55.4k reviews for:

Crown of Midnight

Sarah J. Maas

4.24 AVERAGE

rekadnug's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

annalyn's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

dragonrider69's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous

victoriap1026's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous 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: Yes

twistedem's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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: Yes

rosewuerstl's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-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

heathadd's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

starcrossedstacks's review against another edition

4.0

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ꜱᴘᴏɪʟᴇʀ-ꜰʀᴇᴇ ʏᴀ ꜰᴀɴᴛᴀꜱʏ ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡ

I LOVED jumping into this, and was so happy with this second installment!

My Throne of Glass review specifically called out that it was one of her first novels ever, and that I noticed some serious pacing issues because of that. While this book doesn't have perfect pacing, it is absolutely improved.

This second book also finished selling me on the characters too - I wanted to throttle Calaena significantly less in this book for her decisions (bless her heart) and really feel like all of the cast is starting to flesh out.

As always with SJM, I love the exciting mystery and reveals in this book, as well as the ones she has set up for the rest of the series. She does a great job at dropping tiny clues and hints to how the world will continue to flesh out - which I am so excited about.

The romance and character relationships are so well done (of course, SJM is a queen at this), and I really am interested to see where things go from here and what new characters may be introduced in the next book as we start to learn more about the world.

Quotes:
"...ɪ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴀɴʏ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ. ɪᴛ'ꜱ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴀɴʏ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪᴛ ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ. ɪ’ᴅ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ᴘɪᴄᴋ ʏᴏᴜ. ɪ’ʟʟ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ᴘɪᴄᴋ ʏᴏᴜ.”

“ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ! ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ ᴇɴᴇᴍɪᴇꜱ ᴀꜱ ɪᴛ ɪꜱ! ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴡᴏʀꜱᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴀᴄᴇ!"
ᴄᴇʟᴀᴇɴᴀ ꜱʟᴏᴡʟʏ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜɪᴍ, ʜᴇʀ ꜰᴀᴄᴇ ꜱᴘʟᴀᴛᴛᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇʏᴇꜱ ʙʟᴀᴢɪɴɢ ʙʀɪɢʜᴛ. "ɴᴏ, ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇɴ'ᴛ," ꜱʜᴇ ꜱᴀɪᴅ. "ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ɪ'ᴍ ʜᴇʀᴇ ɴᴏᴡ.”

Rating:
⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

marcia131's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous 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: No

kennedyadamson's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

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Omg this book!!!! I can tell this series and characters are going to kill my soul but in a good way. Loved it!