![]() But, thankfully, Marchetta remembered that and helped me remember the important bits as we went along. I do think the book suffered for the wait, because it took me a while to get into the characters and the world again. It’s not a pretty story, laid out in nice, neat rows, but rather a realistic one: in this political game, where the futures of several countries are at stake, the question is how many lives is it going to cost?īecause I’ve been reading this series as it comes out, it’s been more than a year since I visited this world. ![]() There are fits and starts, miscommunications and offenses, second guesses and traitors. As the book progresses, it doesn’t get any less so: the setting up of a country (or re-setting, I guess) is a messy affair. Isaboe and Finnikin are fighting, mostly because Isaboe, who is expecting their second child, is obsessing over Froi (he hasn’t returned from his assignment to assassinate the Charyn king). ![]() Froi is recovering from his wounds (to put it mildly) and Quintana is pregnant and in hiding, in the valley bordering Charyn and Lumatere. It’s been a few months since the Charyn king was killed (see Froi of the Exiles), and Charyn is in upheaval. ![]()
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