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Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent
Minor: Addiction, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
If you somehow haven't heard of the author, Sarah J Maas, she also wrote the A Court of Thorns and Roses series and the Crescent City series.
Crown of Midnight, the second book in the Throne of Glass series, was published by Bloomsbury YA. Throne of Glass is a YA fantasy series targeted to older teenagers (though adults can still enjoy them!)
Crown of Midnight continues with Celaena's story after she becomes the King's Champion as to be his personal assassin. Meanwhile, she is trying to figure out what all the secret passageways and riddles she finds in the castle means, and would they have any answers to stopping the king's thirst for power as he continues to dominate other countries.
I really enjoyed this book--even more than the first one. I'd give it 4 stars out of 5 on the rating scale system because I did enjoy reading it, but there were a few hiccups with the book.
Part of me loved seeing the intricacies of Chaol's, Dorian's, and Celaena's friendship. I loved the character development that happens--particularly with Dorian, though Celaena grew the most as the main character. I didn't like the jealousy trope being played with both Chaol and Dorian. It just seemed a bit childish and annoying.
I also enjoyed the plot and there were many twists and turns, even if I did ultimately guess the big twist at the end. There were a lot of other reveals I didn't see coming. The plot also included a lot of fight scenes, so I was never left too wanting for action. That being said, the first half of the book did move a lot more slowly. I wish the romance in the book didn't come and go so quickly, too.
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Stalking
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief
Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Child death, Hate crime, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Death of parent, Alcohol
Minor: Vomit, War
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol