#koa reread

[kanerallels]

There are many reasons why the King of Attolia is my favorite book in TQT, honestly. It's just-- he's far from home but he's with the woman he loves. He's been forced into a role he doesn't want, but he's doing his best to learn everything he can about it so he can do it well. He acts like a fool and lets his courtiers make fun of him but he knows exactly what he's doing. Everyone thinks he's torturing poor Costis but he's actually making a friend in his own unique way, and finding an ally. It's this combination of "kid far from home looking for anyone as a friend and ally" and "genius plotter getting rid of his enemies and also winning the loyalty of everyone around him using the world's most convoluted plan possible" all while he's also navigating a new marriage

The second best part is Aulus and Boagus

[thesistersarcheron]

depression so bad i’m finally committing to a throne of glass reread

[acourtofquestions]

This blog is officially no longer in need of Throne of Glass spoiler prevention :-)

So, take this as the official announcement that we can now FANDOM ABOUT IT — cause —

I have officially FINISHED all of THRONE OF GLASS; ToG, CoM, tAB, HoF, QoS, EoS, ToD, KoA.

Please send me all your thoughts, theories, posts, memes, literally any and everything… I need to stay in this fandom😂 I love it so much🥹 I can’t wait to re-read😆… I also think when I do I want to do a project of fan art per chapter… so send me any thoughts or favorites if you want!

And as I approach CC (starting Crescent City #1 House of Earth and Blood RIGHT NOW) and do a speed read of book 1 & enter into the next “first read along with me” I wanted to take the time to say thank you for coming on the Throne of Glass journey with me (yes, hi, I am alive & have survived it lol😅😂) and yes I have ALL the feelings but mostly I am incandescently HAPPY with that ending (like just over the moon) laughing crying squealing screaming repeat😂

[feyarchived]

i’ve got >50 pages of hofas and then im DONE* with the maas worlds FOREVER

[idfendyr]

You're prbly gonna hate me for this

But I was rereading EOS and on the part where Manon goes against her grandmother, before that, Asterin says what she thinks were her last words

"Bring our people home, Manon."

And then Manon snaps and goes to kill her grandmother, fights her long enough and, in her narrative, stay alive long enough for her thirteen to escape. To get a shot at surviving.

She was ready to die if they got to live.

Then in KOA, Asterins last words to Manon are,

"Bring our people home, Manon."

Now, several things.

Firstly, in EOS she may have said these as more of a plea, but in KOA she says it was a kind of, like, determination and confidence, because she truly believed in Manon to do it. Had fate that the witch she had turned into could and would do it.

Second, her last words to Manon were always meant to be a promise Manon was supposed to make to her. So even if she was dead, there was something of Asterin with her.

Now, lastly, her saying this in KOA was all this. But I can't help but think it was also like she wanted Manon to remember when she first said those words to her. How Manon was ready and willing to die for them to live.

So in a way it was for Asterin and the thirteen to indirectly say, You were willing to die for us, we're willing to die for you.

BECAUSE THAT WHAT IT WAS.

They were willing to die for her to live just as she was for them.

Suffer with me.

[sophiekrd226]

A few days ago, I was rereading KOA with my friend, and I hadn’t noticed the similarities Elain might have with Yrene regarding their powers (might contain TOG spoilers):

-It’s mentioned twice that Elain’s body glowed when she came out of the Cauldron (ACOMAF and ACOSF) and Yrene also glowed with her healing power (which was also said to be a power of life and death 🤯).

