- Lidia and Rhun mate material
- i really though Day might be Celestina or Hypaxia first but I am so happy with Lidia
- I can’t wait for the enemies to lovers vibes between them in CC3, especially since she is the only one at the moment who can help Rhun and Hunt
- the ending… not gonna lie I was calling it after Kingdom of Ash that SJM would do a crossover, because why the hell not, she has established it since day 1
- I am so so so excited to see Bryce in Prythian
- I think Rhys will tesch her mind reading
- she might even visit the dusk court, since they are her ancestors
- Amren looks like Fury!!? Are they the same beings?!
- I wondered if Fury and/or Amren might be Thunderbirds or Asteri or maybe something different
- I still need to find out who Hunt‘s dad is, especially after it got said that he was breed to kill Demons and the bloodhound mentioned he didn’t smell like normal angels
- any guesses? Maybe an Asteri or a demon prince?
- SJM really bailed me with Aidas, he was barely in the book
- I really think we will see Beyce master world jumping since she basically is the horn, I don’t think she will need a portal in the future
- if the horn really is the 4th trove from acotar it’s super powerful and she could definitely pull off becoming a world jumper lol
- I‘m still not sold if the demon princes are all going to help Bryce some of them seem sus (Not you Aidas)
- I am really glad that Hunt and Bryce are mates, they deserve it and they had so many cute moments
- I really like Celestina as a character, I hope she will become more important
- shifters definitely are from Aelin‘s world
- and WHERE is my queen Aelin Ashryver Whitethorn Galathynius?! She better be in CC3
- and the Avallan fae are probably from the night court and the starborn fae from the dusk court?! There sre probably fae that travelled from the other courts too (autumn king and his fire powers)
- my head is empty at the moment maybe I‘ll do a part 2 later, what are your thoughts?
I’m back again 😈😈
Sophie:
Hunt:
Ruhn:
Bryce:
Ithan: (and Syrinx)
Baxian:
Flynn:
Cormac:
Do we want more??
- as another tumblr user has already pointed out: Hunt‘s last line is really concerning, it was something like „and then Hunt knew nothing“ plus the Asteri told him Hunt wouldn’t need the slave crown so the only thing I can imagine is Hunt getting his memories wiped and when Bryce comes back she sees him fighting for the Asteri and I don’t think my heart can take this
- it will be great for the Quinlar tension though not gonna lie
- I don’t know if this has already been pointed out but I think the Angels might have been created by the Asteri. They are their loyal servants and they should keep the other Vanir in check
- ok so I love the gang BUT I have to say that they sometimes acted super stupid like thinking Madoc wouldn’t smell them, or going to that rebel island and showing everyone their faces or going to the Asteri archives and NOT getting suspicious when there is literally NO guard, no one….
- ok so do you think Prythian gang will know about queen Theia? And I also kind of want Bryce to meet the Autumn court just to say something snarky
- so Truth Teller is the second sword, which is really cool and interesting
- because I think Bryce will take both swords back to her world and after she finished whatever she has to do with them she will take Truth Teller back to Azriel and that would be the PERFECT start for Azriel‘s POV book
- soooo I think CC3 will be the next book we are getting and ACOTAR5 will be later, everything else would be confusing, so you could still read Acotar without having to read CC
- I‘m really not sold about the motives the demon princes have, I think Aidas truly loved Theia and would do everything to help Bryce but what about the others? Didn’t Apollion say Bryce and Hunt are his final end bosses? Does he want to invade CC?
- because why would SJM include Ari the dragon when she can kill demons and not angels or Asteri with her fire?
- plus I like it that magical fire is a universal way to kill demons (Queen Aelin did it first)
- I also think Bryce hasn’t accessed her full potential. She said so herself that she can feel her power source but can’t reach it so we still have to get a full power up of her!!!
- I really want to know more about thunderbirds because why would SJM include them when it’s a dead end anyways? There has to be more about it since Bryce and Hunt basically BOTH have the thunderbird ability to suck in energy and reuse it
- I wonder if it was just foreshadowing to that being the ultimate power one would need to destroy the Asteri since they killed all Thunderbirds OR
- if one of the characters we know has Thunderbird blood in them
- I said it before and I say it again, if I don’t get my girl Aelin in a CC book I will riot!
- ok so I had another thought and question, how do we define the different worlds?! Are they different dimensions/universes (I think that’s what they told us in TOG) or are they just different planets? In CC both terms got used
- I really really like Baxian, I will protect him and I hope he gets the love and affection he deserves
- sooo Ithan and the Fendyr Alpha, huh?
