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I truly hope this storyline ends with her burying that gross man under a very heavy and beautiful carpet

The proof that it's a bit young for me is that I'm seeing this from the dad's pov and thinking "dude your heart is in the sort of ok place but you're doing parenting so wrong"

This is fun

How do roman historians experience current day USA without constantly Leo pointing meme?

Putting the toxic in toxic Yaoi

Oh my god he lost TWO armies to defection? Two? Whole? Armies? At different battles? Lmao.

"I will not knowingly kill anyone" is an INSANE way to phrase a promise of non aggression. It's crazy that people went "eh good enough"

Oh my god Grandpa Marius just retire!!!!

Oh my god I've been reading this entire book wrong.

I don't know if I was supposed to know (something important yet spoilery) or if I'm meant to have found out now. Confusing book (or not good at focusing reader). Which means it'll need a reread.

The Cimbris: we just want a peaceful land to settle in. We're actually not interested in Rome.
The Romans: so what we're hearing is that u want to invade us.

Poor dude has been surrounded by entitled men babies his entire life

Roman legions playing a game of cat and mouse with an Algerian king in the Atlas mountains and the desert is straight out of Astérix, love it, 10/10.

I find the little foreshadowings so cute. "Hmmm this decision to have a professional army loyal to its general and not the Senate and people of Rome SURE will have consequences in the future wink wink"

Nico is truly one of her best characters yet

The premise reminds me a lot of the first Will Darling book. Someone with an unexpected inheritance, and a lying liar who is "helping" him 😂

Ah I see that bribing senators so you can continue to massacre people is a time-honored tradition.

45 pages in and I'm ready to die for Nico.

Chagrined that politicians nowadays don't use "my dead brother who was murdered by this city came to me in a dream to tell me I definitely am fated to have this role" as an argument to run for office.

They kept sending armies against the Sicilian revolt so basically the Senate was just feeding Praetors to Sicilian rebels.

Friend asked me what I was reading and the way I couldn't begin to describe any of it...

Delicious delicious body horror.

I looove Mallory.

Hear Ye hear Ye, it's released!
Man stalking Bujold's amazon page twice a day was just a thrill. We should do that with more releases. No real idea when it's out.

Embracing my white middle aged man side.

I mean this in the best possible way: this book has the hallucinatory effect of dropping acid and then trying to watch Arcane, a Wes Anderson movie, and a National Geographic documentary about bugs simultaneously.

I understand maybe 20% of what's happening and loving it

Irl I know one country that would have brought up chairs and popcorn to watch this happen.

Carra is my favourite.