The Bonds That Tie series is a Urban Fantasy, Reverse Harem romance series that’s super popular in the book community and is about a young girl, Oleander Fallows, who ran away and is caught and brought back to her bonded when that was actually the last thing she wanted…but why? The mystery surrounding that remains to be seen unless you read why, but her 5 bonded sure don’t hide their confusion, hurt, betrayal, and rage over the decision and how it’s affected them.
It’s a very mix of X-Men and The Covenant kind of vibes for me, and I will admit these books are absolutely binge-worthy. Definitely give them a try and see who your favorite bonded is for Oli
(spoiler: mine’s a very close tie between Gryphon and North)
Before we get too into this, just a reminder that this is how ME, MYSELF, & I pictured the characters in these books…you are valid to disagree, but either keep scrolling or be respectful about verbalizing it or just don’t say anything at all. It’s not hard to do….I’m only sharing how I saw these characters in my head, and I really am not going to listen to rude, faceless internet people who don’t agree with my choices and feel the need to blast me on how wrong you think I am.
Unless its race/ethnicity related, I’m happy to be corrected in that regards, but otherwise I. Do. Not. Care…I am tired and just want to share my thoughts on MY website and don’t have the energy for someone who feels the need to make a snappy line at how wrong they think I am on my own platform to try and make themselves feel better for whatever reason…I will just delete the comment and carry on like it never existed and not give it any more thought.
Thank you
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Here is my Fancast/Dreamcast of the Bonds That Tie Series:
Oleander Fallows: Gionna Daddio
image courtesy of medium.com
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North Draven: Mitchell Wick, or Kevin Lütolf
Mitchell, image credit not available
Kevin, image courtesy of menofsublimebeauty.com
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Gabriel Ardern: Arvid Hestner
Image courtesy of the model’s Instagram page
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Nox Draven: Austin Sikora, or Spencer Neville
Austin, image courtesy of the models X profile
Spencer, image courtesy of the actor’s IMDB profile
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Gryphon Shore: Giacomo Gallani
image courtesy of the model’s Instagram profile
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Atlas Bassinger: Jordan Addesi
Image credit N/A
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Sage Benson: Victoria Justice, or Camila Cabello
Victoria, image credit n/a
Camila, Image courtesy of InStyle
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Sawyer Benson: Diego Boneta
Image courtesy of Deadline
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Felix Davenport: Pierson Fode
Image courtesy of the actor’s IMDB profile
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Riley: Jacob Elordi
Image courtesy of NBC
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Giovanna: Madelyn Cline
Image courtesy of Vanity Fair
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Gracie Davenport: Grace Van Dien
Image courtesy of PopCon
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Gray: Kody Kearsley
Image courtesy of the actor’s IMDB profile
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Kieran Black: Ed Skrein
Image courtesy of BBC
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Kyrie Shore:Lyndsey Fonseca
Image courtesy IdPoster
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Vivian Wentley: Michael Keaton
Image courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter
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Silas Davies: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, or Eric Dane
Jeffrey, image credit n/a
Eric, image courtesy of Parade
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Aro Han: Lana Condor
Image courtesy of USA Today
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Senator Oldham: Gillian Anderson
Image courtesy of the actress’s IMDB profile
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There you have it!
I’m really not in the mood for folks who feel the need to comment how off I am or not accurate I am to certain characters unless a character’s race was specifically mentioned that I unintentionally missed, but other than the main six characters, I feel like physical descriptions were also bare minimum in these books, so a lot of them I’m just going off vibes and who I just pictured as these characters in the books with actors/models/celebs I just know off the top of my head. Be kind in your disagreement or just keep scrolling (specifically off my website too), times are hard right now…
Here is my post with my fancast/dreamcast of the romantasy series that literally dropped like a gigantic dragon onto the scene in the summer of 2023, the Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros!
I’d known about Fourth Wing way before it was released, but WOW it is actually insane to see how much this book had blown up since its release date on May 2nd, 2023. It’s literally took over the bookish community, and its had so many people talking!
We loves to see it (for the most part)
The story is about a girl named Violet Sorrengail, who’s off to war college! This war has been going on for over 600 years, and there are four quadrants one can go into for the cause: flyers, scribes, healers, or infantry. As someone with a chronic illness, she’d been under the impression she’d become a scribe like her long lost father, BUT her mother is the head general and surprises her when she’s actually sent off to become a flyer! And to make matters worse, the son of the rebel leader her mother executed back in the day is one of the first people she runs into there as well…
Obsessed. I am obsessed with this book like so many others!
