Trying to Explain Skyshade (Lightlark 3) to my Friend | An Unhinged Presentation | LDBC Ep. 27

[@mst3kharris]

So let me get this right: in _Lightlark,_ Poppy and Terra are Isla’s guardians who basically keep her training in war and seduction 24/7. They tell her that her mom failed to kill her dad, and that instead her dad killed her mom. Isla doesn’t like or trust them very much, which is why she’s plotting a different solution with Celeste. Then it turns out that Poppy and Terra murdered her parents so Isla claps them in jail. Cut to _Skyshade,_ where Poppy and Terra are lovely people who never intended to hurt Isla at all and were too afraid(?) to tell her that _Isla_ killed her parents by… somehow collapsing the hospital on top of everyone but her? And then they somehow conspired to hide Isla’s powers from her while telling her her dad killed her mom and then somehow died himself? What I can’t figure out is why Poppy and Terra didn’t immediately announce their innocence when Isla accused them of murdering her parents. And how did Isla go from being so powerful she inadvertently murdered her parents when she was a scant few hours or days old, to growing up believing she had no powers at all? I thought her powers were somehow short-circuiting each other. I’m beginning to think Alex Aster may not have planned this series very well.

[@littleduckbookclub]

To explain why Isla thought she had no power, the story mentions that her mentors are feeding her shademade (the anti magic metal) with every meal, which is insane. Like, even if that worked wouldn't that also imply that Isla should get her powers back once she's on Lightlark for the Fantasy Hunger Games But Not TM? Their personality swap is also just. So nonsensical. Aster wanted a twist and went for the most random stuff, I guess. I actually don't think I'll ever get over the idea of a) a modern style hospital in the Wildling lands and b) the fact that Isla somehow killed her parents at birth because she's just that much of a powerhouse. The mental image is too funny.

[@carydorse705]

The feeling, starting the video, one duck staring down the camera, asking me if this book is really again a search for a mcguffin

[@littleduckbookclub]

It's an omen of all that is yet to come :)

[@carydorse705]

The feeling of watching this video with one duck staring down the camera, telling me there's gonna be another 2 books.

[@littleduckbookclub]

It never ends and that duck will never look away...You're trapped here forever.

[@mst3kharris]

I felt genuine joy when the title Powerpoint popped up. And I’m from the US, so feeling joy is harder these days.

[@littleduckbookclub]

We're working hard to bring joy to all our international fans. even those currently trapped in the US

[@mst3kharris]

@@littleduckbookclubI laughed for like five minutes over the confusion about who dies if Person X dies. There should be a flowchart. “If Grim -> Isla -> Oro” or whatever

[@littleduckbookclub]

@@mst3kharris It's difficult to keep all the lore straight in your head especially since Aster sometimes just forgets about parts of it herself lol

[@mst3kharris]

@ it’s also becoming harder as the books go on because they seem to get less and less focused.

[@LeoGirl80]

An almost 5 hour presentation about a book I’ll never read on a lazy Sunday morning here in the US?! How did you know I needed this, you sweet little ducks?! ❤❤

[@littleduckbookclub]

Glad we could be of service! We hope you enjoy our silly little presentation

[@LeoGirl80]

@ I always do! The Crescent City one lives in my head rent free! lol

[@nothingmorethanageminiboar4929]

"Isla goes to Isla Island" is killing me with the redundancy…

[@littleduckbookclub]

She just needs to name that house on the island "Isla Manor" or something and we can cram even more of that word into a sentence!

[@esther5797]

I read Skyshade a week ago and I've been looking for review videos so someone else can lose their mind over how bad this book is with me and I'm so glad I found this video. The slideshow drawings are also awesome LOL thank you guys for your service Also something I realised while watching: if Poppy and Terra were lacing all of Isla's weapons and jewellery with the special metal, which was described to be super sparkly or whatever, wouldn't Isla have noticed that some of her weapons were super sparkly? Really shows that Aster just pulled this part out of her ass

[@littleduckbookclub]

I feel like it might be a universal experience to try to find someone to share the insanity with after reading a Lightlark novel. There's just so much to say about them... It also implies Isla should've gotten her powers to work once she was on Lightlark for the centennial and was eating different food. It's such an obvious retcon.

[@mst3kharris]

Wait a goddamn minute. I’m like three-quarters of the way through this book, which is titled _Skyshade,_ and as far as I can tell, the Skylings haven’t come up once?!

