Published: September 2, 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Pages: 562
Genres: High Fantasy, Young Adult , Adventure
Genres: High Fantasy, Young Adult , Adventure
Celaena Sardothien has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak—but at an unspeakable cost. Now she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth...a truth about her heritage that could change her life—and her future—forever.
Meanwhile, brutal and monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world. To defeat them, Celaena must find the strength to not only fight her inner demons but to battle the evil that is about to be unleashed.
The king's assassin takes on an even greater destiny and burns brighter than ever before in this follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Crown of Midnight.
Meanwhile, brutal and monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world. To defeat them, Celaena must find the strength to not only fight her inner demons but to battle the evil that is about to be unleashed.
The king's assassin takes on an even greater destiny and burns brighter than ever before in this follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Crown of Midnight.
In terms of fantasy, especially where YA is concerned, this is some pretty exceptional work. YA doesn't do so hot with fantasy and barely touches High Fantasy, I assume because authors just can't manage it: boring romantic relationships swallow any interest I can have in character development or the world in which they reside in. And speaking of the world they reside in, it is bad AND boring. They are BORING. And boring universes in fantasy is just not the business.
Sarah J. Maas has something very good going on. Magic system development, an immense universe with a bunch of different countries and cultures and languages and dimensions.
