Wow ok I finished. I'll have to break this up lol. First is the main plot. Which was interesting since for me the biggest part was like, ok Mournfall didn't end up being the bad guy... but she wasn't really good either. She was still kind of a piece of shit who used the kids as tools for her own gain. She was willing to do a lot of stuff to "win" which included putting the kids knowingly in danger, poisoning their first chaperone, all that stuff. And she was remorseful and said all the right stuff at the end which explained why she did what she did, but she was still a crap person for it, and she wasn't forgiven and was called out on it. I WILL say though, when I was in the beginning of the book I guessed that Vixel had poisoned the chaperone, and as the story went on I was like wait no, she's way too sweet to have done that, she can hurt people but only if they deserve it. How that had to hurt Vixel too, because she seemed to really like Mournfall and get along with her well and then Vixel realized she was another tool too, even if Mournfall also genuinely liked her. So the title isn't technically wrong lol, Mournfall did have a game of her own going on even if she wasn't the main bad guy.

The character stories though, tbh I was much more invested in those, because if there's one thing Arty does well lol. I got tricked too by Ana's story, I saw it coming in the beginning and then before I knew it I was expecting something else. I had to give it points for that lol. It worked though, because when that scene came up it was just like a blow, which was the whole point I guess. It didn't even sink in until Ana has that talk with Vixel and all her emotions just finally come out and by the time she realizes how much she hurts it's too late to do anything about it. Where she's crying and asking what was wrong with her and why she couldn't stay, I thought that whole conversation was so good, and also I just love that we have these sisters who are so close and unconditionally supportive of each other, a lot of the other books have a lot of only children lol.

Then there was Laurent, who I just adore. The boy with a tough home life who masks it with humor who has some kind of scene relating to his family, that always just gets me right in the heart. When he cried I almost cried too lol. And the character friendships too, like ok, Laurent and October? What a power couple lol, especially since she's almost as tall as he is, love me some tall women. Wilfred learning sign for Corana and talking to her that way for the rest of the book. (Also the two of them apparently being huge nerds and playing first person shooters?? Ok Corana didn't see that coming.) And Didrixe and Anastasia omg. The small and strict, cool and efficient gorgon with her gf the awkward and impulsive human who solves problems by punching them. I love it and I need more of it.

Last thing, one little thing I noticed as I was reading... through most of the story Didrixe calls Anastasia by her full name like pretty much everyone else, only Vixel and Laurent use the short version. But after Didrixe apologizes and they have their big talk, Didrixe starts calling her Ana. I loved that. And then Didrixe is standing up for her and saying hey if Ana has a plan let's hear it, when before she'd be shutting her down hard. Then when they talk at the end and Didrixe says something like, I only follow people I think are worthy of having me behind them, and you're one of those people now? They're just so sweet, it's such an interesting dynamic and I want more of it rofl, this better be a main thing in the next book, these two.

Well I hoped Vixel would get her revenge and boy did she LOL. I kind of expected her to be my favorite and I think she still is. She's one character I can describe as being just an absolute ray of sunshine and then also probably the most dangerous character, like she killed a demon by slowly breaking his whole body apart until he literally melted onto the floor. Absolutely the first person to focus on not pissing off rofl.

I also really like Didrixe too the more i think about it. She's pragmatic almost to a fault I think, but like I get it. When they were captured and Ana wants to save whoever is being tortured (before they know who it is), Didrixe thinks they should leave that person to their fate and escape instead, and Ana and Laurent are like "wtf that's cruel" but it makes sense. They got captured already, if they try and fail to save that person not only will their torture continue but they'll have lost their only shot. And then when they rescue Vixel Didrixe's first point is how it'll be hard to get her out of there in her currend mindset, and Ana looks pissed, but.. she was right again. They had very limited time, SOMEONE had to bring it up. idk she's calculating and efficient and kind of abrasive but I also just get it. She was a great group leader, she had her shit together. I think too that like they've all internalized the "frightless" thing. Even Didrixe who fought so hard to be confident and rise above it, she's still being affected by it. She's not heartless she just doesn't think much of her own ability to fight against their enemies. She got where she is by being pragmatic, and charging in headfirst at people who have already beat them easily once is the opposite of that. That's why I love her and Ana though, Hannah said it.

Hannah wrote:The small and strict, cool and efficient gorgon with her gf the awkward and impulsive human who solves problems by punching them. I love it and I need more of it.