***Also a friendly reminder that these are how I VIEW the characters in these books…I never said you have to agree with me, but you definitely don’t have to be an internet troll and trash my opinions on here. Please keep things respectful, or by all means go make your own website and share your own fancast choices over there! I promise I would NEVER return the favor if someone was rude to me on here…
Warning:: This post does contain MAJOR SPOILERS so read on at your own risk!
To see my review of book 1 – FourthWing – Click HERE
To see my review of book 2 – Iron Flame – ClickHERE
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Here’s my Fancast/Dreamcast of the Empyrean Series so far:
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Violet Sorrengail: Sophi Knight
Image courtesy of the actress’s IMDB profile
Sophi Knight is exactly how I pictured our FMC of this book series. She’s a young Canadian actress who’s so close to the actual age of the character, but she is 5’7” so maybe a little taller than Violet, but I still stand by this choice! If they can make Tom Cruise look taller than he actually is in his movies, they can do the opposite for her I’m sure!
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Mira Sorrengail: Phoebe Tonkin, or Lyndsy Fonseca
Phoebe Tonkin, image credit not available
Lyndsy, image courtesy of the actresse’s IMDB profile
Both of these actresses are pretty recognizable I’d say; we know Phoebe of course from The Vampire Diaries and The Originals, and Lyndsy has been in so many shows like Kick-Ass and a list of CW/Free form shows too! They’d both be great choices to make a great older sister in Mira in my opinion.
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General Lilith Sorrengail: Rebecca Ferguson, or Lena Headey
Rebecca Ferguson, Image courtesy of facts.net
Lena Headey, image courtesy of yahoo! movies UK
Whoever plays General Sorrengail has to be cold, ruthless, and have a resting bitch face that can shake you to your core. Rebecca Ferguson can for sure do just that. She’s played powerful women before in the new Dune movies and has a calculating, ruthless presence that would be perfect for Violet’s mother! Another amazing choice would be Lena Headey, aka the iconic Cersei Lannister from Game of Thrones.
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Rhiannon Matthias: Keke Palmer
image credit not available
Gotta give this character to my girl Keke Palmer, I would absolutely love to see her as Violet’s bestie and fellow dragon rider!
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Ridoc: Taylor Zakhar Perez
Image credit not available
I don’t remember a whole lot of Ridoc’s looks being described, but I’ve seen some fanart of him, and it seems people are viewing him has Hispanic/Latino. I’m all for it! He’s kind of the comedic relief of the friend group, and I adore Taylor who was in the movie adaptation of Red, White, and Royal Blue! One of my absolute favorite books
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Jack Barlowe: Alexander Ludwig, or Arthur Becari
Alexander, image courtesy of mensfashionpost.com
Arthur, image credit not available
Alright when we met the psychopath Jack in this book, I was having total flashbacks to “The Hunger Games” and pictured Alexander as him. I couldn’t help myself, and it’s didn’t help that Jack was described as blonde 🤷🏼♂️ The next guy is a model with probably no acting experience whatsoever, but MAN does he look like Jack Barlowe to me!
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Xaden Riorson: Flamur Ukshini
Image credit not available
Xaden has been confirmed by Rebecca Yarros herself that Xaden is POC, and so I pictured this gorgeous guy I’ve been following on Instagram for some time now! He just needs to maybe pack on a little more muscle, but hey, Taylor Launter did it for Twilight!
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Dain Aetos: Leo Suter, or Kilian Isaak
Leo, Image courtesy of the actor’s IMDB profile
Kilian, image credit not available
This guy is the singular reason why I want to watch that Vikings: Valhalla show…I mean, LOOK at him! And as a grizzly, hairy Viking warrior?! *swoon* he also seemed to fit the character of Dain when he’s all cleaned up, like in this pic. Kilian is a model I discovered on Instagram who’s also got the looks of how I imagine this…..wonderful character.
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Amber: Sydney Zmrzl
Image courtesy of the actress/model’s IMDB profile
This one could honestly be anyone, Amber was a very minor character. So honestly this could come down to just personal preference.
