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My Sister Made Me Read It
BRIDE Review, Coffee, and Yoga Fails
It’s Abby’s Week!
On this episode of the My Sister Made Me Read It podcast, it’s Abby’s week to choose what book we read, and she’s decided on the new and highly anticipated BRIDE by Ali Hazelwood. (19:45:3)
In this episode the sisters dive into not only their thoughts on this book, but they’re coffee orders, yoga fails and giggles in class, and eyelashes/ eyebrows. They finish up with giving an update on what they’ve been reading and what is coming up next!
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My coffee order with someone the other day. I like, I usually just order the same thing, but
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Do you still order Americanos?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:yep, that's my order. Ice.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:started ordering them.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah, that's what I told him the other day. I was like, I just like, usually my go to is just like an iced black Americano during the summer. Cause I don't like like heavy stuff and it just feels like light and refreshing to me.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:But I told him, I was like, if I want like, Like a sweet treat type drink, then I get, um, an iced dirty chai with almond milk and two pumps of brown sugar syrup.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:See, I don't like a chai.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I like a chai. Also, I ordered recently at Starbucks the olive oil latte. Have you had that?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah, did they give you the shits?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:No, it didn't. It didn't actually, but it's so good.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Is it? Huh.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:But I love, I love like,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Starbucks anymore.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I don't know, I like, so living in the city, it's hard to
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:like any type of fast food to be completely honest. Like I don't eat fast food for a lot of reasons, but it's just not convenient at all in the city to like eat fast food or cause there's no drive throughs. Like you have to like, so with Starbucks, especially like there's not a Starbucks. That has like a drive thru, like you have to find street parking, or you have to walk there, and it's just like I'm not fucking doing all that.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:So it's rare that I get Starbucks, but, unless I'm like door dashing it to work. Which I'm not also, I'm also not fucking doing because it's already expensive and then you gotta pay to get it delivered.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:shit.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:like a 25 coffee. Like, I
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I just don't enjoy their coffee anymore. Like we went to, I actually was at a Barnes and Noble. We went to a Barnes and Noble and Jose was like, I kind of want a Starbucks. And I was like, okay, like I'll share one with you. We just got like a super small one. And we both were like, this tastes like water. Like it doesn't even taste like there's espresso in this.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:wish that we had a Starbucks in the hotel because it would do so well in our hotel and it would just be so convenient. But I live, so the only thing that like is like kind of on my street that's a drive thru like driving into work is a Dunkin Donuts, which is kind of trash.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I don't know. Dunkin Donuts is popping off lately. All I see on TikTok is people going to Dunkin Donuts. Transcripts
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:It's not bad when it's, but it's, it's honestly like so inconsistent.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Like, my Dunkin is so inconsistent.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:have you seen those TikToks of like people who work at Dunkin Donuts? They like video people, like them making the orders. Oh my gosh, this is like my guilty pleasure. Sometimes at night I'll just sit and watch these videos. So it's like a worker. is like making somebody's coffee. So you know those little like stickers that have all the ingredients or like things that you have to do. So he like shows you the sticker and then he like puts it on the cup and he goes ahead and does it. some of these orders is like all sugar. Like 10 sugars and it's like granulated sugar of like an inch just in their cup and then they have like syrups and then it has like coffee it's like this is how people drink coffee.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:disgusting.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:It's, it's like a guilty pleasure but it's like also like it makes me feel a little bit better
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:That reminds me of like, I've seen, I haven't seen it for Duncan, but I've seen it for Starbucks with like people who like film. They kind of, it's almost like they wear like a head thing. So like they're filming them like, like POV type vibe, like filming them, like making coffee and that shit. I will literally get in like a fucking rabbit hole of watching that. And I will even was like, dude. There's like a, um, Okay You hear her? There's like I would watch this for like bartenders like you strap on like a fucking head thing in the well People just like make it like pumping drinks out in the fucking bartending. Well,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:yeah,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:so entertaining
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:that would
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Because we get in such like a like a rhythm, you know, it would be so entertaining I feel like to watch people like just like blast out drinks in the well Yeah,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Like super busy bars. I feel like I've seen something like that. But
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:um,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:a
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:My, um, Duncan that I've gone to, I've only been like a few times and I'll always place my order ahead of time just so I just go through the drive through and I always just get like, whenever I go through, I get an 10 munchkins. Half vanilla, half chocolate. Like that's like, I love a munchkin. So I've been doing that, like on my Duncan order, when I get my coffee and the past two times I've done that, it's like, I'm like, do you guys not get the order? Cause like, I'll pull up and they'll be like, what was your order? And I'm like, I tell him like what my coffee order was. And she'll like, be like, okay. And like, make my coffee and give it to me. And then I'm like, uh, I had the munchkins too. And she was like, oh, And like they like just like the other day they threw like blueberry munchkins in there i'm like what the fuck But then one time I went in there and he was like, oh, we're out of munchkins And i'm like, okay. Well, I already paid for them
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:And he was like, okay, I could give you like a half a dozen and I was like I don't know what he meant and he gave me a fucking half a dozen donuts I was like, okay
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:just bring him to work?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah, I literally ate four of them
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Oh.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I was like, okay.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:That's funny because There's not, like, good donut places here. Like, the place we got our coffee today, they have donuts, but they're almost, they're, like, made by, I think it's with, like, potato starch or something. So they're different and, uh, And good, but, like, you know when you just want, like, a greasy, like, good donut? And we have a, like, Krispy Kreme.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah. like melt in your mouth. Donut.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:are like the two things we have and um, we're going to st Augustine this weekend and right where this just happened to have like be right where our Airbnb is like the next block over is this like really good doughnut place. So we're like super
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:That's awesome.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:like
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:We've got great donuts here. We have the salty dog, like salty donut here. What did I say? Salty dog. We've got salty donut here, which I love.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah, yeah, well we have Salty Dog in Atlanta and we've been to that one and that's good.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:What are you talking about? Salty donut, not salty dog. We don't have a salty donut in Atlanta.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yes, we do. They just put one in there like a year ago because we went to it. It's in um, I think it's on the west side.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Really?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah, because we, was that? October?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Interesting.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:a staycation in Atlanta we stayed on, we stayed on the um, what is it called? Like the west side. There's a name for it. I forget. Yeah. Um. And I, and they had just put that one in there.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Cool.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:like the crock it's at the crock street, like market that they put in.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Okay.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:know if you know that cause you haven't been back in a while, but yeah. Salty donuts.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:It's so good. I love salty donut. What's so fucking funny?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:No, I was just like come back to the subject. Salty donut is good.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Dude, I am in so much pain, like my neck hurts so bad. I don't know what I did. I think when I went golfing with Chloe last week, I think I fucked up my neck
