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Ellie wrote: "1. This is a tough question. If I was a writer, I'd be so temppted to read reviews... but then be sad if they were bad hahhaa. But I'd never reply. I think that's were the line should be drawn. I t..."Hi Ellie,
Yes, an author engaging with a negative review is never a good thing. Fortunately, it is REALLY rare, which is why we all hear about it when it actually happens.
Nicole wrote: "Oh I SO want to find out why the singing is so important in the series! It's definitely one of my favourite aspects of it! :DI hate anis, so I'm sure that Absinth tastes horribly!
On to the ques..."
Cecile's singing plays a role in Warrior Witch - I hope you enjoy it when you get to that part!
Tristan is in a Book Boyfriend Battle! Show him some love with your votes! <3 http://mereadalot.net/2016/03/31/book...
Shreya wrote: "Danielle wrote: "Shreya wrote: "Oh Marc! he deserves all the happiness in the world! While I'm not a fan of Penelope, i really do wish that she were still alive at least for Marc! I really hope War..."That's interesting - thank you!!
Truthfully, I was a little concerned about how people would react to her character given that she doesn't like Tristan. Obviously we all know the truth about him - that he isn't the villain he's pretending to be. But Pénélope doesn't know that. She believes he's a nasty human & half-blood hating aristocrat, and her dislike is compounded by the situation with Anais.
Tristan and his friends have chosen to keep Pénélope in the dark in order to protect her from Angoulême. She isn't magically powerful enough to protect herself, and they don't want to put her in a position where Angoulême might harm her in order to secure information on Tristan's true politics. Certainly, she is aware that there are sympathizers, and she might even be aware that a revolution is brewing, but the fact she doesn't guess Tristan's involvement is testament to just how great an actor he was for all those years.
Truthfully, I feel really bad for Pénélope. Her father and grandmother hate her for her illness having cost Anaïs the crown, and the two people she loves most, Anaïs and Marc, are lying to her. Even amongst her friends, she has been forced into the position of an outsider.
Shreya wrote: "1. I definitely do have a habit of rereading previous novels before the next installment comes out, and I've already done that with this series too! Even after I've acquired a copy of the new book,..."Hi Shreya,
Genevieve is pretty darn awful, I agree! Selfish, mean, and manipulative. As for why Cecile sympathized with her, I think she has grown up missing her mother and wondering why Genevieve chose to abandon the family. As much as she knows her mother isn't a nice person, I think she's so desperate for there to be a good reason her mother abandoned them, that she'd believe just about anything Genevieve told her. As is the case with many children who are abandoned/neglected by a parent, she wants to have the love, affection, and approval of her mother, and that makes her do things that appear illogical to an outsider.
Adriyanna wrote: "1. No I don't tend to re-read the previous novel unless in the rare chance I can't remember anything that happens. I'm planning to re-read The Bone Season before reading the Mime Order because I fe..."Hi Adriyanna,
That's so cool that you keep a journal about the books you read. I wonder, do many bloggers/reviewers do that? I don't write reviews, so it's never been something that crossed my mind to do.
Aretha wrote: "1. Personally, every time a new book comes out in a series I have to re-read the previous ones. Because i need to refreshing my memory and having the anticipation of starting the new one :D2. If ..."
Hi Aretha,
The King definitely doesn't have a problem fighting dirty. He knew seeing Roland would throw Cecile off her game. As far as reckless... I suspect the King was waiting and watching, and that he would've interfered if Cecile had been in real danger. He NEEDS Cecile, so the last thing he'd want was for Roland to kill her.
ShinHyunRin wrote: "1. Ummm... I'm not reading the prior books of the series, because usually if the installment come out around the next year, I still remember the main plot of the story. Summaries is good, but only..."
Maybe I should write that as an extra - what exactly happened when Anais died!
Shreya wrote: "Oh Marc! he deserves all the happiness in the world! While I'm not a fan of Penelope, i really do wish that she were still alive at least for Marc! I really hope Warrior Witch gives him his happy e..."Why don't you like Pénélope?
Chapter summaries for those who need them!Chapter 6
Tristan keeps to the shadows on his way through the streets to see Anaïs. He’s worried about the promise Cécile has made to his father, as he can sense that it has already changed her. He worries that she will be driven to the breaking point trying to keep her promise to his father.
