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Something else had already caught her son’s attention—a blue flower. Sitting down, he began to carefully eat the petals.
Elena and Raphael just looked at him with the mild curiosity of parents who were glad he was in their line of sight and not attempting to get into the Tower’s weapons locker so he could “sword-fight.”
“Tasty?” Raphael asked.
“I’m a ’orsie"
“Oh, of course, that explains it. I did wonder.”

Illium landed on the balcony with all the dazzling lightness of which he was capable.
“Would you believe I was in the neighborhood?”
[...]
“I’ve come to visit my nephew”
“Nephew?” Raphael raised an eyebrow, “How do you figure that?”
“Well, I am definitely going to be Uncle Illium, so he must be my nephew”
I knew Illium would drop everything to be there <3

“Let’s hope the asshole gets caught up in baby fever and gives up on the whole idea of starting a war.”
Raphael didn’t think that would happen. “Hope is a good thing.”
Elena laughed. “Nice diplomatic way to tell the hormonal pregnant woman that she’s delusional.”

Their aeclari were not under threat…but they did need them.
So.
The Legion sighed, and in that sigh was the beginning of their slow waking
---
“We have come as called, sire.”
THE LEGION!!!! 🥹

(almost a book length epilogue, but to say goodbye to everyone and start Elena and Raphael in a new chapter it works. Also, I’m so happy for these characters!)

“The Seven will always be the original seven members. This we all know.”
🥹🥹
Yes, just yes. The era of that group will always be the best one.

“Tell Illium he’s going to have to wrangle babysitting duties into your schedule”
“Hah! He’ll be fighting me for those privileges—you know he’ll hijack the baby the instant the kid’s grown-up enough to spend summers elsewhere?”
There's no one who adores both Elena and Raphael equally as much as Illium does.
P.S. Aegaeon, leave Illium the fuck alone and don't even dare mention his mom!!
Also, oh no Caliane...

Yep, makes sense, I knew this news would trigger both Elena's and Raphael's deepest fears.
P.S. Never seen Raphael having to sit down because of shaking legs before 🤣

Here it is. The last book. I have felt the series had come to its natural conclusion for some time, but now that the time has come I’m melancholic. A new Guild Hunter book every year has been a tradition for me for…12 years I think; which meant every year there was a reread of my favorite scenes and books (3,6,11,12...9 too). This is the end of an era and it means a lot. I don't expect that much plot, more a goodbye.

I'm in the middle of a This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me reread so I wanted something short and easy on the side and picked this. It's... pretty bland, but not bad at least

And here goes the screw up of the second of the 3 total easy instructions she had to follow, all in the first 24 hours...

So... she actually screw up a basic instruction, one of the only 3 things she has to do, on her very first night 🙄

Look, I’m a skeptical person and I don’t believe in paranormal, but I have seen/read enough stuff that my philosophy would be, “better to be safe and follow the rules to avoid pissing off the evil presence I don’t believe in”, so this chick better follow the very easy directions she was given

Maggie to Arvel
“I see you intend to make your interest in me into my problem.”
queen
the man just screams "entitled who never heard the word no so takes it as a challenge"

“The kiss was pretty good, I will give you that.”
“Maggie!”
“Lady Demarr!” I bit back. “Did you think that if you kissed me, I would be so overcome that my brain would turn off and I would meekly obey you without question on the off chance you might condescend to climb into my bed?”
Everard, I love you, and I believe you love her and want to protect her, but she was right to boot you out

“We have a bigger problem.”
Solentine spun me the same way Arvel had, giving me a glimpse of the northern side of the room. Black smoke coiled around Everard. It was barely visible, but it was there, snaking around his chest and arms. His eyes were a bright piercing green.
“He’s smoking,” I ground out.
“I’ve noticed. No man wants Arvel as a rival.”
“They’re not rivals.”
“Does he know that?”
Someone's jealous

“Come with me. I swear on the memory of my father I will bring you back to Kair Toren in twenty days.”
“I can’t. There are things I must do here. The future—”
“Fuck the future. If I come back here and find you gone, I will level this damn city. If you care for Kair Toren, come with me.”
Why is it hot when in fiction he promises destruction if something happens to her? Doesn't matter, it is.

“Do you have feelings for him?”
“Yes.”
“What kind of feelings?”
I sighed. “At the moment, I want to brain him with something heavy”

Sounds like love to me 🤭

“I thought we had established trust.”
“I trust you with my life. Just not with my freedom.”
He smiled. It was an indescribable smile, knitted from determination, power, and pure heat. “Then I shall have to work harder.”

“You are standing too close to my cousin. Remove yourself to the appropriate distance.”
Everard tilted his head. Somehow the level of danger in the room shot way up. “Move me, Sol.”

“This will never happen to you again as long as I live.” He swore it like an oath. “I won’t let anyone hurt you.”
[...]
“Silveren is a good fighter.”
“I’m better.”
“The Tower . . .”
“Even if he empties the Tower and brings every Redeemer knight to this house, I will cut them down and take his head. He will never touch you.”
“Because you’re the Sleepless Duke.”
“That’s one reason.”
🫠

He didn’t like that. Too bad.
“Your Grace,” I started
A spark of green flashed in his eyes.
“I’m sorry, would you prefer Lord Commander?”
“Formality isn’t necessary” he said
[…]
“When I give my promise, it is cast in stone” he said, carving each word out.“I swore I would see this through.”
And yesterday morning I would’ve believed him with all my heart. But not today
The tension

He walked in, and the room was his. He owned it. His presence filled it, unignorable, a sharp, immediate threat that demanded you focus on it to the exclusion of everything else. There was no predator to compare him to. He was in a class of his own.
[...]
“Sol,” he said, pronouncing each word slowly, “she is mine”
OMG THIS WAS AMAZING
the scene between Maggie, Everard and Solentine?all 3 ate and left no crumbs

We had rescued him. We were his new family. He wasn’t just stealing.
He was collecting pieces of us.
I was looking at the chest of Kaiden’s fears. If we disappeared from his life, at least he would have something.
He knew we were about to do something very dangerous. Excluding him wouldn’t have worked—he would’ve just eavesdropped. But he was only twelve years old.
🥺

Damn there are some seriously intricate political moves here 😮

“Then hire them. We can afford it. We got paid last night.”
Reynald narrowed his eyes. “How?”
“The head of the Shears scaled the wall and dropped the payment off.”
“And you’re just telling me this now?”
I hid a smile. “Why are you mad? This helps your case. Clearly, we need Gort and his sons to guard us at night.”

Honestly, I'm a bit scared because I have high expectations and I tried another IA book years ago and didn't like it, but I always wanted to try another one day.
I'd say it's off to a very good start, I'm into it and I adore world building and lore so I don't mind having a lot of that at all.

I don't know how I'm gonna rate it. I'm enjoying it, but some things feel a bit too over the top cliché to me.

He turned back, finding her standing by the window, silhouetted against the city lights below. Even hurt, even in pain, she was the most beautiful thing he’d ever seen.
The most beautiful thing he’d ever lost.

“Tell me, how are you finding Heart hospitality compared to your accommodation in the Boundary?”
“It’s cleaner, I’ll admit,” Shadera replied casually. “The knives are sharper. The people, less so.”

Some things are done for plot purposes but logically there are holes... but I don't care much for now because I'm having a lot of fun!

Damn. I knew it would happen but that was the character I knew would die but who deserved to win