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Kingdom of Ash

(Throne of Glass #7)

Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)

4.59 · Rating details · 121,454 ratings · 15,112 reviews

Aelin Galathynius has vowed 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. The knowledge that yielding to Maeve will doom those she loves keeps her from breaking, but her resolve is unraveling with each passing day…

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Sep 09, 2016 Melanie rated it liked it

Shelves: fae, magic, shifters, ghosts, new-adult, fantasy, romance, read-in-2018, witches

(Thank you so much, Alex, for this tour edition! I love you!)

#0.1) The Assassin and the Pirate Lord ★★★
#0.2) The Assassin and the Healer ★★
#0.3) The Assassin and the Desert ★★★★
#0.4) The Assassin and the Underworld ★★★★★
#0.5) The Assassin and the Empire ★★★
#1.) Throne of Glass ★★★
#2.) Crown of Midnight ★★★★
#3.) Heir of Fire ★★
#4.) Queen of Shadows ★★
#5.) Empire of Storms ★★★
#6.) Tower of Dawn ★★★★★

“Once upon a time, in a land long since burned to ash, there lived a young princess who lo

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Sep 02, 2013 Emily May rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, 2018

“Once upon a time, in a land long since burned to ash, there lived a young princess who loved her kingdom …”

I MADE IT!! And if I never hear a woman’s vagina described as her “heated silk” again, that will be just fine by me!

Honestly, though, I have to give it to her: Maas showed a lot of restraint in this book. It was a good 350 pages before Rowan’s magical penis made an appearance 😬. Sorry, I just can't resist. Overall, I liked it enough to give it three stars. I mean, I read all of the baj ...more

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Jul 23, 2013 Andreea Pop rated it it was amazing

Shelves: brotherhood-for-the-ages, cry-the-shit-out-of-me, favorites, i-worship-these, epic-battles, fairies, read-in-2018, royalty, young-adult, amazing-feelings

Perfection. I am in awe and weeping, my remnants of a heart full.

I was scared that this last book, through whatever course it took, might diminish my love for the whole series -- but gods, was I wrong. It was a thing of beauty, satisfying and heartbreaking in all the right ways. Bittersweet.

I cried and sobbed, I gasped, I screamed, I smiled, I felt my heart beating out of my chest, I shivered, I swooned. I don't think I'll ever be able to write a proper review, but I still feel the need to hig Perfection. I am in awe and weeping, my remnants of a heart full.

I was scared that this last book, through whatever course it took, might diminish my love for the whole series -- but gods, was I wrong. It was a thing of beauty, satisfying and heartbreaking in all the right ways. Bittersweet.

I cried and sobbed, I gasped, I screamed, I smiled, I felt my heart beating out of my chest, I shivered, I swooned. I don't think I'll ever be able to write a proper review, but I still feel the need to highlight some elements that marked me (slightly spoilerish gibberish ahead).

Fenrys & Aelin's silent language. Aelin not knowing what's real and what's not. Aedion hurting and being an ass because of it. Lysandra battling without stopping. Elide sprinting towards death for love. Ansel's soldiers. Aelin's scars. Rowan's vision. Dorian's lack of self-worth and perpetual need to sacrifice. Aelin crying when seeing her second love walk. Aelin realising little gifts pay off greatly. Aelin grinning and swaggering. Chaol running towards his King. Dorian thinking about Sorscha. Manon and the three Matrons. A Queen of Witches with a crown of stars. Aedion thinking about dying like his childhood heroes. Abraxos. The Little Folk. Petrah Blueblood. Gavin. Kaltain. Manon stopping herself from thinking about Dorian. The Thirteen, the Thirteen, the Thirteen. A tribute to the fallen. Dorian adoring his best friend's wife. Dorian as an uncle. The gods. Nameless is my price. Elena's soul. Mala's gift. The fall through worlds and the help received along the journey. A lion and his cub, together. Yrene Towers being amazing every step of the way. A queen defending the walls. Evangeline melting an old man's heart. Cousins finding one another, two faces of the same coin. A letter from a mother. The original trio and their incredible love for one another. A broken curse. Brothers by choice. Saying hello from time to time. A prince becoming a lord. A warrior becoming a lord. A field of blooming flowers. Looking forward to tomorrow. A better world.

No, I'm not crying, you're crying. All these things above broke me in different ways, ripped me apart, some mending my heart back together. I am so in love with this story, so grateful for this fictional world and these characters, that I cannot quite believe it is over. It should be illegal to attach so deeply to imaginary beings, because it goddamn hurts when reality seeps in and they're no longer around you. My favorite series, without a doubt, one that I’ll cherish forever.

Thank you, Sarah J. Maas, for sharing them with us. It has been a joy.

P.S.: Shoutout to my faves -- Dorian and Manon, I love you to the moon and back.
P.P.S: Where the hell is Nox? ...more

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Sep 12, 2013 Mirou rated it it was amazing

Shelves: badass-heroes, badboys, fantasy, so-so-crazy-about-it, so-much-feelings, young-adult, the-best-books-ever, favourite-books

I tried to write something longer but I believe that only one word is enough so:
- To this series which made me dream and live in a world of magic, friendship, love and sacrifices
- To Dorian, Aelin, Chaol, Manon, Rowan and every single character that made me laugh, cry and ~~fangirl~~ feel with them
- To everything Sarah J. Mass has done for us, no matter how frustrating it turned out to be or how we didn’t agree sometimes with it

THANK YOU to this series which will stay forever in my heart <3
I'm g ...more

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Apr 22, 2018 Nick rated it it was amazing

I have no words. Brilliant, powerful, amazing. Thank you Sarah J.Maas, thank you!

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Jan 23, 2019 Christine Riccio rated it it was amazing

AHH this finale was on such a grand scale! SO ENJOYABLE, SO EPIC. Just filmed my booktalk and it will be up sometime in the next week on my channel (polandbananasbooks).

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Jul 12, 2018 Nenia ⚔️ Queen of Villainy ⚔️ Campbell rated it did not like it

Shelves: fantasy, ya-ya-land

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I am an adult, but sometimes I have moments where my juvenile side screams to get out, and let me tell you, I am trying so hard right now not to call this book KINGDOM OF ASS. Trying, but not really succeeding because it really was a Kingdom of Ass. This book sucked. And you know, it's funny, because I've been seeing nothing but 5-star reviews for this book in my feed and had so many people commenting on my reviews for the earlier books ...more

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Oct 24, 2018 Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin rated it it was amazing

Shelves: hardback, audio, fantasy-all, own, kindle-own, favorites, paperback

Here is my updated shelf!

Here's my big boxed set with poster. And below it is my shelf with the goodies!

11-1-18 Got my UK Edition with the beautiful art cards inside!

If you want to see pictures of my wall art then just scroll all the way down past the other pictures. This is how much I love this series. Also, let it be known (that I'm crazy) that I have the hardback, audible, kindle, special paperback on its way and then ordered the complete hardback box set! Yeah!

THIS. BOOK. WAS. EVERYTHING.. ...more

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Feb 01, 2017 Warda rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: i-fell-in-love

I mean, I’d be happy to swear a blood-oath to Sarah J Maas.

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So much thoughts were running through my mind whilst I was reading this, but now that I have reached the ending of this book, I’m just a mess of tears and emotions and I don't know how to express how much it all means to me.

I think I can safely say that this is my favourite book of all time. It was transcending.

Let it be known that Sarah J Maas is a Dreamer, and I don’t think any book has fulfilled my dreamer’s heart as much as this b ...more

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Nov 11, 2018 Khurram rated it it was amazing

I had impossibly high hopes for this book. I make no secret that this is my faverite book series. Yet somehow every book just seemed to get better then the last. Could SJM possible do it again. Yes she can, and she did. Wow what an epic finale.

The book is a perfect length, though close to a thousand pages not a single line is wasted. Every possible loose end is tied up. Every hint or hidden story leads to this masterpiece.

The story is awesome, the character development and use is unreal. Every c ...more

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Dec 15, 2019 Teodora rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: on-app, ya, favorites, adult-new-adult, fantasy

all the ⭐ in the Universe (because, hell, why not? It only seems fair that way)

Full review on my Blog: The Dacian She-Wolf 🐺

If I am the only weirdo that reads the dedication at the beginning of a book and rates it too in her own head then okay, fine, weirdo I’ll be, but I have to start this review by saying this.

Sarah J. Maas dedicated this book to her parents. It is one of the most beautiful dedications I’ve ever read at the beginning of a book.

It says: “For my parents – who taught me to be ...more

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Jul 12, 2018 Virginia Ronan ♥ Herondale ♥ added it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-series

How is it possible that my heart is so full of love but feels so empty at the same time?
This book broke me in the worst and best way possible and I’m so happy and sad…

I have no words except of:
This world and those characters will stay with me forever… <333
My heart is aching and bleeding and hurting so damn much. T_T
I just can’t write anything coherent right now because I’m drowning in an endless sea of feels.

Full RTC once I’m emotionally stable again…
I dunno if this is ever going to happen thou ...more

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Oct 24, 2018 High Lady of The Night Court rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy-read

And it was all for a new world. A better world.

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Sep 09, 2016 Nat marked it as to-read

I'm already counting down for this one...

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Mar 25, 2015 Viktoria Winter rated it it was amazing

Well. Now I can properly plan my funeral.

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Nov 11, 2018 jessica rated it it was amazing

‘once upon a time, in a land long since burned to ash, there lived a young princess who loved her kingdom very much…’

4 special novellas, 7 powerful books, 10 beloved characters, 572 heavy chapters, and 4856 necessary pages have all lead up to this moment, the conclusion of one incredible story.

aelin ashryver whitethorn galathynius, adarlans assassin, the kings champion, queen of terrasen, the queen who was promised, the queen who walked between worlds, the faeirie queen of the west, firehea ...more

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Jul 13, 2018 Kiki rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, cool-mythology, ya, waterworks, whiter-than-white-bread, faeries, awesome-ya, awesome-heroine, absolute-best, love-rocks-yeah-yeah

"What if we go on, only to more pain and despair?"

"Then it is not the end."

I've never cried so much over a book. Never. There were points were I had to stop reading because I couldn't see the page through my tears.

This was a journey, and I don't just mean this book. This whole series has such a special place in my heart, and what I think a lot of people don't realise is that the Throne of Glass series, like the Harry Potter series, was designed to age with its readers. The teenagers who started "What if we go on, only to more pain and despair?"

"Then it is not the end."

I've never cried so much over a book. Never. There were points were I had to stop reading because I couldn't see the page through my tears.

This was a journey, and I don't just mean this book. This whole series has such a special place in my heart, and what I think a lot of people don't realise is that the Throne of Glass series, like the Harry Potter series, was designed to age with its readers. The teenagers who started reading this series at the release of Throne of Glass are now adults, and this series was written for us: to grow with us into our adulthood, to walk with us from our frantic teens to the endless possibilities of our twenties, to change and adapt as our priorities in life naturally do.

I started following this story, of Celaena in a glass castle, solving mysteries and fighting duels, when I was 19. Now, at 24, I've turned the last page of Aelin's story, but it doesn't hurt to say goodbye. It feels full, like a beautiful finished painting, a tapestry with every thread neatly tucked away. If there was a better way to end this, I can't think of what that might be.

This series has meant a lot to me, and while it has its flaws, it's one of those stories that I'll come back to again. Because the themes are timeless, of bravery and love and healing, of family and redemption and hope, hope, hope. All of the books, but this one in particular, is at its heart about the power of never giving up, and of standing up for what you believe in against impossible odds. The wins and the losses - terrible losses that made me openly sob - were sore but meaningful, and that's the greatest triumph of this excellent last chapter. That it all meant something, and that even the small ones, the most unlikely of heroes, the ones that no one saw coming, left their mark.

I've gained and lost a lot of possessions in my life, but my books are important to me. My books have travelled with me across seas, across continents, across great and sometimes painful frontiers in my life. This series is the reason why my books mean so much to me. Because they're transformative, evergreen, a truly powerful form of art. And wherever I end up, wherever that might be, I'll take these ones with me. ...more

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Oct 23, 2018 may ❀ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 900-pages, aaaaaaaaaa, bye, shattered-me, super-cute, buddy-read, look-at-that-beauty, fantasy, hilarious, i-am-trash

full ~~breakdown~~ review posted

*clears throat*
WHAT IN THE HELL WAS THIS AND WHY IN THE HELL DID IT END

Thank you, that is all.

Yeah right, that’s not even NEAR all the word-vomiting i have to do to express what this series is to me. There isn’t going to be any outward spoilers however i never said anything about it being a coherent well-presented review 🤗🤗🤗

Once upon a time, in a land long since burned to ash, there lived a young
princess who loved her kingdom …

let me just start off by saying th ...more

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Apr 05, 2018 Hamad rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: good-covers, favorites, e-books, 2018-reads, paperbacks

This review and other non-spoilery reviews can be found @The Book Prescription

“Once upon a time, in a land long since burned to ash, there lived a young princess who loved her kingdom …

🌟 You may like Sarah J. Maas writing, you may hate it. Actually SJM may be the most controversial author at the current time. So we may agree to disagree on her style but I think something that we can not deny is her immense success and how big this series has got. In my 3 years on GR and few month of blogging, I ...more

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Dec 11, 2014 Katerina rated it really liked it

Shelves: fae, 2018-reads, fantasy, assassins

My heart is split in two.

“Once upon a time, in a land long since burned to ash, there lived a young princess who loved her kingdom …”

But this story is not only about the young princess. It's the story of a white-haired queen of a divided people, and the warmth that eventually melted her cold heart. It's the story of a tortured king, a king who was drowning in self-loathing and whose soul was darkened by demons and grief but the light within could not be extinguished. The story of a dark and ...more

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Jan 08, 2018 destiny ♡⚔♡ [howling libraries] marked it as finish-me-soon

Shelves: fae, found-families, owned-physical, fantasy, owned-tbr, new-adult, top-tbr

#0.1-#0.5 The Assassin’s Blade ★★★★★
#1 Throne of Glass ★★★★☆
#2 Crown of Midnight ★★★★★
#3 Heir of Fire ★★★★★
#4 Queen of Shadows ★★★★★
#5 Empire of Storms ★★★★★

I'm loving this so far but I've finally come to accept that I am NOT ready for this series to end, and I just can't do this yet. 😭 I am really, really bad at finishing series finales for this reason, lmao. I'm setting this aside until January. ♥

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Nov 17, 2018 • Lindsey Dahling • rated it it was amazing

Shelves: lindsey-marti-book-club

Let me tell you about my journey through the Throne of Glass series. I fell head over heels in love with the ACOTAR series earlier this year, so I decided to give ToG a shot, for clearly the author who created Rhysand and Velaris can do no wrong.
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Throne of Glass: Okay, so, clearly the author who created Rhysand and Velaris CAN do wrong. What the hell is this?

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Crown of Midnight : SERIOUSLY. WHAT THE HELL IS THIS. AND WHY THE HELL DO I SEE THESE AELI ...more

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Feb 08, 2017 emi marked it as to-read

Shelves: fantasy, girls-kicking-ass, written-by-a-queen, book-husbands

4.5.2018 update:

A title? A release date?

Hahaha I'm already crying.

Maybe, if we cancel this book then the series never has to end.

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Do you guys realize????

That this is going to be the LAST Throne of Glass book?

Excuse me while I go cry.

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Jan 30, 2019 Val ⚓️ Shameless Non-Snowflake ⚓️ rated it really liked it

Shelves: love-to-hate-and-hate-to-love, ya-fantasy, 4-stars, grief, fairies-elves, shifters, 0-in-my-library-read, fantasy, favorite-couple, magic

3.75 - 4 Stars

All things considered, I enjoyed this book and series a great deal.

As the conclusion to a pretty popular and lengthy series, it had a lot riding on its massive 980 page shoulders...and a LOT of uber-emotional fangirls and boys to avoid disappointing, let's be real.

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Overall I thought Maas did a pretty decent job of it...

...even with all the filler, all the battles, ALL the traveling to and fro...all the unnecessary...

...until about page 770 or so.

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Oct 29, 2016 Caitlin rated it it was amazing

I finished it. It was the perfect ending so one of my favourite series. I’m very happy. That is all I have to say

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Apr 05, 2018 Nasom rated it really liked it

My rating is between 4 and 4.5

Full Review

I feel like I should get an award for finishing this big ass book.

Not gonna lie, I feel kinda empty now that this series has ended 😪

What I liked
- If you looked at my reviews for the previous books, you would notice that I am not a fan of Aelin but she wasn’t bad in this. She became somewhat likeable (or maybe I just felt sorry for her)

- While in previous books Aelin was usually the hero and everyone pretty much worshipped her, in this, there were o ...more

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Feb 08, 2017 Candace Robinson rated it it was amazing

This has been a journey. One with emotion, one with lots and lots of emotions! And I'll have to say that this was pretty great conclusion to the series!

There are a lot of POVs here! And I love so many of the characters that I can't really choose a favorite. The only POVs I could have probably done without were Aedion's and Lysandra's. The others just had so much more going on within them. Manon and her witches had to be my favorite! Lorcan! Loved him! My baby Dorian! Rowan is swoon! Yrene is cou ...more

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Jul 08, 2013 Andrea rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2018-read, fantasy, 2018-release, fae, 5-star

I just finished it.

Now I have such a book hangover.
I can't believe I won't get to read more about these characters. I didn't know I was gonna love them like this that first time I picked up Throne of Glass back in 2012.
Thank you Sarah for these amazing books.

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Update: WE HAVE A COVER!!!!!
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I just read Empire of Storms for the fourth time. I'm in a book coma for the fourth time again.
Is it October yet??????? Just asking for a friend.
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oh my god, omg finally we have a title. Kingdom of Ash.
Aelin ...more

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Nov 25, 2018 Ashley Nuckles rated it it was amazing

A million and one stars. My heart is full.

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Aug 15, 2017 Beth rated it liked it

Shelves: the-tears-are-real, 2018-reads, book-series, re-read, characters-i-loved, my-heart-hurts, 3-stars, 2019-reads

”Once upon a time, in a land long since burned to ash, there lived a young princess who loved her Kingdom…”

I honestly loved the final book in series, however I’m going to start off by saying this is nowhere near perfect, I picked up on a lot of things during my read but I’ll get into that later. However as a whole I thoroughly enjoyed the final instalment to the Throne of Glass Series, I can’t believe it’s officially over. After going over my thoughts and feelings weighing up the likes and disli ...more

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Sarah J. Maas

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Sarah J. Maas is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Throne of Glass series (Queen of Shadows, Book 4, will be out in September 2015), as well as the A Court of Thorns and Roses series (out 5/5/15).

Sarah lives in Bucks County, PA, and over the years, she has developed an unhealthy appreciation for Disney movies and bad pop music. She adores fairy tales and ballet, drinks too ...more