4.5 stars since changed to 3 stars as I've realised I don't like this series as much once I'm over the hype of each book.

Crown of Midnight follows on from Throne of Glass and continues the story of Caelaena Sardothien who is now the King’s Champion and kills whoever she is commanded to.

I do really like this series but there’s something about it that really made me not want to pick this book up. It’s probably the hype but most of all it’s everything I hear about the romantic relationships and the love triangles (rectangles?) that seem to constantly take away from the main plot of the story. And like Throne of Glass, I loved Crown of Midnight but the thing that spoiled it for me was all the angst that really DID NOT need to be there. All the Chaol seeing Dorian and Caelaena walking around the library together and his heart hurting, and Dorian seeing Caelaena smile at Chaol the way she never smiled at him. UGH! After five times of this, it gets boring and irritating. I’m okay with love triangles but this series really does them to the max. Bleh.

There’s times I feel like Caelaena is not overall consistent with this ‘Assassin of Adarlan’ image she’s given, and gives herself, throughout the first two books and I’m not sure if it’s just a slip up or if it’s to make her very human. But I hate the fact that she’s an assassin but as soon as she actually does her job, she’s treated differently by Dorian and Chaol (it also still annoys me Chaol’s reactions to some things when he’s suppose to be Captain of the Guard. I still can’t believe he never killed someone before Cain in the last book. Like SERIOUSLY? YOU’RE CAPTAIN OF THE KING’S ARMY).

The mystery of the wrydkeys still interested me and Caelaena’s investigations. I can’t wait to continue on, hopefully I don’t wait almost a year though this time.