User blog comment:SaynaSLuke/The Veil is Torn/@comment-2142396-20151021211106

Okay, I finished chapter 30 – that was a fast reading by my standards. It helped that I copyed already posted chapters on my e-reader just so I could read them while I was away on holiday, and that alone says how much I enjoy your writing. :)

I loved seeing how things go at Redwall, and Filip is quickly becoming one of my favourite characters, but that’s probably because I have a lot of favourite characters. I also loved reading about Togget, it’s good that you found the way for him to appear. And to bring Whegg and Regina back into focus, even if for one episode – it was really nice to see our old favourites, especially the father-son talk Whegg had with Filip.

Sadly, I still can’t connect with Veil. I understand that he is in a serious mental and emotional mess after all he had come through, but still, during that scene when Bryony asked him to come back to Redwall and he refused, I wanted to shout at him to not be such an egoist.

So, Veil got a horde… That was unexpected, but I liked seeing him interacting with Scraw and Wildag, especially the scene when Scraw asked if Veil was going to kill those who deserted him. And how Veil officially became ‘yer majesty’. :D Still, he’s got to be very careful – no matter how good and just of a ruler he is, there is always somebeast who thinks they would like to rule themselves. Then moment Fripple mentioned ‘the two weasels’, I immediately thought of Marbul and Scarback, that’s got to be them!

I like that you found time to show more of Ivan. He had always been a silent one, so it was good to get to know him a little better. Aubretia and Byron, too – especially Aubretia using him as a bookshelf and him being too nice to protest. :D

Seeing the meeting between Martin, Sayna and Timbal made me so sad. Poor Martin, all he wanted to do was to protect his family, and yet he has to suffer again and again. And again, I can’t really blame him for anything.

I actually laughed at Cedric’s ‘subtle, but not too subtle’ advice to Esther. Cedric, you won’t know ‘subtle’ even if it hit you on the head, Mr. ‘I’ll be hot even if I fell down a cliff’. :D The whole ‘anonymous’ letter was hilarious, too, I laughed so hard at the scene, especially as Aubretia was ‘found out’ to be Veil’s secret admirer… and it seems Aubretia is the only one who don’t know about the admirer’s identity. :D I loved the talk Veil and Esther had afterwards, too. In the very least, they are getting somewhere… and Veil pulled his head out of the sand and acted less downcast and self-absolved, so that was a nice change.