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:You probably
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:and it is still fricking hurts. Oh my God.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Put a heating
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:And then so on. Oh my God. My guess.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I thought that was a pattern.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Oh my God. That was funny. Um, I. On Saturday, I almost killed myself at the gym. Like, I think I just pushed myself way too hard.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:So when I left the gym, I just was feeling like sick and tired and like my whole body hurt. And I was like, dude, like I'm hurting. So on Saturday I was like, you know what? I think I want to go to a yoga class tomorrow. So I like asked the girls, I was like, would y'all want to go to yoga with me? And they're like, yeah. So I found the cutest yoga studio and we all went to yoga on Sunday, had the best time of our lives.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:it just regular yoga or is it hot
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:It was regular. They do offer hot yoga and we do want to do hot yoga, but like it was still last minute. I just like booked like the first class. So we're going to go back and do the hot yoga, but it was, um, this yoga class. It was in the morning. I cannot stop yawning. It was in the morning. And it was like half indoor, half outdoor yoga. So like the studio had like garage doors that they opened.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:It was so fun. There were so many people in there. Abby, I tell you, so it was me, Bailey, Megan, and Taylor. And we were, we were kind of late. So we were the last ones in the class. So we like, we're in the very back by the door.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Mm
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Taylor's here by the door. And then it was me, Megan and Bailey. And,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Mm
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:um, we're like rolling through the class. We're having a great time, whatever preface, you know how I get, I can't like get the giggles really bad and I like cannot control it. And I'll literally just sob because I just cannot stop laughing. Okay. So we're in this yoga class, everything's flowing great. And she, it's the type of yoga class that's like, she's not doing the class. She's kind of walking around and like speaking.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah, that's how my
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:is fine, but that's kind of what's happening. So she is like walking us through stuff and it's kind of like in the middle of class. So it's like, we've done warmups. We're kind of getting into like some advanced stuff for like other people. So she says to go into crow pose, which you know what crow pose is.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:she says to go into crow pose. So me, Taylor and Megan are just like, all right, bet. Like we obviously aren't doing crow pose. We're not, we haven't done yoga in 14 years. So we're just like kind of chilling. And for some fucking reason, Bailey was like, Oh yeah, I got this. And she just throws herself into fucking crowbows and completely falls on her face. Like she just, I mean, she goes,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:gulp?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:she was like, Oh bet. Yeah, I got this. She goes into crowbows. And I like turn over and all I see is like her whole head, like, just like fall. Like, she just face plants and she's like, Oh, and I'm like in shock and I'm like looking and Megan like looks at Bailey and then looks at me like, I'm like, no, don't fucking look at me. I started giggling and it's quiet and Bailey's
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:kind of giggling, but she like gets herself together. I cannot get it together. I like it just like threw me into like a giggle fit and i'm just like literally like I was laughing so fucking hard and it's so quiet So it's like you're laughing laughing laughing and you know, like silent laughter where like tears just coming down your face And like knowing you're not supposed to be laughing makes it so much worse So i'm laughing so fucking hard and it's just like silent giggles and then like Like i'm like trying to like breathe and then taylor starts because like we're giggling so fucking hard so taylor starts so like Me and i'm like looking at taylor like don't fucking look at me bitch. Like i'm i'm not okay. I'm trying to And I'm like sobbing like I'm just like standing in like ragdoll pose with like my hand my head just like buried in my elbows Like trying to like get it together. And then I had I was in my sports bra So my tank top was like off to the side. So I literally just like suffocating myself in my tank top Stop laughing and Taylor can't get it together so bad. She walks out of the class So Taylor gets up and walks out of the door cause she can't get it together. Cause we're laughing so fucking hard. And then I kind of like, once she was gone, I kind of could pull it together a little bit. And then a few minutes later she walks back in and she walks back in and all I hear is she turns around and walks right back out. Like, she comes in, like, sees this and is just like,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:He's like,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Like, she can't do it! And then, just turns around and goes right back out. Bro, we were laughing so fucking hard. Oh my god, it was the best time.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:That's funny.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:It's so fucking funny, but we had a great, we had a great time. And then like people like were kind of like, I felt bad, like the lady in front of us, like turned around and then when she saw we were laughing, she kind of started giggling. Like no one was like upset, but it was obvious that we were
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:hard. And I'm just like, bitch, like what made you think you could just
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:jump into this advanced pose? It was so funny.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah. That's like, that's happened to me before. Every time, like, Jose doesn't come with me a lot, but when he does, there's like this part of me that I'm like, I want to prove to him how good I've been getting at it. And so like, He knows I can do crow pose. So like I was in crow pose the other day like totally this lost my balance. And It was like,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:loud noise and I was the one laughing and then it was just like, so funny. And then like, When I did like a headstand, every time I do like a headstand, I have my legs like straight up in the air. I'm like, Jose, Jose,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Like, look at
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:to
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:me, look. at me.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:And he was like, no, it's fine.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:That's so funny. No, it was fun though. We're definitely gonna go back, but oh my god, those girls make me laugh. It was so funny. So funny.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:there's this new Pilates place that just opened up by the house and I was going to see if you want it. The first time's free.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah, I want to go. Is it. like a reformer class?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Fuck yeah.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:But they have, like, all different types of classes, so I have to look into it. But even Jose said he would try it.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Is that like, is there one like on Monday morning?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I don't know, I haven't looked. I'll look.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Oh yeah, I would love to do that. That would be super fun.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:My neck hurts so bad. What else is going on?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Um, I just feel like universe is kicking me because So I changed we talked about this last week. I changed my birth control pill. And I like made sure with my doctor, I was like, I'm in the middle of my pack. Do you want me to like finish this pack? And then like start the new one? She was like, no, you can literally just start it right away. Okay, cool. So like on my original pack, I'm supposed to be getting my period this week, but on my new pack, I'm supposed to be getting it in two weeks. And, uh, Of course, I get my period this week because it's still like trying to figure out my hormones and I'm like whatever that's annoying but like whatever and it's like been like really painful and then yesterday I wake up and I have like, I don't know if you can tell I have like a mini sty like on my eye.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:No, I can't tell.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I've never had a stye. Like, it's kind of going away now, but it was pretty bad yesterday. And I was like, are you fucking kidding me? Like, what the fuck do I do for
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I can't lie to you, that's my worst fear.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I've literally, like we've, you too, like we've never had like pink eye or like
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I've had pink eye, but
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I've never had pink eye.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I have.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:so I was like, I don't know what to do. So then I was like looking into it and it said like, one of the causes was like hormonal changes.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Oh, god.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:course. And then I'm going to the beach this week and I'm like looking into it and it's like, you can have it for a week to two weeks. And I'm like, Oh, great.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Great. No, it should go down.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:away. I know I had like a warm
