• BreakTheCutie: So very much.
• EmpathicWeapon: Pathfinder, another BFS. Vlad says its aura feels neuter where Blackwand is feminine, and dangerous but not actively aggressive. As the name implies, it can locate people and objects.
• EveryoneIsASuper: Preferred manner of keeping his opponents off balance. He wins a duel against one of the most dangerous swordsmen in Alera with just six words.
• GoodIsNotSoft: Isabella, the main character of the sixth book in the series, realises that the good godmother can be ruthless when the situation calls for it. And in her own book Elena had no problem stabbing an Evil Sorceress with a needle with a sleeping spell on it, condemning the other woman to a hundred years sleep.
• Hunk: Fitz, along with being a pretty boy. He's an ax-wielding oarsman. There's no way he's not stacked.
• LipstickLesbian: She's also an actual prep student.
• Nephewism: Ironic, considering Wade's Alliterative Name and his father's love of comic books.
• Retcon: Complete with a evil stepmom and a twist!
• SecondLove: Invoked. He wants to replace Nick in Mary's heart.
• SlapSlapKiss: Barlen is Verra's lover and her nemesis.