Tbh I thought the way the frightless stuff was handled was pretty good overall, despite how awesome they all are it's clear that they feel a TON of doubt and even self-hating sometimes. For some of them it's pretty clear they lack confidence, I think October was the best example, but even for the polar opposite Didrixe that doubt is still there and showing itself in other ways. I thought Wilfred didn't feel the same way but he does and omg the guilt and anxiety this poor child feels because he's afraid that he's responsible for all of them getting hurt and worse. Then Laurent, I feel like he deals with bullies at school ok, but then so much of it comes from his own family, he calls himself defective and he's staying put together only because he knows that as soon as college starts he'll get to leave his parents behind forever. The way that all this stuff showed itself through the book and how differently each character dealt with their doubt was done so good imo.

Even Vixel for that matter, she's not a frightless but she was TOO confident and then it got shattered. I don't think she got that confidence back by the end exactly but it was cool to see that SHE was the reason they all got out. I was thinking Ana would pull out another miracle but no it was her sister who finally had her "I'm fucking done with this" moment and got to prove how strong she really was and how deadly she could be. (Seriously I read that scene like four times LOL.) Those two sisters in general honestly, one beat the ever loving shit out of a vampire with her bare hands and the other made one of the strongest demons in the world melt into a puddle, don't fuck with the Graves family.

Ok I gotta stop now rofl so anyway long story short I love all these characters and I would die for Vixel and Laurent, and also book two needs to have Ana and Didrixe as a thing or I'll riot.

Rebekah wrote:Off the top of my head I remember two I think. There might have been more. I saw them both pretty early. The first was that one of Anastasia's other neighbors is named Wellsmoore, who was someone mentioned in TE. The second is that above the front door to Anastasia's house is a carving (I think?) of a mermaid with two tails, which is the figurehead of Skarin's ship. I'm a little surprised you didn't get that one.

Ok I wouldn't have gotten the first one, but bruh I'm about to turn in my GW fancard how the fuck are you always finding more of these than me LOL. I completely glossed over that I blame my excitement, and also, how do you always catch these so often in general?

Lindsay wrote:I also really like Didrixe too the more i think about it. She's pragmatic almost to a fault I think, but like I get it. When they were captured and Ana wants to save whoever is being tortured (before they know who it is), Didrixe thinks they should leave that person to their fate and escape instead, and Ana and Laurent are like "wtf that's cruel" but it makes sense. They got captured already, if they try and fail to save that person not only will their torture continue but they'll have lost their only shot. And then when they rescue Vixel Didrixe's first point is how it'll be hard to get her out of there in her currend mindset, and Ana looks pissed, but.. she was right again. They had very limited time, SOMEONE had to bring it up. idk she's calculating and efficient and kind of abrasive but I also just get it. She was a great group leader, she had her shit together. I think too that like they've all internalized the "frightless" thing. Even Didrixe who fought so hard to be confident and rise above it, she's still being affected by it. She's not heartless she just doesn't think much of her own ability to fight against their enemies. She got where she is by being pragmatic, and charging in headfirst at people who have already beat them easily once is the opposite of that.

Yeah Didrixe is awesome. For the first few chapters I just kinda thought she was a mean girl, like when they were waiting to meet Brightsable and the other students ask why she's hanging out with the frightless and she says something like "I do it because I have to," like damn. But then they have their first meeting and it's clear that even IF she doesn't like the other kids (which isn't true) she puts that aside, she's just blunt and efficient and doesn't give a shit what people think about her. She's here to get the job done, and she'll get snippy when people are "out of line" but when things are normal she's totally pleasant. And it's easy to see that as the defense mechanism she eventually admits it is. Tbh I kind of overlooked her development because there was such good shit with Ana and Vixel and Laurent and Wilfred etc etc but she was great in her own right. I loved that she and Ana were so similar in what they were trying to do but just went completely different ways about it, and as SOON as they realized that about each other their respect for each other went up by a ton. Didrixe almost immediately was the first one to defend Ana when everyone else thought she was crazy, Ana was just a goofy gay whose dreams finally came true, it was great! What a cool thing to bring that up too, like Didrixe didn't really understand until Ana was like yeah I'll beat the shit out of a vampire and I will fight ALL OF YOU if you try to stop me. Then Didrixe was just like aight I respect that, love to see it.

