Pages:
645
Publisher:
Bloomsbury
Release
Date: 1st
September 2015
Edition:
UK paperback,
review copy
Other
Titles by this Author: The
Assassin’s Blade, Throne
of Glass, Crown
of Midnight, Heir
of Fire, A
Court of Thorns and Roses
No
masters.
No
limits.
No
regrets.
Celaena
Sardothien is cloaked in her assassin’s hood once more. She is back in
Rifthold, but this time she is no one’s slave. She must delve into her most
painful memories and fight for her survival, while resisting a smouldering passion
that might very well consume her heart. And she will face her former master,
the King of Assassins, again – to wreak revenge for a decade of pain…
THERE
WILL SPOILERS AHEAD FOR THE FIRST THREE BOOKS IN THE SERIES, BUT NONE FOR QUEEN OF SHADOWS! YOU HAVE BEEN
WARNED!
As Queen of Shadows only came out yesterday, I’m going to make sure
this review is spoiler-free. It’ll be very vague and very likely that you’ll
have no idea what I’m talking about unless you’ve read it already!
Celaena’s fourth adventure begins
as she steps off the ship from Wendlyn into Rifthold’s port and she has a
mission. It’s a new Celaena returning to where she started, she’s now Aelin
Ashryver Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. As always, Sarah J Maas’s
characterisation is second to none. Every character under her talented hands goes
through a different arc in their life/personality/position in each instalment
of this series, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse, but it
all still adds up to a fully rounded, authentic character. I think that this
was particularly true for Chaol and Lysandra in Queen of Shadows and I loved the journeys they went on.
Some real antagonists were taken
down in this book which all of the expected aplomb, and a few heart attacks
from me, along the way. They were satisfying and needed; I’m glad they weren’t all
left until right at the end, it may have felt a little drawn out and
anti-climactic after over 600 pages otherwise! But don’t let that fool you that
all was well at the close of Queen of
Shadows – Aelin and the gang a lot of trouble ahead of them and I can only
hope that they all make it out alive…
Manon and the Blackbeak witches
were introduced in Heir of Fire and I
was really pleased to see them back and more awesome than ever in Queen of Shadows – I have a strange
fondness for them… I loved how much more page time they got this time around. It
allowed me to get to know Manon and her Thirteen a little better and begin to
figure out how they would play in to the brewing battle on Aelin’s hands.
But I really can't say much else
with spoilers so, in summary, as my friend Kate said: “Perfect. No words. Too many
feels.” I think she pretty much hit the nail on the head. Enjoy.
Thanks to Bloomsbury for the
review copy.
Sophie
Currently reading this book and I am loving it! I cant wait to get to the end!
ReplyDeleteIts good to see the people who have finished the book saying that they love it!
Jodie x