bamxo
Written on Mar 6, 2024
Follow Chaol on his sweeping journey to a distant empire in this next instalment of the THRONE OF GLASS series by global #1 bestselling author Sarah J. Maas.
Chaol Westfall has always defined himself by his unwavering loyalty, his strength, and his position as the Captain of the Guard. But all of that has changed since Aelin shattered the glass castle, since Chaol's men were slaughtered, since the King of Adarlan spared him from a killing blow, but left his body broken.
Now he and Nesryn sail for Antica - the stronghold of the southern continent's mighty empire and of the legendary healers of the Torre Cesme. It's Chaol's one shot at recovery, and with war looming back home, Dorian and Aelin's survival could depend on Chaol and Nesryn convincing Antica's rulers to ally with them.
But what they discover there will change them both - and be more vital to saving Erilea than they could have imagined.
- ISBN10 1681195801
- ISBN13 9781681195803
- Publish Date 5 September 2017
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 432
- Language English
- URL http://bloomsbury.com/
Reviews
neurospicybookworm
Written on Aug 12, 2023
I don’t know what I’m going to do when this series ends. I thought I would spend this whole book dying to get to Kingdom of Ash, but I enjoyed every second of this. Other than the times I was sobbing, but I do that in every Maas book
I’ve held off for so long on reading Tower of Dawn and Kingdom of Ash. I didn’t want the series to end, but I knew it was finally time to finish this series. It’s been four years since Tower of Dawn was released, and I was a little skeptical at first reading this book. I’m not a big fan of Chaol, but this book may have changed my mind a bit about him. I think it’s due to Yrene. No, I’m positive it has to everything to do with Yrene.
Storyline/My Thoughts: Okay. This will be a complex review to type since this book was over 668 pages, and I definitely don’t want to spoil it for anyone who hasn’t read the book. (Like I did, by waiting four years to read it.)
First, I was a little worried since this book wouldn’t involve Aelin, Rowan, Lysandra, etc., but I now know why Sarah J. Maas wrote this book. I mean, if you read the previous book, you would want to find out what happens next to Aelin. Sarah J. Maas left me hanging, dang it! Although, after reading this book, I now can read the Kingdom of Ash with some further disdain for Maeve and Erawan. Grrr! Nope, no spoilers, I promise.
This book has Chaol and Nesryn going to Antica to have the healers of Torre Cesme healing Chaol, hopefully. He’s not able to walk, and he wants to get better, so he can help with the war that is about to happen with Erawan and someone else, too. Chaol gets help from Yrene, which she was introduced to in The Assassin and the Healer. Yrene doesn’t want to help Chaol because he’s from Adarlan, and she has issues with them for what they did to her mother. These two are enemies at first, but only one-sided. Chaol wants to find out about Yrene. He’s having issues at the beginning because he has feelings for Nesryn. This was one thing that drove me crazy in the story with Chaol and Nesryn. These two have emotions, but in this book, everything changes. There was also the issue of Chaol and his past with Aelin. I won’t get into that drama. I enjoyed the banter of Chaol and Yrene. Yrene knows how to handle him. She is determined to heal him. She ends up being in danger, and Chaol believes it has something to do with Erawan. Chaol becomes very protective of Yrene, but what he doesn’t realize is she can handle herself. I adored her character in this book, and she changed Chaol for the better.
In the meantime, Chaol and Nesryn are to convince the rulers of Antica to ally with them against Erawan. They are in mourning over one of their daughters dying. Chaol is tasked to find out what truly happened. When the truth is revealed, it’s a big doozy. I was not expecting it all. I love when Sarah J. Maas surprises me with twists and turns in her stories. It’s one of many reasons why I adore her novels.
This book unveils so much in this book that it left me in shock. I was not prepared for the bombshell that happened in this book. I had a moment of ‘I friggin’ knew it’ when I read the shocking moment. Nope, again I’m not spoiling.
