I really didn’t expect Bella to steal Elspeth away. That’s great though; now she can raise her to be a rebel and an interesting character. I thought with Elspeth narrating the sequel, we would have a time jump of at least a few years, so she could set the stage for a rebellion, like her mother. With this new development though it would be interesting to read about her growing up in hiding with Bella.
It’s almost obvious after this chapter that Edward is alive, but Alice isn’t. It seems that while believing your mate to be dead won’t be good for your mood, it’s nothing compared to when they actually are dead. It would be very unlike Bella not to at least hypothesise that Edward may be alive in the near future.
I wonder why the Volturi killed Alice instead of recruiting her. Maybe they preferred the wolf packs over her visions, which would most likely have little use if they kept the wolves. I also wonder why they would leave Jasper alive after killing Alice. Maybe she isn’t dead and the unknown witch Jasper spoke of somehow made him absolutely sure that she is, so that he would spread the word—maybe they did the same thing to Alice to make her docile. The only thing keeping Bella sane may be that she has no proof that Edward is dead—not that he’s actually alive and her body somehow knows this—and thus she has a tiny seed of hope that she hasn’t acknowledged yet.
Jasper being that insane, instead of more like Marcus, Irina, or Bella, is a direct consequence of his personality, the nature of his and Alice’s relationship, and the exact circumstances surrounding his particular situation, including particularly the experience he refers to when he says he felt Alice die.
Everyone reacts to their mate’s death differently, and how said mate dies matters a lot. (For instance, Maggie would have had a unique reaction if she’d eaten Gianna when they met, versus if Gianna had died trying to carry Elspeth to term. And if Maggie had finished crushing Gianna when Gianna was turning, that’d be a whole nother can of worms yet.)
Chapter 57.
I really didn’t expect Bella to steal Elspeth away. That’s great though; now she can raise her to be a rebel and an interesting character. I thought with Elspeth narrating the sequel, we would have a time jump of at least a few years, so she could set the stage for a rebellion, like her mother. With this new development though it would be interesting to read about her growing up in hiding with Bella.
It’s almost obvious after this chapter that Edward is alive, but Alice isn’t. It seems that while believing your mate to be dead won’t be good for your mood, it’s nothing compared to when they actually are dead. It would be very unlike Bella not to at least hypothesise that Edward may be alive in the near future.
I wonder why the Volturi killed Alice instead of recruiting her. Maybe they preferred the wolf packs over her visions, which would most likely have little use if they kept the wolves. I also wonder why they would leave Jasper alive after killing Alice. Maybe she isn’t dead and the unknown witch Jasper spoke of somehow made him absolutely sure that she is, so that he would spread the word—maybe they did the same thing to Alice to make her docile. The only thing keeping Bella sane may be that she has no proof that Edward is dead—not that he’s actually alive and her body somehow knows this—and thus she has a tiny seed of hope that she hasn’t acknowledged yet.
Jasper being that insane, instead of more like Marcus, Irina, or Bella, is a direct consequence of his personality, the nature of his and Alice’s relationship, and the exact circumstances surrounding his particular situation, including particularly the experience he refers to when he says he felt Alice die.
Everyone reacts to their mate’s death differently, and how said mate dies matters a lot. (For instance, Maggie would have had a unique reaction if she’d eaten Gianna when they met, versus if Gianna had died trying to carry Elspeth to term. And if Maggie had finished crushing Gianna when Gianna was turning, that’d be a whole nother can of worms yet.)