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when people understand azriel’s self loathing will exist with anyone he wants to pursue a relationship with and it will not suddenly go away because of a character that just showed up.

like u realize his self loathing has been there for hundreds of years right? and the reason it was showed with elain is because he feels something for her but he still thinks he doesn’t deserve her. he wouldn’t have expressed these self loathing issues with elain if he didn’t feel something for her because why the hell would it matter? if he didn’t feel anything for her why would he even think about not being good enough for her.. let’s use our brains here shall we.

it’s literally one of the most popular tropes in books y’all.. it’s also something sjm loves to write. and no it’s definitely not toxic, if u get uncomfortable by that i think u shouldn’t read a book with azriel at all because i promise u it will have ton of self loathing regardless of who he ends up with.

people called feysand unhealthy, people called nessian unhealthy and now people are calling elriel unhealthy i’m noticing a pattern

#acosf #azriel #elriel #elain archeron #anti gwynriel #so tired like u should know this #azriels problems won’t get fixed by someone he just got to know sorry #it will take time but he already has that connection with elain #acotar #books

daisymydaisy

Elain seer predictions

(This post will include all the visions elain had in acowar)

Idk a lot about seer abilities but based on what we saw of elain’s powers, it shows that:

They’re able to see the future: “Twin ravens are coming, one white and one black.”

They’re able to see the unknown (something that already happened): “I saw a box of black stone. I saw a feather of fire land on snow and melt it.”

All the visions elain talked about might help predict next book’s plot (or just small mentions that might take place)

I will add some of my thoughts with each vision (my thoughts are not always right cuz apparently some people don’t get it)

Vision 1: The sea & heartbeats

“I can see so very far now. All the way to the sea.”

“I can hear your heartbeat—if I listen carefully. I can hear her heartbeat, too.”

Now elain said this while looking at the “sea beyond Sidra” so you might think she’s just trying her fae abilities but feyre knew that was not the case in the next line:

“I can hear the sea. Even at night. Even in my dreams. The crashing sea—and the screams of a bird made of fire.”

“Will I hear the earthworms writhing through the soil? Or the stretching of roots? Will the bird of fire come to sit in the trees and watch me?”

We all thought she went mad but well..it was just her seer abilities and that led the IC to find vassa.

Now with elain having visions about vassa and hearing her heartbeats...are they connected somehow? Because yes vassa helped in the war but I don’t think that was the only reason for the visions.

Vision 2: Through the stone

The very uncomfortable conversation between Lucien and elain led to some visions about a possible journey

While reading the quotes below i want you to notice how when elain is facing Lucien, she talks normally about things that already happened, like how he betrayed them, or how she remembers him from feyre’s stories (in case anyone wants to read it: it’s acowar chapter 24 may god be with you)

But when she faces the windows again she starts talking about all the stuff that doesn’t make sense.

“She looked away—toward the windows. “I can hear your heart,” she said quietly.”

“When I sleep,” she murmured, “I can hear your heart beating through the stone.” She angled her head, as if the city view held some answer. “Can you hear mine?”

I don’t think she was talking to lucien, especially since in the previous chapters she was talking about heatbeats.

Some elucien stans use the quotes above to support their ship, but knowing that previously elain heard vassa’s heartbeat....plus even lucien doubted elain was addressing him:

“He wasn’t sure if she truly meant to address him, but he said, “No, lady. I cannot.”

She just stared somewhere far through the window and mentioned how she could hear heartbeats through the stone, which reminds me of ACOSF when nesta was in the prison:

“She stared into the darkness above. “I think they used it to … to trap their enemies and their enemies’ children into the stone itself.”

Again she isn’t trying her new fae abilities, she saw something no one can, and we now know that some people are trapped in stone (honestly i was waiting for nesta to free them but i guess sjm is saving it for later)

Vision 3: He saw me

“No one ever does. No one ever looked—not really.” A bramble of words. Her voice strained to a whisper. “He did. He saw me. He will not now.”

