DISCUSSION: ya series that we don't talk about anymore???

Hello, hello, welcome to another round of "ya ___ that we don't talk about anymore???"! I see you "adaptions" and raise you "series," i.e., the actual books themselves. Does that sentence even make sense? I don't know poker, but anyways! I've run out of movies and shows to talk about, so let's talk about some books!



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Here are the adaption posts: part one and part two.

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**These are my own opinions, and I am not putting down people who enjoy these books. Please note that some of these are general impressions that I've held for over 5 years, so it's been a while since I've read a lot of these.**

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Wicked Lovely (2007)


  • this series . . . was a mess
  • but a good one
  • genuinely don't remember a lot
  • I remember totally shipping Aislinn with the Summer King . . . was I the only one
  • my first instance of a love triangle ending with polyamory (although this was . . . quite messy)
  • also I was like 11 so uhhh
  • "Seth, sworn brother of the Dark King and heir to the High Queen" I totally forgot he got into their world
  • I really only remember bare flashes of this series and I kinda want to know more
  • also these covers are niceeeee tbh


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Gone (2008)


  • I was . . . kinda really into this series tbh
  • the plot was interesting at least but
  • uhhh the author turned out to be . . . not great
  • ;sldjflkdsa I was like 12 when the last book came out
  • there's both a birth scene and a sex scene
  • that was . . . a lot to say the least
  • I honestly couldn't tell you any specifics
  • I think? I liked Diana and uhhh Astrid?
  • oh yeah, they had powers
  • what even happened at the end
  • THE "GAIAPHAGE" BEING REBORN INTO DIANA AND CAINE'S CHILD
  • WHAT WAS THIS
  • oh fuck, and Caine and Sam turned out to be brothers (twins?)
  • lowkey I'm about to look up plot summaries now bc I want to know what happens


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Fallen (2009)

  • did I finish this series
  • did I
  • I really don't remember
  • see, I do think that I did finish it but
  • I remember such little of it that it feels like I only read the first book
  • what happens in the last three (3!!) books
  • WAIT
  • A FIFTH BOOK WAS PUBLISHED??
  • I heard nothing about this, wow
  • I knew that novella came out
  • okay fr, I'm trying to gain any semblance of what the plot is but all of the book plots are so vague
  • of course, this was Peak "broody, fallen angel" era in YA
  • genuinely, I remember one (1) scene
  • and I'm not entirely convinced that I'm not making it up
  • uhhhh something about them being in a dark chapel but then some dark angels attack them? did that happen? is this just my general impression of the series?
  • I would say, someone tell me what happens but I lowkey don't know if I want to reminisce

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Hush, Hush (2009)

  • speaking of the Peak "broody, fallen angel" era
  • the bane of my existence
  • fun fact: I usually don't buy books unless I've read them and liked them or I've read something else by that author and liked it (otherwise I check them out from the library)
  • but I thought I'd be into this series
  • so I bought the first two books
  • short story short, now I adhere to the rule very strictly
  • I know for a fact that I didn't finish this series
  • I think I got to the last book?
  • but I couldn't, for the life of me, remember anything that happened in the previous books so I was so lost
  • also there was some glowing blue drink, that was some angelic equivalence of a steroid
  • and I got fed up
  • anyways
  • how?? do people?? think that?? this is a good romance??
  • I was like 12 and I could tell how toxic and unhealthy it was
  • Patch was NOT A GOOD LOVE INTEREST
  • I SAID IT
  • also I don't think I remember anything else from this series
  • maybe?? Nora and Patch?? in a room (in a bed?) while it's raining outside??
  • that is both so specific yet so vague, so again, I don't know if this even happened or if I'm just making this up
  • side note: what I remembered for Fallen . . . was it from this series?

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Matched (2010)


  • highkey don't think I finished this series either
  • I got to the last book . . . I just didn't know what was happening
  • so idk if I finished it
  • guys.........what happened in this series
  • I remember they were in the wilderness and there was a bombing
  • but I didn't understand the significance of going outside of "civilization"
  • what was the world building in this
  • the summary for the last book is literally four sentences, WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS BOOK

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The Iron Fey (2010)

  • oh I was into this series
  • I didn't read the spin-off series though bc I got bored
  • remember how it wasn't supposed to end with the Ash book
  • so she was literally just going to leave us with Meghan and Ash apart
  • so sad
  • I'm glad we got the last book
  • this was actually such an interesting story like
  • we have so many fairy/faerie stories but this author tied in the present world into it
  • Ash, the original broody prince of my heart


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Bloodlines (2011)


  • I mean, everyone's read Vampire Academy but let's talk about this series!!
  • the third and fourth books . . . were so good
  • I mean, the TENSION
  • although the last two books went off the rails tbh
  • wasn't there talk of a spin-off of this series
  • having something to do with how the last book ended (I remember like one (1) thing from the last book rip)
  • lowkey . . . I would read it


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The Selection (2012)

  • this series was honestly the Bachelor, why
  • I mean, if that's your thing
  • but this series tried SO HARD to have a plot other than the romance(s)
  • and there really wasn't anything else
  • like she tried to bring in politics but it made no sense
  • or past history through letters, and it literally had no effect on the current plot
  • I want to say I got to the last book, but that would definitely only have happened bc I did a hate-read
  • and . . . I probably did tbh
  • this series really did make me so angry rip

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Delirium (2012)

  • I remember ppl being upset that the last book didn't end in -ium
  • also no one liked the ending
  • I actually thought it was good
  • when so many series during this time had so many undeserved (I mean . . . not undeserved, but like,,,the events didn't really lead up to the ending we got) endings, having an open-ended one was nice
  • also it made sense bc Lena wasn't the leader or a symbol of the rebellion
  • she was just someone involved with it, not even at a high level
  • anyways I will die on this hill
  • lowkey tho . . . how we see Alex again . . . sad
  • also how Julian went away was not the best way
  • and I say this as someone who didn't much like Julian rip

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