User blog comment:SaynaSLuke/The Veil is Torn/@comment-2142396-20151121165405

Finished chapter 35, and I’m glad Martin finally comes to his senses! After all, Rose leaving did affect him, even if it was late. Well, late is better than never. And it’s a nice touch how he threw away the monocle because it was the reason he and Rose argued rather than because he realized that they were magicked. Though I think he begins to suspect that much…

Aahh, the reunions! I waited so long for them to come! Though I still can’t wait to see the parents’ faces the moment they realize that all of their children brought a future spouse with them. :D I love Sandingomm and Gingivere’s joy at seeing Veil again, it really shows that he still has parents despite what happened in Southsward. (Doesn’t it just annoy you how adoptive parents are easily pushed aside in books and movies when the real parents reappear? It does me, too.) And I waited for the moment when Cedric learns that Fripple isn’t the only princess in Mossflower. Aubretia has always been too nice to actually call him out on it, but not Roseanna. :D Other of my favourite reunions were between Sunflash and Bella and Lilly and Thalia.

Nice job with how they can’t just use the Morning Song to save Redwall, but must get more information before that. I like the plan to send the party into Redwall to see how things are there, though they unintentionally informed Xzanthia of their presence, and that’s not good.

Oh, Xzanthia, Xzanthia… Your lack of patience and recklessness is going to be your downfall. To miss the chance to kill the leaders of both Redwall and Southsward for the revenge against a six-season-old? Totally like her. She should take some lessons from Viscum: destroy Redwall first, then destroy Veil and his forces, and then there would be no one left to protect Esmund from you. Still, I find it interesting how we can delve into her mind and see how much her upbringing morally crippled her as she cannot even comprehend the strength of feelings between Martin and Rose and why would Bluefen love Esmund. I can’t help but think that Bluefen had probably loved her, too, and that Xzanthia wouldn’t have turned into such a freak if she was allowed to stay with Bluefen.

I admit I didn’t even suspect the Wraith to appear… mostly because I kind of forgot he was in the book, he appeared there for such a short time. :D But I do smell an ironic death coming… Tyre actually surprised me. I thought that at one point he would get fed up with Xzanthia’s attics, but I didn’t expect him to turn on her. I mean, what’s the profit for him? I enjoyed the reference to the five-topped oak, by the way.

Haha, I’ve been expecting Catkin’s love for hotroot to save the team somehow! Though I expected a pepper bomb or a dash of spices in the eyes. :D