As Dorian and Nemmy go through sword lessons, Cally thinks about how he’s just so incredibly hot.  Admittedly, she also thinks he’s charming, but I’ve been in his head so I’m kind of side-eyeing that comment.  Plus, he strikes me as more of a Nice Guy.  He’s met the minimum for ‘sort of not an…

The next day, Cally and Chaol are running again, and Cally has to stop to throw up.  Again.  I’m getting pretty sick of her upchucking on every run.  The book seems to think this is impressive, but it’s not.  Throwing up is a sign of something gone wrong.  If you are forcing yourself to throw…

We get a summary of the next few days of Cally’s training.  She still gets up early, but also she and Chaol are training in private.  So…why is she getting up early?  The whole point of her ‘extra’ training is so that she doesn’t have to show that off when in the group, but they’re…

Cally gets some knives out, assuring us all that she’ll be tons better with that than with a sword.  But before she can walk her talk, some dude in charge of training comes out and demands everyone’s attention.  Because heaven forbid Cally ever actually show us these skills she brags about. This guy is Brullo,…

She saw the floor first. Red marble, its white veins illuminated in the light of the sun, which slowly vanished as the opaque glass doors groaned shut. …so, what, you built a glass floor and then laid marble over it?  I’m still failing to see the point of a “glass castle” when really, all the…