3.5/5 stars
I like this series because I love Aelin and Dorian.... so I wasn’t overly excited about a Chaol book to begin with.
With that in mind, this book was waaaaaaay too long. It easily could have been 200 pages shorter and may have actually made the book better. Chaol’s storyline was boring a tedious at times. Nesryn’s was better after she left and actually started doing things. A big part of this book was focused on relationship building and I think Maas could have done it without all the added fluff. A lot of the important information was surrounded by sexual and irritating scenes and it made me want to chuck the book against the wall at times. The last 100 pages or so of the book made up for a lot of it thankfully.
Chaol is still not one of my favorite characters, even after him being the main focus for most of the book. It did little to better his character in my opinion. However, there was a lot of character development throughout the book so you can’t deny he did mature as the book went on.
I understand why this book was here and it was definitely full of important information but it was my least favorite book in the series so far.