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I just noticed a very obvious plot solution that could probably prevent the inevitable sequels from needing to happen, but it's not exactly the most pleasant of ideas, so eh

A strapless dress? In the middle of Fantasy Scotland's winter?

As a conlang enthusiast, I can appreciate the -aec surname ending as a way to add some worldbuilding consistency, but as a reader idk which character has which surname anymore

Last I checked, one of the big rules of being incognito is to NOT give your real name away to someone you just met in the last day

There are more than a couple antagonists to dislike in this book, but I deeply hate Cara Thaec. She checks alllllll the boxes on the "How To Be A Shitty Person" list: elitist, misogynistic, murderous, greedy, racist, manipulative, and on top of all of that, a pedophile. I will be happy to be rid of her in the next 50 pages.

“Are they mad?” she whispered.
“No, they’re students,” he grinned back.
#truth

“I’m no snob,” she says as she eats compote for breakfast

I suddenly understand why her father never revealed himself before because if I were her parent, I would have died from multiple heart attacks well before this book begins

I am badly repressing the urge to make a Monty Python reference

This book is so extra and it keeps cracking me up