A review by megreadsbooks
Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Reading this book was a labor of love. I set out to tandem read but as I progressed through both this book and Tower of Dawn, I struggled more and more to put down one book and switch to the other.

SJM has such a devastating way of writing and she excels at keeping secrets from the reader without the reader having a clue they’re missing a thing. In the last 200 pages, my heart did not know peace. All of my most beloved characters, after 400+ pages of separate events, wound up together and against the odds. 

Reading this book had me hooked, just like many other SJM novels. Although it’s not similar to ACOTAR- TOG is a knockout series by it’s own right. All of the characters have depth and aspirations, the world is well developed and detailed. The world building continually grows and never feels clumpy or fabricated. Rather, the lore of the main characters is so specific and real that you feel as if their lineage is your own.

This doesn’t mean this book was perfect: the use of the word “boyo” as a nickname although brief was awkward. The same goes for the single use of the word “swagger”. 
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