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as what her Charge wanted was the complete opposite of her own. I would know this because …”
Because Toono.
Jilly looked up at him with a stern glare as she dangled beneath him. “Every heart—even yours—has a weakness.”
Genius.(old)
Again, Jilly really knows what to do.
“My father would have more faith in me. I wish he was here.” Debo’s expression shifted to something unreadable.
Debo knows of the crimes of Mendac.
He was eager to learn about his dad’s personality. That’s what exposed who a person was—not their achievements. Someone could save lives, but for the wrong reasons. Someone could destroy a kingdom, but for the right ones. A hero could be a bad person, and a villain could be a good person. It was all a matter of perspective: the world was never so black and white.
Do I smell…
FORESHADOWING?!?! Or backshadowing.
So royal first-borns can have a Branian who isn’t native to their kingdom? Bryson wondered.
Another hint.
The Branian scanned through all the faces around the room until he paused on the unfamiliar one—Bryson. “He is not a royal.”
Of thy realm.
Debo didn’t possess Intel Energy. He was a swordsman of the Adren Kingdom, living his life as a lie.
That’s an oof. (old)
More of a lie than just being Adren. (new)
Bryson looked at her as if she was crazy. “Are you implying Debo is a Bozani?” She laughed. “No, I’m implying one of two options. One, he is secretly the first-born of King Supido and therefore possesses a Branian of his own—one who created the light that guarded his sword.” “Well, that’s not believable at all,” Bryson said. “Two, he is one of the rare exceptions I spoke of. Based off the stories from the Of Five series, there have been five non-Bozani in history who have been able to tap into their Tahara … even though it’s not explained that way in the books. Maybe he is the sixth, and he
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Aaron laughed. "Yes. But option two to be more thorough, though Shelly is slightly wrong."
Ugh, Toshik.
Bryson had no mother, no father, no siblings.
Untrue, true in any useful sense, untrue
The man was from the Archaic Kingdom and, from what he told me, had been traveling a lot lately. He’s done a lot of bad things—as in murder—but he says it’s for a greater good, which I agree with. Although, we may have thought differently about what that greater good was. Whenever you lay someone to eternal rest, you are doing them a favor. Needless to say, I took a liking to the man … Then I figured out what his goal was.
Toono?
“I am a spy for King Vitio,” he said as he stared at her beaten and bruised face. “Do not worry.”
A DEUS EX MACHINA that I cannot berate due to the lack of them in this novel. Also it makes sense. (old)
And not really. It makes sense with the three siblings we see having the same motive. (new)
Toono,
The people think they know Toono's thoughts and are taing advantage of him, but only one other person actualy knows.
Debo laughed. “It’s actually interesting. I find myself shaking my head at the absurdity of some of the stuff in here.” He held up the book so Bryson could see the cover: Ataway Kawi: The Third of Five.
DEBO, reading his biography? HAHAHAHAHA
Martin Luther King, Jr. before he had a doctorate. (old)
Jilly had named it Bobuel—a mixture of Bob and Samuel.
Jilly is somewhere between perfect and perfect
“He’s skillful. However, his main purpose is probably to protect Jilly. The directors realize he’d die for her, and she’s too important to die. She keeps us going.”
Do i need to say it? FORESHADOWING!!!
(Agnos is so smart!)
Awww so cute!(old)
True, and Jilly is still amazing. (new)
It was Grand Director Poicus.
Ah yes, the shapeshifting ancient. He is archaic, is he not? He is for two reasons.
“I’m the opposite of what anyone needs. I hurt people.” Her voice was shaking.
Why would she put herself in PRISON?(old)
here lies a teacher. here lies a legend. rest in peace, ataway debonicus kawi 925–960 k.h.
It seems the man is alive. Debonicus.(old)
Bryson vs. Ossen
I wonder what this chapter is about.(old)
But really, its on point. (new)
His eyes widened. “Guys … it’s Rhyparia.”
Well, either Poicus or Debo with Rhyparia.(old)
But several years ago, he met a woman … and he changed.
The woman at the start. (old)
His (spoiler), if I remember correctly. (new)
“Clearly, Toono wants someone alive again. The question was, who? Why, Dev King Rehn, of course. Storshae said that his father would be returning after he strangled Itta, and after what King Vitio has told us, we know that Toono and Storshae are working together. Toono is helping him resurrect King Rehn … and, somehow, Olivia is the key to it all.”
This guy is a genius.(old)
And mostly correct. (new)
“We have to talk,” the princess said softly. “It’s about the blood on Debo’s sword … it’s Mendac’s.”
Ahem? A(flipping)hem?(old)
The spoilerous spoiler called Bryson's dad? Cool. (new)
“Branian is the lowest tier of the Bozani hierarchy. Pogu is a tier higher.”
WHAT?! HE IS.... WHAT?!(old)
The foreshadowing was nice. (new)
The feeling drifted into his bones. At first they ached, then they cracked under the pressure. His ankles snapped first, bringing him to his knees as the joints all over his body were dislocating.
Wait-did Rhyparia cause the restaurant to fall by her “switch” going off? It would make sense based on how she had acted earlier. (old)
Gravity, and the restaurant incident was triggered by someone else. (new)
“Was my dad a bad man?”
Yes. Yes. Yes yes yes.
Toono sheathed his knife back in his pocket and sat down in an armchair. He took out a gem and held it up. Twirling the gem between his fingers, he frowned as it remained lifeless. He started to get up, but the gem’s sudden glow made him return to his seat. His mission in this kingdom was finally over.
The gems are such a cool idea, though not explained in this book. Once sacrifices from each kingdom on both sides of an island are made, it is lit up. When all five arre done, one can be brought back to life.
“Messy blond hair. Long bangs. Blue eyes. Strange scar on his chest that read ‘T2.’” Toono’s eyes widened. “What was his name?” Storshae let out a single forced laugh. “I didn’t catch it. But Fonos said he was Mendac’s son.” His mind spinning, Toono went silent for a moment.
Because of his connection to Bryson.
Miss Apoleia Lavender.”
I believe Olivia’s last name is Lavender, so...her mother?(old)
The body was wrapped heavily in layers of fine linen bandages. How was he supposed to know if this was actually Dev King Rehn?
Foreshadowing… for the climax of book 5, kind of.
He’s the one who’s supposed to be developing her … teaching her control.
OHHHHH!!!
That’s the extra training she had!(old)
Does book 2 have that whole Rhyparia plotline? Explains a bit how everything fits in. (new)
“But let’s say Mendac was a very bad man, which—let’s face it—is not improbable, then that would imply you’ve been lied to about him your whole entire life; your dad, who is revered around the realm, was a psychopath. Would you rather hear that? That Debonicus was right to kill your father? Maybe you would; I don’t know.”
Lets just say…
Lilu, who had a black petunia pinned to her hair, adjusted her head on Bryson’s shoulder. A beautiful scent curled into his nose. There wasn’t a word to describe what he was feeling.
I feel like the relationship between these two is great, though i understand how and why it was done this way.
