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.
Such a long final entry in this series, and while none felt like filler, there were So. Many. Battle. Scenes. Ultimately, it was a satisfying conclusion. Throughout the whole series I have appreciated the ways the author has put limits on Aelin's power, because the potential was always there for it to become pretty ridiculous and ruin any tension. She continued that here, and I thought it was pretty wonderful that so much of the focus was on the ensemble cast, and that pretty much everyone was required to save the day, not just Aelin. It kept me guessing up through the final pages just how they were going to pull it off. Some of the writing was a little clunky (a lot of short sentences with phrases repeated in a sentence fragment for emphasis) but the story telling has remained highly impressive. As soon as I finished this I went and bought the box set so I could go back and re-read it to look for all the early clues dropped in the first few books.
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