Crown of Midnight (ToG Book 2)

Title:  Crown of Midnight (Book 2)

Author: SJM

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Year Published: 2013

Started: Jan 17 2022 

Finished: Jan 19 2022

Review:

The writing was light years better than it had been in the first book, there seemed to be more world building and overall character growth. (Even if sometimes the MC is tstl) 

(Again I think my habit of aging up the protagonists makes things work better because I could believe she was young but not as young as the book claimed.)

I'm glad the love triangle was murdered but I just know a new one is coming, because Chaol needs his closure and Rowan is Rowan. (also tumblr/tiktok have spoiled me beyond belief)


Epiphanies/quotes/ Things to remember:

- "He wouldn’t let his servants change the sheets on his bed because they still smelled like her, because he went to sleep dreaming that she was still lying beside him." - dude is not handling his rejection well, and I know there's a lot going on but I'm still stuck that he was in love with idea of her but not her. This is highlighted even more when we see his reaction to what she really is/discovering her heritage.


- "He’d been realizing it more and more recently—how much he hated it when she left him behind." - I feel like a longer time skip might have made it easier to believe the love Chaol felt, given how much he tried to hate her at the start of the first book, it didn't feel earned at all

- “The world is already in ruin, and I won’t be set on some fool’s errand.” - let's just say that line hits different in 2022 than it was meant to when it was written

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