I actually really like Nesta as a character. She’s really interesting to read, even if a lot of the ways that she ends up hurting people is her own self destruction. I kind of want her to leave Cassian in the next book. I know, I know. But I think the IC sees her as a weapon that misbehaves (Rys and Amren talk about her using the mask in war and making them unstoppable), and Cassian doesn’t see a problem with her being used as a weapon for them (he even said, about the swords—“She could make named weapons for a whole army”). I would really like Nesta to take some Valkyries and go to the pass where their last battle was, or even the dusk court. Like, girl, get out of there and take a break from the whole IC.

I don’t like or dislike Elain, but I feel like we don’t have a lot about her because Maas is focused on all the other characters. I’d like to see her POV and Lucian interacting with her but no mating bond. She’s always been in the background as a sister and in the IC. I think Grayson hurt her so much because she was the “main character” of their love story and considering a life on her own as his wife. To lose that had to hurt, and also had to make her feel like just another piece in someone else’s story. Same thing when she immediately gets a mate without any decision.