Another cool trick of Tamsyn Muir’s POV wizardy is that we all read Nona’s POV of Crown “gives great hugs wears pants with pockets has lovely hair!” and completely forgot that Crown is actually fucking terrifying.
Babygirl went from being the prisoner of a terrorist group to holding rank within said terrorist group, ordering people around, fronting crucial missions, being trusted with explosive intelligence — all in less than a year and a half. She has Done Some Shit.
Remember when Pyrrha tells Palamedes she’d need five years to prepare him to resist Blood of Eden torture methods? These are the people Corona joined. They love her, they embraced her, she’s thriving. She has fully crossed the moral event horizon and I love that for her.
My roommate reading Harrow the Ninth for the first time: I like when Harrow’s second person narration throws in some Gideon-isms. It’s fun to hear her voice still coming through.