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Look, I'm sorry Chase is dead, but can we agree that the dude was an asshole? Poor Kya deserves so much better 😡

Ooooooh, they're back !!! 😍

Mick Riva is a world class a**hole

Tella in Caraval: You can't trust the Count just from letters, you don't even know his name!

Tella in Legendary: has been corresponding for months with shady dude and keeps calling him "friend"

I sense some Catfish here ...

He listens to romance audiobooks at work and calls his niece Fluffball to embarrass her. I'm liking this dude already.

The peaceful transfer of power from one ruler to the next is a crucial test of any democracy, and it is not unusual in that part of the world (and many others) for leaders to find ways to extend their tenure.

Oh, the irony...

When you're barely 50 pages in and you already know it'll be a coup de coeur:

🌼 Sixties mood with soundtrack "yéyé"
🌼 Anxious, social disaster Valentin is adorable
🌼 Nerdy stiff report writing that follows the instructions to the letter is hilarious
🌼 Reference to "Les Petites Reines" 🚲

Me reading about Lyra and Pan being so cold and at odds with each other: 🥺😢😫

A few observations:

1. These two are very horny, geez
2. I haven't grinned this hard while reading epistolary chapters since Jane Austen (also, Red is absolutely right, emails ARE Internet letters)
3. Chloe's relationship with Smudge the clumsy cat is ON POINT

A few observations:

1. These two are very horny, geez
2. I haven't grinned this hard while reading epistolary chapters since Jane Austen (also, Red is absolutely right, emails ARE Internet letters)
3. Chloe's relationship with Smudge the clumsy cat are ON POINT

"You will lose the one you love"

Uh oh. Nope, nope, nope. I have a bad feeling about who this will be and I do NOT approve.

"How dare she speak to me like a petulant child? How dare she presume to parent me?"

Oh, I don't know, Reid, maybe because you ARE acting like a stubborn little brat?

"You want me to pin my entire operation, the entire revolution, on some teenaged love story? I can't believe this."

Me neither, Farley. Me neither.

Henry's favourite British author is Jane Austen! 🥰

I mean, if I didn't love him already, I am now officially done for...

Not sure what it says about my fantasy tastes but I find myself way more interested in Elend Venture reading books at balls than in any of the meetings and plotting to overthrow the Empire so far... Oops?

When an American book accurately tells the story of St Nicholas that even French people who are not from the North East don't know... 👏

Hmm, not a fan of the forced marriage trope.
"This is the only way!"
Sure, Jan...

Tori: Sends out every possible distress signs of depression
Her parents: Why are you being melodramatic?

Seriously, Mr and Mrs Spring, do you ever learn?!

"We're still studying Pride and Prejudice in class. It's soul-destroying and not in a good way. Do not read it."

Wholeheartedly disagree, Tori!

Max making friends his own age AND being out of the quarantine 💕
Go, rebel Adrian!

Adrian: has literally all the clues but still can't see what's right in front of his nose

Callum: sees Nightmare briefly once and figures it all out

Can someone please explain to me how the massive sweetheart of a dork that is Charlie is supposed to be a Slytherin? I would have put him down as a Ravenclaw. Or Hufflepuff...

Oh my lord, the cuteness! 😍 Is Charlie the softest boy on the planet or...? 🥰

Does Frostbite even have ANY redeeming qualities? How is she a Renegade. Ugh.

"To have your power taken away, against your will... wasn't this a violation of prodigy rights, as much as any abuse they suffered before the Age of Anarchy?"

When you keep agreeing with the so-called 'villain' and not the 'heroes'...

This whole Renegades setup reminds me a lot of The Boys. Let's hope they're not nearly as corrupt... 👀

So:
- Divorced dad keeps saying mum would be better off if she let him come back
- mum is lying so her daughters barely ever get to visit their dad
- when they do it's at their grandma's house under phony pretenses
- eldest daughter thinks their dad is wonderful, youngest one hates his guts

I'm sensing a domestic abuse plot reveal soon...

Why does everyone trust the snake that is Coriolanus? Someone please save sweet Sejanus, I have a bad feeling about this...

Also, newsflash for 'Coryo' : Lucy Gray does not "belong to you", not as a tribute in the Hunger Games, not as a love interest, nor does any woman for that matter.

So even with all the challenges of war, teenage Snow is already a manipulative, xenophobic snob...