Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crown of Midnight is the second book in the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. Published August 27th, 2013, this work of art is complete with 418 pages. I started reading this one on the same day I finished Throne of Glass even though it wrapped up nicely I needed to continue the journey, because I have heard from several booktubers that the series gets better with every book.

BEFORE SHE WAS DEADLY. NOW SHE IS UNSTOPPABLE.

As far as all fandoms are concerned spoilers are hated by most and as a reader and also a movie and tv series lover I must admit I hate them myself. Therefore I will not mention anything specific that happens in the book and only speak of what my thoughts are after finishing it.

Throne of Glass was full of momentums unexpected by many readers which is a big reason for it to have made such a blast in the YA community. Crown of Midnight has just as many surprises, but it also has a faster pace I felt. The only thing I had expected from this series was for it to have a heartless badass assassin as a main character, which lacked a little in the first novel. But WOW, Celaena came in and destroyed all the grasps I had gotten on her personality in this sequel. Celaena as a character became much more layered and complicated in a good way. There were definitely some happenings you never see coming and also one or two that you slowly had started suspecting.

Over all I agree with the booktubers on the statement of the series getting better with each book. Crown of Midnight have impressed me to 100% and I gave it 5 out of 5 big fat stars!!

Until next post, have an epic adventure!!

// Dulls

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Hello there! It has been over a year since I last wrote a book review, but I am happy to be back. Here is my review on Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas.

This year (2016) has been crazy so far, so crazy that I started reading this book in April and only just finished it now… in September. I used to read at least one whole book every week last year, but I guess life takes over sometimes. Anyhow, Throne of Glass is the first novel in the legendary Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. Published August 2nd, 2012, this beauty is complete with 404 pages.

A HEART OF ICE. A WILL OF STEEL. MEET THE ASSASSIN. 

Celaena Sardothien is the world’s most feared assassin, until one day she got caught. Being forced to work as a slave in the salt mines of Endovier for a year did not make her lose her skills as a killer, which are put to test when the king organizes a competition that he would choose his very own assassin through. The one who is crowned as the King’s Champion is to work for the king for only an amount of time before being granted a clear name and freedom. Winning a competition over thieves and murderers is easy for Celaena until she discovers that there is a far greater darkness waiting to be unleashed.

This world Sarah J. Maas has built is incredibly flexible and unbelievably well made. I was not prepared for what this book held in store for me and every page was a mystery. The story is dangerously broad, but at the same time just wide enough for the series to go on and keep the reader’s attention and intrigue. As a YA lover I must admit that some stories are very predictable because of the key monuments that are needed to build up a novel, but this one held everything in it. Sarah J. Maas took those key monuments and twisted them into these wickedly surprising turns of events that a reader do not see coming.

And for that I give this book 4 out of 5 stars.

Until next post, have an epic adventure!!

// Dulls

The Scorch Trials by James Dashner

  

Here I am with another book review and this time it is the sequel to The Maze Runner by James Dashner.

First of all let me just say that I am super confused and cannot wait until I get my hands on the third book in this series. Another thing is that I cannot really give you a summary because of course… Spoilers which we all hate. So I will just say this “They escaped the Maze. Now it is time for phase two, the Scorch Trials.”. That is all I am gonna give away as far as summary is concerned.

But oh my, I admit that it took me a chapter or two to really get into The Maze Runner, but this book guys… This book started exactly at the very last sentence I read in the last page of The Maze Runner which very few sequels do and I really liked that about this one. Because I am already aware of the main characters it felt good to be back on track and get to read their funny conversations, I now feel a big bond between me and the characters. This book took me on a new adventure with the characters I so much like and taught me so many new things, it was overall a giant experience filled with horror, blood, brutality, survival, friendship etc etc. Sorry if this counts as spoilers but now that they have escaped the Maze they are in the outside world where anything could happen which was a big part of the excitement, they are no longer surrounded by the Glade, they do not know where they are, they have so many questions in mind but all they got to do is survive.

