Tower of Dawn by Sarah J Maas

Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, #6)

by Sarah J. Maas

In the next installment of the New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series, follow Chaol on his sweeping journey to a distant empire.

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 the glass castle shattered, since his men were slaughtered, since the King of Adarlan spared him from a killing blow, but left his body broken.

His only shot at recovery lies with the legendary healers of the Torre Cesme in Antica--the stronghold of the southern continent’s mighty empire. And with war looming over Dorian and Aelin back home, their survival might lie with Chaol and Nesryn convincing its rulers to ally with them.

But what they discover in Antica will change them both--and be more vital to saving Erilea than they could have imagined.

Reviewed by Renee on

4 of 5 stars

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I read this book together with the previous book, Empire of Storms, so the reviews of these books might be a bit mixed.
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.

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