A review by juliapatt2007
Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

In this book, Celaena loses some of her teenage insecurities and becomes more of a truly badass assassin which is what I wanted from her. While she still has some moral hangups when she kills I appreciate that the author allows her intense training to take over. There is really nothing more annoying than when a character trains for years under a merciless teacher and then has pages long internal monologues when they try to kill someone. I appreciate that while Celaena does have qualms after her kills she doesn’t let that stop her from finishing the job when it’s necessary.

I was sad to see Nehemia go but I did feel that her death was critical for moving the plot along and exposing Archer’s teachery. I personally was happy to see Archer killed off at the end of the book by Celaena. The author does a good job of keeping the balance in that Celaena has compassions towards her targets but that is a thin layer easy to break when they say something wrong. 

 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Death, Murder, and Violence

Immediately from the start of the book you can tell that Chaol and Celaena are destined for more of a romantic relationship in this book. They have sex several times and most of the descriptions come from flashbacks so I wouldn’t say it was to graphic. That being said I anticipate more graphic scenes as the series continues just based on character development. Another element that was added in this book was the character Archer the courtesan.

While I wouldn’t say that the sex scenes or sexual overtures are graphic younger readers should be aware of these things. The language was pretty on par for the previous books (hell, bastard, ass, bitch, shit).