Popular Book Series I Need to Finish || Books with Emily Fox

Here are popular book series I still haven't finished! I want to... but I've been meaning to for years at this point! You get to decided which of these popular YA or adult books I need to put on top of my TBR and which ones I don't have to rush! So many popular books I haven't read yet :/

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[gervanarneaud]

“It’s one of those books that always seem to offend people on the internet *whispers* guys”

I’m dying 🤣🤣🤣

[noodlekatz]

Please talk about the differences between a sexiest world and a sexiest author!!

[aletwin]

The raven cycle gets so much better, but yes, it is character driven. The second book is more centered on Ronan, give at least that one a shot:)

[doveknight]

Emily is one of this booktuber that even though we don't really have same tastes in books, I just love watching her 💙

[katie]

The Raven Cycle is one of my favorite ya series!! If you like Ronan you should definitely continue because he only gets better throughout the series :)

[booksandwineanddogs]

Finish Red Rising! The series changes so much after the first book, and the 5th book comes out on Tuesday

[elenanicoleta]

Because I mainly read YA I am going to only mention (some of) those series on your list. Here we go!

First off, The Raven Cycle. I love this series. I understand that the magical realism elements can be confusing but that is honestly one of the reasons why I love it. It has a rich and poignant atmosphere and the magic feels wild and free and very much an unpredictable force of nature instead of a science the way it is with hard magic systems. The characters are what I absolutely adore when it comes to this series. The main cast (the four boys and Blue) have such organic relationship dynamics and they FEEL like real people. What I do have an issue with are the antagonists in the story. They pale in comparison to the complexity of the main gang which is not to say they don't have understandable motives. Overall it's a great series (the second book is my absolute favourite) with interesting characters and very atmospheric.

Now on to The Mortal Instruments. Ah, high school. I LOVED this series back in 2013-2014 and I still do mainly because of nostalgia and because I just know the characters so well they feel like real people in my life. Objectively, I can see it has A TON of issues. It is very cliched, it's very cringey at times and super duper angsty. But so was most YA written around 2008-2009. On the issue of worldbuilding, yes, I agree that the first two books lack in that department but it does get a lot better in later books. TMI was originally ment to be a trilogy so the third book is actually quite a bit beeter than the previous two. The characters...don't get that much better with some notable exceptions such as Simon, Alec and Isabelle but you can learn to love them if you look past the teen drama. The other series in this world, The Infernal Devices and The Dark Artifices are arguably much much better in terms of character dynamics and especially worldbuilding.

Next up, Throne of Glass. I am not going to ramble for long because you've probably heard thousands of people rave about or bash this book already. In short, TOG is trash but it's good trash. That coming from someone who has read all 8 books for the first time this year. I do have a bit of an issue with the overprotective, jealous and possessive nature of the male characters. They don't go to their love interests and be like "I forbid you to ever talk to any man other than me ever again because you are MINE!" but they go to the men and are like "don't you talk or look or breathe in the general vicinity of my wife/girlfriend /fiancee/girl I am extremely attracted to and whom I feel very protective of or I will hang you by your insides". On the flip side, some female characters call them out on it but for the most part it's just banter. I will say that the world is explored a lot more starting with book three but that is also when the entire series becomes an entire different thing from what it was in book 1.

And lastly Red Queen. Just like you, I have actually enjoyed the first book quite a bit despite all the tropes and cliches of the dystopian genre that it contains. I have also read the second book and, for me, it kind of plummeted to the pits of hell especially with the way it ended and the dynamic between Mare and the antagonists of the series. I have then started the third book on three separate occasions and never managed to get past like 50 pages. At this point, not even Jesus could convince me to continue that series.

I apologise if this is unnecessarily long and rambly. I will say I am looking forward to your review of The Raven Cycle if you decide to read the entire series and also The Mortal Instruments which I anticipate will be a very funny review :))

I hope you have an amazing day.

[hobbleit]

I adore all of the Riyria books. I love Royce and Hadrian so much. I think after Fitz, the Fool and NIghteyes from Robin Hobb's books, they are my favourite literary friendship of all time.

[MsLaurenElizabeth]

For Throne of Glass, book 2 is amazing. But... book 3 is where the shit gets real. That’s where people have the most divide.

