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Bloomsbury YA (2018), 720 pages
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Fantasy. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:Years in the making, Sarah J. Maas's #1 New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series draws to an epic, unforgettable conclusion. Aelin Galathynius's journey from slave to king's assassin to the queen of a once-great kingdom reaches its heart-rending finale as war erupts across her world. . . 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. As the threads of fate weave together at last, all must fight, if they are to have a chance at a future. Some bonds will grow even deeper, while others will be severed forever in the explosive final chapter of the Throne of Glass series.… (more)
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LibraryThing member nbmars
Note: There are spoilers for previous books in this series.
This is the final book in the Throne of Glass series.
Kingdom of Ash, as noted above, is the conclusion of a series, and it seemed like the author hated to let it go. Not only is it 980 pages long, but the ending stretched out over several
Most of the book is devoted to the efforts of Aelin, the heir to the kingdom of Terrasen, to escape the clutches of the evil queen Maeve and get back to her own people to defend them, and the efforts of her friends and supporters to help her. She doesn't know it, but help is coming from all directions.
Aelin’s mate Rowan, as well as his Fae compatriots Lorcan, Fenrys, and Gavriel, are searching along the east side of the Kingdom to locate where Aelin is being held captive. They are accompanied by Elide Lochan, who is trying to deny her feelings for Lorcan.
In the north, close to Terrasen, Aelin’s cousin Aedion is fighting against the soldiers of Morath who are made up of Valg, a race of malicious demon parasites who have taken over human bodies. They serve their leader, Erawan, who wants to destroy the world. Aedion is greatly assisted by Lysandra, a shape-shifter. Aedion and Lysandra are also loathe to admit their feelings for one another.
On the sea in the south, Chaol, who is sworn to Dorian - the heir to the kingdom of Adarlan and Aelin’s friend, is heading toward Terrasen with fighters from the Khaganate to help. Chaol has gotten word that Morath is planning to destroy Chaol's homeland at Anielle; it is on their way to Terrasen, and he feels compelled to stop there and help defend Anielle. With Chaol is his new wife, Yrene, who is a powerful healer.
And in the western mountains, Dorian is traveling with Manon Blackbeak, a witch who has broken with the malicious Ironteeth witches and is searching for the more peaceful Crochan witches. She wants to convince them to join the cause of saving Terrasen and making a better world for everyone. Dorian has his own mission: to find the missing key that will lock the Valg back in the dark world from whence they came. Lest any group not have a romantic entanglement as well, Manon and Dorian are dancing around their attraction to one another.
Some of the characters get broken; some get killed, and some get stronger, albeit in ways they had not anticipated. The questions for this book are who will survive and how, and whether the forces of darkness will succumb to the combined might that stems - in this story, anyway, from loyalty, goodness, and love.
Discussion: There were less sex scenes and more battle scenes in this book, and a clear emphasis on wrapping up the story. I was fine with that; I feel the author's descriptions of sex are the weakest part of her writing. She is quite good at battle scenes, however.
As I thought in the previous book, the portrayal of the relationship between Elide and Lorcan stood out for its romanticism and emotional depth. Aelin, despite clearly being the heroine of the series, never seemed as “real” or sympathetic to me as did the other women, especially Elide and Yrene. The characters of Dorian and Aedion saw more development in this book, and each of them became more interesting.
Alas, it would appear the series is over. It is not out of the question, however, that Maas could pick it up again one day; there are plenty of aspects to the story that could be continued.
Evaluation: Maas really is a master of fantasy, or what one hopes and wishes is fantasy: her descriptions of the intentions of the evil Valg to change the world for the worse seem all too real at times. She gives them some nuance too, which is laudable. She also has her heroic characters reveal their fears and failures. In addition, I like the way the story reflects her own experience and feelings as a new mother, and shows her commitment to demonstrating, as she says in her dedication, that “girls can save the world.”
These books are definitely not standalones, but should be read in order.
This is the final book in the Throne of Glass series.
