We talked about Apolline the most. Everyone loved how strong she was, but still had a sense of naivety since she'd lived a sheltered life on her isolated planet. Despite her sheltered existence, she was strong, brave, and independent.
We enjoyed how in the end Apolline and Allard worked together to conquer their opposition. It wasn't about one giving way to the other, but it was a team effort, using both their strengths to get through.
The side characters were fun and interesting too. Some secrets about the fairies may have been spilled, and also the future of the store keeper Charlie.
We discussed how each book features one of the seven deadly sins as a source of dark magic, the book titles for all seven books were revealed and explained that they create a palindrome format.
We briefly talked about the books to come, and that book 2, featuring Hansel and Gretel, is in the pipeline in edits.
Swag was handed out for the book; stickers and postcards. Left over swag was put out and other swag that I have accumulated.
We followed up by talking about sequels of the books we've already read. Some have their sequels out, some have sequels coming out soon. We showed recent covers, including one that follows our selection for this month.
On that note, this month we are reading Destruction by Sharon Bayliss.
