That's a good point about Justine/Thomas's new arrangement being too easy. It IS a little too good to be true, come to think of it. It's going to come back to bite them. The way it showed up right at the end of the book makes me think that it's going to be a Big Deal in the next book, on further reflection. After all, Butcher just wiped out a major big bad faction with the Red Court, and I don't see the Black Council business being wrapped up or being anything more than maddening hints anytime soon, which means that another Big Bad would have to show up, and I can see Lara being one of the warlords who's angling to fill the power vacuum... she's always been able to HOLD Justine in terms of keeping her hostage, and exert some level of control that way, but if she can actually threaten Justine, she'd have a lot more control over Thomas, and by extension, Harry, who is (much as I love Thomas) a much bigger player. Especially now that he's the Winter Knight, with all that goes along with that.
On the other hand, it's not like she couldn't have just had Justine beaten up, shot, or whatever, but there's a difference in style between that and eating her. Lara is practical, but the White Court in general do appreciate style.
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It IS a little too good to be true, come to think of it. It's going to come back to bite them. The way it showed up right at the end of the book makes me think that it's going to be a Big Deal in the next book, on further reflection. After all, Butcher just wiped out a major big bad faction with the Red Court, and I don't see the Black Council business being wrapped up or being anything more than maddening hints anytime soon, which means that another Big Bad would have to show up, and I can see Lara being one of the warlords who's angling to fill the power vacuum... she's always been able to HOLD Justine in terms of keeping her hostage, and exert some level of control that way, but if she can actually threaten Justine, she'd have a lot more control over Thomas, and by extension, Harry, who is (much as I love Thomas) a much bigger player. Especially now that he's the Winter Knight, with all that goes along with that.
On the other hand, it's not like she couldn't have just had Justine beaten up, shot, or whatever, but there's a difference in style between that and eating her. Lara is practical, but the White Court in general do appreciate style.