Eighteen-year-old Celaena Sardothien is bold, daring and beautiful – the perfect seductress and the greatest assassin her world has ever known. But though she won the King’s contest and became his champion, Celaena has been granted neither her liberty nor the freedom to follow her heart. The slavery of the suffocating salt mines of Endovier that scarred her past is nothing compared to a life … bound to her darkest enemy, a king whose rule is so dark and evil it is near impossible to defy. Celaena faces a choice that is tearing her heart to pieces: kill in cold blood for a man she hates, or risk sentencing those she loves to death. Celaena must decide what she will fight for: survival, love or the future of a kingdom. Because an assassin cannot have it all …And trying to may just destroy her. Love or loathe Celaena, she will slice open your heart with her dagger and leave you bleeding long after the last page of this New York Times bestselling sequel, in what is undeniably THE hottest new fantasy series.
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Fasten your seat belts and great ready for a action packed book. This isn’t my favorite for the ToG series but it is entertaining. I love the friendship that blooms between Celaena & Dorian. I enjoy the relationship that starts with Chaol & Celaena. I hate a certain twist that takes place but I understand it was important & needed to happen. All …
WHAT A BOOK! I am actually so obsessed with this series and I’m getting bummed out real quick that It’ll end T_T
This series has so many moving parts that it’s astounding to ponder just how delicately Ms. Maas weaved them in!! Celaena is so complex!! She is this force that is unstoppable and utterly brilliant in her fierce moments. She has these hidden parts of herself that make you wonder just what it is that has is hiding! We’ve learned bits and pieces of …
Better than the first, and just barely better than the Assassin’s Blade. Nothing but secrets, plot twists, and TONS OF ACTION. I loved seeing romance and then the lack of it with the second part of the book, and I really enjoyed seeing Caleana’s many sides of dark and light. She has many facets, and even more have been revealed that the next …
This whole series is a must read!
Love this series! Sarah J Maas is an incredible writer.
I honestly feel this books deserves a 3-3.5 but looking at is as a part of a series, it’s a solid 4. To me this is my least favorite of SJ Maas’ books, but I started with ACOTAR so I’m used to her later works. I love this series, and look forward to getting my hands on Heir of Fire! This one left off in such a way that anything can happen, and …
This follow-up really shook me up something fierce. My heart is in pieces on the floor and I am just not okay. I need book three right now! This story has sucked me in and consumed me. I am again applauding Maas for her unique story telling ability. The way that she seizes you and makes you care so much for these characters is extraordinary.
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I stumbled onto Sarah J. Maas when A Court of Thorns and Roses kept showing up in a “recommended for me” list of books. I loved the series and immediately looked for more books by this author. The Throne of Glass series is also very good. *Spoiler alert, if you haven’t read the first book of the series*
Here we have Celaena established as the …
I don’t know how to review this book. It was magnificent and heartbreaking. I’ll just transcribe some of the thoughts I had as I was reading and as nonspoilery as possible:
(annoyingly, I can’t figure out how to see the page numbers of these thoughts, only the “Location.”)
Loc 92: She shoved the questions down, down, down, until there was no …
I just don’t have the words for this book. It was action packed and it also delivered some serious swoons.
It was better than ToG. Way better. I can’t wait to get my hands on the third one.
It is so, so, so, so action packed i really recommend this book!
Celaena Sardothien is now the King’s Champion, but she is far from the loyal subject her wants. She is just there to do her time and be free, but there are things happening in the castle again that draw her in. The king gives her a name of the next person she is to “take care of” and Calaena decides to get information out of him first. Secrets are …
Celena is now the King’s Champion. Basically that means she is doing the King’s dirty work, and offing the people who oppose him. Her next assignment is a gorgeous courtesan suspected of being a rebel named Archer. He also happens to be an old friend of Celena’s. Chaol has taken it upon himself to be her guardian, and is spending more and more …
I enjoyed the second book even more than the first. The twists and turns, and the tragedy. With the amount of depth in these books, I can’t imagine what will happen over the course of 5 more, and I can’t wait!
Loved this book as well as the entire series!
This is a fantastic sequel! The characters are developing awesomely! There is an emotional part in this book.
Definitely a slow start. By slow start, I mean maybe 40 – 50% of the book was slow. Granted this is coming from a male who likes action. So I’m sure others love the conversations and such. I didn’t feel as though the conversations were witty enough (although mildly so) to warrant the length of the book taken by the slow build. Overall I really …