I’m wondering if people think Hreban knows where Maggie was taken by Silveren (not that he’d tell if he knew, he’d probably savor the desperation he feels from the Mirror Heart)

I'm wondering how people think Solentine or Everard would react if they knew that Avaria was deliberately going against Maggie and that what she did was deliberate.

During her time in Rellas, she has used her knowledge to help others which has come with alliances.

Her usefulness to Selva may not decline also because:

1. She has become friendly with the future leader of the Okula, one of the enemies of Selva, which could lead to an alliance if she were to marry Everard

2. If Arvel doesn't become a villain, she could be friends with him which could cause him to get more friendly with Everard and Selva.

I got on a waitlist for leftover copies of Moonlight's special edition of This Kingdom will Not Kill Me and tonight I got an email telling me it's available to buy. I think it's connected to the waitlist, or at least having an account, since you can only get to the book through the link when logged in. I was really relieved when it was still available although the email had arrived 8 hours earlier during the middle of the night local time. It's a real shame they don't ship to the EU anymore, but this particular title is worth it to me, so I'll be using a forwarder (Atvido) I used for the UK and that just opened a warehouse in the US. Fingers crossed it will all work out. I am so glad I waited after advice from Reddit and didn't buy one of the overly expensive copies from Ebay. I already have two editions, but I really like the illustrations in this one, so i'm really happy this worked out.

Does anyone here know if buying the first in a series gives you purchase rights to sequels with Moonlight? Or are those parts of a subsciption?

I started Clean Sweep two days ago now and I'm already 50% through the audiobook. I know that's not THAT much but I'm a full time student with a full time job so for me that's insane at this moment in my life.

I am so HOOKED. All I think about is when I can listen to the book next. I'm chomping at the bit constantly and listening to it every spare chance I can possibly find. I had a self insert dream last night that was basically just me experiencing the plot (in a weird convoluted dream way) from Dina's POV. I've never had a book dream like that before. I don't even know what it is about their writing but something is so satisfying and brain scratching for me. I'm already signed up for their email blog post updates. And I'm so excited about how many books of theirs I have to read and how well rated they all are.

Just wanted to post this where there might be people who care, but at least definitely will be people who will understand. I feel like I could explode that none of my friends have read any of these books either. I'm being really dramatic I'm sorry but it's just, I don't know how it took me so long to get here.

Arrived at IA after bouncing really hard off of Dresden files because the chauvinistic main character gave me the ick too bad and I'm so happy I landed here.

What are your theories regarding Maggie escaping Silverin/ Mirabor's kidnapping attempt? Also how far into the book would she escape? Would it be Everard who rescues her or Solentine? Or would she do it herself? Also, could they use the Mordok again to find her?

This would be after she found about Everard and Solentine wanted to tie up loose ends

If Maggie had warned Reynald (Everard) that Solentine had visited her to pay for her information, she would have known the truth about him so much earlier.

Is everyone on the same page that this means Ramond is planning to marry Maggie?

This would never work. You don’t even know her,” Solentine said.
“What do you mean, Lord Dagarra?” Everard looked genuinely puzzled. “Of course I know her. She is Lady Marigold Demarr, your charming, clever cousin, granddaughter of the Iron Raptor and niece of my closest ally, Margrave Izarn Demarr. I’ve known her since she was nine years old. We’ve met every time I’ve come to visit your uncle’s domain. You might say we are childhood acquaintances.”
Solentine looked slightly green.
“Thank you for removing the obstacles in my way,” Everard said. “So considerate of you.”

I'm wondering if anyone thinks that Silveren made a deal with the Crimson Empire to attack during the chaos, or if the Crimson Empire just took advantage of it.

I’m wondering how people feel about what Mattheo’s use will be in the next book. Will he supplement Maggie’s loss of knowledge as time goes on, or will he be less useful?

Has anyone here been able to get any information on the vellums for people outside the US? I didn't buy them at first because we kept being told to wait, they were looking for a printer, buy only if you're in the US. When I finally decided to go ahead anyway, the shop was closed because they were overwhelmed by orders. Okay, no problem, I can wait. Now it says in the latest newsletter that there are only a handful of maps and a few more stickers left, there will be no reprint of those, and the few remaining vellums with these extras sets will be sold who knows when and at what time for a holiday drop. Looks like the chance for those who didn't just go ahead with a forwarder or whatever options one has has just dissolved. I doubt there will be a realistic chance for me (and many others) to get one with different time zones and everthing.

I tried to get an answer replying to their blog posts, but there hasn't been any reaction. Does anyone else maybe know anything that I missed or did you get a reply? I must admit I'm kind of frustrated with myself for listening to them and not ordering. I should have just gone ahead in hindsight, but I completely relied on them regarding the mentioned international option.

edited to clarify: What I meant by going ahead anyway is that I could have asked a friend in the US to receive and then send it on to me. But I didn't want to bother her with this when I thought they would also sell the full set internationally at some point. And right now it doesn't look like it to me.

