Sarah J. Maas

   Aelin Galathynius has vowed to save her people ― but at a tremendous cost. Locked within an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her fiery will as she endures months of torture. The knowledge that yielding to Maeve will doom those she loves keeps her from breaking, but her resolve is unraveling with each passing day…

   With Aelin captured, friends and allies are scattered to different fates. Some bonds will grow even deeper, while others will be severed forever. As destinies weave together at last, all must fight if Erilea is to have any hope of salvation.

   Years in the making, Sarah J. Maas's New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series draws to an explosive conclusion as Aelin fights to save herself―and the promise of a better world.

Throne of Glass #7

Kingdom of Ash

Paige Leitner

“And tomorrow?” she asked breathlessly, and they both paused to look at each other. To smile. “Will you work to rebuild this kingdom, this world, with me tomorrow?”

“Tomorrow, and every day after that.” For every day of the thousand blessed years they were granted together. And beyond.

Aelin kissed him again and took his hand, guiding him into the castle. Into their home. “To whatever end?” she breathed.

Rowan followed her, as he had his entire life, long before they had ever met, before their souls had sparked into existence. “To whatever end, Fireheart.”

“Thank Anneith for that. Or Silba, I suppose.”

“They’re both gone. Thank yourself.”

Elide waved him off, but Lorcan kissed her.

When he pulled away, Elide breathed, “What was that for?”

Her heart began racing. “Stay,” she whispered.

Light, such beautiful light filled his dark eyes. “Ask me to come to Perranth with you.”

Her voice broke, but she managed to say, “Come to Perranth with me.”

Lorcan nodded, as if in answer, and his smile was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. “Ask me to marry you.”

Elide began crying, even as she laughed. “Will you marry me, Lorcan Salvaterre?”

He swept her up into his arms, raining kisses over her face. As if some final, chained part of him had been freed. “I’ll think about it.”

“I suppose I’ll be more entertained when I wipe you from the face of the earth.” She sighed skyward. “Gods above, what a sight that will be.”

Maeve extended a hand before her, darkness swirling in her cupped palm. “There are no gods left to watch, I’m afraid. And there are no gods left to help you now, Aelin Galathynius.”

Aelin smiled, and Goldryn burned brighter. “I am a god.”

She passed through a world of snowcapped mountains under shining stars. Passed over one of those mountains, where a winged male stood beside a heavily pregnant female, gazing at those very stars. Fae.

They were Fae, but this was not her world.

She flung out a hand, as if she might signal them, as if they might somehow help her when she was nothing but an invisible speck of power—

The winged male, beautiful beyond reason, snapped his head toward her as she arced across his starry sky.

A blast of dark power, like a gentle summer night, slammed into her.

A wall, a shield, that she tore and plunged through.

But it slowed her. That winged male’s power slowed her, just enough.

Aelin vanished from his world without a whisper.

There it was, the pine and the snow, the snaking spine of the mountains up her continent, the tangle of Oakwald to the right, the Wastes to the left. A land of many peoples, many beings.

Lorcan gritted his teeth around the sharp stab in his back, his stomach. He managed to get onto his elbows, and deemed that progress enough. “It’s been a while since I was so gravely injured. I’d forgotten what an inconvenience it is.”

His heart halted. The first smile she had given him in months and months. Since that day on the ship, when he’d touched her hand as they’d swayed in their hammocks.

Her smile faded, but the color on her cheeks lingered. “Did you mean it? What you said.”

He held her stare. Let some inner wall within him come crumbling down. Only for her. For this sharp-eyed, cunning little liar who had slipped through every defense and ironclad rule he’d ever made for himself. He let her see that in his face. Let her see all of it, as no one had ever done before. “Yes.”

Her mouth tightened, but not in displeasure.

So Lorcan said softly, “I meant every word.” His heart thundered, so wildly it was a wonder she couldn’t hear it. “And I will until the day I fade into the Afterworld.”

