*happy dance because i loved this when i thought i was gonna hate it*

"With you gone, my lord, I... I took the night to visit my parents."[Chaol] tried not to cringe. A family. [Kadja] had family here, and he'd never bothered to ask--You may as well pick up your bows and your quivers, because being shot in the vagina with a poisoned arrow would probably be less painful than reading one more page of Chaol's Boring Journey to God Knows Where with Fuck Knows Who doing Who Fucking Cares. Bonus points for the chapters, many of which I skimmed like no woman has ever ski...

chaol is and always be my favourite character in this series. no one is more deserving of having such in-depth character development, redemption, and healing. i cant think of a better character for the readers to go on such an emotional journey with. it makes me so unbelievably happy to once again see him happy. <3also, this exchange will forever give me life. 'using the chair is not a punishment. it is not a prison,' he said softly. 'i am as much of a man in that chair, or with that cane, as i

MY BLOG: Melissa Martin's Reading ListI was waiting on my special copies to get here. Yes, I got two. This is my signed edition from Barnes and Noble with some extras at the back. The one from Target has the special art inside. Sooooooooooooooooo, I was going to give this 4 stars but it made the 5 stars because I have a new love and that would be Sartaq =) I really wish they would have had more scenes with him and Nesryn. I want to read more about them. But there is still the war so there is tha...

Reread!God, I loved this so much. Chaol deserved this journey, this book. Not because I feel like his character was destroyed as people like to cry about, but because his emotional journey was needed. From pure self-loathing to healing. And that ending! 😭 I’m so happy he’s found himself again and Yrene. Yrene Westfall, people. I’m emo. This book was so brown, and so enjoyable to read and discover this continent found on justice and equality and for then Chaol to see what a kingdom is actually li...

"Lead the way, Yrene Towers." Yrene Towers... Maas is getting better and better with character development. Come to think of it, all my favorite characters in this series were introduced from the third book onwards. And the world building here is next level compared to all previous installments. There was a heavy Tolkien vibe throughout this book which I loved despite the irritatingly slower pace. "Long ago, in another world, another lifetime, there existed a land of dark, and cold, and wi

I was not prepared for this book.Tower of Dawn was everything I wanted, even though I was not aware of it before the first chapters. A Court of Mist and Fury inflicted some serious damage to my relationship with Sarah J. Maas due to severe character mistreatment, shameless manipulation and a shrine built for Saint Rhysand, but this one restored my faith in her. Before reading Tower of Dawn I was furious for the delay in Throne of Glass' conclusion. For another change of ships I knew would come.

'Tower of Dawn' was one of my most anticipated books of the year. I absolutely could not wait to get my hands on it. I am a goner for this series!After the way things left off at the end of the fifth book, I was sure that this book would pick up where it had ended. I expected to dive right back into Celaena's current predicament and have a front row seat as she managed to battle her way out of captivity. That didn't happen.This book was not the book that I thought I'd be getting. That isn't to s...

Eh. It was all right. But it's kind of hard to tear apart the personality of a beloved character, turn them into someone whiny and bland, then try to create a whole 672-page book out of their perspective. It wasn't awful, but many parts were boring.I overlook a lot when it comes to Maas. The poor representation of marginalized characters, the frankly creepy obsession with "manhood" and "maleness", the nauseating and repeated descriptions of characters' beauty... but here I thought the story real...

I bow down to Sarah J Maas’ story telling. I have not liked Chaol since the second half of the Crown of Midnight. Also with the last book finishing with Aelin ending in such a precarious position I personally did not want to weight an extra year to find out what happened to her.However SJM knows best every issue I had with Chaol was address in this book. Also if this book would have come out after the next the final book this story would have had the prequel curse where I would have known everyt...

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5/5 ⭐Full review on my Blog: The Dacian She-Wolf 🐺 EoS: *ended with a MASSIVE cliffhanger*me: I NEED ANSWERSSJM: *writing ToD*I’m actually not complaining, I’m just a frustrated human reader. You cannot blame me for that, I’m sure you can relate.I am, in fact, really happy and I feel super #blessed because of this beautiful book.To be honest, this book was not a fresh gulp of air. No. At least, this isn’t how I felt about it. It was more like a warm and spicy oriental evening, filled with exo...

#0.1) The Assassin and the Pirate Lord ★★★#0.2) The Assassin and the Healer ★★#0.3) The Assassin and the Desert ★★★★#0.4) The Assassin and the Underworld ★★★★★#0.5) The Assassin and the Empire ★★★#1.) Throne of Glass ★★★#2.) Crown of Midnight ★★★★#3.) Heir of Fire ★★#4.) Queen of Shadows ★★#5.) Empire of Storms ★★★ “Every step, all of it, had led here. From that keep in the snow-blasted mountains where a man with a face as hard as the rock around them had thrown him into the cold; to that...

Edit: Will my book slump ever go away? Maybe. Perhaps. Slow progress. But this book was a step in the right direction. Loved this with all my heart and couldn’t stop reading. Maas, again, applause for you.(Don’t know if I’ll have a review for this one. I hate to promise and not provide and life is hectic. I just stress myself a lot about it, hope you don’t mind. But this one is highly, highly recommended!)*** Never been on Team Chaol. My precious cinnamon roll, Dorian Havilliard, stole my heart

”There are choices in my past,” he said tightly, “that I have come to regret. But I can only move on – and attempt to fix them. Fight to make sure they do not occur again.” Where do I even start with this review?It was different. Different than all the books that came before because the pacing wasn’t as fast as in the former books and Sarah actually took her time to support the development of her characters and the plot. I know some people might think that an entire book about Chaol would be bor...