Whenever i read this I’m like elain, honey—you mean to tell me the man who rejected you? the man who didn’t accept your new self? Something you couldn’t control.....He saw you? How in the living hel-

But then i read this post and it made sense, especially since no one guessed the suriel was talking about a different highlord, so why are we sure that elain was talking about graysen?

Considering elain is a seer, she either saw the future or the unknown. Now who is the only character who saw her?

“It made sense, I supposed, that Azriel alone had listened to her. The male who heard things others could not … Perhaps he, too, had suffered as Elain had before he understood what gift he possessed.”

This makes me think elain was shown the future, and saw herself with someone who understood her, but something happened he disappeared / died and he no longer sees her.

Vision 4: cassian dying

“He snapped your wings, broke your bones.” “It’ll take more than that to kill me,” “Elain only said to Cassian, “No, it will not.”

“Not twenty feet away, Cassian was on the ground. Wings—snapped in spots. Blood leaking from them. Bone jutted from his thigh. His Siphons were dull. Empty.”

Looking back, elain’s vision came true. That might’ve been the scene she saw and as a result she saved the day by killing the king.

But i added this just in case it wasn’t the scene she was talking about.....and to give you more anxiety :)

Vision 5: koschei

“They sold her—to … to some darkness, to some … sorcerer-lord …” She shook her head. “I can never see him. What he is. There is an onyx box that he possesses, more vital than anything … save for them. The girls. He keeps other girls—others so like her—but she … By day, she is one form, by night, human again.”

“Mor leaned forward. “Do you know why the other queens cursed her—sold her to him?”

“Elain studied the table. “No. No—that is all mist and shadow.”

Well, there are many theories about koschei (don’t know how you guys do it) and I’m not going to come up with more theories about my dude, but based on my quick research that onyx box contains his soul (or not? Please he’s so complicated) and the fact that elain saw it...

Here are also few questions:

Why was vassa sold and cursed? What did the queens gain from that? And why was this truth unknown to elain?

Vision 6: Vassa and Lucien

Right when Lucien said that he’ll bring vassa back, this happened:

“Elain now watched Lucien warily. Blinking every now and then. She revealed no hint of whatever she might be seeing—sensing. None.”

Elain saw something, and it wasn’t him dying because he came back unharmed. So what did she see?

This whole scene screams “goodbye” to me, because after this scene Lucien found his band of exiles. This was their last chance, and elain saw it all.

Even feyre—our baddest bish—saw it:

“A bird of flame … and a lord of fire. I wondered if they’d found each other yet.”

A bonus vlucien moment cuz why not (this scene was the last Lucien scene in acowar):

“Vassa still remained inside, chatting with Lucien animatedly. I supposed that if she only had until dawn before turning back into that firebird, she wanted to make every minute count. Lucien, surprisingly, was chuckling, his shoulders loose and his head angled while he listened.”

Also how did papa Archeron convince koschei to free vassa (temporary)?

Anyway like miss Morrigan said “There is a reason why Elain is seeing these things.”

#pro elain #elain archeron #acotar #acosf #azriel x elain #elain x azriel #sarah j mass #elriel #lucien x vassa #vassa x lucien

icedflames

Azriel and Rhys were so mad at each other to the point of wanting to kill each other during the snowball fight?

Please. The intensity of what went down on Solstice night and the fact that Azriel stayed mad for days after it makes my little elriel heart sing.

#elriel #i know she said its not canon because it hasn't been written but damn like #that was a serious fight and we're going to get more background on it in the next book #and itll for sure play a major role #acosf #acotar #azriel #books #elain #elain archeron

daisybrekker

SJM Live 5th May 2021 - Elriel Crumb

You can't tell me that Azriel putting rocks into his snowballs is him mad at Rhys for ruining his chance of getting a "conquest"

It's basically confirmed that Azriel's feelings are deeper than lust👀

Would Azriel really risk angering his High Lord just for someone he wanted to sleep with? Nope. Because he wants more.