Lorcan didn’t breathe as Elide gently reached out her hand. And interlaced their fingers. “I love you,” she whispered.

He was glad he was lying down. The words would have knocked him to his knees. Even now, he was half inclined to bow before her, the true owner of his ancient, wicked heart.

“I have loved you,” she went on, “from the moment you came to fight for me against Vernon and the ilken.” The light in her eyes stole his breath. “And when I heard you were somewhere on that battlefield, the only thing I wanted was to be able to tell you that. It was the only thing that mattered.”

Aelin let out a sob that cracked something in him. “I can’t feel me—myself anymore. It’s like she snuffed it out. Ripped me from it. She, and Cairn, and everything they did to me.” She gulped down air, and Rowan wrapped her in his arms and pulled her onto his lap. “I am so tired,” she wept. “I am so, so tired, Rowan.”

“I know.” He stroked her hair. “I know.” It was all there really was to say.

Rowan held her until her weeping eased and she lay still, nestled against his chest.

Aelin’s throat bobbed as she whispered, “I’m so tired, Rowan.”

His heart strained again. “I know, Fireheart.”

Tayler

Lexi Vazquez

“Terrasen is my home,” Aelin said. It was the only answer in her heart.

Darrow smiled-just a bit. "So it is." He bowed his head. Then his body. "Welcome," he said, then added as he rose, "Your Majesty." 

But Aelin looked to Evangeline, the girl still beaming.

Her order to the girl, all those months ago.

And before them all, sword raised to the sky as that horn blew one last time, the ruby in the blade's pommel smoldering like a small sun.. Before them all, riding on the Lord of the North, was Aelin.

“Be the bridge, be the light. When iron melts, when flowers spring from fields of blood—let the land be witness, and return home." 

Kayleigh Vermeij

Queen of Kings - alessandra reminds me of Aelin and Manon 🙏

Clara Concejo

Once upon a time, in a land long since burned to ash, there lived a young princess who loved her kingdom...

alexys <3

Rowan twined his fingers in hers and whispered, awe in every word, "For you, Fireheart. All of it is for you." Aelin wept then. Wept in joy that lit her heart, brighter than any magic could ever be. For across every mountain, spread beneath the green canopy of Oakwald, carpeting the entire Plain of Theralis, the kingsfame was blooming.

And there was Aedion at the throne's left. Head high and tears running down his face, the Sword of Orynth hanging at his side. It was for him that she then smiled. For the children they had been, for what they had lost.

He swept her up in his arms again, spinning her." I’ll use it with pride every damned day for the rest of my life,” he said into her hair, and when he set her down, his smile had vanished. Replaced by an infnite tender- ness as he brushed back her hair, hooking it over an ear. I will marry you, Elide Lochan. And proudly call myself Lord Lorcan Lochan, even when the whole kingdom laughs to hear it." He kissed her, gently and lovingly. "And when we are wed, he whispered, I will bind my life to yours. So we will never know a day apart. Never be alone, ever again." Elide covered her face with her hands and sobbed, at the heart he offered, at the immortality he was willing to part with for her. For them. But Lorcan clasped her wrists, gently prying her hands from her face.

Lysandra rose onto her toes and brushed her mouth over his. A whisper of a kiss, a promise of life when death hovered.

 She pulled away, finding Aedion's face as distraught as it had been before. So she kissed him again and lingered by his mouth as she whispered, “He was a good man. A brave and noble man. So are you." She kissed him a third time. “And when this war is over, however it may end, I will still be here, with you. Whether in this life or the next, Aedion." 

An ordinary gift. A Fire-Bringer no more. But Aelin all the same.

Something in Rowan's. chest, intricate and essential, began to strin Began to go taut. The mating bond. Rowan lurched forward a step, a hand on his chest. No. The mating bond writhed., as if in agony, as if in terror. He halted, Aelin's name on his lips. 

 Aelin slammed the three Wyrdkeys into the open wound of her arm.

