A review by floofymoosereads
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Queen of Shadows is the fourth book of Sarah J. Maas’ Throne of Glass series. Celaena heads back to Rifthold as Aelin, the Queen if Terrasen. Before she can claim her crown though she has to fight for those she loves, has loved, and comes to love. This culminates with the long-awaited battle with the tyrant king.

The Lovely: The characters. As with each of the prior books, I still find the best thing to be the characters and their relationships with each other. This includes the dynamic between Celaena and Aedion, especially once another characters pops up. She has a LOT of guys in her life. Parts of the book warmed my heart, and parts made me cry, all because of my connection to the character.

The Mundane: The tension was better than the last book but at times felt jumpy and disjointed due to the number of sub plots being wound together.

The Dreadful: There really wasn’t anything dreadful to this book, and that’s how it earned 5/5 stars. If anything, I didn’t like the Amazon/witch storyline but that is apparently a personal opinion.

Rating: 5/5 Stars

Recommendation: I wavered and wavered between 4 and 5 stars for this book. Ultimately, I didn’t find anything drastically wrong with the book, and I loved the characters, so 5 stars it is. A LOT happens in this book action and plot wise but there is also a lot of character and relationship development, which is my favorite.