What is wrong with the Mistral family-- first off, two sets of twins fight and kill one of them. Then these "sisters" I'm not sure are even telling the truth suddenly appear. Then Sophie dates the father, and kisses father and both sons. Yeah, Sophie would have been those sons' stepmother at one point. Oh, and the son who thinks "Rafal" is his father is wrong-- Rafal was actually dead centuries ago! Rafal is his uncle! And Sophie thought she was marrying Rafal one day? Nope, Rafal’s would actually have been her brother in law! It's crazy. That family is crazy.
finishing Fall completely changes how you see the rest of the series!!! This family is insane!!!! I think one of the greatest mysteries is their parents. Like, who are they? Are they Good or Evil or a mix of both?? Sophie was so so so involved in this family’s chaos and she didn’t even realize it until book 5/6 when they find out “Rafal” (Rhian) was Rhian #2 and Japeth’s dad. I doubt even Evelyn knew that Rhian was her kids’ father. And what about Agatha? She would have been an aunt if Rafal (Rhian #1) and Sophie had married. Tedros would have been an uncle … or maybe not, since if it got that far Agatha and Tedros would have been dead :/
Side note: I personally think that Rhian wouldn’t actually like kids that much, but Rafal would be the kid of uncle to sneak his nephews treats under the table at dinner. Rhian was an absent father — partly bc of Evelyn — but part of me thinks Rafal wouldn’t be. Most of his motivation to do basically everything in the prequels was his love for his brother. Why shouldn’t he love his nephews too? I wish we’d gotten to see interactions between Uncle Rafal and Rhian #2 and Japeth. But, alas, we did not.
this family is definitely a huge mess