There were some plot twists that I guessed while others I was pleasantly surprised with. I thoroughly enjoyed this book as the pacing was good it rarely felt like we were being forced into a plot twist at any point. Despite her weaknesses she comes across as a strong and confident lead willing to sacrifice everything for the person she loves but not letting that love define her in any way. Despite the strong woman she becomes, I love that she continues to have a weakness for books, luxuries and beautiful dresses. You finally get to see a fraction of why she is considered Adarlan's most famous assassin now that she has some freedom to manoeuvre. I found that I started to like Dorian a lot more in this book and while I rooted for Chaol in a lot of the storyline he quickly fell from my good graces as he struggled to cope with what Celaena truly is.Īs for Celaena, I found that I really enjoyed seeing Celaena go from a girl who worked at the whim of others to a young and powerful heroine. The opinions that I developed in Throne of Glass about various characters really began to change in this book as characters such as Chaol and Dorian start to show their true colours. Something she has worked hard to run away from for so many years. While the characters in this book go about their daily lives, Celaena begins to unearth dark secrets of the king and finds herself drawn into a plot which forces her to confront her past and who she truly is. Secretly Celaena has her own agenda as she is tasked with killing one of the court's most popular male consorts, a young man who trained with Celaena as a child.

Her role causes some friction between her and her friends as Chaol and Dorian struggle to understand why Celaena would work for a man that killed her entire family.

Having survived the trials in Throne of Glass, Celaena takes on her role as the King's Assassin for a King that she despises. Crown of Midnight has to be my favourite book in the series so far with Celaena really coming into her own and where we really start to get into the story.

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas