For a book with so much dark political intrigue, A Conspiracy of Kings has some surprisingly adorable moments:
Sophos spends the first third of the book thinking, āOf course the servants didnāt follow me because Iām a lame loserā, and then when heās trying to rescue his father, the other slaves help him! Because they respect him as a man!
His dad gives him a big bear hug!
Sophos is constantly talking about how hungry he is. Heās a growing boy!
(And growing a lot. Everyone he meets is either his height or shorter.)
The uncrowned king of Sounis and his only advisor, while sneaking through enemy territory to end a war, have an extended argument about where to eat the chicken they bought.
Political negotiations between Sounis and Attolia become much friendlier after the the king of Sounis shoves Attolis to the floor.
Helen agrees to marry Sophos becauseĀ āwell, weāre comfortable with each otherā and then when sheās sending him off to an all-but-hopeless battle to win back his own country, sheās like,Ā āOh no, I actually love him.āĀ
Helen sending him secret messages via embarrassingly goopy love letters.
Adorable in a dark way: Sophoās coming-of-age arc centers around learning how to take advantage of the fact that heās a cinnamon roll that looks like he could kill you.
Not adorable, just kind of awesome: The Baroness Hanaktos taking charge of her husbandās troops to support the king that her husband had been trying to depose/control.)
Actually kind of adorable: Sophos using the Baroness Hanaktos to help intimidate his barons.
When Sophos learns that the gods are real (and have been giving him king lessons for months), his first reaction is āHOW DO THEY WORK???? WHaT iS ThE SCieNCE?ā
āGlad you got my message that I was sending help to a hopless battle,ā said Attolis. āNever got it,ā said Sounis, āI just planned to die in a blaze of glory, but I knew that youād be there to bail me out.ā āYikes,ā Attolis did not say.
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