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Queen of Shadows Review

Warning: This review will contain spoilers for the Throne of Glass series but not for Queen of Shadows specifically.

Title: Queen of Shadows
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Synopsis: Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she's at last returned to the empire-for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past...
She has embraced her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. But before she can reclaim her throne, she must fight.
She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die just to see her again. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queen's triumphant return.
Celaena's epic journey has captured the hearts and imaginations of millions across the globe. This fourth volume will hold readers rapt as Celaena's story builds to a passionate, agonizing crescendo that might just shatter her world.

Review:
This isn’t going to be a very, very long review, because if it were, it could easily get pretty spoilery.

I want to start by saying that overall, I loved this book. The reason I made sure to start with that is because I have to say that when I first started reading it, I was a bit underwhelmed. I didn’t dislike it, per se, I just wasn’t quite as in love with it as I was with Throne of Glass. I had just finished another book pretty quickly, and so by contrast, reading Queen of Shadows felt a bit slow even though it probably wasn’t as slow as I felt like it was.

The release of this book kind of crept up on me which I liked. I hadn’t been waiting for the release day with bated breath like I thought I’d be. I’d kind of forgotten when it was coming out and then one day, it was, so that was fun for me. It was a bit like a present.
My only complaint about the book was that it did take me a bit to get into it, but once I did, I loved it. It firmly cemented my feelings about pretty much everything but I don’t want to go into that too much for spoilers.


I was very satisfied with the ending and it left me feeling like I’d been through something. I couldn't quite decide on a specific rating, but I did love it. 
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