Man I feel the whole magic bs ruins the plot, at least for me. She does magic at the cost of her own life span, but still talks about becoming Emperor. I think those two things counteract each other too much. Like what's the use atp? Even if that's not her main goal and she's looking out for her people, trying to be stronger, you'd think she'd want to live a longer more fullfilling life knowing what happens in the novel. From the start I didn't understand why she needed magic anyway, for me it just felt like a last minute get out of jail free card, that in the grand scheme of things didn't help her with her goal at all.
Man I feel the whole magic bs ruins the plot, at least for me. She does magic at the cost of her own life span, but still talks about becoming Emperor. I think those two things counteract each other too much.
Like what's the use atp? Even if that's not her main goal and she's looking out for her people, trying to be stronger, you'd think she'd want to live a longer more fullfilling life knowing what happens in the novel. From the start I didn't understand why she needed magic anyway, for me it just felt like a last minute get out of jail free card, that in the grand scheme of things didn't help her with her goal at all.
Maybe I'm missing something here idk.