Empire of Storms

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Kingdoms collide in Sarah J. Maas’ epic fifth installment in the global best-selling Throne of Glass series.

The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those don’t.

As the kingdoms of Erilea fracture around her, enemies must become allies if Aelin is to keep those she loves from falling to the dark forces poised to claim her world. With war looming on all horizons, the only chance for salvation lies in a desperate quest that may mark the end of everything Aelin holds dear.

Aelin’s journey from assassin to queen has entranced millions across the globe, and this fifth installment will leave fans breathless. Will Aelin succeed in keeping her world from splintering, or will it all come crashing down?

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Reviewer: Kyera
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I didn’t feel as though the story lagged or the pacing was poor. Any free minute I had
Review: Re-Read Update:This book destroyed me. I cheered when my baby, Abraxos, appeared (legitimately out loud cheered) and wanted to cry at those fateful words. If you’ve read this book, you know which ones I’m referring to and if not, I can’t say because there would be spoilers. Despite the issues and shift in the characterization of some of our leads, this book takes you on an incredible emotional journey with highs that make you cheer (see above) and lows that bring you to tears (almost).Despite the length of the book, I didn’t feel as though the story lagged or the pacing was poor. Any free minute I had, I immediately turned to the book to continue where I left off. Even knowing what was going to happen, it managed to enthrall me.One of the problems that I have with this book is its portrayal of relationships. There are aspects of it that are so swoon-worthy and make your heart hurt, but there are some that are not healthy. It’s nice to see diverse portrayals of love and relationships, but my concern is that a young adult reader might see the territorial Fae nonsense in the book and not realize that it’s an extreme. It might seem normalized. As I am not a teenager, I am aware of the intricacies and can roll my eyes at the “nonsense” without putting any weight on the idea. That may not be the same for teen readers.There are aspects of the character development that seems off and others that, although regrettable, are completely valid. For example, Dorian has gone through an incredible amount of turmoil and emotional upheaval in the last two books. It’s understandable that his personality would not quite be the same carefree, flirty scholar that we met in the first book who wished to stand up to his father but could never garner the courage to do so.In a similar vein, we watch other characters develop into multi-faceted people and understand them more. Manon and Lysandra have become much more interesting characters as they were expanded upon, and at least for me have become some of my favourites. Despite the huge cast of fairly main characters, each is still given the time to shine and grow.Finally, the world building continues in this book to an immense degree. A combination of the book’s size and the various viewpoints has allowed Sarah J Maas to expand the world we have come to know. Erilea has been developed and we are able to see more pieces of Nehemia’s homeland, Aelin’s kingdom, and so much in between.I still love this series and highly recommend it to young adult/teen readers who enjoy fantasy books.Original Review:These novels are so addicting, emotional and indescribable – but I’m going to try to do them justice. If you’ve not yet read up to Empire of Storms, please avoid this review as it has spoilers. I try to leave out the major plot points and just focus on the characters/world, but it’s not free from them. Please read on only if you’ve read the series.Our main cast of beloved and some tolerated, main/supporting characters grows throughout the series. Although we lose Nehemia, which I am still so sad about – we are introduced to the Fae. Their inclusion in the series brings the genre into high fantasy and makes it even more enjoyable. Prior to this series, I hadn’t read many novels in which the supernatural creatures were the Fae but now I am obsessed. The world of the Fae isn’t experienced or explained much, but I would love to see more of it. Their powers or abilities are so intriguing and well written. Just enough information is given that you can understand what is going on, then beautifully populate the world and battles in your mind.Sarah J Maas makes you fall in love with each of the characters, whether you liked them when they were first introduced or not. One of the first perspective shifts we experience is when we are introduced to the bloodthirsty Manon Blackbeak. At first, you wish her scenes weren’t there as they take away from time with our main characters but by the fifth novel she’s one of the characters you’re rooting for. Although she’s a witch and over one hundred years old, she is given the ability to develop and change over the course of the novels. It takes time because she’s learning that things she believed her entire life aren’t true and don’t need to affect how she views life.Even characters that we were originally introduced to, like Lysandre are able to evolve and change over the course of the books. She and Celaena start off butting heads and competing, but that doesn’t last. They join together and made a formidable pair (especially once magic is restored to the land). Lysandre grows into one of my favourite characters and her wholehearted commitment to the cause is inspiring.Seeking more information about the Wyrdkeys, Celaena seeks knowledge from the Fae Queen Maeve. Unwilling to give her information away for nothing, Queen Maeve makes a deal that Celaena must train with and impress one of her trusted warriors, Rowan. Prince Rowan is able