This book is almost non-stop action. There are multiple battles, main characters constantly separating to complete tasks and then meeting up at designated locations to join forces, and endless secretive plots planned out and put into effect by former assassin for hire turned hopeful future queen of Terrasen, Aelin. Also, there are several budding romantic relationships that come to fruition or are set up to possibly occur in the next two books. There are plot twists, multiple enemies, and tragedies that make you groan in frustration with the unfairness and suffering of the people that have to endure them.
While I did enjoy the book a great deal, the entire time I was reading I was wondering when we would get a chapter from Chaol and Nesryn’s perspective. When I reached the halfway point I started to think that there wouldn’t be any of their storyline laid out here, and I was correct. Then, knowing that the next book in the series is the only one that does not have a picture of Aelin on the cover, I am predicting that book will narrate what occurs on the southern continent during the events of Empire of Storms. I am very eager to see what happens to the now imprisoned Aelin but I have been missing Chaol and I want to see what blossoms between him and Nesryn. When we last heard from them in Queen of Shadows they seemed to have admitted that they were interested in transitioning from a guarded friendship built on a previously casual intimate relationship they had a few years ago to a serious romantic relationship. I want to power through the next book so that I can read the final book in this series, but I also want to take my time and enjoy the story. As soon as I am finished with this entry I will be picking up the next book, Tower of Dawn.
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