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#LittensLoveSJM #ToG For those who want to join me in continuing the series, we will be starting Book 3 on August 1. A reminder that we are reading in the suggested Romantic or Emotional order, so the Assassin‘s Blade will be read 4th. We are going to continue with our pace of 3 chapters a day as this seems to work well for SJM‘s books, and will ensure we finish within August. I‘m tagging those who read the second book with me, but let me know ⬇️

StayCurious if you want to be added or removed from my tag list. All are welcome to join in! @LitsyEvents 2d

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BarkingMadRead Ohhhhh I better order this quick! 2d

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Littlewolf1 W00t w00t…. What day in August are we starting? 2d

Laughterhp Just requested from the library! Hoping they have a copy available quickly! 2d

mcctrish I‘ve got my copy from the library ready to go 2d

StayCurious @Littlewolf1 we‘re starting August 1 2d

Butterfinger YES!!!!! 2d

Roary47 Barnes and Noble didn‘t have the paperback. 😭 (So it would match my set). I‘ll catch up when I get my hands on a copy. I‘m also waiting for a paycheck. 😅 1d

StayCurious @Roary47 I hear that! Do you want me to hold off on tagging you? 1d

Read4life I‘m ready to go! 23h

Roary47 @StayCurious That‘s okay I‘ll just catch up from your tags when I can get it. 🥰 9h

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Crown of Midnight | Sarah J. Maas

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#LittensLoveSJM #ToG Book 2 Ch.55-56/review: what a bombshell - Celaena is the long lost princess and heir to Terrasen. I think we all knew that, right? I wonder if Chaol will be able to keep her secret. Do we think the King suspects? Doubtful. He never would have sent her to Wendlyn if he did. I was sad for Chaol saying goodbye to Celaena - he loves her and knows he has lost his life with her. ⬇️

StayCurious What will he do about the wyrdkeys? He‘s a good man…but too damn loyal to his king and his hard won profession. And to Dorian - even though he never tells him things haha. Will he be forced to go back to his home at some point? How long can he hold his father off? I found this book does a good job of stirring things up and making you want to continue the story. Overall I liked this story. It‘s definitely a bridge to future events. It had good ⬇️ 6d

StayCurious World-building and some great action scenes and revelations that brought us further attachment to these characters. I found Celaena is harder in this book but still a sympathetic and strong character. 6d

StayCurious @LiseWorks @5feet.of.fury @mcctrish @BarkingMadRead @JenlovesJT47 @Laughterhp @Butterfinger @Roary47 @Read4life @lilybird @Littlewolf1 6d

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mcctrish I‘m sad SJM killed off Nehemiah but we have 3 leaders ( if Chaol goes home) now that can come together in a new world. It really did set up more stories 6d

Laughterhp Wow! I actually finished at the same time, even though my timing has been all over the place. I really liked this book. It was action packed, I liked the world building and all the characters. I can‘t wait to read the next one. 6d

BarkingMadRead Ugh this was so good, I can‘t wait to start the next one! 6d

5feet.of.fury This had way more going on than book 1 and I found the character development to be more cohesive. I could have done without Nehemia seemingly sacrificing herself for celaena‘s development. Archer‘s meddling was dramatic enough. But this was a very exciting installment, with the 3 separated I have no idea how the next book will unfold 5d

LiseWorks Ok, to the next installment. I was sad for all of them. I still love Dorian, and I have so many questions. 5d

Roary47 This book had so much, and I loved it! Can‘t wait for the next one. 5d

Littlewolf1 I love this book/series so much. I enjoyed being able to read it with all if you and am looking forward to starting the next book. 5d

Butterfinger I have been sick this week and thought I would be behind. Whew! The relief! 3d

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Crown of Midnight | Sarah J. Maas

#LittensLoveSJM #ToG Book 2 Ch.52-54: Well if we weren‘t sure of Chaol‘s feelings for Celaena before, we know now. He loves her and understands that he can never be with her but he is willing to do anything to protect her. Even send her away and give up his life in the guard. But of course he can‘t talk to Dorian and explain so those two will be at odds. Sigh. I worry about them each being on their own.

