Reviews with content warning for War - Empire of Storms

I enjoyed this book a lot but since I read it in the tandem read with TOD it took me SO LONG to get through! I do think that it could've been a lot shorter (the german translation was 170 pages longer than the english one) and at some points I felt discouraged to get through it.

I thought that the ending was really well played out and it made me feel a lot of things.

Also can we just talk about Lorcan and Elide? I ship them SO HARD!

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

5.0

Sarah J. Maas is honestly a mastermind… this series just gets better and better!

As this is a sequel, I won’t go into the storyline. This was my second time reading this book, and my first tandem read, with Tower of Dawn, and I have to say, even though it took awhile, tandem reading is the way to go with these two books!

My favourite thing about this series is the characters, honestly Sarah J. Maas never fails when it comes to writing her characters. Sometimes when books follow so many characters, it can be difficult to differentiate them as readers, and make them unique as writers, but I never have an issue with these characters!

Overall, I absolutely love this series and have loved rereading it!

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adventurous challenging dark 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

4.5

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

This was fast-paced, had tons of action, and is the first book in the series to have smut (and lots of it!), which are all things I love, but I have some gripes with this book namely because it broke my heart so many times and in so many ways.

I tandem read this with TOD, which helped alleviate all the intense emotions I had while reading. I personally would recommend reading the two books together.

One of the other major things that bothered me about this book was Aelin herself- she was quite insufferable. Granted, she had a ton depending on her and she frequently had to make difficult decisions, but it frustrated me that she continued to navigate so much alone, despite having a Court. All the other characters made up for my feelings about her though, and I do love all the other characters.

A lessor thing that bothered me was that some character relationships/plots felt like fan service. This series has had very little romance up until this book, and suddenly all the characters were getting together. While I was delighted by the romantic developments, some of them felt more forced than others.

Although this book emotionally destroyed me, I did enjoy it overall.

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adventurous dark tense 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

5.0

This book was so good, each book in the series just keeps getting better. The first half of the book was definitely a slow buildup but the ending is definitely worth it. I'm excited to see how this series wraps up in the last book.

Reading this one in tandem with Tower of Dawn was definitely a good way to take in the story for me. I would have been disappointed to have to read a whole other book in between this and the last book before the story progressed at all.

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adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

wow
what an incredible reading experience that was this was so intense, the last few chapters definitely made it for me. the delivery of this storyline is impeccable
obsessed with rowan and aelin fantasy couples just do it for me
i am very emotional rn

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liesthemoontells's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Toooooooooooooooooo longggggggggggggggg

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gingie25_'s review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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