#the sunchine court

[broken-heart-raven-queen]

Just picture Jean visiting Riko's grave alone and telling him all the things he wanted to tell him in life and ending the whole speech telling him that he now knows he's more than a Raven, more than a Moreau, that he is Jean Yves and he deserves and will be happy.

[itseyaaaa]

me:*crying*

x: why are you crying? it's just a phrase.

The phrase: one hundred the chances Jean would commit suicide graduation night.

[dan-i-am21]

Since we’re all talking about The Sunchine Court and Jean, I want to share the song that reminds me most of him.

Punching Bag by Palaye Royale.

[the-empress-7]

I wish the Harkles would look at the Earthshot prize and realise competing against the monarchy is ridiculous and stupid. William had a good idea, and within a year or two it was realised to great effect by the royal machine.

Exactly Anon, Royals only make some phone calls and they have a lot of people supporting them (money, platforms and more connections). In the other hand, yes, the Harkles have Sunchine Sachs and they have a lot of connections, but in the celebrity sphere and the most important, THEY HAVE TO PAID to have that connections. If they really want to compete and create a succesful royal rival court, they need a lot of MONEY (and knowing how cheap Harry is, I doubt that they can do something as big as Invictus or Earthshot prize).

The 40x40 thing was the 'biggest' project they could offer and was a massive mistake.

Yep.

[may-reads-books]

Books I’ve read so far this year!

Spoilers for: The Wrath and the Dawn, The Rose and the Dagger, Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising, The Song of Achilles, What if it’s Us, Here’s to Us, Six of Crows, Crooked Kingdom, Cinder, March, Scarlet, Cress, Winter, Stars Above, As Old as Time, The Foxhole Court, The Raven King, The King’s Men, and A whole New World.

January

1. The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh

Rating:  ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Favorite Quote: “I suspect she will be like air. Like knowing how to breathe.”

I’ve been interested in this duology for a while and finally got around to reading it right after new years and went in with high hopes, the plot was interesting enough and I liked Khalid and Shahrzad but not Tariq, his chapter’s seemed kinda slow and boring and I didn’t like his feelings of being entitled to Shahrzad just because they grew up together.

2. The Rose and the Dagger by Renee Ahdieh

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Went into this super excited after finishing the first one but the beginning was really slow and hard to get through, I liked Tariq even less in this one. I absolutely adored Rahim and Irsa together and was devastated when Rahim died. Sadly Khalid and Shahrzad didn’t have many scenes together till toward the end but I like that Khalid actually let Shahrzad help him and didn’t completely shut her out.

3. Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

Rating:  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I had already read Shadow and Bone last year and thought I remembered enough to read this without rereading, I was wrong but didn’t stop to go back. I was kinda bored with them just staying at the little palace, and was definitely annoyed that all the work they put into making a weapon was almost immediately destroyed. Alina’s hallucinations/visions/mystical video calls with the Darkling were completely unexpected but also very interesting and I enjoyed the small snippets of Darkling Content because he was not present throughout the middle. I was warned I would hate Mal and I tried so hard to like him, I liked him in the first one and didn’t want to hate him but he got on my nerves. Nikolai Lantsov is probably one of my all time favorite characters now, I adored him and was honestly hoping for more between him and Alina.

4. Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

Rating:  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Favorite Quote: “”Know that I loved you,” ... “Know that it was not enough.””

This book was fucking phenomenal, so much Darklina Content, so much Darkling content in general with Alina using their bond against him, yes I know the Darkling is a horrible person and the villain but I love him. I honestly didn’t think I cared that much about Baghra but her death almost made me cry, and the fact that the Darkling still cared about her even a little was kinda heartbreaking and made it so much sadder. Mal being the third amplifier came out of fucking nowhere but at I loved it (I may have kinda hoped he would stay dead but it’s fine) I cried when the Darkling died, it was such a good scene, also cried when They gave Alina another kefta at the end. Overall amazing book, loved it, wonderful ending the series.

5. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Rating:  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Favorite Quote: “And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.”

This is quite possibly my favorite book ever written, I don’t think I will ever find something to top this. I’d read it sometime last year or the year before but rereading was more heartbreaking. The writing is beautiful, and all the foreshadowing makes it so much sadder. The end almost destroyed me, I had to stop twice because I was crying so hard I couldn’t see. 

