Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
August 3-October 9
Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she’s at last returned to the empire—for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past…
She has embraced her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. But before she can reclaim her throne, she must fight.
She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die for her. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queen’s triumphant return.
The fourth volume in the New York Times bestselling series continues Celaena’s epic journey and builds to a passionate, agonizing crescendo that might just shatter her world.
Review: This book was insane I loved it there was action at every corner .And we meet some new people and old . Aelin meets up with Arobyn who was meeting with Chaol and he wants one of the valg and her to capture it . Chaol and aelin meet back up and Aelin wants to kill Dorian who has a collar around his neck and the king is controlling him but chaol believes Dorian is in there . Aelin is to rescue her cousin aedion. Lysandra who we met in assassin blade comes to warn Aelin about Arobyn. Aedion is waiting to be killed Dorian comes to visit him in the valg form . Lysandra and Aelin start to become friends which I think is great I love their friendship. Aelin rescues aedion yay. Aelin talks to Dorian in his valg form and tries to kill him but Nesryn stops her .we meet Elide a girl who may have some blackbeak blood in her veins who is held hostage by her crazy uncle . Manon the witch who I find to be an interesting character is trying to learn about the valg the Duke wants the valg to mate with the witches so Manon picks the yellowlegs even though he wants the Blackbeak witches .Aedion wakes up him and Aelin talk . Rowan is back and we find out gavriel is aedion father . Lorcan found aelin she threatened his manhood. Rowan discover lysandra is a shapeshifter. Aelin is planning to kill Arobyn. Arobyn invites Aelin and her court to dinner he gives her this oil which she is to put over her body and Rowan wears some to which pisses Arobyn off. Arobyn tried to enslave aelin with those rings to bad it was a fake . Lysandra killed Arobyn yes you deserve it .Aelin forges his will so they get his money. The Duke wants blackbeak witches to mate with the valg . Elide saw the man the valg and creatures are not witches the aren’t good. Aelin plans to free magic soon . Lorcan almost kills Aelin. Dorian meets Manon. Lysandra gets taken . Aelin and her court rescue her . Aelin and Manon almost kill each other but Aelin saves Manon. Rowan gets struck by and arrow .Manon learns Astrin when she was 23 got pregnant from a human but the baby died it was a stillborn so Manon grandmother branded Astrin as unclean what a bitch. Aelin pays off Lysandra and Evangeline debt .Aelin and Chaol go to the glass castle to kill the king .Rowan and Aedion go to free magic . Magic is free lysandra shifts and helps Aedion and Rowan. Dorian is back he kills the king Dorian is now king . Manon rescue elide and tells her to find Aelin to go to her .Aelin is back home loved this book can’t wait to find out what happens next.
Quotes :
Fire-breathing bitch-queen
I missed you,” he said quietly, his gaze darting between her mouth and eyes. “When I was in
Wendlyn. I lied when I said I didn’t. From the moment you left, I missed you so much I went out of my
mind. I was glad for the excuse to track Lorcan here
It’s Aelin now,” she snapped as loudly as she dared. “Celaena Sardothien doesn’t exist anymore.”
What if we go on,’ he said, ‘only to more pain and despair? What if we go on, only to find a horrible friend waiting for us?’
Aelin looked northward, as if she could see all the way to Terrasen. ‘Then it is not the end.”
What are you waiting for?’ he said, the words near guttural.
‘Bastard,’ she murmured, and kissed him.
Her mouth was soft and warm, and he bit back a groan. His body went still—his entire world went still—at that whisper of a kiss, the answer to a question he’d asked for centuries. He realized he was staring only when she withdrew slightly. His fingers tightened at her waist.
‘Again,’ he breathed.
She slid out of his grip. ‘If we live through tomorrow, you’ll get the rest.’
He didn’t know whether to laugh or roar. ‘Are you trying to bribe me into surviving?’
His name was Dorian.
Dorian Havillard, and he was the Crown Prince of Adarlan.”
And at long last, Aelin Ashryver Galathynius was home
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