Aelin met Rowan's stare one last time. Saw the words there. Come back to me.

i have no words. this series means the world to me. these are all my friends, and i experienced everything hard and terrible and beautiful and funny and pure a book had to offer. i’m feeling so emotional right now because now, i’m living in the part of my life that’s “After TOG” and i wasn’t ready for that yet. i have so many more things i wanna read about them, and things i wanna see with them. i can’t believe it’s over. forever. im so shattered and thrilled. i love them all so much. they’re my friends.  

CLAUDIA VALDES

this book was a journey. just like reading this book series was. sometimes good, sometimes bad and then sometimes extremely bad. when you're going into a sarah j. maas book, you're not expecting to find high literature, so i'm not saying it was bad because it did not compare to, let's say the lord of the rings. it's not the same literary genre, i know, but i think everyone understands what i mean. 

the good: i liked that yrene was the one that killed erowan, good choice. manon and dorian will forever be the two characters that least annoyed me, lol. also nice choice to not make dorian and aelin to be forever so powerful. 

the bad: i think to me, at one point, there were too many characters. i love/hate cliffhangers like any other person and i really like how it's done in 'the raven cycle' for example, however here the cuts sometimes were so out of the blue to me. i understood those cuts as a tool to create suspense and keep on reading, but it also left me annoyed more often than not, especially since at the beginning of the book there were so many lines of action. 

the extremely bad: okay, full disclosure this could be more of  a 'me thing' than a general thing wrong with the book. it all started at the end of empire of storms when we find out at the end of the book what aelin's plan was. 

two things here as a note: i'm aware that aelin had to rely on herself all throughout her teenage years, as a result not being used to turn to others. 

obviously, this was her last resort plan and she could not have foreseen that there would be this huge of a breakout of war, that's not what i'm trying to say. 

what i definitely do want to say though is, that i think that aedion did have a point to be angry at aelin and lysandra in the first quarter of this book. let's not forget that he was supposed to sleep with his cousin to create heirs that have the same ashryver eyes. in my opinion that's a very valid reason to be mad at someone. the way he handled speaking and treating lysandra afterwards was ass, though. what an asshole. 

end note, no conclusion: i think it's funny that sarah j. maas wrote a book about the genocide of a people and how colonisation and an occupying force is bad, just to have made her birthright trip to israel. i really have to fucking laugh. (this stems from an article in 2016, she gave no indication that her views have changed: 

https://www.thejc.com/life-and-culture/books/tellers-of-teenage-tales-rkak36jr

Ana Belén

this book was a journey. just like reading this book series was. sometimes good, sometimes bad and then sometimes extremely bad. when you're going into a sarah j. maas book, you're not expecting to find high literature, so i'm not saying it was bad because it did not compare to, let's say the lord of the rings. it's not the same literary genre, i know, but i think everyone understands what i mean. 

the good: i liked that yrene was the one that killed erowan, good choice. manon and dorian will forever be the two characters that least annoyed me, lol. also nice choice to not make dorian and aelin to be forever so powerful. 

the bad: i think to me, at one point, there were too many characters. i love/hate cliffhangers like any other person and i really like how it's done in 'the raven cycle' for example, however here the cuts sometimes were so out of the blue to me. i understood those cuts as a tool to create suspense and keep on reading, but it also left me annoyed more often than not, especially since at the beginning of the book there were so many lines of action. 

the extremely bad: okay, full disclosure this could be more of  a 'me thing' than a general thing wrong with the book. it all started at the end of empire of storms when we find out at the end of the book what aelin's plan was. 

two things here as a note: i'm aware that aelin had to rely on herself all throughout her teenage years, as a result not being used to turn to others. 

obviously, this was her last resort plan and she could not have foreseen that there would be this huge of a breakout of war, that's not what i'm trying to say. 

what i definitely do want to say though is, that i think that aedion did have a point to be angry at aelin and lysandra in the first quarter of this book. let's not forget that he was supposed to sleep with his cousin to create heirs that have the same ashryver eyes. in my opinion that's a very valid reason to be mad at someone. the way he handled speaking and treating lysandra afterwards was ass, though. what an asshole. 

