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So much happened in Crown of Midnight.  There were moments of absolute beauty and moments where my heart broke.  This was definitely a world building and plot building book.

I still love Chaol and Celeana.

And I am excited for the next book.

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It was a decent read. It was not as captivating as the other 2 book I've read in this series so far, but the pace of the plot stayed moving forward. It was nice not to have it get bogged down with wallowing emotions. It's one of the reasons I've been enjoying this series. 

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“The rest of the world quieted into nothing. In that moment, after ten long years, Celaena looked at Chaol and realized she was home.” 

I devoured this book in just a few days. After finishing part one, I knew I had to binge read the rest of the book (because how could you not?!). This book contains more romance compared to the last two books of the series (TOG and TAB) and I noticed how SJM really do love stirring the readers with who's going to end up with whom. I'm not sure I appreciate it at the start of the book - because I was just confused how it happened. Although throughout the series, I can see it was bound to happen. 

The book was pretty slow paced at the start but slowly was becoming more of a fast paced. The book was more or less just a month of its world timing, fyi. It showed how Calaena has been a King's Champion for the months after TOG ended and how she's immediately refraining to do what she's tasked to do - which is kill people. I love her and Nehemia together too since they've definitely bonded and became friends. World-building-wise, there's a lot more details I have to take note of that was explained throughout the book. The twists here and there of the book was also so much I had to keep up. Overall, I really enjoyed this book and hope to be more hyped in the next books of the series!

The ending though. Just the ending is enough for me rate this book more than four stars. Reading the other two books and end up with this third book ending was just so intense. Sure, we know that Calaena was something - Terrasen something, to be specific. But I was not expecting the what (don't want to spoil). UGH. I'm pretty addicted but I have to stagger the series reading because I'm waiting for my friend to catch up. 

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Again, I find myself at loss for words. This book is epic, made me lose track of time and everything. It's fantastic. There are no words. 

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Okay, I’m doing a 180 from my first review on Throne of Glass! I found this sequel to be much more captivating, with a believable and very sweet romance, lots of action, more world-building and background-learning, and much more depth to the characters. I’m excited to go back and read Assassin’s Blade next. 

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Another solid re-read. In Crown of Midnight, Sarah J Maas focused a little more on romance but also didn't pull any punches when it came to the rebellion, politics, and the air of mystery surrounding the plot in general. 

*SPOILERS AHEAD*

As much as I love this book and understand the reasoning behind it, I will never, never, EVER forgive Sarah for what she did to Nehemia. I know why it had to happen, but that doesn't make it hurt any less. 

Overall, I think I enjoyed Crown of Midnight just as much this time as I did the first time, even though I was dreading rereading the events of that cursed night.

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