#isaboe

[provincara]

isaboe really could have been such a mary sue and somehow she isn't. perhaps the fact that her situation is so...unglamorous, for lack of a better word. like she's grimy and gross and everyone hates her yet she's still kicking ass. and then they hate her even more for that

[quietflorilegium]

“Be prepared for the worst, my love, for it lives next door to the best.”

King Carles of Lumatere, Melina Marchetta, "Finnikin of the Rock"

[her-wind-cleaver]

Queen of Lumatere

[zainsmorgan]

I have finished reading The Lumatere Chronicles -- and I just had to draw these chars headshots for future refs (Part 1)

[funnybookquotez]

Isaboe: Do you know the difference between you and me?

Finnikin: An obvious one or not so obvious?

[allthosegoodbooks]

Finnikin of The Rock by Melina Marchetta - 5*

Jeeeeeez - first book of the year and I rate it 5*? I'm becoming soft. No really, the Lumatere Chronicles is everything TOG should have been - I'm only one book in but I can't find a fault in the definitive world building, the beautiful characters and the intricate plot. Thank you Marchetta!

[provincara]

Rereading the Lumatere Chronicles and damn so many of the couples in this series had horrible first impressions like???? Finnikin was so pissed when Isaboe joined him and Topher and then even more pissed when he realized she was just as smart as him, Trevanion yelled at Beatriss for being incompetent and then she slapped him in the face when HE was incompetent, Froi called Quintana a whore when he was like 5 feet from her room, pretty sure Perri and Tesadora tried to kill each other at some point?? even more minor couples like August and Abian ("pity the man who shares her bed" sir that would be YOU) and Harker and Jorja ("he hated me for the first five years of our marriage!") And don't even get me started on Lucian and Phaedra

But then they all kind of juxtapose beautifully with Grijio and Florenza's meet-cute at the end of the series, like after all of the horrific things that happened to these people there's some hope for goodness in the future ya know? like finally a good start

[provincara]

drag his ass