#and we get a glimpse into how imani’s death impacted khani but i just idk elements of CVV i really enjoyed are absent from CAA

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children of anguish and anarchy rambles and convoluted thoughts bc i have a lot of them that need to get out of my brain. indulge me if you so desire and beware of spoilers below

CAA really said yeah Zélie bound everyone’s life forces together in CVV and instead of making that relevant again we are instead going to completely erase one of the bound life forces and then never talk about it again

#justiceforroën like he really just disappeared. never to be seen again. i was really hoping with the expansion of worlds that we would be able to get a glimpse into the world he left behind and have that be an issue the group dealt with but instead he just *poofed* out of existence

also i am 10000% on the Amari is queer train and also think the potential for Zélie and Amari ships are *chefs kiss X1000000* and maybe it’s just me but with all the betrayal between Tzain and Amari AND Zélie, i would be more ok with Amari being more explicitly queer in this book and moving on from Tzain if it meant they could talk it out bc it just doesn’t feel right for them to not. but hey they spent the majority of the book fighting for theo lives and amani was the only one with truly any downtime so it’s no surprise she’s the only one that was somewhat able to grow and whatnot.

fun fact: for the ending of CVV i really thought inan betrayed zélie again and remember being so so so distraught at the way his character was just decimated like that. happy i was wrong on that regard, but i think his journey this book was the most compelling and interesting actually and had me being the most invested. important addition: i haven’t actually finished the book yet but i got to a point mentally where i needed to i wasn’t alone in my mild (potentially moderate) disappointment in the book overall (i do know about the sacrifice btw but i haven’t formed feelings yet)

ya idk happy amari is more explicitly queer and we got more fantastic world building and fight sequences, but i think overall CAA wasn’t what i was expecting for both better and for worse 🤷