Category: Book Critic

After devouring the first book, naturally I moved onto the second one. I basically finished the first book and immediately went on to this one with out any really break in between. I will try to keep this review mostly spoiler free but this series must absolutely be read in order and since the second book is a continuation of the first, there will be some spoilers going forward. So if you don’t want my review to spoil anything, then I would suggest to stop reading after the next few paragraphs. Reader be warned.

If you haven’t read this series yet, I will say I thought it was a worthwhile read. I have enjoyed the series thus far (I am currently through book 3) and I am eager to read more books by Sarah J Maas. Her Throne of Glass series appeals to me quite a bit so I am excited to read more from this author. I would say this book is more of a new adult book rather than a young adult novel. The difference are subtle but basically this book has more sex than a traditional young adult novel would.

Of all the books in the series though, this one is probably my favorite and probably the longest. It comes in at over 600 pages which is about 200 pages more than the other books in the series. While it’s the longer book in the series, for me it went really quick. If you have read this series already, then I am curious which book was your favorite! Drop it in the comments below and let me know! Now let’s take a look at what I loved about this book and what I didn’t!

I am 100% late to the party on this one. This series has been on my radar for YEARS. I would have to be living under a rock not to have heard of it or seen it’s massive cult following all over the internet and book world platforms! I have had the books on my shelves for years with the intention of reading them ‘next book’ but I just haven’t been able to bring myself to read them. My number one fear was I would just want to binge the series and I just wasn’t ready to dive into another series to binge after binge reading a number of other series lately.

I kept putting it off over and over and over, until turbulence made me read this one. I was on my flight back from Ohio with a lengthy layover and a couple of plane changes. I had a book I had planned on reading on the plane but as soon as we took off from Ohio, we had a lot of bad weather and I just couldn’t read anything. So I went to my Audible library and threw on the first thing I could find to distract me which just so happened to be this book! It was the ONLY book that was downloaded on my Audible app and since I was in airplane mode, it would just have to do.

Naturally I am now currently on the fourth book and binge reading just as I suspected. This book series so far has been both familiar and much like I suspected but also not what I was expecting. That’s what I think makes this series so good. This first book really gave me Beauty and the Beast vibes but as the series has gone on that theme has faded in favor of becoming more of a Game of Thrones for YA readers! What can I say about this book and the series that hasn’t already been said, likely not anything but I am going to do my best!