[@littleduckbookclub]

That's because Aster probably forgot about them, let's be honest. But let's get back to talking about Grim and how much he loves Isla! The only thing that matters!

[@alicefade]

How-how is this even a book? It feels like a hodgepodge of half baked aesthetic boards with epic music. No thoughts, no plot, just vibes.

[@littleduckbookclub]

I can see something like this being self-published or put on wattpad, but the fact that it's traditionally published and also, much more worryingly, popular is the real kicker T-T

[@alicefade]

@@littleduckbookclubAin’t that the truth, however I will say, at least outside of the US, the books don’t do well. Compared to other series/authors, it’s laughably unpopular. The first book sells, barely. The hardback of the second book took MONTHS to sell through our FIRST batch and then proceeded not be restocked until this last month when the third released.

[@littleduckbookclub]

@@alicefade At least there's a silver lining here somewhere...

[@romulusnuma116]

The main antagonist of the book being called Lark was the worst decision.

[@littleduckbookclub]

Lark is just such a bad name for a villain lol

[@amywithnalldunn4729]

The main antagonist also coming in 75% of the way through, never being mentioned before and having no plausible motive. I can't lol

[@aconstantstateofbladerunne5251]

About that bit at the end talking about Aster’s passion missing from when she was fighting to get her book published, I have a hard time believing it was that hard for her. Sure she talked a big game about being a struggling author but she had other books published before while acting like Lightlark was plucked from obscurity, then she lied about what tropes were going to be in the first book to get attention, and lied about struggling financially when she comes from a family of millionaires. Lightlark’s cover reveal was an event in Times Square, that’s not normal. If she’s passionate about anything, it’s cashing in on what trends are popular. I bet the only reason the dragon was there is because of Fourth Wing.

[@littleduckbookclub]

I definitely agree that Aster has likely exaggerated the Lightlark publishing story quite a lot and there is really no way to see what is actually true, but I do feel even if it was already derivative and a bit on the trend chaser side, the first book had a kind of? juvenile enthusiasm? that felt like Aster was enjoying herself. I don't see this in the later books at all anymore but also I'm aware this is entirely projection and we can never know how she feels about these books unless she goes on record somewhere lol I wasn't even thinking about that dragon riding but I would not be surprised if it's in there because of Fourth Wing....

[@granny_ducc]

What in the horcruxes- the augur is a guy w/o a nose, there’s the whole snake motif, someone communicating through a quill, the splitting soul thing, like some on 😭😭

[@littleduckbookclub]

Do we have an insider in Alex Aster's social circle that could confirm or deny whether she recently read/watched Harry Potter? It doesn't seem unlikely...

[@jasminv8653]

​@@littleduckbookclub based on a hunch I'd say it may well be the ONLY fantasy series she's ever finished, aside from acotar

[@lisajenny9]

The dagger pants are so funny omg

[@littleduckbookclub]

The dagger pants are iconic!

[@sabrinabeeart]

This truely is a service for the people. Like the bravery to wade yet again into this mess, i could never

[@littleduckbookclub]

Duck no.2 is truly stronger than any US Marine 😔

[@HelghastEnigma]

Oh lordy, this is really a long one, huh? Glad I have lots of tea bags.

[@littleduckbookclub]

I'm glad you're going into this prepared. You'll need a good dose of tea to deal with the nonsense that happens in Skyshade.

[@HelghastEnigma]

Beginning to feel like this is gonna need something stronger mixed in...

[@littleduckbookclub]

@@HelghastEnigma I fear you might be right....

[@unsocialevent]

yeah yeah skyshade we've all heard of it, but finally my duck question has been answered and that is whether you say your own duck number and the other's name or the other's duck number and your own name

[@littleduckbookclub]

I didn't know this was even a question, but very glad to hear it's finally been answered XD

[@crazyth1ngs600]

This was hilarious, thank you so much for the presentation with the immaculate renditions of whatever the fuck is going on in Lightlarkshadedarkbane! I honestly feel like the author never goes back to amend anything and that's what makes the story just get more and more convoluted. She discovers one plothole and then adds another bit of magic on top that just happens to never have been mentioned or happens to be the one convenient exception to the rule. Isla's backstory was honestly bonkers and it's been three books now and just like you (despite watching several videos about the first two) I could not tell you who dies when someone else dies and who would stay alive. Maybe Aster should hand out flowcharts together with the book. Ignore maps that don't make sense, I need diagrams! Lastly, the interactions with/descriptions of Mr Puddle-of-blood-in-his-living-room had me cackling throughout. Thank you again, I'll be hoping for two more unhinged presentations in 2025 ^^'' Edit: I forgot! I also loved your discussion at the end, those story ideas were so funny and 100% much better than whatever the actual story will be.