-Yrene’s power could open portals to other worlds and was crucial in defeating Erawan, something I think Elain could do too 🫶

I’m not sure if anyone’s talked or thought about Elain possibly having a second power similar to Yrene’s, but if so, tag me! I’d love to dive deeper into this if anyone shares it ❤️

[kimchiagustd]

one week post KOA reading and not surprisingly, i am still mourning... spoilers ahead but i need to let go of all these feelings.

i miss this new family i discovered, the excitement of the next chapter or the next book, the anguish, the tears, the cliffhangers, the surprises, the couples and friendships dynamics. i miss everything about tog!

my brain is still processing aaaallllll the events of 7000 pages and a lot of things are settling when i could not process everything while still reading the books…

but to me, this saga is a masterpiece for so many reasons. as a woman, there are so many things validating in these books, i don’t even know where to begin with.

the sorority in tog is still mind blowing to me, probably my favorite part of the whole saga, that we clearly don’t talk about enough. the ending with aelin walking to meet her people with her girlfriends, marching with them as equals still gives me goosebumps. aelin and lysandra friendship (bestfriends and soulmates), aelin and ansel friendship (free young spirits), aelin and manon friendship (rivals then equal queens), aelin and yrene friendship (sisters), aelin and nesryn friendship (admiration and role models), aelin and elide friendship (bonded by fate and a love for the same kingdom) are so precious to me... i could write entire essays about them. i adore how all the female characters just fell in love with aelin, saw her vision of a better world and just followed her to the end. and then, the thirteen, do i even need te explain myself? i think a part of me will forever mourn them. the heartbreak i felt after their death is unspeakable. i never read a book with such flawed and beautiful characters. asterin (her hunter and her whichling), sorrel, vesta, imogen, ghislaine, faline, fallon, edda, briar, thea, kaya and linnea have my whole heart.

marion and josefin are branded in my very soul. their characters had so few pages but gods, how their sacrifice still resonate in me...

then the different journeys of all the characters… chaol has a special place in my heart, despite everything, despite all these things being said about him. he had so many flaws, did so many mistakes, but what a journey, what a fight against depression and disability, what an end… he was so lost and tormented throughout thousands of pages, even while being passionately in love with celeana (not aelin!), and is so appeased at the end, married and soon to be a dad… i rarely felt so proud of someone, fictional character or not. i am convinced chaol is one of the best written characters of the saga.

i read a lot of mean things about aedion too and that just broke my heart because the man redefined loyalty all by himself. he lost everything he was taught to believe in, whored himself with the enemy for his people while believing he lost his entire family and kingdom, lost every men and women in koa as a general (his very essence as a person!) and still held the line for hundreds of pages like rowan told him to do so. I. JUST. DON'T. GET. WHY. he is so hated for some fights with lysandra (that i don't excused!) in a horrific context, in the middle a many battles and thousands of casualties. just reread aedion's arc during koa : the only thing he experienced for hundreds of pages is failure, death, grief, terror and guilt, believing he failed terrasen again. LEAVE. MY. MAN. ALONE. plus, aedion is a bisexual icon, and he slayed the whole books, period.

same thing with lorcan. oh my lorcan… i won’t even begin with him but gods, what awful things i read about him… i don't know why but i fell really hard for this character, despite knowing very few things about him. he was far from being perfect, we agree on that. but what a redemption arc. him being finally at peace at the end, after 500 years of wars, (self-)hatred and being used and fooled by a valg bitch queen, made me tear up as mush as sam's death (shocking, i know but i don't make the rules).

i think, surprisingly regarding our society, people were harsher with the male characters than the female ones. aelin, manon, lysandr and elide lied and did mistakes too, yet somehow, people forgave them immediately. i think we should reflect on that.

a few words about baby dorian too... i think his end was my biggest and bitter disappointment at the end of the whole saga. i can't even tell how his ending wreaked me. he is the one character not at peace at the end of this whole journey. his city is utterly ruined, he is alone in his big castle (the very place where he lost the first woman he sincerely loved and the very place where he was enslaved) with the thought he killed the man he hated his whole life but somehow wasn't the bad guy, his friends are all married or happily in love, even manon won back the witches and her lost kingdom... but dorian is lonelier than ever and that does not sit right with me. he was such a hopeful and loving young man at the beginning of the saga but is broken at the end... i NEED a sequel, he deserves one, more than anyone.

