Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas Review! 

"unlike this book, i completely and utterly remembered chaol westfall and how important he was to this series." ......me

the only consistent thing in this entire series is the damn rattle the stars line lol

Such a great review, I fell in love with the tog series because of the main three characters! I wish Sarah had stuck with them, developing their relationships, rather than creating a hundred new half baked characters who are all obsessed with Aelin.

"all of the male characters are the same with different coloured hair or eyes." - Amen by the end of the video: Everything you've said in this video - Amen

I feel like Empire of Storms is a complete different series than Throne of Glass...It just feels so different and weird and I miss Dorian as the puppy-giving, flirty prince and Aelin just seems unnecessarily harsh and I dunno I have mixed feelings on this book

I just hate hate hate the way Chaol has been treated since QoS. From ToG to HoF he had a great and natural character progression, he was starting to see what was truly right and wrong but still his main priority was Dorian and his safety. I despise how the fandom is treating him as this unredeemable asshole that has *always* been problematic and saying he never *truly* loved Celaena. People tend to forget he was the one that sent Celaena away to Wendlyn to save her, and he defied everything he used to believe in, went behind his king's back and risked his life to fight for what was right. I'm looking forward to Tower of Dawn, but I'm scared that Maas is going to destroy his character even further...

You held that book up for this entire video... like I kept waiting for you to put it down. xD Arms of steel!

I liked Manon and Dorian together in theory, but when it actually happened, I was not a fan. There was something about them that just felt so forced. Also, while I don't necessarily care that the sex scenes were descriptive, they were just poorly done. It was overwritten, cheesy, and there was no sexual tension. I could tell there was supposed to be tension between Manon and Dorian, but to me it came off as not at all sexy, creepy, and bordering on non-consent to me. I actually liked this book overall, but I did not love it. The scene with the sea wyverns saved a lot for me, as well as the same two scenes you mentioned. I'm just grateful my favorite character is Abraxos because I don't think she's going to ruin him by making him a love interest haha.

I enjoyed the book but I do see the huge problems with it. I wholeheartedly agree with you about Rowan and Aelin. I can't stand their characters or their romance. my favourite character is Manon and I'm so annoyed with how Sarah just reduced her down to Dorians play thing. Honestly if Sarah had of cut out all the gross Manorian/Rowaelin fluff and sex scenes she would have been able to have Charles in the book but after the way she wrote him in QOS I feel like she just doesn't give a shit about him because all she cares about is the romance and that's not why people are reading these books

Watching you go off about Rowboat Whitetooth just made my day 10x better

THIS VIDEO IS EVERYTHING I WANTED my biggest issue with rowan is that when we met him he was critical of aelin and I was all for their FRIENDSHIP. I was excited that we had a male character who wasn't as far up Aelin's ass as every other male character in these books are,, but now he is far up Aelin's ass as well and won't stop glorifying her every MOVE even when she's acting terrible

'ROWAN IS BORING' FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT

I would sacrifice Aelin, Rowan and all the fae for Chaorian and Malide - good pure ships.

The only people I like in the series are Chaol and Dorian. Now SJM like hates Chaol and Dorian bows down to Aelin.

Aelin went from one of my favorite female protagonist in ya literature to one of my least favorite characters I have read. She was constantly thinking about Rowan, doesn't appreciate anyone else besides Rowan, and Rowan Rowan Rowan has become Aelin's personality. I hate rowan(whoops) so much

LOVE THIS, GIRRRRRRL. A note on Chaol that's been haunting me a lil bit - so he was cut out in EOS and she's basically writing a novella that would be what was happening to him in this book and making it separate. It feels super weird to "other" a disabled character like that and remove him from the central narrative to tell an arc that is probably going to end up being about overcoming his disability or something, idk. She said she couldn't ~fit~ his arc into EOS and that just seems soooooo weird to me given how much fluff was in this book. CRINGEY.

my gosh i totally get you with the all heterosexual couples. i was so ready for manon and asterin to be a thing that when i realized they weren't, and that there were no single characters left, my heart broke a bit ;-;

I do like Manon and Dorian's relationship so I enjoyed all those moments but I agree completely that Manon needed more development than she got in this book. I mean she found out a HUGE thing about her family and we literally spend a few lines on that and then she just accepts it! I wanted to see her struggle with that and come to terms with it and that would have been way more interesting than yet another sex scene

Yes I DESPISE Aelin! She was a whiny tyrant in this book who took and took from everyone. I also hated that "I was secretly fixing everything this whole time HAHAHA" device-- it felt for all the world like SJM had written herself into a corner and just pulled a solution out of her butt. And YES I also find Rowan mind-numbingly dull. I sped-read all of his perspectives.

