Review: Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

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Summary: After a year of hard labor in the Salt Mines of Endovier, eighteen-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien has won the king's contest to become the new royal assassin. Yet Celaena is far from loyal to the crown – a secret she hides from even her most intimate confidantes.

Keeping up the deadly charade—while pretending to do the king's bidding—will test her in frightening new ways, especially when she's given a task that could jeopardize everything she's come to care for. And there are far more dangerous forces gathering on the horizon -- forces that threaten to destroy her entire world, and will surely force Celaena to make a choice.

Where do the assassin’s loyalties lie, and who is she most willing to fight for?

I initially really enjoyed Throne of Glass. It was easy enough to read, and at the time I liked it a lot… but then once I read other reviews, I ended up downgrading my initial rating from four stars to three. There were a lot of things I overlooked in favor of wanting to find the amazing story so many people told me it was; the juvenile writing and emotions behind the story, the fact that it still felt very much like it’d been published online, and the internal logic of the characters that never really matched up with their situations, histories or established personalities.

Read the review at On The Nightstand.