- since she is a mysthic I am positive that she will help guide Bryce through the worlds at one point
- I still know nothing about Jesiba, I wanna know so bad who or what she really is and why she keeps helping Bryce
- I sometimes wondered if the Viper Queen might be a Valg? Since she could control Tharion and it gave me major Dorian flashbacks
- Tharion… boy I love you but what went through your brain when you offered yourself to the viper queen?!
- So does ANYONE know how many books will be in the CC series? Because I feel like 3 books isn‘t really a lot time to overthrow a whole government of Asteri, even if Hel should help (and I think that not all of the Hel princes would simply help Bryce and then return happily to their world)
- I still think about the orcale and Rhun a lot, why would the royal bloodline end with him?! If Bryce should become queen (which I actually don’t think will happen) the royal bloodline didn’t end
- so I think ultimately CC will establish some kind of democratic government, I don’t see how kings and queens would fit in there without the Asteri tbh
- Cormac dying was kind of sad since I felt like he had a lot of potential
- do you think we will see the Avallen territory? It’s kind of still a mystery and I feel like they might hide something
- ok so that’s it for now lol
“According to our oldest legends, most now forgotten, we were created by being souvenir gods—and monsters. The Daglan. They ruled for millennia enslaved us and humans. They were petty and cruel and drink the magic of the land like wine.” -ACOSF ch55
“— our initial attempt at revenge was foiled by your ancestor who also bore that star on her chest. The Fae has still not a tone for the desk of our brothers and sisters. Their homeworld was rich in magic. I crave more of it.” —Rigelus, HOSAB ch 76
“Your ancestors wielded the horn and another day object that allowed them to enter this world. Stolen, of course, from the original Masters are people. Our people, who built their some warriors in that world to be their army. All of them prototypes for the angels and this one. And all of them traitors to their creators, joining the Fae to overthrow my brothers and sisters 1000 years before we arrived on mid guard. They slew my siblings.” —Rigelus HOSAB
“ not your kind of Fae, of course—your breed dwelled in a lovely, verdant land, rich with magic. If it’s of any interest to you, your star born bloodline specifically hailed from the small isle a few miles from the mainland. And while the mainland had all manner of climbs, the isle existed in a beautiful near permanent twilight.” —HOSAB ch 73
This is definitely talking about the Prison and all the theories about it being the dusk court? SJM is setting things up.
And yes, I don’t think SJM has the guts to make it canon 🤷♀️
HOSAB SPOILERS !!!
the score by elle kennedy
You’re lucky I love you, babe. If any other girl had done this to me—” “You love me?” I blurt out.
Once upon a time, before Luna hunted the heavens and Solas warmed Cthona’s body, before Ogenas blanketed Midgard with water and Urd twined our fates together, there lived a young witch in a cottage deep in the woods. She was beautiful, and kind, and beloved by her mother. Her mother had done her best to raise her, with her only companions being the denizens of the forest itself: birds and beasts and the babbling brooks.
She grew older, strong and proud. But a wandering prince passed by her clearing one day when her mother was gone, beheld her beauty, and wanted her desperately to be his bride.
She had no interest in princes, or in ruling a kingdom, or in any of the jewels he offered. What she wanted was a true heart to love her, to run wild with her through the forest. But the prince would not be denied. He chased her through the wood, his hounds following.
As she ran, she pleaded with the forest she loved so dearly to help her. So it did. First, it transformed her into a deer, so she might be as swift as the wind. But his hounds outraced her, closing in swiftly. Then the forest turned her into a fish, and she fled down one of the mountain streams. But he built a weir at its base to trap her. So she became a bird, a hawk, and soared for the skies. But the prince was a skilled archer, and he fired one of his iron-tipped arrows.
It struck her breast, and where her blood fell, olive trees sprouted. As her body hit the earth, the forest transformed her one last time…
The forest turned the witch into a monster before she hit the earth. A beast of claws and fangs and bloodlust. She ripped the prince and hounds who pursued her into shreds.
She remained a monster for a hundred years, roaming the forest, killing all who drew near. A hundred years, so long that she forgot she had once been a witch, had once possessed a home and a forest she loved.
But one day, a warrior arrived in the forest. He’d heard of the monster so vicious none could kill it and live. She set out to slaughter him, but when the warrior beheld her, he was not afraid. He stared at her, and she at him, and he wept because he didn’t see a thing of nightmares, but a creature of beauty. He saw her, and he was not afraid of her, and he loved her. His love transformed her back into a witch, melting away all that she’d become. They dwelled in peace in the forest for the rest of their immortal lives.
-Lidia Cervos
I hate the asteri for many reasons but the fact that they ruined the perfect and hilarious scene in which ithan held aidas in his lap and petted him is by far the biggest
Ruhn offering Bryce the starsword even though it's the one thing he's ever had to be proud of, because he loves her more then anything else
And Bryce refusing to take it because she loves him so much and would never want to take anything away from him