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Amanda Smith
is 72% done
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.
— 21 hours, 8 min ago
That also matches the end of the last book, with Gideon in Harrowhark's body. But that does not explain the memory loss.
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Amanda Smith
is 73% done
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.
— 19 hours, 44 min ago
Amanda Smith
is 73% done
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!
— 19 hours, 44 min ago
Amanda Smith
is 63% done
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.
— Mar 30, 2026 03:17PM
Amanda Smith
is 14% done
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.
— Mar 27, 2026 07:35PM
Amanda Smith
is 3% done
The sheer amount of body swapping in this series is staggering.
— Mar 27, 2026 12:06PM
