Tower of Dawn (Miniature Character Collection) (Throne of Glass) Flexibound – 5 Nov. 2019

A new novel in the 'Throne of Glass' series of fantasy novels. If you don't know anything about them, go and read book one; 'Throne of Glass'. Because this is not a jumping on point. There is no exposition to bring new readers up to speed.Regular readers of this series read on. Although do note:1: This is not book six in the series. This is a story involving other characters from earlier books which takes place at the same time as much of book five.2: Although books one to four were young adult novels, this, like book five, says on the back CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT. NOT SUITABLE FOR YOUNGER READERS.This volume runs for six hundred and fifty eight pages. It is divided into two parts. Further into sixty eight chapters. And an epilogue.There's a map of the setting at the start.Said setting is the continent to the south of the lands where all the rest of this series takes place. Where Chaol and Nesryn have gone, in order to try and get the leader of this land to help in the fight. Plus to try and heal the injuries that have left Chaol unable to use his legs.They face intrigue. And Chaol faces the ire of Yrene, a healer who could help him. If she can get past her issues with him.There are also answers to big questions to be found...Sarah J. Maas writes excellent prose, which one again really sweeps you into the book from the off. The Chaol chapters early on in particular are excellent in their depiction of him trying to live with his disability.Everything that follows is firmly character driven, and all that happens comes out of the action and interaction of said characters.Character relationships are really achingly well done at times, especially early on. But this is a very slow burn of a book, one of those that keeps the threat level firmly in the background while people go about their business. Some of what Chaol and Yrene go on to down is a bit predictable, but well written enough so you won't care about that too much.Nesryn's story arc is a lot less predictable, and certain things in that do develop very nicely.As does the eventual main plot. Whilst the developments to the main narrative that come from this may end up being summarised in book six easily enough, this does get very interesting at points. And it does have some good revelations.There are references to things that happened in book five every so often, so you can parallel it with that.How essential a read this is will end up being a matter of opinion. But I liked it a lot. Despite it being slightly predictable at times. There's some excellent writing and great character moments, and an interesting and well realised setting also. It is a worthwhile detour in the series, and worth five stars as such.

OMG. This book. I’m left absolutely reeling. I read this as a tandem read with Empire of Storms (same time line). It was such a page turner. The story weaving in such a compelling way, with all the main players getting their view points shared - with a new set of characters being introduced too. An epic tale I simply can’t wait to continue with.

If you're a Chaol fan, you're about to enter book Heaven. Enjoy the ride. This is a book entirely devoted to him and a few secondary characters Maas is developing ready to mesh into the wider story in the next book. Fortunately, this doesn't read like a filler book (considering that's basically what it is) and despite featuring what is largely a whole new kingdom, with new characters and new mythology to get your head around - this book is easily as good as the others before it. What am I saying?! All that new stuff sounds delicious!So Chaol is on a mission, with Nesryn, to build upon Aelin's army. She needs more help, and Antica might be just where she can find them. But the banners hang white around Khagan's castle; a murder of his youngest daughter, or a suicide? So he's not feeling up to listening to Chaol bang on about how wonderful helping Aelin might be. And that's not forgetting the distinct disadvantage Chaol now has of not being able to hold his own in battle.Enter Yrene. A healer, who might just know how to bust the darkness right out of Chaol's destroyed spine as well as find the information Chaol might need to convince the Khagan. You are going to love Yrene. She's the typical bad-ass female character, although not quite as wonderful as Manon because..she's not Manon, and she doesn't have a Wyvern! But she's also painfully intelligent and has her own backstory (which ties in somehow to Aelin's - I can't wait for them to meet!!). And whilst Chaol and Yrene get down to fixing him up and searching the libraries for information about the Valg, Nesryn and one of the King's sons are off on their own adventure full of dark spiders, evil Valg bedtime stories and a couple of magnificent creatures known as Ruks who might give the Wyverns a run for their money. Sadly not as high on the cute scale though.Whilst it might be a concern that all of these new characters couldn't possible be as great as the ones you've already become attached to, worry not - because once again Maas managed to make me become utterly, embarrassingly, attached to even the most secondary character. And she has mercifully cut down on the cringe-worthy love scenes (because her sexy time stories are painfully cringe for some reason I can't quite place). I couldn't have asked for more.I love the way that Maas always manages to weave her smaller stories, or other characters from her books, into each of the other books. Such a complex level of storytelling is beyond my small-ish imaginations abilities and as such, when something crops up (like a link to one of her Novella's from the Assassin's Blade collection, or a distant relative to another beloved character) I fall more and more in love with her world-building as the realistion hits. It's so damn clever, perfectly rich and beautifully written and you know what? It's utterly addictive. Again!I thought I might be disappointed with a book just about Chaol and Nesryn. A book "just" about Chaol and Nesryn indeed. How wrong I was. Read it now, or may the Valg get you!

Loved every single page of it. Loved the storyline and all the characters. Can't wait to see how they all entwine with the main characters of the series

Another amazing book from the series, full of twists and turns and OMG moments.

Tandem read was sooo totally worth it! I loved every second of this portion of the story! Starting KOA right away!

perfecto

Ich liebe die Stories, das Setting und die Vibes dieses Teils am meisten. Es lohnt sich!

O Livro é incrível e cale muito a oena, mas talvez convém saber que o ideal é ler em tandem com o empire of storms. ToG é sem dúvida das melhores séries que já li na minha vida.Continuo a comprar livros aqui, porque sme dúvida que compensam muito mais do que em qualquer livraria mesmo em inglês.Poupo sempre entre 3 a 5€. O que é fantástico para que gasta tanto dinheiro como eu em livros.

The book arrived on time in good condition. Although the gold lettering on the cover had faded a bit, the book looked brand new and unused.