Since you guys enjoyed my Gwynriel foreshadowing post so much, I figured I would do a part 2, because there are so many more parallels!!
“Azriel dipped his head in a sketch of a bow, something restless settling in him. Even his shadows had calmed. As if content to lounge on his shoulders and watch.”
Chaol and Yrene
“Still, he eyed her for a long moment - the humor lingering on her face, the heavy, softly curling hair that was ocassionally caught in the morning breeze off the sea. And found himself still smiling as something coiled tight in his chest began to loosen.”
“Good night” he merely said. And as Chaol rode back to the illuminated palace across the city, he could’ve sworn that some weight in his chest, on his shoulders, had vanished. As if he’d lived with it his entire life, unaware, and now, even with all that gathered around him, around Adarlan and those he cared for…how strange it felt. That lightness.”
Nesryn and Sartaq:
“The last task, at least, the prince joined her in. No matter his rank, no matter his status as captain, he did every chore without a word of complaint. No one was above work, he told her when she’d asked one night. And wether she was scraping crusted droppings from the ground or teaching young warriors how to string a bow, something restless in her had settled.”
Bryce and Hunt:
“Pain rippled through his body, but he managed to stretch out an arm. Managed to slide it over her waist and tuck her into him. She made a soft sound and nuzzled her head into his neck. Something deep in him shifted and settled.”
All across her work, Sarah has a very disctinctive way of writing her mates/endgame couples. It’s like she has all these same phrases that you start to pick up when you’re familiar with her work. No, you don’t need to read all her work to understand ACOTAR, but knowing how she writes her endgame couples gives you an advantage when interpreting what the author is trying to say.
So you see, it’s not just the one thing; it’s almost like Sarah poured every mate/endgame couples wording and symbolism into the Azriel Bonus Chapter so that it would be obvious…and obvious it is.
