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Queen of Shadows

Queen of Shadows

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  • Author：Sarah J. Maas
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Summary

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。。。

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Reviews

Jessica Carter ，

Love！！

Ofwordsandstars ，

uhhh I cried like five times in this book I'm so investedalso lysandra can step on me I love her so much uhhh I cried like five times in this book I'm so investedalso lysandra can step on me I love her so much 。。。more

Naiara Manzanos Urcelay ，

Un libro lleno de emociones。 Para mí esta saga va en aumento y este libro es mejor que el anterior。Shippeo muy fuerte a Aelin y a Rowan。Manon sigue siendo mi personaje favorito。 Su arco sigue avanzando haciéndola muy interesante de leer en los siguientes libros （espero）。

Julianne Mackintosh ，

“Maybe the world should burn”

Claudia ，

This was honestly one of the best books I’ve ever read。 Best in the series so far for sure。 I love the characters， the story， the magic， and everything。 I’m so excited to continue this series。 Gosh this was just so good。

Sophia ，

I didn't think the story could get better。 I somehow didn't think this could POSSIBLY be better。 But it was， and by so so so much。 I'm actually offended by how good this book was。 I thought the last book was good， since it made me immediately start this one。 Yet I couldn't put Queen of Shadows down， it was quite literally impossible for me to not see what happened next。 Imagine my surprise when I looked up and saw that it was 10 AM and that the sun had risen。 I sat here and read this book alone I didn't think the story could get better。 I somehow didn't think this could POSSIBLY be better。 But it was， and by so so so much。 I'm actually offended by how good this book was。 I thought the last book was good， since it made me immediately start this one。 Yet I couldn't put Queen of Shadows down， it was quite literally impossible for me to not see what happened next。 Imagine my surprise when I looked up and saw that it was 10 AM and that the sun had risen。 I sat here and read this book alone for 12 hours stright。 If it wasn't Easter， I would start the next one too。This book had action pieces that just need to be put on the big screen。 The writing amazing as usual， but with way more comedy mixed in。 Good comedy that showed the genuine relationships between characters。 I could not reccomend this book， hell this series enough。 。。。more

Mark Harrison ，

Continues to meet and surpass my already high expectations。 Battles galore， intrigue， magic and death， and then more death。 Beautifully drawn characters and just a masterpiece of a series。 Loved it。

Annaniwiss ，

99% segura de que es mi nueva saga favorita。

Kayla McAbee ，

Oh my gosh。 I’m very invested in this series。 This might be my favorite one in the series so far。。。 haven’t decided yetBUT WOW was it action packed。 The plot was amazing and it never once dragged for it to be 645 pages。 The characters introduced （Lysandra） were freaking amazing。 I can’t wait to read more about her。 Yeah this book was so good

Kristel ，

Starts off a bit slow but really ramps up to move the story along midway through。

Sunny ，

This is my favorite book in the series before。 If the last book was sjm figuring out what she wanted from the series- this was her perfecting how to tell that story。

Melinda ，

My favourite so far！

Angeli ，

Aelin finally gets to retire the Celaena Sardothien character in the most epic way， along with her new bestie。 Major pay back time！I really enjoyed all the reveals in this book， and all the POVs from book 3 start to come together。 Epic battle scenes and faster pace in the latter half。

hannah n ，

100/5 I don’t think i’ll ever love a book more。 I also don’t think i’m left with any emotion after reading the last 150 pages

Lina Cifuentes ，

5⭐ es increíble las emociones que sentí con este libro， me sorprendió la evolución de los personajes， esta entrega realmente ha superado con creces las anteriores y vuelto esta saga como mis favoritas。

Nina Harrison ，

14+ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Marie ，

Auch dieser Band war wieder total spannend und vor allem die letzten Seiten habe ich verschlungen。 Mit dem Plottwist am Ende habe ich irgendwie gar nicht mehr gerechnet， da schon so vieles passiert war und sich dann alles nocheinmal veränderte。 Die Charaktere werden immer sympathischer und mittlerweile weiß ich auch bei den meisten Namen， wer gemeint ist。 Wenn ihr Fantasyfan seid， kann ich euch die Reihe echt nur empfehlen。

