Karen’s Reviews > Flashback > Status Update

Fitz admitted he liked Sophie, but I felt like something is amiss. Am I reading too much into this? Also, having Sophie's hand forced into an alliance by emergency is just... not okay.

I still fly through the book, thankfully, so that hasn't changed. I can't help but notice that Keefe is so childish and oftentimes annoying: kept talking about making shirts of this and that, and stupid remarks everywhere. I don't remember anyone being like that in middle school, and I won't accept explanations of coping mechanism either, because there are other ways the author could translate his humor, better ways.

I cannot help but think that the Council appears too much in the story. We see them since book one, perhaps too much, every few chapters it feels like. There is no balance of small stake stuff and high stake stuff - everything is always high stake and it's exhausting. When the villains appear, they talk too much; I don't think any villain would be happy to explain what they're doing and boast about it. It's odd.