Sarah J. Maas

Following the shattering of the glass castle and the deaths of his men, Chaol pursues recovery by searching for healers in the southern continent while trying to convince Dorian and Aelin to ally with him and Nesryn in order to avoid war.

A Throne Of Glass Novel

Tower of Dawn

Reagan

He wished he'd been able to walk. So she could see him crawl toward her.

A man used to being obeyed, yes, but a man also inclined to care for others. Look after them. Driven to do it by a compulsion he couldn't leash, couldn't train out of him. Couldn't have broken out of him.

In the next installment of the New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series, follow Chaol on his sweeping journey to a distant empire. Chaol Westfall has always defined himself by his unwavering loyalty, his strength, and his position as the Captain of the Guard. But all of that has changed since the glass castle shattered, since his men were slaughtered, since the King of Adarlan spared him from a killing blow, but left his body broken. His only shot at recovery lies with the legendary healers of the Torre Cesme in Antica--the stronghold of the southern continent's mighty empire. And with war looming over Dorian and Aelin back home, their survival might lie with Chaol and Nesryn convincing its rulers to ally with them. But what they discover in Antica will change them both--and be more vital to saving Erilea than they could have imagined.

Paige Leitner

“But while he did not guess correctly about our queen’s origins, he still knew that his fire … She greatly feared his fire. As all true Valg do.” Nesryn tucked away that kernel.

He fiddled with the cane beside him, running his hands over the smooth wood. “She knew it, too, I think. Long before I did. But she still … She left, at one point. It’s a long story, but she went off to Wendlyn alone. And that was where she met Prince Rowan. And out of respect to me, because we had not truly ended it, she waited. For him. They both did. And when she came back to Rifthold, it ended. Between us, I mean. Officially. Badly. I handled it badly, and she did, too, and it just … We made our peace, before we parted ways months ago. And they left together. As it should be. They are … If you ever meet them, you’ll get it. Like Hasar, she isn’t an easy person to be with, to understand. Aelin frightens everyone.” He snorted. “But not him. I think that’s why she fell in love with him, against her best intentions. Rowan beheld all Aelin was and is, and he was not afraid.”

Inés García Piñeiro

Sí, era un hombre acostumbrado a que le obedecieran, pero también un hombre que tendía a ser quien cuidaba de los demás; quien protegía. 

Haley Paluszak

He was Lord of Nothing, Lord of Oath-Breakers. Lord of Liars.

alexys <3

He peered over Yrene's shoulder, down to their interlaced fingers. To the twin rings now gracing both of their hands.

she fell in love with him, against her best intentions. Rowan beheld all Aelin was and is, and he was not afraid."

The witch was tricking him into walking. Coaxing him to move. To follow.

She paused, meeting his state, not a trace of that hurt in them, as if to say, it took you long enough to figure it out. A little smile bloomed on her mouth.

Fantasy. Chaol Westfall has always defined himself by his unwavering loyalty, his strength, and his position as the Captain of the Guard. But all of that has changed. Now he and Nesryn sail for Antica. It's Chaol's one shot at recovery, and with war looming back home, Dorian and Aelin's survival could depend on Chaol and Nesryn convincing Antica's rulers to ally with them. But what they discover there will change them both

Ellie 

“He had fallen apart. Had let himself lose sight of it.

And he had found some glimmer of peace in Rifthold, even after the injury, and yet.

It was like applying a patch over a knife wound to the gut.

He had not healed. Unmoored and raging, he had not wanted to heal.

Not really. His body, yes, but even that . ..

Some part of him had whispered it was deserved.

And the soul-wound ... He had been content to let it fester.

The darkness swarmed, a wind stirring it.

He could stay here forever. In the ageless dark.

He could remain, and rage and hate and curl into nothing but shadow.

But Dorian remained before him, still smiling faintly. Waiting.

He had made one promise. He had not broken it yet.

Even here at the bottom of this dark hell, he still had that.