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:a heat compress on it
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah, I had, so I don't really, um, wear my, I don't really wear lashes anymore. Just cause like I was trying, I kind of wanted just like clean up, I don't know. I just wanted to go for like more of a natural aesthetic this summer. So I stopped doing my lashes, but I, um, Remember like semi recently, probably like a couple months ago, one of my lashes was bothering me so bad and I like picked them all out because I was so fucking scared it was going to give me a stye and I like called Amanda and she was like, it's fine. I was like, no, I think I'm getting a stye. And she's like, well, just keep like hot, a hot compress on it. Like, you'll be fine. And literally I woke up the next morning, it was completely fine, but I like straight panicked.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Panic tore all my lashes out. There's no fucking way i'm not doing this i'm not doing this die
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Um,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:like at least like you like are what you like work from home and shit like
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:yeah,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I would have to like be at work talking to people and it's just like oh i'm not doing it
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:yeah Um, i've like never gotten my talking about eyelashes. I've never gotten my eyelashes done, but I have the um, It's the ordinary like eyelash and eyebrow growth thing.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Okay,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:of
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:no
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:You should try it if you're trying to grow your eyelashes out it works and it's like ten dollars. It's this little tube I was doing it like once a day But I think you're supposed to do it like twice a day And you just kind of like put it on your eyelashes and now my eyelashes are like super long
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:That's really good to hear because mine are fucked Like, after doing lashes, like, it's so, they're so fucked. Like, and I have, like, a habit of, like, picking my lashes out. So, they're, like, literally non existent. It's really bad.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I was putting them on my eyebrows at one point I had like a hole in my eyebrow one time
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I don't need the eyebrow. Yeah, my eyebrows are good, baby. I gotta wax them, girls. They'll grow into my sideburns.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I'm gonna do Jose's eyebrows before we leave because he was like, I want you to do my eyebrows So when I I can go to the beach and like get them tanned Because when I do his eyebrows, they're like pale
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:my God, that's So funny. that's funny.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:do that right before we leave
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Oh, man. My neck hurts. The hell?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Did
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:What the hell?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:you put an ice pack on it i'm wearing a heating pad on it
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:No, I've done absolutely nothing but complain. What's wrong? You got a bug?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:a gnat in here in here
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:You got bugs?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:We got bugs
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Did you like my book?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:in this house
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Did you like my book?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I did like your book. There are things that I didn't like about this book, though.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I thought you said you liked it.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I did like this book. But, um,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:was your pick too, by the way.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:This was my pick. Um, the whole not thing?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah, that was fucking weird. There were some points I was like, Oh, I'm confused. It got too anatomical. Like I like the, cause like I'm down for like, you know, like monster shit. Like I'm down for all of that type of stuff when I'm reading, like I enjoy that kind of stuff, but like only when they're like humanoid, like with, With like, um, my Shrek book, like he was very humanoid. Like there was nothing, he just was like a big human and like, same with like ice planet barbarians. Like they're, they're like human noid.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:was like, this got strange.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:It got straight, like second half of the book, it started getting strange.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah. Loved it.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:What did you rate it?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:A five.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah, I think I gave it like a 4.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:everything fives though. If I love it, I loved it. I thought it was a cute story. I wanted more. It like, kept me like, it like, hooked you each chapter.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah, I think.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Like, I liked her writing style, I think I'll say.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:her writing style is good. The, and I know this was like her first, like, book into this type of genre, I felt like her world building was kind of weak. And like, sometimes I would be reading stuff and I'd be like, this feels like Twilight.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Oh, I never read Twilight, so I don't know.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah. Like it, it just felt like, not like this has been done before, because especially when you're dealing with this, like werewolves and vampires, like there's only so much you can do. Like there's just inherently going to be similarities. But like I was reading it and I was like, okay, that doesn't really feel original. I don't know. And like, how did you feel about vampires being spelled that way?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Spelled how? I didn't even realize it was spelled different. Oh, with a Y?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah. Let me see if I can find one
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Oh yeah, V A M P Y
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:E S
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I'm fine with it. Why, you don't like that?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:It's not that I didn't like it. It was it was that was one of the situations where it was like Are you trying too hard? Are you trying to make this different without? Supporting it with the world building.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I dunno, man. So
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:was my critic but critique. I mean, I liked it though. I mean Is it Anna, the little sister?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:cute. Um, yeah, so we start out, we kind of jump in, um, at the wedding and then we go back in time, right?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:and forth, yeah,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Okay. So we jump in at the wedding. So we jump in. The first, the first introduction is, um, she, oh, it's a prologue.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Well, the prologue and then
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:She does a prologue,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:is at the is the wedding,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:right.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:one,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Is six weeks
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:the ceremony, and then chapter two, it goes back to present day, which is like the wedding had just happened.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Cool. Yeah. So, um, we see in the prologue, basically, I read this a while ago, so it's hard to remember details, but she is getting married to Lo, who is the were
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Alpha.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:alpha. I almost said king.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:It's like an arranged marriage to create an alliance between the vampires and the werewolves.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yes. And like, it's
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:that it was done, the wedding was like a huge massacre between these people. So it's kind of like, everyone's kind of like on
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:on edge. Yeah, but it works out well. And I highlighted like the last thing that Lo says to her because they like see each other. And she walks on the aisle, whatever, whatever, like neither of them want to be there. But, um, Something kind of goes on and then she sees him and she says he opens his mouth. I know that he's going to tear me to pieces. He's going to maul me. He's going to devour me. And then he says you he says voice deep almost too low to hear. How the fuck do you smell like this? Less than 10 minutes later. He slips a ring around my finger and we swear to love each other till the day we die. I was like So we noticed off the bat, he's like, I kind of, I feel like throughout the book, you're like, okay, obviously he realizes she's his mate.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I knew, yeah, from that