StayCurious At least we know for sure now that Celaena remembers who she is. I thought she might‘ve blocked some of her past due to trauma. We‘ll finish tomorrow. 7d

StayCurious @LiseWorks @5feet.of.fury @mcctrish @BarkingMadRead @JenlovesJT47 @Laughterhp @Butterfinger @Roary47 @Read4life @lilybird @Littlewolf1 7d

mcctrish Keeping boys alive ✔️ I‘m glad we learn Celaena is who we thought she might be and it isn‘t dragged out further, despite the 3 of them not confiding in each other much I feel like they are better together than apart 7d

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BarkingMadRead Omg it‘s so hard to put down 7d

LiseWorks I'm not sure Choel sending her away is the right choice. And him going back home? Dorian, well, he is just confused. Wait until the king finds out. 7d

Roary47 I wish they would stay together. Chaol is not the greatest at making decisions. I mean he‘s one of my favorites because he‘s the human (I liked Mike in the Twilight series 😅), but dude… decisions are not his thing! 🤣 6d

Littlewolf1 Poor Dorian… he so lost right now and feels like he is loosing his two best friends. I am happy that Chaol made the decision to put Celaena first this time, despite the way he went about it. 6d

StayCurious @Roary47 haha good ol‘ Mike 6d

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Crown of Midnight | Sarah J. Maas

#LittensLoveSJM #ToG Book 2 Ch 49-51: Man, Chaol certainly saw some things…will he be able to keep all this from the King. This is just my opinion but he‘s pretty useless at everything so here‘s hoping he can at least keep a secret. Celaena is Fae - not just magical - but Fae. She‘s also very strong - when her magic isn‘t contained by whatever the King has done in her realm. Also, thank God they didn‘t kill the dog. ⬇️

StayCurious Do we think Archer deserved to die? Does it show Celaena as strong or as someone without any mercy? 1w

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mcctrish Archer was a loose canon, just like the king, he deserves to be dead 1w

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BarkingMadRead Chaol is a hot mess, this may break him 🤣 and Archer can leave right out, no problem 1w

LiseWorks Oh, I am so glad she got rid of Archer. Oh, and the dog! I was so worried about fleetfoot. Thank God for Dorian. 1w

5feet.of.fury Yep, so glad she didn‘t let Archer go. Screw him 1w

5feet.of.fury Chaol‘s double take was hilarious. & agreeeeee so happy Fleetfoot made it! 1w

Roary47 I‘m glad Archer showed his true colors at his end so he won‘t be a problem. “No, I‘m not… but Nehemia was”. You go C! Okay, Chaol is officially the only human in their trio, and he went after Fleetfoot in the scary portal. We got to give him that right? Chaol has seen a lot, poor ordinary human man. 😔 1w

Butterfinger @Roary47 I was thinking the same. He went after the dog. "Poor ordinary man" hahaha. He is evidently scared of C's Faeness. After brutally killing Grave, I knew she wouldn't let Archer go. In my head while she was walking away, I was screaming, "what are you doing?" I don't know if she planned to put him off guard or if it was his arrogance to explain the death thrust. 1w

Littlewolf1 @Butterfinger good, I am glad that she killed him. For a minute I actually thought she was gonna let him go and he didn‘t deserve it. Again, my contentment for Choal grows every time he‘s in the chapter. Is he really looking at her with disgust because she‘s not human? 1w

mcctrish @Roary47 #chaolpoorhumanman 😂😂 1w

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Crown of Midnight | Sarah J. Maas

#LittensLoveSJM #ToG Book 2 Ch.46-48: we are finally getting somewhere with the riddles in the tomb and Mort is actually helpful for once. Chances are the King already has two of the keys - too bad he‘s clever and steps ahead of Celaena. Then Celaena decides to do something reckless - open a portal to speak to Nehemia. Yeah, that‘s a great idea. ⬇️

StayCurious We already know creatures like the ridderak can come through from other realms and that‘s dangerous for everyone. I understand she‘s grieving but seriously this is such a bad plan. So bad that Dorian is actually warned by an ancient king in his dreams to stop her. He takes the time to grab Chaol and this means they arrive too late - the portal is open and something has arrived. ⬇️ 1w

StayCurious Also, Celaena discovers the truth about Archer - he was behind Nehemia‘s death. I‘m surprised because I honestly thought the king was behind it. I guess he just benefited from it. 1w

