#rewriting fate

Rewriting Fate

This is why so love ❤️ Sylus!!!!

This scenes remind me of this song: Rewrite the Stars

5/5 stars Recommended if you like: fantasy, time travel, fated romance, rewriting fate, magic

Only A Monster review

Never A Hero review

Big thanks to HarperCollins, Netgalley, and the author for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

I was so excited to get approved for this! I've been dying to find out what happened after the end of Never A Hero since it came out, though I did need a refresher before starting this, lol.

This book opens immediately following the end of book 2 and Joan + the others have to quickly scramble to make sense of the new timeline they've fallen into. While some aspects of London are the same, there's a lot that differs too: from the fact monsters now walk around openly, to the London skyline looking different, to the allies and enemies of the monster families having been shaken up by this new world.

Joan being half-human and Nick being fully human really drives home the danger immediately. Monsters may have been hidden in the previous timelines, but here they rule and the humans are the prey. Since the group has to find a home base to work from (and then has to carry out their schemes), we get to see a good deal of this new London. It's a brutal world, and I can't imagine the iron fist Eleanor must be ruling with in order to make it all work out. Despite the brutality, I did enjoy the historical touches that were sprinkled throughout, it really did feel like a world built by time travelers.

In this new world, Joan really confronts and begins to reconcile the fact that she's half-human and half-monster. While it's come up a few times before, and really isn't something she struggles with too much, we do see her think more deeply about and ultimately come to terms with this. Joan also has a chance in this book to learn more about the Graves and what her life might have been like had the original timeline not been altered (or, really, if Eleanor hadn't been a massive bitch in the OG timeline resulting in the Graves being erased).

We get to see a lot more of Aaron in this one and really get a better feel for him and the Oliver family. I particularly enjoyed the fact that we got to see different people's perspectives on this other-timeline version of him. It's quite different from his usual facade, but at the same time it's still perfectly him. We also got a peak at the original timeline version of him, and it was super interesting to see the threads that remained the same throughout the variations. Poor Aaron does not think highly of himself, but the timeline variants consistently prove him wrong, so it was good to see that reinforced.

We also get to see more of Nick in this timeline than before. I wasn't really a fan of him, but he took steps to remedy his past behaviors and actions, so by the end I had softened toward him. In nearly every timeline, Nick seems to have a terrible time growing up. In this London, he was made to be a gladiator for the Oliver family and his family is left in poverty, with both his brother and sister owing the rest of their time to the Olivers. Like when we initially meet him, however, the variant in this new timeline also seems to be a hero (but for real this time, lol), and so just like Aaron, we get a chance to see those threads that remain the same across variants.

Ruth and Jamie (and Frankie) also came through to the new timeline with them, though we don't really get to spend that much time with them. The bulk of the plot really does focus on the Joan-Aaron-Nick trio, though Ruth and Jamie are there to help things along. I did wish we got to see more of them. Obviously we also eventually get a confrontation with Eleanor, but I don't like her so. Some new characters come into play too, and I enjoyed getting to know them. Since monster alliances are all scrambled, we see some help from unexpected places as well.

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Fandom list

Max Steel 2013

- Tor’kadat

Legend of Zelda (this will more likely feature my OC Links and associated characters, fair warning)(I am highly likely to have crossover Links, double fair warning)(feel free to request a Link if you want to!)

Linked Universe

- Mixed-Up Ages LU AU

- Warehouse 13 LU AU

- Peppermint Winter’verse LU AU

Ninjago (pre-Dragons Rising)

- Rewriting Fate

Crossover between any of these (even multiple things!)

Hope y’all enjoy the stories!

Lucy and Quincey have a chat about practiced smiles and anxiety spirals.

Ask her about the following and she will love you forever probably

Max Steel

Takion and Ta’Nat and its worldbuilding

Tor’kadat (her fic)

Hob Runic Games

Twilight Princess Link

The Infinite Nexus (her other fic)

Rewriting Fate (her other other fic)

Stargate probably

Transformers (more likely to talk about Prime I’m pretty sure)

Her adventures in drawing

Top half: My day be so fine Bottom half: Then boom, Seasonal Depression -Zane: u good -Morro: no

Okay, I did it, I finally wrote an update! Featuring Jack trying to be a good doctor while explaining to Lucy what a 'coon' is.

Here’s Day 21 of @thetanzanitequill’s Januwinter prompts! Enjoy!

Snow Cones (Rewriting Fate)

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU’VE NEVER HAD SNOW CONES?!?!” Jay squawked, flailing his arms wildly.

“I mean,” Morro replied, just a little testily, “that I’ve never had a snow cone. Never had the desire to get one—they have no nutritional value whatsoever.”

“You’re serious, not even once?” Kai asked with a raised eyebrow. Morro nodded.

“Well, while they are basically water with sugary syrup, they’re also an essential part of being a kid,” Cole said. “Hey, Zane, do you think the Shuriken can make snow cone ice?”

Zane looked thoughtful. “Perhaps, though we would need to obtain the syrup and the snow cone cones. Do any of you know where we might purchase them?”

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“So, I just… bite into it?” Morro eyed the violently green ice dubiously. Cole nodded.

“Yep. Just don’t take a bite that’s too big, ‘cause otherwise—“

Crunch! Crunch, crunch, crunch.

“AH! Ow, ow, ow, owwww,” Morro moaned in pain, holding as much of his face as he could. Everyone else hissed in sympathy.

“…you’ll get brain freeze. Sorry, Morro, I tried to warn you, buddy,” Cole continued.

Morro patted Cole on the arm, doing his best to tell him he didn’t blame him, while also doing his best to keep the pain down.