[@littleduckbookclub]

The Lightlark series continues to be proof that either a book series need not do something pedestrian as "make sense" or "be good" to be widely successful and apparently go on for over 5 books... But on the other hand it brought us Duck no.2's powerpoint presentations so maybe it's a net neutral in the world :) Also we're very happy you enjoyed the video

[@crazyth1ngs600]

@@littleduckbookclub Which is a very sad but probably true thought. I agree though, if the authors goal was to entertain people, I guess she managed so thanks to Duck no. 2's sacrifice and effort that went into the powerpoint :D I did! I hope, despite the book's flaws, you enjoyed making it too!

[@shadowcupcake15]

Thank you for your service! I can’t wait for you guys to go through books 4 and 5!

[@homedepoturinalz8974]

Wait so if its established that flares are familial (Grim got his flare from Cronan), and Isla's mom sees the future, are we gonna get some crazy revelation that the oracles are her dead sisters or something?? More wildling rulers???? Or do they just.... Happen to have the same one 💀

[@littleduckbookclub]

You know, I didn't even think of this but now I want it so badly. Just throw in more insane family relationships that make no sense.

[@homedepoturinalz8974]

​@@littleduckbookclub I mean, in the first book we had the revelation that the Vinderland warrior guys were ex-wildlings, In book 2 there was the shape shifting snake lady on Star Isle who was a wildling, why not have the oracles be revealed to secretly be wildlings in book 4?!

[@littleduckbookclub]

We should go even further and throw in stuff like "actually, all the animal companions are former wildlings who were cursed in some different way"

[@GemAndMoth]

I honestly can’t tell if Aster purposefully copies Maas or if she really thinks she’s coming up with this ideas on her own.

[@littleduckbookclub]

Not just Maas. There are so many seemingly borrowed elements in these books that it makes you wonder if Aster is at all aware that she's imitating other people's work so obviously.

[@sciencefantastic]

There are parts of this that verge on plagiarism honestly 😂

[@Ingri9]

I've been hoping to see this since the lightlark 2 presentation! Christmas came early this year

[@littleduckbookclub]

Happy to deliver an early present to you and to ourselves XD

[@willowingwhispers2612]

Omfg yes! I'm so excited to start watching this after work~ I tried reading this book and couldn't even make it to chapter ten before I had to tap out.

[@littleduckbookclub]

You're in for a ride because there's a lot to say about whatever is going on in this book lol

[@bluegreyflowers9714]

as someone who read skyshade. i do not think an editor touched it, i literally found grammatical errors

[@littleduckbookclub]

Yeah, honestly it does not feel like any editing was done apart from a surface level spell-check

[@beepboop-vf6uj]

There are posts in the Lightlark subreddit just pointing out typo after typo 😭 Like, a couple are fine but this seems just extreme

[@littleduckbookclub]

@@beepboop-vf6uj I like to imagine the editor fell asleep halfway through and just kind of gave up on correcting anything lol

[@severalcakes3267]

The part where you clarified a character named Saiorse had her name spelled “S-E-R-S-H-A” made me so sad for some reason. Aster really does ruin every idea she gets her hands on.

[@mst3kharris]

I’m just like, “Hasn’t the Irish language been disrespected enough? Must it also suffer the indignity of Aster trying to spell it with English phonics?”

[@nobodynoone4]

Really didn't think I'd learn about a third book in this series today, but I'm really happy about doing so through your video, because the power point was perfect as expected, and listening to your discussion really made my day. Had a great time! :)

[@littleduckbookclub]

Glad go hear you had a good time, very sorry you had to learn even more Lightlark information against your will

[@jeannaesteves4059]

I can’t even tell you how much I love these videos. You two are hilarious and I could listen to you roast Aster forever lol ❤

[@littleduckbookclub]

So happy to hear that!! We're also very happy to roast Aster for a few hours every year lol

[@birdyeggling]

I will likely never read past the first book(I’m anotating lighlark because unfortunately this book series is kinda my obsession) but I will always always always be joy this 3/5/8 hour videos going over the entire fucking series thank you for your service ducklings

[@littleduckbookclub]

There is just something about Lightlark that makes it stick in your brain and want to take it apart slowly and methodically... it's just such a weird book! But I'm totally with you on not reading the other ones. Duck no.2 is performing an invaluable service to us all!

[@santiagoacosta3372]

Island isla is just like lake lake

[@ribbonquest]

I would read a book called Dirt Princess. That sounds great.

[@littleduckbookclub]

I would imagine that titular dirt princess might be some sort of worm. Or perhaps even a snake?

[@ribbonquest]

@@littleduckbookclub I'm imagining one of those "fallen from nobility/riches" fairytales, like Donkeyskin.

[@santiagoacosta3372]

Oro and grim are so dumb, they're like sad puppies 😭

[@littleduckbookclub]

They're just little guys for real T-T

[@vanessacool5355]

Not her adding horcruxes to this book….

[@littleduckbookclub]

She's just throwing in stuff from everything she's ever read at this point, I assume. If anything new appears it might be easiest to assume she got it from somewhere else lol

[@amywithnalldunn4729]

Don't forget Tom Riddle's Diary and the Portal in the middle of a maze! lol

[@littleduckbookclub]

@@amywithnalldunn4729 I will admit, Harry Potter is not on my mental radar at all anymore so I just straight up missed how much of this could easily be borrowed from there T-T

[@alejandrofalcon525]

I’ve been waiting for this. Thank you ducks 😂

[@littleduckbookclub]

Duck no.2 took one for the team to let us all enjoy another top tier powerpoint

[@alejandrofalcon525]

@@littleduckbookclubthank you duck #2

[@Nomadman903]

I began thinking of Aster hired High Schoolers/Freshmen-level college students to ghostwrite her books because there is no way one person is equally lazy and comes up with too many ideas to the point that nothing makes sense. Also there is no way she can publish books in such a short amount of time.

[@littleduckbookclub]

See, I don't think she has to. It's not actually unlikely for someone to write this much, this fast. Usually publishing takes longer because authors are expected to implement edits to make their books better but clearly none of this shit is getting proofread, so it can be pumped out much faster.

[@shmoofly203]

these are Awesome .great job it’s always so silly .

[@Lakstoties]

Even as a writer of a meandering mess of a web serial... Damn, this book sounds like a whole lot of "Stuff happening but nothing happens". I'm reminded of the Bart Simpson quote: "I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows." Plus, the hamfisted retconning is a bit wild here. Aster seems to be desperately trying to back-patch things but at the same time is dropping the balling on carrying everything else forward. While I'm not exactly surprised a third one got written, I am kind of surprised how little fanfare it got. You'd think they'd be trying to shill it a bit hard, but no trace of this thing has shown up on the usual literary radars. In one way, I can see why, but in another way, I'm kind of disappointed at the industry not aggressively shoveling crap for once. I kind of wanted to see how they'd spin this trash. On a side note: I wish I was infamous/famous enough to deserve my work getting the "Trying to Explain X to my Friend" treatment from you all. I'd consider it an honor.

[@littleduckbookclub]

The thing about serial fiction is that at least there it's not possible to go back and edit things but a novel can and should see some serious changes between first draft and publishing! But it somehow just doesn't happen to the Lightlark series... I'm also a little surprised how little fanfare there was, although perhaps there was a lot more advertising on tiktok or in romantasy specific spaces? No idea. But I think Nightbane also didn't get much of a marketing campaign, now that I think about it. People were still more invested in the insanity that is Lightlark but now the interest has moved on to the next bad booktok sensation.

[@romulusnuma116]

Wow there just wouldn't be a story if this random blacksmith didn't exist? I guess that's true of most of the plot progression there has to be some random person who is just there to explain what should happen now. This book seems worse than the other 2.

[@littleduckbookclub]

The blacksmith is oddly relevant to the story, I wonder if we'll eventually find out he's related to Isla somehow...

[@ViolettaSachra]

I don't usually comment before I watch, but this time, your video is my first encounter with the book and i am just so excited where the story will go 🍿😁 how many established rules will be broken this time?! Also I want to say thank you for the presentation in advance, I know it'll be spectacular 🤩

[@ViolettaSachra]

