Amanda Smith’s Reviews > Nona the Ninth > Status Update

So Gideon and Nona are apparently simultaneously occupying separate bodies — which blows up the "Nona is Gideon" theory entirely, or at least complicates it beyond recognition.

Wut. What?!?!????? Gideon just woke up in her body! And Nona is right there! Still there! That's not how it's supposed to work! 😠😭 The author is just fucking with us at this point!

Okay, Nona is dying because her soul isn't meant to be in this body, which is confirmed to be Harrowhark's body. So Nona is not Harrowhark. She's most likely Gideon (which makes sense, Gideon would probably have been happy and carefree if the Ninth wasn't such a harsh place to live).

That also matches the end of the last book, with Gideon in Harrowhark's body. But that does not explain the memory loss.

Nona might be Gideon, Harrowhark, Alecto, or some Steven Universe soul-mesh of two. Nona's in Harrowhark's body with Camilla. Gideon's empty body is with Ianthe. But at the end of book 2, Harrowhark was with Ianthe and Gideon was dead. So how did— you know what, I'm just going to keep reading.

The mystery of this book is, who is Nona? Is it Gideon reborn? Harrow reborn? Alecto? One of the ancient Lyctors? My money is Gideon. She's too happy and good-natured to be Harrowhark.

Finally got my hands on this book.