A plateful of cookies

I reread The Will of the Empress this last week. And OMG I forgot how much I loved the Emelan universe. I love all four of them and they’re such a happy family.

I still don’t know why people want to ship any of them together. There are a whole heap of instances where you could see, if you were particularly over-zealous, shipping, but it’s mostly just cute stuff. Have people not heard of familial kisses? (Briar and Tris falling asleep on Daja’s bed while waiting for her to craft the ear beads and spectacles made me squeal “They’re like puppies!”)
And really, Daja’s quote:

“We are closer than you can begin to imagine — Sandry, Briar, Tris, me. We are the same person in a way you have never heard of”

sums it all up.

Also, new crack pairing! Briar/shakkan. It was seriously too cute all the times he fell asleep with it near him.
Briar in general is too adorable when he gets protective. (Yes, he is my favourite character, but only after Tris.)

I should make an effort to remember the herb name droughtwort, in case I do ever decide to write about how it works.

Totally off-topic but I really want to write a Circle/Doctrine of Labyrinths crossover.  Briar and Mildmay would really get along and Mildmay would love Daja for all the stories she could tell. Meanwhile, Tris and Felix would be chatting away awesomely. I’m not sure if Sandry would get along with either of the brothers though…

*puts the books on her permitted books to buy list*