FABLE OF HAPPINESS (Fable Trilogy) by PEPPER WINTERS
**FULL TRILOGY – SPOILER-FREE REVIEW**
‘That was all I was now. A beast. A forest dweller who wasn’t fit for society. And it was all their fault.’
‘She can never go back. She knew too much now. She could never be trusted.
And…I want to keep her.’
We decided to read the Fable of Happiness series in one hit, and what an emotionally draining journey that turned out to be! Going into this very dark romance by Pepper Winters, we can’t say we were fully prepared, though we had an inkling it wouldn’t be an easy read. It wasn’t. We’re huge fans of dark romance, it provokes an emotional response, it makes you question yourself and if written as superbly as this series is by Pepper Winters, it makes you fall deeply in love with flawed characters whilst developing an understanding of their inner turmoil and consequent actions. Dark, disturbing, and horrifying – yes absolutely – but it was also hopeful, cathartic, inspiring, and passionate. It was quite the brutal yet epic journey and love story and for Kassen Sands and Gemma Ashford.
‘He kissed me as if he’d never known kindness. As if pain was the only thing to set him free. I couldn’t stand it. Stop! … I lost. I kissed him back. And. That. Was. It.’
“The longer I keep you alive, the greater the chance I have of being happy…even if it’s for a short while.”
Good versus evil is woven into an erotic and passionate tale of despicable villains versus unlikely subservient heroes in a dark and twisted reality of love and hate. Unhealthy relationships rising out of the fire, cleansed, and purified by compassion and understanding. Book one slayed us, Book two shook us to the core, and book three slowly healed us. We must mention the beauty amidst the ugly, highlighting the important roles that nature and animals play in our mental health, healing, and well-being.
‘He’d sacrificed himself for those he loved. And now, he had nothing left.’
‘Kas was rough and wild and unstable, but perhaps that was the healing process for someone who’d only just come back to life? He’d spent a decade just existing, turning off his humanity, willingly slipping into loneliness and endless monotony.’
Pepper Winters took an old as time fairy-tale concept and wrote it in that twisted way of the dark world of the Brothers Grimm before they were made palatable for little as well as big ears. The Fable of Happiness gave us a whiplash of emotions. We felt exhausted, tearful, relieved, happy, devastated, and scared. Emotions on a wheel of repetition meant we never felt truly safe. We were hamsters unable to get off. There’s that proverbial saying of the thin line between love and hate, and never was that more evident than in this story. There were moments we struggled with the characters for different reasons, as whilst the sexual chemistry was off the charts, despite the origin of the beginning, it did at times blur the lines of being overly excessive and repetitive in such a heart-breaking story of physical and mental survival.
‘I was ready for it. I wanted the good and the bad, the happy and the sad. I wanted to be beside him every step of the way. Because I love him unconditionally.’
‘I’d chosen my new master. I’d chosen her. It was my choice.’
The twists, suspense, depravity, and compulsions had our pulses skyrocketing in horror and discomfort. The broken hearts, broken minds and scarred bodies had us crying till our eyes hurt and blurred the words. We both agreed, that as the books progressed so did our enjoyment of them, the third book being our favourite out of the three. It truly knocked us for six and we felt absolutely everything Pepper Winters intended us to feel. Truly explosive, truly heart-stopping, and truly compelling. This series is not for the faint of hearts, but we were compelled with a journey that took over our lives for a while as we needed to know, needed to understand, needed to heal as Kassen Sands captured our hearts. We definitely recommend this trilogy to readers of dark romance who enjoy love stories that push boundaries and romances that take you outside your comfort zone. On the last note, we would love to hear more from the other characters who suffered alongside Kas, and hope Pepper Winters agrees!
‘My blood to your blood. Until we meet again.’
Juice WRLD Fighting Demons Cover Has Shadow of the Colossus Tribute
Ahead of the release of Juice WRLD’s posthumous album Fighting Demons on Friday, December 10, the official cover art was revealed that features a reference that PlayStation gamers will instantly spot.
As you can see below, sanding behind Juice WRLD on the cover art is none other than one of the bosses from Shadow of the Colossus. It’s the third boss in the game, Gaius, who resembles a knight. There are a few differences as Gaius doesn’t have curved horns, but the inspiration is clear as day.