and rowan, oh rowan... i think "love" is not strong enough to define aelin and rowan relationship. the way they overcame depression together long before falling in love with each other is one of the most beautiful thing of this saga. they just saw each other. i love how rowan accepted aelin 1000000%, flaws, scars, fire and all. i love how he never overstepped. like many people, i read acotar before tog and thought no one could surpassed rhysand but how wrong i was... to me, rowan is the best for so many reasons. he never took decisions for aelin, always respected her every moves, respected her pace, never lied to her. i am emotional writing this because him saying "aelin is my heart... my fireheart"... *sob* aelin loves rowan with every bones and cells in her body but rowan's love for aelin? i don't know, there's something about it, i can't find the right words... i don't think i'll ever find an other rowan in an other book. rowan was intensity, hatred, heartbreak, depression, longing, guilt, pain, redemption, learning, harshness, softness, falling in love, crossing an ocean for the woman he loved, giving her an armada when he had nothing, tattooing wyrdkeys in her back to bring her back to him, waiting, loving, loving, loving again and again and again. rowan is suddenly the sweetest and most beautiful name i've ever heard. rowan is love and so much more. rowan is aelin's heart and soul and the key to this new world because aelin without rowan is fear and too far gone. rowan is everything. and what i am about to write seems crazy but i think because there's so much things happening in tog, so much characters loving each other, so many couples we rooted for, we took for granted rowan's love and actions and he somehow became a secondary character - crazy, right? i think we loved passionately his character (especially in hof and qos) but somehow forgot on the way how utterly incredible and unique he is. him saying in qos aelin must build a theater in terrasen after the war and then him offering it to her as a mate / wedding gift at the end of koa? i mean, our boy is a man of his word and i love him so much for it. WE TOOK ROWAN FOR GRANTED AND DID NOT GIVE HIM ENOUGH CREDIT.

anyway, i could write so many more things about so many characters and scenes that broke me in these books (my same is sam cortland and i am not afraid) but you got the idea.

tog is the best saga i've ever read and i am not the same person anymore after reading it. i'll take time to heal. but how grateful i am i have a good run with all these characters...

[kanerallels]

The thing about Eugenides and Attolia is that they both have this impossible way of, despite being prickly little jerks sometimes, making anyone and everyone who follows them absolutely ride or die for them

[thesistersarcheron]

Hi pretty lady!

I’m currently a hundred pages into Heir of Fire and I am NOT feeling Rowan even though I know that he’s endgame. I’m currently still mourning Sam (my baby) and just feel like I’m not gonna fall in love with Rowan and Aelin like I have other pairings even though I really want to. Without spoiling the rest of the series can you tell me if it gets better and if I might eventually love him too? I know we have a lot of the same tastes in ships so I thought I would ask!!

Thanks ❤️❤️

I’m gonna be real with you, anon: I was focusing too hard on Manon and Elide (and potential connections to the ACOTAR universe) while I was reading HOF-KOA to remember much about Rowan Whitethorn.

I was his #1 Hater when I was reading HOF and now I think about him somewhat fondly, so… he must have redeemed himself at least a little bit. 😂

Slight spoilers below the cut, but nothing that will ruin your reading experience in my opinion:

I’m also a big Chaol stan (I mean, come on, he saves the dog every chance he gets and I fuck with men like that), so I was tearing through Rowaelin’s story in Empire of Storms to get to Chaol’s story in Tower of Dawn.

Overall, he’s not my least favorite love interest from SJM, but I also wasn’t very invested in Aelin as a main character, which might be why I’m not so interested. I have been thinking about rereading TOG lately, so that may change.

[yazthebookish]

It's been a while so here are some updates!

