Crown of Midnight
Sarah J. Maas, 2013
Fantasy Young adultRomanceContemporary fiction
An assassin owes her king a kill, a guard she shouldn't want is watching, and the double life she has built is starting to split at the seams. The voice is witty and defiant, the mood dramatic and passionate, and the pace keeps pressing forward through secrets and desire.
Feels like passion, defiance and longing. About identity, freedom and power.
Who it’s for
You may like it if you enjoy YA fantasy with a sharp-tongued assassin, romantic tension, and a heroine wrestling with loyalty and identity. Be aware that the sexual banter and violence are more explicit than some YA readers expect.
Why read it
It gives you a dramatic, witty fantasy romance about a woman trying to keep her own code while a court watches her every move.
A page from the book
Some people apologise for taking up space. She has never once tried.
Who said anything about shame?“ She gestured down to her naked body, even though it was covered by the blanket. ”Honestly, I’m surprised you’re not strutting about, boasting to everyone. I certainly would be if I’d tumbled me.“Does your love for yourself know no bounds?” Sarah J. Maas.Maas first posted the Throne of Glass story as a teenager on FictionPress, under the title 'Queen of Glass', where it gathered millions of reads before publication.
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Questions readers ask
- Is Crown of Midnight for me?
- You may like it if you enjoy YA fantasy with a sharp-tongued assassin, romantic tension, and a heroine wrestling with loyalty and identity. Be aware that the sexual banter and violence are more explicit than some YA readers expect.
- What is Crown of Midnight like?
- The voice is witty and defiant, the mood dramatic and passionate, and the pace keeps pressing forward through secrets and desire. Feels like passion, defiance and longing. About identity, freedom and power.
- What should I read after Crown of Midnight?
- If you liked Crown of Midnight, try Ignite Me (Tahereh Mafi), Rebel Witch (Kristen Ciccarelli) and Shadow Princess (Caroline Peckham).
A taste of the feed
A sentence can outlast the sword that was meant to silence it.
Words, I think, are such unpredictable creatures. No gun, no sword, no army or king will ever be more powerful than a sentence. Swords may cut and kill, but words will stab and stay, burying themselves in our bones to become corpses we carry into the future, all the time digging and failing to rip their skeletons from our flesh.
Ignite Me · Tahereh Mafi
The one force no regime has ever managed to outlaw.
The problem with love is the more you try to destroy it, the stronger it becomes. It might look like weakness on the surface. But in truth, it’s tougher than steel. Love can’t be controlled. Love can’t obey unjust laws. Love will always oppose tyrants.
Rebel Witch · Kristen Ciccarelli
What it costs to live on another person's attention.
Because you’re in my head all the time. You pulse through my blood with each beat of my heart. I live for every scrap of attention you offer me and suffer through every moment you spend ignoring me,” he said darkly, holding my eye the entire time.
Shadow Princess · Caroline Peckham
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