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Aaaand... this book and the previous one, Carter is an Andrew again, completely out of the blue.

Why do all the boys the team “saves” stick around to dawn over Rae, while Angel had to disappear and Luke is never invited to Scotland? Can’t anyone but Rae have groupies?

Not only Dean Wardell has a different name from the prequel. He also has a completely different personality, besides being a complete turd. Isn’t the point in evicting Devon that he’s not allowed on the property? Then why would Julian be able to host him?!

Ellie’s has her tatù for only two months and she happened to read exactly the book they need...?! Handy, I guess.

Rae used Nic’s tatù at the Masquerade Ball, to figure out how to break the handcuffs. She never saw Kraigan after that. Why would she need to restock it now??

Aaaand... 3% ago Carter was a James. Now he’s a Jonathon (incidentally, Cromfield’s name so far). Not surprisingly, he’s Andrew in the prequel series. If Beth and him end up getting together he’ll probably be a Logan in the wedding vows.

And Carter joins Wardell Sr. in characters who inexplicably changed their first names in the 10 years between the prequel and core series.

She remembers losing Charles’ tatù but not Riley’s... which she apparently had on call last night without ever crossing path with the guy after her last meeting with Kraigan. This series is cute by damn does it need a good editor.

And now she’s forgotten Kraigan has his mother’s camouflage, too, despite having seen him use it only a few weeks before?!

Why do some books in the series have chapters titles and other don’t? Also, how could the PC be so stupid as to not take Rae’s suns into consideration, when studying her tatù?? #teamXK

Third book was overall rather lame. Plot got almost nowhere until the last ten pages or so.

How is Rae now surprised that her grandparents were both inked?! She read that in the journal herself mere chapters ago -.-“

Again, is everyone simply lying to Rae or did the prequel take place in a AU?
Simon didn’t START the XK: he simply came up with a fancy name for them. And Jennifer... jury’s still out on that one.

Apparently, she doesn’t even reread the previous book since Devon’s code was 1113 (Rae’s birthday) and now she’s pressing number 7 for some reason... after reminiscing that it’s supposed to be her birthday, too.

At first I thought that the inconsistencies between the backstory given here and the actual prequel were foreshadowing of some evil plot. Now I’m almost sure that May didn’t reread the core series before writing the prequel. Why would both Jennifer and Carter lie about how she and Beth met. And why was Beth never called Bethney in the prequel?

Also, the genetics of tatù seem a little off. They make such a big deal about only one child in every family inheriting the tatù. Then Simon goes off a mating tangent and ALL his children inherit his tatù?!

By the way, Simon resented Rae when she was born because he though she wouldn’t be tatùed. Not merely because she was female. Past her 16th bday, his scorn is moot. So Kraigan’s whole stance is pointless.

A whole chapter on how secret the identities of the Privy Council members are. For everyone. Then the newest, not even graduated recruit is randomly introduced to all of them. Okay.

According to the prequel series, Simon was neither particularly charismatic, nor well loved. The charisma was all Tristan’s. Then again, the prequel never said that he’s an hybrid as well. I thought it did, at the very beginning, but it was never brought up again.

Book 2

It’s evening at Guilder (UK) and Devon comments on how it’s 3am in New York. Dude, that’s not how it works -.-“

The dagger has a tracking spell. Sebastian was able to follow the spell, so he has the means to (doubtful Avery would have left the ONLY tracker with HIM when they were still in Teirn). Why did they spend the whole afternoon aimlessly following the harpy?!

Also, as the crew is readying their possibly mortal approach to sirens infested islands, Lucia offhandedly remarks that the sirens’ song wouldn’t affect her. She’s nothing special, so it’s because she’s a woman. So the Duke of Grenaldia is prepared to sacrifice his own son on this voyage but never thought to train a group of women for it?! It’s medieval, but Lucia still manages to roam about quite freely.

I’ve given up on keeping track of the things that make no sense in YA/NA et similia. But this really baffles me. The Duke of Grenaldia wants a ruby that’s almost impossible to obtain. Anyone who’s tried has died or worse. Our Heroes offer to fetch it and... the Duke sends his son and (presumed) heir with them!

Eight chapters in and I’m not feeling the characters at. They all seem over the top to the point of idiocy. Chakra/color magic sounds cool, though.

“Even as Victor and Gabriel told me it wasn’t what it looked like in front of all of them, and while I still believed it, I couldn’t stay.”

So Gabriel KNEW it wasn’t how it seemed. And still shouted at Nathan and stopped him from talking with Sang. He deserves his bloody nose.

They’re both idiots. Nathan is actually the one less at fault here.

“Why would a girl supposedly going out with Kota—or Silas or whoever they thought—be upset about Nathan?”

1) Danielle saw you in the car with Nathan last night. She knows you’re with him.
2) There was only Danielle and Marie there, and they both know you’re cozy with all the guys
3) Running away is worse than being shocked on the spot: just walk out and say you were embarrassed
4) You are an idiot

“Erica and Jessica had him ostracized for this long because he was willing to lie to protect every one of us from exposure.”

*This long* has been less than a week. And both Erica and Jessica had forgiven Nathan the day after already. It’s Kota who never got back at him about Lily, actually, and unwittingly allowed Nathan to wallow in self pity thinking the others all hated him.

“I wasn't sure my ghost bird status was worth all this. What would they think of Mr. Blackbourne and the others making an exchange at this time of night?”

How would your presence make a difference?

Also, I’m adding Jay to the suspects list.

At this point, I’d probably be screaming to Volto that I was fucking fed up with his shit, if I were in Sang’s place.