SJM, Theories and Musings, YA Fantasy

Let’s Talk About Tamlin…

If Rhysand gets a free pass, so should Tamlin. AKA Literary hypocrisy born of author laziness sucks. No denying the ACOTAR books are popular and that they've spawned many demon children along the way. That's a lot of exposure to romantic and interpersonal ideals that's being shopped to young, impressionable brains. Post-ACOTAR incosisties, such as… Continue reading Let’s Talk About Tamlin…

Anne Rice, Recommendation, SJM, Theories and Musings

Well hello again, Lestat.

Reflections on an audiobook revisitation, character retcons, and a podcast recommendation. Translate all that to mean this: We have no money to launch a real ecclesiastical career for you, to make you a bishop or cardinal as befits our rank, so you have to live out your life here as an illiterate and a beggar.… Continue reading Well hello again, Lestat.

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I Love to Hate It: The Joys of a Hate Read

  And #1 on the Hate Read list goes to...... I'm not a glutton for punishment, I swear.  I take great pleasure from reading - it's my literal escape (see what I did there?) so it doesn't make much sense that I'd devote time to reading things I don't enjoy.  I'm an adult now, so… Continue reading I Love to Hate It: The Joys of a Hate Read

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ACOTAR – Full Highlights and Notes

  Idk what anyone says, he's still the hottest high lord and I'd still let him eat me alive. There's really no point in putting up an ACOMAF highlight notebook without doing the same for ACOTAR, because you cannot look at both independently of each other and hope to understand why 1). Tamlin is deserving… Continue reading ACOTAR – Full Highlights and Notes

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ACOMAF Re-Read – Complete Notes, Quotes, and Criticisms

Don’t worry, Tam Tam. I’m on your side. Below is the full export of all of my highlights and notes, collected during my recent critical re-read of ACOMAF.  I tried my hardest to focus only on passages that showcased either the blatant revisionary approach SJM took to Tamlin, the blatant hypocrisy exhibited by both Feyre and… Continue reading ACOMAF Re-Read – Complete Notes, Quotes, and Criticisms

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Excuses, Excuses (ACOMAF Re-read)

A victim of his creator   Chapter 55 is probably the most well-known chapter in the entire series.  I'm not going to go in to why, but while I will say that what I found kinda hot 3 years ago, I can barely stomach listening to/reading now. So while chapter 55 is infamous, I think… Continue reading Excuses, Excuses (ACOMAF Re-read)

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My name is Danielle, and I am a Tamlin Apologist (an ACOTAR re-read)

 Admitting you have a problem is the first step in recovery, right?I will not feel bad for loving you Tamlin, and not just because you're super hot.Problem is, I don't really hate Tamlin, not like I'm apparently supposed to, and certainly like I felt like I should (and sort of did) after witnessing his total… Continue reading My name is Danielle, and I am a Tamlin Apologist (an ACOTAR re-read)

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A Court of Hypocrites and Assholes (ACOMAF Re-Read, Chapters 25-31)

  He looks so angry because he's smelling Feyre's bullshit.  She might think it doesn't stink, but it does. I was not going to post another re-cap so soon, but the some of the shit said in these past few had me so boiling mad that I needed to unload or I'd wind up destroying… Continue reading A Court of Hypocrites and Assholes (ACOMAF Re-Read, Chapters 25-31)

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Happily Ever After…for now (an ACOTAR re-read)

Some day your prince(ss) will come, Tam.   So I finally made it to the end.  There are a couple of big points that I wanted to note (thank the Cauldron for Audible's bookmark feature.  FYI the OCD part of me is probably going to go back and mark everything in my Kindle that I… Continue reading Happily Ever After…for now (an ACOTAR re-read)

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Hindsight is 20/20 (an ACOTAR re-read Chapters 27-36)

 This book is doing nothing to convince me that Tamlin really was a shit from the jump, as so many who jumped to Team Rhys would like one to believe.Don't get me wrong, the breadcrumbs are definitely there if you look/listen for them, but really all I'm learning on this go-around is that it seems… Continue reading Hindsight is 20/20 (an ACOTAR re-read Chapters 27-36)