Lisa Feld’s Reviews > Written in My Own Heart's Blood > Status Update

Really good part here, particularly for Bree and Roger’s stories.

And after the battle, a long stretch where four or five characters are all badly injured to the point of delirium, have sickbed conversations with their nearest and dearest, and eventually recover enough to visit each other’s sickbeds.

Got a good, long stretch of interesting plot, but now we're in the midst of a long battle, so lots of mess and confusion, trying to find people who aren't where they're supposed to be, running into other people by mistake, and trying not to get killed in the process.

I’m deeply amused that things have (at least temporarily) gotten more goal oriented and less passive by means of Bree taking over the story—she’s normally one of the characters given shortest shrift. But things are sailing along and I’m curious to see what happens next.

I'm more than a quarter of the way through the book, and so far, literally every plot and subplot can be summed up as, "A series of huge misunderstandings and epic bad luck diverts the POV character from either getting where they're going or letting anyone know where they are." There are some interesting and long-awaited conversations and surprise guest stars, but I'm still waiting for actual plot.