Series: Throne of Glass #4
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Adventure
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Summary: Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she's at last returned to the empire—for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past . . . She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die just to see her again. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queen's triumphant return. Celaena’s epic journey has captured the hearts and imaginations of millions across the globe. This fourth volume will hold readers rapt as Celaena’s story builds to a passionate, agonizing crescendo that might just shatter her world.
Review:
If you have yet to read the first three installments in the Throne of Glass series, please beware that this review INCLUDES SPOILERS FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED NOVELS!! Proceed with caution! You've been warned!
Alright! So quick recap on what's happened over the previous novels so far. *click on the title of the book for my full review* In Throne of Glass we meet the absolutely incredible Celaena Sardothien. She's 'rescued' from the slave camp, Endovier, and put in a contest to become the King of Adarlan's champion aka personal assassin. Not surprising, she wins(!!) and makes some new friends along the way including, but not limited to, the crown prince of Adarlan, Dorian, the captain of the king's guard, Chaol, and the princess from a foreign land, Nehemia. Moving on to book 2, Crown of Midnight. So although Throne of Glass hinted towards a lot of things, Crown of Midnight is where those hints are actually solidified into facts . . . and where my mind was blown . . . multiple times! Chaol and Celaena decide to try and have a relationship, Celaena is secretly not assassinating people, and we lose one of our dearest friends! The second book ends with Chaol and Celaena breaking things off, Chaol going back to his homeland, and Celaena decides to go find her aunt and get some answers . . . she is after all, the lost princess of Terrasen, Aelin Ashyrver Galathynius. Moving onto book three! In Heir of Fire there are now three different points of view, Dorian/Chaol's, the witches, and Celaena's. In the third book, Celaena embraces her fae heritage and trains with the sexy, yet brooding Rowan, an ancient fae warrior with more than enough skill to help Celaena. Dorian falls in love with a servant girl, Sorscha, and Chaol is trying to keep everything together after finding out Celaena's true identity. And concluding book three, Celaena leaves Rowan to go back to Rifthold (where a rebellion has started) and take care of some unfinished business with the king.
Okay, so I'm going to try my darnedest to keep the rest of this review spoiler free!!
Queen of Shadows starts with Celaena getting back to Rifthold. Maas did an excellent job of seamlessly connecting her books. I'm always so impressed!
In case you were wondering, Arobynn Hamel FINALLY makes an actual appearance! If you're like me, you have been waiting since the first time he was mentioned in Throne of Glass to actually meet him. I was a tad disappointed with where everything ended up going with him, but as Maas stated herself, he is a total "douche-canoe". Those words couldn't be more fitting! However, a lot of answers surrounding Celaena's time with the King of the Assassins are answered.
Let's talk about Sam. Sam is a fairly minor character, but his importance and the impact he had on Celaena was epic! A lot of things were put to rest when it came to Sam. And there were definitely some tears shed on my end whilst reading about it. Maas did a wonderful job of closing out that part in Celaena's life. But honestly, I looked something similar to this:
Overall, there were a lot of questions that were answered! And many more that arose! Queen of Shadows had me on the edge of my seat! The action was non-stop and engrossing! The hardest part was reading something and then doing a face palm because I hadn't caught on and realized that sooner! This happened too many times to count throughout Queen of Shadows which totally upped it's already awesome-ness to me! Sarah, thank you for being so fantastic! Jimmy says is best:
If you've read the other books in this series and have yet to read Queen of Shadows, I honestly have no idea why you're still here! GO!! READ!!! Then come back and fan-girl with me about how completely amazing Sarah J. Maas is!! Not to mention how sweet!! I had the greatest opportunity to be able to meet her! *photographic evidence included*
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