Ashley Barks’s Reviews > Alchemised > Status Update

Luc is a right old DICK. “He won’t even try” Helena cries. Because he is so pious? I get boundaries, but he has NOT ONCE spoken to Helena since Soren died and asked her “Why?” Closemindedness and an unwillingness to understand others is the exact reason why conflict perpetuates. He hates Helena even though she dedicated herself to him.

Now that he’s listening, he’s still not listening. Lalalaaa 🙉

Slowly chipping away!!!

Why does Helen stay with the flames if they treat her so badly? She signed up for this but information is withheld and when she fails a task, it’s still her fault even though she would not have failed if she had been given all the information. She should go to the dark side, since the side she is on is just as malevolent towards her. Except Luc, of course. He’s also being lied to…

This book is long and I’m afraid I may not finish before my loan is returned 😭

Every time I have an update, I realize I’ve only gotten 3 % further into the book. It’s so comical. This thing is a massive book. Ferron doesn’t like when other people are right about him. He does it to himself but if he’s genuine about this trade of information, then at least it’s a twig of an olive branch.

What if her leaving the resistance is the reason Luc fails? Maybe be likes her enough that he thinks they’ll be together after the war? But maybe he also thinks she’s a traitor and doesn’t try to save her? Ferron was not human? Interesting….

Just hit part 2. I’m weird and a part of me is getting antsy. I want to finish the book but I don’t want to finish it. What do we call this antsy excitement? Anticipatory dread? Idk. It’s the same thing as when I don’t want to finish the last book in the series because I don’t want it to end.

A little word they have running water that gets cold from a shower. This is supposed to be in a time when carriages are full popular but for some reason we have water heaters? LOL

Ok, I thought this book was going to be a slog, but if it continues at this pace with this storyline I think I’ll get through this quickly. I struggled in the first 15% of the book. To combat the dense world building and hard magic definitions, I listened to this on a run and powered through 7% which was nice because I was able to get through the thickest part. Now I’m enjoying it and it’s…. Getting good.