end note, no conclusion: i think it's funny that sarah j. maas wrote a book about the genocide of a people and how colonisation and an occupying force is bad, just to have made her birthright trip to israel. i really have to fucking laugh. (this stems from an article in 2016, she gave no indication that her views have changed: https://www.thejc.com/life-and-culture/books/tellers-of-teenage-tales-rkak36jr ) 

So if you ever want to read this series just know it’s an investment. It pays off but you need to be incredibly patient to get through it all. The beginning of the book really took off and I was loving it. But by the time I got halfway through the exhaustion started setting it. Mentally and physically. It felt like the progression of the story wasn’t happening but that’s because there are so many people it’s covering. But the last 200 pages was like the second wind I needed and I was stressed to know how it would end because SJM is unpredictable. I’m overall glad to have read the series and would recommend it if you are ready for the investment. 

Priscilla Stanfield

4.5/5⭐️ • 2/5🌶️

So if you ever want to read this series just know it’s an investment. It pays off but you need to be incredibly patient to get through it all. The beginning of the book really took off and I was loving it. But by the time I got halfway through the exhaustion started setting it. Mentally and physically. It felt like the progression of the story wasn’t happening but that’s because there are so many people it’s covering. But the last 200 pages was like the second wind I needed and I was stressed to know how it would end because SJM is unpredictable. I’m overall glad to have read the series and would recommend it if you are ready for the investment. 

Kingdom of Ash was the most enthralling, complex and wonderful ending to an incredibly compelling series. The series was slow at times but this story is incredible and SJM’s world-building was unmatched. I will miss this series and think about it daily. 

Sydnee Morrison

Together they will rise. Or together they will fall.The epic finale to the #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas.Aelin Galathynius has vowed to save her people -- but at a tremendous cost. Locked in an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her fiery will as she endures months of torture. The knowledge that yielding to Maeve will doom those she loves keeps her from breaking, but her resolve unravels with each passing day.With Aelin captured, her friends and allies have scattered. Some bonds will grow even deeper, while others will be severed forever. But as destinies weave together at last, all must stand together if Erilea is to have any hope of salvation. Sarah J. Maas's #1 New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series draws to an explosive conclusion as Aelin fights for her life, her people, and the promise of a better world.

millena

i literally don’t have words to describe what i’m feeling right now

Sílvia

I cannot remember the last time that i cried so much while reading a book. 

This book has left me with a sad (but also happy) calm and catharsis.

The conclusion and the way everything has connected made me bawl my eyes out. 

I probably have to say that this book has finished me, not the other way around.

Lili V Guba

I cannot remember the last time that i cried so much while reading a book. 

This book has left me with a sad (but also happy) calm and catharsis.

The conclusion and the way everything has connected made me bawl my eyes out. 

I probably have to say that this book has finished me, not the other way around.

Together they will rise. Or together they will fall. The epic finale to the #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. Aelin Galathynius has vowed to save her people-but at a tremendous cost. Locked in an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her fiery will as she endures months of torture. The knowledge that yielding to Maeve will doom those she loves keeps her from breaking, but her resolve unravels with each passing day. With Aelin captured, her friends and allies have scattered. Some bonds will grow even deeper, while others will be severed forever. But as destinies weave together at last, all must stand together if Erilea is to have any hope of salvation. Sarah J. Maas's #1 New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series draws to an explosive conclusion as Aelin fights for her life, her people, and the promise of a better world.

Jennifer Gosnell

The perfect conclusion to the series! Lot of buildup, suspense, and most of it paid off and was explained! A satisfying and epic ending for sure.

Abbie Duggan

Welp, I finally did it. I love this series and would recommend it to anyone.

