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bronte mettlestone series

—formally known as the Kingdoms and Empires series by Jaclyn Moriarty—is one of my new favorite series and I cannot find any hint of a fandom online. So I guess I’ll just see if I can start it/find it? Hello ppl? Are you out there??

#Bronte mettlestone #Kingdoms and Empires #Jaclyn Moriarty #Whispering wars #Stolen prince of cloudburst #Oscar from elsewhere #Lillian velvet #Yes these are all boring tags but I hope it helps someone find me haha #I don’t use tumblr very much so thanks for being patient ig

bronte’s genie dream

@earlyzakariya or @n3rdchi1d, do either of you remember how Bronte’s dream from the genie bottle ended up being used? It was about her parents I think. My sister is reading the books (finally!!!) and I couldn’t remember the answer 😂

#the extremely inconvenient adventures of bronte mettlestone #kingdoms and empires #bronte mettlestone

karathespellbinder

It’s pretty cool that magic works without the threads now. Kinda like how money used to have actual worth when it was gold coins but now we trust paper to certify wealth or whatever money is?

Bronte says that mages somehow learned how to do the spells without the actual thread—though they can see the thread in their minds!

I also think the thread itself only has powers if a mage with matching speciality uses it. Like a True Mage could never use Shadow Thread to do any kind of magic, because shadow thread can only do shadow magic and only if a Shadow Mage is using it.

karathespellbinder

Although. Apparently. Wearing the shadow bands as bracelets made the shadow magic enter the Whisperer's blood and that's how they made their superpowered whispers! So it made them shadow mages, but they weren't before. Also, the shadow magic left their blood once the bracelets were removed. I was rereading in Bronte bk 1 and Uncle Nigel's book was talking about this lol

earlyzakariya

Kingdoms and Empires is a great series because all of the children are allowed to feel those strong hard emotions and both the narrative and some other children's remind them that it's okay to feel angry rather than sad that your absent parents died and that it doesn't make your grief any less valid or real

earlyzakariya

Maybe it's just me but I feel like my own drawing style comes very close to looking like the illustrations in Bronte's book!

earlyzakariya

My "foreshadowing" highlighter may not survive to the end of The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst

karathespellbinder

I super loved the Jonathan J Lanyard in the first chapter bit, I was looking for him like a hawk. Still my favorite villain! Obv he’s a terrible person I just think he’s comedic and his character design is peak

#esther mettlestone staranise #the stolen prince of cloudburst #jaclyn moriarty #i love jonathan j lanyard #jonathan j lanyard

earlyzakariya

"The light sparked off the lenses of her glasses so I could not see her eyes." (pg 43)

Hm, could this be foreshadowing? The eyes can represent soul/true intentions. Esther being unable to see her eyes at first could represent how Esther, and no one else, could tell Mrs. Polluck's true intentions from the start.

#book quotes #esther mettlestone staranise #the stolen prince of cloudburst #bronte mettlestone #jaclyn moriarty

earlyzakariya

Drawing in Esther's book because she is a sweet girl who deserves to have her story illustrated!

karathespellbinder

This is such a cute idea and I love that you can just draw in your book. That’s free will right there

#Esther mettlestone-staranise #kingdoms and empires #jaclyn moriarty #the stolen prince of cloudburst

earlyzakariya

I do understand why they need to tape the dust covers of library books on and it is for the better! But when a hardcover has a beautiful design on the front it always makes me a little sad

karathespellbinder

I love how it’s like the dust cover but just one color

earlyzakariya

Absolutely! I own one of the stormlight hardcovers, love the design on it!

karathespellbinder

yesss. I own all the stormlight hardcovers so that I can see all the colors and how they match with the flashback character 😆😆

earlyzakariya

I do understand why they need to tape the dust covers of library books on and it is for the better! But when a hardcover has a beautiful design on the front it always makes me a little sad

karathespellbinder

I love how it’s like the dust cover but just one color

#jaclyn moriarty #Have you looked at the Stormlight hardcovers? Because I can fangirl over those for days #Book cover #esther mettlestone-staranise

earlyzakariya

I know Moriarty can write well because I have reread cloudburst 4 times and I am still horrified by the chapters where we see Esther's self hatred being enabled by Polluck and just generally seeing her confusion at a "safe adult" bullying and emotionally abusing her

n3rdchi1d

Lillian Velvet 𖥔 ݁ ˖ִ ࣪𖤐

I wanna give her a hug!

@karathespellbinder <3

karathespellbinder

I’m obsessed!!

#the impossible secret of lillian velvet #kingdoms and empires books #Lillian Velvet #bronte mettlestone #jaclyn moriarty #fanart

n3rdchi1d

Imogen, Esther, Astrid.

karathespellbinder

you, my friend, are a blessing.

#jaclyn moriarty #the stolen prince of cloudburst #esther mettlestone-staranise #kingdoms and empires

thinking about Jonathan J. Lanyard again. Did anyone call him JJ ever? Maybe one of his little river and lake fiend friends? JJ Lanyard. Legend. anyway he’s my favorite villain if you can’t tell.

#i love jonathan j lanyard #kingdoms and empires #jaclyn moriarty #bronte mettlestone #the stolen prince of cloudburst