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Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass #5)
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Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
KINGDOMS WILL COLLIDE.
The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius as war looms on the horizon. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those who don't.
With her heart sworn to the warrior-prince by her side, and her fealty pledged to the people she is determi ...more
The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius as war looms on the horizon. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those who don't.
With her heart sworn to the warrior-prince by her side, and her fealty pledged to the people she is determi ...more
Hardcover, 693 pages
Published
September 6th 2016
by Bloomsbury Children's Books
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ALL SPOILERS ARE HIDDEN.
Update from a reread: this story was way more powerful the second time through once I knew where it was going. All the subtle lines about time just broke my heart.
4.5 stars. This series means SO much to me, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to blindly love it or treat it any differently than other book I review. I really enjoyed the story, but still thought I was only going to give it 4 stars until the ending + the exclusive short stories.
First off, I would absolutely recom ...more
Update from a reread: this story was way more powerful the second time through once I knew where it was going. All the subtle lines about time just broke my heart.
4.5 stars. This series means SO much to me, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to blindly love it or treat it any differently than other book I review. I really enjoyed the story, but still thought I was only going to give it 4 stars until the ending + the exclusive short stories.
First off, I would absolutely recom ...more
“Where do you think you’re going?” Darrow demanded.
She looked over her shoulder. “To call in old debts and promises. To raise an army of assassins and thieves and exiles and commoners. To finish what was started long, long ago.”
3 1/2 stars. Much better than Heir of Fire and Queen of Shadows, methinks. But maybe not if you're unable to skim over the gross love scenes between Aelin and Rowan, or you just can't deal with a book where Chaol is completely absent.
I have to say, though, I think Empir ...more
Sep 10, 2015
Kimi
rated it
it was ok
Shelves:
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meh,
fantasy,
it-s-not-me-it-s-you,
badass-heroine,
fictional-boyfriends,
ya,
na
Here are my reviews of the previous books in this series:
Throne of Glass
Crown of Midnight
The Assassin's Blade
Heir of Fire
Queen of Shadows
These two girls said it all Simona’s review , Paige’s video
*sigh* I’m not sure where to start. I’ve pretty much loved all the previous books in this series but aghhh this one.
Welcome to Empire of Storms the try not to cringe challenge book edition.
➨ The first thing that you notice while reading Empire of Storms is the similarities it has with ACOMAF. I think ...more
“My name is Aelin Ashryver Galathynius …
And I will not be afraid.”
Someone willing to talk? This book destroyed me and I think I need therapy to endure the wait and pain until next year.
Edit:
So, I'll need to wait another year to know what happens next... Not fair Sarah J. Maas, not fair.
I know there's another book coming but really, I just don't care much for Chaol at the time.
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Why did I read Queen Of Shadows so fast?
Dammit, this happens every damn year.
I read the damn book way too fast and I ...more
Jul 23, 2013
Andreea Pop
rated it
it was amazing
Shelves:
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good-vs-bad,
witches,
epic-battles,
dark-atmosphere,
awesome-romance,
amazing-feelings,
young-adult,
high-fantasy,
holy-shit,
bat-shit-crazy,
huge-character-development,
cry-the-shit-out-of-me,
a-new-kind-of-fucked-up,
cover-love,
i-worship-these,
royalty,
read-in-2016,
brotherhood-for-the-ages
Brilliance. Sheer, pure brilliance. This is what this book is. Everything I wanted and everything I didn't know I wanted. It's a whirlwind of emotions. Quite probably, the best in the series.
Full review to come.
Full review to come.
I'll have a full video review discussing my thoughts soon.
I DEVOURED THIS AS I DEVOUR ALL OF SARAH J MAAS'S BOOK ENJOYING EVERY SECOND. I love the characters in this seris so much!!! Here's my booktalk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9tnt...
Jul 07, 2014
Wendy Darling
marked it as to-read
MORE WYVERNS AND BATHTUB SCENES, PLEASE.
