starfallkaz:

things that sjmaas SMASHED in HOEAB

1. girlxgirl friendships, the strength of Bryce & Danika’s relationshi- to the point that even death couldn’t stop them
2. trauma, Bryce’s mental state and emotional reaction following what happened to Danika & the Pack, Hunt constantly having to kill for Micah
3. sex positivity, fuck ya taboo sex talks, I love how open these characters are
4. navigating romantic relationships, what I mean by this is how difficult it was for both Bryce & Hunt to move on after their respective partners. Trying to move past guilt for what they were feeling & having the strength to try for this new love
5. badass female characters, I mean this is just a given at this point. Bryce, Fury, Hypaxia (my fave), Danika, Lehabah, Juniper, need I say more
6. self-forgiveness, the emotional aspect to getting rid of the pain in Bryce’s leg. She took on everything that Ithan and Sabine said about her, and to an extent she believed it also. But she was able to turn this around, she could forgive herself for not replying to Connor’s text, for not being there for Danika.
7. Difficult family relationships, Bryce’s strenuous relationship with her brother for the majority of hoeab. Loving her brother, yet struggling to get on with him, her guilt for being starborn. Her extremely fucked relationship with the autumn king.
8. Strong family relationships, I loved to see the strength of her mother & step dad’s love and support and care for her. We haven’t had anything like this before with SJM and it was amazing to see. Also her brother’s constant care for her, even when she was certain she didn’t need it.
9. Male emotions and weakness, this could probably be phrased better, but I loved how we got to see how thoroughly broken and hurt Hunt was after he killed for Micah. Grappling with what he’s being forced to do, and showing that weakness to Bryce. Allowing her to clean him in the shower, allowing her in.
10. Genuine compassion, Bryce freeing Lehabah and Sphinx, everyone at the meeting watching as Lehabah made the greatest sacrifice for her friends

These are only a couple that I loved, please add

dawninlatin:

Bryce: *Taps foot*

Hunt: *Taps foot in response*

The Autumn King: Stop that

Hunt: Stop what?

The Autumn King: You’re talking about me in morse code

Bryce: Yeah, that’s what we’re doing. In our very limited freetime, we took a class on a very outdated, very unnecessary form of communication just so we could talk about you in front of you.

Hunt, to Ruhn: That’s…exactly what we did.