#kotlc 9.5

[moonrose18]

ok so i slightly edited the new cover just to see if i could make it look less… odd? Like fix proportions or smth idk. And I think I’ve made his face a little less weird but I need to hear other people’s opinions because I can’t tell if i’m imagining it or not

Absolutely no hate to Jason Chan btw!! The art is genuinely amazing and I’m so excited for Unraveled.

#kotlc #unraveled #kotlc 9.5 #unraveled cover #kotlc unraveled #keeper of the lost cities

[lgbtqforeverything]

help why is giving ya booktok romance novel

#😭😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #<- how i feel rn #SHANNON WHAT IS THISSSSS #a.j. posts #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc 9.5 #kotlc unraveled

[that-multi-fandom-mess]

okayyy, thoughts anyone

#kotlc #keefe sencen #kotlc cover #kotlc 9.5 #sophie foster #dex dizznee #fitz vacker #biana vacker #shannon messenger

[thatonesongyouretryingtoremember]

I think part of why the cover is so jarring is that he's just some guy.

Like all the other covers have power poses or action shots and in this one Keefe is in a coming of age movie poster standing straight up surrounded by people standing straight up in a scene that is completely relatable except the Horrors

#kotlc #kotlc 9.5 #kotlc unraveled

[winwin17]

(From Shannon's Instagram, on the new cover reveal )

My humble response:

No, our Lord Hunkyhair is not looking especially hunky on the new cover. He's not bad, but he just looks a little wrong.

Yes, I am somewhat bothered that our Fearless Miss F is not on the cover. KOTLC has been hijacked by a side character, and as much as we all love Keefe, he's stealing the show by now. Hogging the narrative rather than haunting it.

Yes, the new cover is absolutely a different feel from all the others. Again, not bad, but it does make it feel all the more like we're branching off into a different story. That being said, it's kinda cool to have a different mood to the new cover art because it's set in the human world and therefore of course the vibes would be different. (However, the Legacy cover is also capturing a moment from the human world, with Big Ben in the background and all, and yet it still has that fantasy feel.)

Yes, unfortunately our boy *could* look more awesome. No disrespect to the artist, but this time Keefe just doesn't quite look like the Keefe in the other cover illustrations.

I am liking the plain, ordinary, simpler feel of the setting depicted in the new illustration since it's the Forbidden Cities and not sparkly elf town, as Ro would say. And I am liking the ominous looking hoodie guy looming in the background, and the way he seems to be aware of Keefe while Keefe is maybe not aware of him. I do think this is possibly a critical part of the story somehow.

But I'm still not crazy about how the whole cover is so Keefe-centric and the one and only Moonlark is nowhere to be seen. It's just a little sad to me, and I see it as an indication of how the focus of the plot has shifted from where it started. I'd be fine with having a Keefe short story or a Keefe side story, but he needs to quit hogging that narrative.

Okay, end of rant lol

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #keefe sencen #kotlc keefe #sophie foster #shannon messenger #kotlc cover art #kotlc art #kotlc illustrations #cover art #cover reveal #kotlc cover reveal #kotlc 9.5 #kotlc unraveled #kotlc book 9.5 #Instagram

[lizzie-dude]

forget the great gulon incident I want a finalized ballad of Bo and Ro

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #Keefe sencen #kotlc keefe #Keefe kotlc #ro kotlc #kotlc ro #kotlc 9.5 #kotlc book 9.5

[flibbetygibbetsbro]

Ya'll, putting the fact that I'm Keefe-obsessed aside, 9.5 is actually going to be so good. It sounds like we're going to get:

-What it feels like to go numb due to Empathy (and then we can understand Vespera more :D )

-Keefe trying beans on toast

-Keefe realizing that humans really don't have it very easy (no gnome servants and birthfunds for them!)

