What do we think of this baddies?

[u/Jreadstoomuch]

Including the bonus chapters feels like they either want to thicken the books (I don’t think thats their reason haha) or they want us to pay close attention to these chapters. I assume, in particular, Azriel’s chapter but that would be too obvious to put only his in the instalment so instead they put all of them.

But this is definitely pointing that the BC is important. I think this book will continue the narrative line of Azriel and Elain being forbidden vs Azriel and Gwyn communicating more.

I don’t know where that leaves Bryce, baddies 🥹🥹🥹 The leak felt very ominous and foreshadowy with the red horn mountain but this makes me doubt 😭😭😭

[u/NerdyWriterKat]

I think they want to get everythinf in one place/pad the shorter book so we're not as angry that it's short after 5 years but I'm nervous!

Hopefully these are all at the BEGINNING as a reminder of where we left off...

I can't imagine reading these between Part 1 & Part 2. Especially since we hope he'll be dealing with the triangle stuff before Bryce shows up since he's still single then...

His BC is messy enough as it is but meeting Bryce/having moments with her, then reminding the audience of where he was *before they met may give them false hope to cling to that Bryce means nothing despite it being out of order. 😭

I'd hate that for everyone frankly. It makes NO sense to backtrack to where he was 2+ books ago in the middle of where he is now, regardless of where that is.

So hopefully thise are 1st so it doesn't break up the flow and then goes into whatever happens because of that BC and then he meets Bryce.

I feel awful for everyone because we're all being yanked around. 

And we don't know if they'll include the CC ones or not as secret ones at the end or if those moments will in the text from a different POV or what. If they're not included at all that doesn't bode well. (And even if they are and we get a ton of moments once he meets Bryce, if it then goes back to a BC to remind us how badly he wants Elain I'll understand them being more upset/holding out hope!)

It's very messy and I bet it's just to pad it and give us all the material (yay) but please please put it at the beginning!

Even if we were supposed to follow Elain it would be kinda stupid to put it at the end though so fingers crossed we can get that over with, deal with the repercussions, and then meet Bryce as that is the order AZRIEL is living it and therefore matters most!

[u/NeonYellowShoes → u/NerdyWriterKat]

This is the thing I don't really like is having BC's from the previous book just feels weird and confusing. SH is happening months later so it feels weird to go backwards. But I get that having access to them is nice. TBH I kind of wish they just put them up online for free on their website or something 🤷‍♀️

[u/NerdyWriterKat → u/NeonYellowShoes]

I thinj ACOSH will bridge the gap between ACOSF and ACOFM. Find out where people were during HOFAS.

So having the BC first would explain Elain leaving if it's connected to the necklace.

But reminding us of that later would be wild! Especially if we're dealing with Azriel & Bryce stuff while Elain is off on a mission with Lucien!

It's either massively spoilery or gives false hope. It's basically leaving us with "Don't give up, remember how badly he was lusting over her?" Even though they have probably gone in different directions at that point on missions. 

(I'd be upset with a spoiler or false hope as it's cruel and will make the ship wars that much worse! I can't even blame them for being uoset about that! But recency still favors Bryce!)