ok so having just finished Sword Catcherā¦here are some of my random thoughts or things I want for book 2! *spoilers may be ahead* first and foremost. i loved this book so much!! the plot and characters were all really well done and i canāt wait for book 2!
- the king. heās presented as being mentally unstable??? like heās just in his tower all day w the stars and his advisor, but is he actually? bc during some interactions w kel and later in the story he seems perfectly lucid. or at least less unstable w some possible anger issues? he has a lot of strength, heās flinging people around and stuff so. idk. heās a bit of a mystery to me. and also, was he even into the astronomy stuff and was he seeing true visions from the stars? or was it just BS being fed by fausten? (was fausten telling the truth or was he an imposter? and for what?) i also want more background of the king and andreyen, how did they even connect?
- i loved ji-an, merren, and andreyenās dynamic so much and i want to know more!! how did andreyen save ji-an? whatās their history? i just really want to know more about those two and i want more merren content in general bc i really liked his character.
- i saw a theory saying andreyen could be the exiled son of the maharam and i really like that idea.
- jerrod. along w the theory of andreyen I saw someone saying that Kelās friend Cas from the orphanage could be jerrod and thatās why Jerrod didnāt kill Kel when he had the chance and also why he wears a mask. I think there could be some merit to it, but idkā¦wouldnāt Kel recognize Jerrod if he was Cas? I know itās been years and people change but idk. If they were truly best friends in their early years youād think heād know him. But I like the theory!
- more on Jerrod. I really liked him from what I read and I want to know more about him and Ji-an. Itās kinda hinted they know each other pretty well? Merren was even teasing Ji-an about knowing Jerrodās preferred meeting places (tho I could be wrong) so it makes me think they have a past. I want to know if Jerrod ever went to the Ragpicker King to see about a job, if heās part of the crew in book 2 I would really like to see the changed dynamic.
- I totally thought Mayesh would die. I donāt know why but I felt like something was gonna happen to him after he was interested in showing Lin the ropesā¦I can still see it happening tbh.
- Conor and Lin. I was thinking Kel/Lin was gonna happen and then she and Conor interacted and I was obsessed w them. The dynamic, the scenes, it was all great and I want to see more of them. The way people kept mentioning Story-Spinner tales of princes falling for girls like her (not Ashkar but still) and then she kept saying she wouldnāt marry him and stuff. It just all made me think that yes she will? Like heās gonna do something and marry an Ashkar to show everyone they are human beings and worthy of respect? Idk how but Iād be interested in seeing that journey.
- Kel and Antonetta. Kel and Vienne? Kel and Merren? He had chemistry with everyone and I want to see his relationships develop. I want to know if Ana will betray him bc itās been established that the charter families canāt be trusted and sheās obviously secretive. Vienne was really interesting and I donāt 100% think sheās dead because that was super sudden, and she had a character fanart which multiple others didnāt when they had bigger roles. (Poor Luisa š).
- Conor and Kel. Ok so what will Conor think about Kelās connection to Andreyen? To Prosper Beck? Idk I want to know why whoever said that Conor will loathe Kel eventually bc Kel does/has something Conor wants. I really want to know about that. Maybe related to Lin?
- Merren reminded me a lot of Wylan Van Eck, so I do want to see more of merren being that mixture of innocent looking/dangerous.
- The whole āthis is the start of the end of House Aurelianā thing was so good, I need to know what it means ⦠what did they get themselves into
- the whole war with Sarthe, will there actually be a war? whoās gonna die šš and along those lines, how is Lin gonna pull off being adassaās reincarnation? I think she totally will be in the end but as of right now sheās notā¦soā¦
- Is Lin being the Goddess returned going to bring her into the spotlight and in the palaceās attention now? Maybe more scenes of her and Conor being forced together? Iād be into that ngl