i accidentally read the worst book of the year so far 

there’s nearly no difference in the maturity between 17 and 18 year olds, so the fact that the students are overage means basically nothing. they’re still in _highschool_ …

God the bisexual rep is amazing. Elle Kennedy knows that us bisexual will literally die if we don’t have sex with every person we come across especially if the person is married

I honestly don’t understand how books like this get thought of, written, published, and read by others.

Tbh all the bizarre sexual fantasies and desires sound very realistic for teenagers... but IRL they simply never materialize and mostly stay in their heads.

This reminds me of someone who had a theory that "This character is just 18" is basically "They would be younger if it was legal"

I'm very glad that when I was in high school sex hadn't been invented yet, so I didn't have to deal with anything like this.

Could it be that we are witnessing the rise of Riverdale-inspired books?

Leo, there's nobody I'd rather buddyread a traumatizing book with than you ❤️. But I do still miss the person I was before this book because my GOD

“Either Elle Kennedy is writing what she, as an adult, thinks teenagers act like or I am learning some very dark things about the other teenagers in my high school.” That’s always my reaction too, Leonie. I’m aware I lived a sheltered life but sheesh, who were these teenagers???! Great video as always-have a great week!

As soon as I read “teacher student threesome” in the thumbnail I was like “OK are we talking two students, one teacher, or two teachers, one student. Because both are bad but one is worse.”😅

Hi Leo, very sorry for what happened to you. But thank you for giving us all a warning, your sacrifice will not be forgotten.

Honestly, if this wasn't a teacher student romance, the Lawson plotline would genuinely be so hilarious, cause it's like that audio, "It ain't homewrecking if you sleep with both of them" 😅

The girl getting flattered by that hacker boy finding out where she lives gives major Edward and Bella vibes.

"I know I'm reading a romance book, but it feels like I'm reading a thriller" - Oh. Oh no. It's one of *those* books again.

EXCUSE ME "Cupcake" is the pet name Violet gave to Kaitlyn in Arcane, AND ITS CUTE OKAY

Bringing inappropriate student teacher relationships to another level by involving 2 teachers 💀

As a bisexual it is a bit frustrating that books and other media are still spreading those kinds of stereotypes about us

"They all come from troubled families..because of course they do." This line delivery 😂

Yeah Elle Kennedy is all around awful 😭she fetishises sapphic relationships in her series yet writes mlm romance, while also writing very stereotypical harmful rep in other situations (plus sized rep, poc etc.) and the fact that SA was included so that Garrett could 'fix' her magically is so bizarre. And ofc, like you mentioned, the misogyny is very apparent. This book sounds like a mess too.

My fiance and I write highly problematic smut to each other due to being long distance. We both acknowledge it as incredible shit. We always get a good laugh out of people saying "yeah I will publish this shit and see nothing wrong with it".

honestly when i see books similar to this i just wonder why did it have to be a highschool setting? like none of the plot requires the characters to be so young and in highschool,, they could have like a college setting and the bi guy could be having an affair with his boss at his part time job or something idk i'm not a writer. also maybe it's just me but i see many people say bad representation is better than no representation but that's only true online lol in the real world these bad representations renforce harmful stereotypes that hurt real people

Also this is the same way I felt after watching Euphoria and Elite Like what are these teenagers doing 😂

Because of books and series like this in my country we have a joke "American high schooler" which means a person who does crazy things like this while being a teenager. We know that it's not a common thing in real life but its really funny

I'm sorry I'm still reeling from Paper Princess. How....HOW is this woman published, and who is her publisher so I can submit bc clearly they allow everything.

Sorry, but my with Caitlyn and Vi obsessed brain can not be mad at someone for using the nickname cupcake.

the only person allowed to use "cupcake" as a pet-name is our queen Vi, and no one else 😠

As a cyber sec guy, I must say that it's hilarious how people imagine what hacking really is and how it really works. They just add "I'm hacker, of course I hacked you." like it's just a normal sunday, and he hacked 10 different companies before getting out of bed.

Sigh... I guess I HAVE to stop writing my book for now. I mean, you uploaded. What else am I supposed to do?