Kingdom of Ash, as noted above, is the conclusion of a series, and it seemed like the author hated to let it go. Not only is it 980 pages long, but the ending stretched out over several
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chapters, as if an orchestra concluded a symphony with multiple crescendos. I don’t think fans of the series will be disappointed however, as they probably feel the same reluctance to leave the story as Maas apparently did.Most of the book is devoted to the efforts of Aelin, the heir to the kingdom of Terrasen, to escape the clutches of the evil queen Maeve and get back to her own people to defend them, and the efforts of her friends and supporters to help her. She doesn't know it, but help is coming from all directions.
Aelin’s mate Rowan, as well as his Fae compatriots Lorcan, Fenrys, and Gavriel, are searching along the east side of the Kingdom to locate where Aelin is being held captive. They are accompanied by Elide Lochan, who is trying to deny her feelings for Lorcan.
In the north, close to Terrasen, Aelin’s cousin Aedion is fighting against the soldiers of Morath who are made up of Valg, a race of malicious demon parasites who have taken over human bodies. They serve their leader, Erawan, who wants to destroy the world. Aedion is greatly assisted by Lysandra, a shape-shifter. Aedion and Lysandra are also loathe to admit their feelings for one another.
On the sea in the south, Chaol, who is sworn to Dorian - the heir to the kingdom of Adarlan and Aelin’s friend, is heading toward Terrasen with fighters from the Khaganate to help. Chaol has gotten word that Morath is planning to destroy Chaol's homeland at Anielle; it is on their way to Terrasen, and he feels compelled to stop there and help defend Anielle. With Chaol is his new wife, Yrene, who is a powerful healer.
And in the western mountains, Dorian is traveling with Manon Blackbeak, a witch who has broken with the malicious Ironteeth witches and is searching for the more peaceful Crochan witches. She wants to convince them to join the cause of saving Terrasen and making a better world for everyone. Dorian has his own mission: to find the missing key that will lock the Valg back in the dark world from whence they came. Lest any group not have a romantic entanglement as well, Manon and Dorian are dancing around their attraction to one another.
Some of the characters get broken; some get killed, and some get stronger, albeit in ways they had not anticipated. The questions for this book are who will survive and how, and whether the forces of darkness will succumb to the combined might that stems - in this story, anyway, from loyalty, goodness, and love.
Discussion: There were less sex scenes and more battle scenes in this book, and a clear emphasis on wrapping up the story. I was fine with that; I feel the author's descriptions of sex are the weakest part of her writing. She is quite good at battle scenes, however.
As I thought in the previous book, the portrayal of the relationship between Elide and Lorcan stood out for its romanticism and emotional depth. Aelin, despite clearly being the heroine of the series, never seemed as “real” or sympathetic to me as did the other women, especially Elide and Yrene. The characters of Dorian and Aedion saw more development in this book, and each of them became more interesting.
Alas, it would appear the series is over. It is not out of the question, however, that Maas could pick it up again one day; there are plenty of aspects to the story that could be continued.
Evaluation: Maas really is a master of fantasy, or what one hopes and wishes is fantasy: her descriptions of the intentions of the evil Valg to change the world for the worse seem all too real at times. She gives them some nuance too, which is laudable. She also has her heroic characters reveal their fears and failures. In addition, I like the way the story reflects her own experience and feelings as a new mother, and shows her commitment to demonstrating, as she says in her dedication, that “girls can save the world.”
These books are definitely not standalones, but should be read in order.
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LibraryThing member Linyarai
I was a bit lost at first, too many characters were thrown at me and it had been too long since I had read the previous books, so I had to Google the plots of the rest of the series. After that this book flew by, it was a little bit predictable but still really exciting. More adult content then I
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LibraryThing member rabidgummibear
I am okay and this was a good closure to this series.
I hardcore ship Elide/Lorcan and they are okay at the end of this so I'm really good with that. It was a little too dragged out also.
LibraryThing member Faith_Murri
Can my library possibly take longer to get this book to me? How am I supposed to wait for 500 people to finish before I can get this?? Please!!!! I need to end my SJM misery!
