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this is so charming and easy to get sucked into already.

i will note that the writing style feels like it’s trying to emulate classic fantasy and medieval fantasy stories or something, and it feels the teeniest bit behind that mark, but not in a bad way and not in a way that’s pulling me out of the story at all

i’ve been in such a slump but i promise this book is so good

ive only read a bit more from my last note but Aila, Jack and the rest of the troupe have all met now, and its very rushed. weve rushed into them immediately feeling very close and it feels like we skipped actual bonding scenes, and just get informed that this felt important and they’re connected now.

It’s all very ‘tell don’t show’ and that’s been fairly indicative of the weak writing in this book so far.

so far the writing is a bit clunky and a lot of Aila’s POV feels like it’s going back and forth between a bullet point list of events and a couple paragraphs for the author to show off how much specific research he’s done.

we’ve had a lot of “like most people in the highlands…” and then a fun fact you might read on a plaque in a museum

“Last night feels as unspeakable as money or a fart”

i’m actually gonna jump

i will finish this book if it kills me. but it might

i don’t have the character count to express how annoying this book is rn

so far i hate everyone

got yanked back by the library so i’ll finish this in like 7 weeks when i can borrow it again