Synopsis:
Aelin has risked everything to save her people―but at a tremendous cost. Locked within an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her fiery will as she endures months of torture. Aware that yielding to Maeve will doom those she loves keeps her from breaking, though her resolve begins to unravel with each passing day…
With Aelin captured, Aedion and Lysandra remain the last line of defense to protect Terrasen from utter destruction. Yet they soon realize that the many allies they’ve gathered to battle Erawan’s hordes might not be enough to save them. Scattered across the continent and racing against time, Chaol, Manon, and Dorian are forced to forge their own paths to meet their fates. Hanging in the balance is any hope of salvation―and a better world.
And across the sea, his companions unwavering beside him, Rowan hunts to find his captured wife and queen―before she is lost to him forever.
Rating: 🌟🌟
This is by far my least favorite Throne of Glass novel.
I expected this series to end on a bang. Not necessarily that anything especially heart-breaking would happen or that any of my favs would die - because let's be honest, this is a Sarah J Maas novel and if you're white, straight, and have a mate, you're guaranteed to survive - but that the entertaining story line and fast-paced prose would reach an all-time high in this novel. With seven books of build-up, a dozen main characters, and a two-year wait, this finale should've been the best book SJM has written. Or at least one of the better ones.
Being completely honest here, I think this would probably be the worst SJM novel if ACOFAS hadn't already taken the cake.
Like I said before, I read SJM's novels because for all their problematic and trashy elements, her writing is quick and easy-to-read, and her story lines are entertaining. But this book was an absolute slog to get through. I spent the majority of the novel bored. Not only is the lack of editing on a grammatical level abysmal, but there's so. much. freaking. PADDING. There is SO MUCH that didn't need to be in this novel, from sentences to entire chapters that do almost nothing to forward the plot or characters.
There were parts that I liked. But it's a 980 page, 288,000 word book. Of course there are parts I liked. The major plot points had me turning the pages, and I especially liked portions of the final battle. But all of the good parts are buried in chapter after chapter of nothing happening. Overall, there was so much filler and unnecessary fluff that it killed any positive feelings I had towards the parts of the book where things actually happened.
I'm not going to get into all the problematic elements of this book because once again, it's SJM and we all know her books are problematic. There are better reviews that cover all of those instances in this book, and tbh I'm so tired of reading this novel I honestly don't have the energy to get #receipts.
Ugh. This was such a disappointment.
I expected this series to end on a bang. Not necessarily that anything especially heart-breaking would happen or that any of my favs would die - because let's be honest, this is a Sarah J Maas novel and if you're white, straight, and have a mate, you're guaranteed to survive - but that the entertaining story line and fast-paced prose would reach an all-time high in this novel. With seven books of build-up, a dozen main characters, and a two-year wait, this finale should've been the best book SJM has written. Or at least one of the better ones.
Being completely honest here, I think this would probably be the worst SJM novel if ACOFAS hadn't already taken the cake.
Like I said before, I read SJM's novels because for all their problematic and trashy elements, her writing is quick and easy-to-read, and her story lines are entertaining. But this book was an absolute slog to get through. I spent the majority of the novel bored. Not only is the lack of editing on a grammatical level abysmal, but there's so. much. freaking. PADDING. There is SO MUCH that didn't need to be in this novel, from sentences to entire chapters that do almost nothing to forward the plot or characters.
There were parts that I liked. But it's a 980 page, 288,000 word book. Of course there are parts I liked. The major plot points had me turning the pages, and I especially liked portions of the final battle. But all of the good parts are buried in chapter after chapter of nothing happening. Overall, there was so much filler and unnecessary fluff that it killed any positive feelings I had towards the parts of the book where things actually happened.
I'm not going to get into all the problematic elements of this book because once again, it's SJM and we all know her books are problematic. There are better reviews that cover all of those instances in this book, and tbh I'm so tired of reading this novel I honestly don't have the energy to get #receipts.
Ugh. This was such a disappointment.
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