[emelinedelferriere]

You should give Golden Son a try (second in Red Rising). The first book in this serie is kinda like hunger games but the other ones are really different. They're actually about the space war and you get to learn way more about the cultures and politics of every colours. I do believe you could like them, you just have to get past the first book !

[leticiatoraci]

A tip I would give is: "Go with your instincts, and just now and then try to go out of your comfort zone". I for example, never like horror books so I read less than five of this genre per year, but now and then I'm rewarded by getting out of my comfort zone while reading a book that has good qualities but at the same time has elements I don't like. This gets easier for example with historical fiction that if if it isn't always my cup of tea often has books I end up liking even more than pure fantasy ones. I try to avoid reading books of the same tropes over and over, because one book will be very different than your favorite in that trope so it isn't rewarding to look for your favorite trope. Better to always get a fresh theme every season, for example, I don't do it purposefully but I end up reading four books in a row about faeries, or djinn, or dystopia and this happens naturally, without any planning. ;-)

[raenich]

Hi Emily! The third book in the Lunar Chronicles, Cress, is in my opinion the best. 😊 There was a lot happening in there. And I recommend you also read the novellas, Fairest and Stars Above. I think you'll have a lot to say about Fairest. 😆 I know I did.

[ReiraWrites]

Well, I think that some of the most famous YA series became popular because at that time they were offering something that was lacking, and in fact back in time I found Cassandra Clare's books brilliant and fascinating. In my opinion they didn't age well, so reading The Mortal Instruments for the first time right now would entail disliking the whole series, even if they contributed to shape the genre of YA.

[courtney-paigeevans]

Read City of Glass! The cringy twist from book one is resolved and it is so good!!

[ticklemyheart]

Oh please do read all of Riyria Revelations! I find each book seems to get better. I finished the series about 2 weeks ago and I loved it... but then again I don't read as much as I liked but I really enjoyed this series! If anything I just encourage you to finish the first 2 books and then go from there, it goes deeper after book 2 and you learn more as time goes on.

[destinymorais]

For the mortal instruments series, highly recommend that if you're getting stuck you should pick up the infernal devices. Personally, it's my favourite trilogy/series from her and my favourite one in general. And you pick up the infernal devices around after you've finished the 3rd or 4th book in TMI, the ending of City Of Heavenly Fire will make much more sense and you wont be spoiled for the ending of TID.

[wallacejames]

Magical schools series I've read/started that I've never seen you mention:
- The Air Awakens series by Elise Kova
- The Academy Journals by Garrett Robinson
Air Awakens is p romance heavy, but the magic is cool (I'm not done it yet) and Academy Journals is entertaining and has a cool magic system as well.

[bloom]

okay, so, you should definitely finish Throne of Glass if you're curious about it, but I don't think you'll like the direction it takes. there's more added insta-love and the plot gets really convoluted. I never finished the series (I plan to go back and reread them at some point so I can pick up the last book) so I can't speak on the ending overall, but it doesn't seem like your taste.


The Mortal Instruments isn't worth finishing. I'm a fan but you'll find the next set of 3 books cringey or unnecessary or boring or likely all of the above? finish City of Glass (that plot twist/device resolves itself) and then leave it there. I would recommend The Infernal Devices though! there's a love triangle which might be a deal breaker for you, but they're plotted much tighter and have actual action happening. if you wanted to give the shadowhunter world another chance (and give yourself a chance to get the hype) I would start there!


the first two books of the Lunar Chronicles sucked, which is why the last two books were so surprising! were the last two books worth slogging through the first two? idk, but it seems like you were almost to the third book anyways, and I think you might enjoy the third and fourth installments more than you'd expect! I sure did. also, Fairest - the novella of the series - is an absolutely vicious villain origin story, and it seems right up your alley.


wow that was long, yikes sorry

[nextpageadventure]

I thought Red Queen had some good elements but it was way to YA for me and super predictable.

[bookswithkatie]

I know you don't read a lot of middle grade but please pick up book one in The Keeper Of The Lost Cities series by Shannon Messenger. I'm on book five now and I think you'll really like the series. Read the first book all in one sitting and all the books are a really good size with each book getting better as the series progresses ☺