I feel like I've ignored the main plot in all this LOL but for real like... the individual adventures of these characters, learning to like and understand each other from being total strangers, finding their strengths, their arcs with their families and shit, and especially Ana and hers, like... idk man I'm gonna say something that might be controversial but I think this is one of the better books in terms of character development. Like TDS was good, TE, HoaTN, those were all good, but I think this one might come second only to the GW series and that's only because GW is forever long lol. This one didn't feel that long but I feel like all seven of these kids got great fucking stories even if some more than others. Yeah I'm gonna go with that.

Lindsay wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 01, 2023 1:16 am

Even Vixel for that matter, she's not a frightless but she was TOO confident and then it got shattered. I don't think she got that confidence back by the end exactly but it was cool to see that SHE was the reason they all got out. I was thinking Ana would pull out another miracle but no it was her sister who finally had her "I'm fucking done with this" moment and got to prove how strong she really was and how deadly she could be. (Seriously I read that scene like four times LOL.) Those two sisters in general honestly, one beat the ever loving shit out of a vampire with her bare hands and the other made one of the strongest demons in the world melt into a puddle, don't fuck with the Graves family.

It's one of my favorite kinds of scenes honestly when a character finally has enough and just snaps or goes absolutely feral, usually because they saw a loved one get hurt lol. The one I always think of was in TDS with Kwin vs. Semyaza and I was thinking we haven't exactly had something like that since then I don't think? But this book has SEVERAL of those lol. Like the two you mentioned, but on this note can we give some love to October for a minute, because that scene with the suits of armor was completely badass. I kind of thought the newspaper articles were Checkhov's gun but I didn't know what for, and then this girl brings an entire army of dead bodies to life to just murder like 90% of the bad guys rofl. And then we got to hear the origin of her title and it's just ??? fuck she's cool. I kind of wanted to see Laurent go ham on someone, we know he's strong because of what he did in the Halloween short story but I'll take this, three absolutely badass character moments where they just go all out and it's great.

Jade wrote:idk man I'm gonna say something that might be controversial but I think this is one of the better books in terms of character development. Like TDS was good, TE, HoaTN, those were all good, but I think this one might come second only to the GW series and that's only because GW is forever long lol. This one didn't feel that long but I feel like all seven of these kids got great fucking stories even if some more than others. Yeah I'm gonna go with that.

Honestly yeah I can see it. Like on one hand I wish this book had more of the witchy atmosphere and more magic and stuff but on the other hand it was an amazing setup for all the characters. Their stories were good and I'm excited to see what's next. Second place to GW? I might have to think on that more but honestly I'll agree. MAYBE The Editor takes second place but this has the advantage of being a series lol.

I'm glad I read the posts here before I commented, I was gonna say Didrixe was not one of my favorite chracters, wasn't sure if I even liked her but after seeing this I changed a bit. She's still not one of my favorites probably but I understand her more now. I think maybe she just might remind me too much of Beth and that's why I have problems JUST KIDDING BETH

My favorite is October though. She had some really cool lines in there, I should have saved them, but one was like, it's easy to be impressed by what I can't control, and then there was the one about the cat being an unwilling puppet to an unwilling master, she had gave these one liners that were pretty awesome lol. Then the thing with the suits of armor, best scene in the book easy. I like that before she was afraid of Vixel, but when it came down to it she was like I'll fucking kill all of you, just try me. The explanation of her title too? Hands down coolest character in the book.

But I did like that Anastasia solved two big problems, and both times she did it by punching a dude in the face She's got style points.

I think I'm a dumbass though because I literally did not get what was going on with her personal story until AFTER the scene with her mom, I was kicking myself for not paying attention. I don't know why, maybe it's been a little too long. Really well done though, props as usual for the great character writing. That's been good since TDS and has just gotten better.

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Thu Apr 06, 2023 5:58 pm

I think I'm a dumbass though because I literally did not get what was going on with her personal story until AFTER the scene with her mom, I was kicking myself for not paying attention. I don't know why, maybe it's been a little too long. Really well done though, props as usual for the great character writing. That's been good since TDS and has just gotten better.

Ok that I didn't expect, you've been one of the people memeing the most about it, what are you doing? So you probably got tricked even more than the rest of us lol. Here I was thinking it wasn't subtle but then you come in.

I can't wait to see more of Anastasia. Because she is smart, it's just funny that she goes from being a whole planner to just coming out swinging. She's nothing if not versatile I guess lol. I wonder where the series will go from here, like if the situations will all be random or if they'll end up constantly finding themselves in the middle of things and solving problems. That would be cool, I don't think we've had something quite like that before.

