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A review by tabea_a
Herrscherin über Asche und Zorn by Sarah J. Maas
adventurous
challenging
dark
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
4.25
4.25 🌟
Why does it feel so surreal to finish this series and with it leave this world and the characters behind, whom you've accompanied on such a long journey? Damn, I'm sad.
First of all: This book diasppointed me :( I was 100% sure that this was going to be a 5 star read and that Sarah was going to give me everything I wished for, since the german translation contained 1'100 pages!! Sadly tho that wasn't the case:
✧ Starting the book off and reading about the torture that Aelin had to go through was really hard for me. I knew that there were going to be rough topics but holy!
✧ I loved the many POVs at first, since it always kept me going and I loved to see what all the characters were up to. Though at one point I started to dislike that the group wasn't together for most of the book, since I wanted to see them all together.
Also I have never really enjoyed Chaol's or Yrene's POV but in this book it kept annoying me more and more. Not to be hateful or anything but to me, Chaol is such a boring character and their story just felt unnecessary.
✧ I love how much detail Sarah always puts in her books. I'd rather read a book that's 100 pages longer but therefore you get all the feelings and details that you longed for, so I think she did amazing with describing how the characters were feeling and how their world was evolving.
✧ Can we just talk about chapters 26 & 27? I bawled my eyes out, Fenry's truly deserves the world. His and Aelin's bonding from the beginning of the book was so beautiful and heartwarming to see!
✧ Just that little detail that the constatnt healing made Aelin's scars go away and that meaning that not only her freedom and happiness got taken away but also the worst things, like her past and her trauma? That was excellent but also heartbreaking.
✧ Ugh...where should I start with Elide and Lorcan? They've been my #1 couple since they came on to the page but I got sooo annoyed with Elide! I get it, Lorcan betrayed them and put Aelin through that whole torture, but when you love someone, even if you're mad at them, you don't tell them such things as "I don't care if you survive this war" etc.
He tried so hard, he apologized, showed that he changed and also explained the reason why he did it was to save Elide because he LOVED her, and she just went on bashing on him, ignoring him and hurting him. Lorcan has a special place in my heart and I just wanted the best for him, no matter what he had done.
✧ In conclusion it made me so mad and hurt when at first literally no one noticed that Lorcan was literally dying on the battlefield. The more I loved how Elide risked her own life to save him and would've rather died with him than lived without him, because THAT was the real love that I wanted to see.
✧ Are you kidding me? The WHOLE THIRTEEN DIE in front of Manon's eyes?! I actually predicted Asterin dying one day because she was such a beloved character that everyone felt sorry for. But that scene made me cry so hard and then seeing Manon being so sad and broken...ugh I can't.
✧ Gavriel's death felt so rushed to me? Him and Aedion didn't even really get to talking and then he suddenly died? Weird
In conclusion:
↬ I felt like the middle part of the book was pretty slow. We were basically just accompanying the different POVs while they were traveling somewhere. I didn't feel like there was a lot of plot happening and that bored me sometimes.
↬ I didn't feel the connection to the characters as much as in the other books. They felt distant.
↬ The ending disappointed me a lot actually. I imagined that there was going to be an epic battle, Aelin was going to use a lot of her power etc. but it felt drawn out and I hated when Aelin lost almost all of her power.
I am really happy though that I pushed through the whole series, it was truly a joy and I already look forward to doing a reread next year, since I already miss the characters and the world so much!
All of it truly changed my life and me as a person and I will never forget and never stop to appreciate all the emotions that Sarah made me feel. 💘
Why does it feel so surreal to finish this series and with it leave this world and the characters behind, whom you've accompanied on such a long journey? Damn, I'm sad.
First of all: This book diasppointed me :( I was 100% sure that this was going to be a 5 star read and that Sarah was going to give me everything I wished for, since the german translation contained 1'100 pages!! Sadly tho that wasn't the case:
✧ Starting the book off and reading about the torture that Aelin had to go through was really hard for me. I knew that there were going to be rough topics but holy!
✧ I loved the many POVs at first, since it always kept me going and I loved to see what all the characters were up to. Though at one point I started to dislike that the group wasn't together for most of the book, since I wanted to see them all together.
Also I have never really enjoyed Chaol's or Yrene's POV but in this book it kept annoying me more and more. Not to be hateful or anything but to me, Chaol is such a boring character and their story just felt unnecessary.
✧ I love how much detail Sarah always puts in her books. I'd rather read a book that's 100 pages longer but therefore you get all the feelings and details that you longed for, so I think she did amazing with describing how the characters were feeling and how their world was evolving.
✧ Can we just talk about chapters 26 & 27? I bawled my eyes out, Fenry's truly deserves the world. His and Aelin's bonding from the beginning of the book was so beautiful and heartwarming to see!
✧ Just that little detail that the constatnt healing made Aelin's scars go away and that meaning that not only her freedom and happiness got taken away but also the worst things, like her past and her trauma? That was excellent but also heartbreaking.
✧ Ugh...where should I start with Elide and Lorcan? They've been my #1 couple since they came on to the page but I got sooo annoyed with Elide! I get it, Lorcan betrayed them and put Aelin through that whole torture, but when you love someone, even if you're mad at them, you don't tell them such things as "I don't care if you survive this war" etc.
He tried so hard, he apologized, showed that he changed and also explained the reason why he did it was to save Elide because he LOVED her, and she just went on bashing on him, ignoring him and hurting him. Lorcan has a special place in my heart and I just wanted the best for him, no matter what he had done.
✧ In conclusion it made me so mad and hurt when at first literally no one noticed that Lorcan was literally dying on the battlefield. The more I loved how Elide risked her own life to save him and would've rather died with him than lived without him, because THAT was the real love that I wanted to see.
✧ Are you kidding me? The WHOLE THIRTEEN DIE in front of Manon's eyes?! I actually predicted Asterin dying one day because she was such a beloved character that everyone felt sorry for. But that scene made me cry so hard and then seeing Manon being so sad and broken...ugh I can't.
✧ Gavriel's death felt so rushed to me? Him and Aedion didn't even really get to talking and then he suddenly died? Weird
In conclusion:
↬ I felt like the middle part of the book was pretty slow. We were basically just accompanying the different POVs while they were traveling somewhere. I didn't feel like there was a lot of plot happening and that bored me sometimes.
↬ I didn't feel the connection to the characters as much as in the other books. They felt distant.
↬ The ending disappointed me a lot actually. I imagined that there was going to be an epic battle, Aelin was going to use a lot of her power etc. but it felt drawn out and I hated when Aelin lost almost all of her power.
I am really happy though that I pushed through the whole series, it was truly a joy and I already look forward to doing a reread next year, since I already miss the characters and the world so much!
All of it truly changed my life and me as a person and I will never forget and never stop to appreciate all the emotions that Sarah made me feel. 💘