The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)

by Samantha Shannon

The Night Hawk

Lord Seyton Combe.

The spymaster himself. Almost everyone called him the Night Hawk, for he snatched his prey under cover of darkness. Discontents, power-hungry lords, people who flirted too often wi...

When Margret Beck suffered, she suffered alone. She hated to burden anyone else. Even her closest friends. Ead had never meant to be among those friends. When she had first arrived in Inys, she had resolved to keep to herself as much as she could, the better to protect her secret. Yet she had been raised in a close-knit society, and she had soon ached for company and conversation. Jondu, her sister in all but blood, had been by her side almost since she was born, and to be suddenly without her had left Ead bereft. So when the Beck siblings had offered their friendship, she had given in, and could not regret it.

Opening

Phrasing. Add after before opening

Coffer Chamber

Triam Sulyard,

Truyde was noble-born, heir to a fortune. There was no reason she should take any great interest in an untitled squire.

Ead knew the scent of a secret. She wore it like a perfume.

Again this sounds good, but perfume is something used to impress on others whereas a secret should be imperceptible so why wohld you compare the two?

Oliva Marchyn

Banqueting House,

sirrah.”

he was a handsome bird.

Oh. A literal bird. Offputting introduction. Dislike.

Oliva

Ead had been taught to see through code since childhood.

Perchling. The largest port in Inys,

They

TELL ME WHO. Fake suspense making me think its a new character or something.

Loth

So it is a new character...introduced in the middle of a chapter in the most annoying way

inn

lut...

More commonky known as a lutist

Yscalin,

Dukes Spiritual

innkeeper

noble sons of Earls Provincial

Lord Kitston Glade,

“Harman,

Gian Harlowe. The pirate! Everyone in Ascalon—” “I

A page and a half in a new setting and 4 new characters are introduced. One of them literally

legendary knave,” Kit said in hushed tones. “Harlowe came to Inys as a boy from far-off shores. He joined the navy at nine and was captain of a ship by the time he turned eighteen—but he bit the hook of piracy, as so many promising young officers do.” He poured more mead into their tankards. “The man has sailed every sea in the world, seas that no cartographer has ever named. By plundering ships, they say he had amassed wealth to rival the Dukes Spiritual by the time he was thirty.”

“Queen Rosarian favored him, you know.” Sabran’s mother.

Prince Wilstan.”

Arteloth, my surly northern friend—I

It had happened in the dead of night. Retainers wearing the winged book of

Lord Seyton Combe

had entered his chambers and ordered him to come with them. Before he knew it, he had been bundled into a coach with Kit—who had also been marched from his lodgings under cover of darkn...

Draconic Kingdom of Yscalin.

the Duke of Temperance.

court of the Vetalda.

find out what they are planning, and if they intend to mount ...

Cárscaro,

The word woukd be pronounced the same without accent? Why accent here and nit mentendon? Also a 3 syllable name

her spymaster.

Dukes Spiritual

“If they believed your intimacy with Queen Sabran would spoil that picture—dissuade foreign suitors—it would explain why they chose you for this particular diplomatic mission. They needed you gone, so they . . . painted you out.”

He was such a fool.

If it was really that clear...yeah

poor old Prince Wilstan

“You forget that if we return, we will be able to expose his scheming to Sabran. He would have considered that. We will not get near the palace gates.”

Now he isnt a fool?

Virtues Council

the Saint

Goldenbirch.”

East

The chapter illustration looks like sperm

Cape Hisan