Okay, it took me a bit, but I am done, and man, I have so many thoughts, were even to begin... I guess first: I was right, the presentation IS spectacular, love it, thank you so much!! Islas "Idea!" face is very funny, and I unironically like the drawings of Wraith and Lynx when they get a bit more detailed! Also the pokemon reference, yay, very cute :) Second, I need to get this out of my system, the blood pool was extremely gross, because wouldn't blood just coagulate, aka thicken?? I guess there's some magic stuff going on, but I couldn't shake the image of Isla jumping into a pool with blood in pudding consistency, yikes D: On a funnier note, I was so ready for the little pet snake Isla got to be the real traitor, I am upset that didn't happen. And who was the real traitor again, Soren or something? That felt so out of nowhere, did that character even do anything in this story beforehand? And I guess I shouldn't be too surprised, but I felt like Cleo was barely mentioned, when she was so driven by grief at the end of the last book and should have had a bigger part here, she was Grims war partner after all? And Azul is just here to share rings now....? Idk idk it felt really boring, like Aster didn't know what to do with them. Cannot believe Aster wrote the Isla-Island thing, that's gonna be so funny to convey in the spanish version :D Oh and the whole retcon of her parents death, nope, not buying it, stick to one story please! And why the hell did Isla not leave Terra in the prison, when she literally cackled evilly at her at the end of nightbane and called her stupid or something?? Isla was always super crazy powerful but her guardians fed her special metal so it suppressed her powers, but that wouldn't work anymore once Isla entered the centennial right, because she ate and was dressed independently of Terra and Poppy. She never had any unexplained outbursts of magic, so... ugh, it just makes little sense, no wonder Aster made her wear those bracelets to suppress her powers o.o (don't get me started on those, lazy!!) I btw share your headcanon that Horus (?) was still alive in the coffin and they just straight up murdered him, that was exactly what I thought when you explained the situation lmao Man there was so much weird stuff happening, i don't even know anymore. Still, looking forward to book 4, that's surely gonna be popcorn-worthy again :D Maybe it will all tie together in a beautiful knot at the end... but i doubt it. Thanks again for the long video and sorry for my long ramblings lul

[@littleduckbookclub]

The more you think about the blood pool the worse it gets T-T It didn't need to be like that... A lot of the reveals were just mostly underwhelming, which I suppose makes sense when the narrative itself doesn't make a lot of sense. It feels like every side character was pushed aside in favour of more scenes where Isla is stalking the night, killing random people or where she and Grim have sex. What I also wonder is where Cleo even got the idea that she could get her child back... If Lark is the one with the resurrection ability and she wasn't in Skyshade at the time, why did she and Grim believe that they could get their dead loved ones back in the other world? Many questions remain...The other nations aren't even really mentioned at all, who knows what the Starlings are up to. The "she was the one who killed her parents" is so stupid and makes no sense and you could not pay me enough to try and defend this publicly, that's how nonsensical it is. I'm also really curious about book 4 and what would even happen in there. Will we get Cronan as a new random love interest? Will we get a retcon and actually Lark wasn't evil and killing people for no good reason? Will Isla kill the Gods? Who knows! Alex Aster probably doesn't know yet either! What I'm also wondering about is what that second book is. I doubt it's book 5 so I'm low-key expecting it to be the whole saga from Grim's perspective which I can only imagine being extremely horny but also very boring and adding nothing to the story.

[@GilTheDragon]

Teeth are organs, skin is organ, therefore skin is bone

[@littleduckbookclub]

By this logic any organ can be considered bone. which I'm not opposed to btw. Brain is bone. Heart is bone. It's bones all the way down...

[@GilTheDragon]

@ absolutely. The thing the phantom plays, bone, those resin & glitter things bonee

[@Flareontoast]

Love your long rant videos. Love from Austria!

[@AidenFeltkamp]

@1:13:07 I agree with the thespian angle - makes complete sense to me!

[@lanterns_glow]

Anyone what need a trip to the Ecclesiastical Fountain of Aspirin after trying to make sense of this hot trash book? Maybe even a brain aneurysm

[@littleduckbookclub]

Perhaps a trip to the good old liquor store will suffice...

[@lanterns_glow]

@littleduckbookclub they don't have a rum big enough. But that's why you buy two!

[@inkylynx2777]

I just saw this in my recs and I am balking at how the fresh hell the absolute dumpsterfire of a romantacy novel that Lightlark was got _two sequels!_ Will there be more??? …at least it makes for great riffing material…

[@HelghastEnigma]

I believe Aster said she wants to make like 2 more books? I have no idea how, this series is like the epitome of 52 card pickup as a story telling device.

[@littleduckbookclub]

It's nothing short of miraculous that there continue to be more books and unfortunately for anyone who doesn't like the series this is in fact not the last book T-T

[@minbyc]

YESSSSS IM SO EXCITED FOR THIS

[@littleduckbookclub]

Let's go!!!!