#sarah j maas #sjm books #acotar #acomaf #acowar #acofas #acosf #a court of thorns and roses #a court of mist and fury #a court of wings and ruin

rhyssescups-deactivated20211222

SJM + “Undeserving” Partners

Since Azriel’s POV was released, I’ve seen numerous posts centering around Azriel’s feelings of unworthiness and seen individuals label this as “toxic behavior” whilst arguing that he and Elain won’t end up together because of these feelings hat he exhibits while around her.

So, I put together some quotes from all of Sarah’s series (TOG + ACOTAR + CC) where this trait is displayed quite often in various characters in various ways !

❗️I WILL BE PUTTING SPOILER WARNINGS BEFORE DISCUSSING TOG + CC❗️

Now, onto the post ! I hope you all enjoy it ! :) 💛💖

“I supposed I’d been granted that gift once—and had used it up and fought for it and broken it. And I supposed that Rhysand, for all he had sacrificed and done … He deserved it as much as Cresseida. Even if … even if for a moment, I wanted it. I wanted to feel like that again. And … I was lonely. I had been lonely, I realized, for a very, very long time.” (ACOMAF - Chapter 33)

At this point in ACOMAF, Feyre was still struggling with the guilt and other feelings that arose when she decided to put her well-being first and free herself from Tamlin’s clutches once and for all.

It’s stated that Feyre feels as though she’s already “used” and “broken” her chance at love. Though she wishes for the same happiness and partnership that she bestows upon Rhys and Cressida in this scene, she feels as though she doesn’t deserve it herself / won’t have a chance to acquire that partnership again in the future.

“Mate. My—mate. This beautiful, strong, selfless male … Who had sacrificed and wrecked himself for his family, his people, and didn’t feel it was enough, that he wasn’t enough for anyone … Azriel thought he didn’t deserve someone like Mor. And I wondered if Rhys … if he somehow felt the same about me. I stepped aside, holding the door open for him. I could have sworn I felt a pulse of knee-wobbling relief through the bond.” (ACOMAF - Chapter 54)

Feyre questions if Azriel’s feelings of being undeserving of Mor are similar to Rhys’ feelings for her.

“His brows furrowed. Then he buried his face in my shoulder. “How could I scold you for defending my people? I want to throttle you, yes, for not going back to the town house, but … You chose to fight for them. For Velaris.” He kissed my neck. “I don’t deserve you.” My heart strained. He meant it—truly felt that way.” (ACOMAF - Chapter 60)

Here we see above that Rhys actually admits that he feels that he doesn’t deserve Feyre - Feyre acknowledges that he’s being truthful.

“But—but he loves her. How can he sit idly by?” “He thinks she’s happier without him.” His eyes shone with the memory—of his own choice to sit back. “He thinks he’s unworthy of her.” “It seems like an Illyrian trait.” Rhys snorted, returning to the stars.” (ACOWAR - Chapter 47)

Feyre - once again - acknowledges that Azriel’s feelings of unworthiness are similar to the ones that Rhys had and displayed in ACOMAF (and at this point in the series the two of them are a happily mated couple, so I guess that unworthiness / undeserving belief wasn’t too impactful on their relationship).

#elain #elain archeron #azriel #elain x azriel #azriel x elain #elriel #pro elriel #sarah j maas #sjm #sarah j. maas

daisymydaisy

i am really confused on who to ship (gwynriel or elriel), there’re valid points on both couple. I’m slightly leaning more towards elain and azriel but gwynriel doesn’t seem bad as you all think, and you guys are so sure elain’s book is next when sarah clearly hinted it’s azriels (in her live indirectly). and before you say she mentioned in an interview about elains book (i know about it) but it doesn’t mean it’s next.

First of all if sjm suddenly announces a gwynriel book next, I wouldn’t mind, and I’m not saying that to sound mature but I honestly think if sarah takes that road I’d be fine. The idea of gwyn and az isn’t bad at all.

BUT I’d be setting myself for disappointment if I started shipping them, because every gwynriel moment that seem like a foreshadowing to you is proven wrong by textual evidence, and a lot of people choose not to see it.

