma while the MMC is like Han Solo and Andy Dwyer had a baby. He is hilarious and silly but he’s also driven to do a lot of good in the world. They are nothing like N&M and I could see people saying they have insta live, but it’s not. It’s insta attraction and they’re just very forthright about it. Their flirting and openness about their attraction is very different from most romantasy which is fun. Book four has a lot of connections to the prequel (most people recommend the prequel after book 3 but you can read it at anytime) and, again, is more similar to R&R in terms of how the romance develops. The FMC and her love for her family seem so genuine and she’s exactly what Ihsan needs. A LOT of the fans often say they love I&I as much as R&R. …now that I’m through all of that, I really wanna know what you don’t like about bashir. I also had qualms with him, but I’m intrigued to hear your thoughts. And I’m sorry for my long comment.

@nicoleneedschocolate no no this was fascinating to read! I appreciate the encouragement and your thoughts on the way Naime acts! Bashir, the guy in the 2nd book, towards the end when he figures out the FMC has to make a choice between essentially being stuck in place or living free, gets internally unreasonably angry because he feels the FMC will choose to leave, that she will choose freedom over being tied down, over *him* and this life he has planned for them. He doesn't even KNOW her, I feel N&M in the first book had waaaay more time to understand each other before they started pining and wanting to be in each other's future. I am also personally very very against situations that force a woman to choose between freedom and man, because as someone who has chosen to live her own life free of the constraints that come with intense romantic relationships, it feels very "Hallmark" to me when a woman picks a man over her own dreams and wants. So I was also angry with Naime, for making the FMC choose between staying and being part of the Circle business the FMC wanted no part of, or leaving and never seeing her family again. Naime is part of the reason they got run out of their hometown; and she keeps putting the FMC in a corner even after knowing that? But yeah, Bashir just felt way to proprietary over the FMC (I can't remember her name lol) despite knowing her for like 4 days or something. The whole "earth means steady and consistent and loyal" thing was thrown out to try and justify it it seemed, but I don't jive with that. I did get to 75%, I tried to finish, but I already knew she'd pick to stay so she could see her family and be with rhe hot guy she's been climbing like a tree, and I just didn't want to see her get stuck in a situation with a guy who was always hovering, always not wanting her to get hurt or leave his sight, not trusting her to be capable on her own. He has a few moments where he tries, but his constant hovering and trying to protect someone who is honestly more powerful than him felt silly and trite. And proprietary lol, of her future and her state of being. I get being worried about a loved one, but I prefer stories where the guy will be basically nonchalant about his lover kicking ass, or really proud, or right next to her kicking ass. Not always worried she's gonna get hurt, but trusting her. Anyways, I'm sure that was much longer and meandering than it needed to be 😁 you were very succinct in your thoughts and I do not do that well! I am tempted to jump ahead to 3, but I might grab the prequel honestly, it looked good but I was iffy on it, but if it's close to the first one I'll definitely give it a go!

You should really watch the anime since the artist of the manga got arrested for tax fraud so dont expect many updates, plus season 2 is probably going to catch up to the manga and even go more further into the story.

I just downloaded this book.

Me too!😂