SPOILER.....
Like I kinda wanted amon to finally learn and get a character arc growth and show how much he loves nain and stop the killings for his sake. And they have a lovey dovey happy ever after and gwen is just there as a friend but nahh its so much more depressing than a regular love triangle even if he does lowkey? End up with both
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Ok so basically gwen tries to kill amon, amon fights back and kills gwen. Theyre both fatally wounded and amon disappears, basically everyone disappears. Nain fully awakens as a god(?) And becomes truly immortal, something he despises and despairs over. He becomes extremely depressed and travels throughout the land in despair. A century passes(?) The kingdom has fallen into ruin and chaos, so they make offerings to bring back shah amon and nain. Amon finally returns to his position and disaster stops but the people are still afraid because nain is also needed as the other shah to balance the peace and to have empathy. Somehow gwen is also still alive and in his leshah position. He seeks out nain in his shapeshifter form, and finally is able to bring nain back to the throne. So in the end all three make peace and accept their fate in their respective positions. Gwen and nain are in love, and nain still has deep affection for amon but he does have an inner turmoil monologue of deeply hating amon, resenting him and wishing gwen successfully killed him. There are some happy-ish side stories with gwen and nain but amon is nowhere to be seen soooooo idk personally to me its a very bitter ending and i actually kind of hate it. I dont rlly like the 3p trope either, especially if it consists of lowkey cheating and not all parties loving each other. I was rooting so hard for amon to turn a new leaf but all that for nothing. I mean they do technically stop the human sacrifices and make pomegranate offerings to bring nain back but not rlly much character growth.

I regret starting this :(( just skimmed thru the novel because i couldnt wait for more and this just seems like heartbreak and a bitter ending. I hate love triangles but this is even worse than that. I was rooting for Amon but turns out he gets worse. There is no happy ending for any of the characters, just acceptance of their fate. This could have had the potential to be great but now im just sad for nain