SO happy you are one of the only booktubers who understands my hate for aelin.

LMAO finally I found someone on Booktube who shares most of my issues with this series. Aelin is my least favorite character (why is nobody talking about the HEINOUS plot she set up with Rowan, Lysandra and Aedion as basically pawns for serving her kingdom in the case she gets rekt?) Also gave 0 fucks about RowAelin ship sailing, everything was so clear since the beginning. Aaaand laughed so hard with the part that Dorian used to be a cinnamon roll in previous books, but then became a fuckboi to cope with his emotions. Manon is totally just a rebound and any romance will be effectively shoehorned in by the writer. Speaking of the writer. Am I the only one who noticed how terrible she became with writing? Descriptions were straight outta cringe town. And I don't refer just to the sex scenes. We went from "You will rattle the stars!" awesome to "Pure maleness" chickenshit.

Let's not forget Aedion is her 'cousin' unless she's a Lannister I doubt that Aelin is the incest type.

I hope that you keep reading the series because your reviews of them are the most entertaining thing. I haven't and probably will never read throne of glass but I love you talking shit about the books

You just explained literally ALL the problems I have with this series. Mostly about Aelin and Rowan. I can't stand either of them and kind of hope one of them dies in the last book because I genuinely can't stand the thought of an eternally Aelin-Rowan Terrasen. Is that bad?! Lol

I have the same opinion! This was probably the most disappointing book I've ever read. The first two books were amazing, and I loved the trio of Dorian, Chaol, and Celaena so much! Now the series has gone so far downhill and the characters are all so annoying and different now. I'm so glad that others disliked this book and post their thoughts on it despite the backlash most get if they even point out a flaw in this series.

I love this review! I agree with almost everything you said. I really disliked this book and was disappointed because until this point in the series, ToG was one of my favorites. hate Aelin so much and that dislike for me really stated with QoS and I never really liked Rowan either. All the "Fae male territorialness" scenes were so annoying. They just didn't need to be there and they shouldn't be normalized in a fantasy world. I never shipped Rowaelin ever and after they discussed "conquering" on pg. 570. The line was literally something like "Perhaps if I'm queen and I'm bored I'll consider making myself empress." I just paused and was like um excuse me. It was just a whole new level of arrogance for me. I also didn't appreciate how when they were in Skull's Bay and Celaena/Aelin made an appearance, they were like "oh it was Celaena in the room, not Aelin." Things like that just make me go but I thought they were the same person. I was so excited for Dorian and Manon's relationship and that just went downhill. And if we are getting a novella about Chaol surrounding what he was doing during this book, I don't think it should be a novella. Novellas shouldn't be required reading for a series and if what Choal did was important then it should've been in the book. I also did not appreciate how this was basically Harry Potter done badly. Lysandra is the only reason I ever continued reading this book. I really hope the next one is better. Sorry for ranting I just really have so many thoughts about this book and I still can't help being in shock with how much I disliked it. Even after my 28 minute video, I still feel like I haven't gotten it all out yet.

When you said "velvet wrapped steel" I laughed out loud because I'm like 98% sure a line similar to that ("steel encased in velvet" or smth) is also used in fifty shades of grey to describe Christian at some point and like that's a whole other level of shitty literature 😂😂😂

literally everything you just said was ON. POINT. absolutely perfect review in my opinion! x

Have you read ACOTAR or ACOMAF? Because I feel like after ACOMAF came out, EoS becomes a little too similar to SJM's other books.