to manipulate ice and wind, whilst also transforming into a hawk. Her inner circle are sworn to her with a blood oath and a group of Fae warriors that include Rowan, Lorcan, Gavriel, Vaughen, Fenrys and Connall. Later on, this group is affectionately titled Rowan’s cadre and some join our heroes on their journey.Unsurprisingly, we discover that Celaena is actually the Princess (or Queen) of Terrasen and that revelation brings with it some people from her past. Her cousin, Aedion was forced for years to do the bidding of the King of Adarlan whilst secretly helping his people. He is a general and his legion of warriors called the Bane are loyal to him rather than the King. We also meet another person from Terrasen, the daughter of the woman who sacrificed herself to allow Aelin to escape as a child – Elide. She was mistreated by her Uncle for years, until Manon Blackbeak helped her escape. After only a few days, she crosses paths with Lorcan who is a member of Rowan’s cadre and they begin to journey together.Lorcan is not well liked by Rowan or Aelin when we first come across him in Rifthold. He is still bound to Queen Maeve and is seeking to find and destroy the Wyrdkeys. Throughout his journey across Erilea, he discovers that he has a soft spot for Elide and protects her. Some of the other cadre are viewed in a more favourable light by Aelin and her friends, as they attempt to delay their orders from Maeve to help on the quest.Sarah J Maas writes the best pairings that fill your heart with so much feeling then she rips it out and stomps all over it. Rowan loves Aelin with his whole heart, every part, the good, the bad, the broken and beaten, the assassin, the Queen, the Fae and no one else has ever done that for her. Their love is true and enduring. Heartwrenching and pure. Even though they didn’t start off on the best footing, after training her for a time and even breaking his blood oath to Maeve – Rowan is completely enamored. Plus, they’re mates so there’s nothing more important and bonding. Each relationship is authentic and pulls at your heartstrings.Throughout the novels, you are able to experience more of the lands with Erilea from the dark, twisted towers of Morath to the Queen’s home of Terrasen. They are welcome additions to our mental maps of the land and wonderfully illustrated through words.This is one of my favourite series by far and is highly recommended to all – also specifically to young adult readers who enjoy well writen novels with developed characters, immersive world-building and fantasy.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: AMAZING 5th BOOK IN THIS SERIE AND A HEARTBREAKING ENDING!
Review: OMG! If you are planning on reading this book be prepared with lots and lots of kleenex for the ending. First I will just give you and overview opinion of the book and series and then I will get to the spoiler so you know when to stop reading.First I just have to say that I enjoyed the first two books when Celeana was described and the story began to unfold but the last three books have really gotten me hooked on this serie. The books are just so well written and I love all the complex caracters and the whole world that Sarah J Maas has created. It is truly The Fellowship of the Ring meets Twilight (romance wise) meets the Avengers 🙂 It is just amazing how this world is created and how one gets involved with the caracters. Since Rowan appeared I was totally in love, I loved how Rowan and Aelin had to struggel to finally open up and eventually fall in love.This fifth book I was really looking forward to reading, I did not know that it was not the final instalment. I thought this would be the final book. I am glad I have one more book to look forward to. As to the erotic part, I would say this book is more for YA between 17-19 to start with (or older :-)), it is not for a younger reader since there are som very explicit scenes in this book. I for one loved this but I am an adult so I am comfortable with these descriptions. I really enjoyed how the relationship between Rowan and Aelin evolved and how their love grew. I was also very happy to find Dorian matched with Manon, good choice there 🙂 As to Aedion and Lysandra I just really want these two to get it together…..NOW. I for one did not miss Chaol, but that’s me.If you like fantasy, romance and strong heroines, then this is the book for you. The ending is devastating and was a bit to much for me, I cried like a baby reading the final chapters, but now I am hoping for an EPIC final with Aelin and Rowan side by side at the end. I really hope the final book will have a Happy Ending and an Epilogue describing 10 years later (with lots of babies/children and happiness).SPOILERS COMING NOW:After having invested so much time and feelings on these caracters, I for one was devastated by the ending. I also fell cheated when it was just mentioned that Rowan and Aelin had been married in secrecy, I was really looking reading about there weeding and their commitment to eachother. I hated that nothing happened between Aedion and Lysandra (it is about time now). I also love how I have come to admire and like Lysandra with each new book. Lorcan and Elide have to end up together and Lorcan has to get his act together. I also really love all Fae warriors (Gavriel has grown on me as well as Fenrys). I am so looking forward for these males together with Rowan to kick som ass once they come to rescue Aelin. The action and the battles were very intense in this book so I am hoping to get some Peace time in the final book, because there will be a lot of battles in the final book and that really is a bit too intense for me (not wanting our beloved caracters to die).All in all I hope for an EPIC, romantic and happy FINAL book, the main caracters have to survive and I want to read how their life turn up after the final battle.MAEVE and EREWAN really have to GO (disappear)!Thank you Sarah J Maas for these amazing book!!