6. What if it’s Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera

Rating:  ⭐️⭐️

It’s a cute book if you like rom-coms, but I kinda struggled to get through it. I liked the characters and how they didn’t just instantly fall in love and everything was all sunchines and rainbows but I prefer more plot driven, action heavy books so I was kinda bored.

7. Here’s to Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera

Rating: ⭐️⭐️

I liked this one slightly more but still struggled to get through it, rom-coms just aren’t for me.

8. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Rating:  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Favorite Quote: “You will find I have far more practice with eternity.”

I read this in one day after rewatching the show to compare, loved it. The action starts early and there’s so much Darkling content, it’s almost my favorite in the series just for that. The first time I read it I was praying that she would end up with the Darkling and was so dissapointed when he was the villain. Mal wasn’t horrible in this book, I kinda liked him but I preferred Aline with the Darkling.

February

9. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Rating:  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Favorite Quote: “My ghost won’t associate with your ghost.”

Obviously the logical thing to do after reading Shadow and Bone was to read the Six of Crows Duology, even though I’d already read them before. They were just as good the second time, the world building and character development is phenomenal, I love all of them. There’s honestly nothing I didn’t like about the book, all around amazing.

10. Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

Rating:  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Favorite Quote: “”I would come for you,” . . . “I would come for you. And if I couldn’t walk, I’d crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we’d fight our way out together - knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that’s what we do. We never stop fighting.”

Somehow even better than the first one, nonstop heists and schemes from beginning to end. All the characters are so good together, no matter who’s with who. I somehow blocked out Matthias’ death from the first time I read it and was shocked and heartbroken all over again.

11. Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This is another one that I’d read years ago but just now bought the rest of the series and wanted to finish it. I think it’s a great opening book for the series, I was literally never bored with it and got through it ridiculously fast. I love Kai so much I cannot put it into words, he’s just so good. I don’t know what it is about him he’s just great. Cinder is also amazing and I love her as the lead character, watching her and Kai be so awkward around each other is just lovely.

March

12. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

This one is easily my least favorite in the series, I struggled to get through it and I’m not sure why.  There just wasn’t enough going on to keep me engaged, Scarlet was great and I loved her but I definitely preferred Cinder over her. Wolf was a really interesting character, though I was definitely hoping he was actually a werewolf or something. Thorne is easily my favorite character, hands down, cannot be topped, my excitement upon realizing he was the love interest in the next book was unmatched. Cinder and Thorne’s friendship is honestly was got me through the majority of this.

13. Cress by Marissa Meyer

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I read all but twenty pages of this in one day, definitely my favorite in the series and that has everything to do with how much I love Cress and Thorne. It was also nice to finally have so many of the characters in one place. 

14. Winter by Marissa Meyer

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This one was a close second favorite, so much chaos and so much happening at once I loved. Everyone seems to not like Jacin and I was kinda worried but I honestly don’t understand why more people don’t like him. Maybe I’m just a sucker for the royalty x sworn protector trope but I really liked him with Winter, and also the rest of the crew. The end of this book was everything I could have hoped for, the final fight with Levana was one of my favorite scenes.

15. Stars Above by Marissa Meyer

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

So many good stories! I love learning more about the characters background before the series, and after in the case of the wedding. The wedding is probably my favorite, I need more content with the whole crew together.

16. As Old as Time by Liz Braswell

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

I have been intrigued by the Twisted Tales stories ever since I read the Mulan retelling last year and was finally able to find more them. Really excited going in and wasn’t very disappointed. The flipping back and forth between present and past was kind of annoying but understandable, I liked having more reason behind the beast’s curse and how him and Belle were more connected rather than her being some random girl like in the movie.

April

17. The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavik

Rating:  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Favorite Quote: “Remember this feeling. This is the moment you stop being the rabbit.”

I read this series like four years ago and forgot basically all of it but it’s so good. I don’t what it is about it but I just love them so much, Neil is a horribly unreliable narrator but I love him. I feel like I have kinda unpopular opinions on the characters cause I honestly liked Seth and was sad he died, he deserved a chance to be a better person and finish his fifth year with the others and graduate. I also don’t like Nicky? he seems to be a favorite but I can’t get over how he is to Neil in the beginning and him kissing him then sharing a bed with him and having the audacity to be offended Neil was upset by that. But anyway, the upperclassmen all angels, Kevin’s an asshole but I love him, and Andrew is so fucking high through most of this but I love him too.

