Name: Chase Leitner's review of Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas
Item: Kingdom of Ash
Rating: 4.5
Author: Chase Leitner

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

My absolute favourite couple of all time. They could never make me hate you Lorcan, as silly as 'Lord Lorcan Lochan' may sound. 

Isabelle

“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.”

Tentatively, slowly, her hands drifted across his back. Then settled, embracing him. "I miss them," she whispered, shuddering. 

Dorian only held her tighter, and let Manon lean on him for as long as she needed, Abraxos staring toward that blasted bit of earth on the plain, toward the mate that would never return, while the city below celebrated. 

khwaiish 

“We’re a long way from Innish,” Yrene whispered. “But lost no longer” Aelin whispered back

It was for him that she then smiled. For the children they had been, for what they had lost. 

There is no end to my suffering it seems…. god Manon deserves the world and someone PLEASE GIVE IT TO HER (looking at you Dorian)

There will be a monument" she said to Abraxos, to Manon. "Should vou wish it, I will build a monument right there. So no one shall ever for- get what was given. Who we have to thank" Wind sang through the tower, hollow and brisk. But then footstens crunched in hay, and Manon sat down beside her. Yet Aelin did not speak again, and asked no more questions. And Manon, realizing it, let her shoulders curve inward, let her head bow. As she might never do with anyone else. As no one else might understand- the weight they both bore. In silence, the two queens stared toward the decimated feld. Toward the future beyond it.

First of all: love that first paragraph. 

Second of all: I shall forever ship Elide and Lorcan. I love them so much. 

Home. This, with him. This was home, as she had never had. For however long they might share it. 

And when Lorcan laid her out on the cot, his breathing as uneven as her own, when he paused, letting her decide what to do, where to take this, Elide kissed him again and whispered, "Show me everything."

And before then all, sword raised to the sky as that horn bleur 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. blew One last Thre rant Swi

RHYSAND??? HELPING AELIN…. Maybe I do like him holy shit bro

A blast of dark power, like a gentle summer night, slammed into her. Not to attack-but to slow her down.  A wall, a shield, that she tore and plunged through. But it slowed her. That winged males power slowed her, just enough. Aelin vanished from his world without a whisper. And there it was.  

For hours, Manon knelt on the battlefield, Abraxos at her side. As if she might stay with them, her Thirteen, for a little while longer. And far away, across the snow-covered mountains, on a barren plain before the ruins of a once-great city, a flower began to bloom.

God I am so sad… the thirteen deserve the world and more. The world they fought for. They deserved to see it :(

. Manon said, looking them each in the eye, I would rather fly with a with ten thousand Ironteeth at my side." She smiled slightly.  Tomorrow, we will show them why."  Her coven grinned, wicked and defiant, and touched two fingers to their brows in deference. Manon returned the gesture, bowing her head as she did. "We are the Thirteen," she said. "From now until the Darkness claims us”

We came," Manon said, loud enough that all on the city walls could hear. "to honor a promise made to Aelin Galathynius. To fight for what sbe promised us." Darrow said quietly, "And what was that?" Manon smiled then. "A better world." 

This has to be the most cathartic scene in this book. MANON THANK YOU

"Wyverns from the north! The screamed warning shattered down the battlements, and Aedion and Lysandra ducked as they whirled toward the attack coming at their unai a3onodl Thirteen wyverns raced from the Staghorns, plunging toward the city”

GOD PLEASE I AM FOUR PAGES INTO THIS FREAKING BOOK

it to her as well. Once upon a time, in a land long since burned to ash, there lived a youme princess wbo loved her kingdom . ..

A princess who was to live for a thousand years. Longer. That had been her gift. It was now her curse. Another curse to bear, as heavy as the one placed upon her long before princ her birth. To sacrifice her very self to right an ancient wrong. To pay another's debt to the gods who had found their world, become trapped in it. And then ruled it. Lon

Karen

Shining brighter than the snow outside, Aelin lifted her chin and began her final walk home.

Up the siege ladder still anchored beside the western gate. Onto the walls. Each step heavier than the last. Each step a memory of his friend, an image of the kingdoms they had seen, the enemies they had fought, the quiet moments that no song would ever mention. 

Lorcan sent a flicker of his power to wrap around her ankle. The limo vanished.

A hand in the knob, she gave him a small, grateful nod. "I missed that." He heard the unspoken words as she disappeared into the busy hall. 

"Queen of Witches," Crochan and Blackbeak declared as one voice. 

"Fire heart," The words were a gentle brush down her cheek. "Fireheart, why do you cry?" 

And from far away, deep within her, Aelin whispered toward that ray of memory, "Because I am lost. And I do not know the way." 

Evalin Ashryver ran gentle fingers down Aelin’s cheek. Over the mask.

Aelin could have sworn she felt them against her skin.

"You have been very brave," her mother said. "You have been very brave, for so very long. But you must be brave a little while longer, my Fireheart." 

"You must be brave a little while longer, and remember …" Her mother placed a phantom hand over Aelin’s heart. "It is the strength of this that matters. No matter where you are, no matter how far, this will lead you home." 

“But this new, fragile thing humming between them… he would not risk it for all the world.”

“His name on her lips had been a summons he could never deny, even when death had held him so gently, nestled beneath all those he'd felled, and waited for his last breaths”.

Alyssa Abendroth

Chase Leitner

The main thing I liked about this book was that in the end, goodness, love and friendship conquered all.

I wish Aedion got more time with his father.

Michele

The main thing I liked about this book was that in the end, goodness, love and friendship conquered all.

I wish Aedion got more time with his father.

"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

Thank god I’m finally done with this series

Janice Walker

What an absolutly wondrous, extraordinary, page turning series this has been. I've laughed and cried so much reading these books, KoA especially. 

This series will forever have a place in my heart. The writing is absolutely perfect, the different story lines all add up wonderfully, and there is such a magical and emotional effect to everything written in these pages. 

I urge everyone to read Throne of Glass at least once in your life, for you will not be the same after. 

What an absolutly wondrous, extraordinary, page turning series this has been. I've laughed and cried so much reading these books, KoA especially. 

This series will forever have a place in my heart. The writing is absolutely perfect, the different story lines all add up wonderfully, and there is such a magical and emotional effect to everything written in these pages. 

I urge everyone to read Throne of Glass at least once in your life, for you will not be the same after. 

Ruby Emmeline Fisher

I feel like I’m mourning a major loss after finishing this series 

Allysen

🥹 What do I do now? What a beautiful book series. And the mini Acotar Reference? Dead. 

Hannah L 

It was the most impactful of the series, as expected from the last book. The first few chapters are a little bit of a drag but pick up wonderfully to deliver a wonderful ending and a fabulous plot

Madeleine Rose

neele

Nicole Mills

Finishing this series feels like a breakup 

"The final battle is here. 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"--Front jacket flap.

This has been by far my most favorite book journey. I am so sad that it’s over.

Jillian Roberts

rain

Still thinking about these characters almost a year later

Colson Bollinger

Absolutely amazing! I couldn’t breathe! 

Charlotte Osborne 

I wish I could give it more! 

Absolutely amazing! I couldn’t breathe! 

I have no words! This series was amazing! I will be thinking about this last book for sometime to come. Just epic! 

Aims

julie reads

Cici Pearson

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

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