**SPOILERS FOR ROTR***
HOLY COW!! I got and finished Across the Dark Water today and I will just say that who thought Jennifer Lynn Alvarez's writing couldn't get better? And how many of those people were proven TOTALLY wrong when you read this book? You can say yes/me or no/not me in the comments. Anyway, here is a post to discuss it! Tell me your favorite part, least favorite, etc. And also, I plan to make a drawing of fan art for Across the Dark Water, so stay tuned!
thats wat i was thinking LOL
I bet Harak is I’Lenna’s father >.< (btw, sorry if I was doing that Dawn...)
Oi calm down it really doesnt matter what gender you are no offense but i really hate when people make a big deal. i have a friend thats trans. btw Tuni and Brauk no way! v Tuni dont need no person plus Tuni is gentler than brwany brauk. Tuni is my fav and i saw signs for Dewberry! my fav part was when Tuni brought Rahkki to the animal docter brim carver LOl
I agree Riverstar
And Tuni was sort of likable from a human perspective.
Yeah, but still, I can't stand hearing them call her Sula. I get why she did it, but that doesn't make me like it.
No, I liked that part. She was accepting Rakkhi, which is NOT the same as giving up, as she had first thought. And knowing Echofrost (aka Sula), it was probably a trick. She plans to get free again, as soon as she gets help for Storm Herd.
Speaking of Sula and Firo, what do you guys think of Echofrost and Shysong with Landwalker names? I personally hate it. Especially when Echofrost said she was no longer Echofrost.
Shysong/Firo!
Good point. Okay, the likeable characters were: Echofrost/Sula, Hazelwind, Dewberry, Rakkhi, Brauk (sort of), Uncle Darthan, I'Lenna, hmm, anyone else?
Yeah, I was really mad at Brauk and Harak when Echofrost tried to kick Harak because Brauk messed everything up. I did not like Mut Finn either. When I think about it, there weren't very many likable characters in the book. I think that that might have made us like the likable characters more than we would have otherwise.
Oh, absolutely. I liked that part where Echofrost was planning to kick him. I didn't like that she kicked Brauk, but her intentions were good. And toward the beginning, when Mut Finn took Rakkhi's eight jints? I would've punched him SO hard just then.
Okay, and was it just me or did anyone else feel like punching Harak in the face more than a few times?
I totally agree with all of that. I just finished reading ROTR for the second time yesterday. There are so many good descriptions in it. I definitely ship Rakkhi and I'llena, but I am not so sure about Tuni and Brauk (sorry Wispi!). After reading it, I liked Echofrost even more than I had before.
Echofrost wasn’t kidding though when she said Lilliam was like the human version of Petalcloud. The only difference about them is their species
That would be good
I think she should be imprisoned for life or something. Or given to the Gorlanders or Granak, the dragon. Yeah that was cruel, but so is she.
That sounded cruel O_O
I hope she would be murdered by Reyena or even Echofrost
She would probably whine but would be able to do nothing. The book said that she was not trained properly.
Lilliam. (Such an ugly name!)
That would be so cool. I wonder how the current queen (I forget her name) would react to being dethroned.
That’d be good
Yeah, that’s what I was thinking too. I wonder if the unborn child is a girl?
I hope so
Yeah, that last one you mentioned made me think that Rakkhi will be searching those tunnels in book two
Lol. My favorite parts are when it was confirmed that Dewberry is pregnant, Echofrost dumped off everyone who tried to ride her (except for Rahkki. He’s the only person who I would like to ride Echofrost.) and when Rahkki realized that his mother, the queen, could still be alive
Woops.
Uh, what??
Is that supposed to be on the OC chat?
You already did that by bringing it up.
I said let's not get into that.
-_- How. Dare. You!
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So can girls, but let's not get into that.
Boys can be so blind. -face palm- I agree Rain. I definitely ship Tuni and Brauk!
I guess that's true, but I think they are just good friends.
tuni always cares for Brauk's bro and they Brauk and Tuni always seems to "see" eachother at places like almost everytime Tuni leaves she's like, "See ya at [anything here]" I usually like shipping the side characters but that's just me :P
I ship Rahkki and I'Lenna but not Brauk and Tuni.
And.. anyone else ship Tuni x Brauk & Rahkii x Princess I'Lenna?
I think half of MB loved the part when everyone found out Dewberry was preg XD Anyway that was mah favorite part :D And do you notice whenever they spit its about the Gorlanders? Maybe that's some sort of symbol thing.
AND YAS MORE PPL FOR RAINFLIGHT'S AWESOME RPPP :D
I did say I'm allowed to have bad manners. I didn't say I do have bad manners.
Yeah, that part was definitely awesome lol.
(Also, no matter what kind of society, people should always try to have good manners. But (as I’m positive you were planning to do anyway) you can do what you like.)
I don't live in a monarchy society. I'm allowed to have bad manners. But anyway, I liked the contest after the auction when Echofrost did the spiraling plummet to make one of her riders fall off and then she landed with out thinking she'd done anything special. I laughed at that because I remembered the part where Echofrost thought Kol was vain and this pointed out the the Kihlari weren't the fantastic fliers they thought they were.
I could tell from the beginning too. She kept going “foal” this, and “foal” that.
Rahkki has better manners then you do lol
Remember the Riders when they were battling the giants? When Brauk (I think) found that there were giants attacking, he said "Bloody rain" and spat on the ground. I think Bloody Rain is a curse of some sort for the Sandwens, and spitting on the ground is another superstition.
And I loved the aunt realization too, even though I could tell Dewberry was pregnant from the beginning. The nest part to me was good but kind of sad, and I laughed when Rahkki said "Princesses go first."
But believe me, I believed her writing could get better. My favorite part was when Echofrost realized that SHE IS GONNA BE AN AUNT!!!!!!!! Second favorite would be when Echofrost and Shysong left Rahkki and I’Lenna in the nest. That was hilarious, awesome, and helpful for their relationship (for the pegasus human and the other obvious one.)
Which part was the title referring to?
And by the way, the title makes sense if you've read Across the Dark Water