Queen of Shadows (TOG 4)

  Title:  Queen of Shadows (TOG 4)

Author: SJM

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Year Published: 2015

Started: Jan 21  2022 

Finished: Feb 6 2022

Review:

I have thoughts...... 

First of all I love Manon and her arc, I do not love what feels like the character assassination that happened with Aelin and Chaol. 

I'm glad she rescued Aedion I just wish they had talked before Rowan showed up. Maybe I'm slow but I didn't pick up on this obsession she had with him in the last book. I got they were bonded but they seemed incapable of keeping their hands off each other which wasn't the vibe I'd gotten from the last book to be honest. I know they end up married and there is this whole thing between them but I just don't totally get the character swap


On another note I don't like the subtle villain swap, I'd have been happier if with the end of this book they were just facing Maeve, I get that resolving the witches story wasn't possible but to make the duke the ultimate villain in this arc just felt cheap. It didn't feel as good as it should have when the king was killed. Also all the excuses he was laying out just to try and redeem part of his actions just didn't sit right with me tbh


Epiphanies/quotes/ Things to remember:

- Most men, she’d decided, were bastards of varying degrees. - I mean she's not wrong but like why does elide feel so much younger than even Dorian who feels spoiled and pampered and young af



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