the story is losing consistency little by little for me.
first of all, she read the whole book, right? you mean to tell me that after hearing how much everyone despised her in the palace and that the king didn't even consider her as his daughter, a 9 yo girl so desperate about being loved and surviving, she didn't ONCE considered running away to the mage tower to meet her BIOLOGICAL FATHER who actualy TREATED HER WITH CARE?? and for A WHOLE YEAR????
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scratch that. FOR THREE WHOLE YEARS SHE DIDN'T TRY TO MEET HIM???!!!?!"?!?!!?!"?!!?
(i mean, i know she wasn't actually living a bad life, but come on, surviving and having someone who'd care for her... just meeting her real father would've been the ready package...)