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Just finished ch 48 so please no spoilers after it but when Alexander said "fight me" I just burst out laughing. Like its just ridiculous at this point how petty and pious Alexander is that he thinks he could even last a second against hadrian.

And i know this isn't the main reason why alexander hates hadrian but i still find it funny the fact that hes still holding onto an ofhand remark from like 600 years ago lol. Alexander is such a bum

Every time he shows up, he brings a regal presence to him. Even in front of Hadrian's abilities, he stands as a giant. He cares so much for his duty and truly exemplifies the title of Servant of the Servants. The way he apologized to Hadrian in Ashes of Man for sending him to the Lothrians and the demise of the Red Company made my heart melt. I felt as though here was a Palantine who actually cared.

Many people might not like Old Billy 23 because of the way he handled Valka's death. But in hindsight, he was completely justified. He needed Hadrian for the mission of The Quiet, and for political reasons. "I was about to make you my son." By honouring Hadrian, he would have saved him from assassination plots. If Hadrian had accepted this role, he would have been sent to Hapsis and killed The Watchers much faster.

Currently reading Shadows Upon Time....let's see what Hadrian and Billy talk about.

100 people VS "Crim-Karim Garone‐did not curse or flail"

I just started Demon in White and the thing that has stuck out to me is that being a Knight Victorian seems like it would suck. All the pomp and circumstance of being around the Emperor was exhausting just listening to it much less having to live it.

I’m curious about peoples thoughts on this and if this is how things would have been with a Roman Emperor?

I have a little less than 1/3 of Shadows Upon Time left to go, and I bet I'm done by the end of the week. What a ride. This series has been great, and I'm trying to mentally prepare for the "void" feeling once I'm done. I've read the 3 novellas, but haven't gotten to the short stories.

Feel like I'm gonna be hard pressed to find another series that resonates with me like this one did. Looking for any suggestions! I've been reading more over the last couple years with my free time, but nothing like the absolute units these books have been.

Let me know what y'all are liking out there!

Would appreciate not getting any major spoilers for shadows upon time.

Making my way through the series, it’s a bit slow for my tastes so I skipped all the .5 audiobooks and figured I’d go back to them one day. But, to my horror now, it seems I missed the ashes of man title not being a .5 in my haste to continue after kingdoms of death.

You know that very pivotal plot event that happens in ashes of man? Inspires the whole situation at the beginning of the book?? I kept on thinking “damn that seems far too important to leave to be a detailed flashback or to be described in a re-telling to another character” and I was right there was a whole book for it

Needless to say, I’m devastated

Do I just go back to ashes of man now? I have like 20 mins left of disquiet gods so maybe I just finish it and then treat it like a massive flashback?

Have I ruined the series for myself????

Let me start off by saying i am an amateur reader. Not used to reading huge fantasy series..

I finished empire of silence. I enjoyed it a lot tbh. There were a few downs but overall it was stellar.

Hadrian has really grown on me. It took me a long time to finish the said book because the initial chapters had some steep vocabulary not to mention the size of the book itself...

Now I have purchased howling dark but the sheer size is a little overwhelming I am ngl. I guess I am wondering if i can truly finish the whole series ....

To be clear I'm only up to where they first leave Gododdin. Am I just being impatient? Does it pick up more after this for this book? Am I crazy for being a little bored so far? Tell me what you think