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iariaI liked it.
+ I enjoyed the world-building with the booksellers [left-handed, right-handed and even-handed is always a fun concept], the Ancient Sovereigns and would have liked to have known more about the other supernatural creatures we get glimpses of. I also really liked the whole concept of Grandmother and her dog. I liked Silvermere. I'd read more of this universe.
+ I loved that there is a good reason to keep the average person unaware of the supernatural/mythological (because knowing and believing gives them power).
+ I liked the characters.
+ The romance was fine but also felt a little unnecessary. I think I'd have liked it more if the very backgrounded romance between Susan and Merlin had been simply a friendship.
+ I liked that Susan was essential to defeating Southaw but it wasn't because of her still uncertain power but rather using her brain and the knowledge she'd learned over the course of the book.
+ I wonder if going into the Cauldron felt like returning home to Susan because it was created by her father and anyone else would have had a much different experience?
+ I liked that it went full ancient and very not human with Coniston. That there wasn't a tearful reunion between father and daughter though a relationship in the future is left open as a possibility. That there wasn't some epic romance between Coniston and Jassmine and that neither of them were still interested in each other.
+ I enjoyed the world-building with the booksellers [left-handed, right-handed and even-handed is always a fun concept], the Ancient Sovereigns and would have liked to have known more about the other supernatural creatures we get glimpses of. I also really liked the whole concept of Grandmother and her dog. I liked Silvermere. I'd read more of this universe.
+ I loved that there is a good reason to keep the average person unaware of the supernatural/mythological (because knowing and believing gives them power).
+ I liked the characters.
+ The romance was fine but also felt a little unnecessary. I think I'd have liked it more if the very backgrounded romance between Susan and Merlin had been simply a friendship.
+ I liked that Susan was essential to defeating Southaw but it wasn't because of her still uncertain power but rather using her brain and the knowledge she'd learned over the course of the book.
+ I wonder if going into the Cauldron felt like returning home to Susan because it was created by her father and anyone else would have had a much different experience?
+ I liked that it went full ancient and very not human with Coniston. That there wasn't a tearful reunion between father and daughter though a relationship in the future is left open as a possibility. That there wasn't some epic romance between Coniston and Jassmine and that neither of them were still interested in each other.