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What I want to happen:
~Aelin dies and stays dead (good riddance)
~Dorian stops being a gross sexist pig, or dies
~Rowan can
~Manon kills her grandmother, unifies the witches, and returns home
~Aedion and Lysandra stay okay, I guess, idrc about them much tbh
~Maeve dies
~Chaol is finally happy and stays happy, with Yrene
~Elide finds something to do
~Lorcan grows as a person without his blood oath to Maeve holding him down
What I think will happen:
~More gross sex scenes between Manon and Dorian
~More Rowan being obsessive
~More Chaol worrying about everyone
~More Aelin being ~the most important, most speshul girl in the whole wide world~ whose absence will prove how necessary she is, unlike Chaol in Empire of Storms
~Elide and Lorcan quickly make up and have grossly and unnecessarily descriptive sex
~More Queen Maeve being one step ahead of the court
~More obvious or groan-worthy "plot twists"
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What I want to happen:
~Aelin dies and stays dead (good riddance)
~Dorian stops being a gross sexist pig, or dies
~Rowan can
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die too tbh~Manon kills her grandmother, unifies the witches, and returns home
~Aedion and Lysandra stay okay, I guess, idrc about them much tbh
~Maeve dies
~Chaol is finally happy and stays happy, with Yrene
~Elide finds something to do
~Lorcan grows as a person without his blood oath to Maeve holding him down
What I think will happen:
~More gross sex scenes between Manon and Dorian
~More Rowan being obsessive
~More Chaol worrying about everyone
~More Aelin being ~the most important, most speshul girl in the whole wide world~ whose absence will prove how necessary she is, unlike Chaol in Empire of Storms
~Elide and Lorcan quickly make up and have grossly and unnecessarily descriptive sex
~More Queen Maeve being one step ahead of the court
~More obvious or groan-worthy "plot twists"
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LibraryThing member wagner.sarah35
I made to the end! Wow, this conclusion to the Throne of Glass series was long and I couldn't help but feel that it could have been a bit shorter. That said, I was happy with how the story concluded, with several battles that bring together the characters I've been following for several books now.
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Aelin had a slow start in this book, spending a good portion imprisoned, but she does break free in time to reunite with her friends and meet her army as she fights to take back her home. A good conclusion to a series I've really enjoyed - I'm interested to see what Sarah J. Maas writes next! Show Less
LibraryThing member rivkat
Doorstop ending to the Throne of Glass series. A series of last battles, thrilling escapes, brutal victories, and heterosexual couplings. She finished as she began, with lots of power and fights and references to “males,” which never failed to make me flinch—I mean, just call them Fae if you
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can’t say “people” or “men,” ok? Still, it kept me reading, and King Dorian and Manon Blackbeak in particular did good work. Show Less
LibraryThing member acargile
The final novel in the Throne of Glass series, Kingdom of Ash delivers a solid ending. With this being novel #7, I plan on being vague so that I don’t give anything away.
Aelin is trapped in the coffin and is tortured relentlessly. She is torn apart and rebuilt each time--which is why I love
Aedion has the most difficult story of all the characters in my opinion. He fights throughout the entire novel without knowing if Aelin is alive or if she’s coming. Lysandra must pretend to be Aelin, but she isn’t capable of fighting like her. Their relationship is difficult to witness because of how he treats Lysandra. The despair of this storyline encompasses you--I wanted to tell them to run, to wait, but those aren’t choices.
Manon and Dorian are an interesting pair. Dorian’s job is to find the third ring, which is the most dangerous task because he has to enter Erawan’s stronghold. He’s already been under his control; he would rather die than be in that situation again. Manon has to pull all the witches from all the tribes together out of their war to fight this war. Not an easy task.
Chaol, Yrene, and Nesryn with Sartaq and his fighters are trying to arrive in time to help fight Erawan and save Aelin’s people. Yrene’s powers are amazing!
There are scenes in this novel that will pull you apart because these characters have been developed over the previous six novels. There’s so much to love about this novel. Fenrys’s and Aelin’s relationship. When Chaol and Dorian see each other again. When Aelin sees Chaol walking, Manon and her bravery to fight. Elide’s inner strength eclipses Lorcan’s physical strength as she tries to save him.. The little folk. Evangeline softening Darrow’s heart. Sacrifice. Love. Strength. Bravery. It’s all here. The only criticism I have is a character from book one returns and plays a role that made me smile, but I don’t remember him at the end of the novel. I think he got dropped.
Everyone will have to do his/her part and then they have to come together and then they have to defeat darkness. There’s a lot to do. Can it be done? Who will be sacrificed? What are the consequences of their choices? What can the future hold? Hope or despair?
This series is so worth your time if you like fantasy. Take time and enjoy these seven novels. The world building and the character development will become your world and your friends for a brief, beautiful time.
Aelin is trapped in the coffin and is tortured relentlessly. She is torn apart and rebuilt each time--which is why I love
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fantasy. That wouldn’t be cool in real life! Until she can escape--IF she can escape, everyone is on his/her own to convince the people that Aelin is fighting with them for freedom. Rowan, Lorcan, Elide, and Gavriel are supposed to find and free Aelin. The scenes with Lorcan and Elide are heart-wrenching. Fenrys is with Aelin and their relationship is forged by the torture that she must bear and he must witness.Aedion has the most difficult story of all the characters in my opinion. He fights throughout the entire novel without knowing if Aelin is alive or if she’s coming. Lysandra must pretend to be Aelin, but she isn’t capable of fighting like her. Their relationship is difficult to witness because of how he treats Lysandra. The despair of this storyline encompasses you--I wanted to tell them to run, to wait, but those aren’t choices.
Manon and Dorian are an interesting pair. Dorian’s job is to find the third ring, which is the most dangerous task because he has to enter Erawan’s stronghold. He’s already been under his control; he would rather die than be in that situation again. Manon has to pull all the witches from all the tribes together out of their war to fight this war. Not an easy task.
Chaol, Yrene, and Nesryn with Sartaq and his fighters are trying to arrive in time to help fight Erawan and save Aelin’s people. Yrene’s powers are amazing!
There are scenes in this novel that will pull you apart because these characters have been developed over the previous six novels. There’s so much to love about this novel. Fenrys’s and Aelin’s relationship. When Chaol and Dorian see each other again. When Aelin sees Chaol walking, Manon and her bravery to fight. Elide’s inner strength eclipses Lorcan’s physical strength as she tries to save him.. The little folk. Evangeline softening Darrow’s heart. Sacrifice. Love. Strength. Bravery. It’s all here. The only criticism I have is a character from book one returns and plays a role that made me smile, but I don’t remember him at the end of the novel. I think he got dropped.
Everyone will have to do his/her part and then they have to come together and then they have to defeat darkness. There’s a lot to do. Can it be done? Who will be sacrificed? What are the consequences of their choices? What can the future hold? Hope or despair?
This series is so worth your time if you like fantasy. Take time and enjoy these seven novels. The world building and the character development will become your world and your friends for a brief, beautiful time.
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LibraryThing member Garg_Nitika
This has been the most Epic journey for me in a fantasy world. This series was everything from romantic, thrilling, adventurous to inspiring and poignant. Aelin was a kickass heroine always taking every hurdle and difficulty in her stride. She was never stuck on a tragedy for too long but always
What I loved the most was she did not want to be the sacrificial lamb as I had assumed when I realized the story was moving in that direction. Most of the times, writers just turn the characters into miss-goody-two-shoe without giving us an insight into what they really want. No one wants to die if their is a chance to survive. Sarah J Mass showcased that conflict amazingly. Aelin does not want to just sacrifice herself even when she know she will need to do it to save her people and her kingdom if the worst came to that. She tries her best till the last moment to save herself from that outcome. She damn well wanted someone else to take her place.
There were also many other characters in the series worth mentioning but Aelin's character will stay with me for a while. In addition, the book is filled with some very beautiful and inspiring thoughts that touches you raw. I would say this a must read for fantasy book fans and for anyone who loves a kickass heroine.
