I wanted to post comments as I went along, but I kept getting pulled into the book and not wanting to come out long enough to go to my computer. So I'll just post snippets and random thoughts.
Sophos thinks that his father despises him, but I'm sure his father loves him. He gets so angry about Sophos' poor abused face.
I do hope we get to see more of Ina and Eurydice.
"That lying little monster complained about everything: the food, the horses, the blankets, the company. He even found fault with the stories I told by the fire, but I cannot recall that he ever once complained about the climbing." Snicker. "Lying little monster."
"Eddis' slow, broad smile appeared. Sounis crossed his arms and bolstered himself against it." Hee!
"We do not, all of us, need to be throwing inkwells." So the stories of that traveled far and wide, did they? (And why inkwells and not inkpots?)
"She only ever gets angry at him." For which I'll bet the court is devoutly thankful.
And once again I have to chortle over "No doubt she had overcome her own rebels with ten men and a penknife."
"Eddis? What about Eddis?" "It isn't pronounced that way."
"'You're being a fool,' said Attolia. She was sitting on a low-backed chair as Aglaia removed the pins from her carefully braided hair. There was more she would have said, but she held her tongue. Not because Aglaia was there..." Oh, I would so love to hear Attolia's attendants discussing what they've overheard in Attolia's apartments, since she and Eugenides basically ignore their presence and talk freely.
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Date: 10/1/10 12:13 am (UTC)Sophos thinks that his father despises him, but I'm sure his father loves him. He gets so angry about Sophos' poor abused face.
I do hope we get to see more of Ina and Eurydice.
"That lying little monster complained about everything: the food, the horses, the blankets, the company. He even found fault with the stories I told by the fire, but I cannot recall that he ever once complained about the climbing." Snicker. "Lying little monster."
"Eddis' slow, broad smile appeared. Sounis crossed his arms and bolstered himself against it." Hee!
"We do not, all of us, need to be throwing inkwells." So the stories of that traveled far and wide, did they? (And why inkwells and not inkpots?)
"She only ever gets angry at him." For which I'll bet the court is devoutly thankful.
And once again I have to chortle over "No doubt she had overcome her own rebels with ten men and a penknife."
"Eddis? What about Eddis?"
"It isn't pronounced that way."
"'You're being a fool,' said Attolia. She was sitting on a low-backed chair as Aglaia removed the pins from her carefully braided hair. There was more she would have said, but she held her tongue. Not because Aglaia was there..." Oh, I would so love to hear Attolia's attendants discussing what they've overheard in Attolia's apartments, since she and Eugenides basically ignore their presence and talk freely.
more later...