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OH NOT TO MENTION (spoilers) the most obvious plot twists known to man

wow isn’t it weird how we keep referencing the Fire Court Prince and avoiding the question. hm wonder who that could be. surely not the MMC.

double wow I wonder who the FMC’s target is that’s responsible for her mother’s death whose name we still haven’t heard. surely not ALSO the MMC. that would be preposterous!!

got so angry when the FMC had a giant irrational jump-to-conclusions freak out that I had to reread Crown of Midnight and the first half of Heir of Fire to calm down

I miss when FMCs were smart, or at least strategic. you can’t just tell your readers she’s an infamous assassin feared across the lands and then flip to show her making the most stupid choices and assumptions known to man. Consistency, people!!!

imagine if you did a speedrun of all your deepest darkest secrets AND your readers are genuinely shocked you didn’t find out all of them like ten chapters ago

how in tf are those two things not mutually exclusive like what are we even doing folks

oh my god. (semi spoilers) “this one powerful woman vanished nearly two decades ago, and her jewelry is on this almost-two-decades-old girl. god I wonder who her mom is. it could be anybody’s guess. oh did I mention the girl is also super powerful. huh. lots of weird unrelated stuff happening here.” YOURE SUPPOSED TO BE SMART???? HELLO??

this feels like an AU if Rowan met Celaena in early TOG but she had no clue who she was. I’m interested (even if it’s practically moving at breakneck speed like… we’re really blabbing all our secrets before we’re 25% through? okay…) but I also keep going “hm. it was cooler when Aelin had actual secrets and not just memory gaps.” we shall see.