David wrote: I like that before she was afraid of Vixel, but when it came down to it she was like I'll fucking kill all of you, just try me.

See to me that says more about Vixel than October but that's me like yeah October was awesome but at the end Vixel was the one who did something that pretty much everyone else thought was impossible and she did it without saying a word. I think also Vixel would have had an easier time handling all the bad guys in that room? And maybe wouldn't be so worn out after. Though, given the explanation of October's title, I am curious which one would be "stronger" in terms of like... how much power they have.

I got stuck on TV tropes again lol, does Didrixe count as an ice queen? Is that what her character is? Actually if that's true I feel like she's the first ice queen we had since Kwin?? Maybe that's why I like her LOL.

Hannah wrote: See to me that says more about Vixel than October but that's me like yeah October was awesome but at the end Vixel was the one who did something that pretty much everyone else thought was impossible and she did it without saying a word. I think also Vixel would have had an easier time handling all the bad guys in that room? And maybe wouldn't be so worn out after. Though, given the explanation of October's title, I am curious which one would be "stronger" in terms of like... how much power they have.

I think Vixel is still stronger, that's the impression I get, like October's was cool as hell but Vixel also cleared a full street of people from a distance without breaking a sweat. Maybe it's hard to compare their different kind of magic but idk MAYBE we'll get to find out more in future books, I kind of want to see the whole Graves family in action, kinda to see if it's just the kids who are badass or if the whole family is goofy but also really strong. The kids had to learn it from somewhere right? Ana doesn't even have powers and she's out here beating up vampires and shit LOL.

Jade wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 21, 2023 3:04 pm

I got stuck on TV tropes again lol, does Didrixe count as an ice queen? Is that what her character is? Actually if that's true I feel like she's the first ice queen we had since Kwin?? Maybe that's why I like her LOL.

Oh yeah she's 100% an ice queen. One of my favorite kinds too. At least so far we'll see how she goes.

It would be cool to see what the Graves parents and grandma could do for real. If the kids are this dangerous and one of them doesn't even have magic, yeah lol. Like Lindsay said, you do not fuck with the Graves. I think also near the beginning somewhere it mentioned how their whole community likes them because they can help with just about anything, and they put up with the weirdness because it's so beneficial to be on good terms with them? That says a lot right there. I wonder what powers they have too, it seems like every witch and warlock has like.. a specific kind of skill that maybe they're born with, or like a specialization. I feel like the dad's would be cooking somehow. I don't think I saw what the mom's or grandma's might be, though the grandma mentioned they have morgen in their blood. I didn't know what that was tbh and looked it up, and they're water spirits that drown men, which kind of explains why she apparently just kidnapped a dude once lol. I wonder how much is in the mom and kids and if that actually affects anything.

Right yeah, this is why we need to see more witches! I want to see what other cool specialties they've got!

One other thing I want to know about though, considering Anastasia's whole b plot.. is that it for that, do you think? Or do you think something about it will come up again? It might be hard since I don't think she can just travel between worlds whenever she wants, and like how would they even contact each other otherwise right, but I think part of me is still reeling like.. no you can't just cut it off THERE. Which is probably the point sure, LOL. It got the response from me it wanted. But if this is gonna be a series, you never know, right? I think back to the TDS theory that Hercules was a secret genius because he predicted book 3's events in book 1 and literally no one paid attention because they thought he was stupid and it was a throwaway line, and I'm like, ok what ELSE could be hinting at future stuff?

Speaking of her b plot though when I read those scenes there was something nagging at me like it was reminding me of something and I didn't know what, and I had an epiphany tonight and it's this fuckin scene right here. I can't be the only one??

Jade wrote: ↑

Thu May 04, 2023 11:13 pm

Speaking of her b plot though when I read those scenes there was something nagging at me like it was reminding me of something and I didn't know what, and I had an epiphany tonight and it's this fuckin scene right here. I can't be the only one??

I clicked on this first to be ready for a response and as SOON as I saw what the title was I got choked up a little, these scene ruins me every time I see it. I don't even have to watch it anymore, just think about it. You're not wrong though. Anastasia has a big range of emotions throughout starting at "I don't know and it doesn't bother me" all the way to "Now I'll never know and it fucking hurts." It took a little while to hit too, she didn't have her actual breakdown until she was back home. It was a great scene. So yeah now I'm probably going to have THAT scene in my head every time I read the passage in the book, like it wasn't hitting hard enough already lol.

