Aether of night reactions

[NameIess]

I have recently started reading Aether of night, and I have decided to make a thread with my reactions and predictions. Please only post spoilers that go up to chapter eighteen.

Reactions as of Chapter 6:

Aether is a very cool magic system.

I like the family element in the story.

Predictions as of Chapter 6:

Raeth's dad knew about the shadow attack beforehand, that's why he told Raeth he was proud of him.

Darro killed Hern.

The Aethers are split into two groups, each connected to a different one of the twins.

The shadow attack was caused by one of the twins breaking out.

Edited April 1, 2020 by Nameless

[Eternal Khol he/him]

1 hour ago, Nameless said:

Predictions as of Chapter 6:

Raeth's dad knew about the shadow attack beforehand, that's why he told Raeth he was proud of him.

Darro killed Hern.

The Aethers are split into two groups, each connected to a different one of the twins.

The shadow attack was caused by one of the twins breaking out.

Not bad.

There's some truth in your predictions. I won't say what though

 

What do you think of D'naa?

She was my favorite for most of the book.

A fierce woman with a powerful Aether bond that shouldn't have been.

Love it!

Edited March 31, 2020 by Eternal Khol

[NameIess]

1 hour ago, Eternal Khol said:

What do you think of D'naa?

She was my favorite for most of the book.

A fierce woman with a powerful Aether bond that shouldn't have been.

I like her, I do hope that Raeth gets to marry her somehow, although that's looking less and less likely. Maybe he'll step down after the forgotten are dealt with?

[Honorless he/him]

Really? I didn't like D'na, she was annoying, especially in the second half. I didn't like Raeth much either.

Some of your prediction(s) are spot on, Llstml

[NameIess]

Well, I finished it. dang it, I was so sure that Raeth's dad knew the whole time. The ending felt a little deus ex machina, especially with the way Darro had everything planned out, but I'm glad it had a happy ending. Too bad about the cliffhanger though.

[Eternal Khol he/him]

1 hour ago, Dreamer said:

Really? I didn't like D'na, she was annoying, especially in the second half. I didn't like Raeth much either.

Some of your prediction(s) are spot on, Llstml

That's why I said only part of the book

She was so annoying in the second half ROFL

She never gave Raeth/Hern a chance.

She assumed he was a jerk so she hated on him before she even had a chance to see who he really was

[NameIess]

Ironically, my knowledge of the rest of the Cosmere (Mistborn) kept  me from figuring out that the night aether could teleport the user. As soon as they said it was the opposite, I thought oh, he can teleport himself. Then when they tested teleporting other people, I assumed that they would have come to the same conclusion as me, and I assumed that they were testing whether or not he could teleport himself. 

Edited April 1, 2020 by Nameless

[Honorless he/him]

On 4/1/2020 at 8:47 PM, Nameless said:

Ironically, my knowledge of the rest of the Cosmere (Mistborn) kept  me from figuring out that the night aether could teleport the user. As soon as they said it was the opposite, I thought oh, he can teleport himself. Then when they tested teleporting other people, I assumed that they would have come to the same conclusion as me, and I assumed that they were testing whether or not he could teleport himself. 

What are you trying to say here?

[NameIess]

10 hours ago, R J said:

What are you trying to say here?

With the whole Mistborn push/pull interal/external thing, I immediately assumed that light aether can teleport others, while dark aether can teleport you. and then when they tested whether or not you could teleport others with it, I assumed they were testing whether or not he could teleport himself.

[Honorless he/him]

5 minutes ago, Nameless said:

With the whole Mistborn push/pull interal/external thing, I immediately assumed that light aether can teleport others, while dark aether can teleport you. and then when they tested whether or not you could teleport others with it, I assumed they were testing whether or not he could teleport himself.

 

On 4/1/2020 at 8:47 PM, Nameless said:

Ironically, my knowledge of the rest of the Cosmere (Mistborn) kept  me from figuring out that the night aether could teleport the user. As soon as they said it was the opposite, I thought oh, he can teleport himself. Then when they tested teleporting other people, I assumed that they would have come to the same conclusion as me, and I assumed that they were testing whether or not he could teleport himself. 

But then you did figure it out

[NameIess]

5 minutes ago, R J said:

But then you did figure it out

But when they discovered that Raeth couldn't teleport other people, I wasn't reading it closely, and thought that they had just discovered that he couldn't teleport himself.

[Honorless he/him]

Just now, Nameless said:

But when they discovered that Raeth couldn't teleport other people, I wasn't reading it closely, and thought that they had just discovered that he couldn't teleport himself.

Ah, got it. Sorry, the phrasing just confused me.