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Fingers extremely crossed that we're building toward a satisfying ending! I mean, I do have some confidence, given how nuanced her writing has been up to this point, it would definitely be a weird departure to end up in Everything Is Fine Now/Everything Is Terrible Now. I just don't trust anything entirely. Hopefully a satisfying ending would make future rereads feel less stressful, though!

I was pretty mad at Muntadhir through the entirety of book two, but the end did bring him back into my good graces a little bit! Also I just have to face the fact that I love him because of his tragic gay romance plot, if he was a straight dude going through all the same motions I would definitely not be a fan. Eh, whatever. I was really hoping that he and Nahri would have a chance to be an awesome platonic political power couple in this book, I wish he hadn't been so dead set on loathing her through the entire thing. The glimpse of them working together at the end was so delightful! Maybe there will be more of that in book three, depending on when Nahri and Ali get back? I want more of the younger generation all scheming together, they're all so good.

(I mean, good is obviously relative, don't POISON PEOPLE JAMSHID OH MY GOD, but I like them all, hahahaha)