Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-98.202.74.177-20190615005450/@comment-50.47.104.74-20190615011017

Yeah, I totally agree that Linh and Tam were added for their powers. More recently characters have been reduced to their abilities or shipping and I am NOT a fan. I also think Shannon may have added them to help diversify her main cast as all the protagonists were previously white. I personally really like Tam and Linh because of how chill they are. I especially enjoy Tam's brand of humour, it feels like a more mature version of Keefe's.

Now my unpopular opinion is that I really don't like Sophie. I thought she was bland in the first book then gained respect for her in books 2-5. Then came Nightfall. I really didn't like that Sophie never found a way to cope with her stress and drowned in it instead. That could've been a good character development moment, but nope! Sophie hasn't actually done anything the last couple books. What's the point of making her so powerful if it has no use? Though she was an admirable character in past books, she's now devolved to babyish mess. :(

Oh, also Marella was my favorite character of book 1 and she still is, poor child :)