Dominique ，

3。5

Teigan Perry ，

3。5*

carolina ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 “but if it was death separating us。。。 i would find you again。 always”OH MY GOD THATS RIGHTso a bit of a recapdorians father put him in the kinky dark magic collar so he now controls him， celaena is coming back， chaol， i don’t know where he is lmao， our sexy queen manon has her little dragon aaaand。。 that about sums it up？“aelin ashryver galanthynius， heir of fire， beloved of mala light-bringer， AND RIGHTFUL QUEEN OF TERRASEN” YES BITCHI LOVE THAT SHES FULLY AELIN NOW OH MY GOD AROBYNN THE ASSHOL “but if it was death separating us。。。 i would find you again。 always”OH MY GOD THATS RIGHTso a bit of a recapdorians father put him in the kinky dark magic collar so he now controls him， celaena is coming back， chaol， i don’t know where he is lmao， our sexy queen manon has her little dragon aaaand。。 that about sums it up？“aelin ashryver galanthynius， heir of fire， beloved of mala light-bringer， AND RIGHTFUL QUEEN OF TERRASEN” YES BITCHI LOVE THAT SHES FULLY AELIN NOW OH MY GOD AROBYNN THE ASSHOLE YES I REMEMBER NOW HES THE ONE THAT BETRAYED HER RIGHT？？ WHY THEY CAUGHT HER AND ENSLAVED HERCHAOL “what the hell had happened while she was away？”oh honey。。。OH MY GOD THATS RIGHT CHAOL IS NO LONGER CAPTAIN AND HES WORKING WITH AELINS COUSIN FUCK WHAT WAS HIS NAME？？？？THE HOT BLOND“FIRE BREATHING BITCH QUEEN”THAT IS SO FUNNYJFHSHSKoh my god。。。 two years？？？？ it’s been only two years since sam died？ that feels like ages ago。。。AEDION。 THATS HIS NAMELYFKHFKONLY A COLLAR CAN HOLD A DEMON PRINCE FUCK DORIAN WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO YOU“aedion just hoped death arrived before aelin did”NO。 THIS BETTER NOT HAPPEN。 I DONT REALLY CARE FOR THE DUDE BUT IF SOMEONE ELSE DIES BEFORE AELIN CAN SAVE THEM I WILL LOSE IT something about aelin fighting twenty guys at the same time is so sexy to my soulyeah soi definitely do recommend reading the assassin’s blade in between heir of fire and queen of shadows because i’m on page 30 and this is already full of ab references “he didn’t smile”well， shit“ARE YOU HURT”🥺🥺🥺like i know they won’t end up together， i know she ends up with rowan but。。。 i feel like chaol and celaena just worked？ like they were so happy together but she can’t forgive him for choosing the king and that makes me so sadi honestly don’t think i’ll ever stop rooting for chaol like HES SUCH A GOOD GUY HES TRYING SO HARD HES SO SWEET YEAH HE KINDA FUCKED UP BUT DUDE HES MAKING UP FOR IT i’m pretty sure sarah j mass just hates the guy cause honestly he’s not that bad like HES SO NICE i’m fully convinced they could’ve been happy together forevs ALSOSHE tried to kill HIM when all he did was follow orders and SHE has to forgive HIM？ BULLSHIT and like she’s pretty much everything he’s against？she’s an assassin but he learnt to live with thatshe was seeing his best friend but then he was like ok fine we can be together and then she’s FAE？？？？？ AND HE STILL LOVES HER？？？？ LIKE WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT FROM HIM？？？？ AND HE MADE THE WHOLE DEAL WITH HIS DAD LIKE？？？？？？ HE LITERALLY HAD TO GO THROUGH SHIT AND SHIT AND SHIT FOR HER AND SHES LIKE “well i can’t forgive you” FUCK OFFOH MY GOD THATS RIGHT THE LAST TIME THEY SAW EACH OTHER HE SAID I LOVE YOU AND SHE SAID IM SORRY—“while you were off playing with your magic， off gallivanting with your faerie prince， do you understand what happened to me— to dorian？ do you understand what’s happening everyday in this city？ beacuse YOUR ANTICS IN WENDLYN MIGHT VERY WELL BE THE CAUSE OF THIS”fuckkkkhe’s right tho“IF YOU HADNT BEEN SO DRAMATIC ABOUT IT” YES CHAOL GO OFFdude this whole fight。。。i mean “you’re still the same assassin who walked away。 you came back only when it was useful for you”my boy is speakingFACTSok no。。。 snapping at her and telling her the difference between her and dorian is that dorians not a killer and that’s why chaol can stand dorian having magic。。 that’s not fair“everything— everything was for dorian”🥺🥺MANON。 YES。 dude i love how manon just doesn’t give a shit。 she doesn’t allow asterin to step out of line， to disrespect her。 she’s THAT bitch YES SUPER SPY SUIT I WANTED TO SEE MORE OF IT EVER SINCE ASSASSINS BLADE HELL YEAAHHBAKER STREET I DONT KNOW IF ITS A REFERENCE TO SHERLOCK HOLMES BUT ILL TAKE IT is evangeline lysandras kid？？no she’s not she’s like eleven i’m so stupidLDJSHAIAK“I PREFER YOU AS A BLONDE” ARE WE ABOUT TO KISS RIGHT NOW？？？but aelin only hates lysandra beacuse of sam right？？poor doriaaaaaAAANso hey。。。 i don’t really like rowan but AELIN REACHING FOR HIM EVERY TIME SHE WAKES UP IS SO🥺🥺🥺THEY WANT THE WITCHES TO HAVE VALG（demon） BABIES？？？？？？？WHAT THE FUCKfuckkk manon lowering asterins rank:（（but she kinda had it comin thoi hate that chaol and aelin once loved each other so much and now they’re so。。。 indifferent towards one another it pisses me off“SHE WAS THE HEIR OF FIRE” YES SHE FUCKING WASNOOO IM SCARED OF EVIL DORIANFUCK OFF“going somewhere？” that was kinda hotlajdhsllsiOH FUCK OFF AELINALL THIS TALK ABOUT SAVING DORIAN AND HATONG CHAOL BECAUSE HE LEFT HIM BEHIND AND YOU WHERE ABOUT TO KILL HIM YOU HYPOCRITEALSOTHANK YOU NESRYN FOR SHOOTING AELIN AND SAVING DORIAN “DONT TALK DOWN TO ME LIKE YOURE MY QUEEN”OH SNAP“EVEN THOUGH HES A HANDSOME BASTARD， ITD BE LIKE KISSING YOU” DAMN LYSANDRA I SEE YOU GURLLLk i guess i ship manon and elidelsjshsjsj “if manon had a soft spot for broken things， perhaps she would spare her as well”“he wished she had killed him。 he hated her for not killing him”:（（（（doriaaaaan:（oh shiteliade is marions daughter— the woman that saved aelin when she was a kid:（（DUDE WHEN AEDION IS TALKING ABOUT “prince rowan” AND HOW HES A LEGEND AND SUPER POWERFUL AND SUPER SEXY AND AELINS JUST LIKE “he’s a pain in my ass” LAJDHFISHFJDKSaedion。。。 sweetie。。。 rowans already done the blood oathksjdhjsjsROWANawww that was adorable“it would all be fine， even if it went to hell， so long as we was here with her”🥺🥺she gave rowan the lavender soapTHAT EVEN SAM WASNT ALLOWED TO USE😭😭WAIT WHAT GAVRIEL— as in rowans friend， part of his little boy band— IS AEDIONS FATHER？？？？？THE FACT THAT ROWAN REACHES FOR HER WHEN HE WAKES UP TOOif abraxos taking care of elide and protecting her isn’t the fucking CUTEST THING IN THE ENTIRE WORLD THEN I DONT KNOW WHAT ISi hate that the ironteeth are crumbling fro the inside out“you let them do this” damn。I LOVE THAT LYSANDRA SNEAKS UP ON ALL OF THEM KDJSJSJKSSHAPESHIFTER WHAT？？？？i kinda。。。 don’t want aelin to kill arobynn？？like hes a son of a bitch， don’t get me wrong， but i don’t want him dead just yet“seventeen year old rowan wouldn’t have known what to do with you” i don’t know why this is so adorable to meI LOVE THAT THEY TALK IN THEIR MINDS of course arobynn put the wyrdstone ring on aelin WHY DID SHE LET HIM KEEP ITDID AROBYNN REALLY THINK THEY WOULDNT NOTICE？？？HE SHOULDVE KEPT HER THERE NOT LET HER GO BACK WITH ROWAN YOU DUMB FUCKok aelin maybe i don’t hate you so much anymore， THE RING WAS A FAKE umm。。 rowan。。what the fuck？？“don’t touch me like that”DONT TOUCH ME LIKE THAT？？？arobynns death was so stupid？？？？？？？？？LYSANDRA TELLING AELIN SHES GRATEFUL FOR HER🥺🥺🥺wait。。。 don’t tell me manon has valg blood valg kings have golden eyesmanon has golden eyes😭“it had been nice。 to have one afternoon with no fighting， with no one hating him” CHAOL OH MY GOD🥺🥺“LONG LIVE THE QUEEN” YES NESRYN“but if it was death separating us。。。 i would find you again。 always”okay maybe rowan is not that badlsjajdocjfj “I DONT WANT TO HAVE AN AUDIENCE WHEN I MAKE YOU MOAN， AELIN” BITCH—YEEES ITS STARTING TO COME TOGETHER WITH MANON MEETING THE KING AND DORIAN AND THE GANG SPYING ON THEM“i suppose that makes you smarter than baba yellowlegs” AELIN YOU IDIOT SHE WAS LETTING YOU WALK AWAY NICE AND SMOOTH WHY DID YOU HAVE TO PROVOKE HER of course。。。 OF COURSE WYNDMARKS WITH CHAOLS BLOOD AELIN YOU—manon and aelin fighting is。。。 hot ksjajsks “SWORDS ARE BORING” AND MANON BEING LIKE “indeed” AND PULLING NAILS AND TEETH OUT HOLY FUCKYES AELIN SAVING MANON“if i die beacuse of you， i will bEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOU IN HELL” PLEASEKJDSISKOH MY GOD FLEETFOOTi just noticedboth manon and aelin have a hot blond cousin as their third in commandkajdjai asterin was pregnant:（（AELIN WEARING GOLD BECAUSE ROWAN ASKED HER TOO😭😭“just once， i want to kiss you just once”🥺🥺🥺“his entire world went still—at that whisper of a kiss， the answer to a question he’d asked for centuries”i just thought that was beautiful well that first kiss was kinda 。。。。。。dry kfjshakaka “let’s go rattle the stars”they keep mentioning it and i really don’t understand how aelin tricked lorcan into killing all the wyrdhounds？？？？？i thought only the one he killed that night was because of his scent but how did she get him to kill all of them？？ YES YES YESTHE KING KNOWSHE KNOWS ITS HER THIS IS SO GOODlet’s talk about the battlethis was a 10/10 battlei loved it i loved the pacei loved the switching between povs LORCAN COMING BACKMANON BEING SO HAPPY BEACUSE MAGIC IS BACKLYSANDRA SHIFTING AS SOON AS MAGIC WAS BACKROWAN SHIFTING TO GET TO AELINDORIANalsoperrington is erawan？i kinda don’t know how i feel about thatLYSANDRA PUKING ON LORCAN💀💀i really liked the ending， i can’t wait to see what waits for them in terrasenthis book was great thanksksjajka 。。。more