Liam: Chris Bednarik, or Leo Woodall
Chris Bednarik, Image courtesy of the models Instagram profile
Leo Woodall, Image courtesy of Forbes.com
Alright, I would be TOTALLY fine with either of these cute guys playing Liam, and yes, I made sure they both have the dimples too. That was like a requirement! Chris is a fitness model, and Leo was actually in season 2 of “The White Lotus”
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Imogen: Cheree Crowley
Image courtesy of tuttowrestling.com
I always have at least one WWE person in my fancasts because WHY NOT? When I got the description of Imogen having pink hair, it reminded me when Cheree (aka “Dakota Kai”) had a similar hairstyle as well!
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Garrick: Wolfgang Novogratz
Image courtesy of Getty images
By the time we reach book 3, we have a somewhat decent idea of what Garrick looks like! Rebecca Yarros is stingy with the character descriptions so it’s hard to come up with folks until physical descriptions are dragged out to help describe these characters…
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Bodhi: Zayn Malik
Image courtesy of nogunk.com
The guy I picked for Xaden kind of looks like Zayn, and since Xaden and Bodhi are actually related, I thought this made sense! I mean, Harry Styles is trying to be an actor…why not Zayn too?
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Tairn (Voice): Chris Hemsworth
Image courtesy of encyclopedia Britannica
If not Liam Neeson, Chris would be an excellent voice actor choice for Tairn! I just imagine him with his deep, booming Thor voice would do wonderfully at this!
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Sgaeyl (Voice): Charlize Theron
Image courtesy of Vogue
Imma give credit to my friend Kat for this pick, and when she suggested it I was immediately like YES. Charlize has such a sexy voice, I remember how she did a crazy good job as the evil queen in “Snow White and the Huntsman” (or literally anything she does), and thought she’d make an excellent voice actor for a dragon like Sgaeyl as well!
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Andarna: (Voice): Mandy Moore
Image courtesy of health magazine
Picking a voice for Andarna was difficult….would you pick an actual child to voice her? I was wondering Ariana Grande for a hot second, but nawww. I love Ari, but she wasn’t who I imagined Andarna sounding like. Then it hit me: TANGLED! Mandy Moore did such a great job as Rapunzel, I think she’d also make a great choice to voice Andarna!
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…now for book 2 – Iron Flame – Here Are New Additions:
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Brennan Sorrengail: Sam Claflin, or Oliver Stark
Sam Claflin, image courtesy of the Wallstreet Journal
Oliver Stark, image courtesy of The Wrap
Honestly, both these actors I could totally picture playing the Sorrengail brother whom we believed to be dead all this time! Both just give me the vibe that Brennan also gives off.
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Syrena Cordella: Lauren Cohan
Image credit not available
Lauren has been a WB/CW actress for many, many years with being on shows like “Supernatural” and “Vampire Diaries” so she’d definitely fit in with this new fantasy setting with dragons and gryphons! I think she’d be an excellent casting choice for the lead gryphon rider
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Colonel Aetos: Christian Bale
Image courtesy of Just Jared
Christian Bale could crush absolutely any role he plays, and I absolutely know he’d do amazing as Dain’s evil father in this series. Christian has such a wide range of characters under his belt, and some are downright twisted in the head, so I think I’d really enjoy seeing him as the villain in these books.
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Sloane Mairi: Scarlett Leithold
Image courtesy of Men’s Journal
Scarlett is a model, and her statuesque looks totally remind me of Sloane! I’m not sure about her acting abilities in actuality, but as far as looks go, she’s exactly how I pictured this important character whom we meet in book 2, Iron Flame!
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Sawyer: Daniel Portman
Image courtesy of the actor’s IMDB profile
This choice I’m not 100% about in all honesty…but I also don’t think there’s much physical description of Sawyer in general in the books, or I’ve missed it when it’s mentioned. Since its a dragon riding college, why not have the guy who played Podrik Payne in the number one dragon show ever made so far, “Game of Thrones” also make an appearance in here?
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Aaric Greycastle: Alexander Breck, or Cody Christian
Alexander Breck, image courtesy of the model’s Instagram profile
Cody Christian, Image courtesy of Bello Mag
Aaric was probably my favorite of the new characters introduced in Iron Flame, especially when we learn his big secret! I pictured him looking like either of these guys or maybe even NASCAR cutie Charles LeClarc!
