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Hunt the Moon (Cassandra Palmer #5)
"But I noticed someone asking if we thought Cassie would go get Pritkin first, or go to Faerie to get Hel. I'm a little confused - Hel = Artemis, right? And Artemis is dead? So why would Hel be in Faerie?..."I'm pretty sure you're right on all of those. If she had any reason to go to Faerie, I think it would be to get her paperweight-shaped dad.
When I read that last part about her raising Hel, I thought I it was more just a play on words. Since her mother was called Hel and that's where she has to get Pritkin from. I also assumed the person she was going to for information would be Casanova, since he's an incubus.
Here is my guess ("guess" being the key word): Cassie will go to Faerie to get the paperweight that contains dad and mom. She will then get the Circle to help her release them from said paperweight. Or, she'll be able to use the paperweight the way she does her necklace for Billy. Once mom and dad are released as ghost she will use mom's knowlege to help her resuce Pritkin. I'm sure Casanova will be a help too.
Yea...if Casanova forgives Cassie her stunt with the prison box thing.
Oh - lol! Is Casanova still in the box?
Ah, I felt so much better after that many comments about Mircea's being-not-entirely-fit-for-Cass. ;-) Usually, I'm all about vamps. I much prefer them to weres, for example. But Pritkin... He's just something else. And he's just better for Cassie for a few reasons, one of which is that he challenges her. He makes her do things, teach her how to protect herself instead of just telling her he'd protect her (as one certain vampire does). Apart from that, he's just much more fun. He's got so many flaws... and that, surprisingly, makes him more perfect...and human, though he's not. Mircea is just pure steadiness and perfection. I just can't imagine hot-tempered, opinionated Cassie with someone like him in a role other than a close friend, a sort of family even, but a lover?As to raising some Hel... I just can't wait for Cassie to go to Rosier's court and do some damage... ;-P I think she'll just be her usual annoying and charming self, who'll drive Rosier insane and he'll let Pritkin go just for his own peace of mind.
There's something I wonder about though. If Pritkin lent Cassie his power will it affect her magical-side? This aspect of her was left out in this part, I think. We know from the previous book that she's some potential, which is only underlined by getting to know the truth about her father but other than that it's somehow missing from the plot in HtM.
I think it would be great if her magic would awake after Pritkin's energy merged with her own. And that would be some opening for a discussion with Rosier. The other possibility would be to use her Goddess-connections ;-P as a bargaining asset. Only I haven't figured out exactly how yet. There must be something Rosier's afraid of, after all. Because...what he wants we already know.
Cheers!
Nichole (Dirty H) wrote: "Oh - lol! Is Casanova still in the box?"I wonder about that too! ;-D
On Cassie's potential...I think she will kick some ass next book. Recall that she had no training but managed to be present twice in the same time in book one. Pritkin already said in book 4 that she had unused potential too. Cassie posed the problem herself in HtM, she does not have a teacher and Mardsen can only explain (very badly) what he understands of the power.
Now Cassie has seen her mother in action many times perform complex time alterations. I think she got the basic training now.
Concerning Pritkin \s power exchange...he did say that demon gets changed/enhanced by the experience. A new and improved Cassie could be better stamina or some other expression of her Death/Pythia powers.
Valerie ~ Val Hall ~ wrote: "Concerning Pritkin \s power exchange...he did say that demon gets changed/enhanced by the experience. A new and improved Cassie could be better stamina or some other expression of her Death/Pythia powers. That's pretty much what I had in mind. ;-) I think she should gain som more control over her powers, plus maybe learn a trick or two.... ;-)
Has Cassie ever shown/used her powers like she did at the end when Pritkin disappeared? Maybe she has already been "boosted"?
On the Facebook page, KC said that Cassie and Dori will be meeting eventually, since "Mircea can't dodge that forever." Anybody have thoughts on why he would want to dodge that meeting in the first place?! I can't figure out why he hasn't brought this up to Cassie! The longer he waits, the worse it looks. I think he keeps Dori a bit of a secret for protective reasons, but Cassie wouldn't hurt her or blab about her...
Personally, if I where a vamp with a head strong daughter that does pretty much what she wants...and have her meet by clinical suicidally inclined Pythia of a 'wife'...I would be scared that they gang on me.
Valerie ~ Val Hall ~ wrote: "Personally, if I where a vamp with a head strong daughter that does pretty much what she wants...and have her meet by clinical suicidally inclined Pythia of a 'wife'...I would be scared that they gang on me."Ah, there's certainly something in that picture... ;-)
Why he hasn't told Cassie about Dory, I don't know. More of those secrets he keeps for no good reason. But I'm pretty sure he hasn't told Dory about Cassie because Dory will FLIP. I can't wait for them to meet because Dory is going to HATE Cassie and it's going to be hilarious.