Some examples:

His shadows hide from elain because they’re scared. why were present with koschei i wonder?

Azriel’s shadows sang in answer to gwyn, it must mean something. Nesta’s powers grumbled in answer for gwyn too. Nesta gwyn endgame?

Azriel only wants elain in his bed. cassian sniffed nesta’s neck on their second meeting, but apparently we don’t talk about that.

Azriel got a bonus chapter so it’s his book next. Didn’t cassian get a bonus chapter too, was it his book? Or was he the love interest of the main character?

Besides all the foreshadowing and textual evidence, if we’re going to talk about who’s book is next I’ll give you exactly what sjm said.

Yes sarah j.mass indirectly confirmed that elain’s book will be next.

During ACOWAR | sjm announcing acotar spinoffs and novellas:

Some of them will take place after ACOWAR, some of them will take place before. I know what the first two will be about.

During ACOFAS | sjm interview at the end of acofas:

I do know that the Cassian and Nesta book is next. And I know what I want to write for the second spinoff novel, but I'm keeping the door open after that.

So some of these books might be sequels, but I've got an idea for a prequel that takes place a long time before the events of Thorns and Roses.

Elain is a gardener, and everything I did during those weeks became research for her book. I'm not even joking Elain's now going to have dreams about ripping ivy out and the ivy creeping in through the windows to stranggle her at night

February ACOSF tour:

Because i know this is where i wanted things to go, it allowed me to plant things for nesta’s journey and even elain’s journey early on.

So there’s a lot of planning involved, i alway try to keep one eye on the horizon when I’m writing. In the book I’m working on i can set up for things later on, so there’s actually lots of little secrets in silver flames.....that’s set up for elain’s book.

SJM LIVE when asked about azriel’s book:

At the end of acosf I think you’d know who the next book is about.

Azriel’s journey is one I’m so excited to write about.

Yes she confirmed elain’s book but how do you know it’s next?

She planned nesta’s and elain’s journey early on and she knows what the first 2 novels are about (and still wasn’t sure about the third one). That’s literally it. I don’t think i need to explain more.

And if you agree that elain’s book is next...isn’t it obvious what she said about azriel’s journey?

This is not me trying to twist her words, it’s simply logic :)

#acosf #azriel #acotar #azriel x elain #elain x azriel #elain archeron #elriel #sarah j mass #pro elain #books

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zeethemess

Elriel Headcanons part2

• elain noticed that azriel finds any excuse to hold her hand/ escort her places and when she tried making fun of him saying “you do realize i can walk?” he started carrying her instead for a while

• whenever elain is in one of her moods azriel calls her “little nightmare” and it makes her more angry at first but she secretly loves it (and it ends up instantly improving her mood but out of spite she tries to hide that from him)

• whenever azriel is in a bad mood elain takes him to her favorite quiet corner in one of the parks in velaris and plays with his hair until he feels comfortable enough to say what’s been bothering him

• when mor noticed that azriel started easily agreeing to go dancing when elain said she’d go, mor started to go straight to elain whenever she wants to go out as a group

• azriel has bullied other inner circle members when they try taking his spot next to elain at the dinner table. throughout dinner he likes holding her hand under the table or putting his arm over the back of her chair or tucking her hair behind her ear.

• elain has azriel taste test her pastries but doesn’t let him actually stay in the kitchen when she bakes because “he distracts her” (he’s smeared icing on her nose... and other places)

• mor jokes about how she always thought feyre and rhysand were insufferable mates but that was before elain and az got together.

hereforelriel-deactivated202201

SO CUTE

#elain x azriel #elriel #elain archeron #pro elain #azriel #acotar #elriel headcanon #sarah j maas #shadowsinger #pro azriel

tridentarius-remade-deactivated

top five tpw girlboss moments

In no particular order

1. when rin destroyed her uterus after getting her first period

2. when rin nearly beat nezha’s ass to death

3. when during the end of the first book we get that iconic quote “Was she now a goddess or a monster? Perhaps neither. Perhaps both.”