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Burton Varrish: Christoph Waltz, or Michael Keaton
Christoph Waltz, image courtesy of the actor’s Wikipedia page
Michael Keaton, image courtesy of Deadline
This character was like Umbridge and Joffrey level horrible…an absolute menace who made your blood boil whenever they popped up in the book. Christoph Waltz has a way of playing wonderful villains that are both obnoxious but still absolutely terrifying, just like in “Inglorious Basterds” and “007: Spectre” and who I pictured as Varrish. I could also see Michael Keaton too though, who I feel is more physically intimidating.
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Viscount Tecarus: TBD
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Jesinia Neilwart: Josephine Langford
Image courtesy of TV Insider
She looks so sweet and innocent! just how I pictured this silent scribe who always is willing to help out Violet in tight spots.
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Catriona Cordella: Elizabeth Gillies
Image courtesy of IMDB
Ever since she iconically played Jade in the Nickelodeon show “Victorious,” Liz can SLAY the mean girl role and even just has that mean girl look to her (sorry if she’s an actual sweetheart, it’s the eyebrows and she’s just that good of an actress).
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Professor Devera: Rosario Dawson
Image credit not available
I saw someone else propose this fancast choice and LOVED it and immediately agreed with it!
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Professor Kaori: Daniel Dae Kim
Image courtesy of Deadline
Despite recently playing the ruthless Firelord Ozai in the live-action version of “Avatar the Last Airbender” I see Daniel playing this professor in all honesty too, who gives me the total opposite vibes of the Lord of the vicious Fire Nation.
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Commandant Panchek: Daniel Brühl
Image credit not available
For some reason, this actor from Captain America: Civil War” came to mind for this slimeball of a character, but I say he could definitely look the part!
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…So there you have it for now! Expect more characters and fancast choices to be added as the series develops because this is going to be a 5-book series!
Whaddup readers, it’s time for another Fancast/Dreamcast post, and this time it’s for what has to be the spiciest, steamiest, sexiest set of books I’ve read this year! Neve Wilder totally gained a fan in me with how hot these books got, they’re seriously some of the best MM new adult romance I’ve read out there, not that my list is incredibly extensive in this regards, but someday!
BEWARE OF SPOILERS IF YOU HAVENT READ THESE YET
Each book featured a different couple, and book 1 actually started off as a collection of short stories in a newsletter that gained major popularity before being brought together and published as one full length novel. Nate and Eric star in book 1, Chet and Mark star in book 2, and Sam and Jesse star in book 3!
If you want some spicy MM romance action, I can’t recommend these books enough!
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To see my review of book #1 – Want Me – Click HERE
To see my review of book #3 – Show Me – Click HERE
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Here is my Fancast/Dreamcast for the Extracurricular Activities Trilogy:
Nate: Ryan Ball
Credit to owner n/a
Ryan is a model that is total eye candy on Instagram, and exactly how I imagine the down to earth and slightly awkward Nate to look like in book 1. If he looked like this, I can see why Eric became so into him!
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Eric: Charlie Matthews
Image courtesy of dnamanagementgroup.com
Eric is described as being dark haired with green eyes and a hot build even if he’s on the slimmer side, so this model Charlie Matthews is immediately who I thought of to play Eric!
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Mark Farrow: Zane Phillips
Image courtesy of gaytimes.com
I’ve recently discovered Zane Phillips, and I’m obsessed…He might be the only reason I have to check out The Legacies on the CW network, even though I believe The Vampire Diaries DID NOT need a second spin-off show! It also helps that he’s gay in real life too, so he’d be perfect for a role in these books if they were to make it into a film/show!
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Chet Pynchon: Eric Guilmette
Image courtesy of etfitnesscoach.com
I’m basically making this fancast into a men’s appreciation catalogue, but honestly who’s complaining??? I don’t remember much of what Chet is described as, but I’m obsessed with Eric over on Instagram, so I honestly just pictured him as Chet in my head. This one may or may not be all that accurate, but hey, I’m good with using Eric to my imagination with these books!
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Sam: Matt O’Brien, or Andre Lamoglia
Matt O’Brien, image courtesy of the model’s Instagram account
Andre Lamoglia, image courtesy of popbuzz.com
Sam is basically described LITERALLY as a human golden retriever/yellow lab, and whoever would play him needs to look the part! Matt is guy I found on social media who I imagine Sam looking like, BUT there’s also a new hottie named Ivan on the Spanish Netflix drama, Elite, who’s played by Andre, and I get serious heart-eyes whenever he smiles, just like how I’d imagine I would for Sam!
