Crown of Midnight

11/07/18

I have started reading book two of the Throne of Glass series. We all know that I wasn't too impressed with the first book, but I've been told that it gets better. I'm giving the series the benefit of the doubt because so many have talked about it. The way this book starts will probably be confusing if you didn't read the first book. Or, at least that is how I feel towards the start of this book. She's on a mission for the king already, but you don't learn to much. You actually don't learn a lot about what happened since the moment she signed the contract to the exact moment the book starts. I'm still not too sure who the love interest is since things I guess got pretty hot and heavy between the leading lady and the crowned prince. But this time she is just brushing him off and sharing tender moments with Choal. Even the king is using the Captain of the Guard to keep her in line by threatening to kill him. I didn't like this king to begin with and I already know that he is going to be the big villain through out the whole entire series. Unless there is a huge twist that I don't know about. But I'm going to learn more about the book. Because there is only one way to live the adventure it holds and that is to read it.

11/10/18

 So, I am only going to say that I like the characters to start this post off. I'm about a quarter of the way through the book and I can say that I haven't learned much that I didn't even realize that I read a quarter of the book. All I learned is that there is some humanoid creature walking around the castle, Celaena has to kill an old friend, and that is pretty much it. Beside the talking knocker, nothing exciting has happened. I'm still trying to figure out who the love interest is. Is it Choal or the crowned prince? I really hope it is Choal, I like him more. Not sure why, I just do. Anyways, I'm trying so hard to like this series, I really am. But so far I'm not loving it. Which is a disappointment because I'm reading the other series by this author called "A Court of Thorns and Roses" and that one is amazing. How can two series from the same author bring out two completely different reactions from me? I just don't get it. I'm not disliking the book because the characters are bad or the story line was poorly written. Those two things are pretty spot on, but it's just not gripping me into the story that much. The only way I can explain it is that the plot is a bit dry to me. If that makes sense. Something is just missing to me. I'm not sure what it is, but I love the characters and I love the mystery behind Celaena's past. But I feel like I need more somewhere, I just don't know where. Maybe if I read more, I can figure it out.

11/23/19

 It's been a while since I posted last. Only because this book took me a while to read. But I'm finally almost done and so far I'm not loving the series. I don't hate it, but I don't love it. I'm just strongly in the middle. Maybe slightly leaning towards the hate side of the spectrum. Let me explain myself. This is the book that makes me wonder why the main character is stupid and maybe a little self centered. Yes, she admits it herself but it still doesn't fix the fact that I knew the answers to a part of the riddle before she even did. Then there is the whole thing that she hates Choal because he didn't tell her that her friend's life was threatened, making her unable to protect her friend. That whole situation was a lose-lose situation, no matter how you look at it. I'll let you guys read that to see what I mean. But I feel like her hate towards Choal is a little over the top. She doesn't even let him explain himself, she just storms out of the room telling him to "get out". Choal isn't perfect either since he nearly forgets about his feelings towards Celaena the moment he learns where she actually came from. Only to find out that he was paranoid for no reason. Way to jump to conclusions. Dorian seems to be the only likable character right now. He is mature about being turned down by Celeana and moves aside so that his friend can be happy. He is standing against his father in some situations. The only thing that annoys me about him is that he constantly complains about having magic. I get that it could end his life, but instead of suppressing it, he should at least try to practice it while he is locked away in his room. Instead of going through books trying to figure out how it is possible that he has magic. I say to just go with it. Accept it. Anyways, the book had two moments where I couldn't put down the book. Only two. One is with the witch Baba Yellowlegs and Celaena trying to escape from her. The other is when she is trying to escape this creature that wonders the halls as it's out to kill her. And both of those moments are towards the end of the book. I've been told it gets better, but I'm not seeing it. I hate to admit it, but I'm not sure if I will actually be able to finish this series if it keeps going on like this. It is slowly going down hill in my opinion. But check it out. You might love it more than me.