I READ GOLDFINCH LAST MONTH AND I AM STILL HEARTBROKEN THE PLATED PRISONER SERIES IS OVER (or at least Auren and Slade's arc). I loved it so much but I warn you that you'll get hurt. I'm saving a commission to celebrate Goldfinch on its release day 💛

ALSO! I finished my Throne of Glass reread early this month and had such a blast with this reread!! I already miss them 🥹

I made summary posts for TAB, TOG, COM, HOF, QOS and EOS (almost took me out that's why I skipped TOD and KOA). I don't know how I keep finding easter eggs and clues with every reread, it's my first reread of the series since HOFAS came out, so it's fun to connect new info to what we know already 👀

A comprehensive Throne of Glass series guide is in the works which I've been promising everyone I'll do for a very long time. It genuinely makes me happy when readers enjoy these posts and I get to read everyone's thoughts and theories ❤️

I'm bummed we didn't get any updates or news from SJM about the next ACOTAR book but I'm accepting that the earliest we're getting it is September 2025 (since SJM doesn't seem to release during Summer seasons).

That won't stop me from posting new theories and I'm cooking some really good ones 👀 that might mean I'll have to reread HOFAS 🤡

[feyarchived]

i’m starting hosaf wish me luck getting through this brick thank u

[harperbrynne]

MY 9/26 SJM LIVE Notes

***This is not a full summary of the live. Only some notes I took that I thought were the most interesting to me that I wanted to share. Everything is broken down based on the series mentioned and not in chronological order.

ACOTAR: 

While she was working on the book she’s writing right now, she spent a whole day writing a scene and thought it was dumb. She didn’t believe it was even good enough for bonus scene material 

Now that CC 3 is done, what are you working on now? SJM is working on drafting the next ACOTAR novel. She’s become so obsessed with writing this book that she’s thinking about the book nonstop. She’s not sure when the draft will be completed

CC: 

Hunt’s parentage and origins: Readers will learn more about Hunt in the next book. SJM makes no promises for his well being

The Autumn king and possible connection to the Autumn Court–  SJM knew who Bryce’s biological father was, but in the process of writing and editing, he became one of her favorite characters to write because he’s so horrible and is capable of doing the right thing but doesn’t. SJM thinks it’s fun to put opposing characters like Bryce and Ruhn with the Autumn King. She didn't say anything about the Autumn Court

How much of Bryce's powers has she accessed? SJM said you will see in next book

We know magic is weaker in the modern world, does a mating bond mean the same thing in CC as in the ACOTAR books? SJM chose not to answer

Is Hunt really Bryce’s mate? SJM said yes they are mates and when she was creating the series she knew how ToG and ACOTAR went with their similar romance tropes. She wanted to do a doozy and make the guy in the beginning be the guy in the end for CC

ACOTAR/CC

Can we expect to see additional POVs from ACOTAR characters in HOFAS? She wouldn't say, but said you would see the ACOTAR world for sure and it will pick up after that final scene in HOSAB

SJM was asked if she still stood by her comment that people did not need to read ACOTAR to start CC. She did not stand by that statement. She said you should read ACOTAR, but for readers who haven’t yet, she hopes they will get to the end of HOSAB and read it 

ACOTAR/ToG/CC 

Has SJM known all along about the idea of the worlds crossing? Was it intentional all those years ago? SJM claimed she is not a genius. She’s known for a while that the world overlapped even before working on KoA. CC was already a story in her mind so when she wrote the scene with Alien, she knew she wanted her to go through the ACOTAR world and thought it would be cool if she went through the CC world as well. For the most part, CC was a fun side project SJM wasn’t taking super seriously at the time when writing ToG. When she was actually really working on CC, she began daydreaming about the idea of the worlds being connected. Out of the blue, everything clicked in terms of the worlds being truly connected based on what she had already written. That’s when she really started planting seeds for the worlds overlapping in the first CC novel

Other information I thought was fun or interesting not directly related to any of the series: 

Taron calls SJM: Sarah J Mask. Taron is obsessed with TS and SJM said she is too. She's always loved TS, but now that Taron is obsessed with her, they’ve only listened to her music in the car. In the eyes of her son the only creative genius in the world is TS

