Witch's Pyre (Worldwalker #3) by Josephine Angelini → Start Date: October 7th, 2016

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Amanda and I
please join us if you can!

[Amanda]

I can't wait to see how this series ends.

[Amanda]

So excited to start this one tomorrow :)

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

I am too!!!

[Amanda]

4 chapters in.

Tristan (view spoiler)[so far it looks like he may really be dead. I was sure at the end of the last book that he could still be alive. (hide spoiler)]

Rowan (view spoiler)[I have a feeling that we are going to have a lot of drama between him and Lily before they finally talk things through. I believe he locked Lily in a cage because he thought that was the best way to protect Lily. Lily forgets that he knows Lillian better than she does and she never listens to him. (hide spoiler)]

Lily (view spoiler)[It's not a good thing for her to keep in constant contact with Lillian. She has put her whole crew in a dangerous situation by feeding Lillian information. I wish she would listen to Rowan and talk to him instead of shutting him out. (hide spoiler)]

Bower City (view spoiler)[hmm....I am not sure I would want to stay at this place. Not being able to claim people and those that wish to stay have to break their willstones. What will happen to those with Lily if they do break their willstones? Wasn't it mentioned before that doing such a thing can kill a person? (hide spoiler)]

speaking stone (view spoiler)[that is a pretty interesting device and can be pretty useful when used in the right hands. I wonder how this stone got here in Bower City though if they don't allow such things. It appears Lillian is behind using it, but are the citizens of the city conspiring with her, and they using that to try and get to Lily. I just wonder if this is all a trap. (hide spoiler)]

This is pretty good so far.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

4 chapters too
lol I forgot how loooong these chapters are
but it's easy to slide back into the story

Tristan(view spoiler)[ I agree, they are setting it up to seem like he's dead
but we don't know what lillian is working on...
or the hive might have brought him. (hide spoiler)]

Rowan(view spoiler)[ I agree....lots of drama between them. I wish he'd just talk and I wish she'd just listen
but I can understand the loss of Tristan is too great right now and it's easy to blame Rowan for it (hide spoiler)]

Lily(view spoiler)[ I agree, it's ridiculous she is still feeding information to Lillian when it's clearly one sided (hide spoiler)]

Bower City(view spoiler)[ and the inability to really show any real emotion? Yeah, this city sounds like a prison - just of a different kind. I wouldn't want to stay there. and yes, breaking the stone kills some (hide spoiler)]

Speaking stone(view spoiler)[ I'm wondering the same thing. Grace definitely has more information than she should....but I wonder if Grace is working with someone else (clearly claimed someone) or if it's Lillian (or both). hmmm.... (hide spoiler)]

I agree, it is good so far!

[Amanda]

8 chapters.
I forgot how long these chapters are too.

Grace (view spoiler)[I didn't consider there being a loophole to the city for claiming someone. She is pretty controlling, she has that entire city under her power. I wonder how Lily will try and defeat her. And it's sad that Juliet is now gone too. (hide spoiler)]

Lily (view spoiler)[I still don't trust her communicating with Lillian, but I wonder if she will need to work with her to defeat Grace and then in turn try and defeat Lillian. There seems to be so many people after her right now. (hide spoiler)]

I am really liking this one.

[Amanda]

12 chapters.

Lily (view spoiler)[those tattoos sound like they will be pretty helpful in helping her heal and to use her abilities but getting them sounded pretty painful. This war building up sounds almost unbeatable. Could Lillian be right about the bombs being the only way to beat the hive? It seems that no matter how many people Lily claims they are still at a disadvantage. (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

8 chapters too

Grace(view spoiler)[ I knew she was doing something shady - but to be controlling them all?! and be the reason Rowan and so many others live in so much fear! They are needlessly killed so Grace can rule from her little roost (hide spoiler)]

Lily(view spoiler)[ I don't trust her communicating with Lillian either - but it in a few cases, Lillian has helped her. and lillian is dying, isn't she? She can't be cured....so maybe they won't need to fight. Maybe Lillian is going there as her last stand - to try to leave her world better than when she had it (hide spoiler)]

[Amanda]

Trisha wrote: "8 chapters too
Lily[spoilers removed]"

I agree (view spoiler)[Lillian has helped her some and she is sick, which was something I completely forget about from the previous books. (hide spoiler)]

[Amanda]

Finished.

Rowan (view spoiler)[that was interesting to see the memories from Tristan showing why Rowan left Lily. I am glad that he still kept following Lily. Sad Tristan tried to control that situation. (hide spoiler)]

Lily (view spoiler)[interesting plan to claim as many as the woven as possible to try and beat the hive. I am glad that they didn't resort to using the bombs. It seems that there was a lot of build up to this fight and then the fight didn't last very long. I am glad that Lily forgave Rowan in the end though. Glad that Grace was defeated in the end and that Lillian gave Lily the better parts of herself to help defeat Grace. (hide spoiler)]

Epilogue (view spoiler)[hmmm... I am not sure how much I liked this scene. I loved seeing Rowan and Lily together on the throne, but this feels a little too open in the end. (hide spoiler)]

I enjoyed this one. Can't wait to see what you think.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

12 chapters

I agree(view spoiler)[ it doesn't seem like any amount of working together ever gets them enough men

and the bomb destroys the land...so 1/2 of the army has no point in being there to fight for a new home (hide spoiler)]

Toshi(view spoiler)[ I'm hoping the tipping point is Toshi and Ivan.
they are doing things on the home front and I think they will fight Grace - if they can give a slight advantage, maybe they can tip the scale (hide spoiler)]

Samantha(view spoiler)[ that's her mom right?
didn't she say something to Lillian like they needed Chenoa. but she's the one who can arm the bomb. does this mean, in her mom's many many visions, they need the bomb to go off? or they need Chenoa for something else? (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

and I"m done too
WOW! that one was so good!!

Rowan(view spoiler)[ I agree. I'm so sad that Tristan tried to control the situation and, ultimately, control Lily. he had to know that she loved Rowan on a whole new level (hide spoiler)]

Lily(view spoiler)[ Yes, a lot of build up for a very quick battle
but it was gruesome wasn't it? all those people running for shelter. I liked the fact we saw many parts of the battle from other perspectives as Lily burned.

Gah, she was on the pyre a lot. Every time, the thought of burning her, is just awful (hide spoiler)]

Lillian(view spoiler)[ I was completely floored too. and she took Carrick with her. probably better, he really was completely devoted to her and loved her horrible pushing and prodding.
I'm so glad that he defied her, however, and dismantled that bomb. Lillian was able to sacrifice herself in a way that definitely was better than the bomb (hide spoiler)]

Epilogue(view spoiler)[ did you hate it?
lol I loved it! I love that they went back, not only for Simms, but for Miller too. Both of them wanted to find them so bad - cling to the witch and the mechanic - that you just knew they were in the wrong world (hide spoiler)]

[Amanda]

Yay glad you liked it too.

Epilogue (view spoiler)[I didn't hate it, I do like it but it feels kind of open too with the implying that they are going after Miller. I would love to see more, but I'm happy with the resolution too. (hide spoiler)]