And the road that he had traveled so far . .. No, he would not look back.

What if we go on, only to more pain and despair?”

Aelin had smiled at his question, posed on that rooftop in Rifthold.

As if she had understood, long before he did, that he would find this pit.

"But stories... I have always loved stories--of these lands especially. Wind-seeker, my mother called me, because I was always drifting where the wind tugged me, always dreaming of those stories. And here ... here the wind has taken me. So I would hear one last tale, if you allow it. Before I meet my end."

“"I know I am not an easy person to care for, or an easy friend to have," she said, her dark eyes meeting Yrene's at last. "But you have never once made me feel that way"”

“Yrene was smiling, and then she was laughing, as if she could not contain it inside her.

Chaol thought it was the most beautiful sound he'd ever heard.

And that this moment, flying together over the sands, devouring the desert wind, her hair a golden-brown banner behind her.

Chaol felt, perhaps for the first time, as if he was awake.

And he was grateful, right down to his very bones, for it.”

"I have learned that true wealth is not all glittering gold and jewels."

“Wind-seeker, her mother had once called her. Unable to keep still, always wandering where the wind calls you. Where shall it beckon you to journey one day, my rose?“

“"I once lived in fear of other people. I let other people walk all over me just because I was 100 afraid of the consequences for refusing. I did not know how to refuse." Her hand pushed down on his spine in a silent order to rest his head again. "The day I reached these shores, I cast aside that girl. And I wills damned if I let her reemerge. Or let someone tell me what to do with y life, my choices again."”

Anna Stewart

Draped with iron, encased in it, she slept. Dreamed. 

Drifted through seas, through darkness, through fire. A princess of nothing. Nameless. 

The princess sang to the darkness, to the flame. And they sang back.

Chaol smiled back at his wife, at the light he’d unknowingly walked toward his entire life, even when he had not been able to see it.

He did not regret. He did not look back. 

Not with Yrene in his arms, at his side. Not with the note she carried, that bit of proof… that bit of proof that he was exactly where he was meant to be. That he had always been headed there. 

Every step. Every curve into darkness. Every moment of despair and rage and pain. 

It had led him to precisely where he needed to be. 

A moment of kindness. From a young woman who ended lives to a young woman who saved them.

From that keep in the snow-blasted mountains where a man with a face as hard as the rock around them had thrown him into the cold; to that salt mine in Endovier, where an assassin with eyes like wildfire had smirked at him, unbroken despite a year in hell.

Chaol looked up at last, blinking away tears as he scanned his wife’s face. Every beautiful line, those golden eyes. 

A gift from a queen who had seen another woman in hell and thought to reach back a hand. With no thought of it ever being returned. A moment of kindness, a tug on a thread… 

And even Aelin could not have known that in saving a barmaid from those mercenaries, in teaching her to defend herself, in giving her that gold and this note… 

Even Aelin could not have known or dreamed or guessed how that moment of kindness would be answered. 

Not just by a healer blessed by Silba herself, capable of wiping the Valg away. 

But by the three hundred healers who had come with her.

She would have been sixteen, nearly seventeen then. And if she had been in Innish… 

It would have been on her way to the Red Desert, to train with the Silent Assassins. The bruises Yrene had described… The beating Arobynn Hamel had given her as punishment for freeing Rolfe’s slaves and wrecking Skull’s Bay. 

For wherever you need to go—and then some. The world needs more healers.

The waves quieted. The ship itself seemed to pause. 

Chaol glanced to Yrene, smiling serenely at the sea, then to the note. 

To the handwriting he knew as well as his own.

julie reads

as a chaol girl, this book meant the world to me. he’s done so much growth and he’s so kind, my boy forever. i can’t wait for my core  to be together again

CLAUDIA VALDES

To those who said this book was boring……. whaaaaat???!!! This was anything but. I absolutely loved it. Totally advise doing it as the tandem read. And now to the finale……….

