Sean McCann’s Reviews > Royal Assassin > Status Update

I love Kettricken and hate Regal. I'm sure neither are unique opinions.

Chapter 14 'Secrets' and Chapter 15 'Winterfest' were two of the best chapters I've read in a while in ANY book. It warranted updating my progress only 8% to say so.

Fitz's lies and secrets are piling up so much, the aftermath will be rough. Also him and Molly are adorable but I'm 100% sure she will die horribly, so I will spend the rest of the book mentally preparing for that.

"Our own ambitions and tasks that we set for ourselves, the framework we attempt to impose upon the world, is no more than a shadow of a tree cast across the snow. It will change as the sun moves, be swallowed in the night, sway with the wind, and when the smooth snow vanishes, it will lie distorted upon the uneven earth. But the tree continues to be."

"This is no pack's doing. This is man's doing." Back to finish Farseer book 2 before continuing with Lightbringer. Hobb's writing style is so much more elegant than Weeks, it's refreshing to come back to.

I want so badly for Kettricken to get her wish of doing more around Buckkeep. Her Jhaampe ways of ruling are admirable.