THANK YOU! CHAOL WAS SO ESSENTIAL TO THIS STORYYYY

I loved what you said about the dumb overly-territorial fae thing. I find it very incongruent with the relationship themes in ACOTAR series so I'm very confused why SJM wrote this so prevalently. Overall I think the relationships were the most disappointing thing about EoS :/

There was this one scene where Elide meets Aelin and her court or whatever with Lorcan, and it just got to me. I CANNOT STAND HOW EVERYONE IS PUTTING THEIR “claim” ON ELIDE. I literally had to close the book and just scream. Aelin straight out doesn’t even ask Elide or anything, she just comes out with, “I lay claim to her. Witch-blood in her veins or no, she is Lady of Perranth, and she is mine.” Emphasis on mine. Um excuse me wtf. And then Manon comes, and again without even looking at Elide, says “And if I lay claim on her for the Blackbeaks?” And then, of course, romantic Lorcan claims her also. Nope NO I can not. I can nOt. If I were Elide I’d just leave because tf.

You had me at "I can't stand Aelin's character"

okay but like am I the only one who ships manon and elide?

I really like Aelin, but Rowan.... ugh no. Their relationship is so forced to me, it feels like Maas decided Aelin needed a 'happily ever after' so gave her him but she didn't need that

This has given me LIFE - so happy to finally find a review/discussion that I agree with! Rowan is TRASH. Ugh, and Aelin's character!!!! 100%. She is no longer relatable in any way whatsoever, and like you said: untrustworthy. I am no longer on her side. The jealousy bit really pissed me off too, it would be a HUGE turn off to me if my partner behaved the way Rowan does towards my guy mates. Once again, 100% agree with you on the Manon/Dorian situation, the kind of character he was ... was just not what I thought Dorian would be. He's a squish, ya know? If I DO read the final book, it will be for the witches. Hopefully in the last book Chaol makes his RIGHTFUL return. xx (sidenote: your hair is absolutely beautiful).

I agree with everything. It's gotten to the point where the first book and EoS are so disconnected that they could be from separate series. Sarah J Maas at this point is honestly popping books out left and right for both ToG and ACOMAF and honestly I wish she'd just slow down, reread her books, and figure where to go from there. I also feel that she's just added too many characters and she's not juggling them well which is why there will be 100+ pages where one just gets pushed to the side. And ngl, I had zero reaction to when Aelin was taken by Maeve. You know it's bad when you could not care less about the main protagonist

you perfectly articulated all my feelings! I feel like Aelin and Chaol's relationship was the most naturally developed and wasn't used as a plot device and then Rowen was thrown in for only God knows why and tanked the entire plot just for the sake of their relationship. I love Celaena I hate Aelin... Dorian for lack of a better word a jack ass in this book I felt like he almost just used Manon for sex and it rubbed me the wrong way because that's not the way Dorian was being developed, we also need to bring back Chaol, Nesryn though can stay gone. Ugh.

Aelin and Rowan's relationship would have been much more meaningful if Lyria was actually his mate and if Sam was her mate. Like everything they went through doesn't even matter because they were gonna end up together anyway.

finally, someone who thinks that rowboat whiteboy is utterly boring and serves no purpose in the book other than to praise aelin.

To be honest, Manon and Elide would have made a great couple.

I thought I was the only person who thought these things! I agree with every single point! I had issues with this series before, even though I really enjoyed the first few books, but this book just made me so angry at times. I can't stand Aelin, or Rowan, the relationships in the book, and I thought the plot was so slow in this book. I hate that romance and love in this book is basically defined by being overprotective and sex. I feel like all the characters are reduced to sarcasm and their love interests.

