The same with Vedero – I think she was genuinely trying to give good advice to Maia, even if it isn’t advice that she likes herself. And then he could be left with two people with a very different agenda. I think if he makes his feelings towards them too obvious in public then somebody will find a way of replacing them by saying they’re not doing their job properly. I felt so sorry for Maia because he does seem to have latched onto the two as friends and so with that in mind I think the advice was good – particularly if he wants to keep the two of them close. I think that the scene with Cala giving Maia advice was very touching. How do you feel about these scenes, and the conversations between them? Are they being too harsh and/or cynical, or is Maia simply being too naive?

She seems alarmed at the idea that Maia might go against society and tradition by refusing to bargain for a marriage for her. At this point – I suspect everyone (almost).Ĭala and Vedero both have some hard but pragmatic advice for Maia here: Cala’s concern is for the emperor being seen to be weak for treating his nohecharei as equals when their job is to protect him and Vedero’s situation is different but her concern is basically the same as Cala’s. I mean she seemed absolutely furious didn’t she? Perhaps she’s hiding something or maybe she just really doesn’t like Maia and is all too eager to pounce on anything he does and find fault with it. I don’t really understand what that was all about tbh. Do you buy that as her reasoning? Or do you think she was making a scene for another reason?

So much political muck! Let’s start with Princess Sheveän, who seemed so very outraged at the idea of the late emperor’s body being ‘desecrated’. so without further ado – to the q&a and don’t spare the horses: The questions will be posted weekly in a Goodreads group page, and will also be tweeted out weekly from the account using the hashtag #TheGoblinEmperor, as well as the standard #wyrdandwonder tag. Lisa at DeerGeekPlace is hosting the readalong.

Week 4: Wednesday 27th May, Chapters 27 to End (part 4 & 5).

Week 3: Wednesday 20th May, Chapters 18 through 26 (part 3).

Week 2: Wednesday 13th May, Chapters 10 through 17 (end of part 2).

Week 1: Wednesday 6th May, Chapters 1 through 9.

As always, beware of spoilers which will be lurking and I hope you’ll join in with the discussion if this is a book you’ve already read.

The details of Wyrd and Wonder are here and the readalong details are here. This is part of the Wyrd and Wonder event taking place during the month of May. Today is the second week in the readalong for the Goblin Emperor.

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