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ready to turn the tables around on her enemies. And her enemies were many. I also loved her self deprecating sense of humour and that she was aware of her strengths and vulnerabilities. She knew she was powerful, the best trained assassin there is but she never let it go to her head. She knew the stakes were high and you can never be sure you will be the last man standing after the war. She was smart, brilliant in using her strengths to her advantage and never taking anything for granted. She always had a plan A and plan B in motion in case things went sideways. What I loved the most was she did not want to be the sacrificial lamb as I had assumed when I realized the story was moving in that direction. Most of the times, writers just turn the characters into miss-goody-two-shoe without giving us an insight into what they really want. No one wants to die if their is a chance to survive. Sarah J Mass showcased that conflict amazingly. Aelin does not want to just sacrifice herself even when she know she will need to do it to save her people and her kingdom if the worst came to that. She tries her best till the last moment to save herself from that outcome. She damn well wanted someone else to take her place.
There were also many other characters in the series worth mentioning but Aelin's character will stay with me for a while. In addition, the book is filled with some very beautiful and inspiring thoughts that touches you raw. I would say this a must read for fantasy book fans and for anyone who loves a kickass heroine.
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LibraryThing member Faith_Murri
January 9th edit: yall I totally forgot to rename this. Here are all the previous books in case you forgot too:
0.5 The Assassin's Blade AKA Celaena Sardothien and the Cross-Country Murder Spree
1 Throne of Glass AKA Celaena Sardothien and the Weakest Love Triangle
2 Crown of Midnight AKA Celaena
3 Heir of Fire AKA Celaena Sardothien and the Book She Remembered What Her Real Name Was
4 Queen of Shadows AKA Aelin Galathynius and the Sudden Romance With a Previously Platonic Character
5 Empire of Storms AKA Aelin Galathynius and the Horniest Road Trip Ever
6 Tower of Dawn AKA Chaol Westfall and the Book That Was Good Because Aelin Wasn't In It
7 Kingdom of Ash AKA Aelin Galathynius and the Deus Ex Army-Out-of-Nowhere Machina
(original review before I read it)
What I want to happen:
~Aelin dies and stays dead (good riddance)
~Dorian stops being a gross sexist pig, or dies
~Rowan can die too tbh
~Manon kills her grandmother, unifies the witches, and returns home
~Aedion and Lysandra stay okay, I guess, idrc about them much tbh
~Maeve dies
~Chaol is finally happy and stays happy, with Yrene
~Elide finds something to do
~Lorcan grows as a person without his blood oath to Maeve holding him down
What I think will happen:
~More gross sex scenes between Manon and Dorian
~More Rowan being obsessive
~More Chaol worrying about everyone
~More Aelin being ~the most important, most speshul girl in the whole wide world~ whose absence will prove how necessary she is, unlike Chaol in Empire of Storms
~Elide and Lorcan quickly make up and have grossly and unnecessarily descriptive sex
~More Queen Maeve being one step ahead of the court
~More obvious or groan-worthy "plot twists"
(review after I read it)
What actually happened:
~An obnoxious amount of perspectives, locations, and last minute army-out-of-nowhere saves
~The purplest prose you've ever seen. And no paragraphs longer than 3 lines unless they were dialogue. And even then...
~An overabundance of repeated exposition every time a new perspective character (all 13 of them) learned any piece of information whatsoever, even if 5 of them were in the same scene together. They must all describe how that makes them feel, even though the reader has known this info for 200 pages already! They must!!!
~Not as smutty as I was expecting, which is both a good and a bad thing. Good that I only wanted to vomit three, maybe four times. Bad that I even had to feel that way
~Dorian surprised me by not being entirely disgusting. Only a little bit horrible. But the personality that evaporated from him in Empire of Storms came back a bit and he was finally doing anything besides gnawing on Manon's mammary glands for ten pages straight
~Aelin was not as annoying as usual. Mostly because she was suffering from PTSD, but still
~All personality was stripped from Chaol and Nesryn
~Some decent enough shocks and plot twists (and one actually good one!)
