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

oh conor and lin… y’all are tugging on my heartstrings and not in a good way !

I swear I'm not crying...

oh fuck cmon! i’m so nervous 😅

I love Lin and Mariam’s relationship sm

DAMNIT merren almost got gremont but his stupid magic pendant saved him. He cannot be allowed to rape Antonetta on their damn wedding night. And WHEREEEEEE IS JOSIT? WILL WE EVER KNOW? And exilarch sounds kinda cute i hope she passes her first test… and i want all the couples to be together already. Conor and Lin, kel and Ana, merren and Jerrod

The scene in the library 🫢
God there is so many things going on and i need them all answered 🤯

omg that’s absolutely wild. no way

“After all, in Castellane, the raven is a bird of ill omen, but to the Ashkar, the raven is the symbol of Judah Makabi, who had protected the Goddess in her most vulnerable time and led the Ashkar people to freedom.” Like bro that has to be foreshadowing at its greatest🧍‍♂️Lin has to be the Goddess and hasn’t even realised it yet..

“he sees a woman wrapped in flames, her eyes like blank pearls, and beside her a great raven, with outstretched wings.” This kid casually having visions while he sees them👀very suss but I thought it was sooo interesting.

AHHH FUCK YES!!please let Gremont be 100% dead🧍‍♂️the fact the ladies at the brothel hated him so much they switched the necklace and the way Jerrod slit his throat🫡also Antonetta accidentally being there for the rescue…and the peck she gave Kel ALSO nothing better happen to Merren

I ship Jerrod and Merren so hard

Starting this off with a prologue from Artal’s POV 🤢

Also Elsabet has a source-stone and that is kind of mingled and attached to her powers..because Kel can see it glow red..

Hahahhaha Kel infiltrated in the meeting with Elsabet and hearing her crazy ass plan to take down Anjelica and use Conor then kill him🫣

"You speak in riddles," she complained. He was already turning to go, but now he paused on the lowest step of her house and glanced back over his shoulder.
"Then puzzle me out," he said, and was gone, into the shadows.”AHHH EXCUSE ME SIR😮❤️‍🔥why is Aron so mysterious and hot!!stop it sir it’s Lin and Conor ok

“Forget what I said about the dangers of murdering Gremont. Go ahead and kill him” -Kel

“I’m so glad you said that. You see, I’ve already poisoned his wine.” -Merren

NOW I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING

holy, this book is dense with exposition… i need lin & conor scenes STAT

omg anoonetta needs to come clean! i know she knows!!

“A tense and complicated symmetry, but there it was: She was under orders from two different Princes.”HAHAHAH poor Lin😳loved that scene tho with Aron and the children and how she asked for his help..now he’ll follow her in all her rounds and I can’t wait to see jealous Conor HAHAHA❤️‍🔥

"You are my first choice, Kellian, but not my only one. There are others I can ask." The roaring in his ears was deafening now. He had never understood what people meant when they said they saw red, but a scarlet mist seemed to pass in front of his eyes. AHHHH FUCK❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥antonetta and Kel had their moment but Kel couldn’t do it🥹ahhh he wants her so much but is scared for her

"Unless, of course, you require me fur-ther?"
She saw his eyes narrow. It can be hard to feel you absolutely requiere someone else. "No, I do not require you," he said.AHHH PAIN💔 “the Prince is watching a red-haired girl read a book with the expression of a starving man staring at a plate of food.” Also that pov🥹

Omg I’ve got it wrong🧍‍♂️the princess with fire magic is Elsabet that bitch that was one option for Conor..she’s crazy..and the king has magic..which is suppressed which means Conor has magic…she only wants him to continue the lineage and torture him🫣

guys we are so back (i am so excited to see conor/kel again)

I fuckin bet he did place all the food by himself to try to impress Lin🥹❤️‍🔥it’s so obvious from book one how he’s changing and trying hard to be better…”She looked up and found Conor watching her; she could not have defined the expression on his face. There was a strange softness to the line of his mouth, but perhaps he was looking through her, at something else entirely.”HES IN LOVE OK

“But I know well how rare it is for someone to truly make you laugh. And how rare it is for you to look at anyone the way you look at Lin.”AHHHH🥹🥹Kel thinking that about Conor…also Conor choosing to look in the library for answers with Lin than going to the engagement party..Prosper Beck being back and I forgot about him

I loved the first book, but I think this one might suck? The writing seems so YA. I'd been looking forward to this book for over a year, and I'm considering DNF'ing at this point.

Artal hurt Silla and other girls… he’s gotta GO. And who is this dark assassin I completely forgot about them?? And the fighter dude was their one shot at some info now he dead. So a group of charter families orchestrated the slaughter. But I feel there’s more to it. And the Magali woman is a mystery…

i’m screaming 😂 i love merren & his craft

what the actual fuck