Ciphertext’s Reviews > The Storm Crow > Status Update

Kiva: Hey, Thia, this mean and cruel prince you are being married to against your will might be good for you because he is mean enough to snap you our of your PTSD-induced depression :)

Also Kiva, when Thia agrees to go into town with the prince to enact the recon plan she made up last week WITH Kiva and others: girl what are you doing? Snakes don't make good pets. Don't hang out with him.

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Kiva telling Thia "I think this man will be good for you" after he makes fun of the fact that his mother genocided her people and destroyed her kingdom's entire infrastructure, mocks her country's faith, sneers at her city's poor and downtrodden, and is now taking her away from everything she's ever known into a kingdom ruled by a woman who hates her and to marry him against her will, well, that is crazy actually

This book is already so good, omg. It's exciting and gripping and lively, the imagery is strong, there are LGBT characters, ethnic diversity, good pacing. I'm so excited to read more!