Lady Danielle

Crown of Midnight, you're going to be very difficult to review because there's so many things I want to talk about and explain, but I can't since I'll spoil it. So, I'm going to keep this review short. I've read a lot of reviews saying this tops Throne of Glass, I'm going to have to disagree on that part. But I do understand why most people will say this: 

♠ In Throne of Glass, people wanted to read some assassination scenes since Celaena's an assassin; in here, she lives up to her title now that she's King's Champion.

♠ In Throne of Glass, people did like the pretty dresses, but, honestly -- Celaena the assassin wearing and drooling over them? Where's her bad ass clothes? Don't worry, in Crown of Midnight she's wearing the tight pants, tight shirt, with a hooded cloak; two swords, some daggers... you get the picture. Her imagine in here is pretty awesome. 

♠ In Throne of Glass, people felt there was a love triangle; here, she finally chooses. In my review for the first instalment I said I had a feeling the love triangle would take full effect in here and things will get angst-y. I'm so glad I was wrong.

♠  Fundamentally, the problems readers had with Throne of Glass will go away once they've read this. 

♕ So why am I giving it three stars? ♕

♦ The mystery wasn't thoughtfully played out. I predicted who-really-did-what and who-is-who and my predictions were correct. Maybe I have a gift (or curse) to predict things and turn out to be right because the ending wasn't shocking.

♦ Though I had a problem with the magic slowly creeping its way in Throne of Glass, I've accepted its effect here. However,  certain characters in here had 'magic' and I found it unnecessary -- we'll see how this all turns out in the next book.

♦ I didn't like how the story dragged on at times. One minute I was bored; the next I wasn't.

♦ The banter between Chaol and Celaena (as well as Dorian and Celaena) weren't nearly as funny as it was in Throne of Glass. Maybe because things are starting to get a little more dark and serious....

♦ Celaena pissed me off a lot, but I won't go into details.

.... and that's pretty much it. 

I enjoyed Throne of Glass more. Even though the books go from this:

To this