There’s a lot of potential here, Ozorne has mastered Stormwing magic, made allies and spies, and is a truly powerful enemy. Putting all of that aside, there’s still a lot to take issue with in The Realms of the Gods. I’m going to stop harping on this now but it’s my least favourite part of the Tortall Universe to date. It’s gross and weird to force them together and it plays no real purpose here nothing that happened in the plot required them to be together to keep the story moving. There’s never been anything other than a close teacher-student relationship and Numair has played almost a fatherly role in Daine’s life. I can even see you trying to say Numair’s warning to Kaddar to not lead on Daine could be construed as jealousy. And yes, I hear the people out there saying that Daine’s outburst at the end of Emperor Mage when she thinks Numair is dead is a sign of underlying feelings she hasn’t confronted yet. There’s no expressions of interest, no flirting, not even sly side glances. There are three books in the Immortals series leading up to The Realms of the Gods, and not once is there a single sign of the kindling of a romantic relationship. As icky as a 14 year age difference is, especially when the younger partner is a teenager, I honestly probably could have looked past it if the whole relationship hadn’t felt forced.
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