okay I have been trying to work it out on my own BUT please tell me the basic premise/outline of the callebero project, I must know
I like how this basically describes my own experience with this story :')
I technically have this truly terrible powerpoint explanation but a slightly more concise version:
TCP (not its real name) is set in a nebulously ancient* low fantasy world and follows two main POV characters, Jisel and Callebero, in the immediate aftermath of Callebero being assassinated without a clear successor and with fingers pointing directly at Jisel (caveats apply).
Callebero's the ruler of the nascent empire of Arradine and has been in a nebulous legal zone for his entire rule on account of being named the heir by his mom, the previous ruler, but also acceding to the throne when he was a literal child; he's a couple of months away from his official "coming of age" (21st bday) and taking over full responsibilities of leadership without his regency council when he and his companion cavalry are ambushed on their way home. All the knights are killed and Callebero and Sirion (bff of Callebero + Jisel and mutual pining crush of Callebero + commander of the cavalry) are presumed dead but their bodies missing.
Jisel, on the other hand, is the daughter of the man who killed Callebero's mom** and the former princess of Arradine's long-time rival nation (Capall) who, through a series of unfortunate and rather profoundly teenaged decisions, wound up moving to Arradine 5 yr earlier and being ~mysteriously~ (from the court's POV) favored by Callebero ever since. (Callebero's POV is mostly: my bestie is so cool and i love her)
The not-really-a-twist twist is that Callebero isn't dead (to his chagrin) and instead gets rescued/imprisoned in the court of Jisel's big brother, the exiled crown prince of Capall. This doesn't really solve much and, in Callebero's opinion, actively makes most things worse.
Jisel's side of the story (at least for the first half of the book) is largely focused on her trying to navigate and triage the growing civil crisis in Arradine due to Callebero's death and her own role within it, and Callebero's side is largely focused on him failing his entire family's legacy and being abandoned by the gods. as u do
*As a child, I just sort of bounced between like "Alexander the Great era" and "Roman Empire" with 0 consideration for the like. many centuries. between those two points
**As far as everyone in Arradine, including Callebero, knows