SJM confirmed she doesn’t use social media/lurk on the internet. Friends will text her theories from fans, but that’s all she will see 

She used to only edit physical copies of her manuscript and she remembers having tear stains on the manuscripts from crying. She loved seeing the tearmarkers showing just how much she loved the characters as she was rereading what she had written

[nikethestatue]

So,.. I’ve read two different books that are elriel coded: Nalini Singh’s Archangel’s Storm and Black Dagger Brotherhood- Lover Awakened. Books that if I’m not mistaken are some of SJM’s favorites… Have you read it? I didn’t read the whole series, just these two. It’s interesting that the both MMC are so similar to Azriel- Talented singers, broody shadow daddy, PTSD, spymaster and whatnots. Their love interests are princess or aristocrat. There’s one FMC love interest in Archangel’s Storm seems to be connected with animals and can create a “glowing ball of light.”

If SJM keeps the inspiration from Archangel’s Storm then it makes me wonder about the “fanged beast” on Elain’s part. Not sure if this is meant literally or figuratively but I wondered if there’s possibility that Elain will be shape-shifter fae like TOG? Will she have fangs like them? Perhaps she could procure a ball of light like Yrene or just simply because of the starborn ability? (Out btw, I was wondering if there’s a possibility that Yrene’s powers are connected to Starborn? She defeated a Valg king.)

Do you think Elain’s book will be more of beast themed? Something that is connected to Dust Court?

Anyway, what do you know of the first faes on Prythian? Are Starborn faes the first group of fae on Prythian and is the Dusk Court the first court? Is it possible that Starborn faes have migrated from Erilea? It sounds like TOG faes are the first generation fae and they sort of evolved in Prythian and Lunathion? SJM made Lunathion connected to Prythian and Erilea. So, I’m wondering how Erilea is connected to Prythian? I know Aelin saw Rhys and Pregnant Feyre in KOA, but that’s it.

Ugh, i really dont want to reread all three series before Elain’s book come out… my brain hurts.

sorry for so many questions.. 🫣

I'll address this first:

Anyway, what do you know of the first faes on Prythian? We just know that they existed. The magic of the land was more primal and wild and they all possessed it to a degree. Prythian is one of the Fae worlds with strong natural magic.

Are Starborn faes the first group of fae on Prythian and is the Dusk Court the first court? Starborn powers come from Queen Theia, specifically--it seems like no one else but her had the powers. The power later was passed on to her daughters and so. Other Fae of Prythian didn't have starborn powers, but still had other powers.

Dusk is not technically the first Court. Theia was in servitude to an Asteri, and lived on an island, which later became what we now know as Dusk or the Prison. Theia took over the island, once she BOUND the Asteri in the glass coffin. It was well-defensible and she ruled from there. It was also the home of the pegasus.

Is it possible that Starborn faes have migrated from Erilea? Perhaps, but it's not clear. Once Theia went to Midgard, she met other Fae, who were all shifters and whose natures were very much related to animals. Those Fae are presumably the Erilea fae. It was not implied that they were related directly to the Prythian Fae.

It sounds like TOG faes are the first generation fae and they sort of evolved in Prythian and Lunathion? It's not clear that they were 'first gen' Fae. It seemed like they were different Fae, with different powers and different natures. Erilea Fae are shifters and their powers are different from the Prythian fae. Prythian's magic comes from the land. That's why the Asteri loved it so much--they 'drank' the magic of the land.

SJM made Lunathion connected to Prythian and Erilea. So, I’m wondering how Erilea is connected to Prythian? I know Aelin saw Rhys and Pregnant Feyre in KOA, but that’s it.

I imagine that the Mother who created/brought the Cauldron and from which all Life sprung in Prythian is connected to the Erilea gods. I think there was a group of beings--later called gods--who were immensely more powerful than the Asteri. They bounced about the worlds and seeded them. I think they are the connection between all the worlds. I also think that once they were corporeal and bred, so like Aelin, for example, probably comes from that line. So is Theia, and many thousands of years down the line, Rhys, possibly Mor, and maybe even Azriel.

