*Reread September 2018*
With Tower of Dawn complete I have officially finished my Throne of Glass reread!!
I got so much out of this reread and have so many theories going into Kingdom of Ash. I just really hope all my babies survive the last book and nothing too bad happens in the end... because I will cry... a lot.

*First Read September 2017*

“It was agony and despair and fear. It was joy and laughter and rest. It was life, all of it...”

Well Sarah you have done it again you amazing goddess of the written word, you have written a book that not only has broken my heart but made me want to go back for more and feel that lovely pain all over again. Well done.

When I heard that Sarah had decided to make the novella she was writing into a full book, therefore pushing the final book back a year, I will be honest I was upset. Not just because we would have to wait until 2018 to get the final book of this amazing series but also because I was having issues with liking Chaol, if I’m being honest I didn’t like him a whole lot.

Now before people get upset please hear me out.

After everything that happened I understand that Chaol has issues with Aelin, heck I have issues with her, but he was so mad at her, magic and everything else that I struggled to keep the affection I had for him since Throne of Glass. So hearing that a whole 672 page book was going to focus on him and Nesryn over in the southern continent, well I wasn’t too thrilled. But as a lover of the series I knew I needed to read this book, and all I can say is I’m so glad I did.

After spending a whole book with Chaol, following his journey as he got his spine healed, which can I say was so brutal at times I had tears in my eyes just trying to imagine what he would be going through, I have come to love Chaol again. He is again the character I loved in from the first book and I am now so worried about his safety all the time and what will happen in the last book.

Let’s talk about our healer Yrene. That name sound familiar? Well it should, we met Yrene back at the beginning, in The Assassin and the Healer. That’s right everything has come full circle!

I loved Yrene, she was such a strong character and I’m pretty sure she was the creator of sass because she was sassier than the Queen of Terrasen. It was so great to watch her develop and fight her own demons to help Chaol as well as herself.

Oh and I’ll also mention that from the beginning I shipped them!

I know a lot of people were on the Chaol & Nesryn ship, but I didn’t really have a ticket, I was more standing on the dock happy to see the ship there but I was not on board. (Is everyone getting sick of my boat metaphors?) So when Nesryn left with Sartaq to the Eridun Aerie, I was more than happy when she left the note saying she held him to nothing and held herself to nothing as well, that was just a written invitation for my ship to sail!

When Nesryn left for the Aerie I found her chapters took me a while to get into, I felt as if they were just filler chapters to get all the information out and it wasn’t until later when the really good information came out that my interest was peaked and her chapters became more interesting.

This is not to say the Nesryn is a boring character, I have always liked her and it was great to see her character develop more throughout this book. It was also great to see how she was constantly thinking about her family. As I myself am a very family orientated person I could relate to her thoughts and feelings.

Some of the information we got had me so shocked that I actually yelled “What?!” while I was sitting on the couch reading, I might have given my mum a little shock but finding out what Maeve actually is was so shocking it just needed to be expressed. The events that took place in Tower of Dawn will greatly affect the events in the last book, I mean it could actually change what will happen all together.

Rating-5 Stars- Amazing! I loved it!!

When I closed the last page of this book I was filled with so much love and then instantly dread.
We now have Chaol, his wife Yrene (YAY!), Nesryn, Sartaq and the army gifted to them by the Khagan, travelling through The Narrow Sea heading home to help Aelin and Dorian win this war.

The only thing is they don’t know what has happened to Aelin or what is happening at all. I have no idea how they will find out where to go or how they will meet everyone, but I do know I can’t wait for the final book in this series.

I know that the ending will be bitter-sweet, but I am looking forward to it all the same.

Bring on the final war Sarah! Let’s watch as the Valg get squashed!

Happy reading everyone!
Jess