Let me tell you why Nesta and the other Valkyries winning the blood right plot was stupid as hell. They have only been training for what, several months? And not only won but made it up the mountain and nesta was able to kill several Illyrian soldiers. Huge plot hole. I donāt care if your trainer is the best fighter in the world, a few months of training is only gonna teach you the basics.
Example: Aelin fucking Galathynius was the best assassin ever. Not a good assassin, the best. Had even the king shook. And when she went to train with Rowan? He handed her ass to her on a silver platter. She trained since she was a kid and was considered THE best assassin known. You expect me to believe that three women who have absolutely ZERO prior fighting experience and have only been training a few months to win the blood rite?
It was described as something extremely brutal and hard thing to do. It made not only the blood rite to be a lot easier than previously described but also made Cassian, Azriel and Rhys and not to mention the entirety of the Illyrian forces look weak AF. Iām all about girl boss vibe but SJM girlbossed too close to the sun on this book. She had 700+ pages to write and managed to obliterate her past badass portrayal of the Illyrian army.
I also saw a post saying how nesta was a queen for killing 6 Illyrian warriors while Feyra was weak and just stood around watching the war. 1) Feyra stepped in for the summer court and helped and fought there. 2) that was more realistic then what nesta did 100%. It made sense Feyra wasnāt fighting with the armies because she wasnāt trained for that yet and she would have been a hinderance. This whole book was one plot hole after the other. Pretty sure SJM just wrote it for the sex plot and money without serious thought into a real plot. Not to mention not even close to making nesta take accountability for her abusive behavior. She just gave her new friends.
Now if it was Morrigan who won the blood rite, that would have been believable and interesting to read about. She is 500+ years old with fighting experience who has trained with different fighting techniques and styles.