~Characters that seemed to fade away into oblivion once they were no longer important to the plot
~980 pages for no reason whatsoever when it read like 400 or 500 and probably was, given the idiotic paragraph lengths
And it still utterly baffles me that there's a bad guy named Cain in the first book and a bad guy named Cairn in this one. How does a fantasy author run out of names? Aelin, Elena, Cain, Cairn. At least it's better than Isaac Hale, the worst fantasy name of all time
0.5 The Assassin's Blade AKA Celaena Sardothien and the Cross-Country Murder Spree
1 Throne of Glass AKA Celaena Sardothien and the Weakest Love Triangle
2 Crown of Midnight AKA Celaena
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Sardothien and the Most Mood-Swings3 Heir of Fire AKA Celaena Sardothien and the Book She Remembered What Her Real Name Was
4 Queen of Shadows AKA Aelin Galathynius and the Sudden Romance With a Previously Platonic Character
5 Empire of Storms AKA Aelin Galathynius and the Horniest Road Trip Ever
6 Tower of Dawn AKA Chaol Westfall and the Book That Was Good Because Aelin Wasn't In It
7 Kingdom of Ash AKA Aelin Galathynius and the Deus Ex Army-Out-of-Nowhere Machina
(original review before I read it)
What I want to happen:
~Aelin dies and stays dead (good riddance)
~Dorian stops being a gross sexist pig, or dies
~Rowan can die too tbh
~Manon kills her grandmother, unifies the witches, and returns home
~Aedion and Lysandra stay okay, I guess, idrc about them much tbh
~Maeve dies
~Chaol is finally happy and stays happy, with Yrene
~Elide finds something to do
~Lorcan grows as a person without his blood oath to Maeve holding him down
What I think will happen:
~More gross sex scenes between Manon and Dorian
~More Rowan being obsessive
~More Chaol worrying about everyone
~More Aelin being ~the most important, most speshul girl in the whole wide world~ whose absence will prove how necessary she is, unlike Chaol in Empire of Storms
~Elide and Lorcan quickly make up and have grossly and unnecessarily descriptive sex
~More Queen Maeve being one step ahead of the court
~More obvious or groan-worthy "plot twists"
(review after I read it)
What actually happened:
~An obnoxious amount of perspectives, locations, and last minute army-out-of-nowhere saves
~The purplest prose you've ever seen. And no paragraphs longer than 3 lines unless they were dialogue. And even then...
~An overabundance of repeated exposition every time a new perspective character (all 13 of them) learned any piece of information whatsoever, even if 5 of them were in the same scene together. They must all describe how that makes them feel, even though the reader has known this info for 200 pages already! They must!!!
~Not as smutty as I was expecting, which is both a good and a bad thing. Good that I only wanted to vomit three, maybe four times. Bad that I even had to feel that way
~Dorian surprised me by not being entirely disgusting. Only a little bit horrible. But the personality that evaporated from him in Empire of Storms came back a bit and he was finally doing anything besides gnawing on Manon's mammary glands for ten pages straight
~Aelin was not as annoying as usual. Mostly because she was suffering from PTSD, but still
~All personality was stripped from Chaol and Nesryn
~Some decent enough shocks and plot twists (and one actually good one!)
~Characters that seemed to fade away into oblivion once they were no longer important to the plot
~980 pages for no reason whatsoever when it read like 400 or 500 and probably was, given the idiotic paragraph lengths
And it still utterly baffles me that there's a bad guy named Cain in the first book and a bad guy named Cairn in this one. How does a fantasy author run out of names? Aelin, Elena, Cain, Cairn. At least it's better than Isaac Hale, the worst fantasy name of all time
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LibraryThing member libgirl69
Love this series. Book brings much together, along with all out war.
LibraryThing member MrNattania72
The angst that I felt that this was the last on the series, only made me ws.t it to be over.All if this finally coming to a close, was fine for me. That being said, the antihero Munan, and her team of 13, made me cry like a baby and only appreciate the character transition of our favorite witch so
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so much. I fell in love with her and wanted more of her story. . . Maybe a spinoff tale??? Show Less
LibraryThing member purpledog
Wow! What a fantastic ending! This was one of the best fantasy series I have ever read. It ranks right up there with Lord of the Rings. I loved everything about it. From the prose to the world building. So so good!