I always wondered if he's worried that his lack of relationship with Dory will make him look bad. Here's Cassie - her parents sacrificed so much for her; she would love to know them and she's willing to risk a lot to free her father. And then here's Mircea - he has his daughter alive but barely has any relationship at all with her. It might raise a lot of uncomfortable questions for Mircea. Plus people who miss having something in their lives often resent others who have that thing and seem to take it for granted.
Finally finished the book and this will just not do! I hope that I do not have to wait a year for Cassie to find Pritkin and for him to be angry that she followed him to hel! I loved the development of Marco's character and I look forward to him helping Cassie get into/out of more trouble. Because we know that Mircea will not help her rescue Pritkin. :-) I still think we need Dory and Cassie to meet, Dory has dealt with the Fey before, they may need her help. :-)
Charmayne wrote: " I hope that I do not have to wait a year for Cassie to find Pritkin and for him to be angry that she followed him to hel!..."I didn't even think about that! If she goes to get him, he's going to be totally pissed, and oooh it will be glorious lol!
OH MY GOD.Serious?So she did IT with Pritkin?????I'm totally a Pritkin fan:)
i think there'll be more Marco nxt book. and i agree that pritkin will prob be pissed when cassie comes to get him, but he should know better... she always comes back for him!!
♥ Ashleigh ♥ wrote: "i think there'll be more Marco nxt book. and i agree that pritkin will prob be pissed when cassie comes to get him, but he should know better... she always comes back for him!!"This is true, he should read her the riot act and then be like... so, what took you so long?
lol, that would be hilarious :D
Aleksandra wrote: "There's something I wonder about though. If Pritkin lent Cassie his power will it affect her magical-side? This aspect of her was left out in this part, I think..."I was wondering about this too. That bit about the power exchange possibly mutating or enhancing magic they already have, or manifesting some they didn't... at first I had a brain fart and was thinking, "Oh great, Cassie's gonna end up with horny incubus powers." Lol, I had somehow forgotten that he had regular magic too.
The way I look at it, Cassie sort of has three different kinds of magic. The time powers from being Pythia, her ability to see ghosts and transfer energy to them, and regular magic that all the mages have. The last one, Pritkin said she has it, she just hasn't been trained to use it. I don't think it needs to awaken so much as someone needs to teach her what to do with it. It would be funny if it got such a big boost that she couldn't control it and started shooting out random fireballs!
But I agree, it'll be interesting to see if one or both of them gets a power boost or maybe something new altogether.
On Cassie and her powers. I can`t help but notice that she has become pretty sanguine about killing over the books. At the beginning of the serie she was distaught about killing a dark mage with a time wave. now, it`s about killing before getting killed so it makes it ok in her book I guess. Is Niall really dead dead or can he be resurrected again by his brothers? I seem to have forgotten how many `dragons` there was after her mother.
Jessica wrote: But I agree, it'll be interesting to see if one or both of them gets a power boost or maybe something new altogether. Truly, I'd love the third option. The boost on Cassie's part has already shown in her growing trees at the mansion... ;-P Though, the magic-magic which she has in my opinion is sleeping - she has the potential, yet still nada. Learning is one thing, some sort of manifestation is another. ;-)
"Oh great, Cassie's gonna end up with horny incubus powers." Lol,
Girl! Your a bloody genius! ;-P I mean... it has never as much as crossed my mind but the picture I got... my goodness. I suppose I'm just nasty that way.... ];->
About Cassie's ability to give away the energy.. I think.. there's a lot of room for her and Pritkin having, ahm.. you know... healthy relationship. (At least as healthy as it could be with a sweaty half-demon war mage and a stubborn, and rather powerfull, after all, blonde... ;-P)
Cheers!
Valerie ~ Val Hall ~ wrote: "On Cassie and her powers. I can`t help but notice that she has become pretty sanguine about killing over the books.I agree, she seems more.. thick. But, after all, after what she's been through I would think it a necessary evolution ;-)
Is Niall really dead dead or can he be resurrected again by his brothers? I seem to have forgotten how many `dragons` there was after her mother.
Wondering about that as well... and I can't help but to remember Caleb's comment about "Niall, red-like-a-lobster-after-falling-asleep-on-a-beach Edwards?!" when I hear about him... ;-P
Aleksandra wrote: "Wondering about that as well... and I can't help but to remember Caleb's comment about "Niall, red-like-a-lobster-after-falling-asleep-on-a-beach Edwards?!" when I hear about him... ;-P "I do not mean to say that Chance is predictable but the silly, unimportant goofy character is often the guilty one: bookworm Nick, girly Sal, silly Niall, Death`s mistress was blairingly obvious (NOT telling `cause it`s a Cassie Palmer spoiler thread in case someone has not read it yet). They are still enjoyable anyway.
