(A suggestion: If you haven’t read the Throne of Glass prequel novellas, compiled in book form as The Assassin’s Blade, you should do so before tackling Tower of Dawn. Precisely because it reminds us all that as much as we love Aelin Ashryver Galathynius, this story is - and always was - about so much more than her. Chaol’s development in Tower of Dawn is long overdue, and this 600-page novel that was meant to be a novella somehow serves as a perfect set up for the Throne of Glass finale next year. (Far better than I ever expected, to be honest.) Not only because it gives you another feisty magic wielder to root for in healer Yrene Towers, but because it forces us to look at a character and story we already thought we knew in a brand new way. While it may feel a bit strange to read a Throne of Glass novel in which the series’ heroine does not appear, the story ultimately ends up working. And one that will definitely leave you wanting more. It’s a several hundred page novel that feels like it goes by in a blink. There are multi-layered characters, a rich, complicated universe, fantastic adventure and sweeping romance. Maas’ Throne of Glass saga such compelling reads. Tower of Dawn features many of the same elements that make the other installments in Sarah J. Maas’ novella-turned-full-length-epic Tower of Dawn feels like an unexpectedly necessary addition to her Throne of Glass saga.
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