She tries to use the Eye of Elena to look through the eye in the wall but it doesn’t work and Mort laughs at her. I love romance, but I can’t handle it when a love triangle appears to take centre stage. Chaol and Celaena get closer and closer. There’s just enough vulnerability here to temper her various traits to help her veer from Mary Sue territory. Celaena brings Grave’s head to Minister Mullison, and he is imprisoned by the King. I’ve been following this series ever since it’s first draft on fictionpress but I completely agree that Crown of Midnight was the one that won me over to the TOG series! “Then Celaena and the King of Adarlan smiled at each other, and it was the most terrifying thing Dorian had ever seen.”. DUN DUN DUN. But the book really set the foundation for the story to REALLY begin in Crown of Midnight. Discover (and save!) It used to be ruled in peace by the Crochan witches, but then the Ironteeth witches (containing the Blackbeaks, the Bluebloods and the Yellowlegs) took over. March 30, 2021 Rule of Wolves (King of Scars Duology #2) Read a full recap of the first book in this series (spoilers!). Chaol searches Celaena’s rooms and finds her will, which states that she’ll leave everything to him when she dies. Celaena finally lets herself consider the fact that it was Arobynn who betrayed her over a year ago (duh). The witch in the carnival is Baba Yellowlegs, a Yellowlegs Matron. WHY WOULD YOU SAY DORIAN AND CELAENA WOULDN’T WORK OUT, Laugh-out-loud summary “Fucking Archer” right?? "Crown of Midnight" Book Review **SPOILERS** August 24, 2017 September 15, 2017 anfelabdel Leave a comment. Then she runs back to the castle before she passes out from the poison. SPOILERS: I was also worried at first when Celaena wasn’t killing them at first because I was like…you’re an assassin but the ending really picked up! Her writing is phenomenal, and knowing how much improvement was actually made, I can already tell HoF and QoS will be phenomenal as well. She goes straight to Chaol’s room because she feels safe there, and he gets a healer for her. There’s her beautiful and heartwrenching friendship with Nehemia (which, I don’t even want to talk about anymore). Yay more riddles. You rock Judith, cheers, WHAT DO YOU MEAN “They would never work out for spoilery reasons (see the end of this recap)”. Bad idea, Dorian. On Elena’s tomb the words “Ah, Time’s Rift!” are engraved. Glad you enjoyed it as well!! Keeping up the deadly charade—while pretending to do the king's bidding—will test her in frightening new ways, especially when she's given a task that could jeopardize everything she's come to care for. Celaena snaps. Meanwhile, Nehemia and Dorian watch and Dorian decides to let Celaena go, and then Nehemia tells him that there’s something within him waiting to get out (spoiler: HE’S GOT THE MAGIC). Celaena is so sneaky man, though I forget if she knows that she’s Aelin, I seem to recall that she does? And I don’t know when I’ll get to it but it would be cool to buddy read that too? - The Assassin's Blade (March 2014) He’d seen the look on her face when Archer had mentioned Sam. It took me a while because I had to edit my goodreads review of it, and, since I’m caught-up trying to catch up on some reading before the end of August, I didn’t get a chance to edit it sooner. I read Throne of Glass and I was like…what’s everyone raving about? Chaol tells her that Farran was murdered by Wesley (PRECIOUS WESLEY), Arobynn Hamel’s former bodyguard who tried to warn Celaena that getting revenge on Farran was a trap, a trap which lead to her being sent to Endovier. There’s a goodreads group hosted by Anjie, Josie, Erika and Miedjel, I linked to it in my HoF and QoS post. I’m so glad you loved this and great review! According to the witch, the King of Adarlan has at least one key, which makes sense because how else could he have destroyed magic? As you may remember, Celaena won the battle in Throne of Glass and is now the King’s Champion, which basically means she has to kill everyone he wants her to kill. Crown of Midnight had … ( Log Out /  Celaena promises Nehemia she will free Eyllwe of the King. Thanks for the recap . I adore multiple POVs when it’s done well like in these books so I don’t have the same issues! Even though the doors are made of iron, the Wyrdmarks are still able to open them. It was such a giant step up in terms of so many aspects, like you mentioned. Author : Sarah J. Maas; Genres : Fantasy, Young Adult; Series : Throne of Glass #2; Published : August 15th 2013; Views : 15991; List Chapter Read free. I could finally see the light as to why the characters were all waxing poetic about her in Throne of Glass. I’m waiting for it to finish though so I can binge read all the books when they’re out haha. I’ll be posting a wallpaper based off this graphics later on this week so I hope that pleases you! Yes I pretty much lost my shit and became a rabid fan girl with Heir of Fire haha!! Okay then. Love this review! Also, the king has magic just like Dorian. I do not think I would have forgiven Sarah J Maas is he hadn’t, the puppy!! The gorgeous covers certainly helped in motivating me cos I kept wanting to buy the books lmao. Queen of Shadows is an upcoming television series based on the Throne of Glass book series. This also meant that Celaena’s voice was a lot more enjoyable in this book, I felt that she was a little childish in Throne of Glass (I know it still sounds like I’m dissing the series, but trust me, it gets better). , Thank you Vane! Celaena asks for more time, so she can get information from