aa!! i got a memory called empire from your giveaway and im in love!! but also these names are all so wack. anyway I just wanted to say thank you so much for doing this, i never would have been able to actually get the book unless i waited until christmas and by then there would be 100 more books and ive been so excited to read it and im so grateful for you and the giveaway

Oh, wow, I’m so glad you were the person who won, then! You’re totally welcome, I just find it a fun way to engage with books I like. I hope you enjoy it, it was a book I liked the simple reading of, not just to get to a reveal or the end.

The names are super weird, right?? But you get used to the Number Noun format eventually, at least, if only because they’re at least familiar words. I found the Stationers’ names harder to remember. But the writing is so clear about context, you’re never confused for long. And I totally forgot to mention this but my gosh, the level of linguistics and literature work and research that went into this! In a way, the consistency that comes from that makes it easier to remember too.