Status Updates From The Ragpicker King (The Chr...

Andreyen is the Maharam's son I'm calling it

Cas is surely the pirate Aiden

Clever girl

“Aron’s words had burrowed under her skin like poison or a sickness.”

Such a good line

IM STRESSED

took me this long to remember why i decided to read the sequel

the way that I have no clue where this story is leading fills me with so much JOY

this book is way better than the first one

“‘I understand him,’ said Conor, his voice sharp, but the cutting edge was turned inward, against himself.” (212)

“‘There is always the danger that you might fall in love with me. I am very appealing.’
Anjelica regarded him with great seriousness. ‘I shall,’ she said gravely, ‘let you know if such a thing occurs.’” (197)

"You shall leave everything you love most "????? WE ARE NOT GOING TO SURVIVE THIS BOOK ARE WE?

😭😭

HUHHH

I’m gonna burst into tears

WHYYYYY

WHAT?????

WHAT

“‘She may look like a flower, but I saw iron in her.’
‘There are different kinds of iron. There is the iron that binds and strengthens. And there is the edge that cuts.’ The old man looked sideways at Kel. ‘Which is she?’” (190)

i literally got to the best part at the very end of my break i could CRY

😏

s(gurgling noises)

This book is testing my patience
The story is progressing too slowly and it’s annoying me

giggling, kicking my feet…

im obsessed with every single character

“The years that separated him from the young man he’d been when he left Castellane made him resemble a portrait whose paint had smeared, blurring its clarity.” (115)

“‘Do go on,’ he said. ‘I must take myself across the room to inquire of Sieur Marchbolt about his health.’
Gremont looked puzzled. ‘Isn’t he dead?’
‘All the more reason to be solicitous,’ said Conor, and walked away.” (117)

“They had fled Aram with nothing, and built so much; they carried their wisdom, their traditions, as if they were precious goods, passing them down like heirlooms from one generation to the next.” (107)

If Laurent isn’t Cas I’ll actually be shocked but he has to be bc why else is Kel mentioning it???????

NOO BUT KEL WASN’T AT THE MEETING AND THEY PROBABLY TOLD CONOR SHIT TO TURN HIM AGAINST KEL

The narrators for the audiobook of this are so good 🤌💕 I honestly feel like there could be things I'd pick up reading physically that i maybe would feel meh about but with the audiobook, no chance of meh-ness. I think Kel's narrator also did the dark rise series and honestly same thing applied there... just deeply distracted by the great voice reading the story to me while I do arts and crafts

growing up an orphan.. hang on.. Is he?