![]() Endura starts to sink, and the Grandslayers are set upon by sharks (can’t be revived from that!). Rowan escapes Goddard’s clutches thanks to Rand, and the Grandslayers decree Curie the High Blade. Everyone shows up for the inquest in Endura, the seat of scythe power. The Thunderhead is VERY interested, and going through a bit of a midlife crisis if I’m being honest. Meanwhile, Faraday is off the grid looking for the Land of Nod with the help of Murina, and they discover a hidden group of atolls (word play!). Citra calls for an inquest and stalls the vote, but this does not slow down Goddard’s continual torture of Rowan. It’s Curie vs Goddard to take Xeoncrates’ High Blade seat. Things come to a head (HA!) when the Old Guard & New Order square off at the Winter Conclave. Rowan is captured by them and is rightly horrified when they put Goddard’s head (rescued from the fire ew) on Tyger’s body. ![]() But that backfires because… Scythe Rand (one of Goddard’s lackeys) is not dead, and she’s conscripted Rowan’s bff Tyger into her web of evilness. Rowan (as Scythe Lucifer yasssss) has gone off the grid and runs around threatening misbehaving scythes, including Scythe Brahms. And after another devastating rescue mission, he has to go hide out with the Tonists. As an unsavory, he can’t communicate with his father figure, the Thunderhead, which is traumatizing for us all. He’s marked unsavory for his heroism and goes undercover as Slayd. Luckily, here comes Greyson, beloved of the Thunderhead, who double agents to save our fave scythes from multiple Evil Plans. The Thunderhead is the perfect ruler, but can’t interfere with the scythes, who are FAR from perfect.Ĭitra (as Scythe Anastasia) challenges the rising “new order” of scythes with Scythe Curie, but there are many evil plots afoot to take them both out. If you want more, here’s a recap of book 1 with *feelings.* He escapes and goes on the run with Scythe Faraday. Instead of gleaning Rowan, she punches him in the face, granting him a year of immunity. They again face off at the next Conclave and Citra is declared the winner and takes on the name Scythe Anastasia. YES!!!Īs a final scythe test, Citra and Rowan have to kill their families (including Citra’s brother Ben), who are then revived. Rowan uses that opportunity to decapitate Scythe Goddard and burn everything to the ground. Goddard arranges a massacre at Tonist Monetary. This creates a brilliant loophole, and the Thunderhead is able to communicate with Citra while she’s deadish! The Thunderhead gives Citra a clue that allows her to discover that Scythe Faraday isn’t dead-he’s in hiding. Xenocrates accuses Citra of murdering Faraday (she’s like, what even is murder?) and rather than be imprisoned, she makes an epic splat. Rowan learns that High Blade Xenocrates has a daughter and Goddard is blackmailing him over it. Citra is winning at losing so Rowan snaps Citra’s neck and they’re both disqualified and neither wins and both get to live a bit longer! Rude.Ĭitra & Rowan are reunited at the Harvest Conclave but when they’re forced to fight, they both try to lose because they like each other too much. The scythes declare that only one of Faraday’s apprentices can be a scythe and plans to pit them against each other. ![]() ![]() Goddard “trains” aka tortures Rowan with the help of his evil crew. The dream team is broken up and Citra is apprenticed to Scythe Curie (we stan the Grandame of Death – Curie is infamous for gleaning the last figureheads of mortal rule) and Rowan is apprenticed to Scythe Goddard (who is the actual WORST). The Thunderhead, a powerful AI, runs everything else and “the separation of Scythe and Thunderhead” keeps those powers “balanced.”Ĭitra and Rowan are apprenticed to Scythe Faraday and things are going well until Faraday self-gleans (or did he? scythes can only die by self-gleaning, or if their bodies are physically destroyed). “Thou Shalt Kill” is the #1 Scythe commandment because humanity has conquered death and scythes are the only ones who can end life. Now go read them, they’re great!! The Ultimate Arc of a Scythe Recap You Need Before Reading Gleanings A Recap of Scythe If you haven’t read these books, please know that everything below is a giant spoiler. Scythe, Thunderhead, and The Toll are some of my favorite books of all time, and I can’t wait to spend more time in this imperfect utopia.īut what do we need to remember before picking up Gleanings? Here’s a quick and thorough recap of the entire series so you’ll be ready to be gleaned! Like you, I was SO EXCITED when I heard there was going to be a short story collection set in the world of Neal Shusterman’s Arc of a Scythe. ![]()
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