In the book world, I hear a lot of discourse about who did the intro-to-fantasy for readers better: ACOTAR or Fourth Wing? There isn't a right or wrong answer here, both are beloved, both are not necessarily the next great American novel, but both have widespread cultural and near-mythological impacts in the world today.
First, I swear to give my unbiased opinion, to provide the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, then my humble opinions. Let's start with ACOTAR and Feyre's watery bowels. This series seems to be the one that "kickstarted" many a love (or in some cases, a reignition for a love) of reading. These books were the ones that made people remember the feeling of losing yourself in a story, in a beautiful fantasy world, and as adults, reminded us what it was for a man to yearn after his woman.
These books are repeatedly misconstrued and written off as simply "faerie smut", or just a book full of smutty smut. And while, yes, there are dare I say, a few smutty (or simply descriptive) scenes, it's so much more than that. However, I don't need to describe to you what ACOTAR made most feel, as you at the very least understand, if not could describe in better detail what I'm getting at here; but I'm getting off topic, the topic of this blog is not "What Did ACOTAR Make Me Feel and How Did it Change My Life?".
Ultimately, ACOTAR likely rekindled your love of reading, and if you didn't love it, we can certainly appreciate it for what it did: it set the book world on fire, it lit a love of reading that dare I say revived the previous slow collapse of the book industry. All in all, this book changed the cultural landscape for reading, and has had massive cultural impacts.
Next up we have Fourth Wing,