Through the whole book I was on the edge of my seat, well, you might as well say I did not sit at all because of all the unexpected happenings. I hate how authors leave you with too many questions until the point where you are left in the total darkness with a big fat confusion inside. But somehow through that I feel this series getting better and therefore I believe that it is worth 5 full, shining stars!!

Until next post, keep reading, it feels good!!

// Dulls

Shadow Falls series by C.C. Hunter

  

This is a review on the first three books in the Shadow Falls series by C.C. Hunter. I dived into this series without so much of an expectation and was pleasantly surprised by it.

Kylie Galen is 16 years old and got many issues to face in her daily life. It all starts off with her parents getting a divorce, her having a stalker whom nobody else seem to realize is there, her grandmother’s death and a party where Kylie was and the police found drugs at. Because of her cold mother who never listens Kylie gets sent off to a summer camp for troubled teens called The Shadow Falls Camp. On the bus that would take Kylie and some other teens to the camp she realizes that the teens are somewhat weird. There is a girl dressed all in black, another girl with hair in three different colors and carries a toad with her. Soon Kylie will get to see all her childhood fairytale and goodnight story creatures come to life right in front of her own pair of eyes.

This series feels like a mixture of every fantasy book I have read. There are angels, ghosts, heaven, hell, vampires, weres, witches, faes and many more. Seeing all these mythological, supernatural beings meet and collide in our world as teenagers was an experience worth my time. The excitement does not stop there, there is some triangular love involved too. I will continue on with this series as soon as possible, as always too many books and so little time.

I recommend this book to you if you enjoy some fantasy in your life!!

Born at Midnight – 

Awake at Dawn – 

Taken at Dusk – 

Until next post, keep reading, it feels good!!

//Dulls

Half Bad by Sally Green

This book is about the journey of Nathan Byrne, a half black and half white witch, to find his true self. There is a witches’ community where white witches are befriended and black witches are hunted. That is all you should know getting into the book.

I bought this book knowing that much and did not know what I should expect. At the beginning the writing style was kind of confusing, but a little bit into the story I was hooked. And now I am waiting for the second book, a new release, to arrive at the book shops here in Stockholm.

A weird thing about this book is that there are no “world is going to end” type of big twists, but there is always something happening anyway and that is why I can not really tell if it is a fast-paced or slow-paced book, either way it is a good one. The main character really grew on me and now I can not wait to see what happens next. The plot is real bad-ass, it is about survival, patience, how to think and how to solve mysteries. This whole series/trilogy is going to be a good one!!

I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars!! Sally Green sure knows how to grab someone and glue ’em on her fantasy world.

And it is sure as heck on my recommendation list!!!

Until next post, keep reading, it feels good!!

// Dulls

Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge

Here is my review on Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge, which I just finished last night and fell into a huge book-hangover.

As I see it, it is a modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast with a little more fantasy and a little more action than the original story and it is much darker. This story has quiet a lot of connections with the past, present and the future and there are also many connections to the ancient Greek gods (mythology) which I personally really enjoy reading about.

Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge is about a girl named Nyx, who have been trained all her life to become the demon prince, the Gentle Lord’s wife and destroy his castle and save their city from his demons and free the city from the parchment dome that is covering it. Nyx’s father had made a bargain with the Gentle Lord, which was to get twin daughters and give one of them to the Gentle Lord as his wife when she becomes of age and keep the other. But what their father did not know was that the bargain would also cost his own wife’s death while giving birth. Now Nyx’s plan is to find the four main elements (earth, air, fire and water) which are giving life to the Gentle Lord’s castle and destroy them with the right sigils and the castle would collapse along with the Gentle Lord and the parchment dome over the city would disappear. But will it go the way it was planned to when she falls in love with the Gentle Lord?

The book starts from the morning of her wedding day and she gets married to a statue which represents the Gentle Lord and afterwards gets dropped off outside the Gentle Lord’s castle and the journey takes off from there. It was really enjoyable, entertaining and fun to read because Nyx was not the kind of helpless, precious little lady like in most princess and prince fairytales. Nyx was strong and funny in a very entertaining way and she could fight for what she wanted.