*Do I need to remind you to be civil? No, I don’t. Good kids.
This is the story of how Sarah J. Maas reviewed her own poetics in one of her books.
"You will hate any moment of peace or happiness."
(Because rest assured they'll use every single one of them to have sex or to seduce someone into having sex, and sometimes not even imminent danger will be enough of a deterrent. Sadly. A massacre or two would have spiced things up.)
"Dorian offered a lazy grin in return. “Believe it or not, this ship has ...more
This is the story of how Sarah J. Maas reviewed her own poetics in one of her books.
"You will hate any moment of peace or happiness."
(Because rest assured they'll use every single one of them to have sex or to seduce someone into having sex, and sometimes not even imminent danger will be enough of a deterrent. Sadly. A massacre or two would have spiced things up.)
"Dorian offered a lazy grin in return. “Believe it or not, this ship has ...more
Review to come!
“The world will be saved and remade by the dreamers.”
It was unexpectedly relieving to slip back into this world. Initially, I was dreading this sequel because there was just so much that could go completely wrong, but Sarah J. Maas seriously knows her stuff. She handled the situations she put my favorite witches through with excellence.
This review contains *spoilers*.
Right from the start, we get to hear from Elena Galathynius, which, finally. She’s one of my favorites from this series and getti ...more
It was unexpectedly relieving to slip back into this world. Initially, I was dreading this sequel because there was just so much that could go completely wrong, but Sarah J. Maas seriously knows her stuff. She handled the situations she put my favorite witches through with excellence.
This review contains *spoilers*.
Right from the start, we get to hear from Elena Galathynius, which, finally. She’s one of my favorites from this series and getti ...more
I flew through this and had a blast while reading, but after finishing I started to focus more on the problems I had with it. I did still enjoy it overall, but it's not my fave in the series. Tone and content-wise it just felt very different from the previous books. I'm still invested in the series though, and I can't wait to see how this all wraps up in the final installment!
I talk more about this book (both spoiler-free and a spoiler section!) in this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm ...more
I talk more about this book (both spoiler-free and a spoiler section!) in this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm ...more
1.5 stars
Here's a compilation of my live Snapchat updates.
Some jumbled thoughts:
I don't care about any of the characters that I'm supposed to care about anymore. The longer you spend with SJM's characters, the more it seems like she's completely incapable of keeping character's consistent or giving them realistic development. Not caring about these characters has a significant impact on one's ability to enjoy this book, as so much of it hinges on characters and their relationships with one anot ...more
Here's a compilation of my live Snapchat updates.
Some jumbled thoughts:
I don't care about any of the characters that I'm supposed to care about anymore. The longer you spend with SJM's characters, the more it seems like she's completely incapable of keeping character's consistent or giving them realistic development. Not caring about these characters has a significant impact on one's ability to enjoy this book, as so much of it hinges on characters and their relationships with one anot ...more
❝But Aelin had promised herself, months and months ago, that she would not pretend to be anything but what she was. She had crawled through darkness and blood and despair—she had survived.❞
This series doesn't mean a lot to me, not like a lot of my other friends, not like some people out there that consider it one of their favorite series no matter what happens. But I do consider Sarah J. Maas a phenomenal author and even though she isn't one of my favorites, I don't think I would miss out on a ...more
best book ever.
i need to breathe.
can you please message me if you have read this
i need to talk about it
i need to breathe.
can you please message me if you have read this
i need to talk about it
All Hail Queen Maas!
I may hate her right now, I may be cursing her name and shaking and screaming, but deep down I love her with an unprecedented reverence. She can't be human, no, she is a terrible, brilliant and cruel deity that messes with us mortals. For the past 48 hours I've been fighting and bleeding in Erilea. Now, I'm in a daze. Powerful gusts of wind scattered my mind. Bright fire reduced my sanity to cinders. And icicles have pierced my heart. Because this book, because Empire of Stor ...more
I may hate her right now, I may be cursing her name and shaking and screaming, but deep down I love her with an unprecedented reverence. She can't be human, no, she is a terrible, brilliant and cruel deity that messes with us mortals. For the past 48 hours I've been fighting and bleeding in Erilea. Now, I'm in a daze. Powerful gusts of wind scattered my mind. Bright fire reduced my sanity to cinders. And icicles have pierced my heart. Because this book, because Empire of Stor ...more
“Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen, knew the time would soon come to prove just how much she'd bleed for Erilea.”
