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Locke, she's easier with the others because they're not dicks to her. It's not that difficult.

Stormling kidnappings are common and yet...they let the stormling crown princess go out riding all by herself? Why????

Ok honestly, this might just be me, but I don't see what Cassius did as that big a betrayal, or even really a betrayal at all. Like, y'all had known each other for a couple of hours and are entering a politically motivated arranged marriage...of course he was going to be like that? I understand why Aurora was angry, but it's not really a betrayal.

Ok also, I feel like getting a Pavan Stormling to marry her would have been politically smarter than getting a Locke tbh. Like Cassius will be the real power behind the throne bc he has magic and might fuck them over in favor of his home, but a Pavan would be less likely to do that.

I'm kind of at the point where I don't care about any of the characters, but I find the worldbuilding interesting enough to continue. But also: there's a difference between keeping your heir protected and hiding Rora's lack of magic and not teaching her about the realities of ruling and about her city, and in Rora's case she was def done a disservice.

I do have to roll my eyes at Rora calling court life frivolous. Like yeah, on the surface it can look frivolous, but court is a hugely important political area and not something to be taken lightly.

One chapter in and I can already tell that this is going to be like the grisha trilogy where I like the villain better than I do the actual love interest. Oops.