I read the two Endymion books when I was 14 or 15 and at the time it completely went over my head how weird and creepy Aenea’s sexualization was. It was only when I read the series a second time in my late 20s that it hit me. She was twelve. Raul (the POV protagonist) was in his mid 30s.
That said, the journey down the river story structure, the church intrigue, and the character of Father Captain De Soya really made the books work for me.
Still, I can’t blame anyone for getting turned off by the ‘magic girl’ angle or the weird pseudopedophilia.
I read the two Endymion books when I was 14 or 15 and at the time it completely went over my head how weird and creepy Aenea’s sexualization was. It was only when I read the series a second time in my late 20s that it hit me. She was twelve. Raul (the POV protagonist) was in his mid 30s.
That said, the journey down the river story structure, the church intrigue, and the character of Father Captain De Soya really made the books work for me.
Still, I can’t blame anyone for getting turned off by the ‘magic girl’ angle or the weird pseudopedophilia.