StayCurious @LiseWorks @5feet.of.fury @mcctrish @BarkingMadRead @JenlovesJT47 @Laughterhp @Butterfinger @Roary47 @Read4life @lilybird @Littlewolf1 1w

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BarkingMadRead So tense! And Archer 🤬 1w

mcctrish So tense is right @BarkingMadRead and Archer is 🤬🤬 I have read to the end - I couldn‘t help myself and I‘m in the car driving home from Toronto 1w

mcctrish @StayCurious the king had good intel 1w

BarkingMadRead @mcctrish I finished this last week on the way to Costa Rica 🤣 1w

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead that‘s way fancier - I‘ve got the next one on hold from the library 1w

5feet.of.fury Mort! Why you been holding out! I knew Archer was up to no good, but I‘m surprised that he was directly responsible 1w

Butterfinger So close to the end. Will the next book be Assassin's Blade, based on publication, or Heir of Fire? 1w

StayCurious @Butterfinger we are going with the Romantic or emotional reading order and that means Heir of Fire will be next and then the Assassin‘s Blade. 1w

Laughterhp Omg! I‘m finally caught up! Phew! So much has happened. I can‘t believe she decided to open a portal. Yeah, I was surprised by Archer as well. 1w

Roary47 I‘m glad she got to see N even though this was a huge mistake. Archer is bad news! That creature description reminded me of something between Slinder Man and a Wendigo. 😱I hope this means they can all be friends again when they deal with this situation. 1w

Littlewolf1 Same, I knew I didn‘t like archer for some reason. I honestly forgot that he was a total jerk, is a nicer way to put it. And we just got rid of a monster now we got a new one. 1w

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Crown of Midnight | Sarah J Maas

#LittensLoveSJM #ToG Book 2 Ch.43-45: another intense scene underneath the library with the creature who lurks there. I really wonder who he used to be. Is it someone we‘re supposed to know? I felt kind of bad for the thing. I‘m glad Dorian and Celaena are talking and now know some of each others‘ secrets. Not all of course because that would be too easy. Everyone is afraid of telling Dorian “Dude, your dad is literally the worst!” ⬇️

StayCurious He‘s going to have to accept it soon. So will Chaol. I‘m surprised he didn‘t know the library catacombs were there. Imagine if he actually explored the castle he‘s meant to protect!? 1w

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Butterfinger Your last comment reminded me of Celaena's jab to Chaol after killing Grave. Apparently, I am doing your job or something to that effect. The last bit was so sad to me. The king is doing magic to experiment on people. And, I am lead to believe it's allies that are easily tricked like Kaltain. 1w

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mcctrish What does Chaol actually do? 😆😆😆 1w

Roary47 I‘m just speculating here, but in the first book are not the different champion potentials missing organs? Could that be the organs that Celeana was finding in the creature? We know that the king has something to do with those deaths with Cain‘s help. I assumed that the creature they had in the first book was eating them, but maybe not. I‘m so glad that D and C are able to talk about stuff. D especially needed a friend to know about his magic. (edited) 1w

5feet.of.fury @Roary47 I was thinking of the other contestants too! Or the fae? I don‘t know I have a lot of theories 😂 1w

BarkingMadRead I hope we find out who that creature was! 1w

Littlewolf1 Running a little behind with these, but I have finished the chapters working on the next week now, have two left. 1w

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Crown of Midnight | Sarah J. Maas

#LittensLoveSJM #ToG Book 2 Ch.40-42: yikes! That witch sure was scary! Here‘s hoping members of her clan don‘t seek revenge #knowthatisgonnahappen — I feel that she probably did sell Dorian‘s secrets - probably to Roland. That‘s gonna be dangerous later. Finally we got some answers as to how the King grew so powerful so quickly. I‘m sure he has a wyrdkey - but does he have the riddle and does he know what it means? ⬇️

StayCurious Is one of the keys locked in that place in the library that Celaena found earlier? Or are they spread around further apart? 2w

StayCurious @LiseWorks @5feet.of.fury @mcctrish @BarkingMadRead @JenlovesJT47 @Laughterhp @Butterfinger @Roary47 @Read4life @lilybird @Littlewolf1 2w

Butterfinger It's starting to remind me of Crescent City with the multiverse. I know the group hasn't read it yet, so I won't spoil it. It's just giving similar vibes. I hate Chaol grieving. He's beginning to see that he's misplaced his loyalty. 2w