i feel so validated in my hatred of rowan

I disagree that Manon was reduced to a love interest, mainly because their scenes together are very sensual and they're looking to satisfy themselves. Also for Dorian a lot his comments on needing a woman stem from the fact that Sorscha died and it wasn't completely out of the ordinary that he wanted someone who wouldn't leave him/someone who could stand him in a way that Celaena/Aelin and Sorscha couldn't. Also yes yes yes yes yes yes yes on Aelin and Rowan. I really dislike her character to such an extent, and Rowan as well. Also while I do dislike the territorial thing on so many levels, fae are like these primal beasts who unlike humans rely heavily on animalistic instincts and that's more of just a cultural thing with them and I was happy that Sarah toned it down in this book because Rowan and Aedion both acting like that 100% all the time in QoS annoyed me. Also ! Elide is disabled, I feel like many people forget that and I personally loved her parts in this book, she's so strong without needing to know how to fight and she just gets through with her mind and I appreciated reading that throughout the story where most of our females are warriors who can kill with a look. As for Aedion and Lysandra I didn't ship it in QoS but I'mOn board for it now. However I HOPE that since Lysandra is Aelin for now, that Aedion and her won't get together at all and I also hope Lorcan and Elide manage a platonic relationship because I actually really enjoyed that part and then they kissed and I ran for the hills. As for Meave I don't like she's kept behind smoke and mirrors because it allows Sarah to use her when she sees fit with whatever power the story needs and I disliked that Meave was more focused on than Erawan in this book after just finding out he's the big bad. I'm really happy to see Dorian go to Morath though and mess shit up with Manon. I hope they get the third key and Dorian uses themSimilarly to how Aelin used them in this book. I'm also very concerned with how things are going to go in the last book because we have ~King~*shudders* Rowan hunting his ~wife~ *shivers* and Lysandra is Aelin so that's gunna get sticky then we have Manon and Dorian in Morath and then Chaol is going to be (presumably) with an army but no one to speak to on that regard and the story seems like it's going to be in so many places when it should coming together so that kind of concerns me a bit. I did like seeing more of the world and I also have to disagree that the last 3 books disregard the first 2 because in book 2 there's a bunch of ground work for the Valg, the keys, and the Elena /Nehemiah story that wouldn't make sense in EoS had it not been introduced in ToG and CoM but in other aspects the series has gone from a dot to the size of Jupiter and it does make someParts of the story weak. And lastly I was really mad that Chaol wasn't in this book but Sarah said his story was too big / disconnected to fit into EoS so she's writing a novella (she said it's around 250 pages long ?? So I guess it makes sense being the book would be 950 pages w his story) she said his novella deals with a lot of him having to understand his physical and mental struggles being disabled and it's a big part of his journey that she likes writing and she said that when she thought of it she would rather have his story be separate from the novel just because it's more of a slower paced journey tht focuses on his trails and his recovery from not only QoS but everything that's happened to him as a whole. So I'm excited to see how that turns out. HOWEVER I am kind of mad because the novella will be mandatory reading (??) because Sarah said there's some set up for the last book in it regarding Antica and the Southern Continent and the Torre Cesme so I just don't like that the Assassins Blade and this novella aren't advirtied as mandatory BUT if you don't read them there's some stuff that won't make a little sense.

i stopped at book 3 and i’m....not sorry

I agree with you 100%. I have stopped reading this long time ago because of the way Sarah J Mass treats her characters ( my poor Chaol :().

I agree that Rowan and Aelin suck xD I loved this review so much and, while i didn't hate this book as much as you I still had a crap-load of problems with it. Also...I am not okay with the lack Chaol. I was rooting for Manon to be a lesbian. It makes sooooo much sense! She hates men. The only people she even likes are other women. It made so much more sense than the Dorian and Manon relationship.

THANK YOU FOR POINTING OUT HOW THE MALES ARE THE SAME.

I get you with the territorial male thing, it's really unattractive. With the exception of Dorian...I feel like he's the only one that isn't all territorial cos of course he's with Manon, she's different, she won't take anything from him. I'm only saying it cos Dorian is my favourite lol I like Rowan but he can be annoying too.

I do agree with the relationships. In the 3rd book, all they focused on was Aelin and Rowan's friendship and the the 4th book, BAM. In love. I hate Dorian and Manon's relationship. It makes no since! Despite this, I love the series

We have the same exact thoughts. Manon and Dorian I liked until Dorian became this alpha ass and Manon thought Aelin was the best thing ever, and thier relationship should not have happened, hate that everyone is a white cis straight who cant remain single and everyone being paired up, no, no, no. Aelin, she just gets worse to the point that I was on the side of Maeve because she was beating Aelin up and I was liking that Aelin was getting that treatment. Dont talk to me about those sex scenes lol. The whole Mate thing means all those past love interests and ships meant nothing and was just a waste because her and Rowan are fated. Aelin being a mastermind was so eye rolling. The thirteen were amazing and the plot was enjoyable, it was just everything else.