Other readers have already been over all the various elements of the book with a
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fine tooth comb and I have nothing new to add to the discuss. Therefore, I will no bore you with things already said. However, I do want to again express how truly outstanding this book and series is. If you have not read this book, or the series, I don't know what you are waiting for. Show Less
LibraryThing member infjsarah
This book is close to a 1000 pages so it took even me a while to get through. I have very mixed feelings about this series. In many ways I enjoyed it a lot but I didn't love it. I always find these novels hard to get into at the start, then I really enjoy before I find my interest waning at the
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end. And this followed the same pattern. I enjoy the more character based sections but I was bored by the battles at the end. I mostly liked the characters too despite some issues of development. I still think Aedion is a prat and Lysandra deserved much, much better. Manon is still the most interesting character and Dorian grew on me too. Ultimately, I am glad I read this series but it won't be a favourite & I suspect I will soon forget much of it. Series as a whole gets 4 stars. Show Less
LibraryThing member stixnstones004
I have NEVER loved a series so much. This story held strong from the beginning of book one through the end of this nigh on 1,000 page finale. There never came a point where I was no longer surprised, where I was no longer rooting for Aelin and Rowan and Manon and Dorian and everyone else. I cried
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for the last hundred pages, not because I didn't want it to end, but because Sarah J. Maas did such an amazing job of stringing my heart along for such a long journey. There was no disappointment, no regret. My ONLY critique is that I think I could have done without all of the characters finding love and getting married in very heteronormative ways, but that doesn't mean I wasn't rooting for those pairings all the same. I would have also liked to see some more queer characters. But a fantasy series who finally FINALLY had women as the primary heroes, women as the drivers of the story and the catalysts of change, women who literally save the world... I will come back to this series again and again for as long as I live. ❤️❤️❤️ Show Less
LibraryThing member TheYodamom
My last book of 2018 finished on News Years Eve. It was the perfect ending to a fabulous series. I will miss these characters, they have become fictional friends over the years. Thank you Ms. Maas.
LibraryThing member karenvg3
What can I say about this one. 😱🤔😳😡😭😍 this was me through this epic ride. I felt a bit of everything including not being able to read fast enough. This was an amazing conclusion to an incredible series. I’m sad that the series is over, but am thrilled with how Maas wrapped
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everything up. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 5 big ones for this one. Show Less
LibraryThing member YoelaO
Wow... just, wow. I'm partially confused and partially sad. Its not everyday that you read a book were all the characters that you've come to like don't make it to the very end; its both refreshing and heartbreaking. I'm happy to finish this long journey with the characters that made it, though I
I'll be looking forward to any more books that Sarah J. Maas releases. As of now, she is my favorite author and I will gladly recommend her books to my fellow readers.
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would also love to have a small continuation, like some short stories, were some of the other ones get a more complete ending.I'll be looking forward to any more books that Sarah J. Maas releases. As of now, she is my favorite author and I will gladly recommend her books to my fellow readers.
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LibraryThing member SapphireMoonlight23
Why do you do this to me, Mass?
Why is this series over?
I stuck with it for so long... and now it's finished.
But, wow. Everything tied together really well. This series... is unexpected. I mean, who was expecting 'Celeana' to get together with Dorian or Chaol? EVERYONE!
I just wish that we got more
But, this series has a slow start but an incredible finish!
Recommended!!!
Why is this series over?
I stuck with it for so long... and now it's finished.
But, wow. Everything tied together really well. This series... is unexpected. I mean, who was expecting 'Celeana' to get together with Dorian or Chaol? EVERYONE!
I just wish that we got more
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time with Dorian and Manon so I could actually understand their relationship better.But, this series has a slow start but an incredible finish!
Recommended!!!
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LibraryThing member sedodge
An epic finale to an incredible series! I cried, laughed, and yelled at this book more times than I can count - and any book that makes me feel emotions /that/ strongly is a ten out of ten in my eyes! Everything from the tiny call out to the ACOTAR series, to the incredible depictions of the epic
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battles went above and beyond everything that I expected from this series. I often find that the conclusion of long series disappoints. But that was certainly not the case with this book! The only complaint I have is that there isn't more! Show Less
LibraryThing member kevn57
4.5 stars
This is probably the best fantasy series I've read since Abercrombie's First Law series, and it couldn't be more different.