He sees Anaïs coming up the stairs. He’s relieved to see his friend alive, but she hurries away at the sight of him. Anaïs is angry that Tristan left her to die even when he knew that Cécile could heal her. She says that Tristan was never her friend – that she was just one of his tools. Shocked by her reaction, Tristan tries to tell Anaïs he has always cared for her. She won’t hear it and asks him to leave her alone. Tristan senses that something is wrong and uses her true name to force her to stop walking away. He says the name several times but she doesn’t respond. This can only mean that Anaïs is dead and the person before him is an impostor.
Chapter 7
Tristan reveals to Marc that Anaïs is not alive. He tells Marc that her mannerisms are wrong and that she didn’t respond to her true name. Tristan feels horribly guilty that Anaïs is dead because of him. They continue to discuss who the impostor could be. Very few trolls have enough power to pretend to be Anaïs, and it has to be somebody who knew her well to be able to mimic her voice and mannerisms. Vincent arrives with a message from Tips. Tips has agreed to meet with Tristan, on the terms that the meeting take place in the mines.
Chapter 8
Cécile’s brother, Fred, wakes her up from where she has fallen asleep on the sofa. When he asks what happened the pieces of the night come together, and she realizes her mother drugged her (although she does not remember the questions her mother asked). Fred laughs and tells her that maybe this will teach her not to trust their mother. He becomes angry when Cécile still tries to defend Genevieve. Before he storms out she convinces him to join her for breakfast.
As they eat, the subject moves to trolls and Fred tells her that he has come up with a few ideas about how to kill them all. He suggests that they try to starve them. Cécile hates the idea and reminds him that he would be killing innocents and Tristan. Fred is frustrated with her and tells her that she always sees the good in people and never the bad, and he leaves. She wonders if he is talking about the trolls or her mother. Cécile asks the cook where her mother is, and she hands her a note. Her mother wants her at the theater for noon, so Cécile rushes to get ready.
Chapter 9
Cécile beats her mother to the theater and everyone is waiting. Sabine greets her and begins to fill her in on the gossip, but Cécile is too distracted by the events of the previous nights. She can feel the pull of her promise to the King and finds that it is hard to focus on much else. Her mother arrives and announces that they will be preforming a masque for the Regent’s wife Lady Marie, and that all of the noble ladies will be in it.
The news about the performance is not as surprising as the news that the masque will be her mother’s final performance, as she intends to retire. After this, Cécile will be the star of the show. Sabine is excited and reminds her that this has always been her dream. But Cécile is disappointed that she can’t enjoy the moment. She is too distracted with the task of finding Anushka.
Julian, performer and close friend of her mother, is extremely upset by the news and gets angry at Cécile. His anger slows down the rehearsal, which in turn takes away precious time Cécile could be using to find Anushka. She tries to calm Julian and tells him about how much her mother adores and confides in him. He takes the drink Sabine had given Cecile earlier, and swallows it all. Julian is suddenly uncharacteristically detached about the situation and no longer cares about her mother’s retirement. Suspicious that something is wrong, Cécile lifts the glass and smells the contents. There’s magic in the drink and she knows that it was meant for her.
Chapter 10
Cécile immediately confronts Sabine. Sabine admits to slipping the potion into her drink so that Cécile would fall out of love with Tristan. Cécile knows that only a witch could create something so powerful and she’s angry that Sabine would keep the location of a practicing witch from Cécile. She leaves feeling betrayed and seeks out Chris. Together, they go to Pigalle to find the witch.
When they find the witch, La Voisin, she denies knowing anything about magic. Cécile uses some of her magical compulsion in her voice to convince La Voisin to talk to them. When she recognizes the magic signature in Cécile’s voice she becomes curious. But before they can speak about why Cécile is there, a knock on the door stops their conversation. La Voisin hides Chris and Cécile beneath the floorboards, and they hear her being dragged away.
This is Cécile’s only chance to learn about her magic, so she bravely steps out and faces the guards. Luckily, one of the guards is her brother, Fred, and she easily makes up a lie to set La Voisin free. Fred knows she’s hiding something, and after he releases the witch he gets angry with Cécile. He says she has no concern for him or his career, and that he no longer trusts her. The weight of what she has done sets in, and she wonders if losing the trust of her brother is worth finding the witch. Before she can think further, she feels the pull of her promise again telling her to find Anushka.
