lady reader

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Marie Lu,

I came in the app...

I see these...

I recognize them all...

I’d die like can you imagine they’re all just talking inside each other’s heads.

Feyre: wtf is he doing

Amren: idiot boy! He’s going to get them both killed and then we’ll never find the mask.

Rhys: Az is this... you do not look shocked...

Azriel: *haunted* I’ve seen them do worse

Feyre: EXCUSE ME?!

Rhys: I thought you were supposed to be wayching them...

Azriel: yeah dw I saw it all

Feyre: is it getting um... warm in here to anyone else?

Rhysand: every room you walk into heats up, Feyre darling

Azriel: I am moving to another fucking court

Feyre: no I’m SERIOUS it’s really hot

Amren: So the bat managed to melt the ice queen after all

Feyre: do we just... watch them do this? Should we give them some privacy or-

Amren: privacy doesn’t exist in this court. She still needs to drop the damn bones.

Azriel: if this actually works I’m going to jump off the roof

Rhys: not much of a threat when you have wings, brother.

Azriel: I’ll be jumping to get away from whatever they’re going to do after this

I'm glad you asked ;)

It may be one of the most complex stories in regards of characters. The writing style is magical and kind of detail, you have to know you will have a lot of descriptions because Maggie is such a visual writer. Yet that will make you love even the places.

And then the characters... they are basically one of the best friend groups I ever had the pleasure to read about. It may start with the simple goal of one of the MCs, Gansey, to find a lost Welsh King, but then their stories combine together, their dynamics and relationships, and everything between them is so pure. You will love them all for sure, maybe not at first but as the story progresses, so will they.

I’ve seen many people say that they were sad that Cassian didn’t say I love you to Nesta. Despite being a huge romantic, this didn’t even occur to me whilst reading ACOSF for the first time. I’m currently on my third re-read and having a six month gap between reads has yet again allowed me to pick up on nuances and lines from Cassian that really prove my point in not being dissatisfied with this.

To be honest, the phrase that comes to mind is inspired by @vidalinav Nessian series “Nesta’s love is quiet,” but I want to argue that Cassian’s love is quiet, too.

There are so many small gestures and emotions that flash across Cassian’s face during the course of the book which make me realise that Cassian doesn’t have to say I love you in ACOSF—it’s just there, silently lapping in a really, truly beautiful way throughout the story. For example, Cassian’s siphons glint when Nesta mentions that a monster tried to eat her in the library: a subtle nod at the magic leaping at his veins to protect her at any signs of threat. It’s also there in the way his hands shake as he rolls up his leather jacket, terrified she’ll not agree to train with him and will continue to make herself ill. It’s there when Cassian looks down at Nesta when she’s offers a slice of herself, admitting that the training and breathing makes her thoughts less loud, and all he says, this beautiful male, is “ah, me too.”

I’d expected Cassian to be a territorial male when it came to his mate, but to be honest, what we actually see if this great, respectful restraint. Cassian loves Nesta so much he tortures himself by holding back from revealing his true feelings, not once giving in to what he wants because he knows Nesta is not ready. He disappears after the bond snaps into place because he knows it will freak her out—a huge, monumental sacrifice to himself. It’s almost as if Cassian is such a hulking warrior, that he doesn’t need to expend this bravado at being territorial. Not when it comes to Nesta. Not when he knows she won’t like it.

Julian: ok

*three years later*

Julian:

Jace:

Julian: I did what you said—