QUEEN OF SHADOWS BY SARAH J MAAS 

Oh my gosh yes!! They are absolutely PERFECT!!

OMG ALREADY ON BOARD

+Uni Books agreed.

I swear is Lysaedion But I love them!

Same

I shipped them immediately! Everyone is annoyed and was like its so platonic, but it didn't feel that way for me. Before Celaena got with Chaol she kept insisting she didn't feel for him and then they end up together. I adore Rowaelin

+Alex Martin THANK YOOOUUUUUU finally i have found my people!!! Rowaelin is my life!! I kept thinking in HoF that even if Celaena/Aelin went back to Chaol or anything their relationship would never be as close as it is with Rowan. The telepathic conversations are literally everything!

I KNOW I LOVE THOSE TELEPATHIC CONVERSATIONS! People are always saying that they never saw them being more than friends because they clearly stated that they don't think about each other in a romantic way, but I was always catching feels from them tbh, and they were flirty in HoF. #RowaelinShipper

#manorian

I know It broke me and i will never truley recover 💔💔😭😭😭

I took a video of me bawling I couldn't handle it

lol yes yes yes! ♥ I miss Chaolaena

+4LoveOfDance Yeah, I don't like how every boy is in love with Aelin either. And honestly I loved Manon in HoF lol

+TheMattGrimes But at the same time, her and Aedion already have that relationship. In my opinion it was clear from the moment they started sharing a bedroom together that he would be her love interest. That was not a parabatai sort of relationship to me at all. Yes it could be seen as innocent but when we were able to see from their point of view what they thought of each other, I knew. Aelin couldn't have had the relationship that she had with Rowan in Heir of Fire and have a boyfriend/husband/whatever. They were both way too possessive and protective of each other and it would have never worked out with Aelin and the other person, in my opinion.

+TheMattGrimes I think the reason Chaol was so different and angry was because he lost everything, and he had to rediscover who he was without he loyalty to the crown. His honor and loyalty was what he prided himself on and when he left he lost that part of himself and he blamed Aelin for it.

Madeline Killeen​ I completely agree yet it is weird that he changed THAT dramatically

4) I've watched 3 discussions on this book and no one has talked about Elide. Like, can we please talk about Elide? My heart broke for her so many times and I can't waut for her to meet Aelin!!!!

I know this comment was long ago, but ELIDE, MY CHILD. I JUST WANT HER TO BE HAPPY AND FREE AND AGH. I just want her to be on the battlefield with everyone kicking butt and getting her vengeance and AGH.

me too!

That's how it's mean to be pronounced, no?

+Rammy the logophile I have no clue, I'm so confused right now. There really needs to be a pronunciation guide in every book that has non-universal names in it, haha

I do too!!

I say "EL - EH - DEE" wtf

YES!!!! ♥♥♥

Amy Jo Green I CRIED WHEN HE SOLD IT OH MYGOD DD

Ring?

Naromuffy yes! I totally agree with you about Rowan and Aelin!

I agree with you on all of them! I love Rowan and Aelin, but not Dorian and Manon. I just feel like they'd have an awesome friendship and alliance between witches and Adarlan, but I don't think Manon would be there for him. Also, people would get so drunk with that game.

yaasssssss!!!! please Manorian !!!! This needs to happen !!!

omg wouldn't it be so OSM IF SJ MAAS LIKE HINTED AT A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MANON AND DORIAN AND ELIDE AND AEDION (once they actually meet) AND LIKE SMALL THINGS MAY HAPPEN BUT THEN ELIDE AND MANON GET REUNITED AND THEY REALIZE THEY ARE TOTALY IN LUUUURRRVVVVEEEE and stuff?? I feel like I'm probably the only one who ships this...

+Frida Andersson Dudeee noo Manon And Dorian are my new favourite ship

Chaol all the way!!!! I'm going down with the ship! #chaoldeservesbetter

where did you get the idea in HoF they were Platonic? Aelin and Rowan think about sleeping with each other at least twice. They talk about the fact that they're *not* friends and are trying to become love interests but they're both getting over someone so it's super tricky? They are becoming love interests *in* Heir of Fire...??? Chaol is unfortunately too racist against the Fae to be with Aelin.

Cathryn Martin "I claim you, Rowan Whitethorn. I don't care what you say and how much you protest. I claim you as my friend." And who wouldn't think of having sex with Rowan?? He's a hot warrior who is basically a God! But they just think about sex. Their earlier feelings of hostility towards each other turn into loyalty. And Chaol is one of my favorite characters, but that is my opinion. He's a very problematic fav among the fandom, but I'm on his defense squad. And I don't think he is racist, but reserved. He grew up his whole life being told that they were bad, and then he found out that the girl he loves is one of them. That's a huge thing that a person needs to adjust too. His whole life was built on that loyalty to the King. It took him a little bit, but he left behind another life he was accustomed to, just like he did with the life he had in Anielle. He has flaws and he struggles with them.

