Book: Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
Read From: 14th March - 16th March 2022
Rating: 4/5 stars
Summary (Throne of Glass): Celaena is a notorious assassin and has been locked away in prison for the last year. However, when she is approached by the Crown Prince with an offer to get her out of the prison to sponsor her in an upcoming competition, she is quick to accept. Celaena is then plunged into a competition against her competitors in the infamous Glass Castle, one which she must win in order for her freedom to be granted.
I think I actually preferred this one to Throne of Glass (even though I’ve given both books the same rating)! The plot felt a lot more fast paced with so many things going on, we got to see more of the characters we grew to love in the first book and also explored some more of the magic system within this world which was super interesting.
I actually love Chaol! I loved that the banter between him and Celaena that we saw in the first book continued into Crown of Midnight and there were a lot of moments between them that made me want to get out my annotating supplies and tab this book to death, even though I’m not much of an annotator at all. Much like the first book, there were some characters (both new and existing), that you never know if you can trust, and there will be some revelations and events that will leave you reeling. But that’s all I’m going to say on that... you’ll have to read the series to find out.
I can’t say a great deal more without spoiling anything, so I’ll be keeping my thoughts relatively brief as I work my way through this series so that my reviews can be as spoiler free as possible. The further I get into the 8 books, the less likely that may be, but I will always make it very visible at the beginning of the blog post if there are any potential spoilers within the review.