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Kingdom of Ash

Sarah J. Maas

4.66 AVERAGE


*SPOILER WARNING* Giving it 4 outta 5 only because I felt as though there was soooo much buildup for the big war with Erawan only to be handled so quickly and easily it seemed. Other than that can we just all collectively agree that Dorian is just as much a badass as Aelin and then together were an absolute powerhouse. Dont get me wrong I LOVE Rowan’s but Dorian mastered so much I think he deserves some praise. LOL. All in all ToG was an amazing read! Would love to this this series come to life with live action :)
emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Another end to a series. This book was SO long. Not in a bad way necessarily, but it was hard to be patient for the final battle at the very end. There were perhaps too many characters/pov by the end but I still liked the story. I did predict almost everyone who would die. The one I didn’t see coming moved me enough to give the extra half star for a 4.5 ⭐️ rating.

This series was great at world building. Was it mostly predictable? Very much so. Do almost all of the significant characters magically survive every single dramatic event? Absolutely. But I eat it up every time because I just love SJM’s writing style. She has such a talent of making you feel as though you are there. Manon and her thirteen absolutely STOLE MY HEART. I wasn’t expecting them to be my favorite part of this series finale, but they were! As a general series I preferred TOG to ACOTAR, but the romance in ACOTAR is unmatched!
adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

No, it did not need to be this long. No, the series did not need 8 books. No, I will not recommend this series to anyone. To me it was bland and boring… The ending of it all was too lovey dovey. After all that, you’re going to tell me no one died at the end? Or, sorry, Gavriel died but I couldn’t care less to be honest with you. The whole father/son-trope was really cringe anyways. 
adventurous inspiring fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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challenging emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Series: Throne of Glass
First Book: Throne of Glass
This is the last book of a 7 book series. (7 of 7)
Completed Series
Original series (not a spin off/not same world as previous series but same universe as ACOTAR and Crescent City and I believe it'll all tie together at the end of ACOTAR)
Spice: 3/5 (Open Door based on romance.io)
NOT Available on Kindle Unlimited
First Release Date: 2012

So I think I went into Throne of Glass expecting something different. But that doesn't mean it isn't great. A friend of mine called it "life changing". So the most likely scenario is that I'm missing something. I would consider this series young adult and the romance is a smaller percentage than I'm used to in romantasy. It still exists but there's much more plot. Very little spice but also just less tension and relationship plot. The characters are all amazing and I look back on them all fondly. I still love this series!

My rating: 4/5 (Unpopular opinion. I know. Don't kill me!)

I would recommend this book/series!
Specifically for:
- young adult romantasy readers
- readers that want to be "part of the action". Everyone talks about this series and you'll be left out if you don't read it.
adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes