Tower of Dawn

3.25.21 update:

It only took three almost four years but I finally ready this book, who still has the fugliest cover in existence. I just couldn't be seen in public with this cover. Who can blame me? Nobody can.

It could have been so much better. They could have put Chaol on this cover and they didn't. Imagine him in the wheelchair. It would have been so good. What did we do to anger the cover designers??? What should we have sacrificed in their names??

And nice try, SJM. I still wish Chaol and Celaena were end game. I will always wish they were end game. This book didn't change my opinion for shit.

1.6.19 update:

It's 2019 and I still haven't gotten around to reading this book

insert shrug emoji here

one day I'll come back to you chaol, my love.

6.28.17 update:

Apparently this book is goign to be 700 pages.

It is gonna take me so long to read this urgh

That just means more time where someone might see me with reading this hideously covered book

RIP this book is going to be the death of me. I don't wanna be associated with something so ugly.

6.20.17 update:

lol this cover is so fugly

hahhahahahhahaha

it

so

ugly

we're in 2017 not 1997 rip

i thought we as a society have progressed past ugly covers

i mean if this was a novel about that ass turd rwan then i'd understand but it's not thank god, we already have wayyyy to much rwan as it is

#ChaolWestfallDeservesBetter #OhChaolNo



(also who the eff is Nesryn I don't remember her at all)(no one is answering this question properly I am still lost who the eff is Nesryn?????)(haha I give up. I'm never gonna remember her)

My love for SJM grows with every book. I wasn't looking forward to reading this book..not because I'm over the series (I'm totally NOT)..but because the main character for this one is Chaol and not Aelin. And I don't really care for Chaol. That being said I wasn't going to skip a whole book in a series (Who does that??). I trust SJM so I dove in like I do with all her books since ACOTAR. I wasn't disappointed at all. Especially the second half where I had to put the book down several times to just OMG! WHAAAAAT! (out loud) while simultaneously texting my bff and sister (both of whom haven't read it yet) so I couldn't say anything really to spewing madness at my bf because I needed to tell someone what I just read. I'm not saying I love Chaol now. He still made me suck my teeth and roll my eyes several times. But SJM fleshed him out to where I can be in the same room with him LOL
Spoiler Alert??-
This books takes place at the same time as the previous where Aelin is doing what Aelin does and what happened here is so crucial to whatever madness is coming next that I'm glad to have had it fleshed out lest the next book be 5000 pages (which I'd be okay with).

How much was I disapponted when I understood we will not see Aelin for a full book ??? ... I have no words for that.
This book was nice but I was seriously waiting only to know more about Aelin.
I don't care about Choal in general... the only highlight for me was Nesryn !!! She deserved everything that happened to her and she is actually the one bringing valuable information in this books about Maeve.
Choal story was so predictable ... anyway.
I like the south continent tradition with these scary siblings and all these schemes...
doesn't deserve more than 3,5 for me !

I really hope Kingdom of Ash will be enough to fill my expectations

SJM proves once again she is QUEEN!!!!

Chaol and Nesryn travel to Antica to find the healers of Antica living in the Torre. The healer assigned to him is named Yrenne.

While, in Antica they also discover more than anticipated, they discover things that will change their lives. Chaol fights thru the pain of healing his body and spirit.

Now on to Kindom of Ash. I don't think I am ready for this series to end. I know I am late to ballgame on this one, but better late than never.

2022 review

Yeah okay I still really loved this book. Don't get the hate, because I really liked it. Still haven't read the last TOG book, so that is up next. I can already tell that both Nesryn and Yrene are going to be maaaaajor in the next book. Really looking forward to it!



2019 review

uhm hello new favourite Throne of Glass book, how are ya?

I LOVED this book. Yrene is fantastic and I also really loved the fact that Nesryn got her own chapters. Didn't know that I needed it until I got it.

I've always loved Chaol even trough his ‘being an ass' period because he was a big ass. But still, I loved Chaol. Also, all the ships in this book are endgame pretty please okat thanks

I finished this three months ago during my flight to Korea and back. I was invested in 50% of it, then afterwards it just got so boring with Chaol's romance with Yrene. Which, btw, is as boring as his character. I'm reading KoA right now and thank god they don't show up that much. In ToD, I just skimmed until it got to the important sections and the lore. Nesyrn and Sartaq were good though keep that coming. Still all in all a waste of time and could have been condensed into a novella or something. Or just . Idk ignored his healing? He's still a dumb idiot.

Dude... oh my god.
I technically started this book in November and read ten pages and put it down. Not because those ten pages bored me or anything. But because this book is so daunting. Going away from well-known lands to new lands, from well-known characters to new - or at least some we haven't seen in a while, from a novella to a nearly 700 paged book, there's nothing about this book that is not daunting. It is the SIXTH installment in a series, that alone is frightening when you know it's not the last book you're reading.
So I finally picked up the book again three or four days ago, I can't remember, and I was scared to begin because it's so long and I knew that I would go straight to Kingdom of Ash afterwards (which I am, most definitely), but I did begin again and look at me now I'm done.
It was a crazy ride. Like there were ships sinking and sailing, birds flying and spiders trapping, demons possessing, trauma healing, like what did I not encounter in this book? Seriously, what.
I was blown away. Forgot how much I love Sarah's writing, it's been years since I read a book from her, the last either being ACOMAF or Empire of Storms, again, I can't remember, but it's so easy! And as you sit there reading the sixth book in a series, it's hard to remember all the details, but this book brought me back to the first three so smoothly in Chaol's flashbacks. So many things I most definitely would have not connected as an overall arc thing if I had not been reminded in this book, and I'm sure I'll be glad to know it for the next one.
Anyway, there's nothing to say without spoiling, so just know that, yes this book is intimdating as hell but that, yes it is also completely and totally worth it. Such character developement. I honestly thought Sarah had left Chaol for the dead in this series, I'm very glad she didn't put him on the bench for the rest of the story and we got this book from it. I think we were all worried he was becoming less than even a side character in this huge story arc, so to see him with so much purpose again was truly wonderful.
Loved it. 10/10. Or, well, you know what I mean.

Okay. This book made me angry and pushed me in an almost month long reading slump.

I hated the romance. I hated the plot since I saw almost every plot twist miles away (since it is quite formulatic). It made me even hate Chaol and Yrene more.

With every redeeming thing Chaol had done, he does at least one non redeemable thing. The back and forth of the romance like a broken lightswitch got on my very nerves and didn't help my enjoyment. Also not everything needs to be a mating thing.

The writing was good as always but that doesn't help the problematic ways the story uses Chaols “disabilty” being curable through magic, love and a little bit of self reflection got over my head.

I pushed through because I had a similar feeling it would be like Queen of Shadows were I liked the ending but it would be a rocky ride there (snd almost everyone loves this book). It wasn't.

“The heart he'd offered and had been left to drop on the wooden planks of the river docks. An assassin who had sailed away and a queen who had returned.”

4.5 - That was so good. Probably the best book in the series in terms of writing. I have been desperate for Chaol's healing journey, especially after everything he went through. I was delighted to see him get the story he deserved. I love what Maas did with his characterization. He's definitely her most complex character and she handled his character growth very well. The parts where he acknowledges and accepts his disability were very emotional, leave it to Chaol to break my heart in every book he has been in. We also see a lot of depth in his characterization, from his mixed and bitter feelings towards Aelin (which were so realistic in my opinion) and his reasons behind his loyalty to Dorian and the kingdom. This book should provide enough context for those who claim that Chaol should've handled things better during Queen of Shadows. I loved the journey he took and the resolution of it. My only complaint is about the direction of Chaol's romantic life. I really thought it was unnecessary for every character to end up with someone. But the heroine of this was a wonderful character and I love her and Chaol individually so it didn't bother me that much.

There are side stories and intersecting plots being told in this book. And I loved everything from the new characters (the Khagan family dynamic is both funny and heartwarming) to the shocking twists and reveals.

Also, I never thought I would actually care for Nesryn as a character but her adventure with Sartaq was amazing and boosted my enjoyment of this book.

One of my favorite things about ‘Tower of Dawn' is the southern continent settings. It was refreshing to read the story from another kingdom and different culture. The gorgeous details show how beautifully the author envisioned this place.

“Using the chair is not a punishment. It is not a prison,' he said softly. ‘It never was. And I am as much of a man in that chair, or with that cane, as I am standing on my feet.”

I hate Chaol. So naturally, this book was rough for me. I can't root for him. I would rather Yrene be with anyone else. Chaol literally blew up at her and said terrible things to her over and over and then his whole ailment is him feeling sorry for himself? He ruined his relationship with Celaena. He ran out and abandoned Dorian. And he knowingly kept stringing Nesryn along. Thank god she got away from him. He deserves nothing and I hate that now he can't even die without affecting Yrene. I did the tandem read of this and EoS together because I knew I would never get through this book unless there was incentive to get back to the book I actually was enjoying. I'm not ready for this series to be over. It might take me a while before I pick up the last one.

3.5★
i read this in tandem with Empire of Storms.

okay, i've always had a soft spot for Chaol, so i was happy to read a book about him and his own adventure, and how he overcame his own struggles and new injury. [SPOILERS] →
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i'm so happy Chaol found his happy ending! i love him and Yrene. i think they compliment each other so well, with him being a bit rash and her calm nature. the Nesryn and Sartaq chapters bored me a little. but overall it was a fun read, now i can't wait to see how they get back to Rowan and the rest of the crew!

I didn't think I was going to like this book, and then I had cried multiple times by the last page. Worth the slow start. Worth the ~just okay~ bits and characters. Loved Yrene and Nesryn, and otherwise was a bit exasperated by most characters. I read this before reading Empire of Storms (the Romantic Read guide suggestion) and am looking forward to the final chapters of this saga.