Chapter 11
Tristan makes his way to the mines with Marc. His unease grows as they make their way down, as he is extremely claustrophobic. Once they reach Vincent, Tristan realizes that the twins’ punishment isn’t working in the mines, but the fact that they’ve been separated. When he asks Marc how the King punished him, Marc says that the King fined him. Vincent elaborates and says that the King took all of Pénélope’s possessions. Tristan feels guilty for the pain he’s caused and promises to get Pénélope’s things back.
When they reach Tips, Tristan is greeted with a punch to the face. One he rightfully deserves. Tips makes fun of Tristan’s fear of enclosed spaces and precedes to tell Tristan that it was wrong to use the half-bloods. Especially when they would have willingly helped Cécile. Tristan agrees and apologizes. He sees now that his inability to trust people has only caused problems. He tells them about Cécile’s promise to the King, and how the only way to free her is to kill the King.
Tips and his gang agree that is the only way, but they don’t want to help Tristan. The King has given them everything that Tristan has failed to provide. Tristan continues to reveal the truth that the King has given them false plans for the tree, and he shows them how the construction could never work. Outraged that they have been lied to and manipulated once again they agree to kill the King. But they are reluctant to follow Tristan.
Tristan wants to work with them as an equal instead of their leader. As a sign of good faith, he promises that he will never use any half-blood or full-bloods true name again. He feels the release of power over everyone. After this Tips and his gang agree to help, but it will take time to convince other half-bloods. At this point, Tristan is distracted by the sudden change in Marc. He didn’t realize that by releasing his power over Marc, all the commands he’d put in place to control his cousin’s grief would lose their power. Marc is unstable and angry, and Tristan wonders whether Marc will attack him.
Chapter 12
Cécile’s mother confronts her about where she has been. When she lies, her mother tells her she knows that she has been to Pigalle. Cécile continues to lie, saying that she just wanted her fortune told. Her mother explains that the next few months are going to be intense, and she wants Cécile to fully commit to her role as lead soprano. Cécile isn’t allowed to go out anymore unless it’s for rehearsal or if she is performing.
When Cécile retires to her room she reflects on what has happened. Frustrated, she asks a question to the empty room. A voice responds, startling her. La Voisin’s eyes appear in the fire. She says her name is Catherine, and she offers to help Cécile with whatever she needs as repayment for getting her out of trouble with the guards.
Chapter 13
Racing after Marc, Tristan tries to decide how to handle the situation. Using magic, he catches Marc, then tries to use reason and logic to calm him. He reminds Marc of everything they have worked for, all of his friends, and his family. Marc is angry and says that Tristan doesn’t even know what it is like to have lost someone. He’s angry that Tristan has done everything to save Cécile. Tristan agrees but he urges Marc to fight his grief. Marc is the only one who can pull himself out of this despair now, and Tristan leaves him there. He hopes Marc will hear his words and decide he wants to live.
Chapter 14
Cécile, Julian, and Genevieve make their way to the castle to meet Lady Marie and her ladies. Upon arrival, Lady Marie inspects Julian and Cécile, showing particular interest in Cécile. They go to the ballroom where the masque will be held, and Cécile searches the faces of all the ladies, hoping she will find Anushka among them.
Lady Marie acknowledges that Cécile watches the ladies the same way she does. This starts a conversation about the reason for the masque. Lady Marie hopes her son, Aiden, will choose a wife, and the event is intended to show him his options. Throughout the conversation, Cécile hears double meaning in everything Lady Marie says, especially when she comments on her talents. She suspects that Lady Marie is speaking about her magic and her connection to the trolls, not her voice. Before she moves away she tells Cécile, “We’ll be watching every move you make.” The comment sets Cécile’s thoughts in motion.
Chapter 15
Tristan is at an auction, alone with his thoughts. He hasn’t heard any news about Marc from the mines, which is good, because it means the worst hasn’t happened. Tristan’s attention is drawn to the auction when a particular half-blood is brought onto the platform. She is powerful, and the information the auctioneer tells the crowd reveals that she is the property of a noble family. He tells the audience that she’s a “proven breeder,” which tips Tristan off that the family is getting rid of her due to an indiscretion.
