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Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)

Sarah J. Maas

Start date: July 1, 2014

Finish date: August 1, 2014

Why we're reading this: Won the June BOTM Series Continuation Poll!!
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Sep 04, 2013 M. rated it it was ok

Shelves: books-with-stupid-annoying-heroines, couldn-t-get-into-it, meh-characters, meh-hero, fantasy, witch-sorcerer-magic, bored-me-to-death, fairies

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What a freaking disappointment this book was, especially considering its potential. Plot all over the place, character inconsistencies, lame romance. Argh. Maybe giving 2 stars is even too much.

The book was divided in two parts and I don't remember what the author named those parts but I can say that the first part consisted of everything put on hold so Celaena and Chaol could pursue their lukewarm romance. Man, I don't think I ever came across a couple that lack so much steam. They were Spoilers

What a freaking disappointment this book was, especially considering its potential. Plot all over the place, character inconsistencies, lame romance. Argh. Maybe giving 2 stars is even too much.

The book was divided in two parts and I don't remember what the author named those parts but I can say that the first part consisted of everything put on hold so Celaena and Chaol could pursue their lukewarm romance. Man, I don't think I ever came across a couple that lack so much steam. They were boring together. Celaena suddenly started to act all girly and silly and Chaol finally decided that it was time for him to pursue her. I wouldn't mind Celaena being interested in buying pretty clothes and all if that hadn't been used with the sole purpose for her to be more approachable to Chaol. It didn't seem it was an intrinsic part of her personality before.

I also didn't like how bad Celaena treated Dorian. I accept that a potential romance between them is out the question now, but she was mean to him for no reason. Yeah, she had Chaol so she didn't need Dorian anymore. But then when she was pissed at Chaol, having Dorian around was okay.

In the second part of the book, Celaena became an enraged monster after the death of Nehemia. The silly girl in love was gone, she was pissed at everyone. She hated Chaol's guts, yadda, yadda, yadda. That is all fine and good if Celaena had reacted the same way after Sam's death. He was her first love, so how come she didn't got berserk and kill the person responsible for his death as soon as she was out of Endovier? It just didn't add up.

Plus, for an assassin, she was pretty naive and gullible. She believed everyone. She never for once thought that maybe Archer was lying. What? She thought the king would want him dead for no reason?

Like I said in the beginning, the plot was all over the place. It didn't engage me at all. I kept forcing myself to pick up the book to finish it and that is not what you want in a book.

The characters keeping secrets from each other got old pretty fast too. It just made the story constricted.

Overall, I wouldn't recommend this series to a friend. The first book was good, but this sequel wasn't. I really don't care what happens next in the story. ...more

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Dec 30, 2012 Kat rated it it was ok

Shelves: fantasy, omg-the-feels

Do you ever look back on a book, years after it came out and several books later, and feel so incredibly heartbroken? That is 100% how I feel when I look back at CoM. To me, this is the peak of SJM's career. Her characters, her worldbuilding, her plotting...(view spoiler) Do you ever look back on a book, years after it came out and several books later, and feel so incredibly heartbroken? That is 100% how I feel when I look back at CoM. To me, this is the peak of SJM's career. Her characters, her worldbuilding, her plotting...(view spoiler) ...more

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Dec 27, 2013 Ally Bryan rated it it was amazing

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Feb 21, 2013 Erika B. (SOS BOOKS) rated it really liked it

Shelves: arc, netgalley, favorite-boy-award, ya, mind-blown, intense, sort-of-spicy

Ladies and gentlemen-may we please start a slow clap for this AWESOME AWESOME book!!!

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This book is so, so good! It's got assassins, romance, mystery, war, and whole lot of fantasy! I read it all in one setting until the wee hours of the morning because it was one of those books that I just HAD to finish it and see what happens! I loved it! It builds the perfect amount of tension that makes you just keep on reading without stopping! It has an interesting aspect of doing one's duty versus followin ...more

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Mar 26, 2015 Chandini Dialani rated it it was amazing

CHAOL YOU ABSOLUTE IDIOT

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Oct 14, 2013 Nat rated it it was amazing

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This book was great, and I take back what I said before... I totally ship Celaena/Chaol more then Celaena/Dorian. But the fact that (view spoiler) ...more

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Jun 14, 2014 Anna rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites-shelf, favorite-authors

Absolute fantasy perfection!

Chaol <3<3<3

I pretty much guessed that punch line about half way through the book but it was still awesome read at the end. Good thing book 3 is already out, because I'd probably rant about the ending if not!

Definitely one of my top new favorite series of the year!

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I'm immensely enjoying my reread-athon of the Throne of Glass series, it's great being back with these characters and I can't wait to rea ...more

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