I love this story and the world is just beautiful, so I decided to give it 5 out of 5 stars.

A DEFINITE RE-READ FOR ME IN THE FUTURE!!!

Enjoy!!

// Dulguun

City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

This is the third and final book in the original Mortal Instruments trilogy, which is now known as The Mortal Instruments series because there has been a 4:th, 5:th and even a 6:th book released and the series have finally been finished not so long ago. It also has a prequel to it, The Infernal Devices series, which has a total of three books in it. It starts with Clockwork Angel, continues with Clockwork Prince and is finished with Clockwork Princess. A lot of people who have read both series recommend reading them in their release order, which looks like this:

1. City of Bones
2. City of Ashes
3. City of Glass
4. Clockwork Angel
5. City of Fallen Angels
6. Clockwork Prince
7. City of Lost Souls
8. Clockwork Princess
9. City of Heavenly Fire

They say that the characters from both series end up connecting to each other and other kinds of things so I’ve decided to read those series in that order.

City of Glass by Cassandra Clare would actually have been a beautiful ending to a trilogy if it were so. But now that it’s in the middle of a huge series, you just know that something must be coming soon and you start imagining all the different possibilities of trouble that could pop up in the next book. Otherwise, in this book you get to actually visit the famous city of Alicante and see all of its beautiful demon-towers that pierce the sky with their sharp tops. Clary is still looking for the antidote to wake her mom up from the never ending coma and while she’s in Alicante she gets to meet these gorgeous new characters. Also you will get to see how Clary and Jace’s love life develops further and there are of course some huge plot twists that you didn’t expect at all that makes it even better and more enjoyable.

It is quiet nice to get to know all these characters and then continue reading about them and living amongst them for so long, unlike books that either doesn’t have a sequel or short series like duologies or trilogies. I’m totally looking forward to be starting on the Infernal Devices series and also continuing on the Mortal Instruments series.

I recommend this series in general for all of you who enjoy some good low-fantasy, Young Adult books!!

I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars because of it’s amazing character developments and more.

Enjoy!

Dulguun

LEGEND by Marie Lu

LEGEND by Marie Lu is the book 1 in the LEGEND Trilogy and it has 305 pages. First of all, the word badass doesn’t even begin to describe how much action this book holds. It’s written in a very special way, Marie Lu has made it possible to follow both main characters almost at the same time through both of their thoughts. It’s kind of like the chapters are devided between June and Day who are the two main characters, simply like 10 pages of June’s thoughts and 10 pages of Day’s afterwards which she wrote in two different colors which makes it easier to every now and then check whose thoughts you’re reading at the moment.

The story takes place in a futuristic western coast of the United States, now called the Republic which is constantly at war against the other parts of the US called the Colonies. June is a young girl at the age of 15, born in the rich part of the Republic. She got the maximum score at her Trial (1500) which nobody else in the whole Republic have ever gotten, which proves that she’s perfectly active both physically and mentally. Day on the other hand is a young boy at the age of 15, born in one of the poorest parts of the Republic. He failed his Trial and faked his death and now he is the most wanted criminal in town. When June’s brother, Metias, was murdered, and Day becomes the prime suspect, June gets to go on a hunt after Day. But in sudden turns the two of them uncovers the reason behind their crossed paths.

I clearly loved this book, all of the nonstop actions, suspense and romance sucked me in deep. In many moments it moves you, but it also thrills you and shakes you with excitement. A fun fact I got to know in the middle of the book was that the character Day is actually Mongolian like me!!! Exactly a moment after I got to know that I realized that both Day’s brothers, his dad and Day himself has Mongolian names. Such as Altan, Suren, Bataar etc. That fact made me feel more connected to the story and know that the story is not only about Americans, but Asians as well.

P.S. It felt a bit slow in the beginning until a bit later the two characters meet each other, that when I got sucked in and couldn’t put down the book.

I will give this one 5 out of 5 stars because of the badass action.

Hope you enjoy!

Dulguun