Akiko Barreras having a prejudice against a specific *race* because of traits inherent to that race is racism. Now, I don't hate Chaol, but even as of QoS, he's still not past that "eep! Faeries!" thing. He's just better about it. There's a big difference between assuming someone is a monster because of their race (the literal essence of racism) and being reserved. If he's this hung up over Aelin, someone he loves, and Dorian's magic (Dorian, someone he loves more than anyone else) there's no way he'd be able to rule Terrasen. His actions in CoM show he'd be a lousy king anyway (with a king as evil as Dorian's dad, I'm honestly surprised either of them lived this long) but *especially* bad for Terrasen, which is peopled with demi-Fae. He just couldn't handle it. Yeah, she claimed him as her friend, but he also said, "We're *not* friends. But what we are...we need time to figure that out." And just because Rowan is hot doesn't mean Aelin's going to think about sex with him. Dorian is hot and she didn't think as much about him as she did Rowan. Chaol could've been a contender except that he's not emotionally capable of having a Fae, especially someone like Aelin, as a significant other. Remove the Fae aspect of her, he *still* couldn't handle her. Cast your thoughts back to Crown of Midnight and his reactions to the deaths of Grave and Archer. Also, *Rowan* thinks about her romantically in HoF, and he's got more romantic hangups than she does. She claims him as her friend but that doesn't mean she's not in love with him, since her thoughts about Rowan are very different from her thoughts about Chaol and Dorian. Her reaction to Rowan's flogging (versus Dorian almost dying, for example) is the difference between Rhysand's reaction to Feyre's peril in ACOTAR versus Tamlin's. She threw away an entire country's worth of allies for Rowan in HoF. She named him carranam, "soulmate." She finds true and uncontested love and acceptance (whatever kind of love we're talking about, it's still love) in Rowan *in* HoF. Romantic love is the only kind of love that by definition must be unconditional *on both sides* in order to be *true* love and nowhere in any of the books does she give unconditional love to anyone *except Rowan.* She doesn't give it to Chaol, or Sam, or Dorian. She doesn't even give it to Aedion. She gives it to *Rowan.* And not even at the end of HoF, either. Back to Chaol and his racist attitude - I'm not saying that because he's like, "Ew! Faeries!" he should go die in a hole. He's getting better and I think the events of QoS were necessary to show him what a butthead he was being. And maybe, if the Apocalypse didn't loom over the horizon and she'd never met Rowan, Chaolena could happen (Chaolin?), but there's no time. There's no time for her to coddle him through the coming war and help him get over his fear of her and her people and her methods. It's sink or swim time, and he's already let too many people sink. She can't trust him to do what's needed. And a big part of that is he's too immature emotionally (although he's getting over that) and another big part is that he's racist against the Fae. Also, he threatened unprovoked to murder the only family member she has left. After choosing Fantasy Hitler over her when they were in a relationship, resulting in the death of someone she loves (and honestly, Dorian's fate is *also* partly Chaol's fault, and Aelin knows that). That's 3 people's deaths or near-deaths laid at Chaol's feet, one of which he almost did on purpose. There's very few means of coming back from *that.* So - reasons Rowaelin works: unconditional love where none has been offered before. Reasons Chaolena does not work: loyalty to Fantasy Hitler, racist attitude, threats of murder against Aelin's family, no trust, elitism, etc. He's working on it, but not fast enough for him to fix it all before the end of the series.

Also - just read Heir of Fire and Queen of Shadows less than 3 days ago. I took notes for my own reviews. I also know who Rowan is based on and how that ties into SJM's favorite OTPs, and who Calaena/Aelin is partially based on, and so I have a deeper understanding of the characters because they're *just* like the characters they're based on. I recognized, almost beat for beat, chunks of the courtship from "The Warlord Prince of Ebon-Rih" by Anne Bishop.

I wasn't saying I'd want him as King. And I personally think that it is unfair of Aelin to blame Chaol for Nehemia's death. But that's me. And I guess we just have to agree to disagree with Chaol because I have strong feelings on him, as I see you do too. And I'm pretty sure that quote is in QoS. And didn't you say in your previous comment that they thought about sleeping with each other? Also, I have acknowledged that Chaol and Aelin won't be together. When I say I'm a Chaolaena shipper, that's just the little irrational part of me that is holding out hope, even though my brain knows that it is highly unlikely. "Primal anger sharpened in his gut, brimming with a territorial, possessive need. Not a need for her, but a need to portect--a male's duty and honor." And I interpreted the end of HoF as the full development of their loyalty towards each other. I saw it as unconditional loyalty and platonic love. But again, that's how I saw it.

+Josh BookDragon #rowaleana

yea, same, they (Rowan and Aelin) had a perfect friendship and they had no interest getting together in HoF and then in QoS that drastically changes!!!! It was waaaaaaaayyyy to fast. It would hv worked better if Aelin had been more heartbroken over Dorian and if it was more emphasized that she wanted to kill him to stop his suffering and if the reunion between them after the epic showdown had more emotionally exhausting.

Nah. I ship Dorian and Manon. I never shipped Celorian, I was always chaoleana. But now that it is dead, Rowaleana is up and sailing.

Yes seriously! Sometimes their relationship felt awkward. By the end of Heir of Fire I completely thought Rowan and Aelin would be have this epic platonic friendship...but I guess not -.-

I know!! Rowaelin was like my BROTP, they were so good as friends...#forever_doraelin

+Ana Carolina Vanzetta YES! Finally someone mentioned this! I completely ship it!

+Clara Oswald that's an INSANE theory, but I totally dig it!

+jessethereader please please plEASE read the skulduggery pleasant books they are INCREDIBLE the best books I've ever read and I read a lot, I think you would REALLY enjoy them!

I'VE BEN THINKING ABOUT IT SINCE THEY MADE THE WHOLE BLOOD PACT THINGY

WHY WOULD YOU KILL ROWAN!!??? I MEAN YOU PRESENTED A PERFECTLY GOOD REASON WHY THAT WOULD HAPPEN!!!! BUT STILL, WHY!!!!!?????

+Clara Oswald shit, your comment is scaring me hahahah ....i just hope THAT is not becoming true.

+Sol victor im with you there (and tumblr is full of us rowaelin shippers so no we are not alone)

Nope.

I totally ship them!

Hmm I don’t trust people who’s favorite tog character isn’t Chaol. If you like Sam or Elide I can exceptions though ;)

yOu

Exactly! Whats up with that?