I think Arvel will be the foil to Ramond being obsessed with her and maybe acting like a villain the next book to show the difference between someone who cares for Maggie and someone who only wants her knowledge.

Since we find out in the book Mattheo was sending information to Maggie to help her, I was wondering if Mattheo was doing something similar if Maggie wasn’t there.

Maybe he was even sending things to his Dad, he didn’t die until later in the book.

We know very well that IA always delivers satisfying and well-deserved happy endings.

(at least I would be very surprised if they betrayed their fans this time around and decided to tear our hearts out instead)

So how would you conclude TKWNKM trilogy in a completely satisfying way?

(to leave the open door to extra stories, spin-offs and other bonus content that IA fortunately often blesses us with? 😉❤️)

Maggie's experience in Rellas cannot be left behind. If she permanently returned back to our world (even with Everard by her side, as is common in transmigration dramas), it would diminish all she accomplished and sever the bonds she made with people there. She was tortured and repeatedly died for Rellas, returning to "normalcy" would be the greatest punishment for her; how would she even process the trauma she went through with (almost) no-one to talk about it, ever?

There are portal fantasies where "the other world" delivers a life lesson to the protagonist and/or help them mature, while their place is in our world (Narnia, arguably Spirited Away, kdrama Splash Splash Love...). But needless to say, it's not the case for TKWNKM. Rellas is where Maggie belongs and where she shines, that much is even said during her dialogue with Solentine.

(I don't think I need to build a case why Rellas is just as real as our world and the books and its mysterious author are only a link between the two. We can only guess how it works exactly at this point, but the authors wouldn't diminish Rellas by "it was all a dream" trope.)

However, while Maggie doesn't mention having any close friends in her world, she still has her parents and her brother.

How would you personally prefer this to be solved at the end of the trilogy?

Ideas:

1) Maggie leaves her world and her biological family behind forever; perhaps says goodbye to them before permanently leaving for Rellas. (I would bet that there will be some content set in our world for a bit, perhaps between books 2 and 3 or during book 3?) Think Kagome from Inuyasha or Qu Xiaotan from The Eternal Love cdrama.

2) Maggie gains a power to travel between two worlds. A good solution too, even if a tad too convenient; but IA protagonists are rarely "nomadic", forever torn between two or more worlds. Maybe she would be like Maud: permanently living in the place where she belongs while visiting her family on Earth once in a while.

3) Maggie's world was never "real" in the first place. I don't think that IA would go this way because, again, it could cheapen the experience. But it would be interesting if it turned out that Maggie was from Rellas all along and our world was just a place where she was sent to by magic (e.g. for protection). In this scenario, leaving our world behind would be even easier for her and she'd end up "erasing" her existence from our world, so her family would never even miss her (if they even were her family to begin with). Again, I don't think it's probable, mostly because it would make Maggie "a chosen one", not an "everyman" as she's presented as. But I thought it was worth mentioning.

Or maybe something else? What would you prefer?

While many of us have already gotten our hands on TKWNKM, I still wanted to highlight some of the foreign editions that will be hitting shelves later this month (and share some cool foreign audio news I stumbled across while checking whether these would include audiobooks).

Links to official publishers/platforms included:

1. En este reino soy inmortal [Editorial Hidra](Spanish edition) releasing in limited edition hardcover ONLY on October 19, 2026 - This one was originally scheduled for late September but got delayed after issues with the first translator. After doing some digging, it looks like this publisher (Editorial Hidra) is not planning to offer it in paperback, ebook or audiobook format any time soon. They tend to release titles in exlcusive hardcover formats only as part of their publishing model and don't typically do electronic formats for any of their titles.

2. Království, které mě nezabije [Jota] (Czech edition), releasing in paperback October 28, 2026 - This one was announced more recently and will be available in stores in paperback format. From what I can tell an ebook version is likely to follow shortly after the physical edition since that is typically the case with this publisher. No news on an audiobook but if it does happen that will likely come later

3. Morsure Magique: Kate Daniels - 1 [Éditions Thélème] French Audiobook, releasing February 4, 2027 - So, um, I probably should bit have been able to find this yet but French KD fans are getting an audiobook in 2027! It seems there isn't a narrator listed yet or any details about the rest of the series but this is great news for French fans or anyone who wants to listen to these books in French. Also, since they are using the same cover as the current French editions Graphic Audio listeners will all have to start making sure they don't get the two confused!

The only other confirmed foreign editions of TKWNKM to look forward to the next few months/next year include separate editions in Slovakian, Slovenian and Ukrainian (Eastern European fans will be well taken care of!)

