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A review by abbiegalipeau
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas
4.0
3.5
This was better than I remembered, I won't lie. The first part of the book was wonderful, I love a revenge story, but it was still a little too silly for me.
The characters are my favorite and least favorite part of this series, so let's dive into that.
Aelin: She's a sick character, but is too annoying too often for my taste, and it doesn't help that every character worships the ground she walks on-if they don't they're ostracized (ahem chaol ahem)
Aedion: Still annoying, too in love with his cousin. When he isn't yapping about how perfect Aelin is, he's whining about something. Hashtag not my bisexual king!
Rowan: Boring as hell! He's literally a broodier, Aelin-worshipper version of Chaol yet the streets hate Chaol tenfold???? His scenes with Lorcan were funny tho, so points!
Chaol: THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, unfairly hated by everyone in the book when he was just trying to save his best friend. His agenda didn't align with the almighty Aelin's, so he was villainized for nothing! Hashtag Chaol defender 4 life!
Dorian: What can I say! I love a Void Stiles arc! loml fr <3
Manon: My hot and sexy lesbian witch <3 Idk why she's with men though, kinda confusing
Elide: Cutie patootie
Lysandra: Again, I know how her story ends, a victim to the TOG heterosexuality, like Manon. I genuinely love her though, don't get me wrong.
Nesryn: MARRY ME!
Lorcan: The realest one out there! I'm sorry when he was like "I can't stand this yapping princess" PREACH TO THE CHOIR!
Arobynn: Let me just say I want to write a paper about his character like...a wonderful villain, definitely my favorite Ms. SJM has ever written. 10/10 villainry.
In conclusion, I hate SJM Fae, territorial bastards, and I need everyone to treat Aelin like they treat Chaol. Also, everyone being like "uh-oh Aelin was an assassin! What will Terrasen think!" ... I'm sure monarchs have done worse things than that, like it comes with the job. Hashtag pro-socialism!
Omg also, everyone was so shocked by how Aelin acted as Celaena and I was sitting there like...that is literally Aelin but snarkier so I was quite confused by Rowan and Aedions reactions.
This was better than I remembered, I won't lie. The first part of the book was wonderful, I love a revenge story, but it was still a little too silly for me.
The characters are my favorite and least favorite part of this series, so let's dive into that.
Aelin: She's a sick character, but is too annoying too often for my taste, and it doesn't help that every character worships the ground she walks on-if they don't they're ostracized (ahem chaol ahem)
Aedion: Still annoying, too in love with his cousin. When he isn't yapping about how perfect Aelin is, he's whining about something. Hashtag not my bisexual king!
Rowan: Boring as hell! He's literally a broodier, Aelin-worshipper version of Chaol yet the streets hate Chaol tenfold???? His scenes with Lorcan were funny tho, so points!
Chaol: THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, unfairly hated by everyone in the book when he was just trying to save his best friend. His agenda didn't align with the almighty Aelin's, so he was villainized for nothing! Hashtag Chaol defender 4 life!
Dorian: What can I say! I love a Void Stiles arc! loml fr <3
Manon: My hot and sexy lesbian witch <3 Idk why she's with men though, kinda confusing
Elide: Cutie patootie
Lysandra: Again, I know how her story ends, a victim to the TOG heterosexuality, like Manon. I genuinely love her though, don't get me wrong.
Nesryn: MARRY ME!
Lorcan: The realest one out there! I'm sorry when he was like "I can't stand this yapping princess" PREACH TO THE CHOIR!
Arobynn: Let me just say I want to write a paper about his character like...a wonderful villain, definitely my favorite Ms. SJM has ever written. 10/10 villainry.
In conclusion, I hate SJM Fae, territorial bastards, and I need everyone to treat Aelin like they treat Chaol. Also, everyone being like "uh-oh Aelin was an assassin! What will Terrasen think!" ... I'm sure monarchs have done worse things than that, like it comes with the job. Hashtag pro-socialism!
Omg also, everyone was so shocked by how Aelin acted as Celaena and I was sitting there like...that is literally Aelin but snarkier so I was quite confused by Rowan and Aedions reactions.