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:me too. I think. And I think that's like the point
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I do. I think that's intentional. I think she wants us to be like, Oh, she's his mate.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:So like from, but, um, what's her, what's her name? Oh, I love that name too. Did you like that name? I really liked that name. Um, Um, so Misery thinks that like, he's like repulsed by her basically because like, she's a vampire. He's a werewolf. Like they aren't similar. So she thinks like, he thinks she like smells bad, but that's not the case. He likes to smell very much. Very, very much. Um, and then we go six weeks before, so then we kind of find out like how they got there. To the wedding? How did I, what?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:how did you like the, um, little quotes and before, like in each chapter, like the head of each chapter and they were in his point of view?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I like them,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I liked them a lot. I thought it was a good addition because this book is all in her
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:her point of view.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I think there's one spot that's his point of view. Like when, not when she like the whole peanut butter attack, but something else
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Oh yeah.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:there is his point of view somewhere. most of it is her point
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Most of that is hers,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:point of view with her but um,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:but those first parts, yeah.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I think that's maybe why I kind of agree with you that it was supposed to be known by the audience Like to create dramatic irony that he knew she was his mate
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah.'cause in those. first little quote, like, yeah,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:like there's some, hold on, let's see. And then something will happen. Yeah, like here's one like, then he's trying to like, he does, he's trying to protect her so he like doesn't want her to know that she's his mate. So like throughout the book, like it's kind of like this back and forth and like the audience is kind of just like, Oh, like just love each other. Like what the fuck? And he's trying to ignore her. Like there's like on chapter 11, it says like the little quote says some nights when he's walking past her door, he has to whisper to himself, keep going.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Like, he's like not denying that she's his mate, but, um, yeah, I liked it a lot.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:See like I Talking about the world building thing, like, I did find it odd that had a sleeping closet. Like, I get the idea behind
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:don't think she had to sleep in closets. I think, I think it was a comfort thing for her because like growing up, she wasn't very like, she was sent, she grew up in the human world
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:yeah,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:she was
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:maybe,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:right? So she goes in the human world. She grows up there So she's not like if she grew up in the vampire world She wouldn't had to sleep in a closet, but because like she was in a world that wasn't custom to like how they live I think she just put herself in a closet to feel like safe and dark and comfortable and that's just how she was used to sleeping
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:yeah.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:when she was old enough and had like the accommodations to like be like normal, she's like, no, I'm comfortable in my closet. I go in my closet. Cause then like, remember like Lo like gets like all the windows and stuff replaced into like the vampire windows. I know, but that's what I mean. Like they like have like a different way, like in the human world, they're not going to have those windows and shit. So she just like grew up like comfortable in her closet. Yeah, anyways.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:don't know, like, I, there's not much. I feel like it's just kind of, I think I would have, Mm
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I liked how there was an element of like, not just love though. So, so she, so basically in the six weeks before the ceremony, we see, so misery grows up as collateral in the human world. Her father sent her as kind of like a peace offering because to keep the peace between humans and vampires. They basically trade something that's meaningful. So her father is like on the council or whatever of vampires. So he's super high up in the vampire realm. So something meaningful to the vampires gets sent to the human realm and vice versa with the humans. So now there's peace kept because something important to either side is on, um, Why is there someone pulling up to my house right now? Um, is there something on the line? I don't know what this guy is doing. Hold on. I just have a feeling he's going to knock on my door and I hope he does not stay in your truck. His truck says Charlotte Code Enforcement.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Oh, lovely.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:So, for some reason, she is in, she meets somebody in the human realm who is a foster child that gets placed with her to kind of like grow up with her. And then, um, so that becomes like her sister, basically. What's her name?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Not Sandra. Starts with
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:It starts with an S. Um, so she goes missing. So Misery's trying to figure out where she goes. Is it, what is it?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Serena.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Serena. Serena goes missing. Misery's trying to figure out where she went. Because that's not like her to go missing. Or to like, not like, whatever. And, um, Her dad, Her dad pulls her into his office and is like, Hey, this is what's gonna happen. we need you to marry this alpha because now we need like a peace offering with the where community and um she's like fuck you you've done this to me since i was a child i'm not doing that i'm not being married off just for like collateral again and he's like no i need you to and she's like no i'm not doing it so she goes to walk away and then he says a name which is le moorland
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:No, that's not what happens.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yes, it is.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:No, remember the cat is playing with like some scrunched up
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yes, she sees. Yes. So she sees the name on the piece of paper and she, but that's before she like sees the name and she's like, okay, I'm got to find this person, but we don't know that until after Abby. So he it's showing us like six weeks before the ceremony. Let's say I'm right here. Okay. So he's talking to her. He says. They see a wedding between vampire and alpha that was supposed to be a broker piece but ended in death The wares were animals and they always will be Ba ba ba If we let the humans and wares form an alliance that excludes us, they could completely wipe us out And then she says oh my god, it suddenly dawns on me this crazy ridiculous place where he's heading. I cover my eyes You're joking, right? Because that's when she realizes like he wants to marry her off and He says. Misery, a pleading edge is creeping into his tone, which is almost entertaining. See you in seven years, or when you decide that the key to the peace joint, where vampires, MLM scheme, try to sell me dietary, whatever. She's like kind of, bouncing back at him. And, um, he says there won't be another opportunity in seven years. Misery, like he's trying to get her attention, she's like walking away. She says I roll my eyes and open the door, goodbye father. Moreland is the first alpha who and then she's like I slam the door shut without first walking out of the office and turn around Back towards father. My heart slows to a crawl and thuds in my chest. What did you just say? Oh, yeah, he's coming to my door bitch He's kind of fucking hot
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Amy.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I'm just not paying attention. He's super hot. I think it's because I haven't mowed my lawn If he knocks on my door i'm gonna be pissed He put something on my door and walked away. He's walking away. Damn. It could have been us. We just knocked. Anyways, he says, Moreland. And she says, what did you just say? He strains up from his desk. And then she said the name who Moreland he repeats his full name. What's his first name? Low, low Moreland. So this is when she remembers, whatever, whatever. And
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:alpha but she, like, the dad doesn't say anything about like, um, being connected to Serena.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:no, no, she connects it. So she's like, I guess I'm getting married.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:say.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:No, no, no. Her father doesn't say anything about that, but she recognizes the name and puts two and two together. And now she's like, since she's trying to find Serena, she remembers seeing that name in Serena's planner. And then that's who she's supposed to be marrying. So she's like, okay, fuck it. I'm trying to find my friend. I'm going to marry this guy. So that's how we get married.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:She decides to marry this guy for the sole purpose of like I'm gonna find
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Trying to find Serena
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:clue I have I'm gonna try to find Serena So basically they get married and she then lives with him in this big house
