15 Years later and this book is still amazing. I listened to an audiobook version of this book earlier this year and it was just so enjoyable as the person who read it brought the lion and Yackle to life in such a true way. With that in mind, our celebration continues as we continue to highlight different places of this book that make a comeback in this book. Moving through the story and before meeting the Ghullim tribe and Mahlama H'aekeem, we get to visit an old stomping ground from the first book. Brrr stops in the university town of Shiz, where he stays just South of the campus in an apartment complex called Ampleton Quarters. He stays here for a little over a year or two where he lived the socialite life. Also, as I mentioned in the last post, it is where he ran into Avaric. What do you think of Brrr's living situation in Ampleton Quarters? Let me know in the comments below. Another place that we get to visit is the Cloister of St. Glinda, which we have seen twice before in the previous two books. Once when Elphaba stops there before going to Kiamo Ko and then again when Liir ends up there after being attacked by dragons. In this book, Brrr is doing some investigative journalism for Emperor Shell regarding Elphaba's connection to Madame Morrible. In searching through Morrible's records, the name Yackle was found, which is why Brrr ends up here. He spends most of the book reflecting on his past along with Yackle doing the same. Speaking of Yackle and her past, we learn quite a big secret from her past. Much of the book details out what Yackle had been doing in the background of Elphaba's story like what she was doing in Shiz and the Emerald City all while Elphaba was there too. An even bigger reveal is that we find out, in this book, that she is the spirit of the Grimmerie and when she comes to an epiphany at the end of the book, she ends up going back into the Grimmerie. After this reveal, it makes you wonder, was Elphaba the one who released her to someone else? Guess you will have to read the book to find out!
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