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god i love when they’re being clever and having clever war strategies and ughhhh it’s gonna be such a good fight

the whole gang is almost back together! can’t believe we get Halt, Will, Horace, Evanlyn, Alyss, Selethen, and Gundar all in one book! love to see them all interacting lol

it’s all starting! and FINALLY, after ten books, alyss and evelyn will actually spend time together and get over their inane animosity

TIME FOR ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS IN THE SERIES

yayyyy it’s not depressing anymore! i swear those middle hundred pages always make me so sad

ooooh we’re right in the thick of it now 🤭

“we could wake them up” Wylan will forever and always be iconic

also Leigh’s annotations are killing me (in the best way) cause wdym she’s also been thinking about what Kaz would have been if he and Jordie had never met Pekka Rollins???

NO IVE GOTTEN TO THE SADDEST PART—NOT HALT GOD PLEASEEEE

I, too, find Kaz’s interaction with Oomen quite romantic, Leigh

ALSO how i’ve missed these misfits! Jesper’s quip about kissing Wylan—AGH! LOVE THEM SO MUCH!

i’m rereading this series for my book club (and it’s tenth anniversary) but the exclusive edition i’m reading isn’t available on goodreads, which is the prettiest and most expensive book i own (and Bardugo herself has annotated)

the bits about Horace getting a Ranger’s cloak have to be some of the funniest jokes in this series

oh how i love family reunions

side note, it was sooo satisfying getting to see Halt putting his brother in his place

YESSS WE’RE GETTING TO THE FUN BITS

THE GANG’S BACK TOGETHER YIPPIEEEE

oh gods— not the children

oh and by the way fuck Jason

deserved

i meaaaan, that’s what you get for not taking a no for an answer

really is hoes before bros for Hal and Maurice huh

help the way she just CRAWLS AHAHAH

the mental image is hilarious

i actually love the fight in this book, it’s so imaginative and interesting, not at all like any basic siege

LOVEEEE the little magic shows in this, it’s always so bloody funny how they make grown men shit themselves


also Alyss is so iconic

I LOVE WILL AND HORACE’S FRIENDSHIP AAAH

i think so far this is the most interesting villain in the series, as we get to know him a lot better than all of the others, AND he’s not just a black-and-white antagonist, but we get to see him doubting himself and regretting what he’s done. the best villains are the ones who could’ve been good in the right circumstances.

forgot how much i like Will’s undercover, it’s so much fun

never realised the original name of the song is ‘Greybeard Halt’ (in swedish it’s ‘Old Halt’)

omg i forgot about the dog! i love her sm

if i hadn’t read the book before i would be kinda worried right about now

TUUUUUUUUUUUUUG (i knew it was coming and i’m not distraught anymore)

TUUUUUUUG (i knew it was coming but im still so distraught)

i love how we actually get to know what the horses, and especially Tug, think and feel

it’s so fun just reading about the constant beef Tug and Halt has about apples