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:where lands.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:has her own room she has like a it on it like right away that she has like guards?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I don't know.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I think right away like she starts having people guard her or um Is it alex who like shows her around? And is like don't come out of your room without somebody like basically like don't be alone like people want to kill
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah. I don't
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:these two communities and so She doesn't like she doesn't really so one You She runs into or like does Anna comes in through the window?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:remember.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I know I read this a
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I don't remember. I read it a long time ago. But she, so yeah, she's left alone. She's in her room. And then she meets this little, this little baby girl. She's what, like four years old? And Misery's like,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:six.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Is she six? Misery's like, uh, what are you doing? And I love like Misery's, demeanor. I like her personality like so much. she's like not into it. She's like, uh, gay, like, what are you doing? And this little girl is just like being a six year old with her and kind of like develops like a friendship with this little girl. And then she thinks, I think she like at first thinks, um, that it's Moreland's daughter. So she's like, Oh, like, where's your mom? Like, where's your dad? Whatever, whatever. And she's like, My mom is dead or like I don't have a whatever. I don't remember what she says. Um, But then it we learned that it's more than sister his little sister that he kind of takes care of
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:yeah, I'm just flipping through. She has like a spout with um, Max. In the, Hallway. And he's like saying how he's gonna kill her and stuff. And then she kind of defends herself. And then everyone's like, She
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:She's gonna kill him. Yeah
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:then, um, What's his name? Lo comes in and like separates him and brings her to the bedroom. she says, um, Hold on, I just passed him.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I just love low I just love love so much Oh, I loved him Um, so I really, like, loved, like, the build of their relationship. So they're, because the whole book is kind of, like, centered around, like, finding Serena, um, making sure Anna stays safe. Like, it's, like, around other things and they're, like, like, the love interest just, like, kind of builds throughout the book. But it's not, like, centered really around their love interest, which I enjoyed. And, um, like, when they went to that lady's house, Like when they were guests on like that lady's house and they were like on the plane and he was like I like need them to like know that like you're mine and like to make this like feel like real So he like had to like bite her
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:loved that part. I was like, okay, here we go so he had to like bite her whatever and then like they both got like super like Okay, like this is not good. Like I think we like love each other It just like felt different Yeah
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:yeah. So like before that I was trying to find when they kind of, she kind of like tells him about Serena. So like on page 125, she finds out Ellie Moreland isn't about him. It's about his sister. And her name is like Liliana Esther Moreland. then, so that's when she starts, he's like kind of like what's going on. And that's when she tells him about Serena. that's when he's like, They kind of like become a pair in the sense of like, he wants to defend his little sister and she wants to find Serena. Like, basically, like, why does this person have this, her name?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:they're like working together to kind of figure out what it was about Yeah,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Loyals, cause they were basically loyal to the Alpha prior, that Lo had to kill to become Alpha. so they think that they have something to do with all of this. And so that's why they go and take the meeting. It's like customary to the, uh, the new alpha to be hosted by the previous alpha's wife create like, um, like good vibes. What would you go, you know what I mean? And so they weren't going to go, but they accept it because he wants to like bug their house of all of this information,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:cuz they're trying to find out like if Anna's like who's after Anna before
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:or is this after they like try to kidnap the kid?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:oh No, that's after they kidnap the kid. This is after they kidnap her because remember she doesn't tell him about Serena until after because she runs after
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:after Anna trying to save her and they were like
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah, yeah
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:then they have the conversation and yeah, about it. Um, but when they like go to like visit her house, like, um, they, uh, she doesn't eat food. Obviously she like drinks blood. So,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:um, She like excuses herself they use it as an excuse like to feed So she like excuses herself to like go feed and he accompanies her because she's he's her husband But what they're really doing is trying to like bug the computer
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Mm
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:So they go into like this closet to try to bug the computer and they hear people coming and they Come up with like a plan so they don't get caught like um
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:they don't know how
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:They don't know how you feed Yeah like she feeds from blood blood bags But like they don't fucking know that because they're like, you know ignorant to vampires so um He's like just like feed for me and she's like what are you sure and he's like, yeah do it So she like basically like bites him. That was like the first time she feeds from him um Loved it
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah, and that's when you learn that like There's something about feeding from somebody that creates like a sexual arousal. And so then after this happens, she talks to her brother, her twin brother, and it's like, basically asked him questions about it. And he's like, don't do that. Like people who are mates are the only ones who supposed to do that because it creates such a like,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Like a bond But,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:that's when she started kind of like questioning. Because the clatter on the werewolf sides, Side was supposedly his mate. the whole time she thinks that he has a mate
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:has a mate on the other side, yeah.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:told her like he very or less words said that like I am connected to her. I like I love her, but she doesn't love me back Like
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Speaking of his mate Yeah, Which obviously we,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:is like a Like complicated connection
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:but like to the audience we know he's talking about her.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah. Yeah.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I liked it. I liked this book. And then things just kind of escalate, I mean.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah, like I say i'm trying to find when they first When she takes a bath, why does she take a bath?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Because she stinks to him, she thinks.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I know but she was like weak or something
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Well, she gets poisoned.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:after it was after the peanut butter situation
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah, she gets poisoned.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:and um Yeah, he like takes her to the bath to Get clean because she's like I haven't been cleaned in five days And she's like I probably smell and that's when he
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:What, do you wanna,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:bother
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:you wanna talk about the poisoning?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I mean
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I mean, it's kind of, like, irrelevant.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I mean
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:So she, she, uh, Eats peanut butter sometimes like she like doesn't eat food, but she likes peanut butter and low knows that so it's kind of like a cutie thing for them So they're in the kitchen like kind of flirty like they this is kind of already after the fact that they know that they're like Into each other, but that's kind of like unspoken and they're like chatting whatever and She's eating peanut butter like off of a spoon and all the sudden like it kind of like gets like a little intimate I think and then like all of a sudden like she Like passes out basically
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah, she says she gets like a, a sharp stabbing pain. At first I thought she got stabbed, but then you find out she's just being poisoned and she like collapses in his arms.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:So then like we see like from her point of view still like she like kind of is in and out of it for like the next five days and she like Here's low like saying things like You know, and then she finally comes completely out of it and she's like, okay, but then yeah, they go into the bath um Yeah, i'm trying to find where that is