Jesse: Alex Espenshade
Image courtesy of rykermagazine.com
Jesse is a sassy skinny ginger who was also really hard to cast! No one came to mind right away for me as to who I could picture playing him! This male model has an adorable look to him that I could see Jesse as, but consider this a place holder until I find someone who I deem more perfect!
***Warning!! This Fancast/Dreamcast contains spoilers for the whole trilogy, so continue reading at your own risk! You’ve officially been warned!***
Hello readers!
I got another Fancast/Dreamcast to share with you guys, and this one is for a pretty popular YA Fantasy/Romance series: The Caraval series by Stephanie Garber! I’ll admit it’s been a fun and absolutely enchanting set of books with beautiful imagery, twists and turns in abundance, it’s like a fairytale with a scavenger hunt in Venice, Italy under the lights and the stars….
Here’s the synopsis of book #1:
A legendary competition. A mesmerizing romance. An unbreakable bond between two sisters.
Scarlett Dragna has never left the tiny island where she and her sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval—the faraway, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show—are over.
But this year, Scarlett’s long-dreamt-of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away to the show. Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval’s mastermind organizer, Legend. It turns out that this season’s Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner.
Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is only an elaborate performance. Nevertheless she becomes enmeshed in a game of love, heartbreak, and magic. And whether Caraval is real or not, Scarlett must find Tella before the five nights of the game are over or a dangerous domino effect of consequences will be set off, and her beloved sister will disappear forever.
Welcome, welcome to Caraval . . . beware of getting swept too far away.
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To see my review of book #1 – Caraval – Click HERE
To see my review of book #2 – Legendary – Click HERE
My review of book #3 – Finale – is coming soon!
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Here is my official Fancast/Dreamcast for the Caraval Trilogy!
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Scarlett Dragna: Clara Alonso
Credit to Owner
This Spanish model came to mind when I was thinking of who would look the part of playing our protagonist of the first novel in this trilogy! She’s probably best known for working it down the runway of the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show! Not sure about her acting personally, but hey, she certainly looks the part in my opinion!
Donatella Dragna: Ester Expósito
Credit to Owner
I’ve totally become obsessed with this actress, whose been in the Netflix Spanish drama, Elite. That show is full of unexpected twists and turns and extremely attractive people, so I know she’d be a great fit for this franchise. I think I read somewhere she speaks English along with Spanish, so that’s always a plus!
Governor Marcello Dragna: Jay Harrington
Image courtesy of the actor’s Twitter profile
Honestly, I don’t know much about this actor; his most recent work is being on the S.W.A.T. tv series, and someone else chose him as their fancast, so I googled him and nodded my head in agreement on this choosing. I only wish I remembered who’d picked him as their fancast, I’d totally credit them!
Julian Santos: Amadeo Leandro, or Ryan Guzman
Amadeo Leandro, Credit to owner
Ryan Guzman, Image courtesy of maxim.com
Julian was a little difficult to cast because I had a hard time finding someone who I considered attractive enough to play him! These two were my final two choices whom I’d be happy with either way: Amadeo is a brazilian model I’d discovered on Instagram years ago, and Ryan Guzman is probably the more easily recognizable to most of you. He’s been in movies like Step Up Revolution, The Boy Next Door, Everybody Wants Some!!, and he’s currently on ABC’s 9-1-1 as firefighter Eddie Diaz!
Dante: Alex Badia, or Mariano Di Vaio
Alex Badia, Image courtesy of the model’s Instagram profile
Mariano Di Vaio, Image courtesy of fashionnewsmagazine.com
Dante was another hard character to fancast because I once again had to find someone who I thought was attractive enough to play this mysterious and charming character! Both models came to mind of Dante, who has some darker features, and looks hella good in formal wear or out of it, I’d take him either way!
Count Nicolas D’Arcy/Armando: Dominic Sherwood
Image courtesy of glamaholic.com
He may seem like a really minor character, but he showed up enough times and caused enough drama for me to want to feature him, and as soon as the author revealed he had multi-colored eyes, Dominic immediately came to mind for obvious reasons! Some of you may recognize him as Cassandra Clare’s heartthrob, Jace Wayland, from the Shadowhunters tv series.
Valentina: Nathalie Kelley
Image courtesy of aconsciouscollection.com
Another minor character who doesn’t show up a whole lot, but I wanted to showcased her as well! Nathalie Kelley can be seen in both the CW Shows: Dynasty and The Vampire Diaries as the siren, Sybil. Actually, she was even in The Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift if you want to go way back!