Had to give myself some time after reading this epic book, to gather my thoughts, and pull myself off the floor. I think I've had some time to get it together and am finally ready to right a review for this book.
We're pretty deep into the Throne of Glass Series so writing reviews for it are getting harder and harder. It's getting harder to talk about events going on and where ...more
Had to give myself some time after reading this epic book, to gather my thoughts, and pull myself off the floor. I think I've had some time to get it together and am finally ready to right a review for this book.
We're pretty deep into the Throne of Glass Series so writing reviews for it are getting harder and harder. It's getting harder to talk about events going on and where ...more
After re-reading a few parts I cannot help but rate it lower. Well, maybe it'll be one of those books that I rate lower and lower with every time I re-read some parts and revise them in my head. Oh, SJM, you could have done it so much better. Why? Pity.
I will start with the flaws.
Well, the "mature" content that reminded me a bit of fanfictions from AO3, not because it was horrible, but because it was given too many pages and written in an over-the-top manner. That said, I am generally not fond ...more
Oct 26, 2014
Katerina Kondrenko
rated it
did not like it
Shelves:
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touching-moments,
skimming-hard,
royals,
demons,
finished-with-an-effort,
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fae-fairies,
high-fantasy,
magic,
read-in-english,
cliffhanger,
explicit-content,
multi-pov,
from-the-3rd-p-pov,
werewolves-and-shape-shifters,
boring,
logic-is-dead,
02-out-of-10,
stupidity-incarnate,
new-adult,
mary-sue-marty-stu,
heavy-romance,
that-twist,
promising-start-but,
cute-non-human-creatures,
no-ship-in-this-harbor,
no-love-geometry,
read-in-2016,
character-and-action-driven-plot,
bromance,
female-friendship,
expected-smth-better,
witches,
epic-fantasy,
pirates,
assassins,
dragons,
unpopular-opinion,
dragging-plot,
princes-kings-storage,
nobility,
pages-601-700
2.5 out of 10
Ревью в моем блоге/This review on my blog
Living A Thousand Lives (please use Chrome/Yandex browser or Android/IOS to see the page; otherwise, spoiler-tags I use to make my post compact may not work)
Genre: high-fantasy, NA
Stuff: fae, witches, dragons, a million kings and queens
Fail: gross sex, repetitiveness, pathos
WOW: the Witches' politics
POV: 3rd-person, multi
Love-Geometry: none
Quote-Core:
"It was all borrowed time anyway."
This review won't be long (too little free time), but ...more
Full spoiler free review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr-mo...
I FINALLY GODS-DAMNED DID IT
It was long and it was difficult but it was worth it. I have the hardest time getting through Sarah J. Maas books because they're so long and there's so much going on, so I complain A TON as I'm reading it, but I always end up loving it in the end.
I FINALLY GODS-DAMNED DID IT
It was long and it was difficult but it was worth it. I have the hardest time getting through Sarah J. Maas books because they're so long and there's so much going on, so I complain A TON as I'm reading it, but I always end up loving it in the end.
I SWEAR SARAH J.MAAS IS GOD'S GIFT TO EARTH.THIS BOOK IS A MODERN MASTERPIECE.
Reread: April/May 2017
WHY. DO. I. DO. THIS. TO. MYSELF.
Honestly, I'm terrified for Tower of Dawn because, hell, if it all went to crap at the end of Empire of Storms, what on earth are Chaol and Nesryn dealing with in the Southern continents? I am dying to find out, but also too scared. Hulp.