Where Abercrombie grinds hope under his heal with the royal torturer, Maas's King's Assassin leaves us with a LOTR level of hope for the future.
This series in many
Now grown old, I love to read books about strong cable women, the cast of this series is the flip side of LOTR. It's the women of ToG thatsave the day.
My biggest criticism of this book was, that
I wasn't happy that the torture and captivity of Aelin went on for so much of this last book but love that Cairn pissed himself, a scared little boy just like bullies all over the world, when things don't go the way they want.
This is probably the best fantasy series I've read since Abercrombie's First Law series, and it couldn't be more different.
Where Abercrombie grinds hope under his heal with the royal torturer, Maas's King's Assassin leaves us with a LOTR level of hope for the future.
This series in many
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ways reminds me of Lord of the Rings, but as Tolkien who wrote for his little boys, and having been a little boy I remember that I never wanted to read books about girls and always wanted the hero to be about my age, Bilbo and company worked perfectly.Now grown old, I love to read books about strong cable women, the cast of this series is the flip side of LOTR. It's the women of ToG that
My biggest criticism of this book was, that
I wasn't happy that the torture and captivity of Aelin went on for so much of this last book but love that Cairn pissed himself, a scared little boy just like bullies all over the world, when things don't go the way they want.
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LibraryThing member sennebec
This felt more like it should have been two books, but the ending was quite satisfying.
LibraryThing member Bodagirl
"It was the siege that would not end. It just went on and on my friends." There were so many times when I almost DNF'ed this book, including when I hit the last 150 pages or so, but I wanted to see it through because Maas is so popular. The action was just so drawn out because of the multiple
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points of view and the repetitious nature of the character's inner motivations. None of the action was compelling. I'm going to take a very long break from Maas. Show Less
LibraryThing member Lauren2013
Kingdom of Ash
4.5 Stars
An excellent ending to a fantastic series.
The multiple plot lines and character storylines come together virtually seamlessly to create an awe-inspiring showdown between Aelin's allies and enemies. Kudos to Sarah J. Maas for keeping track of everyone and everything.
In
In sum, the Throne of Glass series is an incredibly well-written epic full of action, adventure, love and loss. I cannot recommend it enough.
4.5 Stars
An excellent ending to a fantastic series.
The multiple plot lines and character storylines come together virtually seamlessly to create an awe-inspiring showdown between Aelin's allies and enemies. Kudos to Sarah J. Maas for keeping track of everyone and everything.
In
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addition to the non-stop action, Maas also provides a very satisfying closure to the different romance relationships and it was wonderful to see my favorite characters receive their HEAs. That said, there are also several bittersweet and sad moments where other characters I've come to love and admire are lost (no spoilers!). In sum, the Throne of Glass series is an incredibly well-written epic full of action, adventure, love and loss. I cannot recommend it enough.
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LibraryThing member Daumari
It's done, I'm freeeeee
This wasn't the worst ending it could be, though the distribution of casualties is a little hmmm (surely one of the main characters would die? there's a lot of them, statistically speaking). Manon and Abraxos continue to be the only characters I really care about. There's
~throws a vulgar gesture towards SJM for making everyone royalty~
This wasn't the worst ending it could be, though the distribution of casualties is a little hmmm (surely one of the main characters would die? there's a lot of them, statistically speaking). Manon and Abraxos continue to be the only characters I really care about. There's
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some neat stitching together of things from across the various books as you do in a finale, and the briefest cameo of ACOTAR whizzing by. ~throws a vulgar gesture towards SJM for making everyone royalty~
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LibraryThing member Megan_Demers
This book is amazing. This series is amazing.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2018
Physical description
720 p.; 6.12 inches
ISBN
1619636107 / 9781619636101
Local notes
Captured by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin is trapped inside an iron box in a secret location, with seemingly no hope for escape. As she endures months of torture, her friends scatter to different fates. Without Aelin to protect them, soldier Aedion and shapeshifter Lysandra need to defend their homeland at all costs. Also left to forge their own paths in order to change history are Chaol, the witch Manon, and the golden boy Dorian-while Aelin's mate, the fae male Rowan, searches the world over for his lost love.