One of the strengths of this book is having no idea how it's going to end. Old enemies resurface and we start to get a glimpse of just how big the picture Maas is painting for us actually is.

And this story is one tumultuous journey of extremely high ups and unbelievably low downs with Celaena taking relationships to all new levels and watching others fall apart.

Celaena gets to fully explore all aspects of what it means to be an assassin in this book she is tested constantly and you can see her growing and changing and learning as the story progresses. Ms Maas, consider me impressed.Ĭrown of Midnight takes a huge step away from the tame romantic/bitchy drama of its predecessor and opens up a story that is a bigger, bloodier and meaner than I think many readers will be expecting. There was more action, more nastiness, more character development, more surprises, more complications, more sexy, no love triangle - all of this and a well-placed, never-saw-it-coming twist.

The kind I wanted the first one to be the kind I hadn't dared to hope she might produce in this sequel. You want to know what Crown of Midnight felt like? It was like the author listened to every piece of criticism I could have thrown at the first book, listened to everything I loved and everything that irritated me. Oh wow, where do I start with this sequel? I wasn't even sure I was going to read it when I recently finished Throne of Glass and found it entertaining but a poor excuse for fantasy. and whom she is ultimately willing to fight for. As Celaena's world shatters, she will be forced to give up the very thing most precious to her and decide once and for all where her true loyalties lie. Then one terrible night, the secrets they have all been keeping lead to an unspeakable tragedy. It seems no one is above questioning her allegiances-not the Crown Prince Dorian not Chaol, the Captain of the Guard not even her best friend, Nehemia, a foreign princess with a rebel heart. As she tries to untangle the mysteries buried deep within the glass castle, her closest relationships suffer. Keeping up the deadly charade becomes increasingly difficult when Celaena realizes she is not the only one seeking justice. She hides her secret vigilantly she knows that the man she serves is bent on evil. Yet Celaena is far from loyal to the crown. Assassin Celaena Sardothien won a brutal contest to become his Champion. It puts this entire castle in jeopardy-and the life of your friend.'įrom the throne of glass rules a king with a fist of iron and a soul as black as pitch. 'A line that should never be crossed is about to be breached.

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