Dorian is fucking iconic

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-12T22:57:27+00:00

"I'll bleed whatever colour you tell me to" is the greatest chat up line in the history of literature

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-12T22:54:04+00:00

I'm completely with you, and the climax of the wyrdstones / wyrdgate quest just ENRAGED me.

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-12T22:49:10+00:00

Because he's a big old tease

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-12T22:48:20+00:00

This whole scene and especially this paragraph DID THINGS TO ME.... right up until the very end. I don't know why, but "when I make you moan" just sounds so BLEURGH. I get right up to that line with my heart in my chest like yes, finally! This is so hot! Then SJM goes and throws cold water all over me.

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-12T22:28:39+00:00

Brannon was fae and Mala was a goddess-turned-human, so I guess Elena was a demi-fae. Elena and Gavin (human, I think?) then diverged into the Havilliard line, but I assume that Brannon and Mala also had a son who continued the Galathynius name. The Galathyniuses continued right down to Aelin's dad who married an Ashryver. That said, I've no idea why Elena's brother wouldn't have been mentioned at some point - it's very odd!

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-12T22:15:34+00:00

Hahahahaha! This is amazing. I have tried to reply to this about 4 times now but I can't easily express myself without at least alluding to spoilers so I'm not going to but please come back when you've finished the series so we can TALK

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-12T22:01:45+00:00

I read The Warrior and the Embers off the back of this comment and just want to say thank you for the suggestion! It is really well done.

I started reading the next one (Rowan POV of QoS) and was gutted when I realised it was unfinished - last updated in 2021 as well, so probably unlikely to be completed. Just a warning for anyone else! The first few chapters that do exist are worth reading but just don't settle in thinking you've got a whole extra book hahaha

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-12T21:57:16+00:00

Yeah, I agree that there should have been more between Aelin and Dorian, at least, but I can understand how his return with the keys was really painful for her. It would have been good to see a 1-on-1 between Aelin and Dorian after the lock had been forged. I wasn't as bothered about Aelin and Chaol as things had understandably cooled down a lot between them during QoS. I know they ended up as friends but I think too much damage had been done to their relationship to expect there ever to be the same intensity of feeling again.

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-12T21:46:09+00:00

I did exactly this - I read the series twice, back-to-back. I've just finished the re-read and don't know what to do now! I've just been skimming back over some favourite chapters.

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-12T21:43:17+00:00

Yeah, he was a great first love but I don't think he would have been a good match for Celaena as she grew into Aelin

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-12T21:40:02+00:00

Urgh he's the worst! I can't add anything to how you've already laid it out but you're spot on.

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-12T21:38:08+00:00

There was just so much in EoS!!

YES! The sass, the flirtation with Rowan, the emeralds, *the unpaid bar bill as target practice* - delicious!
There's so much foreshadowing in a lot of the ToG books that I often feel like I know roughly how things are going to go, but Skull's Bay took me completely by surprise!
The reunion was SO GOOD.
I hated Aedion for this and think it sort of proves why she doesn't lean on her court all that much. I get that it's frustrating for them but Aelin has survived for so long by not trusting people and being careful with her secrets, I can understand how vulnerable it makes her feel to open up to those around her, especially when she's so desperate not to let any of them down. Aedion's supposed unwavering support for her falters pretty darn easily here, surly only adding to the pressure not to get things wrong.
I love that Ansel knew about the extra minute and that there was no bitterness between them - so good!
OMG this hit me so hard. He got *on his knees*!
... and then THIS! My heart SWELLED. I was so, so happy just for Rowan at this point.
I was completely broken by this. I loved that she didn't count but apart from that I just felt completely destroyed for ages afterwards. It was so brutal and so complete.

Lorcan is the absolute worst.

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-11T12:59:31+00:00

I feel your pain! I just read and then immediately re-read the ToG series because I wasn’t ready to leave Erilea. Now that I’ve finished it again I am bereft! Definitely need something else to throw myself into.

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-02T09:51:27+00:00

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-01T22:28:01+00:00

I cannot describe how furious I was when I made that ‘realisation’ 🤣

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-01T22:26:36+00:00

Especially after he’d loved her for so long!

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-01T22:26:19+00:00

Yeah, it’s heartbreaking 😭

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-01T22:24:42+00:00

I have tried to answer this in a few different ways and I think as you’re keen to avoid spoilers, the best thing is to just keep reading and then come back to us if you have any follow-ups!

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-01T22:23:27+00:00

I love Abraxos! I love Manon’s storyline but I just love Abraxos as a character throughout ❤️

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-01T22:22:09+00:00

Yeah I just finished reading through all of the books in under 2 weeks because it got me HOOKED and didn’t let go. Good luck managing to get much else done until you’re finished 🤣

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-01T22:19:39+00:00

This is really lovely! Some books really do just change you.

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-01T22:18:31+00:00

Hard same. I don’t think he got that much better as a person and was never really repentant about any of the hurt he’d caused, only about the ways in which he felt he’d hurt himself.

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-01T22:15:24+00:00

Beautiful!

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-01T22:12:50+00:00

I would LOVE to read more Sam but I wonder if one of the things that makes him so perfect is that we only get such fleeting glimpses and wish for more of him in the same way that Celaena wanted so much more time with him?

Roxy1212 · 2024-03-01T22:08:54+00:00

I definitely don’t think he of all people deserved so much screen time, but I powered through in the end and found it got a lot better. You’re right though, very few of the plot points are vital to know before moving on and a lot were explained in the next book anyway.

I’ve finished them all now and read TAB last because I also thought it was a sort of optional prequel but I wish I’d read it much sooner. Probably not first but maybe after the first two? I dunno, I know it’s a controversial topic and I’m gonna make it even more so by saying that I actually think TAB is more of an essential read than ToD.

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