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One thing that I absolutely must note is that Braizen’s yearning and inner romantic progression is so well written. I really love how his feelings are playing out. It’s done in a very authentic way that wasn’t written just for trope scenes.

I knew the love triangle was coming but I didn’t expect it to have me this torn. Lachlan and Idalia would be so cute together but there’s just too much tension in the forbidden love between Idalia and Braizen to disregard 😔

Finally Teddy! I’ve been waiting to see what she’s up but to these days. I actually really love her character.

Braizen and Ranstig are too funny😭 I’m actually laughing. I love their new friendship

As far as the storyline, I still think the time jump is being worked in pretty well. All of the characters are developing in a decent manner. Even the romance is developing in a decent manner. It doesn’t feel like the characters are just faking their enemies to lovers trope which is a plus is my book cuz I can’t stand a poor enemies to lovers. This read doesn’t feel too exciting but I wouldn’t put it down.

So much has happened in the last couple chapters that’s it’s honestly kind of harder to keep track of each moment. The new plot points and key moments, while sometimes do feel rushed and brought on abruptly, actually do eventually tie together. Very few of them feel like they get dropped and if they do, it’s in a subtle way which is bearable.

All the stuff with the prophets and Minea kind of feels like it’s being thrown in there with the story of Idalia, Braizen and the bandits. It’s not necessarily poorly written because it does read pretty decently, but I feel like something about the way that Nuri and the Idunn are being worked into the story just isn’t really connecting for me. I did enjoy Idalia’s visions of the past and how they played out.

Honestly with how easy miscommunication goes in these prehistoric times I wouldn’t to be surprised if it gets revealed that Queen Revna’s death was genuinely an accident. I don’t really know how Lachlin is gonna come into play in the present day but I’m kinda still rooting for Braizen and Idalia🤷🏾‍♀️

Not gonna lie, I’m not really rocking with Nuri. I was really rocking with the direction the story was going before she showed up and now I feel the path these characters are on is too open ended with her. We’ll see if she changes my mind but I don’t really like her character or where she’s taking the other characters as well