"Years in the making, Sarah J. Maas's #1 New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series draws to an epic, unforgettable conclusion. Aelin Galathynius's journey from slave to king's assassin to the queen of a once-great kingdom reaches its heart-rending finale as war erupts across her world. . . Aelin has risked everything to save her people-but at a tremendous cost. Locked within an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her fiery will as she endures months of torture. Aware that yielding to Maeve will doom those she loves keeps her from breaking, though her resolve begins to unravel with each passing day... With Aelin captured, Aedion and Lysandra remain the last line of defense to protect Terrasen from utter destruction. Yet they soon realize that the many allies they've gathered to battle Erawan's hordes might not be enough to save them. Scattered across the continent and racing against time, Chaol, Manon, and Dorian are forced to forge their own paths to meet their fates. Hanging in the balance is any hope of salvation-and a better world. And across the sea, his companions unwavering beside him, Rowan hunts to find his captured wife and queen-before she is lost to him forever. As the threads of fate weave together at last, all must fight, if they are to have a chance at a future. Some bonds will grow even deeper, while others will be severed forever in the explosive final chapter of the Throne of Glass series."--provided by publisher.

a Throne of glass novel

Kingdom of ash

Really really a great conclusion to the series. Only reason it’s not 5 stars is because there was no epilogue into the future. I will definitely miss these characters so much!

Abigail Marie

I’m am so sad this series is over 💔💔💔

cass

What an ending!! I didn’t think I would like this series since I’m more of a romance lover but definitely enjoyed the ride this series took me on! I’ve read her court of throne and roses series. Looking forward to read crescent city series. 

Edna Aviles

Wonderful culmination of an incredible series. My only complaint was there were soooooo many characters that I would lose track of their storyline. 

Jennifer Palmer

Really dont know what to rate this, only thing I know is that I finished this at 1 AM and did not want it to be over

Katherine

I have no words to describe how I feel at the moment... 

Matilda☕

This book is so well-written it’s almost painful. Everything comes to a head, and like the others in the series, Maas weaves the action together, starting slowly and crescendoing into an epic battle filled with surprising victories and losses. Beautiful from start to finish. 

Kristen Savage

Aelin Galathynius's journey from slave to assassin to queen reaches its heart-rending finale as war erupts across her world ... She has risked everything to save her people – but at a tremendous cost. Locked in an iron coffin by the Queen of the Fae, Aelin must draw upon her fiery will to endure the months of torture inflicted upon her. The knowledge that yielding to Maeve will doom those she loves keeps her from breaking, but her resolve is unravelling with each passing day... With Aelin imprisoned, Aedion and Lysandra are the last line of defence keeping Terrasen from utter destruction. But even the many allies they've gathered to battle Erawan's hordes might not be enough to save the kingdom. Scattered throughout the continent and racing against time, Chaol, Manon, and Dorian must forge their own paths to meet their destinies. And across the sea Rowan hunts to find his captured wife and queen – before she is lost to him. Some bonds will deepen and others be severed forever, but as the threads of fate weave together at last, all must fight if they are to find salvation – and a better world. Years in the making, Kingdom of Ash is the unforgettable conclusion to Sarah J. Maas's #1 New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

Z♡ 

5★ 
wow this book. there was non-stop action from start to finish. i loved all the POV’s, and somehow the relationships between characters — both romantic and platonic — were so well developed in just this one book. there was a lot of war. A LOT. and i’m not sure if i can put myself through the emotional duress again for quite a while to come, but i would love to re-read this at some point. it was perfect

Michelle 

The most epic story. I am so glad I get to live in a world where Throne of Glass exists.

aleksandra

4.5/5


  
    "For my parents—who taught me to believe that girls can save the world"
  


I needed to include the dedication here, because I absolutely adore it.

What am I supposed to say? I just love powerful women and her friends who are obsessed with her and would do anything for her. Throne of Glass is my favorite Sarah J Mass series, and I don’t know if anything will beat it. Crescent City might.. but we will see. 