I really enjoyed this book, also this series 😝 but after watching this I can definitely understand how some people wouldn't like it! I really enjoy Sarah's development in her series. And I can totally see how people are annoyed with the whole territorial male thing, but I've always thought that Sarah writes really strong female characters that NEVER put up with it. Throughout the entire book Aelin is always commenting on Rowan's territorial thing and always puts him in his place. I feel like the females are all capable of holding there own, even Elide who is "disabled" doesn't put up with Lorcan and despite her ankle she is a strong character. So yeah the territorial thing is weird but idk I don't necessarily have the view that it's bad 😝 but I get where you are coming from! Great review! 👍🏻lots of great discussion material in his vid lol

Manon and Dorian didn’t even have a proper relationship it just looked like a rebound

This one was my lowest rating out of all the books, too. I had so many problems with it. I literally read it for the side characters, because Aelin drove me insane. Also, the whole overly protective male shit is so annoying. Especially since everyone is all magically linked up, yet all the men are obsessed with Aelin.

OH MY GOD I LOVE YOU SO MUCH !!!! Everything you said is an exact echo of my own thoughts whilst reading this book. It was driving me mad that it seemed like nobody else thought the same but now oh my god so happy that i've found this video!! ♥

This book (and QOS) "undoing" everything the others accomplished is SUCH a good way of putting it. The reason I loved TOG was because it was refreshing. I'm 21 and have been reading YA since I was 10. I've seen it all. Celaena felt a bit more special than all the other "badass strong snarky etc" female characters I'd read, the character development was quite good, and I felt that the relationships between Celaena, Chaol, and Dorian were pretty reasonable and believable, not the typical instalovey, inconsistent love triangle rife with miscommunication. TOG wasn't groundbreaking or anything, but it felt like it was diverging from the YA trilogy mold a bit. Then QOS and EOS...... They feel, to me, like the the most average, bland, cliche YA fodder imaginable. Completely nonsensical and unnecessary love interests, a boring protagonist, an over complicated war plot that doesn't actually make a lot of sense, and is revealed though a series of twists. QOS and EOS were exactly what I thought I was avoiding when I read TOG.

I am so glad to find someone who doesnt love every book they read. Every book review I read here lately are such a bore. Thank you for a fresh review.

At this point my favorite part about this series is watching/reading people rant about it. 😂

Yes!! Literally every male character is: SUPER attractive with golden locks, tall and chizzled,with perfectly tanned skin...LIKEC’MON

Finally ! I agree 100% with you. Don't really understand how some people can ship Aelin and Rowan. He's boring and territorial as hell, the only purpose he has in this series is to be Aelin's love interest. I'm sad about the character development of a lot of characters, especially Celaena. Eventhough she was flowded at the beginning of the series she was still relatable in some ways. But now Aelin just became a charicature, and she turned out to be so unlikable, really it's a shame and I'm not even talking about poor Chaol and what she turned him into just because she wanted readers to ship her OTP so badly. I never was a Celorian but I hope that they'll end up together or at least that she won't end up with Rowan. Dorian is one of the only characters who is still likable, I'm praying hard for SJM to not ruin him. Thank god the story line is still interesting, I just feel sad that one of my favorite series turned out this way. I just hope that she'll not ruin the characters of ACOTAR the way she did with ToG.

I love watching your videos and hearing your opinions about books, and while I completely agree with some points you made in this video (especially about fae male dominance, and our mutual hate for Rowan), I don’t believe that any author has the obligation to give readers an lgbt character or relationship in any of their books. If Sarah doesn’t want to write about homosexual relationships, then she shouldn’t have to. It’s up to you whether or not you choose to continue reading the book, because at the end of the day, no one is forcing you. I don’t mean to be rude or offensive, but it’s a bit frustrating hearing this, because not everyone has the same views on the LGBT’s. Keep in mind I’m not speaking for everyone, but this is just my opinion :)

