Heir of Fire: a blazing follow up.

Hello blog fans! I found this post oddly unpublished so I have decided to post it now because it's all still relevant.



You may remember my raptures about the first 2 books in the Throne of Glass series. Well I have the 3rd book now. And I met the author, and some lovely, similarly hooked Ladies who made the wait see seem like no time at all, and similarly understood my bookish foibles. It was a very exciting occasion even if my phone nearly ruined it by being glitchy. Although Sarah loved it because it has an R2-D2 case on and she's as big a Star Wars nerd as I.

Once again I was sucked back into Celaena's world totally. With the new book comes new characters. 

Notably Manon Blackbeak and Rowan Whitethorn. Both of them very interesting characters. The new book sees Celaena away from her native Erilea, and on the continent of Wendlyn, the land of her Fae ancestors, and she's given up all hope. Naturally she changes her mind but not after a lot of persuasion. 

Back on Erilea in Ardarlan, tension mounts as Dorian struggles with his power and Chaol with his feelings, whilst newcomer Aedion adds plenty of twists and double bluffs of his own. 

Despite pulling back the curtains on most of the mystery surrounding Celaena's past, there's still plenty of mysteries, questions and heartbreaking cliffhangers. 

Trying to review these books objectively is very difficult. It isn't often that you get so drawn into a world that you find yourself so fully immersed that you actually find yourself wanting to be the main character. Not least of all so that you can have her boyfriend...  

Anyway... the narrative naturally is split into two strands this time because of the characters' geographical locations. I.E Not near each other.

Just as with the previous two books some little more of the King's plan is revealed, and this time we find out just how deep the doodoo is. 

Once again Maas produces a spell binding read with twists, turns, much stabbing in the heart for certain "shippers" in the fandom, and an ending that caused me to immediately message my new friend Becky and share my book hangover. In fact we both agree that a year is just far too long to wait for TOG4 (Queen of Shadows). 

I have issues with certain aspects of the book, but that is mainly to do with my own "shipping" preferences rather than any true writing issue, although I and several others did struggle to buy into certain aspects of Dorian's personal storyline.

Despite this is another top effort from Sarah Maas!

Bethx