Queen of Shadows starts of with Celaena arriving back to Rifthold to get back one of the Wyrdkeys. She finds the city she left in a different condition then she left it. She gets help from Chaol, his new friend Nesryn and her old nemesis Lyssandra to free Aedion with a little help from her old master Arobyn. Chaol and Celaena are pretty much angry at each other but they decide to work together to stop the king and save Dorian(more like Chaol wants to save him, Celaena thinks its to late).
Rowan joins the gang aswell and they plot to take down Arobyn together and retrieve the Wyrdkey which he had taken from Caelena when she was younger. I am not going to lie all the names Aelin has had kinda confuse me. Lyssandra gets captured by the king and sent of to were the witches are because it turns out she is magical as well leading to the gang finally meeting the witches in a showdown. The wingleader Manon and Aelin fight and Aelin ends up saving her life, resulting in Manon being in debt to her. Manon pays the debt by warning Aelin that Dorian has not been completely taken over by a dark prince and that he can be saved.
The gang save Dorian and have an epic battle killing the King. Before the king dies he says some stuff about actually being possessed himself and that the Duke is the main guy. Dorian kills him.
On to the characters and what i thought of their storyline.
Chaol is pretty angry throughout the book about things he kinda already forgave Aelin for so that is abit confusing. His character became so negative and I feel that he didn’t have to be. He sorta ends up deciding that he is going to let Aelin go and try to be happy on his own, maybe even with his cool new friend Nesryn. I am fine with that but I think that this book made the love that Celaena and Chaol had for each other in book two worthless and that didn’t sit well with me., They deserved better.. He ends up paralyzed so I am thinking the healer Celaena helped in the assassins blade will show up.
Dorian had not alot going on since he was trapped in his own body, but I love the thing with him and Manon. So basically the demon prince that possessed him couldn’t controll him in the presence of Manon because of her being a witch and the color of her eyes. She is the reason the gang didn’t kill him and I think he deserves a strong woman in his life. Currently he is all alone in his Castle and he is a king now(he has people but just no one in the gang) Give this guy a happy ending please.
Lyssandra was super badass and a great addition to the gang(yes that is what I call them). She is spunky and fierce and I loved every scene she was in. I am thinking she and Aedio make a great couple and they also deserve happiness. Aelin gave her a title in her court and the to of them bonding was really great.
Aelin and Rowan are basically in a relationship now, they can get married and move in together. They were absolutely great together and you could tell they were each others rock to lean on. The book got a few fun moments with the sexual chemistry between this two being of the charts. As well as fun moments with them and Aedion. Aelin really grew alot as a character in this book and she is ready to build her court and take back her land.
Manon remains one of my favorite characters and I enjoyed her starting to think for her self instead of listening to orders from her evil grandmother. She really cares for her sisters(witches) which her granny doesn’t. She is all about family and a bad ass character as well. I am looking forward to her journey, and I hope it includes Dorian:)
This book was a 5 out of 5 stars for me 😉