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Well, I was saying that to say that that's the first time they start being intimate, but like, then the whole, cause he's always been so reserved of like, we can't do anything. We can't do anything. And then he starts saying like the anatomy doesn't match.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:And it's like, okay, what the fuck does that mean?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah, what the fuck does that mean
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:time passes and then they start being like fully intimate. I don't remember how it said. How I remember it is like she reaches down and she realizes something's different.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Hold on. I know I gotta fucking find it
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:it and being like, what the fuck is going on?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I know I was very confused. I gotta find it.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:a chapter.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I know, I know, I know, but it was also kind of like, oh, here it is. Here it is. Here it is. Let me read it.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:What page is it on?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:288. Um, she says, I don't immediately understand. Not until his soft skin changes. I thought he was, I thought every time he like comes, he like turns into like a dog. That's like where, what I thought. I thought.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:like I was thinking like similar to what
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Like he just shapeshifts. This kind of was what I thought, but no, that's not what happens. Um, something inflates under my palm. Lowe's hand closes around mine, pressing it there, circling the swelling protuberance. Um, it grows larger and Lowe's, yeah. And then he says her name. He's saying my name, like a prayer. Like I'm the one thing standing between him and heaven on earth. And that's when I understand what he meant sexually. He and I might, might not be fully compatible and that's where we are left.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah. And then they, she's kind of like, She pushes against, like, him being like, we're not compatible and she's like, we could be. And then where's the part where she,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Oh, that's when,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:so on page 308 she finds out that Gabby, the collateral for the werewolves, is not his mate.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:yeah, it says low may have a mate, but she's not Gabby. And then he says on the next chapter, he should never have told her he made a mistake, several in fact. So now he's realizing like. He, his whole thing was like, she doesn't understand like the where customs and stuff. So like he felt like it was irresponsible talking about them to her cause he, cause he felt like she was, um, misinterpreting a lot of it. Um,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:315 is how he, is when he explains it. They're like in the middle of sex. Or about to
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:yeah, they're about to have sex. And then he like calls it a not
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:He laughs and steadily against my throat. You don't even know what it's called. What does it matter? Am I wrong? I let out a bitter hum and he slush shush shushes.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:shushes, Abby Shushes?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah. What the heck? Shushes me with a nip on the valley behind my ear. You don't know. You know what you're asking for. Do you just tell me then, then I'll know. And a knot. It's called a knot. I say for the word in my head, marveling at how well it fits. Say it low orders, and then when I hesitate, he adds, please.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:roadie.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:not, I'm not like,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Eww. I don't know. So, basically what fucking happens, it's for like breeding purposes.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:yeah, like
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:It holds the, it holds the swimmers inside of there.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Well, no, like she literally like there, like his penis is in her vagina and it stays in there for like 30 minutes to make sure that
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:It's like a little, it's like a little anchor. Right?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:yeah, that's exactly what it is,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:It's like an anchor.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:like this, this part was just like, you lost
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:You lost me with the knot.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I don't think it was necessary.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:not necessary. No pun intended.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Like, yeah, like you're talking about like you like things that with like humanoid, like it just went too far animalistic, which it's not. It's like, is that even a real thing with animals? I don't think so. like, where is this? It felt like I think that's why it feels so odd because it feels like it's just something so fantastical that it's like, it doesn't make any sense.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Um, so then after they have sex and he explains the knot or whatever, they're kind of just like sitting and talking and she starts talking to him like all her feelings start to come out. Um, and she says, I'm just starting to put things together. You know, we're still buzzing from pleasure. It's unfair for me to press him right now when our defenses are lowered, but just, but. Then she's talking to him. I think it was there for me to see all along, but you threw me off on purpose, didn't you? There was your reaction to my scent when we first met, and it was so extreme. I assumed you didn't like it, how adamant you were about not having me around. I would've realized that sooner if I hadn't taken for granted that it had to be another wear. It made so much sense that Gabby would be the one. In the end though, it was all about getting to know you. Because now that I understand what kind of person you are, I cannot help but wonder if Lo were in love with someone else, would he be like this with me? And I can't picture a reality or even a damn simulation in which that would be the case. Lo says nothing. He stares impenetrable. Um, it happens between mates, right? Nodding, I mean. Um, It's me, isn't it? I attempt a wobbly smile. It's okay. I know it. I feel it too. I'm your mate That's why and then he stops her and says misery He's looking he's not looking at me But at some spot around my feet and his tone is like I've never heard before unreadable empty. That's why right? He's silent for heavy seconds misery. He just like keeps saying her name and then she goes I'm not I feel the same way You do I add quickly not wanting him to think that I'm accusing him of something beyond his control Um, I haven't quite figured it all out because I don't have much experience with feelings, but maybe you think that's what frightens the shit out of me. Yeah. And then that's when she's just like, keeps like persisting. And then he goes, I'm sorry if I've ever given you the wrong impression about what's happening between us. And she says, I shake my head low. Come on. I know Gabby isn't your mate. She isn't. He presses his lips together, but I'm afraid you reached the wrong conclusions. And I'm like, no low. Why are you doing this?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:And he goes, I'm sorry, misery. We should stop discussing this now. No, I let out a laugh. I'm right. I know that I'm right. Yeah, and then he basically stops and he says, You should stop filling your mouth with werewords you cannot understand. It was a mistake telling you about the concept of mates. His voice is detached. And then he fucking just like leaves her. He's like, Bitch, bye.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah. He says like he has, he'll have somebody come get her.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:And then this hurt. She says, tell me that you're not in love with me, that you don't want to be with me. He doesn't miss a beat. I'm sorry. He says dispassionate with a hint of condensation, condensation, condensation, condensation is what's on your Dr. Pepper in the summer.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:What page are you on?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:It's like, it's basically, he's being condescending three 23,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah, it might be the same thing.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:some pity, some sorrow. I think you're very attractive and I enjoy spending time with you. His voice almost breaks. I enjoyed fucking you and I wish you the best. Are you kidding me? If a man ever says to me, I'm swinging. I'm swinging. I enjoyed fucking you and I wish you the best, sir. Bye. Get the fuck out of here. That's so sad, but we know as an audience, we know like he's doing this.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Like there has to be a reason.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:dramatic irony that
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:this like, this um, Genre builds
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah, and he
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:as soon as that happened and like Mick her up.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:yeah
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I knew it was about to happen
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:So basically and then the next chapter we see like his point of view quote He says he's being kinder to her than to himself and hope she can never realize it and I loved that quote on chapter 26