4. when rin grew fucking WINGS and FLEW

5. when nezha literally STABBED rin in the back while embracing her, that’s like something out of a thriller movie

Ask me my “TOP 5” anything!

#tpw spoilers #the poppy war #tpw #books #ask #val tag

dreamofdusk

Okay, after this post by @offtorivendell, Gwynri*l's have been growing crazy attacking us because of what was mentioned in said post. So Ima sum a few things up

Sarah J Maas is VERY unclear and not very consistent with fae age

But one thing she said explicitly clear was that Gwyn was a girl to Cassian, which also means that Gwyn is a child to Azriel. Which makes me uncomfortable with Gwynr*el actually sailing. It's fine for people to ship it, but Sarah has to continue her inconsistencies and completely change the age of maturity, for me to be okay with it actually happening.

However, is it really that incosistent?

Fae females get their first period at 17. Thats like 11-14 for humans.

And while Mor was 17 when she got sold off to Eris and Rhy's mother was 18 when she mated Rhys dad, Mor's family were sadists and Rhys himself was uncomfortable with how young his mother was. They were probably young to make the acts more horrid.

28 is around when Illyrians are eligible for the blood rite, so it's like getting your drivers license.

But more deadly.

And regarding that scene in Acofas where Rhys realizes how young Feyre is, that's in literal terms. Feyre had been alive for only 21 years. Yeah, thats small, but it doesn't mean Feyre and her sister's are children in fae years. All three Archeron sister's hit maturity before they were turned. So in fae term's they would be at least a century.

Gwyn was born fae, she has fae heritage, she grows at the same pace as fae. Gwyn is a teenager in fae terms, the Archeron's are the loophole. Why? Because they were human.

#gwyneth berdara #elain archeron #anti gwynriel #feyre archeron #nesta archeron #elriel #acosf #acotar #azriel #books

seerelain

"Azriel holds Elain back and never lets her do anything dangerous"

are we talking about the same Azriel who gave Elain his most precious dagger that killed the king, saved Nesta and Cassian and stopped the war?

seerelain

y'all saw Azriel express his worry at the idea of Elain going after the dread trove once and started going wild with these takes talking about how he's "toxic" like he's going to lock her up in a tower somewhere and never let her do anything

stop twisting and exaggerating his words when it comes to Elain

acourtofshadowsandroses

They keep ignoring the text

In that scene Cassian did not want Nesta to scry yet the fandom compares Az to Tamlin for simply expressing concern when it comes to putting Elain in danger.besties, SJM loves to write the males protective and possessive over their love interests, oops guess Az does not show that level of caring toward their favorite.

#what's with these bad takes i'm seeing in elain's tag?#acosf #acotar #azriel #elriel #books #elain #elain archeron #elain x azriel #sjm

forget-me-not-s

Shadows and the power of divination

I was rereading Empire of Storms the other day and I found a ton of similarities between Aelin and Rowan with Elriel. The Elriel fandom has always thought that the couple in TOG that had more similarities with Elriel was Elorcan, as Elide is similar to Elain in so many aspects. I know there have been posts about those similarities before so I won’t go into much detail. This post won’t contain spoilers for TOG besides that quote from EOS. It discuses the potential connection between shadows and divination/seers:

#elriel #elriel meta #elriel theory #pro elriel #pro elain #elain archeron #azriel #acotar theory #acotar 5 #acotar 5 theory

blondevintagelover

okay so I have a theory reblog if you're pro Elain/Elriel and a Swiftie

#👀👀👀#elriel #elain x azriel #elain archeron #azriel #acotar #acomaf #acowar #acofas #acosf

elriell

jessdraw.s blesses us yet again. Click the link and go show her all the love because we are so blessed with her art and willingness to share it with us all ❤

#beautiful!!!#elriel fanart #elriel #elain archeron #azriel #elriel art #acotar #favs #the lovers #elain x az

offtorivendell

Azriel, Elain, Sunlight, Shadows and Humanity

Disclaimer: these are my own interpretations, and obviously not canon - though I do think that the text supports Elain and Azriel ending up together.