_SHANNON FINALLY MAKING IT A FOCUS THAT ELVES AND HUMANS ARE REALLY SIMILAR AND THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS LIE ON EVERYONE'S SHOULDERS

-maybe MAYBE some jucy bits about Keefe reading the myth of the sinking of atlanis

-Please please just give me some Atlantis crumbs

-Keefe meeting struggling teens like him (humans can go numb too without even having empathy)

-The narrative slowly going from hating on "stupid" and "weak" humans to feelings of respect and understanding

#I just want there to be bits of culture that only humans have or somthin #im so happy for 9.5 #gives me an excuse to be obsessed with kotlc longer #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc #kotlc fandom #keefe sencen #kotlc keefe #kotlc 9.5

[team-council]

I’ve been complaining about how I’m 21 and there’re still KOTLC books being released, but it’s really a blessing in disguise. I don’t know how anyone is supposed to read Unraveled sober. Good luck to you youngins

#keeper of the lost cities #KOTLC #KOTLC unraveled #KOTLC 9.5

[arcadialedger]

The more I think about it, the more I’m convinced Grady will be involved in Unraveled and that Keefe reached out to him.

Not only would it explain a lot about the jump in their relationship when he comes back in Stellarlune, but Grady very blatantly leaves Keefe a way to contact him.

#keeper of the lost cities #kotlc #kotlc unraveled #kotlc 9.5 #keefe sencen #grady ruewen #shannon messenger #the arcadia ledger

[kale-of-the-forbidden-cities]

keefe should have befriended a rat I think.

#kotlc #kale's unfinished thoughts #kotlc keefe #keefe sencen #kotlc unraveled #kotlc 9.5

[myfairkatiecat]

predictions/theories for unraveled?

- Keefe meets humans & at least one other human named sophie

- internal commentary on how weird it is to see people besides foster having brown eyes

- he meets other banished elves living undercover in the forbidden cities

- story centers around the people keefe meet—both his human friends and the other elves

- uncovers the mystery surrounding ethan Benedict wright and his daughter

- he feeds a fox exactly once and it adopts him

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc 9.5 #kotlc unraveled #keefe sencen

[moonrose18]

okay wait this is actually getting me kind of excited for Unraveled. “…and give Keefe the power to change his destiny.” WHAT DOES THAT MEAN. What did this man learn and why did he not share it when he got back in Stellarlune?

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #keefe sencen #unraveled #kotlc 9.5 #kotlc keefe

[rayniscatstatue]

OKAY, OKAY, OKAY

We are getting an entire book in Keefe’s pov of what he got up to in the lost cities. Book 9.5 called “Unraveled”

I am legit sooo excited. I know this isn’t book 10 but come on, I feel like having an entire book in Keefe’s pov sorta confirms that him and Sophie are endgame

#kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #keefe sencen #kotlc unraveled #Kotlc 9.5 #keepblr #I am slightly devastated that there is no release date for Austrlia yet #but I am sure I can manage #I’ll put it on hold at my local book store #they might accidentally give it to me before the release date like they did with the graphic novel

[imobsessed123]

Ok but imagine if Shannon didn’t make 9.5 so in book 10 Keefe will just randomly say something like

this is worse than that one time I burned down a gas station

and Sophie is just like ;-;

#keeper 9.5 #kotlc #kotlc 9.5 #unraveled #keefe sencen #sophie foster

[lizzie-dude]

personally I would be so happy if Shannon just. put Dex on the cover of 9.5. Like, for no reason at all. He's not in the book, he's not relevant, Keefe doesn't contact him at all, he just gets to have his moment on the cover because for God's sake we have enough Keefe pictures we do not need more

#kotlc #kotlc keefe #kotlc dex #dex dizznee #keefe sencen #kotlc unraveled #kotlc 9.5 #kotlc cover #Shannon messenger

[strawburrymeadows]

alright guys. nine months to make as many headcannons as i can about keefe in the forbidden cities before it becomes canon. lets get to work 💪💪

#first order of business: he learns what gay means #second order of business: he realizes he is allowed to like men #third order of business: buys dex a tshirt at disney world #shannon better not mess up what my mind has already filled in pls pls #kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #kotlc keefe #kotlc 9.5 #kotlc unraveled