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Empire of Storms

Sarah J. Maas

4.56 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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: Complicated

Love, love, love❤️
adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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: Yes
adventurous emotional hopeful 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
adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Loveable characters: Yes
fast-paced
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

This book dragged a bit for me. Lots of characters, lots of
Plot points, unclear how they were all converging together. The final battle scene was good.

Ultimately, too much happening and it felt chaotic.

This is absolutely painful because I want to love this series like everyone else (and bc of the amount of time I've invested in it---bc goodness). And I think there's something special in the first four books. But I can't keep pretending like Queen of Shadows didn't put me in a slump with this series because it absolutely did and I need to own it. And Empire of Storms did not bring me back.

The problem with these books is that they take too dang long to get to the point. There is not enough actual substance to necessitate over FIVE THOUSAND pages of content. Nothing here is interesting enough to demand so much of my time (not even Manon, who is far and away the peak of this series), especially when the series takes such a turn after Heir of Fire that it doesn't even feel like the same story anymore. Also, the way Sarah destroyed Chaol Westfall as a character needs to be studied in depth.

I've tried twice now with this. I think I'm good. Excited for ACOTAR though!
adventurous fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
adventurous dark mysterious tense 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: Complicated