Mayra ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 In all honestly， I did not like the first half of the book。 I felt like the characters changed too much without much development reason。 I'd say Aelin's and Chaol's character changed the most。 I hated how Aelin did many of the things that Chaol did， but she was right， and he wasn't。 She would blame him for being too loyal， and to be honest I'd say the same about Rowan being too loyal to Maeve in previous books， but that's ok。 Enough with the ranting， the second half， I think the characters made In all honestly， I did not like the first half of the book。 I felt like the characters changed too much without much development reason。 I'd say Aelin's and Chaol's character changed the most。 I hated how Aelin did many of the things that Chaol did， but she was right， and he wasn't。 She would blame him for being too loyal， and to be honest I'd say the same about Rowan being too loyal to Maeve in previous books， but that's ok。 Enough with the ranting， the second half， I think the characters made a return with their original personalities and made a redemption。 The second half was so interesting and had a lot of actions。 Overall the book was good。 。。。more

flo ，

I’m sorry。 this one is lowkey good。 except for chaol existing but we have to make compromises。 other than the rowan romance （ew） I liked this book。 especially the whole dynamic with arobynn， sarah is much suited to much more small-scale “villains” as far as I’m concerned。 also chaol should have died。

Francine ，

my favourite book in the series so far

sophia ♡︎ ，

— Q U O T E S —”Ten years of shadows， but no longer。 Light up the darkness， Majesty。””Fire-breathing bitch-queen。””You make me want to live， Rowan。 Not survive; not exist。 Live。””Behind them， across the hall， the dancers shattered their roses on the floor， and Aedion grinned at his queen as the entire world went to hell。””They joined hands。 So the world ended。 And the next one began。” — PLOT —➤ 5/5➤ 4/5➤ 3/5➤ 2/5➶ EXPLANATION: ➴Aelin Galathynius， Celaena Sardothien， whichever you want to — Q U O T E S —”Ten years of shadows， but no longer。 Light up the darkness， Majesty。””Fire-breathing bitch-queen。””You make me want to live， Rowan。 Not survive; not exist。 Live。””Behind them， across the hall， the dancers shattered their roses on the floor， and Aedion grinned at his queen as the entire world went to hell。””They joined hands。 So the world ended。 And the next one began。” — PLOT —➤ 5/5➤ 4/5➤ 3/5➤ 2/5➶ EXPLANATION: ➴Aelin Galathynius， Celaena Sardothien， whichever you want to call her， （Aelin is WAY easier to spell） has returned for vengeance。 For revenge， to save to ones she have grown to love。 She is a warrior that is prepared to die at any given moment to save her people， and to save the empire。This might be my favorite book in the series， MIGHT be。 Simply because of the interesting plot twists， the ending， the romance， ALL OF IT。 I don’t know how else I could explain it without spoiling it — CHARACTERS —➤ 5/5➤ 4/5➤ 3/5➤ 2/5➶ EXPLANATION: ➴I loved in this book how it showed the growth between each character。 The development。 Aelin has been a Queen from the start， however， this book just proved her selfless acts and a hero amongst all。 Quite interesting how a dangerous， most lethal assassin could be a hero。 But no one else deserves that title besides Aelin。 Rowan， the territorial， protective， stone-cold， hot， mysterious， tall。。。 shall I go on？ Rowan is perfect， nothing more to say。 Aelin and him are a perfect match。 （let’s pretend he didn’t call her worthless in book three） because you are forgiven， dear Rowan ！ ”And then she was sprinting down the alley， flying as though the winds themselves pushed at her heels。She flung herself on the male， crashing into him hard enough that anyone else might have gone rocking back into the stone wall。 But the male grabbed her to him， his massive arms wrapping around her tightly and lifting her up。 Nesryn made to approach， but Aedion stopped her with a hand on her arm。Aelin was laughing as she cried， and the male was just holding her， his hooded head buried in her neck。 As if he were breathing her in。”FAVORITE FAVORITE PART ^^#teamrowan >>> #teamrhysand — SETTING / WORLD —➤ 5/5➤ 4/5➤ 3/5➤ 2/5➶ EXPLANATION: ➴This world is so beautiful， so confusing， and so deadly。 The Kingdom of Ardalan is just full of secrets， lies， betrayals， and one ugly King。 Yes， ugly。 It was hard to keep up of the difference that this Kingdom became compared to book one to now。 Just in book one， Celaena was training to become a champion while befriending the Crown Prince and the Royal Guard，now。。 it’s just chaotic。 AND I LOVE IT — WRITING —➤ 5/5➤ 4/5➤ 3/5➤ 2/5➶ EXPLANATION: ➴I do enjoy SJM’s writing technique because it is well detailed （at least in this series） and some how easy to understand。 There are many great fantasy books out there with wonderful plots but it is so hard for me to keep reading simply because I don’t know what the hell is going on。The only part I was confused on this series was the magic。 I just did not understand but I was intrigued。➶ OVERALL OPINION: ➴I am so so happy that I am close to finishing this series but so sad at the same time。 I hate Aelin for raising my standards for a protagonist so HIGH。 I tried reading a little bit of another book yesterday and was bored with the main characters personality， already going back to finish this book because I love Aelin so much。 I don’t even know how I’m going to read book five and six。 Book six is told in Chaol’s perspective which is uh， well， I can’t say I’m excited。 Some say you can tandem read them so I might try that。READ THIS GOD DAMN SERIES IF YOU HAVENT。and have a wonderful weekend！ :D 。。。more

Nadia Vriendt ，

Entertaining， but very clearly an in-between book。 A lot of storylines are only now being created。

Iria ，

Compared to the first two books， this one has more action， plot， and character development。 I absolutely appreciated the growth and the new plot twists。 Manon， I think， starts becoming my new favorite character， and I really want to see her around more。 Also， Lorcan？？？ I really want to like you， man， but you do not make it easy。 Rowan。。*sighs* Just do not let me down; I will not be able to handle it。 DORIAN BABY， YOU ARE FREE， GO， GO， GO！

Monma ，

I haven't cried so much for a long time。。。 I haven't cried so much for a long time。。。 。。。more

Seline Bugayong ，

OMG！ Queen SJM has done it again。 No other word for this book but: ASTOUNDING！ Moving on to the next book。

EmmaPorzee ，

Great story; I love how it was given。 Good job writer！ If you have some great stories like this one， you can publish it on Novel Star， just submit your story to hardy@novelstar。top

Haley ，

I took me until the last 150 pages of this books to actually LIKE this series。

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