Crown of Midnight

"It was an excellent second book in the series. Things really start to take a serious turn, and Maas reveals her endgame plot that will take us through the next several books in the series. I love the world building, the secrets, and fantasy as well as the romance (wish there was more 🔥🔥 though)."

"This book has me 100% committed to the series! I love that we are shown more character development for the main characters; they are amazing! Also the ending, wow! "

"*WARNING THIS REVIEW WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS- NO TBR PROMPT:PRE-PLANNED BUDDY READ WITH MY SISTER* Pre-warning my thoughts are going to be all over the place. I'm not sure if I said this in my throne of glass review but I'm so not used to Sarah j Maas writing about humans. I honestly forgot they were all humans and I'm like oh yea lol. I would say I was flying through this, but at the same time I was feeling like nothing was happening. There wasn't much action, but I guess I had to be patient and get basically half ways for there to be some killing lol. Chaol and celaena are so cute, especially when *cough* they went back to her room *cough*. Their connection is strong to be honest but I was still shocked that she told him the truth of what she was or wasn't doing ON HIS BIRTHDAY!!! Like, she couldn't just pick another day for that?! I didn't like the distance between chaol, her and Dorian, it hurt to see them like that. The plot, oh the plot is amazing! Now, when chaol got kidnapped and beaten up, I had a feeling it had something to do with Nehemia and Archer. I never trusted him and I'm so glad he died, I honestly thought she was going to let him live, but nope! Poor Nehemia, that was brutal. Oh gosh, I thought Fleetfoot was going to die, I almost cried! DORIAN HAS MAGIC BLOOD!!!! That was a crazy twist, and I love it. CELAENA BEING AELIN!!!! Okay, I kind of had a feeling about that because there were a lot of clues hinting towards that, I'm surprised no one caught on. Also, I though celaena was smarter because that riddle she solved, I knew the first key was supposed to be in the tomb, it was pretty obvious lol and how didn't she connect the dots sooner with what kat and Nehemia said? I do wonder who that man was before they turned him into a monster, poor dude. I don't like celaena or aelin keeping secrets from both Dorian and chaol, it made no sense, why not just tell them both instead of having a bunch of miscommunication! Can't wait for the next one though!"

"This was a hard book to read. Celaena was making some choices that were soo out of character and it kinda hurt to read. I had to plow through the middle of the book. If she would have given him a chance to explain himself, maybe they would get along? But no. She hates him. At least he's trying to respect that and give her distance. <br/><br/>Chaol (how do you even pronounce his name???) is my favorite character I think? I have no idea after this. <br/><br/>The pacing was well done. Every scene either progressed the plot or a character's growth. It was eloquent. <br/><br/>The magic was very cool. It played out in a eery way and was surprising in some spots."

"…good read and surprising twists !! …I’m hooked and can’t wait for the next one !! 🤩🤩"

"I have to admit that I was on the fence about this series throughout the entirety of Throne of Glass. However, while reading through Crown of Midnight, my curiosity did begin to spike and I’m beginning to see the hype around the series. While the first book spent a good portion of time with character development and world building, this book took a lot less time to reveal the plot. Now that Celaena is the Kings Champion (assassin), she is to kill anyone that the king feels threatened by. Oddly enough, she begins to have some reservations and there’s more to Celaena’s process as an assassin than meets the eye. She has a pretty intricate system that I found to be pretty genius. Celaena’s story is starting to unravel more as you learn bits and pieces of her past. Through her friendship with Nehemia and her love triangle/situationships with Dorian and Chaol, I found I was able to humanize her character much more after learning about some of the personal struggles and successes she had prior to present day. I’m finding that in this SJM series, once I hit the 50% mark, it becomes very hard to put the book down. In this installment of the series, tragedy strikes at about this point and although Celaena has worked very hard at redemption, she’s really put to the test when she feels that she may have been betrayed by a close friend. While Celaena is off doing the kings dirty work, she can’t help but wonder what “plans” the king has under wraps that he feels the rebels will interfere with. The king has eliminated magic, but there are some unworldly and unexplainable things happening within the castle. She begins to research ancient symbols called ‘wyrdmarks’, as they keep appearing with little explanation. She learns that these symbols are a part of old spells that could not be erased because they were made with older powers. To go back to my point I made earlier about learning more of the backstory of Celaena’s past, towards the end of the book you learn a shocking new piece of information about who she really is… which changes everything. So much of her story is explained in fragments that feel like they have been redacted. At the end of this book, you’ll understand why certain information has been choppy, and everything will start to make sense. Although I still have so many questions, now I have more faith that answers will come, but experiencing the “ah-ha” moment when everything clicks, made it worth the wait. But wait, there’s more! Just when you think you’ve started to understand Celaena’s backstory, a bomb is dropped in the last 2 chapters that makes you sit back, confused as ever, trying to put the jigsaw puzzle back together again. The moment when you find that last piece to the puzzle, your jaw will drop…and it’ll be everything."

"Just a very great book, can't wait to read the rest of the series!"

"3.75/5 ⭐️ the first half of this book was super slow. The writing feels repetitive at times and not a lot happened. Quite a bit of I for dumping. The second half was more exciting. I’d say maybe the last 1/8 of the book drew me in. I’m two books in and still not that excited about this series. I want to see more badass moments from Celaena. There is so much talk about how incredible she is but not as much showing as I’d like. I really want to understand the hype of the series!! Hopefully the next book will pull me in."

"I’d like to start off by saying I am so MAD about finishing this book. Beginning was slow but halfway through I was slamming through it. I loved it. I am obsessed with Chaol i don’t even CARE. That is absolutely why I am ****** with the ending. Iykyk"

"This was such a good sequel, I liked it a lot more than throne of glass. It was hard to put down. Can’t believe I waited so long to read this serie. "