Let’s not forget about Nesryn, too. She was off on her own adventure with Sardaq. He’s one of the Princes’ of Antica. I liked him immediately. Nesryn has been one of those characters for me that she had to grow on me, too. I didn’t know what to think of her, especially when she was with Chaol. Chaol and Nesryn, I don’t think we’re ever meant to be with each other. There was a scene between Nesryn and Sardaq that had me worried. I thought Sarah J. Maas was going to make me cry. It was a happy and sad moment. I swear Sarah J. Maas knows how to keep me on the edge of my seat when reading her books.
I could go on and on, but I don’t want to have a super long review. (Actually, this review is already too long, but oh well.) I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. I give it 4.5 stars, and now I have to excite myself to read the Kingdom of Ash. I know the next book is going to be a tearjerker of some kind. I know some moments in this book made me tear up a bit. I’m so glad Chaol has finally grown on me. Thanks to Yrene. She is one kick-butt healer, and I look forward to seeing what she does in the next book, especially after she realizes who Aelin truly is to her.
Standalone or Part of Series: It’s part of the Throne of Glass series, and I highly recommend reading in order.
Would I recommend this book? Yes, especially if you have read the previous books in the series. This series is categorized as Young Adult, but I would actually have it as New Adult. If you enjoy YA Fantasy/NA Fantasy, then you’ll enjoy this book/series.
Again, this book surprised me on how much I adored it. I’m so glad I finally read it.
herseriallife
Written on Jan 18, 2021
So a review is coming soon. . .
pamela
Written on Aug 29, 2020
kate87
Written on Aug 14, 2020
llamareads
Written on Oct 20, 2019
Chaol's never been my favorite character, but I like this particular version of him over the ones from previous books. I liked the disability rep, and I loved having a healer heroine. My biggest quibble is that I wanted more Nesryn, and I especially wanted more about the ruk riders. I could've done with a little less Chaol-angst and more world building, honestly.
mitabird
Written on May 10, 2019
Renee
Written on Mar 14, 2019
Do not read this book if you absolutely hate Chaol. I luckily don't, so this was definitely a book for me, although it was very slow and not as in-depth as the other books in this series, which makes sense since we get to discover this new world with new people, and they need time to develop.
I think this book was a nice addition to the story, mainly focussing on the love story between Chaol and Yrene, not as much on the plot as I would have hoped. Sure, they discover a lot of new stuff, but it all felt a step down compared to the other books. There was almost no action, or at least not that much action that I cared about since I somehow could not make myself care about the scenes with the spiders / Valg. Also the mystery who was possessed by a Valg prince(ss) did not really entertain me since the story was not about that. It was just about Chaol and Yrene finding their way to each other.
This book still gets four out of five stars since I absolutely loved Chaol and Yrene together, and the plot twists that were revealed were amazing. I was immediately drawn into the story from the start and even reading this book together with Empire of Storms did not make me miss the action-packed scenes.
thepunktheory
Written on Feb 13, 2019
You know, prior to getting started with Tower of Dawn I had seen the cover on Goodreads and wondered why it was the only book of the series without a blond-haired chick on the cover. About 2/3 through Empire of Storms it finally dawned on me (terrible pun intended) that we didn't hear a word about Chaol there and Tower of Dawn would probably be devoted to his journey.
After that realisation, I was both excited and annoyed. I really wanted to know what happens next (especially in terms of Aelin's "situation"), so I debated just skipping TOD for now and going straight to Kingdom of Ash. Let me tell you: I am so glad that I didn't!
Tower of Dawn is super thrilling and a whole lot of stuff is going on there. Despite some of the shit Chaol had pulled in the past novels, I was still rooting for him. I had my fingers crossed so hard that he'd accomplish his mission. Not just the one regarding an army but also concerning the situation about his legs.
What can you expect from Tower of Dawn? It's set in a completely new surrounding, so we get to explore a continent with a rich culture, fascinating people and an impressive history. Making all that stuff up for one country is difficult enough but SJM really did a great job with doing all of it again for the Southern Continent!