dropped media | jan 2025

[darkunicorna]

ides of january and i'm already dropping shit lol. writing here so i don't start reading/watching these things again, and also bc i just want to vent bc i have nowhere else to talk abt these things

• if i never met you by mhairi mcfarlane i'm sure this is a great book for other people who want more complex romances... THAT'S NOT ME. laurie begins this book in an 18-year relationship. that shit is not easy to let go of! i kinda think she needs some time on her own to figure out her life! i cannot understand her psyche at all being someone who has never been in a relationship that long! so. not for me, esp bc she spends the like, first quarter of the book upset about dan breaking up with her. AS SHE SHOULD! if this was real life i would be like damn take all the time you need! but bc this is a romance novel, i cannot convince myself that the romance she will fall into right after she breaks up w dan will be a worthwhile one.


• hidden love chinese drama i love you zhao lusi and chen zheyuan! but this drama... i'm sure it's cute if i skip to the college bits, which i am currently contemplating doing. but rn this girl has a puppy crush on a guy who is much older... and every scene makes it seem like he's her DAD like all he does is take care of her in the sense of like "make sure to eat well" "study hard" etc etc like i'm not sold! when it's a straight couple and the guy takes care of the woman, i usually only like it if the woman is older and has worked too damn hard and the guy is teaching her to let loose a little or something like that DO YOU GET ME??? also i am obviously not opposed to age gap relationships BUT she is just a high schooler... WHY IS THIS COLLEGE AGED GUY CONSTANTLY HANGING AROUND HER / HER HIGH SCHOOL? like even if he doesn't like her like that yet WHY IS HE VOLUNTEERING AT HER SPORTS DAY EVENT. GO BACK TO COLLEGE DUDE! makes noooooooo sense. i would like it better if she had a puppy crush on him a long time ago and he only saw her now and again and THEN when they were older she starts to see him as a real person as opposed to someone she idolizes + he starts to actually see her in a particular light. OR AT LEAST STARTING THE STORY AT THIS POINT! ok i think i am not making sense any longer i will skip ahead a few episodes and if it doesn't get better i am sorry but i must drop.


• this thing between us by gus moreno this book generally seems up my alley — it's creepy and also short! i got like 30 mins in and enjoyed it, but i also can't consume media that is so wholly about grief at this current moment considering all the grief around me rn w the wildfires and tr*mp etc. maybe i will take this up at another time, but i absolutely cannot do this now.


• nine rules to break when romancing a rake by sarah maclean this book is recommended v often in the historical romance subreddit, which for some reason i get emails about even tho i don't really read much historical romance lmaooo but i was really craving romance / something light and easy considering all the BULLSHIT that is happening in the world rn + considering i couldn't really leave the apt safely for basically all of january. i enjoyed it quite a bit and really loved callie... idk what happened tho lol i was just in the middle of a sex scene and was like. this is rly boring. i guess i think their sex is boring lmaoooo so i tried to skim ahead, but i am really not a skimmer i find it so hard to do lol so i couldn't move forward. plus, i feel like you know what will happen... they will be happily ever after... idk. i was interested in raston's brother, who has his own book in the series, but i think my winter craving for romance has finally died down a bit so idk if i will ever get around to his book.