She doesn’t always have the upper hand, she isn’t always successful, but this makes her feel so much more realistic. She’s a machine, without everything seeming too convenient for her. Celaena still retains her love for fashion, adoration for puppies, and obsession with food, but she also infiltrates secret societies, hunts down her targets, and, well, assassinates people. One of my main complaints in Throne of Glass was that Celaena was supposed to be the most feared assassin in the land, but it seemed like it was all talk. Crown of Midnight corrected almost every complaint I had about the series. And I am SO glad I did, because just as so many bloggers promised, this series gets BETTER as it goes on.

Everyone raved about the series, so when I was at the bookstore the other day looking for a new paperback, I decided to give the series another shot. I was really underwhelmed by Throne of Glass, and I felt like a total outlier because of it. Going in, I was NOT expecting this to be a five star, or even a four star read. “Then Celaena and the King of Adarlan smiled at each other, and it was the most terrifying thing Dorian had ever seen.” Where do the assassin’s loyalties lie, and who is she willing to fight for? And there are far more dangerous forces gathering on the horizon - forces that threaten to destroy her entire world, and will surely force Celaena to make a choice. Yet Celaena is far from loyal to the crown – a secret she hides from even her most intimate confidantes.Keeping up the deadly charade-while pretending to do the king's bidding-will test her in frightening new ways, especially when she's given a task that could jeopardize everything she's come to care for. She is the greatest assassin her world has ever known.But where will her conscience, and her heart, lead her?After a year of hard labor in the Salt Mines of Endovier, eighteen-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien has won the king's contest to become the new royal assassin. Genres: Action & Adventure, Fantasy & Magic, Love & Romance, Young Adult Published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA on August 27th 2013

Also by this author: Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1), A Court of Thorns and Roses, Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3), Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4), A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2), Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5), A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3), A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3.1), The Assassin's Blade (Throne of Glass, #0.1-#0.5), Catwoman: Soulstealer (DC Icons, #3), Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7), House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1), A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #4), House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City, #2)

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