I shall go mourn my babies now.
After reading: I am dead.
Basically, Maas is the reason I have trust issues when it comes to book. She is too skilled at ripping my heart out of my chest, beating it up, cuttin ...more
WHY. DO. I. DO. THIS. TO. MYSELF.
Honestly, I'm terrified for Tower of Dawn because, hell, if it all went to crap at the end of Empire of Storms, what on earth are Chaol and Nesryn dealing with in the Southern continents? I am dying to find out, but also too scared. Hulp.
I shall go mourn my babies now.
After reading: I am dead.
Basically, Maas is the reason I have trust issues when it comes to book. She is too skilled at ripping my heart out of my chest, beating it up, cuttin ...more
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**Full Review (Updated)**
I want to cry my eyes out, throw this book across the room, and hug Maas. This was nuts.
------ MILD SPOILERS BELOW (nothing big)------
I am completely wrecked but in the best possible way. This book was astounding- so many amazing moments. I do have complaints that I'll explain out below *cough, mush scenes*- but overall, this series is one hell of an emotional rollercoaster and that most definitely continues here. By the way... I've decided this book is basically what we ...more
I want to cry my eyes out, throw this book across the room, and hug Maas. This was nuts.
------ MILD SPOILERS BELOW (nothing big)------
I am completely wrecked but in the best possible way. This book was astounding- so many amazing moments. I do have complaints that I'll explain out below *cough, mush scenes*- but overall, this series is one hell of an emotional rollercoaster and that most definitely continues here. By the way... I've decided this book is basically what we ...more
704 Pages. 704. SEVEN HUNDRED FOUR!!! **** YES
BRING. IT. ON.
At these point I know my sweet Chaolaena ship is wrecked. So whatever else Sarah throws at me, I know I can survive it.
Some things I need:
-More bad*** fighting
-Chaol and Dorian bromance
-Aelin rebuilding her court
-Rowan and Aeduan camaraderie
-Ladies showing off their kick***ry
-Wyverns + Witches
-Manon and the Thirteen scenes
-Elide meeting Aelin
-Manorian scenes please because I SHIP IT
-BLOOD AND DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
BRING. IT. ON.
At these point I know my sweet Chaolaena ship is wrecked. So whatever else Sarah throws at me, I know I can survive it.
Some things I need:
-More bad*** fighting
-Chaol and Dorian bromance
-Aelin rebuilding her court
-Rowan and Aeduan camaraderie
-Ladies showing off their kick***ry
-Wyverns + Witches
-Manon and the Thirteen scenes
-Elide meeting Aelin
-Manorian scenes please because I SHIP IT
-BLOOD AND DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
Jun 14, 2016
Ryan
rated it
did not like it
Shelves:
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not-my-cup-of-tea,
to-review,
1-star,
unfinished-series,
december-tbr,
audiobook
DNF at 60%
One star for Manon Blackbeak.
Welp. I tried.
Full review to come.
____________________________________________
*Edit: So my opinion on this series has changed after re-reading QoS, so I don't exactly consider myself a ToG fan anymore, but I still stand by what I said in this review.
*Edit: I feel like I should clarify that I am not talking about sassy or sarcastic reviews, because I have written a few myself, and I find those reviews absolutely hilarious, regardless of if I liked the bo ...more
One star for Manon Blackbeak.
Welp. I tried.
Full review to come.
____________________________________________
*Edit: So my opinion on this series has changed after re-reading QoS, so I don't exactly consider myself a ToG fan anymore, but I still stand by what I said in this review.
*Edit: I feel like I should clarify that I am not talking about sassy or sarcastic reviews, because I have written a few myself, and I find those reviews absolutely hilarious, regardless of if I liked the bo ...more
Mar 13, 2016
Fiona
rated it
did not like it
Recommends it for:
nobody, I wouldn't even put my worst enemy through this disappointment
I did it. I got my hands on an early release of Empire of Storms and binge-read it (however painful that was).
