u/redpeppersoda

Xaden ever called Violet by her first name only

&gt;!Gods, it’s not just as good as I’d been fantasizing about, remembering that night. It’s so much better. He was careful with me against that wall, but there is nothing hesitant about the way he lays claim to my mouth, nothing cautious about the ache that pulses low in my stomach. He only breaks the kiss when we’re both panting, then rests his forehead against mine. “Leave for me, Violet.”<!

Then the next time he does it is...

&gt;!“Violet.” He says my name like a warning, as if he’s something I should be wary of. Violet. He only says my name when it’s just the two of us, when all the walls and the pretenses fall away, and gods if I don’t want to hear it again and again, just like that.!<

There's something so intimate and so precious about these moments it gives me butterflies in my stomach.

❤️‍🔥

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&gt;!I feel like committed long-term relationships among riders are rarely mentioned in the book with the exception of xaden and violet obviously...who else's in a relationship if you can think of any? Also who would you like to see dating? Obviously I want ImogenxGarrick and SloanexDain!<

I feel like the parents will definitely turn out to be nothing like the way Violet described them...and learning about Lilith's truth will break her small box of bottled up emotions.

I also feel like Brennan will turn out to be a betrayer or a morally grey character and Violet might have to outsmart her own brother, the master tactitian and the better poison master.

As for Violet...I'm curious to see if there will be a plot twist. Some people complain that she doesn't ask the right questions but what if she has answers to some of them already and been working behind the scene but we just don't know yet? That'll be kind of an awesome twist.

As for Mira...trust only Mira.

&gt;!So ngl..I kinda felt betrayed by my book bf when Vi realizes that Cat has some training from Xaden also🤣 But then dating while in the rider's quadrant in his 2nd year at Basgiath wouldn't have allowed them that much time together during the 9 month period and I doubt training was all they did so I figured it was a handful of sessions. I thought the distance would have made it almost impossible to meet up but someone said Garrick prob teleported him to her (Garrick is the ultimate best friend👌) During the re-read i saw below:!<

>!I should have realized the danger of getting too close the first time I put her on her back and showed her how easily she could kill me on the mat- a vulnerability I've allowed no one else- but I brushed it off as an undeniable attraction to a uniquely beautiful woman.!<

&gt;!So still his sessions with her were special and although he has trained many people (like those marked ones struggling and prob Liam), he has never done what he did with Violet with anyone else and I just found it oddly sweet and special😊!<

&gt;!Inntinnsics!! Vi can walk into someone's subconscious and see whatever it is there with no way for them to block her...Xaden can read intentions...Aaric can literally see the future so he too always knows others' intentions as well as their consequences. And these are all secrets...Then there's of course the memory reader Dain (i think he wont need to touch them) and eraser Imogen. I thought inntinnsics are rather rare😅 and is a death sentence....but anyways!! I just wanted to say that...the mind fuckery in book 4 and 5 will be insane!<

&gt;!I love the beginning of FW so much!! Especially when I realized he's just acting like a 23 year old crushing on a girl after reading the bonus chapters. Like when you have a crush on someone, you try to get their attention, try to be around them, try to talk to them...Like he wasn't even on denial he was just trying not to act on it...Imagine Xaden trying to impress her on the challenge mats several times? LOLLLLLL Like "omg she's watching gonna do this cool maneuver to impress her" or noticing her walking in and admiring her and almost taking a punch in the face lol? All the while trying to look super cool?!<

I really like this scene also:

>!“No questions about where I’ve been?” He folds his arms across his chest and studies me in the moonlight. His scar looks even more menacing in this light, but I can’t seem to find the energy to be scared. “I honestly don’t care.” I shrug"!<

>!“I just need to know what my chances are here.” My hands curl into fists. The ass has the nerve to smile. “That’s the oddest way I’ve ever been hit on—” “Not my chances with you, you conceited prick!” Fuck this. Fuck all of this. I move past him, but he catches my wrist, his grip light but his hold firm. His fingertips on my pulse make it skitter. “Chances at what?” he asks, tugging me just close enough that my shoulder brushes his biceps.!<

&gt;!Vi was agitated and scared of falling off of the gauntlet the next day so she wasn't too interested in Xaden's whereabouts...or reciprocate Xaden's attempt at flirting with her (poor Xaden was getting no attention LOL). Then she tries to walk away but HE stops her. When there's no real reason to. It's not like they were friends. They weren't even yearmates. They weren't bound by some dragon bonds. He just... liked her lol he saw her cheek and wanted to know what's going on with her and just wanted to talk to her...the whole thing is so freaking cute I wish I could read all this for the first time again!<

&gt;!So first of all, I'm okay if a character is flawed or has issues and not a green flag and even toxic. It makes them interesting. What I found confusing was the inconsistency. The whole Violet feeling inferior to Cat and mentioning she's noble by birth just like Xaden and even admitting that HE would find HER inferior to Cat was hella confusing to me. We are repeatedly told that she doesn't care about titles or ranks and at the time we didn't know this but she had already dated the crown prince of Navarre and said she doesn't care about titles or power and Halden was just Halden to her. So was she feeling inferior at the time too? Either she cares or she doesn't care. Like I'm fine with her feeling inferior because Cat is so much prettier or something - which I firmly believe she is not only because I'm pretty sure Cat would have outright said Violet's too ugly for Xaden if that was the case😄 - but really? Birthright? I thought she'd value merit more than birthright....So I just kind of gloss over that part tbh.!<