RELATED: HBO’s Juice WRLD Documentary Will Feature Several Unreleased Tracks
Juice WRLD was no stranger to video game tributes. The artist’s second album, Death Race for Love, looked like a PlayStation video game cover with his name being put in the PlayStation font on the left side. He also regularly referenced video games in his lyrics and music videos, so it’s a cool nod to what is likely one of the late rapper’s favorite games.
Check out the full tracklist for Fighting Demons below:
“Burn”
“Already Dead”
“You Wouldn’t Understand”
“Wandered to LA (ft. Justin Bieber)”
“Eminem Speaks”
“Rockstar In His Prime”
“Doom”
“Go Hard”
“Juice Speaks”
“Not Enough”
“Feline (ft. Polo G & Trippie Redd)”
“Relocate”
“Juice Speaks 2”
“From My Window”
“Until The Plug Comes Back Around”
“Girl of my Dreams (ft. Suga from BTS)”
“Feel Alone”
“My Life in a Nutshell”
Did a Pulitzer-Winning Journalist Deceive Hundreds of Musicians?
A musician’s claim that Outlaw Ocean author Ian Urbina misled over 400 artists about their contributions to a journalism-adjacent music project ignited a social media firestorm. “I apologize unequivocally,” Urbina responded.
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DAY ONE! KMJF Talks | 2021 Virtual KMJF
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South Park: Paramount+ Reveals Premiere Date for Post COVID Movie (Watch) – canceled + renewed TV shows
South Park fans will soon see another Post COVID movie on Paramount+. A premiere date has been announced for the upcoming special titled South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID. Viewers will be able to see it later this month.
Paramount+ revealed more about the special in a press release.
“Paramount+, the streaming service from ViacomCBS, today announced that the second of this year’s exclusive South Park events, titled SOUTH PARK: POST COVID: THE RETURN OF COVID, will premiere on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Canada on Thursday, Dec. 16 and will also roll out in the Nordics, Latin America and Australia throughout the month of December as well. The first exclusive event, SOUTH PARK: POST COVID, debuted on the service on Thanksgiving Day and is now available to stream on Paramount+
If Stan, Kyle and Cartman could just work together, they could go back in time to make sure Covid never happened and save Kenny’s life. In SOUTH PARK: POST COVID: THE RETURN OF COVID, traveling back to the past seems to be the easy answer until they meet Victor Chaos.
SOUTH PARK: POST COVID had a record-setting first day of streaming across all movie and series debuts to-date for Paramount+.”
Check out a teaser for the new South Park special below.
What do you think? Are you planning to check out South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID on Paramount+?
Ambush Mastermind Yoon Ahn Gets the Bella Poarch Treatment
All clothing and accessories (worn throughout) by Ambush®.
Take one look at Yoon Ahn, and you get the impression that she is one of those rare individuals that can’t help but stunt. She has what is known, in the business, as too much sauce: effortless style in abundance—innate, instinctual stuff. Born in Seattle and now based in Tokyo, Ahn’s label, Ambush, was founded in the mid-2010s as a jewelry brand that turned everyday items—Band-Aids, paper clips, USB keys—into glammy, Duchampian objects of adoration by rendering them from precious metals. Ambush has since grown into a full-fledged ready-to-wear line—one that is functionally unisex, taking its cue from Yoon’s own personal style. Her Spring 2022 collection is her most fully realized to date, finding productive tension in pairing hard and soft—say, a flowing duster over a crocheted bra—and adding a capsule of activewear, the first time she’s really explored the category outside her ongoing collaboration with Nike. Here, Yoon and TikTok supernova Bella Poarch, who models the new collection, talk Tokyo food delivery, the relaxing properties of a blood-curdling scream, crypto regrets, and more. —ADAM WRAY
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BELLA POARCH: Define “fashion.”
YOON AHN: A form of self-expression through clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, body postures, etc. In the words of Queen Vivienne Westwood, fashion is essential, and it is life-enhancing, and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well. You will have a much better life if you wear impressive clothes.
POARCH: What’s the best way to spend 24 hours in Tokyo?
AHN: My favorite way would be to roam around throughout the day between different districts, grab a fantastic meal, bar-hop, sing karaoke, go dance a bit, bar-hop again, eat breakfast when the sun is about to come out, and crash. The city is so big that every district is uniquely different, so that you won’t get bored just roaming and going with the flow. I still discover new spots to this day that I never noticed in years of being there. It’s seriously crazy how big and dense this place is.
