Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)

by Sarah J. Maas

[Angie]

So, I’m not sure what happened to my excitement over this series, but it apparently waned during Crown of Midnight. Finally there’s some assassinating, but not really, and only in the beginning since Celaena is sneaky and clever. But there’s a lot more going on; some I was interested in and some I wasn’t. Magic plays a much larger role in this sequel and I think I have an idea of where this is all heading now. I was expecting this series to be more about Celaena getting her revenge on those who ruined her life, but currently it looks like a overthrowing the monarch and restoring magic to the land type story.

Crown of Midnight is still really good. There’s no doubt that I was hooked and flew through this book, but it was more to see if my assumptions were correct rather than me loving it. A lot of stuff happens, but it was all building up to this one (or really two) big reveal. Reveals that I had already assumed while reading the novellas, and I was correct on both counts. This series is good, but surprising it is not.

There’s not much to say about Crown of Midnight. I enjoyed it, but I wasn’t surprised by anything. For me, it only served as moving the character from point A to point B where I suspect some epicness is going to happen. Because while I wasn’t surprised by the big reveal, I am excited to see where it leads, because it’s an interesting factoid that means a lot in this world. I just wish it hadn’t been dragged on for so long, because it was rather obvious.

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