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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Impressive improvement: the political plot gets better, more world building happens and even though it wasn't a plot twist perse the ending is very good. I'm excited for the next books and looking forward to them. The protagonist got a lot of depth in this books along with the supporting characters. I'm hoping we'll know more about the antagonist motivations soon! no reviews | add a review
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As the royal assassin to an evil king, eighteen-year-old Celaena Sardothien must decide what she will fight for--survival, love, or the future of a kingdom. No library descriptions found. |
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Crown of MidnightThrone of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas came around with new mysteries and old secrets, some were uncovered and many more are still unknown.
Crown of Midnight ♦ Sarah J. Maas
Opinion
Once the most feared assassin in Adarlan, who rebelled against slavery before becoming a slave herself in the salt mines of Endovier, she is now the King's Champion. In this position, she follows in her well-known footsteps as an assassin, only on behalf of the man who once enslaved her. How will Celaena handle this situation? Will she really kill for the man responsible for her family's death? Because killing, murdering, is what Celaena has to do for the King and the way she's found to circumvent the hit-and-runs is a balancing act. Should her betrayal of the King become known, it would mean her execution.
Sarah J. Maas greeted me with this brilliant start to Crown of Midnight, and she didn't stop there. The second volume had a lot more to offer, but one in particular: a main character who is gorgeous, strong, and in absolute control; this makes for an extremely welcome break from all the obnoxious and pathetic heroines that are prevalent in many Young/New Adult Fantasy books. But the secondary characters also come into their own, they have depth. Both Dorian and Chaol, with the former regaining some of its importance in the last third, while Chaol becomes quite significant for Celaena and the plot as a whole. The author put a lot of thought into all of her characters. While a love triangle was announced in Throne of Glass, this book proved me wrong.
While the first two-thirds of the story brought together a lot of information that was also essential for the plot of Crown of Midnight, it will probably also be important for the following volumes, as the last third was really tough. Intrigues were exposed, tears and blood were shed, and secrets were revealed that got my pulse racing.
Probably the most important twist of all turns out to be at the end and left me breathless.
Conclusion
All the storylines flow seamlessly, and I didn't even feel like Maas dragged this volume out unnecessarily. The dialogues were entertaining, the twists and turns had me glued to the pages. The character developments are becoming more and more solid, but I'm sure there's more to come.
This review was first published at The Art of Reading. ( )