

“I went too long without demanding retribution.

Aelin is completely in control and she makes a statement in bold capital letters that she doesn't buy any bullshit and that she's ready to reclaim back everything that was taken from her. She's still an arrogant, stubborn, brave and sassy young woman, but she undergoes a spectacular character-development into a cunning, determined and fierce queen. Every trait of Celaena Sardothiens is magnified and combined in such a masterful way to create a unique character. You see, she's the same heroine we've come to love during these past 3 (4) books and yet a different persona. You will be completely astonished with the unraveling of Aelin Ashryver Galathynius, because in reality you haven't exactly met her until now. “Please,” Lysandra said, waving a manicured hand, “you and I are nothing but wild beasts wearing human skins. But as I finished it for the second time, I realized something extremely important: QoS is a tribute to strong, tough heroines, main and secondary alike. I'm going to start by saying that I've read it twice in a matter of days - once devouring it cover-to-cover, fueled by that insatiable need to find out what the hell happens next (pulling an all-nighter, if I might add), and then simply to savor its cleverness, awed yet again at Sarah's ingenuity.

That's the only word I can think of to describe Queen of Shadows in order to encompass its complexity and awesomeness, because while I loved Throne of Glass and Crown of Midnight blew my mind away and Heir of Fire broke my heart into teensy tiny pieces, neither of those installments felt as grand as this one - worlds collided, debts were paid and a queen rose to her glory.
