CROWN OF MIDNIGHT BY: SARAH J. MAAS

In this second heart pounding installment in The Throne of Glass Series, Sarah J. Maas continues this marvelous story in Crown of Midnight. Celaena, having won as the king’s champion, now works for the ruthless king who would stop at nothing to explained his kingdom and power. He is a power hungry tyrant who shows no mercy to those opposed of him. Though one day, Celaena is sent on a mission that entangles her deeper and deeper into a force that is determined to stop the king. As Celaena is pulled into this force against the king, she begins to lose the people she trust the most. As everything becomes a battle for power, something dark is lurking within the castle. A power so strong, Celaena has to be the very thing she tries to hide in order to stop it.

 Celaena needs to learn who she can trust, and which side she is fighting on. For not everyone is who they say they are.

 

Like the first book, it is taken from third perspective point of view of Dorian, Chaol, the King, and Celaena as the main point of view. As I have said in other blog posts, I normally don’t like it when books are taken from different perspectives. But Sarah J. Maas has a way to keep the story moving and interesting even from different points of views. Though out of all the POV’s this book is taken from, I would say Dorian, Chaol, and Calaena are my favorite. Each of them bring a certain aspect to the story, and it’s interesting to see how the author ties all their stories into one giant plot that seems to all work and entwine with each other.

 Though as the plot line goes deeper and deeper, Celaena begins to fade further away. She begins letting her deepest and darkest secret shine through, and one night, it’s impossible to cover it up. Caleana finds herself explaining her true self and a shocking discovery is made by the Captain of the Guard. Though this discovery made Chaol realize one thing, he might have just doomed all of Adarlin by one decision he made in order to save the one he loves the most.

Through this second book, we get a better look at who Chaol really is. We find there is more to him than his tough disposition. In Throne of Glass, I would’ve said Dorian was my favorite. But now after reading about Chaol, his complex character really came together and became rather likable. We learn that he is willing to do anything to protect the people he cares most about, even if it means giving up what matters most to him.

Dorian is facing something dark inside him. Something he did not know existed till one day he let his anger get the better of him. What he possesses could be the very thing that will destroy him. In this book I do wish we could’ve seen more Dorian and Celaena together. It seems once they decided to be friends, they just stopped visiting each other all together.

Over all I enjoyed this book. The plot kept me interested and with the constant twists and turns this book provided, it was hard to guess what would happen next. There is so much going on, so many secrets everyone is keeping. Eventually those secrets come out and the characters are forced into a fate there is no turning back on.

Sarah J. Maas truly has way to make a story come to life, and will leave you guessing.  I’d give this book a 3.5/5 stars for their where some parts I was bored with, but what is boring is easily made up by the amazing twist and turns this book brings. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a fast pace fantasy read.