[@GilTheDragon]

This is so fucking chaotic. ive never heard you before but im vibing nlw

[@validark]

Hearing people recap these and sjm and collen hover books makes me so glad im a nalini singh stan

[@validark]

Nalini would NEVER do me dirty like this

[@npgn3392]

Honestly at this point I ship oro and grim they make more sense

[@carolinesch.]

I am halfway through the book so I will watch this in pieces and I am so excited for the past 5 years in popular romantasy and tiktok books the remix part 3 and make a list again what I find similar😂

[@littleduckbookclub]

You've gotta come back after you're done and give us your full thoughts!!! I'm so curious to hear what sticks out to other people and what connections to other romantasy they noticed that we missed!! Godspeed trying to get through that book

[@carolinesch.]

​@@littleduckbookclubi will for sure do that, it will be such a long comment😂

[@littleduckbookclub]

@@carolinesch. and all of it will be a delight to read :)

[@amywithnalldunn4729]

It seems to be very HP heavy this time lol...All I've got so far are direct copies of Tom Riddle's Diary, Horcruxes and portkeys in mazes. Can't wait to see what else you find!

[@carolinesch.]

​@@amywithnalldunn4729I felt last book the HP vibes in that cave, that reminded me of the horkrux cave and the way we are introduced to twins and then one dies at the battle at the end😂

[@amyallen6863]

Not a dig at you but moreso at Alex Aster, the fact that the second book was called Nightbane and you constantly called it Nightshade multiple times without ever catching it shows just how forgettable these damn titles are.

[@littleduckbookclub]

They're just so similar T-T

[@thealexellucas]

Wait, is she so creatively bankrupt that she just reused the second book's title?

[@sciencefantastic]

I feel like I sound pretty harsh when I criticize things But I mean this when I ask: what exactly is so appealing about this genre? Everything that’s come out of it has been aggressively mediocre to complete crap and if that recent book Quicksilver is anything to go by everyone just keeps going back to Sarah J Maas and ACOTAR/ACOMAF but haven’t we understood by now that those books are like not good and that there is much better material to be pulling from ?

[@littleduckbookclub]

I think the thing is, that unfortunately, depending on how you wanna see it, most people just aren't very critical or analytical readers. So it's enough for them to get a basic premise with some stuff they like and they'll fill in all the blanks and plot holes with their own imagination and end up still having a good time. I also doubt this is a genre issue and more of a tiktok/social media virality issue. Somehow especially bad books do very well with those crowds T-T

[@kandibug5303]

I want to watch all of this but I'm going to go through with weekly slow burn chapter-by-chapter read-along by indie author Julian Greystoke's KZbin channel so I'll come back to this once I watch Julian Greystoke slowly descend into madness or sadness week-by-week.

[@littleduckbookclub]

I'm excited to hear about what stuck out to you that we might have missed in the summary when you eventually make your way back here :)

[@Flareontoast]

I'm always curious how these novels are translated. Like. Will it be Prophetenvolk or Prophetenleute or -Menschen. Among many other questions.

[@littleduckbookclub]

I wondered about that too! The crazy thing is Prophetenvolk sounds way more cool and fantasy appropriate than prophet people ever could, so I am hoping for something sillier lol

[@sciencefantastic]

While you’re recapping the plot at the beginning of the video. I was reminded how idiotic and forgettable these books were

[@littleduckbookclub]

A lot happens, but also almost none of it matters or leaves an impact. Truly fascinating how that works.

[@RiaxaraCo]

They made a third one?

[@littleduckbookclub]

And they will continue to make more! God knows why...

[@RiaxaraCo]

@@littleduckbookclub id say money, but I feel like the only people who will still keep buying these series are reviewers, and there can't be enough of them to fund a series

[@littleduckbookclub]

@@RiaxaraCo It would be fun if we end the series on another stupid cliffhanger because there's not enough interest for a new book

[@emory5533]

It's SOIL not DIRT

[@littleduckbookclub]

I don't know if there's different editions but the one Duck no.2 does say dirt. And not just once lol

[@stormystohelit6256]

1:01:36 Sillian Sardofary? (wrong spelling of course)

[@littleduckbookclub]

Celeana Sardothien, protagonist of S J Maas' Throne of glass :)

[@stormystohelit6256]

@@littleduckbookclub Thanks!

[@caprisiafernandez]

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[@littleduckbookclub]

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