The Plot Thickens

Crown of Midnight is the second of Sarah J. Maas Throne of Glass series.

From the throne of glass rules a king with a fist of iron and soul black as pitch.  Assassin Celaena Sardothien won a brutal contest to become his Champion. Yet Celaena is far from loyal to the crown.  She hides her secret vigilantly; she knows that the man she serves is bent on evil.

Keeping up the deadly charade becomes increasingly difficult when Celaena realizes she is not the only one seeking justice.  As she tries to untangle the mysteries buried deep within the glass castle, her closest relationships suffer.  It seems no one is above questioning her allegiances- not the Crown Prince Dorian, not Chaol, the Captain of he Guard; not even her friend Nehemia, a foreign princess with a rebel heart.

The one terrible night, the secrets they have all been keeping lead to an unspeakable tragedy.  As Celaena's world shatters, she will be forced to give up the very thing most precious to her and decide once and for all where her true loyalties lie...and whom she is ultimately willing to fight for.

The Breakdown:
1. Maas does an amazing job with fleshing out her plot line and adds plenty of intrigue, action, romance, and heartbreak to keep the story from ever becoming stale along the way. It was so good that I was up until 2:00am finishing the book.

2. The King of Adarlan is definitely a character that I love to hate.  My hatred of him might be right up there with Joffery from George R.R. Martins' A Song of Fire and Ice series.  I honestly have not seen any redeeming qualities to him.

3. Maas is a master of keeping her secrets hidden in the plot.  More than once she took my by surprise with her reveals, which for me makes the book more exciting. It keeps me guessing and really engaged with the book.

4. Maas writes her characters so wonderfully, and makes them complex and real.  With Celaena seeing the warmer side of her with Nehemia and Chaol, the darkness she holds inside, and exactly how good she is keeping her own secrets.  And Chaol getting both his strength and kindness, and watching him as he makes impossibly tough decisions says so much about his character. Dorian wanting to be a better person than his father, and learning to keep his own secrets.

5. Dislike having to wait until September for the next book in the series.

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