Angoulême, Anaïs’s impostor, and Roland walk up to Tristan. He continues to see the discrepancies in the impostor’s manners as they speak. When she sees the half-blood being auctioned on stage she becomes gleeful. Angoulême expresses how pleased he is that Tristan’s treason has helped his daughter see what is right. Tristan realizes that Angoulême believes that this impostor is his daughter. Tristan moves to say something, but instead he asks what happened to the woman’s child that has just been auctioned off. Angoulême says that he got rid of the baby, because he refuses to allow such abominations to live. The impostor reacts as though she’s been slapped, and Tristan realizes in an instant her true identity.
Fun Facts!Chapter 6 – In Warrior Witch, Victoria makes much the same accusation of Tristan as the Anaïs impostor did in this chapter.
Chapter 7 – This is a really serious chapter, but I actually find the idea of Tristan trying to figure out how to take care of himself really amusing. They were edited out, but at one point, I had a few more scenes where he’s trying to figure out cooking and laundry.
Chapter 8 – This chapter used to include a big junk of information about the Isle itself, but it got cut when I was trying to cut down the length of the novel.
The cook set a plate down in front of me, and I set to eating mechanically, not tasting a single mouthful. It was a strange place, my island home. A tiny little kingdom only twenty leagues from the continent and yet as isolated as though it were an entire ocean away. It was often compared to Paradise, for it was temperate and lush, the forests thick, the fields fertile, and the animals fat.
And there was the gold.
The trolls controlled the mines of Forsaken Mountain, but the whole Isle was laced with the precious metal, and countless other commodities beyond what I could even name. Yet for all the island was a jewel, we were never threatened much by other kingdoms. Sail a league away from the coast and one encountered wild and unpredictable waters, storms, and hazards lurking in the depths that seemed put there on purpose to sink unwary ships. Only the most skilled and brave captains sailed to Trianon's harbors, and no enemy fleet had ever successfully landed on our shores. Was it for this reason that the trolls had settled here, or was it because they were here that it was so? A year ago, these were questions I'd never asked, but so much had changed.
Chapter 9 – Julian’s personality was inspired by a ballet dancer named Julian Marquet in V.C. Andrews’ Petals on the Wind, which is the sequel to Flowers in the Attic.
Chapter 10 – I studied court masques while I was getting my English degree, which is what inspired me to use that particular form of theater in Hidden Huntress. I spent quite a bit of time on the works of Ben Jonson, who was the inspiration for Monsieur Johnson, the masque composer.
Chapter 11 – Catherine “La Voisin” was inspired by a real woman associated with the court of King Louis XIV. You can read all the dirty details about her life here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Voisin
Chapter 12 – Pigalle was inspired by the Pigalle Quarter in Paris, which has historically been a disreputable sort of place.
Chapter 13 – The conversation Marc has with Tristan in this chapter has a heavy influence on the course of events in Warrior Witch. Also, it includes one of my favorite passages:
‘I balled my fists until my wrists screamed and forced me to relax them. “There is more to my life than just her. There are other people I care for. Causes that matter.” I drew in a deep breath. “She walks as close to the line of death as Pénélope ever did, and there are times I question why we do this to ourselves. Why we tie our fate so closely to one person that everything we are, everything we do, hangs upon them. It seems a cruel thing that we lose not only the one we love most, but also the opportunity to endure. To finish the things we’ve started.”’
Chapter 14 – I like this chapter, because it’s where Cecile really starts to wonder whether Anushka is aware of her and her hunt. She knows she’s being watched by the King’s minions, but now she begins to fear she’s caught in the crosshairs of more than one villain.
Chapter 15 – I’ve actually received quite a few emails from readers who were confused by Tristan’s accusation at the end of this chapter. What Tristan deduces is that the half-blood being auctioned off was not only Angoulême’s property, but also his lover (unlikely by choice). She became pregnant, but he got rid of the child. Given Angoulême’s very public distain of half-bloods, this paints him as quite the hypocrite.
Here are the discussion questions! You can answer as many or as few as you want, and you can also pose questions about these chapters to me!Unlike with the Stolen Songbird read-along, there are quite a few people who are reading Hidden Huntress for the first time. If you think your answer might spoil things for them, please mark it as a spoiler using html like so: (view spoiler)
TO UNLOCK EXTRA CONTENT #3 I need 20 different people to answer at least one question!