Reviewer: Jill
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best book of the series
Review: Wow! This is so far the best book of the series and overall one of the best books I’ve ever read! This book was nonstop action & adventure the entire time. It was also an emotional Rollercoaster. I cried so many times during this book but also couldn’t believe the amount of times this book shocked me with the many surprises. This book also definitely had more romance than the others and from several different couples. I really enjoyed all of the memories into the past and a lot of the backstory we got from Elena and Brannon. Would love a series based on them and their time. Overall this book really does have everything you could want in one book. Oh to be inside that beautifully brilliant mind of Sarah Maas.

Reviewer: Alena
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Amazing. The amount of plot twists and realization moments was insane. Def would recommend this series and this book 100%.

Reviewer: Irene Gustafsson
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Bra bok tyckte dottern

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Kapak kenarında bir aşınma var, kötü duruyor. Onun dışında hızlı teslim.

Reviewer: xoxorakie
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This is a Miniature Character Collection, the book size is 145cm x 98cm with a reading font size 5 – 6pt definitely pocket-friendly but if you’re to read this in a moving vehicle it’s not advisable. I received it in a protected packaging, delivery took 2 weeks as estimated.

Reviewer: booksy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: For me, Empire of Storms is the best instalment yet in the TOG series – and the other novels have been pretty spectacular. If you’ve got this far through them and are reading this review, you’re on a roll now, and are probably going to finish the series – ‘To whatever end’ and all that! But it’s still nice to know, I think, whether the novel you’re about to read is going to deliver – and this one delivers in spades.So what made this one so special? I think, up until now, a lot of character and world-building has been going on – but this is where things really start to happen. Characters come into their own, storylines converge, romances flourish and the action picks up; you could say it’s begun to reach critical Maas! (excuse the pun). I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that it takes a genius to create such a detailed world throughout the span of five books (and the author’s not finished yet) and to weave together strands of a plot that began in book one. The foresight, creativity and planning that must have gone on to get from there to here is mind boggling. And the writing itself zips along at a rapid place. The book has everything – edge-of-your-seat set-pieces of action, loyalty, emotion, betrayal and, oh, the romances. This might be YA but Maas doesn’t shy away from writing some pretty sizzling (yet very much non-trashy) scenes between her love interests – and I’m glad she did. As a YA author, the temptation might have been there to gloss over things more, but it’s pretty awesome that she didn’t, as it adds an extra dimension of believability to the characters’ relationships with each other. I think, without it, it would have been harder to understand the bonds and sheer devotion of some characters to each other. And the friendships too – the author is so adept at showing how minor friendships (or even associations) develop, due to time and circumstance, into something far deeper and more profound. Even Manon’s relationship with Abraxos is beautifully described – the Wyvern being depicted as the sort of huge, clever, loyal beast (like a dog with wings and a sting in the tail!) that we’d all want.I don’t want to give away anything about the plot – only to say the end left me breathless (and I’m glad the series is now complete, so I can whizz my way through books six and seven) and that these characters really do have a place in my heart now. This doesn’t often happen with novels – but I think the sheer scope of the world Maas has created and the investment required of a reader to go on a journey of 650-odd pages at a time, over so many volumes, means that the world she creates and the people in it really do get under your skin.So, if you’re about to read this – I’m jealous!

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