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:He's like he thinks he's making all the right decisions to save her,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:he hopes she never knows it So like he's saying like I'm being kinder to myself tell you than I am to myself You
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah, well and then that next chapter is Mick picks her up and Shoot her with some drug to make her pass out and it's basically like
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah, fucking traitor.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:guys the whole time. then chapter 27, the point of view of him is there's very little he wouldn't do very few people he wouldn't kill just to ensure her wellbeing.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:And this is where, so chapter 27 is when things start getting good. Um, she wakes up after being drugged by Mick, which is like a huge betrayal, but like, she is drugged by Mick and she wakes up and realizes Serena's with her.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah. She's in this room. Sorry.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Serena are back together and they talk and Serena's been kidnapped and been held there for like the past three months, but they're together again. So then they kind of like try to form a plan to get out of there, which they do, but then they're captured, they get brought to, they get out of their little holding cell. And they realized they're actually in the nest, which is where, why do you, Oh my God, you looked like you were being possessed. I just
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I'm sorry,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:up and you're like, I can't even do it. I just looked up and you're like, Oh my God.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Okay, uh, I
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:nothing behind your eyes. That scared me.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:had a lot going on in my
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Oh my god, that was so funny. And like, one was bigger than the other. You were like,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:As soon as you stopped talking, I realized.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Oh my god, that was scary. That was scary. Anyways, they realize they're in the nest, which is like the vampire palace. I think they assumed that they were in Ware territory, but they're not. So they're, um, they get brought down and put in front of her father.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Now they try to escape.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:they do escape. And then Viviana or whatever her name is, is like, you have to come with me one last time.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Who's Vivian?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:His assistant,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Oh.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:come on. Viviana, fear creeps out the back of my neck. I spin on my heels to find Vianna smiling at me. I'm going to need you to come with me one last time, misery.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah, yeah.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Um,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Vivian, it's Venia,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I just said venea. Venea. Um, so they go, blah, blah, blah, into her dad's office and her dad kind of like spills the beans on how he took Serena, blah, blah, blah. So basically, at the end of the day, we know Anna is half human. Which she is kind of like,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:sister.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:yeah, she's kind of like, that's not, that's very unheard of because of the, the biology of vampires or wares and humans. So she's half human. She's one of the first, or like, she's like the only one known to be half human. So they don't know, like, Lowe doesn't know how, if she's going to shift, if she's going to have like, wear qualities, human qualities, like they just don't know, and they try to, they've tried to protect her, her whole like childhood. Um, So that's why she like keeps like being like kind of they're worried that people are going to find out and then like kidnap her. So we get to her dad or whatever and it all kind of unfolds like her dad like knew that Anna's half ware and then he's like well someone else is also half ware and then it kind of comes out that Serena is half human half ware
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Mm-Hmm.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:and had never told anybody. Um, so that's kind of like a plot twist. Um,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:wouldn't, she didn't start experiencing like
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:until puberty.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:things. Yeah. Until, but she hadn't even like shifted yet.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:No. Um. So,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:that's why she was trying to figure out herself. And that's why she had like the Ellie Morlin name written down.'cause she knew she was like, Anna. Mm-Hmm.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:yeah. Um, so basically, like, they're talking to the dad, blah blah blah, like, the dad's like, whatever. And, um, they find out Serena is also half ware. Kind of feels like a small betrayal, because, like, she never knew that, but It's fine And then I liked like at the end like they kind of like make eye contact and like realize what they're gonna They kind of all make eye contact like her low and serena and they're like, okay We're gonna fucking do this like basically like low and serena are gonna shape shift and tear everyone apart But no one else really realizes it. It's kind of like an unspoken thing with like their eyes and like the last um Words kind of on that chapter, chapter 28, I kind of really liked because, um, let's see. Um, ba ba ba.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:bring low in the dad goes like,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:They bring Lo in and basically like they make Lo admit that she is his mate.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:yeah, basically,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:so we find that out, which we knew. Um, but at the end of that chapter, it says, Serena nods, Lowe nods. Understanding runs through them like a current. So this is when they kind of understand what they're going to do. Now, Lowe whispers. All of a sudden, Owen steps forward in a lightning quick movement. Lowe's restraints are undone and his body begins to shift. Merge and turn and transform. I turn and look at Serena. Huh? And find that she's doing the same, the perfect blindsiding distraction that none of the guards saw coming. And then, what are you? He only has time to say, speaking of the father. And then I love this line, because two large, majestic white wolves fill the room. The noise of tearing flesh rises above the screams. And I watch the two people I love most hold absolutely nothing back. I love that part. I love that part.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:They like kill all the people in that
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:They kill everybody and then we kind of
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:dad, they like, she, they, the brother and low kind of wrap them up in like a
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Mm hmm
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:and they bring her in and they ask her like, what do you want to do? And she tells them like, you decide, but never tell
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah, she says I gripped the door handle still feeling this his heat in my fingers without turning I add unless the need arises feel free to never tell me what you settle on
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah, which I liked that.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:me too And then it's we get like a scene of her and Serena talking like and she's like why wouldn't you why didn't you never tell me this blah blah blah And they kind of go back and forth. They have like a moment And she says you can be whatever you are and you'll still be my friend and I would never have any issues with you being aware I say into her hair, which is matted In fact, I think I might be in love with one and then that's when we jump back into like her and low And they confess their love for each other.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Mhm, basically.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:It's very sweet.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Um,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:a cute thing.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Okay
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:380, She said right shut up alpha. I kiss him again lingering this time He holds me tight bruising like I bolt the second he stops. You've seen me with Serena. I murmur against his lips I'm not the type to change my mind. No, you're not I get it feeling pinned down by the mate thing I take hurried step back suddenly wondering whether this conversation requires physical distance Has to be hard to feel like you couldn't walk away Even if you wanted to like someone is going to be your problem forever He shakes his head his eyes burning into mine You're not a problem misery, you're a privilege. I thought that was a cute
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:That is so sweet, he's just so sweet like the whole book he's fucking sweet and he's so sweet I love him
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:to be like a, have a hard exterior.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I love him
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah, and then they start like,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Having sex