Jovan: Keke Palmer
Image courtesy of lulahyers.com
Jovan was another minor character who’d made enough appearances that I thought she was worthy of getting fancasted by yours truly! I’ve followed Keke’s career all the way from Akeelah and the Bee to Nickelodeon’s tv series True Jackson VP to MTV’s tv series Scream Queens and Scream to the hit movie, Hustlers, and so on! Girls got mad talent!
Aiko: Brenda Song
Image courtesy of celebmafia.com
Why wouldn’t I want my original Disney Channel Queen to be cast in this role?! Aiko was a minor character who made our two heroines make some pretty hard choices in order for them to both win the game of Caraval, and definitely deserved a spot on my Fancast/Dreamcast for these books!
Paloma Dragna:Amy Brenneman
Image courtesy of fandango.com
I’ve really only watched Amy on the Grey’s Anatomy spinoff, Private Practice, but she’s exactly how I imagined Scarlett and Tella’s mysterious mother looking like!
Jacks: Dan Stevens
Image courtesy of the actor’s IMDB profile
I’ve really only seen Dan Stevens in the live action Beauty and the Beast, but with even just that movie, I feel like Dan would make an excellent choice to play this enigmatic and charming character! He’s got a handsome smile, but something tells me he’d make a dashing villain that we all secretly hate to love!
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The Fates:
Coming Soon…
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More will be added once I read Finale, so refer back her when I post my review of book #3
Nick here—duh—to present another fancast/dreamcast of another series that I know has been getting A LOT of attention on Instagram and Tiktok—I assume; I refuse to get on there myself—but the Plated Prisoner series is one that a lot of people in my reading circles have been recommending! While it’s certainly been a slow-burn of a story in almost all aspects, it’s also one that definitely takes you by surprise and makes you curious to keep reading on!
The story starts with the first book titled “Gild” and is about a realm called Orea, where there are six kingdoms and King Midas rules over the sixth kingdom, Highbell. In his Golden Castle is the caged woman, Auren, who the story actually revolves around. She is Midas’s favored, his prized possession, his ring to rule all rings, his pet, so you get the picture…
Somehow, she’s able to live in her fully golden body and even has her own silken ribbons that go down her spine that can move on their own and can feel things like pain and touch. She was the victim of child trafficking and was homeless until Midas rescued her, and for ten years she lived in a golden, gilded cage in his castle and shows her joy and gratitude of being his even though her “savior” keeps her in a golden-caged prison.
King Midas is coming up with a plan to take over the fourth kingdom, the most powerful of them all, which is also ruled by a figure known as King Ravinger, or King Rot. There’s also hints tossed in about how long ago there was a seventh kingdom ruled by the Fae, and how Orea was actually co-founded by humans and Fae, but the Fae betrayed them about 300 years ago and cut the bridge between their worlds and disappeared…but perhaps some of their magic was left behind?….who knows!
Like I said, the first book may leave a lot to be desired for some readers, but as I’ve gotten further in this darker romantic series, I can agree that it’s plenty entertaining and definitely worth giving a shot!
Both of these blonde bombshells are who I could see playing the main character of this series; maybe Nicola a little more since I know out of the two she has more acting experience…I mean, I also only know her for when she was in one of the Transformers movies with Mark Wahlberg, but hey, I know they both fit the physical description and are both in their mid-twenties like Auren is described as!
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King Midas: Kerem Bürsin
Image courtesy of deadorkicking.com
At first I was like, “Oh, King Midas is definitely Gabriel Aubry,” who was the model who used to be married to Halle Berry, but then Midas is described as having golden hair with hints of him being a redhead, and then I saw this guy appear on some social media site like Pinterest or Tumblr or Twitter…and he has this smile that seems genuine, but I could also see him being a character with a darker edge beneath the surface, and this adaptation of Midas is worse than Tamlin in ACOTAR—seriously—so I don’t know if that helps explain it or makes any sense, but there you go!