&gt;!What was confusing to me about Halden character was how utterly useless and dumb he was. He's even violent and unfaithful. It's said that 1.Violet didn't date him because he was first in line to the throne 2. And if he is such a horrible human being, Violet didn't date him for his personality...? Then what was it.....she just dated him because he has a pretty face? I mean...it's fine I guess she was 18 lol It's fine to like pretty boys but the character is so horrendous it almost reflects badly on her and I struggle why he was even introduced at this point. I mean it's possible that although he has a short temper, he was chasing after Violet and was the sweetest man out there to her at the time but overall...I hope we will see more of him later because otherwise I'm confused as hell<!

!>so is xaden going to start wearing purple robes...!??😩no more rider black leathers...?!<

&gt;!I have noticed that when Violet's sleeping alone in Basgiath she's usually wearing her armor but when she's sleeping with Xaden she doesn't wear it....she's always in some sort of a ......slip...nightgown.....? like she doesn't need the armor when she's sleeping beside her man and Xaden never complains although he is always mad when she's not wearing it hahahhaahahahah.....<!

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&gt;!If the revolution cadets were to return to Basigath as second years I really hope to see some major reformation of Basgiath courses - and we've seen some changes in the OS already. The whole death factory theme doesn't make sense when they are all gonna die from venin attacks anyways and most importantly I want the final exam of interrogation part to be modified or removed completely because...really? We had seen Violet on the chair for the interrogation course, then tortured for 5 straight days, enough for two life times, and then she will have to go back there for the final exam like...? That's not just emotionally exhausting for the readers it seems pointless and redundant like we get it - she's unbreakable she's proven it over and over...I really hope there aren't 3 chapters dedicated to torturing her!<

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She's speaking in Tyrrish here after the assembly was discussing what to do with her right in front of her in Tyrrish disrespecfully, as if she didn't just save all the marked ones' asses and almost died doing it...I wonder if they were speaking in common language before they realized she was listening then switching to Tyrrish thinking she won't understand - which will make this scene even more satisfying 😄

&gt;!I really like how they always want to sleep in the same bed since Xaden graduated (except when he has to sleep in the professors' dorm). There's something about it that's so sweet and domestic...Even when they were on 'a break' and were travelling between Samara and Basgiath they always slept in the same bed with only a couple exceptions...like maybe two nights. They even sleep beside each other when they are camping and Violet only sleeps in his - ahem their- room when she's in Aretia. They always sleep beside each other even when they are not even having sex and later Xaden declares it's a no-fight-zone which I also find...very sweet.!<

Xaden said he had some regrettable nights which were undoubtedly casual in nature. But Violet doesnt really say much (unless i missed it). I feel like she takes a pretty casual stance towards sex (everyone in general actually) and not very shy...So I wonder if she did also have some casual partners other than her 3 known bfs ...🤣

&gt;!Did RY really have to make the height difference between Violet and Xaden so huge!?? Like when I read the lines like 'i surge on my toes to kiss him' like - there's no way she can reach his face even on her tippy toes without him lower his body so she can't really surprise him by doing that ?? And also as she gets trained she's supposedly getting very strong but even if you are really well trained it would be almost impossible to overpower these massive strong male opponents - and I was told this from a martial arts trainer - like maybe if she was at least average that would be more believable? Sigh....how can they even do it on their knees!?!? Sorry for the random rant ...!<

So am re-reading for a third time and actually paid attention to this part for the first time and it helped me understand their first time so much better...

IF Spoiler:

&gt;!"You don't have to like someone to fuck them." He shrugs. My jaw slackens, considering what we just did.

His head tilts as he watches me. "As I recall, you didn't exactly like me the first time-"

"Do not finish that sentence." I jab my finger in his direction. "On the other hand, I was already in love with you."!<

&gt;!The way he kept saying she doesn't really want it or he wanted her to tell him to stop annoyed the heck out of me when I first read it loll like dude a woman of ur dreams is throwing herself at you what are you doing?? But he already knew he had deep feelings for her -he called it love- and at the same time knew she didn't....😂😂😂😂Homegirl just wanted a good fuck🤣🤣🤣🤣I actually love her for it lol and when I re-read it, it's all there too.!<

&gt;!That's why I trust him with my body.

My heart? It isn't playing into this decision.

"Stop being so fucking honorable and fuck me, Xaden"!<

&gt;!It weirdly made me so soft and like him more🥹 She wanted to blow off some steam but he was already in love with her awww...it's kinda refreshing that the female character is so casual about sex and Vi really is...down for anything lol just re-read the throne scene and at the end she was like, "That's it? You aint gonna flip me over the side of the throne and bang me?????" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I need RY to give me a bonus chapter on that night<!