Hi! I'm sorry I'm 5 years late, but I completely agree with you. Like I've been reading this book since forever - or it seems , and am now near the end. Well after the first few chapters , I had to stop and go check if it was just me thinking the book was painful to read . And I read a lot of things( yeah mostly spoilers, but didn't care since I spoiled myself everything while looking up Celena after reading the first book of the series ), I thought I was prepared to be deceive at this point but duh, reading it is a hundred times worst. I mean all the characters don't seem like themselves , the relationships makes no sense, and the plot... which plot ? 25% of the book actually has the structure of it. The rest... so many useless things, and I don't get it. I loved Celena , hate Aelin. The relationship she has with Rowan ? I thought it was platonic ( that's what SJM said in the previous book, something like "there was nothing romantic about being in a bed next to Rowan ,blah blah, needed / missed affection of a friend" A FRIEND. Anyway, there's so many things disappointing me , and I don't get how some people could love this book. I'm not only talking about my opinions cause who cares but, as an aspiring writer, I think the plot, the 'characters dev', the relationship btw them, etc... that's bad. Like real bad. I honestly think herself, was annoyed at this point. ( which is something I get, since she wrote that when she was younger but still). The structure of the first books proved she is a talented story-teller (more story writer , I mean that's the way she organized the story was amazing ), so how could she write that kind of a fanfic ? Anyway, thank you for your review ;)

I am so fed up with the territorial thing like you said and OMG. Aelin’s constant lying, scheming behind everyone’s back, and making a martyr of herself. And LYSANDRA?! Just agreeing to pretend to be Aelin for potentially the rest of her life…WHAT?!?! Oh, and how are they supposed to get around the fact that Lysandra can’t do fire magic? It’s infuriating. I’m going to finish the series but damn.

I feel as if Dorian is the only non-territorial male in the series and he's too underrated

Imagine Rowan as a 50 year old, overweight, balding man with missing teeth and it makes you think if what he does is romantic.

Hannah: *bashes on it* Me: *Utter trash* I STILL LOVE IT!

I love watching your videos because we read a good amount of the same books but we often have really different reactions. which I think is so interesting. and I do agree with some of what you say but overall I loved this book

My favourite characters are manon and Dorian But I don’t really like them together too much

😭😭😭😭I feel like my love for this series stemmed from all the hype like...everyone loved it and I felt like I had to love it too...and then the hype down and I took time to really assess and analyze the series and it just completely fell apart.

Love your review! Completely agree with what you said. I'm going to wait for the reviews of the last book to decide if I'm going to finish the series

I like it when she lies to us. In QOS I was delightfully surprised. Still, I respect your opinion

I enjoyed everybody's story except for Aelins. Shes completely changed to the its a let down. Though I absolutely love the witches. Also... I miss Chaol. Love you girl

Sorscha was mixed race and later Yrene but that’s the next book. Also Fenrys has no love interest, though it’s pretty clear he’s another who’s in love with Aelin.

I like the series, but, I do have to say I agree on a lot of your points. I LOVE Dorian, and sadly, he really wasn't given much in this book. Most of the times it felt, as if none of the other characters (except Manon) liked him or even cared about him. That sucks, since he's a great, caring and kind character. He was the only one, who even remember Chaol, like... And on the matter of Aelin... I don't know. In some books I liked her and then in some she was just was just soooooo infuriating! gruaahh. And although I like Rowan an Aedion, it is true their possessiveness is just... ugh. Kudos for the review, I liked the books and you didn't offend me, which is great *thumbs up*

I agree with almost everything you've said, expect the part about Elide and Lorcan. Elide, Lorcan, Manon and Dorian were like the only characters I really cared about reading EoS.

damn you crack me up😂😂 but Chaol does have a full book dedicated to him

I agree what u said bout the guys in the book except for choal and Dorian. I think there the only exception

I totally agree with wht you said in this review. I had a huge problem with the lack of diversity not only with the characters but also the relationships. I was hardcore rooting for Manon and Elide to get together but that got totally blown out of the water. I'm also really upset with the fae territorial bullshit, it was way over done and was tiring by the end (especially because there was so much of it in sjm's other series). I however am not complaining about the lack of Chaol in this book. I never liked his character not even in the first books and more so in QoS because of his jerky attitude towards Aelin, but now that I cant stand Aelin maybe I would like him more. While I'm upset with how this book turned out I cant decide if I didn't like it, I think the only reason I didnt hate it was because of Manon, Lysandra and the badass action scenes. I really loved your review though you put words to the thoughts I was having about this book.