I have to say I'm not completely convinced that Cassie will be changed in any way by having been given energy by Pritkin. Did Pritkin show any changes or mention any difference in his powers after Cassie donated energy to him (twice) before? Maybe all this energy exchange did was save her life, since she was pretty much on death's doorstep before he stepped in.
Valerie ~ Val Hall ~ wrote: "Aleksandra wrote: "Wondering about that as well... and I can't help but to remember Caleb's comment about "Niall, red-like-a-lobster-after-falling-asleep-on-a-beach Edwards?!" when I hear about him..."I have to agree with you, I knew he would be the IT of HtM the moment I've read the scene in the kitchen. It's still my favourite guilty pleasure though. ;-)
Ms Lannister wrote: "I have to say I'm not completely convinced that Cassie will be changed in any way by having been given energy by Pritkin. "I agree, I do not think that Cassie will get some of his power any more than Pritkin did from her or Billy Joe gets from her or Mircea did from feeding from her.
Rachel wrote: "Anybody have thoughts on why he would want to dodge that meeting in the first place?!"Well in the Dori books it sounds like most vamps don't even know he has a daughter, remember Loius Cesar was really surprised to find out. I think it was partly out of concern for her safety, but also because it makes him look bad politically. Djampires make a living out of killing vamps and they are pretty hated, so I don't think it's something he wants to advertise. With respect to specifically not telling Cassie, I think it's just hard for him to break the habit of keeping all his secrets to himself. He loves her but still doesn't quite think of her as an equal. Also, maybe he is smart enough to know Cassie would want to meet Dori, and as someone else mentioned I'm sure that will go hilariously bad.
Sandra wrote: "Also, maybe he is smart enough to know Cassie would want to meet Dori, and as someone else mentioned I'm sure that will go hilariously bad."I have thought about this. I can see Cassie and Dory ganging up on Mircea to teach him the error of his ways...maybe he is afraid to introduce them because he can see the same thing? "I knew this was going to happen!"
I would LOOOOVE to see that!
Yeah pretty much however it goes it will be amazing. I was really hoping it would be this book, but maybe the next one. As someone else said, Dori has connections to faerie so maybe Mircea will have to enlist her help when Cassie wants to go get her papa-paperweight. He won't be psyched about her trying to help Pritkin, but if she's going to do it anyway than I think he will help her. Also, he and Dori have a tenuous relationship, maybe he's worried she will negatively color Cassie's opinion/perception of him.
Valerie ~ Val Hall ~ wrote: "Is Niall really dead dead or can he be resurrected again by his brothers? I seem to have forgotten how many `dragons` there was after her mother."I think he's dead for good now. When he was bragging there at the end about getting resurrected, Cassie told him not to count on it because the last time his brothers went after her mom it didn't go too well for them.
I agree, the only reason Mircea has not told Cassie about Dori is because it would go bad for him! They would gang up on him, no doubt about it. He does not like his women not depending on him and the two of them together would make quite a strong pair. I also don't think that Cassie feeding from Pritkin will do much to change her powers, she already has awesome powers, she just doesn't seem to be able to harness them except when she is in great need. I also don't see that changing, I think that is the way it is supposed to be, the gods have a sense of humor! She can't change the apple no matter how hard she tries. They only work when she least expects it. A couple of thoughts: Was Niall always a Spartoi, or was Niall processed by a Spartoi? I don't think we have seen the last of Niall. And has anyone thought of the fact that Pritkin's father may very well want Cassie to pursue Pritkin? Imagine the power that a child between those two would give him? Isn't that what he wants Pritkin for anyway, to spawn demon children that he can control, or thinks he can. And if they have to go back into Fairie will we finally see more of Tomas? I miss Tomas. Tomas and Marco are much more caring about Cassie than Mircea. :-)
I'm as close to certain as one could be with KC's twists that Dory will help Cass get the paperweight but as to Mircea going to help her with Pritkin's problem... I'm not so sure. Even if he does tell her he would after all help I'd imagine him doing sth to get HIS version of the outcome (that one being not recovering the annoying war mage). And that my dear all, would be it.But, after all. We never know.
P.S. I bet Cassie will love Dory for being so strong, just not sure how Dory would feel about Cass and that's where, I think, things would get really hilarious. ;-)
I don`t know...Dory is friend with Claire which is not the kick-ass type so maybe Cassie can find common ground with Dory. Now I want to see what Billy will say about Stinky.
