this is the type of story where i didn’t really like the main character or the romance but i still liked the book. even if it is a story of two people finding eachother, i read it as a cover to talk about propaganda and historiography. manipulating stories and sources to make them do what you want them to do. (i am really trying not to spoil anything!) it is a book that is slowly built and i liked more and more as i read it.

now, owen. i found some people absolutely love him, which was not my case at all. i understand how this type of men — people — are built during their life. but it is terrifying to be in his thoughts, to see his patriotism. i have never wanted to fight for my country. i never really believed in my country either. that made him realy unlikable for me but a very interesting character. however, i absolutely loved una which may be hypocritical of me but i can accept that. i felt the necessity of their relationship for this story but it never really convinced me. they didn’t feel like equals at all.

the writing was really really good. i love books that are at their core fairy tales and it felt exactly like that.

a great way to finish this trilogy. i think i didn’t love it as much as i did the first two but it was still very good. the inherent queerness of this story was slowly built across the three books and we see it fully in this one (the author even convinced me of a ship that i was not the most fan of). as ever, even if it happens in a library in hell, the characters are very real. what is a soul? what is being good or villain? can you change? i love them and their little make shift family.

it’s been a few days and i still can’t really decide how i feel about this book. the premise was really interesting. i really liked the characters and the conflicts within the relationships felt real. but the ending was very rushed and i honestly don’t really understand the major plot. i didn’t understand the bigger picture and it didn’t seem real enough.