Queen of Shadows is the fourth book to the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. It’s the book I’ve been waiting to read (or, in my case, re-read). I gave it a high rating the last time I read it, and that rating didn’t change when I read it a second time.
Storyline/MyThoughts: This book is where Celeana officially makes it known who she really is to everyone. She’s finally accepted who she is and what she needs to do to get her kingdom back. There’s going to be a lot of bloodsheds, though. She makes some tough decisions in this book, and one of them deals with what happened to Dorian while she was in Wendlyn. Many readers will be bothered by what she chooses to do, but she’s only known one thing that happens with someone who the King is using due to what she came across in the last book. It takes another character who was introduced in the previous book to have Aelin change her mind. I loved how the character announced it to Aelin, too.
Two big scenes in this book that made me emotional were when Aelin saves her cousin Aedion and then when Rowan finds Aelin. Both scenes were tear-jerkers and heartwarming moments. Yes, I like Rowan for Aelin. I liked when Aedion and Rowan met, too, because they made it difficult for Aelin. Aedion and Rowan were trying to prove who is tougher. Yup, Aelin was not going to have it.
One character who got on my nerves was Chaol. I understand that he’s adjusting to being a rebel, and he can’t forgive himself for leaving Dorian, but he drove me crazy. I wouldn’t say I liked how he treated Celeana and how he continued to treat her since the second book to this book. He put himself in certain predicaments that almost put everyone at risk. I did like him initially, but he has been complicated ever since what happened to Nehemia. I’m hoping I like him again in Tower of Dawn, which I have not read, yet.
Other secondary characters I loved were Manon Blackbeak and Lysandra more in this book. I was not too fond of Manon at first, but this book changed my mind. She may act all bad, but she has a soft side. (She won’t admit it, though). She is very protective of who she cares for, and she finds out some truths in this book that makes her question everything. One epic scene was between her and Aelin. Aelin respected Manon and vice versa. I was intrigued too by Manon and Dorian’s interaction, but I won’t go into it in this review.
I loved Lysandra. She has become a favorite secondary character since what happened to her came to light. This girl is a fighter. The truth of Lysandra came out to, all thanks to Rowan. I was in shock after I found out the truth about her. I loved how she continues to scare Aedion in this book, too. 🙂
Here’s the main reasoning why I loved this book. Celeana (Aelin) gets her revenge on a particular person. If you read the novellas, then you’ll know who I’m referring to immediately. The best part is who killed the person in the book. I’m so glad there was some closure there after what happened.
A lot is going on in this book, so I don’t want to give anything away. I will say this, Sarah J. Maas kept me on the edge of my seat. I love all the different POVs because you get all kinds of perspectives in the story.
Overall, this book receives five stars from me, and I can’t wait to re-read the next book in the series.
Standalone or Part of Series: It’s part of the Throne of Glass series, and I would recommend reading in order.
Cliffhanger: Yes.
Would I recommend this book? Yes. I recommend this to Young Adult Fantasy readers out there. This series helped me so much last month to prevent me from going into a reading slump. Sarah J. Maas is the one author who I can count on to take me on an adventure with her stories.
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“𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆--𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒐𝒎.” —Sarah J MaasCelaena Sardothian is back in the empire and ready for revenge. She’s had plenty of time to plot out the perfect plan. She has also embraced her identity, but it’s not just her kingdom that needs rescuing. Before she can reclaim her throne, she must free her cousin and build her court. She finds unlikely allies and new secrets along this heart pounding journey to save those who need rescuing and take back what belongs to her.I could not put this book down. I could not stop thinking about it. And even days after I’ve finished it, thoughts of it still consume me. I continued to be impressed by SJM’s growth over this series. It’s clear that with each book, she has grown as an author. The layers of plot complexity in Aelin’s plans for revenge and rescue blew me away. It gave me so much joy. The foreshadowing was brilliant. And I always fond myself a little surprised at the ways Aelin pulled things off—surprised but impressed. I couldn’t stop thinking about how well she carried out each of her master plans. This was my favorite aspect of the book! I don’t think I’m going to be able to stop thinking about this story for weeks.Second favorite was the dynamic between Aelin and Rowan’s relationship and character development. Most of the book was Rowan fighting “forbidden love” because of his age and immortality as a Fae. I always do like a good forbidden/tortured love trope. I never grew tired of their banter and dialogue.It was fun following the other characters too. I didn’t mind the POV switches quite as much in this book compared to Heir of Fire. I have really grown to love Manon’s character. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing her transformation.The ending of this book made me so happy. It gave me lots of feels. Overall, I don’t think I’m going to go into depth dissecting this book like I often do in reviews. It was great. A new favorite of mine. I loved every page. Absolutely fantastic! This series is...wow. 𝗠𝗬 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚: 𝟱/𝟱⭐️
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So many surprises along the way, twists and turns I never would have seen coming, and OMG Aelin is so sneaky and clever, she has me snickering throughout. I love how our new and old Characters weave together in this book, and we can start to see how each separate story is linked very cleverly to the whole.
In the previous book I’m not keen on Manon, I read the scenes but I honestly wanted to skip them on the first read because I just wasn’t invested in her yet. I didn’t see the point in suddenly throwing in more people and societies just for the same of it, and yet by the middle of this book I ADORE her and her Thirteen.
Nothing about this book goes how I expected, in all the best ways, and there’s SO MUCH I want to say but how do I do that without giving none stop spoilers?! I can’t, because the changes of direction and twists and turns at every other chapter are EXACTLY why I love this book.
It changes scenario and surprises at every turn and it’s so much FUN with so much excitement! Various characters connect, secrets are found out, repayment for past behaviours start to be visible, and the plots get deeper and more shocking.
I want to say SO MUCH about each of the Characters in this one, and why I LOVE to hate certain peoples butthead ways, I want to rave and chatter about decisions made and oh so sneaky scenarios but I would literally do nothing but tell you what was going to happen. In some cases even talking about the characters in relation to one another would be a spoiler, ARGH!!
There are CRAZY amounts of things that happen that I want to chatter about, SO many things that I want to say!! What I will say, is that in true Maas fashion she makes you mad, makes you happy, makes you want to cry, and makes you want to whoop for joy, and of course has those moments that are hear wrenchingly beautiful alongside ones that make you cackle in delight at the wicked humour.
In most cases, I would rave about the oh so clever and oh so wonderful ending scenes... and BOY do I want to, but... with Maas it’s the entire book!
And I can’t say anything more specific without ruining the OH so many “WAIT, what?”
What I WILL say, is that you have read the previous books, you’re going to absolutely LOVE this one!!
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