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Everything is rising on convenience.
Her brother is her twin. And apparently they all look the same, so why would nobody notice her at all? Especially the MMC or the king??
It’s convenience plot armor that’s been worn throughout the entire book and I can’t fathom how anybody enjoys it

SHE BUILT A FUNERAL PYRE FOR THE MOUSE I CANT 😭😭😭😭😭😭💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

?????? So now he knows the inventor is her dad a she’s just okay with that??? This close to their breaking them out “plan”? I can’t keep ignoring the stupidity of this book in order to advance with this stupid fucking plot

Oh! And he doesn’t care! Okay! Wtf man anything but causing conflict. Wouldn’t want anything but a linear story. An interesting hiccup in the story would be horrible.

No.way. He finds out about her blood because she cries in the orchard about her dead mouse and more animals flock around her. I’m sobbing this is so cringe 😭😭
and he’s like “you’re mütra” and she just says “I am” HELLO?????? 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀 was this written by a 12 year old I fucking can’t

The writing severely lacks descriptions of settings

Slow burn my ass. This is their 4th encounter and they’re already making out and asking if they want each other lmao okay

We should have set up that the MMC and his sister were already close for a reason. We started with the mother pushing the MMC to be nicer to her and him disliking her. It doesn’t make sense that he is now so emotionally invested in her future and well being.

Everything has so much promise but the structuring and execution holds it back severely

I think this would have been better if it had been structured differently. Mostly, if we didn’t get insights from the father’s POV and Twen or whatever her name is didn’t know her father was at the palace. She would have left to try and find him, landing in the palace in the long haul, ans even finds out her is also there. The way it is right now, things just happen and fall into her lap. No effort whatsoever

I think the writing (and lack of depth) combined with the odd pacing is what prevents me from immersing myself in the story. The writing is sort of surface level, especially when it comes to the FMC’s chapters.

This world is vast and well thought out, but the writing keeps me at arm’s length

“The princess appeared unsure for a heartbeat, as if revealing she had a crumb of intelligence might put her at risk. It made Zolya only more infuriated. Not at her, of course, but at their ridiculous society for forcing women to be so thoroughly reduced in nature.” k woke king.

😭 can we stop the blatant woke-ification and woke-washing of love interests? Why do we need to contrast his perfect morals sm

The author markets this as a standalone and… well yes. It’s over a thousand pages. If you just cram everything together, anything can be a standalone

I did not think this was rated so well???? This is legit so ass

I can’t get into this. Everything feels so… tepid. bland.

Now we’ve reached a point where this is just straight up shit

Are we pulling a Feyre-Rhys pre mating bond situation? She perceives him as an evil tyrant king without any proof. He’s has her healed in her cell and the “brutal” act she keeps referring to is him shoving his finger into her wound - an infected wound. So many SJM parallels lol

This woman is so so so stupid. She is so wrapped up in what she thinks is reality that she can’t even objectively consider life

God she is INSUFFERABLE.

Why is she adamant on threatening and killing Karan???? Fucking settle down. He’s literally done nothing to you but help you. You’re unnecessarily stubborn and stupid. And it’s not “flirting” or “banter”, it’s just forced and annoying. There is 0 chemistry. Mostly because i cannot stand the FMC. Its been a while since i read an unbearable FMC like her

Finally. We’re going somewhere. It finally feels like the story is starting and the plot is picking up. So much should have been cut. This book is way too long for what it is

This is so bad. The vulgarity??? Is it supposed to be shocking or cool - because it’s neither. And her comebacks are edgy tumblr humor at best. What are we doing? It’s so cringe and makes her such a try hard. I want to vomit and gauge out my eyeballs.

No way you just got whipped with an iron tipped whip and are moving just fine and feel no pain whatsoever. Get oUT she’s already wearing plot armor I’m so annoyed. It’s okay for a “badass” FMC to feel things and to not always the tougher and most resilient and snarky one jfc

An assassin with a snarky remark for everything that’s possessing an immense sense of justice and has lost everyone she loves, about to be whipped? This is (a worse version of) Aelin lol

I also hate how foul mouthed everyone is. Vulgarity isn’t necessary to be considered adult.

Hmm not sure if I like the FMC all that much. I understand her self imposed need for justice but that woman can’t prioritize. As someone who’s supposed to be smart, that’s not very intelligent. I like headstrong characters … as long as they’re smart about it too. Think things through and consider the grand scheme of things. Don’t be not headed. It makes you dumb and ill tempered

I’m so bored. All these books are is wandering around, sprites, and an occasional fight. This is boring me to tears and I don’t care about anybody or anything

Idk but why exactly is SJM set on ruining Azriel’s character? “Rhys couldn’t understand. So if Rhys wanted to banish him somewhere, fine. They’d leave, and good fucking luck to Rhys with the impending war.” HELLO??????? Who is this because it’s not Azriel????

Why do I feel like we’ve drawn subtle relations to Terrassen / TOG through Azriel’s pov? The looking north and green aura. And I feel like Erebos, a humanoid shaped shadow with no features but golden eyes …. Idk man am I being paranoid? I want TOG to be left alone

OOF I hate this LMAO. I hate Azriel for being with Elain, Elain for just crying (does she actually have a personality or did I forget?), and Lucien for being so primal about defending her

Additionally: it surprises me that Elaine still refuses Lucien. She seems naive and whimsical enough to believe in mates, especially being surrounded by them. And I don’t think Elaine banishing Azriel’s shadows is a good thing. He didn’t seem Bryaxis coming because of it. I don’t think she’s his light to his darkness or whatever

I was all for Elaine and Azriel but being in his head really doesn’t do it for me. You’d think loyalty to his brothers and the court alone would outweigh the self imposed entitlement and sense of justice he feels for Elaine

OOOH,,??? AMREN ? Why are you so shady???? You said sorry but you didn’t specify for what. Girl, do I need to be worried 😀