One participant on this thread will win a signed copy of WARRIOR WITCH, courtesy of my publisher, Angry Robot Books
All Stolen Songbird/Hidden Huntress read-along participants are entitled to one WARRIOR WITCH swag pack. It's not a contest - if you participate and then email me (once), I will mail you swag. Details here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
1. Do you think authors should read reviews? Why or why not?
2. How do you feel about Fred’s desire to kill the trolls? Do you understand where he’s coming from? Do his feelings make you nervous?
3. During the Stolen Songbird read-along, we discussed how everyone felt about Tristan forcing Marc to live on after Pénélope died. Now that you know more details about how that went down, do you feel the same way?
4. Although Tips is probably the least powerful troll you meet, he’s a very powerful character. What do you think about him calling Tristan to task for his mistakes? Did you think it was fair?
5. Did you guess the identity of the impostor? Why do you think it took Tristan as long as it did to figure it out?
If you haven’t read the prequel extra from Pénélope’s point of view, read it first https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...This scene is from Marc’s point of view. He has gone after Pénélope, and she has just told him that Anaïs was betrothed to Tristan prior to the discovery of Pénélope’s affliction.
“The King broke the marriage contract, didn’t he?”
She wiped her eyes, smearing the kohl painted around them. “Within hours. Said he wouldn’t taint Montigny power with weak blood.” Her hands balled into fists. “Which isn’t fair. Nothing about my sister is weak. There isn’t anything wrong with her.”
Except that everyone knew this particular affliction ran in the blood. Magic and our fey nature healed injuries swiftly, and even the wicked slice of iron only delayed the process. It was one of the many attributes those who distained of humans pointed to as proof of our superiority, which is why those with Pénélope’s affliction were viewed as anathema. She healed worse than a human, blood refusing to clot, bones unable to knit. And if the injury was iron inflicted, the black rot was almost instantaneous. While Anaïs herself did not suffer the symptoms, her children might. And in a city where power ruled, such weakness would never be tolerated.
“She would have been a good queen,” Pénélope said. “A great queen; and because of me, the chance has been stolen from her.” Her voice shook. “And perhaps I might have forgiven myself for this, but she loves him. And I had to watch her face as she was told that their marriage would never be. That it would be some other girl of the King’s choosing that Tristan would bond. And that there was no power in this world or the next that would change that fact.”
“The King is cruel.” I hated him as much, if not more, than everyone else in the city, and knowing this only increased my distaste. “But this is his doing, not Tristan’s. He adores Anaïs, and nothing would make him willingly cause her grief.”
“And yet he does!” Pénélope was on her feet, pacing back and forth in front of me. “Despite knowing what he does, he acts as though nothing has changed. Still monopolizes her time and steals kisses from her when he thinks no one is looking. And in doing so, makes it seem as though that was all she was ever good for. His entertainment.”
Her anger all of a sudden made a great deal of sense, but I knew that its motivations were misguided. “Pénélope, he doesn’t know about the betrothal contract.”
She stopped in her tracks. “You can’t honestly believe that’s true?”
“I’m certain,” I said. “He has his secrets, but this isn’t one of them.”
“I cannot believe it. He collects information like others collect artwork, and this concerns him intimately. How could he not know?”
I shrugged. “He’s fifteen. Marriage is not a matter of much concern to him.”
The truth was, it was something Tristan wished to avoid at all costs. In the one conversation I’d had with him about it, he’d said, “Marc, I’m trying to instigate a rebellion to overthrow my own father. I’m a traitor guilty of treason on many levels. How cruel would it be to bond some girl’s life to mine when there is every chance I’ll lose my head in the coming years and take her to the grave along with me.” He’d shaken his head. “I’ll not court the notion, and if he brings it up, I’ll fight it to the bitter end.”
But Pénélope knew nothing about our rebellion, and it needed to stay that way.
“I’ve seen the way he looks at her,” she snapped. “Seems as though he thinks about it a great deal.”
“That is another matter entirely,” I said, silently cursing Tristan for his rare lack of discretion. “He might behave differently, if he knew.”
She sat down heavily next to me. “Now that you know, are you going to tell him?”
It was a piece of information Tristan would want to know – that his father was secretly negotiating his future union was no small thing. Loyalty demanded that I tell him, but… “Anaïs has not told him for reasons that are her own,” I said. “It’s her secret to tell, not ours.”
She nodded, but was quiet for a long time, the only sounds the tinkle of the stagnant fountain and the roar of the waterfall. But eventually she said, “There are times I think that Anaïs is the center of my world. That everything I am and everything that I’ve done has been to ensure her success. That without her, my life barely exists.”