Aelin Ashryver Whitethorn Galathynius. I will always love and adore her. How am I supposed not to? She went through literal hell, but she made it to the end with people for whom she sacrificed her life more than once and who will stand by her side until the end of their days. She's funny, smart, loyal, kind and has a million other amazing qualities. I hope Sarah leaves her alone because she's been through enough and deserves a happy ending.


  
    "Aelin smiled, and Goldryn burned brighter. “I am a god.” She unleashed herself upon them."
  


She is. 


Aelin and Rowan. I will probably say it with almost every couple, but I love them. There should be more couples where the woman is the more powerful one.


Manon and Dorian. They are the definition of black cat girlfriend x golden retriever boyfriend obsessed with her. In my imagination they rule the kingdom together and had small witchy kids. 

“hello, witchling”
“hello, princeling”


Lorcan and Elide. Sarah robbed us from the book about them. I would absolutely read a whole series about them. I’m a s*ut for a grumpy men who has a soft spot for his girl. 


  
    .“I love you,” she whispered. He was glad he was lying down. The words would have knocked him to his knees."
  


I need a man who will fall to his knees after I confess my love to him. 

Plus, Lorcan being a boob man makes so much sense.


Chaol and Yrene. Yyy, no comment. Literally didn’t care about them. Sorry. 


Lysandra and Aedion. My babiessss, I love them. Not my favorite couple, but I adore all of their interactions. 


  
    "That wolfish grin remained as he whispered in her ear, “If I don’t die tomorrow, may I kiss you when the day is done?” Lysandra’s face heated as she pulled back,"
  




  Throne of Glass series

1.1. The Assassin’s Blade 3.5 stars
1. Throne of Glass 3 stars
2. Crown of Midnight 4.5 stars
3. Heir of Fire 5 stars
4. Queen of Shadows 5 stars
5. Heir of Fire 5 stars
6. Empire of Storms 5 stars
7. Towet of Dawn dnf, read the summary
8. Kingdom of Ash 4.5 stars

aaaahhh rereading this was so bittersweet. Had me laughing and crying throughout. Sad to bring this series to a close once again. 

Hannah Williams

reread

aaaahhh rereading this was so bittersweet. Had me laughing and crying throughout. Sad to bring this series to a close once again. 

liana

4.75⭐️

I’m not okay. I just finished the whole TOG series and I’m not okay.
This book was fantastic (my fav will always be Queen of Shadows), but I’m not giving it 5 stars due to some stuff that I didn’t particularly like (small things tho).

I’m going to miss these characters so much. Ever since I bought the whole box set I’ve been reading these series nonstop from October to now January, and I can’t believe how time flies so fast and that now I have to say goodbye to all of them. 

This series is a must read. I do have to say that it is very different from ACOTAR, but I loved it just as much. 

Maybe I won’t have to say goodbye entirely👀 (not CC3 being called HOUSE OF FLAME AND SHADOW👀👀👀👀 -> iykyk). 

Can’t wait to start Crescent City, and I can’t either gather the fact that I’m about to finish all SJM’s books (wtf????).

For now, Aelin, Dorian, Chaol, Rowan, Yrene, Manon, Elide, Lysandra, Lorcan, Fenrys, Gavriel, Asterin, etc. will always remain in my heart. Thank you for allowing me to read these books to forget just for a little about my own struggling💚.

Sidney Schaffner

** spoiler alert **
           Wow.

I needed some time to collect my thoughts on the final book in this series. Honestly, I thought way more people were going to die. None of the deaths really broke my heart in a way I was expecting to. This series was incredible to experience. Watching These characters grow through the course of eight books was amazing. It’s wild to think about how it started off with an assassin as a slave and ended with that assassin being queen. Aelin now holds a special place in my heart. She is brave and bold and smart and she loves those around her fiercely. This ended exactly the way it should have and I loved it. 


Also the idea that Dorian will die before Manon because she’s immortal and he’s not— kills me.

akynn 

4.75 stars

miss ma'am you think i didn't notice that crossover?? i need more.

Kingdom of Ash Throne of Glass #7

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