I think that the connector is always winnowing. I think it's a commonality that no one talks about, but this travel between realms, whether local or through the worlds is something that connects the most powerful Fae. Who can winnow in Prythian? The High Lords, Feyre, high lords' descendants, and...Azriel.

Who fell through the worlds? Bryce and Aelin.

For the first part of the question: I've not read either series, but others have and @silverdreamscapes did a very deep dive into the similarities between Bella/Zsadist and Azriel/Elain. You can find it on her blog.

There's always been speculation whether Elain could shape shift or if she can rule over 'fanged beasts'. Or both. We'll have to see.

[bookofmirth]

I’m wondering since I haven’t read ToG and idk how Chaol’s book was structured- would an Azriel book with Gwyn be split evenly? Like 50/50 for the two of them or more like how Nesta/Cass book was mostly focused on Nes?

I gotta say- I want a lotttt of Gwyn. I want her to be super important to the story lol, guess we’ll see

Personally, I think it would focus on Azriel (edit) and then have Gwyn in the same way that acosf had Cassian. I did read Tower of Dawn when it first came out and then attempted a reread but... it's been ages. Having read the other books in ToG multiple times, though (with the exception of KoA), I will say that the narrative in ToG is much more similar to CC than it is to acotar. From what I remember of ToD, there are chapters for Chaol, Yrene, and Nesryn.

In ToG and CC, you have sections and chapters that are dedicated to completely different characters. In acotar, even in Nesta's book, 99% of the book follows either Nesta or Cassian, with Nesta taking precedence.

For example, in HoF, whenever I reread, I only actually reread about 2/3 of the book because I completely skip the chapters with Chaol, Dorian, and Aedion. Well, sometimes I will read the ones with Dorian. :)

And when I was reading hofas, it was really easy for me to see "oh, this part is about Tharion" and then just skip to the next section :) Although his parts did end up giving me relief from Bryce and I stopped skipping them.

But with acotar, that isn't ever really possible. I think that acosf is a better indication of what that book would look like! In the sense that it will probably be tighter, focused more closely on the two main characters than ToG, which could jump around much more easily.

Gwyn is so positive, I almost can't stand how adorable she is. How determined and supportive and curious she is, and excited about her research and writing. I would never skip a Gwyn chapter. :D

[tadpolesonalgae]

u continuously drop banger after banger what the hell tabbatha 😭

i need chapter 19, feyre's guilt for her sisters turning fae was PALPABLE at the end. for accidentally dragging an unstable reader into an environment that would eventually lead to her attempt. And then having her own chosen family react to her sister this way? Because Feyre has always been attuned to her survival instincts, so I'm waiting for the storm to finally break and for her specifically to lose it on them for making her relationship with reader harder than it needs to be right now after her attempt, (shes the only person the ic will listen to anyway 👀🥱)

Currently Mor is Reader's biggest antagonist (love u for this again xx), but the other members of the IC have or are likely to really freak her out as well. Feyre would realize this talking to nesta i think and likely have a "family meeting" where she tells them all to butt out unless her or one of the other sisters are present. I dont think this would be the best for reader but i imagine it being a very feyre thing to do in this situation, her caretaker instincts likely have been doubled (bc nyx is still toddlin around off page) so i imagine she lets some of the wolf show to get the point across that she's not gonna fuck around when it comes to her sisters (much to the IC's surprise given how nesta was treated) (i think part of it may also be because she doesnt trust them not to trigger reader into accidentally using her powers against them 👀)

I was thinking while rereading ab how the 3 sisters would finally talk about what reader did amongst themselves if they havent already. I know youd write it to the point ur readers collectively KOA cry again and i think thatd be fun 🤭 but i digress. i think they need to talk about it and how they think they should help reader, instincts vs logic vs intuition perhaps? Each of the sisters will have their own ways of trying to help her, but i think with emotions running so high (esp for feyre) that it would turn into a much needed Archeron cuddlepile.

and i just felt lucien needed to be involved 😭 it was time, i missed him. BUT TELL ME WHAT ERIS SAID 🫵

-🤠

‘And then having her own chosen family react to her sister this way?’