This might be a stretch, I know - or maybe it's already been discussed - but SJM tends to choose her words carefully, and I can't remember Rhys or Cassian ever being described as "human;" only Azriel. That, to me, is significant.

In ACOFAS, Feyre clashes with Elain after Elain, once again, is uncomfortable around a visiting Lucien and flees the room to make tea - tea seems to be important in Elain's story, too, but more on that in another post.

Her mouth tightened, the only sign of anger in her graceful countenance. “I don’t want a mate. I don’t want a male.” She wanted a human man.

- Feyre, ACOFAS, chapter 18

We know Azriel is obviously not a human man - he is, in fact, a male who may or may not be her true mate, we'll have to wait and see - and it's very unlikely that SJM would have him and Elain turn human as part of their story (not least because I cannot think of how it would progress the plot), but he did live in almost constant darkness for his first 11 years, so seeing/experiencing sunlight must be a huge deal, and a comfort for him... so much so that his shadows don't feel the need to keep him company at these times.

Azriel led me toward the lake edge. In the blinding sun off the turquoise water, his shadows were gone, his face stark and clear. More … human than I had ever seen him.

“There’s no chance that I’ll be able to fly in the legions, is there?” I asked, kneeling beside him as he tended to my skinned palms with expert care and gentleness. The sun was brutal against his scars, hiding not one twisted, rippling splotch.

- Feyre, ACOWAR, chapter 29

Feyre conflated Az looking human with the following terms:

Stark - severe or bare in appearance or outline.

Clear - easy to understand, interpret, or perceive OR transparent, unclouded.

Elain is frequently described as the sun, or glowing etc., and Az's scars are symbolic of the cruelty and abuse that he experienced at the hands of his fae family as a child. Applied to a potential Elriel relationship, the above passages could indicate that Elain (the sun) Sees all of Azriel - he is laid bare, understandable, transparent to her. We know from Azriel's bonus chapter in ACOSF that he and Elain don't seem to need words to understand each other. It sounds like someone who Sees him for who he truly is could help bring him out of the dark.

Interpreting Azriel's shadows and their behaviour in this way - that they disappear when he is feeling comfortable, secure and/or happy - suggests that not only will Elain bring him out of himself, but that she also makes him happy. The only other person we have seen his shadows vanish around is Mor, with whom he was previously in (unrequited) love, but he's slowly been moving past that, ever since he met Elain.

Azriel arrived first, no shadows to be seen, my sister a pale, golden mass in his arms. He, too, wore his Illyrian armor, Elain’s golden- brown hair snagging in some of the black scales across his chest and shoulders. He set her down gently on the foyer carpet, having carried her in through the front door.

But Elain did not balk from him, did not shy away as she nodded—just once. Azriel, graceful as any courtier, offered her an arm. I couldn’t tell if she was looking at his blue Siphon or at his scarred skin beneath as she breathed, “Beautiful.”

- Feyre, ACOWAR, chapter 24

The shadows haven't felt the need to keep Az company around Elain from the start, he carried her in through the front door of the townhouse, and she called his scars beautiful? We are being told something - and someone will be gifted the townhouse.

Azriel's bonus chapter in ACOSF, the most recent book - and thus the most current indication we have of SJM's intent - also has a passage that describes the necklace that he bought for Elain in such a way that it appears that the necklace is representative of him.

The golden necklace seemed ordinary - its chain unremarkable, the amulet tiny enough that it could be dismissed as an everyday charm. It was a small, flat rose fashioned of stained glass, designed so that when held to the light, the true depth of the colors would become visible. A thing of secret, lovely beauty.

"It's beautiful," she whispered, lifting it from the box. The golden faelight shone through the little glass facets, setting the charm glowing with hues of red and pink and white. Azriel let his shadows whisk away the box as she said softly, "Put it on me?"

