A review by floofymoosereads
Empire of Storms, by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Empire of Storms is the fifth book of Sarah J. Maas’ Throne of Glass series. This is a busy book! Aelin and her companions travel Erilea to try to keep the villains at bay and prepare for the upcoming war, trying to find allies and protect the world.

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. I loved how relationships were wound together and changed. Even if this fifth book, there is a good amount of character and relationship development.

The Dreadful: I honestly had a hard time getting through this book. The pace felt disjointed, like it was a lot of “hurry up and wait” instead of tension building and easing. I think this was made worse by having SO MANY different plot lines.

Rating: 4/5 Stars

Recommendation: I feel like someone took the prior book and cranked the pacing to HIGH. However, many parts of this book, generally relating to the characters and their relationships, made me FEEL, which is something I love in a book. The ending made me so sad and upset. I just wanted to hug a couple characters.