ACoK: Chapters 12, 13, 14, and 15!

[agh-4.livejournal.com]

Don't worry! Reading this post will not spoil anything! However,

DO NOT READ THE COMMENTS IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE SPOILED LIKE MOLDY BREAD!

It's here, Sounisians! Many of us now have our hand(s) on copies of the lovely new book known as A Conspiracy of Kings.
This system of posts is designed to put a little bit of organization in the chaos. Thus, if you want to discuss what happened in ACoK, leave your squeeings, questions, exclamations, and happy-sparrow-in-the-nest chatter in the comments. There will be a post for every four chapters, so it will be extremely lovely if the comments are placed in their approximate place. Of course, that isn't always possible for overall themes, etc. Don't worry. We won't put you in prison. :)
Also, THIS IS NOT THE ONLY WAY, of course. This chapter by chapter thingy isn't meant to monopolize discussion. It even may disappear after a few days in the deluge of excitement that's currently sweeping toward and around us, threatening to wash away everying more than a day old on the Recent Entries page. Yeah. So. Just remember to use lj cuts for any discussion of the content of ACoK!

Happy discussing! Be blessed in your endeavors! We are Sounisians, hear us roar like bears!

Comments

[katewaits.livejournal.com]

Chapter 15 has the conversation where Sophos asks Gen when he knew he was in love with Attolia. I love that he was sitting in a bush spying on her totally misunderstanding Dite's proposal and 'suddenly it wasn't funny anymore.'

It brought back that moment in KoA when he said 'like falling in love with a landslide. Only you would fail to notice.' (from memory)

I love his affection for Irene and that she sometimes comes off as kind of a dork.

[dihong.livejournal.com]

Me too. I also like how this explanation of what Gen saw makes that scene in KoA so much richer-- he must have had that in mind. With MWT's books, I feel like you can always go back and re-read to get more and more out of the story.

Oh Irene... so jaded in some ways, so clueless in others.

[crowinator.livejournal.com]

That's how I feel, too. She is a master at the long planning thing -- all of her books have layers upon layers, some of which are only revealed in later books! The story Gen tells Sophos in CoK made me think back to the walk Gen takes with Dite in the garden in KoA, where they reconcile. I always wondered what they talked about and he must have told him that story.

Irene does seem kind of like a dork sometimes, yeah.

[agh-4.livejournal.com]

Poor Dite. If he only had known...

[reader-marie.livejournal.com]

I loved Gen's account of this moment--it's completely typical of Gen that he has this momentous realization while spying on someone else's marriage proposal to someone who's already his enemy (as Sophos notes).

And Irene does, very occasionally, come across as clueless. I guess everybody has to have one weak spot...hers is apparently not recognizing gooey poetry as sincere.

(Note to Gen: don't try poetry.)

[philia-fan.livejournal.com]

Attolia's weak spot is not believing anyone could actually love her.