His head went quiet. But he took the necklace, opening the clasp as she exposed her back, sweeping her hair up in one hand to bare her long, creamy neck.

- Azriel, ACOSF, Azriel’s bonus chapter

Once again, we have something whose "true depth" will be exposed by the light, and the vulnerability required for that is then mirrored in the way that Elain bared her neck to him. Mate behaviour? Of course not. 😉

If this is the correct interpretation, then Az is symbolically giving himself to Elain. Not only that, but the colours mentioned in the rose are absolutely significant:

Red - passionate affection, love

Pink - admiration, joy

White - purity, loyalty, innocence, new beginnings, hope, a shared secret

Red and pink - says "I love you."

Red and white - unity

Azriel's confrontation with Rhys after his almost kiss with Elain set up a situation where he and Elain will have to see each other in secret, if they decide to proceed, and the colours in the necklace perfectly foreshadow this eventuality. I am intentionally not discussing the third part of Azriel's bonus chapter and what happened with the necklace, as I truly believe it was a misdirection to generate interest for the next book (and very well played).

Furthermore, Cassian even thought the following about Mor, in ACOSF.

She never stopped appreciating the sunshine. Even five hundred years after leaving that veritable prison she’d called home and the monsters who claimed her as kin, his friend—his sister, honestly—still savored every moment in the sun. As if the first seventeen years of her life, spent in the darkness of the Hewn City, still lurked around her like Az’s shadows.

- Cassian, ACOSF, chapter 4

SJM has Cassian mention Mor's upbringing in terms that are equally applicable to Azriel's own childhood, call her his sister for the first time (Az is his brother in much the same way, obviously minus that), and then brings it all back around to Az once more with a direct comparison of the darkness of the Hewn City to Azriel's shadows.

It's not subtle at all, and it appears to be telling us that Azriel both needs and wants to be free of the darkness - not the darkness that represents the Night Court, but rather the darkness that his past has left with him.

Due to his childhood trauma, and how his mother was treated, Azriel is not fond of Illyria - at least not so far in the series - and Rhys has mentioned that he is different. Perhaps Elain, sun personified, will not need a human man, but a male who values her humanity. I wonder if it will help Azriel on his journey, much like I assume - risky, I know! - that Azriel (and Nuala and Cerridwen!) will help Elain discover herself and come into her own as part of her own story (but that's another post).

Azriel chuckled, shadows skittering. “Did you listen at all last night?”

ACOSF, chapter 19

We were listening!

#elain archeron #azriel #azriel shadowsinger #elriel #pro elriel #acotar #acomaf #acowar #acofas #acosf

im just thinking about how much chen kitay loved rin. i need a friend like that.

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I don’t typically do book reviews on here but I figured why not. My most recent read is an ARC of Bright Ruined Things by Samantha Cohoe and this is what I thought.

Bright and Ruined Things is a retelling of Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” that is set in the 1920s. You’ve got enchanted galas, you’ve magic islands, you’ve got rich families with secrets, and most importantly you’ve got a heroine who clawing her way up from the servants quarters. The world building was done beautifully. Something I particularly liked about this book was the pacing.

I found Mae frustrating at first when reading this book simply due to how she let people walk all over her. However I loved her development and arc as she became less naive and more outspoken.

In terms of the main relationship, if you could even call it that... I wish I could say I liked Mae and Miles but with me it just fell flat. I honestly didn’t really find myself rooting for them and it felt as though he was using her a lot of the time. I was fine with the result of their relationship because honestly it made the most sense and it was best for Mae.

In terms of Ivo, to me, he felt like the most compelling character in the book. However, something that felt weird to me was the fact that it was hinted that he had romantic feelings for Mae, when he’s 7 years older than her and she was just turning 18. Personally this reminded me a lot of Thomas and June from Legend by Marie Lu.

I’m kind of conflicted on how to rate this book because while the plot and world building was great, the characters were really disappointing and I didn’t feel as though I connected with any of them.

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