Aims

millena

4,5 ⭐️ the only flaw in this book was the number of nesryn’s chapters, otherwise i loved it!!!

A glorious empire. A desperate quest. An ancient secret. The search for allies extends to a new land in the sixth book of the #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. Chaol Westfall and Nesryn Faliq have arrived in the shining city of Antica to forge an alliance with the Khagan of the Southern Continent, whose vast armies are Erilea's last hope. But they have also come to Antica for another purpose: to seek healing at the famed Torre Cesme for the wounds Chaol received in Rifthold. After enduring unspeakable horrors as a child at the hands of Adarlanian soldiers, Yrene Towers has no desire to help the young lord from Adarlan, let alone heal him. Yet she has sworn an oath to assist those in need, and she will honor it. But Lord Westfall carries his own dark past, and Yrene soon realizes that those shadows could engulf them both. Chaol, Nesryn, and Yrene will have to draw on every scrap of their resilience to overcome the danger that surrounds them. But while they become entangled in the political webs of the khaganate, long-awaited answers slumber deep in the mountains, where warriors soar on legendary ruks. Answers that might offer their world a chance at survival . . . or doom them all. The final battle looms in this sixth book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series.

Jennifer Gosnell

I went in with very low expectations and I would say they were surpassed!! Wasn’t sure that I needed a book this long about Chaol and Nesryn (still not sure it needed to be this long, tbh) but it was actually a really cool, interesting world in Antica. I would say Yrene was 100% the highlight of the book for me. Really enjoyed the Torre storylines and learnings. RELIEVED I didn’t do a tandem read for the first reading of this book + Empire of Storms. Too much going on with those two books to do that for first reading, in my opinion. Pumped to be jumping into Kingdom of Ash now!!

Okay, so this is going to be a slightly unpopular opinion but I think this book was really really good and not just one I could ignore from lack of enjoyment. So I think the obvious reason is that I don’t hate Chaol as much as a lot of other people do and dreaded this book because of it. I think having this book was an emotional journey of love and healing. And seeing the full circle of moments and how they will all combine into the last book is one I’m looking forward to. I will say as well that I read the tandem because I was recommended to. But I think for me personally I would have been okay reading both books part of the tandem individually and would have still enjoyed the books. Let me explain. I’m a really anxious person, so while I was reading the books I was so stressed making sure I was paying attention and correctly switching between the books that I could have loved them even more than I do. I even messed up at one point and had to literally stop and work through if I messed up the whole thing but knew I was ridculous for thinking that. But that is just how my brain works so for me I needed to do them separate and since I really liked Tower of Dawn as being one of the best books in the series I feel validated with myself for thinking it too. 

Priscilla Stanfield

Maya 

Fireheart :( 

I don’t think I’m ready for Kingdom of Ash…

If there’s one thing SJM is gonna do is write a book about everyone’s least favorite character and make me fall in love.

Danielle Blandina

While I loved getting to know all these new characters and the story is phenomenal… I actually miss the people from the main story!! I can’t wait for the next book!

Jennifer Palmer

Hanna Rybchynska

'Tower of Dawn' was really good! Why? Because it's all about Chaol, baby! He's been one of my absolute favorites since book 1, so getting to hang out with him throughout this whole adventure was perfect! He's like the ultimate underdog, and watching him grow and kick butt in this book was beyond rewarding. Plus, the new characters we meet along the way? Total gems. They added so much depth and flavor to the story, I couldn't get enough of them!

Z♡ 

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 LOVE this series, but there is not a character or event in this whole book that can make up for how much i hate chaol. every time i do this tandem read i wonder why i go through this book again. knowing his inner dialogue is taking up valuable brain space. 

Alli Harper

aleksandra

dnf 35%

second read: dnf 15%

I decided a long time ago that life’s too short to read books you are not interested in, so I decided to read a summary of each chapter in this book. I know there’s a lot of people who like Chaol, even love him, but I just never really care about his character. Pretty sad, but true. 