I still need to elaborate on this in chapter 19 but my mind just isn’t doing anything 🫠 I know I have to write a scene to make some other stuff work properly (I know, I’m so vague and helpful) but I can’t figure at what point it should be placed and also what and how it’s going to happen? Ugh, it’s giving me miseryyyy 🎵

‘I dont think this would be the best for reader but i imagine it being a very feyre thing to do in this situation, her caretaker instincts likely have been doubled (bc nyx is still toddlin around off page)’

Yeah I can see Feyre just wanting to set things right but I can also see some people in the IC wanting reader to step up for herself and so won’t do much to defend her so she has the chance to do it for herself?

Though I think it would depend on how Feyre snapped at the IC? If it was more lowkey and reader wasn’t there to witness it I think it would be fine, but if it was over a dinner or something I think reader would want to spontaneously disappear from existence and memory 😭

‘I know youd write it to the point ur readers collectively KOA cry again and i think thatd be fun’

Thank you for thinking this but the magic in my fingertips has actually gone, and I don’t know what happening 😭 nothing’s working at the moment so that won’t be happening unfortunately, or fortunately :/

‘and i just felt lucien needed to be involved 😭 it was time, i missed him.

Still vaguely freaked out you predicted Lucien’s presence 👀🪄

‘BUT TELL ME WHAT ERIS SAID 🫵’

Eris told Lucien that high-waisted riding trousers are going out of fashion and he can no longer wear his slutty thigh-high boots with heels on their base and pointy toes 😔

[bellshazes]

hi its me queens thief anon. just finished king of attolia. im so obsessed with this plot format . and honestly with gen and this world in general. could you elaborate on why KoA is your fave bc i honestly think i liked QoA better but im on the fence

YAYYYYYY i'm so glad you love my boy gen and the world. it's so good. it's so good. i haven't read QoA in probably actually a decade but i like KoA more than anything because:

gen is tied for my first-favorite would-have-been librarian king (shoutout to evred montrei-vayir. woulda librarian kings whose 500yr timeskip descendents [redacted for moira's pen spoilers])

costis my friend costis gen's best friend unfortunately costis. costis my enormous baby boy who's so afraid and stressed and saving lives and punching people and being so unfathomably stupid and in love with king and queen. and he's [REDACTED FUTURE SPOILERS].

attolia and relius' whole thing and then GEN and relius's whole thing. (forehead kiss made infinitely funnier now with the knowledge that relius is [redacted for ROTT spoilers].) also gen & his (living) cousins.

go back to BED eugenides. this has such good god moments. also the roof scene. which is also a top notch costis moment

the dancing scene where gen unpins attolia's hair.............................

related: the romance of wedding night arguments with thrown inkpots and lo, the transforming power of love.

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF BARON ERONDITES. MY GOD, DID THE BARON ERONDITES ONLY HAVE THE TWO SONS? NINETY-EIGHT DAYS

honestly the main reason: i read it blind, first, before any other book. and every time i think about it or reread it i vividly relive the moment of having the erondites destruction be the bombshell that the end of the thief was but moreso, because i had seen everything leading up to that through costis' eyes, and i knew something was up, but i hadn't known gen truly until that moment and from then on i was hooked. i think KoA is a great place to start & only like 2 people have ever followed my advice bc it's certifiably insane of a thing to recommend. but that's the optimal KoA experience to me it's so special and beautiful and perfect if you get a crash course in eugenides this way. it's like every favorite trope for this genre of book wrapped up in one: trickster thief, reluctant kingship, kingship of kings (ANNUX), loyal second in command with conflicting loyalties, dynamic reversals, complete political devastation, plots beneath he plot, etc etc etc etc.