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You get snatches of it earlier when they are at dinner and snickering together, humouring each other at Philippe’s expense, or when Adele recognizes Isabel’s absence when Philippe is mourning Geoffrey, but it’s really good to see the relationship between Isabel and Adele transmute. I’m really glad they didn’t make the mother-in-law the other woman/villain here.

At last Richard pulled away, but his breath was still hot upon Philippe’s face. “Don’t think that you can use me as a weapon against Henry. I want you, but I won’t be made a pawn so you can satisfy your hatred for my father.”

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Honestly this should have been just about Philippe’s exploits… sons of Plantagenet are not safe from him and his ways ⛔️⛔️⛔️

GEOFFREY!!! Philippe didn’t even like tournaments and he didn’t need another reason 😩😩😩

Isabel being sidelined in her own damn novel 😔

This is SO messed up 🤣 I am so uncomfortable 🤣 I can’t wait until Isabel is at least a teenager 😭. But this is so trashy… almost like GoT if it was a soap opera.

(Isabel’s mother-in-law is literally screaming in all-caps at her younger lover if he’s 🛏️ with Isabel who is 11. This is why I initially had to pause on reading this. Isabel is basically seen as and portrayed as an adult).

Annnd we got incest now too. Unclear what stage the relationship is, but definitely improper. Bodice ripper bingo coming up soon at this rate.

Hoping to get Isabel’s POV. She sounds like the male gaze of femme fatale. It is uncomfortable that she is underage and characterized as a Lolita archetype.

“You debased her! You treated her like a slut!”
Philippe jerked his head to look at his sister-in-law; a black-eyed stare. “She was a slut,” he answered quietly, “but it wasn’t her fault. Or mine.”

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Ok but this is giving 👁️🤌🏼👁️ and I await further spicy dramatic dialogue.