Charmayne wrote: "And has anyone thought of the fact that Pritkin's father may very well want Cassie to pursue Pritkin? Imagine the power that a child between those two would give him? Isn't that what he wants Pritkin for anyway, to spawn demon children that he can control, or thinks he can."I was thinking about that as well. Though, it would be hilarious if they'd made some sort of we-give-you-the-child-for-John's-freedom deal and then have an all human baby girl with green eyes... ;-P Sucker-punch!
But seriously, it's a possibility.
Valerie ~ Val Hall ~ wrote: "Now I want to see what Billy will say about Stinky."I had a dream about that the other day... Can't quite remember it, but when I woke up I had a low blood sugar... probably means I had to laugh and roll a lot during the night... ;-P
Jessica wrote: "Aleksandra wrote: "There's something I wonder about though. If Pritkin lent Cassie his power will it affect her magical-side? This aspect of her was left out in this part, I think..."I was wonder..."
i thought she didnt have mage powers/magic??
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i would love for cassie and dory to meet!! it would be CRAZY, can you imagine mircea's face if cassie finds out, hahaha
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i personally dont have a problem with cassie being a bit more relaxed about killing, its not like she goes out looking for people to kill.... its more like kill or be killed
♥ Ashleigh ♥ wrote: "Ji thought she didnt have mage powers/magic?? ."She has some after-father magical potential as we'd found out when Pritkin was able to render some magic when they swapped the bodies. ;-) Later on he says it himself that she's capable.
I think the evolution of Cassie's attitude toward violence can be summed up by this quote from the beginning EtN. "At first I’d decided it was okay to wear as long as I shot only at supernatural bad guys who were already shooting at me. Lately, I’d had to broaden that definition to anytime my life was in danger. I was currently leaning toward a slightly more comprehensive rule somewhere between proactive self-defense and the-bastards-had-it-coming."
Favorite Scene: A few. Cassie helping Pritkin after the Fey ambush, Pritkin holding her foot while in the balcony, Marco holding Cassie while she cries, the discussion about Caleb's coat, the shower scene. The pizza scene and the kiss.
Favorite Scenes: I find it interesting that none of my favorite scenes involve Mircea. It's not that I dislike him, I just don't really think that he and Cassie are right for each other. :-)
Jessica wrote: "I think the evolution of Cassie's attitude toward violence can be summed up by this quote from the beginning EtN. "At first I’d decided it was okay to wear as long as I shot only at supernatural ..."
lmao i love that quote!! its one of my faves out of the whole series.
i'v noticed barely anyone talks about calab.i LOVE calab, i think he's a fantastic character and hope there's more of him in the next book!
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i think my only fave scene with mircea is when cassie leaves mircea running in front of the train and cassie has to shift him out agian (totally saves his ass from being ran over) - this is when there battling the dragon dudes in the past with her mum - that was hilarious.
♥ Ashleigh ♥ wrote: "Jessica wrote: "I think the evolution of Cassie's attitude toward violence can be summed up by this quote from the beginning EtN. "At first I’d decided it was okay to wear as long as I shot only ..."
I like Caleb, he was funny during that scene at MAGIC in CtD, and when he figured out who Pritkin is. I was a little annoyed with him when he said that Pritkin assaulted Cassie though. I don't think that was a fair assumption considering she started all that while he was unconscious and half dead. The poor guy has enough self loathing without out your help, Caleb!
♥ Ashleigh ♥ wrote: "i think my only fave scene with mircea is when cassie leaves mircea running in front of the train and cassie has to shift him out agian (totally saves his ass from being ran over)"Yes, I thought that was very funny too. Mircea turns and looks toward her and says "Cassandra". And she says Ok I deserved that one.
I don't recall Caleb saying Pritkin assaulted Cassie but I am glad he is still his friend. I love the conversation about Caleb's coat. You go Caleb!
It just occurred to me that Cassie and Pritkin together could be considered to represent all of the different types of beings in their universe. So, just for the sake of my point, if they had a child that child would be part human, god, demon, and fey. Vampires and werewolves wouldn't count in this case because they're just considered to be humans with a metaphysical disease, not a different type of being all on their own.
I don't know what, if anything that could mean, but it seems like an interesting coincidence.
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LOL!!! You're cracking me up with this! Honestly, I don't know. My understanding of the situation, which could be wrong is this... sharing naughty parts = human sex and sharing glowy sparkly parts = demon sex. Maybe they can argue that Cassie's recently discovered divine status wasn't covered by the terms of his parole.
I will say this though, if they need a lawyer they should look you up, you're a pitbull!