I really loved this book, but at the same time I agreed with everything you said in this review! Let's be real, Sarah J Maas can't write sex scenes for shit xD

What are you talking about? There is only 2 books in this series...

You're complaining that Aelin is 'suppressing her past as Celaena' in QOS but she was playing the part of Celaena the whole flippin' book. It doesn't make sense me.

i can now watch all of your throne of glass videos because I just finished the first one and I know for sure that I wont continue this series haha (I do love Chaol though lol)

This book felt more like an fanfic for me than an new entry in the series.

I literally agree with everything you said. rowan and pretty much every other male character's territorial-ness annoyed me so much. and the fact that maas normalized it made it so much worse. the lack of diversity frustrated me SO MUCH. the fact that there's not a single non-straight relationship and that they're all white too is so disappointing. the only characters i still like are lysandra and manon but even manon's relationship with dorian made me like her less. though i do prefer malide i could have gotten behind manorian if not for the complete butchering of dorians character that happened in the process

100% I agree with what you said about Dorian and Manon's relationship. Even in Queen of Shadows I was iffy on the possibility of them having a relationship.

I was anticipating your review and it did not let me down. I agree with everything you said.

I like the series but I had a lot of problems with it I mean I'm a fifteen year old so like shoot me for liking rowan but he's kinda an idiot he gets mad at aedion for talking to his cousin like..... what !!!

Despite the awfulness of the sex scene in itself, there was another thing about it that made me hate Aelin and Rowan even more. Literally, right before they do this, they had come from a battle on Skull's bay, (or whatever it's called.) That THEY CAUSED. (Aelin literally summoned the bad guys with the sole purpose of beating them and looking like a hero) INNOCENT PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE DIED. (I feel like people actually did die but I can't remember. Either way that's not the point) People were definately injured. And then THE SAME DAY Aelin and Rowan just run off to the beach and have sex. Like, what???? The disrespect and lack of care for what they had just done, I can't.

honestly QoS and EoS felt like SJM's fan fiction of her own books, I'm so done

I agree all the fae men are the same and stand-off

I agree with pretty much everything you said. Especially about Aelin!!!!

there is another book called tower of dawn and it is all about him

I kinda wish u would finish the series seeing as u love Manon... her and the 13 are my favs ! I cried more than i ever cried before in KOA

Chaol isn't in this book because he was on his own mission that doesn't immediately tie in to the happenings in this book. He is getting his own book to tell what he was up to and he will probably be reunited with everyone in the next book.

My thoughts exactly. I feel like Maas is misreading (or miswriting in this case) her audience. What was so interesting about the first and second (and third I guess) books was the balance between character relationships, mystery, and GOOD ACTION. I can't stand the filler in these last two books. I probably won't buy the last book.

12:10 I agree so much. As a person who read this book when I was fourteen I DID NOT need to read that in a book. Especially since that at the end of HoF I just assumed that they would stay friends. Then in comes QoS and all of a sudden they're madly in love with each other.

I’m going to keep my mouth shut, because there are so many things about this review that I don’t agree with. However all I’m going to say is I believe Sarah J Maas’s writing in amazing and all her characters ( even the villain characters ) have so much depth and thought to them. The plot is not constant and that what makes the series different. Also if you haven’t read tower of dawn please do, because it addresses your thoughts on Chaol :)

There was a gay relationship if I remember correctly, it was during Aelin's stay in Wendlyn. But still... I love watching reviews like this because you see how powerful books are. They give so many emotions, and it doesn't mean that it must be butterflies in your stomach. Books can make you cry, angry, laugh, and that's what's beautiful about books.

I really loved Empire of Storms but it may have not been my favourite because bae ain't there...I did have a few other issues but I overall really really enjoyed it....And I love this series so... xD

i actually love the throne of glass series and i finished the last book a few months ago but i totally agree with everything you are saying