WELL THEN I'm glad I got someone to read the books because I really do love them and they're a bit of a total unknown. Not that Lilith Saintcrow is a big name author or anything, plus these books in particular were really poorly marketed as YA when... they aren't.
I super love the worldbuilding, both before and after the coup. What if Henri had been smart and given Vianne to Tristan--would there have still been a coup? Obviously the nation is horrifically unstable already, so what about exploring a loyal-to-the-Crown Tristan who is actually loyal to a very bad king? Or, like you prompted, what happens after the books? How do they get over what happened, and what about Arcenne? There are MANY questions!
I did get an arranged marriage fic as a triple crown prize last year which was amazing, so that's something. But more! More cakes!
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Date: 2021-10-21 11:13 pm (UTC)I super love the worldbuilding, both before and after the coup. What if Henri had been smart and given Vianne to Tristan--would there have still been a coup? Obviously the nation is horrifically unstable already, so what about exploring a loyal-to-the-Crown Tristan who is actually loyal to a very bad king? Or, like you prompted, what happens after the books? How do they get over what happened, and what about Arcenne? There are MANY questions!
I did get an arranged marriage fic as a triple crown prize last year which was amazing, so that's something. But more! More cakes!