And oh my gracious god what did I just read.
Look, if I wanted fanfic I'd go to archiveofourown, not go and buy one in a bookstore. Honestly I'd also get better quality on ao3 than I got in this book.
Queen of Shadows was a bit of a disappointment but this
This was painful to read, this is an insult to the genre.
This is blasphemy.
(view spoiler) ...more
And oh my gracious god what did I just read.
Look, if I wanted fanfic I'd go to archiveofourown, not go and buy one in a bookstore. Honestly I'd also get better quality on ao3 than I got in this book.
Queen of Shadows was a bit of a disappointment but this
This was painful to read, this is an insult to the genre.
This is blasphemy.
(view spoiler) ...more
MAN OH MAN OH MAN. OOOOH MAN. GUYS I HAVE A LOT TO SAY.
CONTAINS A SHIT TON OF SPOILERS
LIKE HOW CAN ONE WRITE UP A DECENT REVIEW FOR THIS MASTERPIECE. OH WAIT....I KNOW THE ANSWER! YOU CAN'T.
So you probably know by now that I do not summarize the book's plot in my reviews because you guys already know what happenedor if you don't, you're a little bitch for reading this review CONTAINING A SHIT TON OF SPOILERS.
Alrighty here we go...
We have just read the fifth installment of the Throne of Glass se ...more
CONTAINS A SHIT TON OF SPOILERS
LIKE HOW CAN ONE WRITE UP A DECENT REVIEW FOR THIS MASTERPIECE. OH WAIT....I KNOW THE ANSWER! YOU CAN'T.
So you probably know by now that I do not summarize the book's plot in my reviews because you guys already know what happened
Alrighty here we go...
We have just read the fifth installment of the Throne of Glass se ...more
Wow. Just wow.
I'll be filming a full video review for this so I'll keep my thoughts here brief.
I didn't have high expectations going into this because, as this series has gone on, I've increasingly lost interest in most of the characters and the plot.
But this took everything I didn't like in the series and multiplied it by 10000 and took everything I loved and shattered it to pieces.
For a while, I actually really enjoyed the direction of the plot. It seemed like the world would actually start ...more
I'll be filming a full video review for this so I'll keep my thoughts here brief.
I didn't have high expectations going into this because, as this series has gone on, I've increasingly lost interest in most of the characters and the plot.
But this took everything I didn't like in the series and multiplied it by 10000 and took everything I loved and shattered it to pieces.
For a while, I actually really enjoyed the direction of the plot. It seemed like the world would actually start ...more
Jul 28, 2015
Jessica ❁ ➳ Silverbow ➳ ❁ Rabid Reads
rated it
really liked it
·
review of another edition
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Reviewed by: Rabid Reads
Immediately after finishing EMPIRE OF STORMS, I knew this review could go one of two ways: short(ish) and sweet(ish), b/c nonspoilery fifth-in-series review, or dauntingly long with an extensive spoiler tagged section.
Nearly a month after the fact, I finally decided to go with door #1. I'll probably update at some point, but for now, addressing the myriad teeny-tiny issues, while trying to communicate that I still very much enjoyed the book, is beyond my abilities. *shrug ...more
Immediately after finishing EMPIRE OF STORMS, I knew this review could go one of two ways: short(ish) and sweet(ish), b/c nonspoilery fifth-in-series review, or dauntingly long with an extensive spoiler tagged section.
Nearly a month after the fact, I finally decided to go with door #1. I'll probably update at some point, but for now, addressing the myriad teeny-tiny issues, while trying to communicate that I still very much enjoyed the book, is beyond my abilities. *shrug ...more
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Sarah J. Maas is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Throne of Glass series (Queen of Shadows, Book 4, will be out in September 2015), as well as the A Court of Thorns and Roses series (out 5/5/15).
Sarah lives in Bucks County, PA, and over the years, she has developed an unhealthy appreciation for Disney movies and bad pop music. She adores fairy tales and ballet, drinks too ...more
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