I finished this book in three days, but I would have finished it in two, or less, if I didn’t have a full day of activities planned over the past weekend. I was reading this book up until I fell asleep at night, even though I wanted to slow down just so I could enjoy it longer.
I’m really glad that the brief insights into magic in Throne of Glass were explored more in Crown of Midnight, because I needed more information. The things I learned make the final duel between Cain and Celaena more satisfying and coherent now that I know the gravity behind the wrong person having the power to open a portal to another world and the serious consequences that could occur because of it. I found great satisfaction in how slowly Celaena finds new information and has to work through the clues she needs to piece together, but I am glad that by the end of the book she figures things out and a great deal of long awaited information is revealed. However, the book does end on a cliffhanger as a huge plot point is revealed as Celaena embarks on a new adventure to someplace quite far away. I am finding myself antsy as I try to distract myself while I wait for the next book to arrive.
Nonfiction and Nonsense 