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Reviewing "The Red Deaths" book one in the Keys of Candor Series by Seth Ervin and Casey Eanes.
Hey there, I am not going to linger in the greetings for too long because I want to get this done before midnight today so without further delay lets read chapter 15!
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Oh geez.... We have two warnings for this chapter.
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This chapter was an emotional mine field.
Our brave Willyn has been imprisoned for 3, maybe 4 days and that is rightfully driving her insane. All in all I think she is handling her entrapment very well. She has memorized every inch of her cell and thoroughly checks it for weaknesses every moment she is awake. She didn't kill any of the guards either which is a big improvement for her.
I love how the thoughts that brought her comfort were about Luken. On page 205 it says, "Willyn sat back against the far wall of her cell and stared at the iron door separating her from freedom, from Luken, from seeing Hagan again, and from her hunt for Grift."I think that order is very important. This is her train of thought, her heart and her priorities.
The first thing on her mind is her freedom, what lets her be her. So basically, herself. Then we have Luken. This makes him the second most important thing to her or arguably at a tie with her brother. Hagan comes third (or the second portion of the tie for 2nd place.) and that just helps to break your heart in a few paragraphs. Last we have her hunt for Grift, her drive for the past few weeks and/or months. This is her life's purpose at the moment.
All of that means that Willyn has her priorities in check and, at least in my book, is doing things right.
Now you knew this was coming so hang in there.
Page 208, "He's dead, Willyn. Hagan is dead."
She was expecting it but at the same time this isn't the type of thing you can prepare for. I am having a hard time putting into words the way I am processing this. This makes me sad, obviously, but at the same time I am really happy with the interactions between Willyn and Luken and how Willyn reacts to it so from an outsiders perspective I think this was the perfect time to let him die.
Willyn emotionally falls apart. She goes through anger, disbelief, back to anger and then sadness. She lashes out at the only person left on her side and says some hurtful things. This is a normal response but it doesn't make it any easier for the other
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person, Luken, to hear but he doesn't yell or insult her, he doesn't rush her through her processing the information and he doesn't leave her. He sits there with her and tolerates her foul attitude until the last possible moment. Then he inspires her to get back on her feet and make Hagan proud.
For me that is really impressive and sweet and makes the bitter reality of Hagan's death not feel so bad. I really like Luken as a character.
Hagan's death was somehow, not the outstanding moment in this chapter.
Luken helps Willyn escape. All she has to do is run to the boat. Pretty easy right? Well she gets her hand shot but other than that it is without incident.
She locks herself in the cabin of the boat per Lukens orders. It is dark in there and her top priority is to stop the bleeding in her hand.
I was expecting her to pass out or find a morel, because she is really good at that, but nope. The authors blindsided me with this one.
She finds Grift. She has chased this man all over Candor and now he is just going to casually stop her from bleeding to death.
Why would they do this to us/me?! I have at least 2 more chapters until I figure out what the heck is going on, on that boat! I want to know what's going on but at the same time I am afraid she is going to do something rash and hurt him then lash out at Luken for hiding Grift from her. I have so many mixed feelings about this. I hope that Kull's chapter helps distract me because I am going to be thinking about this all day tomorrow.
Alright, fun word time! There was only 2 words in this chapter so don't worry.
First word, Regicide: "the action of killing a king". I love the use of this formal word! Most people don't realize this, but there is an almost never ending list of legal "Cides" that hardly ever get used.
Everyone is a murderer but no one is guilty of viricide.
Last word, Immaculate: "(especially of a person or their clothes) perfectly clean, neat, or tidy"
This is another word that doesn't get used as often as it should. These authors are doing the world a favor by improving its vocabulary.
Be sure to join me tomorrow in our hunt for answers! See ya! For me that is really impressive and sweet and makes the bitter reality of Hagan's death not feel so bad. I really like Luken as a character.
Hagan's death was somehow, not the outstanding moment in this chapter.
Luken helps Willyn escape. All she has to do is run to the boat. Pretty easy right? Well she gets her hand shot but other than that it is without incident.
She locks herself in the cabin of the boat per Lukens orders. It is dark in there and her top priority is to stop the bleeding in her hand.
I was expecting her to pass out or find a morel, because she is really good at that, but nope. The authors blindsided me with this one.
She finds Grift. She has chased this man all over Candor and now he is just going to casually stop her from bleeding to death.
Why would they do this to us/me?! I have at least 2 more chapters until I figure out what the heck is going on, on that boat! I want to know what's going on but at the same time I am afraid she is going to do something rash and hurt him then lash out at Luken for hiding Grift from her. I have so many mixed feelings about this. I hope that Kull's chapter helps distract me because I am going to be thinking about this all day tomorrow.
Alright, fun word time! There was only 2 words in this chapter so don't worry.
First word, Regicide: "the action of killing a king". I love the use of this formal word! Most people don't realize this, but there is an almost never ending list of legal "Cides" that hardly ever get used.
Everyone is a murderer but no one is guilty of viricide.
Last word, Immaculate: "(especially of a person or their clothes) perfectly clean, neat, or tidy"
This is another word that doesn't get used as often as it should. These authors are doing the world a favor by improving its vocabulary.
~Aki Ame Okami
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