I am both sad and relieved that this series is over, 4,856 pages later... The journey was incredible, but oh my god I’m tired. Analyzing fantasy books has never been my strong suit, so here are my feelings at the end of it all.

1) Aelin rocks. She is the coolest and strongest FMC I’ve read. She is cunning in the way Feyre wants to be and she is sassy in the way Bryce wants to be, but neither comes even close to Aelin. I started out hating on her, and I stand by what I said in my early reviews, but it is easy to see why so many people fall in love with and find strength in her character.
2) Why tf was Elide in this story? Sure she was smart and could hack together a good plan, but so could the rest of them. I found her character annoying and somewhat useless and I’m not sorry about it.
3) Aedion is a crybaby. Again, sorry about it, but I stand by it. Everyone else went through a lot too, but managed not to isolate themselves from the people they love. Aelin and Lysandra didn’t deserve that.
4) MANON. The love of my life. She will never be the same after this book, and she is probably the character who my heart breaks for more than anyone else in the whole series. I want a book just about Manon and the Chrochans.
5) Dorian, sweet, sexy Dorian. He better marry Manon, and get the hell over Sorscha, she only existed for like half a book, we are over it, so he needs to be too.
6) Tell me how a magical healer, Heir of Silba, could not keep herself from getting pregnant DURING A WAR. Yrene!? Her character could have easily done what she did (i.e. save the world) without being pregnant. I hate pregnancy tropes. All these people are like 20, lets not. Chaol redeemed himself, but only slightly, and really only because Yrene loved him. Such a moody bastard.
7) The book was great, but the ending felt a little rushed which is honestly hilarious because it was, in fact, a 900+ page book and probably the second longest book I’ve ever read. I wish we got a better wrap up on the romance, but it would’ve been way too long. I do think there is room for Sarah to pick the series back up, especially considering she is contracted for several more books, maybe one of them will be TOG…
8) I was really skeptical when I started this series, but I’m so glad I pushed through. I feel like this series gave me so much perspective into the SJM world, and I loved seeing easter eggs for her other series throughout this one.
9) Where the hell am I supposed to go from here??