"because if it's not socially acceptable to kiss your homies you just fight them in a dimly lit cellar" Well great, now I have to reanalyze all of the times I've fought my homies in dimly lit cellars.

Sometimes we need to read from authors we don't really jive with to get that smack of reality. I would probably ask myself "what the hell am I doing?" then somehow put myself on reset and get on with my day. It's kind of like therapy, only cheaper.

i am obsessed and have already downloaded the ebook from the library. this mess must be in my life.

These stories are so incredibly different from my highschool experience. That being said there were some scandals. There was a very recently graduated student that went on a date with one of the teachers at my school and he immediately lost his teaching license because they couldn't prove that they weren't doing anything while she was still a student. Not to mention he was already married to one of the other teachers...

This reminds me a lot of "Gossip Girl" and the fealing of shock when i found out characters are around 16 at the start

For anyone who doesn't get why student-teacher relationships are "still" taboo, frowned upon or a red flag if both parties are legal adults: it's about the imbalanced power dynamics of a teacher/professor with their student. The hierarchy puts one directly over the other at the school or even university. Which is made even worse by the youngness and/or impressionability of the person with less power (ie the student in this case). Being of legal age does not necessarily make a professor/teacher and student power dynamic suddenly okay. Especially when the younger and lower-ranked person is barely legal (ie just turned 18). As a 19 year old, let me say that 18 barely legal and there is not much difference in maturity and mindset as 17. Which is not a legal adult in most places. But *most importantly:* whether in high school or uni, being of legal age (18 in most places) _does not_ suddenly give you the same level of power as the professor/teacher if you are their student. It's still a risky power imbalance - being of legal age (and barely at that) does not balance it. You are still at a disadvantage, so to speak. This also happens in companies, which is why boss-employee relationships are also frowned upon or even not allowed in company rules because of the ethics - it's an unfair power dynamic, with the boss having way more power. The imbalance can be an HR nightmare even though most employees and bosses at established companies are legal adults. There is still a power imbalance, that's why it's a red flag. And like I said, the youngness and impressionability of the person with less power makes it even worse, because now it is not just the higher ups (teacher, professor, boss, etc.) holding professional/academic power over their head, but also way more life experience. And that is not to say that if you are young you are dumb, it's just that you will never be as experienced as someone who is 10, 15, 20 years older at the same time as them. And that _can_ be used to take advantage of you. And as a young adult, I always felt like I was too smart to be impressionable as a teen but I _was_ impressionable. And just because I turned 18 did not make me a different person as I was the day before at 17, or even the month before. So being legal (barely) does not make the unfair power suddenly balanced. Whether in high school or uni and no matter how independent you are, you are not at the same level as your teacher/professor when you are their student. The power is still imbalanced, with the lower-ranked person still at risk of being taken advantage of - even subconsciously/unconsciously by the higher ranked person, and then even between two consenting legal adults. It is still risky, and the lower-ranked and/or younger person being taken advantage of is very likely - again even if both consenting parties try to prevent it. It can still happen.

Everyone has a troubled past/family. I couldn't help but make a tease at that trope in my first novel. The side characters revealing their tragic backstory while the MC just says "My family loves me, we get together almost every winter holiday. My parents paid for my college! Are you guys okay in the head?"

I saw the disgusted face at 1:03 and that's when I knew this would be another hilarious and memorable book-roast video. Loved it!

I'm already not a fan of Elle Kennedy so the moment I saw who the author was I settled in for a good hate fest 😂🎉

Like there are so many talented writers who to this day who are struggling to get published and then there are these writers...

cupcake is only allowed as a pet name if it is used by vi from arcane

the way i screamed when you said elle kennedy wrote paper princess😭😭😭 that book alone is singlehandedly responsible for getting me into wattpad and trashy romance when i found it for $1.50 at an op shop in YEAR 7😭😭 i don’t think i’ll ever recover from the trauma of reading it at 11 and being like omg i want a reed and an easton when i’m 17 and then looking back at it years later like what the hell is this

oh lord no. knowing it's a teacher-student romance, and then hearing you say "it takes place in highschool" was already my first chest pain moment

