honestly twilight (the wc book, new prophecy arc 5th arc) is one of the worst wc books imo i know im one of the only people who detests this book but i just,,, absolutely dont like this book:
first of all, ashfurs character. surprisingly his character isnt the worst here (the third series is obviously where he turns to poop) but this is where he started. ashfur went from getting no screen time, no anything, to suddenly being squirrelflight’s best friend and adoring her. it wasnt even mentioned in anything other than a few scenes in starlight to suddenly them almost being mates (they werent, but the other characters interpreted it as such) in twilight like,,, honestly what the fuck
the hawkfrost-brambleclaw-squirrelflight drama was….pointless. it didnt really have a point. the whole reason why squirrelflight & brambleclaw fight is because of hawkfrost, but,,,, at the end of the book, brambleclaw still is talking to hawkfrost. squirrelflight never “gets over” her dislike for him. theres absolutely no resolution and it just makes brambleclaws character unsympathetic, squirrelflight seem like shes throwing a fit, etc. like it was out of nowhere and had no actual end.
crowfeather & leafpools relationship was, much like ashfur, out of nowhere when it gets to the depth that it does - in one book they meet, the next book they’re,,, in love. theyve seen each other like four times and now theyre in love. uh.
every other plot line takes a seat to the hawkfrost dynamic. why not take some time to build up cinderpelts death?? why not take time to show brightheart actually do medicine cat things (because remember how brightheart randomly was able to be a medicine cat in leafpools place for…some reason) why not show squirrelflight & hawkfrost interact? its like the hunter team just showed this dynamic but just expected us to buy it
the badger attack. that was…..kind of stupid. at first we’re lead to believe badgers are solitary and they dont have the same thought ability as our cat characters - but now they form in groups to attack. suddenly midnight decides to show up. it was random and like,,, could they not think of anything else.
honestly i know that some people like this book but its honestly one of my least favorite wc books. i think it was poorly written w/ absolute shitty characterizations.
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who detests this book, I've reread every other book in TNP at least twice but I could just never get through this one or Starlight more than once :/


