I read this series over a year ago and this book was the reason I stopped. I couldn't imagine reading a seven-hundred-page book about Chaol. I know it wasn't just his point of view, but even that didn't convince me to do it. 

If Sarah had chosen to write this about Manon, I would have read it for sure. Even reread it. Many times. I love reading about powerful women. 

I don't know the person who wrote this summary, but bless him/her or whatever pronouns you have. I hope both sides of your pillow are always cold.


  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
3. Heir of Fire 5 stars
4. Empire of Storms 5 stars
3. Towet of Dawn dnf, read the summary
4. Kingdom of Ash tbr

Sidney Schaffner

Wow. I put off this book for so long because I was not a fan of Chaol. This book changed my mind. Again and again Sarah J. Mass keeps surprising me with how things mentioned BOOKS before come into play later. Even the smallest detail comes into play later. This was a great story that honestly made me cry.

Madison Keiran

Gonna be real. Only read this for Yrene. Chaol can get fucked for how he treated my baby girl Aelin

Man, this one felt like it took forever, but Chaol wasn’t my favorite by a long shot, so I think that was my main problem here. The new settings are beautiful, Yrene and Nesryn realize so much more of their potential, and there are a few surprises that make so much sense. Well worth the read, of course, just wasn’t my favorite of the series. 

Kristen Savage

yes, it’s Chaol’s book. Yes, it was still really really good. I think I should have done the tandem read, only because some plot points from EOS get spoiled as they are happening at the same time. 

Katherine Marie Elizabeth

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Abigail Marie

Tandem read is the way to go!! I don’t think I could’ve finished this book otherwise

Casee Loudermilk

A bit slow in the beginning but did start to pick up at chapter 10. LOVED this book!! 

Kelly Westraat 

Whitney Nicole

I didn’t enjoy this as much as the other ones in the series but it then again I was never a huge Chaol fan. BUT she definitely had me warming to him in this book. Every problem I had with Chaol was addressed. I was glad to find out that everything I didn’t like about him, he HATED about him lol. But him finding his inner peace (and something else too👀) made me feel like this was a real journey into not only him forgiving himself, but the reader as well. In true SJM fashion the last half of this book was super interesting. Super excited to read KOA 🎉🎉

I has heard many people say this was the works book or really boring, and I get that after EoS's ending, you want to keep reading about that storyline, but I personally loved this. 

I had always liked Chaol, and I wanted to know more about him and his thoughts and feelings about everything that happened, so I really enjoyed seeing that and seeing him open up to Yrene and heal, not only physically, but mentally. Besides, I loved Yrene, and the way she didn't let Chaol get away with his stubbornness or bad days, I loved them together and really enjoyed their story. 

Tbh I didn't care much about Nesryn, but at the beginning I thought her story, and her plot with Sartaq, had a lot of potential, and I liked them, but it's true that I was a bit bored during some of her povs (not at the end tho). But I think that part of the story could have been better. 

Also, the plot twists about Maeve and Duva actually surprised me (mostly the one about Duva), and I can't wait to finish the series and find out everything that's about to happen... 

Overall, I had a really nice time reading it, but I do think it could have been shorter, and I think she could have combined this storyline with the one in the previous book, so we didn't have to go from THAT ending to a new story at a different continent.

I do get some of the reviews saying it's too long, and some parts were slow, but I ended up liking it a lot, and after discovering more information about why and how everything with the Valg happened, I can't wait to read the next and final book. 

(I'll just repeat that I love Yrene and I love her relationship with Chaol, I found their story really sweet and beautiful, I hope we get to see more of them together and they have a happy ending 🤞🏻) 

maría 🪻

I has heard many people say this was the works book or really boring, and I get that after EoS's ending, you want to keep reading about that storyline, but I personally loved this. 

