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Coroa da meia-noite Midnight Crown: Trono de Vidro, Livro 2 Throne of Glass, Book 2 by Sarah J. Maas, Brina Costa
163 reviews
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
So much fun! Such an adventurous series and I'm so excited to see how the story unfolds. The plot and world is getting much bigger and the state are getting higher, can't wait to read more. This one was a little slower then the first but when the plot unfolded, it happened fast and explosively.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Torture
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The kings champions mission is to defeat those that attempt to rise against the king. The problem, she herself hates the king. In her search for the kings hidden power source, Caelena finds herself connecting to her past and the future freedom that she seeks.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief
Moderate: Gore, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Slavery, Death of parent, War
Sadly I didn’t enjoy this book as much as the first.
I found certain plot points and to be predictable (the purpose of Nehemiah’s with Elena and the big reveal at the end) and some character actions to be cringy (ditching guard duty to dance? Good god 🙄). And some of the names in this series are the stupidest I’ve ever heard (‘Baba Yellowlegs - seriously?).
And don’t even get me started on Celaena’s level of incompetency at times 😤. The most egregious example being this: “Did you kill Davis because you were snooping in his office, he caught you then cut you with a drugged blade?”
Ladies and gentlemen, meet Adarlan’s greatest assassin 🤦🏻♀️
The prose was fine for the most part but every now and then SJM would drop a weird phrase that would have me thinking “what does that even mean?” (Example: “His face radiated a sense of maleness” 🧐)
In spite of all that, the story was enjoyable enough and I loved the introduction of new characters Mort and Archer Finn (Archer gave me Finnick Odair vibes, which i was totally here for).
There’s one thing that’s still bugging me: there was a POV from a random slave girl in Calaculla, and I’m trying to figure out if this is relevant to the plot at all or just a red herring. 🤔 I guess I’ll find out.
On to book 3……..
Further content warnings:
⚠️implied grooming
⚠️forced prostitution
Content Warnings
Moderate: Torture, Violence, Murder
Minor: Torture
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book blew me away. I feel like the story continuously amped up throughout which was really fun pacing. I also had no idea where the story was going so I was hooked. And that ending!! That twist!! I didn’t see it coming at all, though I knew something magical was going on. My only critique is the Chaol- Celaena drama with keeping secrets, etc. It was overly dramatic for barely any reason. But other than that this was the perfect setup for the rest of the series!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Classism
Minor: Medical content
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Two years after reading Throne of Glass, I finally read the sequel, Crown of Midnight.
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.
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.
Content Warnings
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
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
big slay from me such a good plot and i loved celaenas character arc
this series is really giving bbc merlin and that was my whole personality at age 9 so some things never change
this series is really giving bbc merlin and that was my whole personality at age 9 so some things never change
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Torture, Grief
Minor: Sexual assault, Vomit
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
the start of this series has been a bit slow, developing the norms to break them in this book. While the start was slow, and contained some sweet moments, the escalation from the 35ish chapter is intense and fast-paced. It was so worth every minute of world building to get to this ending, I’m fucking pumped to read Assassin’s Blade and learn her true back story now that we know more about our main character.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, Grief, Stalking, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
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:
Complicated
Look the only reason I’m rating this 4.5 instead of 5 is because it should have been longer. It felt like so much was happening and it got almost confusing, especially because it had been a while since I read the first one.
MASSIVE SPOILER BELOW
also Nehemia’s death took me hardcore by surprise, I was NOT expecting a George RR Martin main character kill off so early in the series.
MASSIVE SPOILER BELOW
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Slavery, Torture, Violence
Minor: Sexual content