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Roary47 This was a big eye opening chapter for Chaol, and I am finally accepting I‘m not on #TeamChaol anymore at least not with Celeana. I love that there is an adventure of the search for the Wyrd keys. 🤩 2w

BarkingMadRead Omg that witch chapter was insane! 😳😳 2w

mcctrish I read the first 4 of these ages ago and the witch is the first thing I have remembered - I still like Chaol @Roary47 but as an old 👵🏻 they all need to chill and focus on the tasks 😆 1w

Littlewolf1 I will say again that I‘m glad that she‘s no longer with Chaol. He consistently shows that his loyalty is inconsistent. I‘m so glad we finally getting some Witch chapters, and I‘m excited for Celaena to start looking into the ward keys 1w

Littlewolf1 @Butterfinger remember that SJM made a post that for a book 6 of ACOTAR, you should have all books in all three series read. 1w

Butterfinger @Littlewolf1 I did not know that. I knew it was called MaasVerse for a reason. 1w

LiseWorks Yep, that witch was intense.. 1w

5feet.of.fury I‘m kind of irked that she‘s still protective of and friendly with Dorian but cut off Chaol. But I agree with @mcctrish they‘ve got to stop focusing on their relationships and start being truthful & figuring out what‘s really going on. 1w

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Crown of Midnight | Sarah J. Maas

#LittensLoveSJM #ToG Book 2 Ch.37-39: it‘s sad to see Celaena grieving and also feeling angry that Nehemia lied to her. But I think she‘s slowly coming out of the fog. She will need to find purpose and perhaps solving the riddle is what she needs to focus on. How do we feel about Chaol finding out her true identity? Will he feel compelled to tell the King? ⬇️

StayCurious It‘s interesting that she was all about Dorian, then Chaol (so she pushed Dorian away) and now she‘s angry with Chaol so she‘s back to Dorian for company. Those boys are going to have to work hard to keep their friendship. 2w

StayCurious @LiseWorks @5feet.of.fury @mcctrish @BarkingMadRead @JenlovesJT47 @Laughterhp @Butterfinger @Roary47 @Read4life @lilybird @Littlewolf1 2w

BarkingMadRead She‘s definitely acting fickle, but i think she still really cares about Chaol! So many things to stress about 2w

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Butterfinger It's so frustrating to me as a reader. I hate when the protagonist has to learn on their own. Just tell them and us. I'm mad at Nehemia and Elena, too. I can hold a grudge as long as Nesta can. 2w

mcctrish @Butterfinger me too!!! 2w

Roary47 I‘m concerned that since Chaol doesn‘t have a relationship with her he will look to his “duty” again. I also don‘t like that she is flip flopping on the guys, but I think I finally am not holding out hope that her and Chaol will get back together. He also knows he messed up. I hope he will make it right by figuring out he is serving a bad ruler. 2w

Littlewolf1 Here‘s more evidence that Nehemia was manipulating Celaena from the very beginning. Did she ever even considered Celaena a friend, or it was just an attempt to control her. Would she have done the same thing if Dorian was easier to manipulate? What do you think that Chaol weill do with the information that he‘s discovered. Lastly, super glad Dorian and Celaena are talking again. Don‘t think they should be a couple, but I love them as friends. 2w

LiseWorks See, I'm on team Dorian. But I wish these two would be more open. Dorian is seeking out why he has powers. She is seeking out who she truly is. She has powers because no one can fight like she does without powers. So please trust each other. They would be a match if she is a princess from a high house. 2w

5feet.of.fury @Butterfinger yessss Mort is the worst offender, why is he keeping secrets, he‘s just a door! 2w

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Crown of Midnight | Sarah J. Maas

#LittensLoveSJM #ToG Book 2 Ch.34-36: Although it was Grave that killed the princess, I don‘t know if I believe that it was really that minister behind it all. I feel like the King is manipulating everything. Celaena needs to remain on her guard - she is being used. And if Chaol‘s father knew about his relationship with Celaena, you can guarantee the King knew. Things are deadly in that glass castle and Celaena is all alone.

