all the representation in here (disabled (both MCs use canes), t4t, ftm, and bigender) is wonderful, but this plot is so meandering and confusing that i just can’t continue.
supposedly all the elder rulers of these kingdoms were put into some magical sleep and that’s why the kingdoms are mostly run by teens/young adults, but i just have so many questions surrounding that. how long have they been asleep? was there no chain of command to ensure that their kids would not rule until they came of age? apparently they were all sent to sleep at a summit, so DID THEY LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND IN CASE OF POSSIBLE TRAPS???
it’s also incredibly unclear why they are at war in the first place, they’ve been fighting for a very long time but they worked together on an aqueduct system during that? and at the beginning of the story cade just waltzes over to the enemy castle to return gael and faces zero consequences? and a delegation just goes to the enemy kingdom and does some dances? doesn’t war mean you don’t hang out and work with this other kingdom?
i am so genuinely confused and this feels like i was dropped into the middle book of a trilogy and expected to understand.