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King Fulke:Dave Bautista
Image courtesy of cnn.com
Dave Bautista is a cool guy, plain and simple, and I’ve been a fan of the guy ever since back the day he was in WWE and a multi-time world champion! I love that even after he left, he followed Dwayne Johnson’s footsteps and went to Hollywood and has found success in that too! He was Drax in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, he was in Spectre and plenty of other movies too! Luckily, I also know he’s not like this character either, which is actually comforting…
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Rissa:Charlotte McKinney
Image courtesy of the model’s IMDB profile
I remembered this blonde model/actress because she was compared to Kate Upton quite a bit back in the day! I’m not sure how much stuff she’s actually been an actress in, but hey, she’s got an IMDB profile, so that right there tells me she can be considered an actress too! Rissa, who is one of the more notable saddles in Midas’s harem, is described as blonde and absolutely gorgeous, and I think Charlotte totally fits that description!
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Queen Malina: Natalie Dormer
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Game of Thrones, The Tudors, Pillars of the Earth, hell even The Hunger Games…we should all know Natalie is top tier when it comes to these fantasy, sci-fi settings. This queen gives me some major Cersei Lannister vibes, and with how her character Margery Tyrell showed she has a dark side too, I know Natalie would rule as the Queen of Highbell if they made these books into a film or TV series!
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Sail: Nick Slater
Image courtesy of the actor’s IMDB profile
I first noticed this actor when he was one the CW period drama Reign, and when I met the character Sail when he befriended Auren on their journey in book #1, and this guy instantly came to mind for me to play the young and friendly knight!
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Digby: Charlie Weber
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I could totally be off on this choice, but I also don’t remember really any physical description that was given about Digby other than he gave me impressions that he was an honorable and stoic man. If there are any actual times in the books when he’s described, please let me know! I’m only two books in as I make this choice, so it may change…Charlie Weber was in How to Get Away With Murder!
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Captain Fane:Stephen Dorff
Image credit to owner
I thought Stephen kind of physically fit the description of the snow pirate captain, not that I think he’s anything like the character himself…The only things I’ve seen that he’s in was Zack Snyder’s Immortals which starred Henry Cavill, and he was the douchey boyfriend in Britney Spears’ music video “Everytime.”
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Commander Rip: Walter Savage, or Jay Ryan
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Walter Savage is a model I’ve been following on Instagram for some time and he was the first guy I thought of when I met Commander Rip in the books! He’s definitely got the rugged looks of him and even a smoldering stare, but I also included the actor, Jay Ryan, who may be another good choice too! His sharp facial structure matches that as described as Rip too, and he’s most notably in the horror sequel IT: Chapter Two.
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Hojat:Andrew Garfield
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This may totally just because I’ve been getting back into Spider Man with the recent movie that came out that also happens to be around the same time I started these books too, I just thought of Andrew Garfield playing the kind and cautious medic of Commander Rip’s army.
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Osrik: Tom Hopper
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As soon as I was told Osrik is Commander Rip’s freakishly tall second-man-in-charge, My mind went to Tom, who has history in fantasy-genre TV shows! He’s been in Game of Thrones, Black Sails, and is currently in the Netflix show The Umbrella Academy.
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Talula Gallerin: Diamonté “Saweetie” Harper
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Again, I could totally be off about this one, but upon looking around and trying to find someone who looks like what I imagine this character looking like, the rapper Saweetie just happens to be the closest person I could find! I don’t know if she actually has the acting chops to pull it off, but hey, it’s just a fancast for me and this book series, so I’m not going to spend too much time worrying about it for this particular instance…
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Judd:Travis Van Winkle
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Judd is described as being kind of handsome but having mustard colored hair…either he got a really bad bleach job, or that’s just the author’s way of saying he’s really blonde, I’m not sure…Travis is an actor who’s actually been in quite a lot of stuff I’ve seen! He’s usually cast as the douchey boyfriend/rival of the main character, but has been in other roles too: some projects he’s been in are Accepted, 90210 (CW Reboot), Friday the 13th (2009), and most recently the third season of the Netflix show You, where from what I’ve seen just on Twitter, he leaves VERY little to the imagination!
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Keg:Mackenzie Cook
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The glass-eyed comedic relief from the Pirates of the Caribbean movies was instantly who I thought of when I wondered what Keg looked like when you meet in the book series!
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King Slade Ravinger (“King Rot”): Dusan Susnjar
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To be honest, I don’t really know who this guy is…I know he’s a french model and I follow him on Instagram and that he’s very attractive! He’s who I think King Rot looks like in person, BUT as I’m typing this I still haven’t read “Gleam” (book #3) and you will meet more of him in that installment, so this choice could very well change once I read more scenes with him! Consider this a possible filler choice for the time being, and enjoy the view while you can, because like I said…this guy is hot!
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