Archer about this movement. . . *dies*, I still have to read The Assassin’s Blade! Can not for the life of me remember the color of the sky in the portal. But I hope this series continues to be amaze-balls for you! I really need to dive into Heir of Fire and Queen of Shadows – my sister has copies and she is bemused over why I haven’t read them so that we can chat about them. Yeah, I’m kind of worried about how I’ll like Queen of Shadows after thinking Heir of Fire was good but not great. Celaena goes to visit the creepy place in the library looking for answers, and opens all the doors with the Wyrdmarks Nehemia taught her. He also tells her that someone is planning to kill Nehemia and probably right that very moment. ( Log Out /  The fans for the series are all so wonderfully creative and passionate I am glad to join you all. Couldn’t find it at my local stores. Lmao Rowan is the only ship for me tbh . (She says, adding more books to her online shopping cart). He finds out that there are many slaves in the mines of Calculla and Endovier, and he rages at his father and the counsil for allowing these people to suffer. What. Now I’m officially curious about this series. Chain of Iron (The Last Hours #2) Read a full recap of the first book in this series (spoilers!). Jeff Hardy opened SmackDown by giving his side of the story: Elias was announced as having a torn pectoral muscle … "A line that should never be crossed is about to be breached. Chaol overhears, and he starts wondering about Celaena’s past. XD Yes, it was Dorian/Celaena in the fictionpress version (but I assure you all of her suitors had quite the presence in that one too. Even though the fact that Aelin is alive should be impossible, because she was murdered ten years ago, Celaena decides to give him to the end of the month to fake his own death and flee the city, and meanwhile, give her all the information. Then fucking Archer Finn shows up, and Celaena remembers a note from Nehemia that told her not to trust Archer. Celaena tells him about Sam and Chaol tells her about a girl he used to love that Roland stole from him. The series really started turning around for me with Heir of Fire, so I’m looking forward to your thoughts! We talked to Sarah about Crown of Midnight things (I couldn't get spoilery though ... Yay, I'm so glad, it was really great to meet you- hope we didn't scare you with the fangirling. WHAT. Basically, he starts thinking about how he could make the kingdom better if he were king and it’s all so amazing, until he basically explodes from anger after the meeting and blows up a wall. Which turns my stomach because books here in SA are SO expensive!! THEN CELAENA BASICALLY FLIES BACK TO THE CASTLE AND FINDS THAT NEHEMIA HAS BEEN KILLED AND EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE MY HEART HURTS SO MUCH FUCKING ARCHER I WILL END YOU. It puts this entire castle in jeopardy—and the life of your friend.” From the throne of glass rules a king with a fist of iron and a soul as black as pitch. With someone else here. You must finish Queen of Shadows soon! I have yet to read Queen of Shadows, but I know for a fact I am going to love it!! January 29 recap: Northwest Indiana news you may have missed today Jan 29, 2021 ... Louis Asher said he and his wife were asleep when shortly after midnight … Although I can’t say I’m a fan of the Chaolena ship (my ship arrives in the next book, for those who have not seen me froth at the mouth all over twitter), I do appreciate their link a whole lot more in Crown of Midnight. We could have been one fan missing if you didn’t continue on with this series! Part of him, he knew, should be ashamed for finding some relief in the fact that she was going to kill him. Oh. your own Pins on Pinterest EVERYTHING IS AWESOME AND THEN EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE AND THEN EVERYTHING IS AWESOME MY HEARTTTTTT. When she’s better, Celaena goes to the library to search for the creepy thing, because why not. Thanks to you Aentee. Yellowlegs threatens to tell her what Dorian came to ask her, so Celaena realizes she has to kill the witch. I am sort of reading it but will give it my full attention once I finish Night Owls I can’t read two books at the same time unfortunately lol. Elena doesn’t show up because her last visits have weakened her. Dun dun dun. - Crown of Midnight (August 2013) I’ll start them as soon as I finish Pantomime. Celaena and Dorian run away trying to fight it and then Dorian uses his MAGIC to lock the creature up again, after Celaena cut off its head, of course. The second riddle also said the Wyrdmarks/gate were obsidian, and so are the rings on the hands of the king, Perrington, previously Cain, and now also Roland Havilliard. 1000) I didn’t really see where the series was going to go after I finished ToG, but CoM and all the other books so far have had clear (ish) future directions. And I definitely need a book event buddy, sometimes I go to them by myself and it's just not as fun. Rate it * You Rated it * 0. She breaks into the guy’s office (and finds a riddle in one of his books: “It is only with the eye that one can see rightly.”) but the guy (Davis) comes in and stabs her with a poisoned sword. Crown of Midnight Summary. Every one she completes brings her closer to her freedom from his service, or so she hopes. There are none to be seen in Crown of Midnight – already a marked improvement. Yet Celaena is far from loyal to the crown. He was a better man than that—and he certainly wasn’t the territorial type. 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