Jade wrote:One other thing I want to know about though, considering Anastasia's whole b plot.. is that it for that, do you think? Or do you think something about it will come up again? It might be hard since I don't think she can just travel between worlds whenever she wants, and like how would they even contact each other otherwise right, but I think part of me is still reeling like.. no you can't just cut it off THERE. Which is probably the point sure, LOL. It got the response from me it wanted. But if this is gonna be a series, you never know, right? I think back to the TDS theory that Hercules was a secret genius because he predicted book 3's events in book 1 and literally no one paid attention because they thought he was stupid and it was a throwaway line, and I'm like, ok what ELSE could be hinting at future stuff?

I'm really not sure but the way I feel about it now is that it kinda has to be the end right? Like hypothetically even if her mom changed her mind and went looking for her, there's no way to get in touch. So unless the kids go back to that town specifically, maybe even to see her, there isn't a way that I can see that anything else would happen. But I think that's the point of it, like you said. It was super abrupt and it wasn't a happy ending and it was that way on purpose.

I'm still a firm believer in the secret prodigy Hercules theory though.

Guys guys, did you all see the Ana + Didrixe art?? this one. It has me so excited for book two, I want to see more of these two kicking butt and solving crimes lol. The art is so damn pretty, Didrixe is breathtaking. And it IS coming this year which is kind of crazy, two books in one year? I'm ready for it. Hopefully it still comes during the spook season because I think it will fit perfect.

Hannah wrote: ↑

Wed May 17, 2023 7:59 pm

I'm still a firm believer in the secret prodigy Hercules theory though.

I know it's off topic but bro, this one is my favorite, among all the different random theories I've seen, this one just kills me idk why I find it so funny lol. My guy literally so casually gave away the entire huge twist for book three but everyone just ignored him because he was annoying, it's just so fucking funny LOL.

Lindsay wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 10, 2023 8:33 pm

I know it's off topic but bro, this one is my favorite, among all the different random theories I've seen, this one just kills me idk why I find it so funny lol. My guy literally so casually gave away the entire huge twist for book three but everyone just ignored him because he was annoying, it's just so fucking funny LOL.

When I think about it that wasn't even in the top three wildest theories I saw. I can't remember who it was but do you remember when someone came up with the theory that Devnon, the Shuski, and Carpenter were all working together in the long term to kill as many people as possible, and the Shuski were only pretending to be Herc's allies because they were late to the capital city during the civil war and Devnon was already dead? That one always sticks out to me because it makes the book ten times darker and it was already pretty brutal.

Lindsay wrote: Guys guys, did you all see the Ana + Didrixe art?? this one. It has me so excited for book two, I want to see more of these two kicking butt and solving crimes lol. The art is so damn pretty, Didrixe is breathtaking. And it IS coming this year which is kind of crazy, two books in one year? I'm ready for it. Hopefully it still comes during the spook season because I think it will fit perfect.

This is sick. For some reason I didn't think we'd actually see Didrixe illustrated, that's really cool. The lighting and everything too. Where tf does Arty find all these artists? It's like a different one every time and they're all so good.

How much do we know about the next one? Is there a title or cover or description or release date or anything? Where did you find out it was coming this year lol

Lindsay wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 10, 2023 8:33 pm

Guys guys, did you all see the Ana + Didrixe art?? this one. It has me so excited for book two, I want to see more of these two kicking butt and solving crimes lol. The art is so damn pretty, Didrixe is breathtaking. And it IS coming this year which is kind of crazy, two books in one year? I'm ready for it. Hopefully it still comes during the spook season because I think it will fit perfect.

Yeah I saw this, and idk there's something about it but I'm so hype. Didrixe looks like such a queen here and wearing a SUIT like what the hell man.

David wrote:

Lindsay wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 10, 2023 8:33 pm

I know it's off topic but bro, this one is my favorite, among all the different random theories I've seen, this one just kills me idk why I find it so funny lol. My guy literally so casually gave away the entire huge twist for book three but everyone just ignored him because he was annoying, it's just so fucking funny LOL.

When I think about it that wasn't even in the top three wildest theories I saw. I can't remember who it was but do you remember when someone came up with the theory that Devnon, the Shuski, and Carpenter were all working together in the long term to kill as many people as possible, and the Shuski were only pretending to be Herc's allies because they were late to the capital city during the civil war and Devnon was already dead? That one always sticks out to me because it makes the book ten times darker and it was already pretty brutal.