This week i picked up my first book by Colleen Hoover called "Confess" IT WAS LITTERLY THE WORST BOOK I EVER READ AND NOW IM IN A READING SLUMP 😭😭

can confirm as a bisexual that I can't have sex if I'm not being a homewrecker

The way she suffered the whole book for us😭😭 Such an angel❤️

This is an example of "just because it's legal doesn't mean it's moral"

This sounds like something Netflix would base a series on.

i dont understand how its legal to write and publish spicy books about HIGHSCHOOLERS

When you said "worst book this year so far" I was like, "so far," right cause it's like 3 months into the ye- oh shit nope we're halfway through.

I literally finished watching your rant about Gothikana today and was hoping for something similar to watch. Then, like an angel sent from the heavens, this arrived! :D

Wait, if the hacker dude was just gonna force his opponent to lose by threatening his bank account, why'd he bother training in the first place? (Yes this is the question I ask in this mess of a book for some reason.)

Last time you read Gothikana and Tentacle Entanglement, I didn't want to miss out on the hate train so I read those before watching your videos. Hated them. Then watched ur video and was like, "Ditto! Such shitty books!" But this time, I've learnt my lesson. I will just watch your video and not read the cringe. 😊

The fetishization of minors and lgbtq+ is a psoriasis rash that keeps reappearing and I'm so sick of it

everyone was hyping this book up as the perfect found family and i kept second guessing my decision to DNF it after a few chapters but now I'm SO GLAD i did thank you for sharing this with the world you've truly done a great service to us all 🙏🙏🙏

"I Know i'm reading a romance book, but it feels like I'm reading a thriller."

Elle Kennedy is one of those women who has absorbed so much patriarchal messaging that she can write like a man.

I'm convinced Lawson's arc was written as a backup in the book in case people weren't invested in the main story lol

Elle Kennedy co-wrote some stuff with Sarina Bowen that I actually really liked, but now I'm wondering which parts of it were written by her, and which parts were written by the coauthor.

More reading vlogs please please please 🙏🏼🧡 your vlogs are so aesthetic and beautiful 🥰

How, why, this book. I relate to your friend really hard now. I miss the person I was before I heard about this book. It amazes me how people can write such highly problematic content and just publish it without seeing everything thats wrong with it.

Hi Leonie. Your book suggestions and videos have encouraged me a lot to come back to reading. Thank you so much. Also thank you for your great sacrifice of reading this book❤️😂

KKKK KINGAA!! tava esperando alguém falar o quão horrível esse livro é. Parece que a Elle Kennedy escreveu vários rascunhos pra livros diferentes, juntou todos, NÃO EDITOU e decidiu publicar.

I like your channel for two main reasons: 1. your book reviews 2. the comments section I almost feel thankful there are such abysmal quality novels around to fuel both. 👍

I'm glad I found this channel. I watch it while I write my own books. Much love to you

ok, that's beside the topic of the video, but i just wanted to say that i've already watched 3 of your videos and let me tell you i've never clicked subscribe button so fast in my life. i want to become a writter myself and everything you say about these books is not only pleasant to watch but also help me improve my writing and motivates me to do so. so yeah, that''s pretty much it, please keep up your awesome work, stay healthy and have a nice day/night!! :D (i'm sorry for any mistakes, english isn't my first language) 💗💗

i can't believe i've just discovered that Paper Princess was written by Elle Kennedy. I see why she changed the pseudonym to write the Off-Campus series... I still remember how bad it was and i dnfed it YEARS ago. I'm sorry you didn't like it, but the video was so much fun! I read Misfit when it came out and was able to find entertaining how unrealitic and crazy everything was. I would have preferred seeing Larsson with Silas instead of the teachers but, oh, the drama 😂

I honestly enjoy reading Elle Kennedy books (I've read way way worse... intentionally...) but nearly every single one I've read had at least four or five things that made me go 😧

You are so funny with those reactions. I haven't had so much fun on a review video in a long time! Great Review! This was so fun, Thank you! ...Your earrings ROCK!

Paper Princess is also on my most hated books of all time. I started reading it during lockdown and on discord with friends I was ranting about it for an hour

I'm sure that you curating this experience down to only the most amusing and/or the most insane parts was better for us all-I appreciate the way you must have waded through the thick of it all to get those bits and make this video for us though, and I'm glad at least that it did in fact cure your reading slump so somehow it was not a total loss for you either. Mad respect! I can't subscribe because I enjoyed this video though, as I have already subscribed a long time ago by now; I hope you'll understand.😊 😁🤭🤭 😆🤣 💖💖💖 ^--^ Lol

All things considered, Lawson is kind of an icon tbh 😂 I’m obsessed with him.

I need a book friend like you😭 thanks for being our youtube book friend!

I love your takes on things!

Your commentary on these silly books is sooo entertaining and funny 😂

the thing is that some romances are forbidden for a reason and they should stay that way lol

the way i was binging ur videos then i get a notif that u posted 🤌

Amazing recommendation, thanks again Leo!

😂😂😂 I had to pause this as you sat to go into details 6:56 in because I just finished binging Fake Profile on Netflix, spent like 30 minutes explaining it to my mom because OMFG what did I just watch & you, with this book, is 💯 me with that show. ...and I think I have this book. Haven't read it yet, but always love your takes.

I tripped, fell, and read an entire novel. It was an accident. I swear!

just stumbled upon your channel and i absolutely love your voice for some reason maybe its because of your accent idk but it scratches my brain in the most amazing way

Noo, i had just heard about that book, put it on my list because i though it could be a 5 stars, and when i open youtube your video pops up 😭 thanks for saving my time

Rant reviews are just lowkey the best kind 😂 and to deep dive further into Elle Kennedy you should really read "Him" a gay/bisexual romance she wrote together with Sarina Bowen

"If it's not socially acceptable to kiss your homies, you just fight them in a dimly lit cellar." lmao

i just realize that cactus cushion looks so good, i want that

At the end, when you were talking about how you finished the book in 4 days, I remember I read a 300 something page book called how it went down, in only 5 days. I’m not sure if it was because it was a pov-style book, like switching people’s povs constantly and stuff, but I was proud of myself for reading quickly and also knowing the storyline well too.

The only instance where "cupcake" is an acceptable pet name is in Arcane, try and change my mind ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

This was so funny, I love when you read problematic books to us! 😂 keep being awesome!

that video was really fun. i wiuld be interested to see more videos in this kind of rambling the plot style. :)

well this was definitely entertaining lol thanks for taking one for the team

The only person who is allowed to call their girlfriend “cupcake” is a Vi from Arcane

is this what 18-year-olds are doing? then what am i doing being the 18-year-old

I'm so envious that you have friends to buddy read with. I would love to do that but I don't have anyone around me that would

OMG I had to pause the video because you just mentioned the film Fight Club and the intrepretation people have of it (I'm no English native myself so excuse my synthaxe). Fight Club is one of my absolute favorite movies and NOBODY around me understands it. The simple fact that you said that sentence prove me that you get the deeper meaning (and layers) from this masterpiece and it spreads instant joy in my heart.

Why does every plotline in this book sound like it escaped from an episode of Riverdale?

R.I.P Leo's sanity after reading the book, as well as everyone else's sanity after watching this video. (Anyone wanna pay for therapy?)

These book reviews you do make me feel pretty confident that I could write a book that at least someone would buy.

The stalker part reminded me of a book I read awhile back, called the "The Obsession." It involved a boy who becomes obsessed with a girl and stalks her, hoping to date her. The twist is, the girl finds out and gets revenge on him. It is an amazing book, in my opinion, and very well read. I found it incredibly easy to connect to the main character. It does shift point of views, but it's definitely more of a thriller, and you may enjoy it, if you haven't read it already ^^

glad u uploaded, needed to escape the stress from thinking about getting ts tickets tomorrow 😅🇦🇷 edit: got em 🤩

But, okay, the way you told it I was super invested in Lawson's story.... but then it just ended. Thank you for reading this so I never have to.

This was a ride, so entertaining. Im sorry you went through it but it was hilarious 😂

so this is the first video by you ive watched but i very much enjoy this less scripted and kinda chaotic style