I adore this book so much! Aelin grew so much and so much happened in this book but everything was AMAZING. Every character grew sooo much and changed in a really good way. One of my least fav characters finally died and I almost threw a party. Everyone needs to read this series as the characters grow so much as the books go on!

Quotes:
- “You make me want to live, Rowan. Not survive; not exist. Live.”
- “She was fire, and light, and ash, and embers. She was Aelin Fireheart, and she bowed for no one and nothing, save the crown that was hers by blood and survival and triumph.”
- “They joined hands. So the world ended. And the next one began.”
- “Aelin took a step forward. One step, as if in a daze. She loosed a shuddering breath, and a small, whimpering noise came out of her - a sob. And then she was sprinting down the alley, flying as though the winds themselves pushed at her heels.
She flung herself on the male, crashing into him hard enough that anyone else might have gone rocking back into the stone wall. But the male grabbed her to him, his massive arms wrapping around her tightly and lifting her up. Nesryn made to approach, but Aedion stopped her with a hand on her arm. Aelin was laughing as she cried, and the male was just holding her, his hooded head buried in her neck. As if he were breathing her in. "Who is that?" Nesryn asked. Aedion smiled. "Rowan.”
- “But she was her own champion now.”
- “Thank you for the oil," he added. "My skin was a little dry.”
- “And at long last, Aelin Ashryver Galathynius was home.”
- “Tell me that even if I lead us all to ruin, we’ll burn in hell together.' ‘We’re not going to hell, Aelin,' he said. 'But wherever we go, we’ll go together.”
- “Why," he asked. "Why did you save her?" She dragged a hand through her hair. [...] "Because that golden-haired witch, Asterin ...," Aelin said. "She screamed Manon's name the way I screamed yours.”
- “My name is Aelin Ashryver Galathynius. And I am the Queen of Terrasen.”

Tropes:
- Found Family
- Magic
- Multiple POVs