Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass)

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I hated to think about young teens who fell in love with this series reading the language and adult situations in these subsequent books. Everyone is fighting their way north to help Aelin rid the world of the two foes who have been plaguing them for far too long. Yes, you read that right, I didn’t love the main character of this series… I found her a bit arrogant and it bothered me so much that she never told her allies about her plans, instead letting them fear all was lost and then revealing some secret plan she had all along. So if you’re wondering whether you should read Throne of Glass before Crescent City, the answer is “maybe.

But if it kept Morath’s legions from their doorstep just a little longer, he’d get on his knees to thank the gods. As you can see from the graphic above, Throne of Glass wasn’t published until August 2012, but four novellas were published before that point.Following her abolition of the Skull's Bay slave trade and the severe beating from Arobynn as a result, Aelin is sent to train with the Silent Assassins as further punishment. Without getting into spoilers, fans speculate that we might see Erilea and her cast of heroes again. I loved when they voted against her at one point and that teamwork was required as they battled Erawan and Maeve.

In interviews preceding the series' release, Maas noted her heroine's issues with "impatience" and "vanity". Initially, Rolfe plans to provide two separate rooms for them, but Aelin insists that only one room is necessary. Manon and the Thirteen meet with the Ironteeth witches, and she reveals that the Blackbeak Matron plans to rule all the Ironteeth and disband the separate clans.As you might remember from my Tower of Dawn review, the storyline had been split up with that book describing the events on the Southern continent and Empire of Storms (the book before that) focusing on main continent Erilea. I read Assassins Blade after heir of fire which works because I was a bit hard on Calaena until I read that.

When Aelin refuses to lower her weapons on the threat of Yrene's death, Yrene incapacitates her attacker while Aelin quickly dispatches the others, revealing that Aelin was simply using the attack as training for Yrene. I loved the first two books, the Assassin’s Blade novellas, and Tower of Dawn: the large, detailed world Maas developed and the distinct characters she created. As eyes flecked with gold have been considered a lucky trait among the Blackbeak Clan, Mother Blackbeak, after seeing the child had eyes of pure gold, took Manon away from her mother's still-cooling corpse and proclaimed her the heir to the Clan.There were so many storylines to check in on that Maas would only share a glimpse of a character or two in each chapter before moving on to the next. Just as Manon goes to kill the Bloodhound, it claims that Erawan has captured the Thirteen and reveals that Manon is the Last Crochan Queen and Manon freezes, Dorian kills the creature. During this process, Sam is killed as they are betrayed by Arobynn, and Aelin is sent to Endovier's salt mines. In Orynth, Aedion and his forces set a trap for Morath's fleet and manage to destroy two of the three witch towers, crippling the third.