DUDE LOL. I completely forgot about this! The complete opposite of Arty too, just going full "this isn't dark enough how can we fuck it up further for no reason?" I loved it.

But yeah the most we know is this year, I don't think there's a set date yet. Considering there are only two months left I'm getting antsy rofl. I feel like Arty is messing with me and only me. The thing is I know I'd deserve it too.

I do see that there's a description on the website though idk if you guys have seen it. Looks like they're going to college and try to solve a bunch of murder suicides (already I'm intrigued lol) and Ana wants to jump in gung ho but the otherssss do not? And something about an "ancient conflict." I hope this means more witches and magic stuff since I assume we'll spend this whole time in the magic world.

Lindsay wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 01, 2023 1:16 am

I also really like Didrixe too the more i think about it. She's pragmatic almost to a fault I think, but like I get it. When they were captured and Ana wants to save whoever is being tortured (before they know who it is), Didrixe thinks they should leave that person to their fate and escape instead, and Ana and Laurent are like "wtf that's cruel" but it makes sense. They got captured already, if they try and fail to save that person not only will their torture continue but they'll have lost their only shot. And then when they rescue Vixel Didrixe's first point is how it'll be hard to get her out of there in her currend mindset, and Ana looks pissed, but.. she was right again. They had very limited time, SOMEONE had to bring it up. idk she's calculating and efficient and kind of abrasive but I also just get it. She was a great group leader, she had her shit together. I think too that like they've all internalized the "frightless" thing. Even Didrixe who fought so hard to be confident and rise above it, she's still being affected by it. She's not heartless she just doesn't think much of her own ability to fight against their enemies. She got where she is by being pragmatic, and charging in headfirst at people who have already beat them easily once is the opposite of that.

I think this kind of shows after they all get captured. For most of the kids it's a moment of huge shift. You have characters like Corana who started out pretty confident and ready to fight taking a huge step back and saying there's nothing they can do, and Ana kind of goes the reverse way where she becomes a lot more determined to do something. Vixel takes a huge shot to her confidence, Laurent is a little more like Ana, and Wilfred doesn't show it immediately but he reveals that he's terrified. October was also pushed far to the cautious side but it was still a big shift. But someone like Didrixe actually shifted the least. She has her goal and her way of going after it and being captured didn't really change that for her. It changed her view of Ana and what she was willing to try but otherwise it didn't change much. I think that speaks to how her pragmatic view kind of runs her life, which can be both good and bad. She's steadfast but stubborn. It was interesting to see the ways everyone reacted to that incident, for most it was a big change and they went in several different ways, and I think Didrixe had the least amount of change. Not to say any of them expected something horrible like that to happen, but for most of them I think it was a huge blow they didn't know how to react to, whereas Didrixe already had a framework to use for it to get things back on track.

You guys jumped into the new one yet? I'm about halfway and dudes there's a lot I like about this already. The big one is how much more worldbuilding we're getting here, so much more of the magic and APPARENTLY ancient gods and stuff, I've got Percy Jackson kinda vibes here. More than before, since there's Wilfred, but still, two of the main characters are direct descendants of gods and that's just totally normal. I can't decide whether Kaspar is a chill friendly dude or extremely sus or both. Also I'm not gonna lie October is a little unhinged. The kids are all brave in their own way but October has a lot of that "fuck all of the rules I will do whatever I want as long as I feel it's justified" kinda energy and in this case it's cool but I worry about her. She does have some of the coolest lines as usual though. The scene with the interview and right after that, SO GOOD. If October is doing something in a scene she steals all the attention. I'm at a loss for who to suspect though, like there's Kaspar, but who's the first person to get arrested for a crime?? I won't say it here yet because it just came out but I was so surprised.

I see where the b plot conflict is coming though, I saw it coming a mile away and I'm sure it is, Didrixe and Anastasia are gonna have a fight about how much they both want to get involved, because Didrixe is again being super practical and Ana is like diving headfirst into every dangerous thing she can find within a mile. That said though when they're being sweet together they're SO SWEET. I fucking love these two so much, they've really come together so well. The way they tease each other and help each other through scary moments. I can see how that's their challenge though, like they're still the same people as before so that's gonna cause some conflict if they can't talk it out. But Ana is feeling bitter already and omg it's gonna be good.

ALSO. The statue of limitations, maybe it's because it was 2 AM when I was reading this, but it was so fucking funny LOL. And I think that museum of artifacts was a lot of references right? It has to be or I'm insane.