I am not quite into romances, and I may have jumped into this abruptly without knowing the backdrop but it sure sounds like a horrible environment for me to be in, in all honesty. It still sounds like an interesting premise though.
I wonder if she said this quote put loud or not:"(and a long night that was too! It is so annoying. He doesn’t talk hardly at all, but he hums constantly!)" It doesn't seem to be I'm character that she would say that to her friend out loud, but I can't tell from the writing. I can definitely feel her annoyance either way 😂
Well, she had been worried about appearances before, even if she couldn't live up to her own expectations back at the dance, so I had almost expected that to continue. But this is a private conversation with a friend, so it probably wasn't really out of character.
On second thought I suppose most in this society will be worried about appearances, and I've only known Illoia for a day so far.
Mainly the latter, as I had taken her focus on the political appearances around her marriage to mean she wouldn't risk any complaints at all about her husband.
That’s an interesting comment. My idea here is that it’s it’s her and this other super rich girl and they’re part of the upper class and one of the rules of their society is that girls can sit around and gossip and it’s not considered particularly negative. I’m going to deal with this more laterwhen her mother confronts her on it.
So, is sending her father a written letter, or even a video recording, and having her friend hand deliver it out of the question?
It's only out of the question for the plot :)
I really wanted the scene where she got yelled at in the place of her friend, and I got some character development. I cheated a bit to get there :)
I just loved writing the line, "I'm not very good at brave. I haven't practiced much."
That is a good line.
I am not quite into romances, and I may have jumped into this abruptly without knowing the backdrop but it sure sounds like a horrible environment for me to be in, in all honesty. It still sounds like an interesting premise though.
I wonder if she said this quote put loud or not:"(and a long night that was too! It is so annoying. He doesn’t talk hardly at all, but he hums constantly!)" It doesn't seem to be I'm character that she would say that to her friend out loud, but I can't tell from the writing. I can definitely feel her annoyance either way 😂
Out loud, but kind of sotte vocce.
I would be interested in knowing why it seemed out of character.
You sure are blazing through the book!!
Well, she had been worried about appearances before, even if she couldn't live up to her own expectations back at the dance, so I had almost expected that to continue. But this is a private conversation with a friend, so it probably wasn't really out of character.
On second thought I suppose most in this society will be worried about appearances, and I've only known Illoia for a day so far.
Yeah, OK, but what part of what she said? Was it the implied sexual comment, or her complaints about his humming?
Mainly the latter, as I had taken her focus on the political appearances around her marriage to mean she wouldn't risk any complaints at all about her husband.
That’s an interesting comment. My idea here is that it’s it’s her and this other super rich girl and they’re part of the upper class and one of the rules of their society is that girls can sit around and gossip and it’s not considered particularly negative. I’m going to deal with this more laterwhen her mother confronts her on it.