Well I knew that feeling. Far too well. “Maybe it doesn’t have to be that way for us,” I said, wishing all the hopes in my heart would disappear, because I knew they would amount to nothing. “The worst has happened, and yet here you sit, alive and well. Maybe now you can live your own life the way you want without living in fear of discovery. Your affliction no longer owns you.”
“What you speak of sounds like a dream,” she said, and though my hood blocked my peripheral view of her face, I knew she was watching me. “Marc, why did you hate my painting?”
Sitting still in the face of that question felt impossible, so I rose and walked over to a glass tree, brushing the dust off one of the branches. Not a day went by when I was not reminded of my own affliction, every looking glass and averted gaze reminding me of my disjointed and disfigured appearance, and it made me think of what a hypocrite I was to tell her not to let her affliction own her when mine very much owned me.
“I know what I look like,” I said, forcing the words from my lips. “But sometimes I like to imagine that maybe it isn’t as bad as I think. That maybe my eyes are cruel and deceptive critics, and that maybe others see a different reality.” I swallowed hard. “But what you painted was what my eyes have always shown me, and it reminded me that such dreams are for children and fools. What you painted was reality.”
Her skirts rustled and her heels clicked as she came to stand between the tree and me. Even with her cosmetics smeared and her hair in disarray, she was the most beautiful girl in Trollus. Reaching up with one hand, she pushed back the hood of my cloak, and I instantly turned my head so she would see me only in profile. But she caught my chin with her slender fingers and pulled it back.
“I painted you as you are, because I love you as you are,” she said.
Before I could say a word, she stood up on her tiptoes and kissed me. And was gone so quickly that I wondered if I was a fool lost in a dream after all.
Nicole wrote: "1. I usually read about 100 books a year (probably more like 75 this year, though), so I forget A LOT by the time a new book comes out. Trying to remember 100 different plots is pretty darn difficu..."Hi Nicole,
I agree! I hate feeling lost or confused about who is who. I'm always glad when I can find a summary to read.
Erika (The Nocturnal Fey) wrote: "1. I usually don't. I usually don't reread in general. lol. Because I consider myself a slow reader, I don't my time can accommodate ALL the books I want to read if I reread. But there are exceptio..."Hi Erika!
I think deep down Cecile worries that the reason her mother pseudo-abandoned their family was because of something she'd done, or that she hadn't been good enough. Logically, she knows that her mother isn't a good woman, but her subconscious desire to please Genevieve and to prove her worth sometimes takes over.
Melissa wrote: "1. I usually don't. While I may love a lot of books in a series, there's not enough time to reread every single book before their release while I have many others on my TBR. That's why I appreciate..."Hi Melissa,
You raise a good point - Cécile really relies on her friends for help. But what I really like about them is that they do their own thing quite often - they aren't just following Cécile along for the ride.
Lillian wrote: "1.) I usually don't bother rereading prior books in a series, because even if I can't remember some parts of it, it always comes back to me as I start the next book. It's as if the memories are sto..."Hi Lillian,
There is nothing scarier than a freaky horror-movie child. I personally would've been terrified to be face to face with him, especially knowing that he'd love to see me dead. Cecile's braver than I am, I guess.
Genevieve is definitely a blend of truth and deception, but above all, she's extremely manipulative. She knows exactly what to say to Cecile to get her to do what she wants. One of the reasons I wrote The Songbird's Overture was that I really wanted to expand their relationship/history beyond what I'd be able to do in the books.
Karim wrote: "1. I do reread stories before the next ones come out, especially if it has been a while since I saw the last. I don’t know about summaries, though. I tried at first but since I rarely found them I ..."Hi Karim
If Cecile had you for a friend, Hidden Huntress would've been a much shorter book!
Thissi wrote: "1. I usually always reread the prior novels before reading the next installment. I feel like it pulls me back into the world that was created and helps prepare me to continue with the sequel (if th..."Hi Thissi,
I hope lots of readers were feeling hopeful when Marc told Tristan that Anais was still alive! But yes, one cannot help but wonder about the King's involvement. It's not like he would let anyone just walk away without extracting something from them...
Ellie wrote: "I usually don't re-read or look at summaries. I have a pretty good memory, and authors are usually very good at summarizing and hinting at what had happened before for the reader.I have no idea h..."
Hi Ellie,
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