18. The Raven King by Nora Sakavic

Rating:  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Favorite Quote: “”You know, I get it,” . . . “Being raised as a superstar must be really, really difficult for you. Always a commodity, never a human being, not a single person in your family thinking you’re worth a damn off the court - yeah, sounds rough. Kevin and I talk about your intricate and endless daddy issues all the time.” . . . “I know it’s not entirely your fault that you are mentally unbalanced and infected with theses delusions of grandeur, and I know you’re physically incapable of holding a decent conversation with anyone like every other normal human being can, but I don’t think any of us should have to put up with this much of your bullshit. Pity only gets you so many concessions, and you used yours up about six insults ago. So please, please, just shut the fuck up and leave us alone.””

First of all, the above quote is just beautiful. Favorite thing I have ever read. For someone who has been on the run for like eight years, Neil has surprisingly few survival instincts. There’s so much that happens in the last hundred pages of this and I was not OK when I finished it but damn I got through it so fast, could not put it down. The foxes trying to learn to work together is kinda painful to watch, it’s definitely mostly the monster’s fault (Andrew is at fault for like 90%) Also! The Crumbs of Andreil, the beginnings of something beautiful! I love it.

19. The King’s Men by Nora Sakavik

Rating:  ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Favorite Quote: “I’d ask you how it feels, but I guess you’ve always known what it’s like to be second, you worthless piece of shit.”

Andreil!! SO much of it! God I love them, Andrew confessing by declaring he would blow Neil while sitting right next to Kevin and making Neil rethink every interaction they’ve ever had is just, I love it. Neil looks like absolute shit for most of this book, boy can just not catch a break. I would die for Kevin “I’ve never been skiing before” Day, I love him, he’s such an asshole. Riko losing for the first time in his life, getting his arm broken, meeting his brother for the first time in his life and then being shot by said brother all within a couple hours is everything that little bastard deserved and I do not feel sorry for him at all.

20. A Whole New World by Liz Braswell

Rating: ⭐️

This might be my least favorite book I’ve ever read. There’s like no character development at all, what little there is you don’t actually see them changing you’re just told that they have. You hardly learn anything about the character’s, none of them really have a personality beyond what is necessary for the story. Jasmine is a hypocrite, being like no we shouldn’t just destroy the book because it could potentially be used for evil but the turning around and wanting to kill Jafar so he can’t do more evil things. (She was right about Jafar, should have felt the same about the book) Jasmine and Aladdin meet once and instantly fall in love and everything is fine between them the rest of the book, zero hesitation in suddenly deciding they want to spend their futures together despite only knowing each other for a literal day.

Ok that’s it, sorry for the long post I’ll do one book at a time in the future so they’re shorter and I can focus more on each one.

[the-empress-7]

Yes, yes and yes..... Wait for his memoir, that will be their massive PR game for the next year (imagine the publicity because the Jubilee it's in the same year). Also they will choose a big magazine to serialized the book (maybe People or Vanity Fair). I think they and Sunchine Sachs believe this book will put them on a pedestal and finishing to stablished the 'successful Rival Court' and in order to occur that, he will trash the Royals again."

The memoir won't be worse than the Oprah interview which months later has become a distant memory. Everyone thought the interview will bring down the monarchy. Nothing happened. Harry implied Diana was murdered in his Apple series and everyone just yawned. The shock factor has worn off and It will be the same with the memoir. Don't forget Bower will release his book in the same month or week Harry releases his memoir. He practically said so.

I agree that the memoir won't cause worse damage than the Oprah interview. Everything is downhill after a tell all TV interview.

[the-empress-7]

"Yep. I have been saying since the fall of 2018 that the Harkles’ end goal is to establish a rival court, and PR is how modern day wars are fought."

Yes, yes and yes..... Wait for his memoir, that will be their massive PR game for the next year (imagine the publicity because the Jubilee it's in the same year). Also they will choose a big magazine to serialized the book (maybe People or Vanity Fair). I think they and Sunchine Sachs believe this book will put them on a pedestal and finishing to stablished the 'successful Rival Court' and in order to occur that, he will trash the Royals again.

So, I don't know when this book will be published, but I think they also will use it to promote the podcast, the Netflix productions and starting to announce more 'partnerships' with Archewell.

100% agree.