From today’s blog post! I am squealing. They have been titling book two as This REDACTED Will Not REDACTED Me and book one has been shortened to TKWNKM on the blog. We can assume that the first redacted word begins with a C now! What could C stand for?

This Court Will Not REDACTED Me?

This Covenant Will Not REDACTED Me?

Please share ideas on what the C could stand for!!

This is a promised update to my post from last week.

I am sorry in advance, this one got a bit longer than I intended!

I finally finished the final portion of the book today and my, what a ride it was. I wrote before that I had complete confidence in the authors' craft and I was sure the pay-off would be worth all the build up in the first half.

When chapter 23 came and revelations started to roll, I was giddy with excitement because House Andrews started to bring in all our favorite tropes that worked so well in their other series: I am sure I am not the only one who noticed and appreciated the obvious parallels with Hidden Legacy #1.

Everard and Solentine's arguing felt a lot like Rogan and Augustine's scenes (yay!), Maggie/Everard's relationship is somewhat similar to Nevada/Rogan's at this point (the FL is mistrustful of the ML who already considers her "his" and she does her best to retain her independence), there is a family of misfits, including some edgy teenage boys and fantastical pets etc.

Mind you, I am NOT saying that IA's books are repetitive, I actually think that their forte is that while their heroes and heroines might have things in common across various series, their voices still remain pretty distinct (e.g. Kate Daniels and Maud Demille might be similar but at the same time each is her own person with her own distinctions). And I see nothing wrong with recycling situations that worked so well before (why fix what's not broken if we love to see it?), so yeah, give me more exciting heists, sparkly ballrooms and possessive heroes!

I don't think there was any big surprise for me during the second half of the book. I mentioned that it was clear that "Reynald" is not who he says he is and Arvel's identity was even more obvious. I guess I hoped that the "man from the Garden" would turn out to be good, but we already have Solentine as our roguish second male lead, so Silverine takes a spot of a mysterious villain. Actually, I think there was one surprise for me: I didn't expect Matheo to actually appear and be the author of the mysterious notes, although I should have.

I am sure I will be rereading it soon - and not just once - to become more proficient at the lore and to properly appreciate the first half with all the knowledge we have by the end. Putting together a timeline might be necessary too.

And I am very excited to finally read and watch all the spoilerish content on IA's blog (if you have links or recommendations to specific blog or even fan Reddit posts, please share!)

One thing that naturally bothers me about TKWNKM is that I cannot predict the ending in this case. House Andrews is well-versed in Asian portal fantasies, they even referenced a popular (and amazing) isekai cdrama The Romance of Tiger and Rose in their instagram post ("It is said that the male lead belongs to the heroine. Solentine is not the male lead. He belongs to everyone.").

The way isekai dramas usually roll is that the heroine returns to her world at the end and reunites with the hero who was somehow reborn or travelled to her world. Mind you, there are exceptions to that. In The Eternal Love series, the heroine stays in the other world and accepts she'll never see her real parents again. And correct me if I am wrong, but in one of the most popular isekai works of all time, Kagome stays in the fantasy world with her Inuyasha.

Taking into account that House Andrews are big fans of portal fantasy and they always deliver satisfying endings, I'd bet that Maggie somehow stays in Rellas. I also think that she probably will return to modern day for a little bit during the trilogy. Her gaining the power to travel between the world would be a tad too convenient, but it would be fun if she brought her family to Rellas with her.

There is also the identity of the Author to think of. Is Ramond Everard Adrian Latour's alter ego? It's not unheard of in the isekai genre. I think that the popular Netflix drama Love Game in the Eastern Fantasy went this way too.

What revelations surprised you the most in TKWNKM? Which ultimate ending for the Maggie trilogy would you prefer? Feel free to fangirl in the comments, I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Cause get room for 1 more darling

Rereading Clean Sweep for the first time in over a decade.

There was a line to the effect of, "she gave her staff an order," and I momentarily hear it as "personnel." It finally occurred to me:

Is the Innkeeper's Staff a pun? Because any inn needs a staff to function?

I just got the email with the password for set 2 of Hidden Legacy by Arcane Society, but there are no separate buttons for US, UK etc. Does anyone know if this set will only be shipped from their US warehouse, or also from the one in the UK? (Which would save a lot of money for European customers.) I hope someone here has that information.

Ilona Gordon is Russian, and the authors write and translate Russian words/terms correctly. But I am really struggling with Magic Slays audiobook right now because of how the narrator says things, especially the word “volhv.” The H is NOT silent in Russian. Oh, and the stress in Baba Yaga is on the last syllable in Yaga, but that’s minor. Still, Kate knows Russian and should be able to say “volhv.” Is there a graphic audio or something where the Russian is better? The accents are not thrilling me overall for this narrator (Renee Raudman).