chocolatehazelnutcake:

I just had to write a book review of CoM for school… That was painful, cuz you can’t use asdfghjkl or badass or kickass or boss or anything, but yh, here it is:

Recently, I finished reading “Crown of Midnight” by Sarah J Maas, which is the sequel to “Throne of Glass”.

I cannot express in words how much I love this series. I waited an agonizing year and two days for this novel, and now I have to wait another year and a few weeks for book three. This is my all-time favourite series; I would definitely recommend it to everyone, but to girls specifically.

Beware: the following review contains the entire outcome of “Throne of Glass” and many spoilers for “Crown of Midnight”.

The novel picks up two months after the events of “Throne of Glass”, once Celaena Sardothien has been crowned as the King’s Champion, meaning she has won the competition in “Throne of Glass” and now has to assassinate anyone the King tells her to. Celaena has no choice but to obey, as either she can do this or be sent back to Endovier, the death camp from which she was retrieved to participate in the contest. However, we soon learn that Celaena has not killed any of the men that the tyrannous King has ordered her to, and has instead been telling the targets that they can either die by her hand or they can flee Adarlan, change their names and never return. So far, all of the targets have chosen the latter option, leaving Celaena to pick the bodies from the sick houses that most resemble the targets and mar their faces enough so that they are unrecognisable. Thus far, the King has believed Celaena, but then he informs her on a rebel group that has formed within the city walls, which she is to assassinate one by one. However, the first name on the list given to her is one she remembers from her past, Archer Finn, a man that in no way could be involved with a rebel group, and in no way could be disguised with someone else’s face. How will Celaena cover this up?

One of the things I love most about the “Throne of Glass” series is the characters. “Crown of Midnight” massively improved on the characters, and I have honestly never seen such good character development in a Young Adult series. I find it hard to imagine that the arrogant, snarky assassin that was pulled out of Endovier at the beginning of “Throne of Glass” has transformed into an amazing, still slightly arrogant, layered character with such a complex, mysterious background and history. It is obvious that every event that has occurred, from the death of her parents, to the betrayal of her friend Ansel of Briarcliff, to losing Nehemia and losing her relationship with Chaol, has had a devastating effect on her. Also, the character relationships have improved as we see Dorian get over Celaena, Celaena and Nehemia’s friendship put to the test, Chaol and Celaena falling in love with each other, and then everything falling apart in Part Two.

Additionally, the plot is absolutely fantastic. There are so many more aspects of fantasy in this sequel than in the previous book, which, as a fan of fantasy, made the book so much better for me. We discover the answers to the vast majority of the questions left open at the end of “Throne of Glass” but are left with even more questions after “Crown of Midnight”, because of a certain cliffhanger that ripped me to shreads. In fact, the entirety of Part Two left me crying.

In conclusion, go ahead and read this series, please. I am going to go and get my copies of the books signed and meet Sarah J Maas herself in twelve days because I love this series so much. It will complete your life, I promise.