I just finished Shadow Black (Book 2 of the Spell Slinger series by Sebastien De Castell) and, I know there is very little content for this series in general (can I hear a big whoop from the spellslinger fandom?) But people seem to say nothing about Revian? Like, he's Seneira's betrothed, sure, but he was more than that, wasn't he? He was a clever boy, smart enough to figure Kellen out, he fought for a girl, not to impress her or make her fall for him or anything but rather because he genuinely just wanted her to be okay. We know he didn't love her romantically but platonic love can be equally as strong and I am really glad for this demonstration of that. Also, (MASSIVE SPOILER ALERT) he was used and manipulated by old fools with so much influence and power that they became lazy with it, to the point where they did not even go and do their own dirty work, but instead infected CHILDREN (teenagers are still children, if you can't legally buy yourself an alcoholic beverage in the UK, you are still a child) and made them into spies and cannon fodder for what? I have yet to find out.