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Kingdom of Ash

Sarah J. Maas

4.66 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

เงกโ€ โ€œ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ โ€ฆโ€
เงกโ€ โ€œ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ'๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ต.โ€
เงกโ€๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ. ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ.

I feel so emotional about this book. My heart breaks a little about the Throne of Glass series coming to an end...
This volume was such a page turner; almost one thousand pages of narration that never felt dull or dragging, being packed with epic battles and moments and speeches and dialogues, adrenaline, emotion, love, surprise, sacrifice. The stakes were SO high. 
I was brought to tears more than once! In particular, i bawled my eyes out
as i read chapters 89 and 90. I was distraught. The sacrifice made by the Thirteen will forever give me an enormous amount of sorrow, even if what they did saved so so many lives. I love them
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Again, during my reading experience i was often overridden with emotion, pride and love.
I was so happy and emotional when Manon gave that speech to the Ironteeth matrons, in front of the Crochans, and then when she was crowned. It was such an intense moment!
I was also very emotional when Gavriel decided to give his life in defence of the western gate... when he had barely just reunited with Aedion... i wish he lived, i wish they had more time together, i wish Gavriel knew how Aedion truly felt about him.
Another huge moment was when Aelin set herself to close the Wyrdgate, even if she desired to live, and ultimately didn't allow Dorian to finish the job with her. I haven't read yet the rest of SJM's series, but i'm pretty sure that when Aelin fell through the worlds (page 800) she also went through those of Crescent city and ACOTAR... very interesting!!
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I am in awe at the love the characters had for Terrasen, and for their world, at what their strength and courage and selflessness in enduring the Valg armies in pursuit of the dream of a better world; protecting what they held close to their hearts. They continued fighting relentlessly, fostering hope and resilience despite all odds and the ruthlessness of the enemies outnumbering them.

Aedion was really mean to Lysandra (she deserves the world!!! she did no wrong. And she fought so hard for Terrasen, she was one of the most valiant), which angered me, but putting this aside i'll say that what he did for Terrasen, how he fought for it and how he commanded the armies, was incredibly admirable.
I was overjoyed by Lysandra and her uncle Falkan Ennar finally meeting each other.
Dorian's arc was also rich with events... he also went to Morath to retrieve the last Wyrdkey (and directly crossed paths with Maeve, there)! His magic has grown stronger than ever, he went so far as to teach himself how to shift. I hope his and Manon's futures are bright, and entwined.
Chaol faced his father, discovered that he had kept his mother's letter from him; and ultimately helped save Anielle. 
Yrene was awesome! Her healing magic is amazing. She really defeated Erawan - with help from Elide, who schemed and planned, and Lysandra, and Dorian.
Nesrin is moving to the southern continent with Sartaq, sheโ€™s going to be empress!
Some rukhins stayed in Erilea in order to look after the wyvern eggs and then train the hatchlings.
Elide and Lorcan got married! Not on page, but still!
Iโ€™m curious about the Fae that used to live in Terrasen and have since moved north of the Staghorns, dwelling with the wolf tribeโ€ฆ Iโ€™m very interested in them too. It was amazing seeing them appear through the portals during the final battle.


The entire ensemble of characters was quite massive, and I think the author overall did a great job at making each of them so alive and peculiar and distinguishable. I really appreciated reading their various points of view and living the events from their standpoints.
I would have liked it if Aelin would've reached Orynth sooner than she did, maybe also because i would have liked the group to be reunited sooner. But it makes sense that it happened when it did, towards the final part of the siege of Orynth.


I would definitely love to reread this book.
I could go on and on, because there is so much to say! So much has happened! So i'll cut it short and leave my review to this:
I am truly deeply happy with the way everything unfolded, it was the most perfect and special conclusion for this story. Personally, my own world was made a little better thanks to this series, to what it brought to me.

เงกโ€โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ.โ€
เงกโ€โ€๐˜›๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต.โ€
เงกโ€โ€๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ.โ€



this book made me feel some type of way. what a lovely story of hope
adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

AMAZING!!! So devestated that this series is now finished but couldn't be happier with the ending. So many tears were shed reading this book
adventurous emotional 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: Complicated

I honestly have no words-

I donโ€™t even know if I have the wordsโ€ฆ this whole series broke me. the writing is beautiful and you just fall so in love with the characters. this one is by far one of my favourites but it hurts

โค๏ธโ€

This book was so long! I have listened to the entire series as audiobooks up to this point but I didn't want to wait another month for the audible credit so I checked out the physical book from my library and I swear it took me 4x longer. The story was good and it felt like an appropriate ending to the series, but omg it took forever and I nearly gave up twice. Hallelujah I'm done so now I can read Crescent City.