POARCH: What’s your favorite anime?
AHN: There are a few, but I love Astro Boy a lot. The storyline of Astro Boy is quite gloomy despite that cute face. It’s a story about a boy who dies and is replaced by a robot, only to be sold by his father. It may seem like a strange choice, but it is done with solid sensitivity and is counterbalanced with all the selfless acts of saving the world that cement Astro Boy as the hero in the story. With his cute, doe-eyed appearance and intensely human behavior, it’s easy to forget that Astro Boy is a robot. The story makes you wonder if one day, technological advancement could make us better humans after all. Or, will the A.I. be better than us? The anime was made back in the late ’60s, way ahead of its time. By the way, the movie A.I. Artificial Intelligence by Steven Spielberg was based on this anime.
POARCH: If you could live inside of a video game, which one would it be?
AHN: Animal Crossing. Everything is so peaceful, happy, and smiley there. The last thing I want is to worry about living in fear and getting eaten by zombies or shot.
POARCH: What is your go-to food spot in Japan?
AHN: Uber Eats. Even Michelin-starred restaurants are available now, so I can access what I want to eat anytime with the comfort of my iPhone.
POARCH: You’re having me over for dinner tonight. What are we eating?
AHN: I’ll make a home-cooked Korean feast. We have to do our mukbang.
POARCH: What’s on your TikTok For You page?
AHN: I don’t have anything on my TikTok page. I just made it to enjoy other people. For some reason, video editing is quite stressful to me, so instead, I enjoy seeing other people having fun and vicariously living out my TikTok life through peeping.
POARCH: What do you have on your lockscreen?
AHN: A quote: “Don’t downgrade your dream just to fit your reality. Upgrade your conviction to match your destiny.” I’m triple Sagittarius, and I like to think big and see the big picture and be reminded of this all the time.
POARCH: What app do you use the most in your daily routine?
AHN: Probably Google.
POARCH: What kind of music do you listen to when you’re working?
AHN: It depends on what my mood is and when the deadline is. Techno and acid house are good for those days when I have to pump out so much in a short time. It gets me in a fast BPM [beats per minute] rhythm with that concentration. For more research-y days, I go with the flow. For really stressful days, I put on a horror movie, on max volume on speakers. It’s good to hear screams. It’s kind of stress releasing.
POARCH: What’s one random secret the world doesn’t know about you?
AHN: You said it. It’s a secret so it will remain a secret. If I tell, it’s not a secret anymore.
POARCH: If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
AHN: To be invisible. It would be so fun to be invisible and go around the world. Either that or to fly. But I feel like I’d be a clumsy flyer. I’d probably bump into something.
POARCH: How do you deal with stress and maintain your mental health?
AHN: The mind is like a monkey. My thoughts are not me, and I remind myself that negative thoughts about myself are not facts, they are just my opinion of myself that is based on other people’s views. There is always a lot going on at once, so I do get anxious quite often. When things seem like too much, I usually stop, walk away, and either go to sleep, or go have a fun, crazy night out. I also love those “Raise Your Frequency – 963 Hz, 528 Hz, 432 Hz – Binaural Beats” videos for meditation on YouTube.
POARCH: What is one thing you struggle with?
AHN: I get bored easily.
POARCH: How would you describe your personal style?
AHN: Sexy tomboy. I wear lots of men’s clothes, but I like to add a bit of sexiness here and there—with lipstick, always.
POARCH: What fashion trend are you most looking forward to having a comeback in the future?
AHN: Anything spiky and spiked.
POARCH: What is your first fashion memory? When you were a kid, did you ever envision that you would be doing what you do today?
AHN: Discovering Vogue at a local public library when my family moved to the U.S. That’s where I encountered all the fashion magazines (whatever they had there) and found out how big the world was. From that point, I knew I wanted to move to New York to work as a graphic designer, but never thought I would be in the fashion industry. It seemed so far away from the suburb I grew up in, where I was the only Asian. It’s funny how life turns out.
POARCH: If you could give advice to your younger self, what would you tell Yoon?
AHN: I should have invested in Bitcoin earlier.
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Hair: Fitch Lunar using Number 4 Hair Care at Opus Beauty
Makeup: Natasha Severino at Foreward Artists
Production: Perris Cavalier at The Morrison Group
Photography Assistant: Kobe Wagstaff
Fashion Assistant: Clemmie Dugdale