I had always liked Chaol, and I wanted to know more about him and his thoughts and feelings about everything that happened, so I really enjoyed seeing that and seeing him open up to Yrene and heal, not only physically, but mentally. Besides, I loved Yrene, and the way she didn't let Chaol get away with his stubbornness or bad days, I loved them together and really enjoyed their story. 

Tbh I didn't care much about Nesryn, but at the beginning I thought her story, and her plot with Sartaq, had a lot of potential, and I liked them, but it's true that I was a bit bored during some of her povs (not at the end tho). But I think that part of the story could have been better. 

Also, the plot twists about Maeve and Duva actually surprised me (mostly the one about Duva), and I can't wait to finish the series and find out everything that's about to happen... 

Overall, I had a really nice time reading it, but I do think it could have been shorter, and I think she could have combined this storyline with the one in the previous book, so we didn't have to go from THAT ending to a new story at a different continent.

I do get some of the reviews saying it's too long, and some parts were slow, but I ended up liking it a lot, and after discovering more information about why and how everything with the Valg happened, I can't wait to read the next and final book. 

(I'll just repeat that I love Yrene and I love her relationship with Chaol, I found their story really sweet and beautiful, I hope we get to see more of them together and they have a happy ending 🤞🏻) 

nina 

Finally, finally done!! I have never given a Throne of Glass novel a rating this low (so I'm going to pretend this is book 5.5, not book 6). 
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I had low expectations before going into this (even though it was a SJM book) but I can't believe those were not even met. This has been my least enjoyed book of 2018. 

I can't believe I finally got through that book. First and foremost, this book certainly did not have to be as long as it was. It was longer than most books and it was originally just supposed to be a novella. I know this book was supposed to be read before the final Throne of Glass novel comes out since it is supposedly necessary, but to be honest, I don't think you need to read it. Only 5% of the things that transpired in this book was necessary to learn about (view spoiler)[ i.e. Maeve's true identity, the role the Healers will play against the Valg, etc.  (hide spoiler)]
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All of that could have been included in Empire of Storms. 

I literally did not care about ANYTHING and I found it so so boring to the point that I wanted to set the book on fire or throw it out the window 
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Neither of which I could do because it was an e-book and I was not doing that to my laptop

I have never been the biggest fan of Chaol, but as of Empire of Storms, I didn't mind him, but I feel like we are back to square one. He continues to blame Aelin for everything and his thoughts were very repetitive. Some things he said just pissed me off in general. Even regardless of Chaol, I wasn't fond or attached to any of the new characters. I couldn't see how learning about this whole new world on the Southern Continent was really necessary, it was as if it was a complete new series. This could have just been an optional book. I was excited for the Assassin's Blade characters to appear but was sorely let down, not naming anyone in particular  *cough*   Yrene, aka the most unprofessional practitioner ever. 

I guess one of the reasons I did not like this book at all was because it is so different from the TOG series that I loved. To be honest, I miss the pre-Heir of Fire days and I'm not a fan of the direction the story went when it expanded. (view spoiler)[ When Aelin was still Celaena. Celaena was the one that drew me into this story and kept me reading and without her, Aelin is just a shell of her former self.  (hide spoiler)] The story of Ardalan's Assassin is what engaged me, not this, but I still continue to read book after book. I still continue on with the series (mostly for Dorian and Aelin (for the most part)) because SJM's plots are entertaining and I want to see how everything is wrapped up. Tower of Dawn was an exception to this. Nothing much really happened, or was too spaced out, mainly I think because we didn't get a real arc of the story and spent way too long world building. We had to learn a whole new world again when this world is complex enough. 

Will I still read the last book? Of course
Am I excited? I am now that I finally made myself get through this. 

For those of you that enjoyed the book, because I have seen that most of you had, I am so happy for you and wish I could have had that same experience instead of dragging myself through this filler book for hours and hours. I never try to force myself to read a book that I am hating, but the fact that I did speak volumes for how much this series as a whole means to me.

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