Empire of Storms
Sarah J. Maas, 2016
Fantasy Young adultRomanceContemporary fiction
A young queen gathers an army and a chosen family to stand against a conquering king, while the romances around her are as lethal as the battles. Hot, defiant, and quick-moving, the story keeps romantic tension and battle urgency close together.
Feels like passion, defiance and hope. About love, war and freedom.
Who it’s for
You may like it if you enjoy a large cast, shifting alliances, and romance woven through battle planning. It is the fifth book in a long series, though, so starting here means missing much of the history that drives the choices.
Why read it
Pick it up for a queen who builds her own army and a chosen family, with romance that sharpens every strategic choice.
A page from the book
He proposes the way other people pick a fight.
The useless sentries in the watchtower are now all half in love with you,” he lied. “One said he wanted to marry you.”A low snarl. He yielded a foot but held eye contact with her as he grinned. “But you know what I told them? I said that they didn’t stand a chance in hell. Because I am going to marry you,” he promised her. “One day. I am going to marry you. I’ll be generous and let you pick when, even if it’s ten years from now. Or twenty. But one day, you are going to be my wife.”He shrugged. “Princess Lysandra Ashryver sounds nice, doesn’t it? Sarah J. Maas.Maas began posting the story that became Throne of Glass on FictionPress at sixteen, under the title Queen of Glass.
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Questions readers ask
- Is Empire of Storms for me?
- You may like it if you enjoy a large cast, shifting alliances, and romance woven through battle planning. It is the fifth book in a long series, though, so starting here means missing much of the history that drives the choices.
- What is Empire of Storms like?
- Hot, defiant, and quick-moving, the story keeps romantic tension and battle urgency close together. Feels like passion, defiance and hope. About love, war and freedom.
- What should I read after Empire of Storms?
- If you liked Empire of Storms, try Rebel Witch (Kristen Ciccarelli), Ignite Me (Tahereh Mafi) and The One (Kiera Cass).
A taste of the feed
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
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
What it sounds like when someone wants the ordinary days too.
I want everything with you, America. I want the holidays and the birthdays, the busy season and lazy weekends. I want peanut butter fingertips on my desk. I want inside jokes and fights and everything. I want a life with you.
The One · Kiera Cass
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