I put of reading the cruel prince series for years i think, yet the moment i found out she was doing this book (and the sequel to it) I knew i would need to read it asap. My only regret was that I didn't read it immediately when it came out. As an overall I gave this book a five stars - and am so upset that we have to wait for what's next. Seriously, I thought my girl Jude was crazy and scary and amazing, but Wren? By the end of the book all i could think was WOAH!!! I literally can not wait to read more about this group of characters and what might come next. If you haven't already i would definetly give this book a read, though i wouldn't blame you if you wanted to wait for the second one. One note is you do basically have to have read the cruel prince series in order to read these, skipping ahead will only make you confused.
What is it with hags in fantasy books to always gather people around and start telling stories? Like Mother Hawthorne in Ghosts of the Shadow Market; the Thistlewitch; and then Bogdana!
Like they’re these dangerous witches of old and are like: Come kids, story time~~~
For all Wren’s talk about how monstrous and feral she is, I found her remarkably normal, maybe even more normal than I would’ve preferred. On the other hand, this is consistent with her believing herself a monster largely due to what her shit parents drilled into her.
Loved how Wren enjoys having a dress with pockets and repeatedly thinks about biting the boy she likes. #justgirlthings
I guessed that Mellith’s heart must be in Wren in some way based on Oak’s behaviour after his conversation with the Thistlewitch. This is not a bad “oh the answer was too easy” thing btw, I was very satisfied to find out I was right. It’s good when there are clues letting the audience figure out the plot twists.
I was half sure Madoc would be dead by the time they reach the Court of Teeth, and I still have a bad feeling he might not survive till the end of this duology. Then again, he’s not your typical kind and wise mentor/father figure that has to go for the characters to reach maturity on their own. He’s a menace and a problem and a pain in the ass to the very characters he acts as a father figure to, and he might as well defy genre expectations.
“Bogdana” is a Slavic name that means “given by God”, and I can’t help thinking it’s an odd choice for a name for a faerie creature. Though the Faerie, of course, might have its own gods, too.
"I would say that you lost yourself along the way, but you lost yourself far before that," the storm hag tells me as I pass her. "Wake up, little bird."
1670 musi dostać drugi sezon i podejrzewam że wtedy coś tam wymyślą ALEEE gdyby zakończyło się na jednym to idealnym zakończeniem byłoby to że Andrzej i Jan Paweł zrzucają winę za zabójstwo na Maćka który 1. wyszedł od razu za Henrykiem z lasu 2. jest chłopem więc jego życie w ogóle nie powinno obchodzić Jana Pawła (myślę że Andrzej by się dostosował) 3. wygrałby w ten sposób tyle hajsu że mógłby sobie wykupić wolność i może jako wolny człowiek nie zginąć za ślub z szlachcianka???? i mamy rozwiązanie głównego konfliktu????