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BarkingMadRead So much intrigue in this book! I don‘t trust anyone anymore! 2w

mcctrish @BarkingMadRead we absolutely can only trust Fleetfoot 2w

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BarkingMadRead @mcctrish grateful for Fleetfoot!! 2w

Roary47 @mcctrish Agreed! There was a lot going on, but I agree I don‘t think we have the whole picture. I still don‘t quite understand how Chaol is at fault. He knew N needed protected, but he also was kidnapped himself at that time. Was he there when the singer was beheaded? Does he know how short fused the king is? I still want to believe in him, but I think I always pick the wrong guy. 😭 2w

Littlewolf1 Wow that is a-lot to unpack. I still feel bad for Choal, especially after meeting his dad. Celaena proves again that she is bot someone you want to piss off, at all. And i agree with @mcctrish the only one we could trust is Fleetfoot. 2w

Butterfinger I know this - Do not get on that girl's bad side. She flips in a heartbeat. Grave had it coming, but goodness me. 2w

LiseWorks I think Celaena better be careful here with the king. And why is Roland agreeing with everything Dorian is doing or asking in those council meetings. 2w

mcctrish @Roary47 the internal threat to N was glossed over, the beheading of the singer was never mentioned again, none of the original 4; D, C, N, C have talked/explained things to each other altho‘ C did tell them she wasn‘t killing the King‘s targets. She tried to let them in - they all condemned her choice but offered no truths of their own 2w

mcctrish @LiseWorks C definitely has to be careful with the King. She needs to get over herself and talk to Chaol and Dorian, not for sexy times, but information. She needs to know who‘s mad at who and who‘s scheming ( Roland) and what is up with those rings ( N would have been so helpful I don‘t understand why she got killed off so fast) 2w

5feet.of.fury Archer has a lot of these deaths on his head too (the people who helped kidnap Chaol, he‘s the whole reason Chaol & Celaena weren‘t there when Nehemia died) and I feel like he got off easy. I was surprised when she didn‘t got straight after the king. I think the guy taken to the dungeons is taking the fall. 2w

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Crown of Midnight | Sarah J. Maas

#LittensLoveSJM #ToG Book 2 Ch.31-33: Poor Celaena - to have those final words spoken between her and Nehemia playing over and over again must be heartbreaking. At least the King didn‘t make her stay in the dungeon - he must still think she‘ll be useful. Also, I call absolute BS that the King wasn‘t behind the killings. He knew about it - he ordered it. ⬇️

StayCurious My guess - the person Celaena saw lurking outside the library. Perhaps he is the King‘s real “champion” who does his bidding. 2w

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BarkingMadRead Ohhhhh I can‘t wait to find out about the mystery guy! 2w

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mcctrish Absolutely the creepy lurker is behind the killing! The sound of wings could it be their summoning ? 2w

Roary47 I was glad she got to be with her puppy again. Chaol made a mistake in not telling her, but for some reason he is oblivious that the king is a bad dude and still works for him. Kaltain having to marry so she can get out of prison kinda sucks. I guess it‘s better but that dude put her there in the first place. 😓 2w

Laughterhp I‘m only on chapter 10. I‘m hoping to catch up on my flight tomorrow! 2w

Butterfinger I keep going back to chapter 25. It just seems like Elena told/ordered her to die, and N was willing to sacrifice herself????? They wanted C to break. Does C have magic like Dorian??? Wow! I did not get that it was Dorian who stopped her from killing Chaol. I'm sort of hoping Nehemia staged it, but that would be so manipulative. 2w

Butterfinger You are missing some action @Laughterhp 2w

StayCurious @Butterfinger I thought that in Ch.25 the queen was telling Nehemia to kidnap Chaol to manipulate Celaena. But you might be right - perhaps she did know she would die if she stayed there that night. Knowing it would motivate Celaena and the masses to rise up. 2w

Littlewolf1 @Butterfinger this is what I got from it. She willingly gave up her life to manipulate Celaena to her cause. Is it the right cause, yes absolutely. By the way, it was done or wrong. And though I don‘t think Chaol was the right choice for her, and I‘m glad he‘s recognized that he has lost her because of his own betrayal, she did irrefutably damage that relationship. 2w

5feet.of.fury @Butterfinger @Littlewolf1 that‘s what I thought too, but then she was in on the kidnapping so I wasn‘t sure 2w

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