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Well I can't say I'm not glad that this is one of your shorter chapters, Lima Bean! This is Nikayla here dropping in for another review on this lovely Review Day! Without further ado, let's jump right in.

There was no point in closing the servants’ entrance to my room. I’d been in and out of it five times in a day and a half. Wrenching it open the first two times had made my fingertips raw and put strain on already tender shoulders. If I hadn’t been bruised from having two people pile on me while rolling, it most certainly was bruised now.

As if to disprove her point, I already had that hand out, my left reaching for turmeric. When no bandage was forthcoming I paid attention and felt the disbelieving, pointed stare at my outstretched palm. A glance at her face revealed one of the most unamused looks I’d seen her wear in a very long time.

Hey, Rosey! So I haven't read the rest of the reviews below me (besides Skins's fabulous gif), so pardon if I repeat them, as always.

Starting off, I'll give you a bit of a mechanics overview.

Something about your first paragraph feels a little awkward. I think part of it is your repetitious use of past perfect—I mean, you can't really avoid it very well with recapping the last couple of days, but with repeated past-perfect clauses and relatively short sentences, it becomes noticeable.

I slammed a glass lid down over the tray— my last one, to boot— with a wince.

Tools jostling as they roughly returned to their holsters. “Don’t tell me you’re not healing yourself…”
I snorted, purposely staying as neutral as possible while I walked to my bandages. “Then I won’t tell you that.”

I lowered my hand, dragging some of my energy away from the area I’d just left

The kitchens were on the second story this time of year, as end of fall temperatures sunk in and the palace needed the kitchen’s heat as close to the noble floors as possible, even if the larger ovens were still on the ground floor.

IT'S THE FINAL PART.



(that you've posted)

I placed the tray down like there was gunpowder and two flints touching on the tray instead of simple tea and syrup-filled dough balls.

determined assassination attempts probably should not be funny, but i’m definitely giggling about “for the SIXTH time” because kerani just. seems so exasperated by it all. and the whole “fine then i’ll just LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN” thing.

this conversation between nitika and kerani feels solid to me. good magic:physical description radio. kerani seems grumpy, understandably so, and i like the clash of her frustration with the situation versus nitika’s frustration with her refusal/inability to adequately care for her wounds. and they both have valid points, here, which is the best kind of argument to read imo.

“Forgetting you’re injured to the point of not letting your body heal itself?”
I shrugged, trying not to shrink back under the relentless prodding. “It happens, sometimes.”
that’s *so* scary though. i mean. you know this. but kerani no you should not be so casual about forgetting to take care of yourself n O and, as i said in my previous review, given that this is only the second chapter? i’m vaguely terrified for what’s going to happen once things really start to pick up.

…so of course she immediately runs off again. she would.

(i’m not finding a lot to actually *critique* here, so apologies for the more… fannish response)

i do like this passage a lot, though, for all that kerani’s acting in ways that… aren’t… exactly sustainable or healthy. so far she’s been portrayed as almost hyper-competent, which she has to be given what she does, but seeing that balanced out with this very obvious bout of poor decision-making makes her feel a lot more like a sixteen-year-old, something that i’ve had to keep reminding myself because she seems older a lot of the time. and even laying that aside it feels like a very logical consequence of her already-established tendency to want to be in the thick of things and accomplishing something at all times.

also, i want to give her a hug or a cup of tea or SOMETHING nice.

anyway yes, a lot of my response to this section can be boiled down to “yay consequences!” and “kerani nooooooooo”, which is a good thing.

Happy Review Day! I haven't read any previous parts, so this review will just be about nitpicks. Hopefully it will still be found helpful by you.

I’d been in and out of it five times in a day and a half.
The 'day and a half' added on is a bit too much, it doesn't flow nicely in my mind. I know this is not poetry but the flow is still important. You could round it to two days, which would sound better.

I would like to know more about the healing process. How does it feel when she heals herself? You gave the image of fresh blood, but is there anything else we can see which indicates her powers? Perhaps the room turns a shade brighter or something like that.

she poked the wound to get my attention.
Your main character didn't feel much pain after being poked in her wound. You might want to add some more emotion to that sentence.

Those are all the nitpicks I found, which is great for a chapter of this length. Well done!

Hi there Nightshade here to review. I'm sorry if I asked something or say something that you explained before im just jumping in. Now onto the review!

As for the cons(not really) I have some questions? Is she royal or just have important parents( thinking because of servants) Is she a knight or a fighter? due to the wounds and that fighter personality she gives off?

Now onto pros. I liked your word choice like

"“Can’t you sense what’s contaminated once you get into the kitchen?”

I liked this because it seemed really cool it keeps the readers attention because they want to know what's going on, and also what dose sensing means.

I also liked your imagery and how you never dull when explaining what's going on its all action pack.

I really liked your last sentence as well because you keep the readers attention like I said previously.

Other than that your an amazing writer and keep up the good work,
~Night