Adelaide Jensen

That's what makes really rich characters and rich stories.

Those are very good answers.

Thank you.

Good questions.

Yeah.

Let's get chatting about sequels and about Rites of the Starling.

So throughout this episode, there will be some spoilers for Shield of Sparrows, obviously, because we're talking about book two, and some very light spoilers for Rites of the Starling.

But the majority of that will be kept in the After Dark section.

So at some point we will signal that if you do not want spoilers, do not listen to the After Dark.

But we will make a note in the show notes so you know when to avoid that segment.

Let's get started.

But before we talk specifically about this book, let's talk about sequels generally.

What do you think makes a really good fantasy sequel?

That's what I was going to say.

Yeah, because we're so in agreement because I think generally, and again, generally speaking, you will have a sort of more insular book one.

And we were talking about this when we read and spoke about Diebound, right, is that we were like, I want to see more of the world.

But you do, you get all this very sort of sidelined world building in book one that's just sort of there as subtext.

And in book two, usually you get to be like, and here's all the things I've been, you know, learning about in book one and now I finally get to see.

Yeah.

And in this, I guess it's something we've come to expect a little bit more in fantasy.