#bookworm stuff

First of all, the death shocked me. I did not expect that to happen. I thought everyone was making it out alive and I was in pure shock for about ten minutes, full not processing what I was reading.

I think Whit is pulling a fast one on his family, I think. Per his strange final POV. He’s been cut off by his mother, I’m assuming? Who else would the She be who has finally cut him off completely? So he sends the telegram to Porter and says “his plan is in motion, it just has to work”. Then he proposes.

But this brings up all sorts of questions - he’s spent the entire book telling Inez not to trust him and that he only trusts his brother and sister. Leading me to think there’s some nefariousness with his parents.. perhaps his mother is a bit devious? He’s intentionally very mysterious.

Also, if he marries Inez, and I hope they go through with it, he’s obviously going to ruin the betrothal to the secret, unrevealed fiancé.

I am just all sorts of WTF about this but mainly excited for book 2.

Here’s some things were left with:

Porter is coming to see Whit, as planned by Whit? He intended for his brother to sail out with that telegram?

Whit is interested in alchemy, like Inez’s mother. They are both looking for the same pamphlet/scroll but neither was able to find it

The mention of Nefertiti’s tomb makes me wonder if she will be the next tomb we’re looking for in book 2

The mom is alive and missing, but the lover she had the affair with is dead

There’s another big boss we don’t know about

That annoying dude still has Cleopatra’s ring

Papa is still alive, I’m assuming. And now Inez has to find him