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:having sex again. And like the whole like, It says, like, a different part of Lo takes over and he pushes me back into the wall. Mate, my mate, he groans,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:yeah, I didn't like that. And then he says like it again, my mate,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah. But like, I love, I do love like the, I love a faded mate trope. I really do.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Where is the,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:it's going to bite her. Oh, the epilogue is in, is in Lowe's. Okay.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:she says, this is after they had sex and like the whole not thing happened. she says, how long did it take for it to, and he says, about 30 minutes.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Like what made her just, what made her decide on 30 minutes?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah, I don't know that's I'm saying like it would make more sense If it was like she was pulling from like a certain species of animal that we have in this world of like
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Which would also be weird though.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:yeah, but it would make sense of like a whole animalistic type of of mating But like yeah, that's what I feel like. It feels like she's just kind of like pulled shit out thin air.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:But anyways, that's how it ends. We like, see, they were like having sex and we know that their mates and they're going to stay together. And then we get an epilogue in Lowe's perspective, which was really fun. Um, They're all living together happily ever after. Serena's living with them. Serena and Anna are friends cause they're both like half wares and figuring shit out. And then
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:And leaves you on a
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:it leaves you on a cliffhanger, which I hope she does like a second book. Um, who was it? Was it Max? Keon?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Oh, I said Cohen. Is it Keon?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Oh, I don't know. Cohen. It's probably Cohen. Who is Cohen? Cohen was who? He was a part of the, pack.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:uncle, but it wasn't his direct uncle. But he was the one that, like, took Anna when, like,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yes, yes, yes. He like kept her safe.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:He's like, one of the people he actually can
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:So we see him returning Anna or whatever or there he's yeah Um
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:It says, Cohen's gaze, so, Low falls
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:No, it says one single one single step inside the house and cohen halts as though he just walked into a pile of bricks His palm reaches for the wall in search of support What the hell low stares at him with a frown when no reply comes he turns to study his friend His body is vibrating Ever so slightly his pupils contract and they often do unawares on the brink of shifting You Um, Lo follows Kion's gaze. It's trained on a small figure crouched on the living room floor. She's currently scratching the chin of a purring Sparkles and murmuring apologizes at him. Serena. Koen's gaze remains there for a long time as though captured, or maybe unwilling to let go. Well, well, well, he draws. His voice is gruff, too deep. I'm fucked alright. Understanding immediately dawns on low this he thinks is going to be an issue So now we realize we were left with serena having a mate fun
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:book
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah, I think it was, it was a fun read.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I liked it I liked it a lot five stars No
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Did you hear it?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:No, what happened?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:What?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:What did you do?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:What did you say?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:five stars Oh gross Fuck no, I hate ASMR
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Um, yeah, 4. 5.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I liked it.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:finished,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:it down to 4. 8 cause the nodding of it all.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:yeah. I finished The Butcher and the Wren.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:You did? Did you like it?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I really enjoyed it.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Like, quick.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I love that book.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Um, And there was, like, I was reading on Goodreads and people were saying, like, it was too much like, telling and then showing and not a lot of, like, character building, which, I mean, I can see and I can agree, but, like, the book in its entirety, like, was still told really well and it was a good story, so, like, it was still a good book,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I loved it. Yeah.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:like, books don't have, they don't, like, ask for all of those type of details, but I'm excited for the sequel,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah. Me too. I really love that book.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I'm reading You Again right now. Which I haven't gotten much into, but I think you would like this book.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Really?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:romance book, but it's not like a cliche. Like, it's very much like different type of people and different types of personalities. Like, it's not your, um, broken girl and it's not your cliche, like, perfect girl either.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Hmm.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:much just like different types of people and personalities and relationship is built out of friendship. So that's like kind of like the I'm at right now is they've just gotten to be friends.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Cute. Yeah. I am going to finish corrupt today. I'm like 90 percent done with it. I've really liked it. I've read so much. Like it took me a minute to kind of get into. And then I've been like flying through it. Like yesterday I read most of it and I'll finish it when we get off. But, um, yeah, and then we're going to start never. And then Melanie started this book while she finished it the other day. She was like obsessed with it. It's called the shadows between us. Have you heard of it?
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:sounds really familiar.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:It looks really good. She loved it. She loved it. And then she really, it's a duology, but like the second one doesn't come out for like, until like June or something.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:by Tricia Levenseller. Here, let me find a picture. Okay.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:How does the, yeah,
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:yeah, it looks really good. She loved it.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:see.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:She was like telling me about it. She's like, it's not like very spicy though. And I'm like, it's okay.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:It's only two dollars on Kindle.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah. And it's quick. It's only like 300 and something pages.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:want me to read the synopsis?
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Sure.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Um, They'd never found the body of the first and only boy who broke my heart, and they never will. Alexandra is tired of being overlooked, but she has a plan to gain power. One, woo the Shadow King. Two, marry him. Three, kill him and take his kingdom for himself. for herself. one knows the extent of the freshly crowned Shadow King's power. Some say he can command the shadows that swirl around him to do his bidding. Others say they speak to him, whispering the thoughts of his enemies. Regardless, Alessandra knows she, knows what she deserves, and she's going to do everything within her power to get it. Alessandra's not the only one trying to kill the king. attempts on his life are made, she finds herself trying to keep him alive long enough for him to make her his king, his queen, all while struggling not to lose her heart. After all, who's better for a shadow king than a cunning villainous qu
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah, it's good.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:good.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I might have to do that one for two dollars.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:I know it looks really good and I think it'll be a quick read.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Yeah.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:But yeah, that's what I'm doing. I'm finishing corrupt. I think I'm going to skip the gym today because I'm just hurting.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Probably a good
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Like everything just fucking hurts. So I have to go into work kind of early. Yeah, maybe I should.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:I think you should.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Yeah, and then I go into work early, so I'll get ready to do all that soon.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Alright. Well, we'll be doing Never, I forget who it's by,
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Jessa Hastings.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:um, next week. So get that book and join us. Um, you can follow us on Instagram at my sister made me read it podcast. Amy is Amy Protorati. I am Abby Protorati on Instagram. us on what you're listening on. Give us five stars. Rate us. Rate Bride. Tell us what you thought about the knot. And, uh, that's about it.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Cool.
abby_1_04-30-2024_100802:Alrighty. Bye.
squadcaster-g88j_1_04-30-2024_100804:Bye.
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