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A review by stilestastic
Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
5.0
[ 4.5 stars ]
“But death was her curse and her gift, and death had been her good friend these long, long years.”
i'll admit that it took me way too long to finish this book, but don't let it deceive you, because it had nothing to do with the book itself. you can thank my teachers for loading me with homework.
i liked this book a bit more than the first because it delved deeper into characters that weren't celaena (by god, i still have to double-check the spelling of her name) and also brought out more of the overall plot of the entire series. i enjoyed reading about dorian and chaol because their perspectives were usually widely different from the story's main female protagonist's. and, due to the fact i was usually more fed up with celaena than not as i read this, it was a nice break from being inside her head.
the thing i, a hardcore ACOTAR fan, have liked about sarah's writing is the moral ambiguity of many of her characters. calaena, for instance, is a cold-blooded assassin with hidden secrets, but her outbursts can sometimes be dramatic and she isn't always the fierce warrior that everyone assumes she is. as mentioned in this book, she doesn't always stand and fight. i enjoyed the fact that even though i personally found her annoying sometimes, it wasn't because of poor characterization-- she was acting in-character and everything was explained very well.
also, dorian. dorian. i would launch myself off of a cliff for him and i don't really know why. right now he's my favorite in the series, possibly because i love a good golden prince who really isn't so golden and is starting to see his father's kingdom for what it really is. hopefully he'll be using his position to really make a difference soon.
the one thing i didn't like about this book was that nothing really... happened until the last quarter. there was a lot of romantic conflict and even more of celaena observing the people she's supposed to be hunting. while i believe pacing is important, it seemed like it took forever for the action to truly start happening. but once it did, i couldn't put the book down.
(also, that ending SHOOK me)
onward and upward to heir of fire!
“But death was her curse and her gift, and death had been her good friend these long, long years.”
i'll admit that it took me way too long to finish this book, but don't let it deceive you, because it had nothing to do with the book itself. you can thank my teachers for loading me with homework.
i liked this book a bit more than the first because it delved deeper into characters that weren't celaena (by god, i still have to double-check the spelling of her name) and also brought out more of the overall plot of the entire series. i enjoyed reading about dorian and chaol because their perspectives were usually widely different from the story's main female protagonist's. and, due to the fact i was usually more fed up with celaena than not as i read this, it was a nice break from being inside her head.
the thing i, a hardcore ACOTAR fan, have liked about sarah's writing is the moral ambiguity of many of her characters. calaena, for instance, is a cold-blooded assassin with hidden secrets, but her outbursts can sometimes be dramatic and she isn't always the fierce warrior that everyone assumes she is. as mentioned in this book, she doesn't always stand and fight. i enjoyed the fact that even though i personally found her annoying sometimes, it wasn't because of poor characterization-- she was acting in-character and everything was explained very well.
also, dorian. dorian. i would launch myself off of a cliff for him and i don't really know why. right now he's my favorite in the series, possibly because i love a good golden prince who really isn't so golden and is starting to see his father's kingdom for what it really is. hopefully he'll be using his position to really make a difference soon.
the one thing i didn't like about this book was that nothing really... happened until the last quarter. there was a lot of romantic conflict and even more of celaena observing the people she's supposed to be hunting. while i believe pacing is important, it seemed like it took forever for the action to truly start happening. but once it did, i couldn't put the book down.
(also, that ending SHOOK me)
onward and upward to heir of fire!