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Victoria Carbol... What did you just do to me??

That last 20% was really something.
So extremely tense, it really kept me on my toes and some of those plot points coming to a climax?? I'm shook, I'm distraught, I'm sick to my stomach!!! I didn't expect this read to be such a wild ride.

I totally get why everyone is demanding the sequel cuz I also need it. NOW. 😩

"He would have been a good father, she thought, had the king not taken the chance from him."

—STOP 😭 

Haven was starving, so I left to find work. With my skills, I was accepted as a page to the Kingsguard."

(...)

"I hated it, learning to defend the man who had destroyed my home. But it kept my family alive.”

— Oof... Yeah, okay.

This doesn't happen to me often but I'm really enjoying this romantic sub-plot! The vulnerability between Thia and Oskaren is lowkey giving me butterflies 🦋

Maybe that's just the power of masc les rep 😂 Regardless, this slow burn is burning y'all 👏

"The truth is," Thia replied, stomach dropping to her feet, "I did not come here just to... slay."

—Funniest out-of-context quote hahhahaahha
Purrr! Period! Slay! 💅

"Five years ago, unrest was brewing in the Wastes (...) The king took to quelling it, and my village was razed. I saw my..."

His voice dropped to a whisper, and she nearly missed his next words. "I still hear their screams, when the fear hits."

God.

She was searching for a response when he continued, "The purge began shortly after. (...)

—Oh fuck, this suddenly got dark...

"You were sad for a moment there. Admit it."

Oskaren's hand tightened on the hilt of her sword. "You're wrong. (...) Stop looking for what we both know is gone. (...) Death means nothing to me. (...)You mean nothing to me. I only hope I can stab the Tyrant through the heart before he stops what's left of mine."

"Hope is a feeling," Thia murmured.

Oskaren's brow lifted. "What?"


—Oh, I'm so here for this tension

Wake up, she commanded herself, squeezing damp eyes shut. It's not real.

Her breaths tumbled faster. Wake up.

She opened her eyes, begging to see home.

Instead she just saw the same ruddy hut.

—Oh Thia :(

So we are still in the 'real world' of this portal fantasy story and getting to know everyone.

Grandma Winnie sounds like an absolute baddie. Leopard print outfits, snakeskin cowboy boots, looks younger than her age, owns a pub? Okay!! Period.

Taking a wild guess and going with this playlist: 📚 Whimsical Worlds