*****(This review contains no spoilers)******
Finally I have finished Queen of Shadows; I honestly do not know what took mw to long. Especially since I really loved the book. In Maas tome we return to the Kingdom of Adarlan after Celaena aka Aelin (Queen of Terrasen) has been training and honing her magic far away from the magic striped Adarlan. In this book Aelin is very changed, not at all like who she was in the first three books. She comes back to Adarlan to over throw the King and restore magic. She also needs to right a few wrongs and get revenge for a death. When Aelin enters the Kingdom of Adarlan she finds out that her cousin, General Aedion, is set to be executed by the King. That Chaol has left the Kings service after Dorian revealed his magic; and that Dorian is now enslaved and possessed with the spirit of a Valg Prince. Chaol (one of my favorite characters in the series) has become hard. He is still as loyal as ever but he does not know what to make of Aelin. She has lied to him in the past because of their past Aelin also can not trust him. She wants to; and in some way it seems that she wants for him to have missed her. But when she sees how her interacts with fellow rebel, Nesryn, she knows that Chaol has moved on. They both come to the agreement that it will be easier to work together to free Aedion and to make things right in the Kingdom.
The part of the story that I found the most intriguing pertained to the witches, Manon and the Blackbeck Clan. They took a larger role in this book. Which is exactly what I was hoping. We finally get a little more information on their motivations and we slowly start to see them evolve. We see that Manon is more than what her grandmother (matron witch) hopes that she is. We see her kindness in her shielding of Elide Lochan. What I ca not wait to see is what will become of her attraction of Dorian; this was a particular turn of events that had me scratching my head. Also, I found myself during parts of this book doubting Rowan and his true feelings for Aelin. Of course all of this is explained but there is still some "mystery" around him. Also, it feels like their may be a storm brewing for them in an upcoming book. I feel like their relationship will be used against them in some way.
Favorite Scene: Abroynn finally getting whats coming to him, and at the hands of someone other than Aelin. Someone that he seemed to like to use as a pawn in his twisted games with Aelin.
Favorite Quote:
"Tell me what I must do to atone; tell me to crawl over hot coals, to sleep on a bed of nails, to carve up my flesh. Say the word, and it is done. But let me care for you as I once did, before...before that madness poisoned my heart. Punish me, torture me, wreck me, but let me help you. Do this mall thing for me - and let me lay the world at your feet"
"When you shatter the chains of this world and forge the next, remember that art is as vital as food to a kingdom. Without it, a kingdom is nothing, and will be forgotten in time"
"What was it like? To love." (Manon)
"It was like dying a little everyday. It was like being alive, too. It was joy so complete it was like pain. It destroyed me and unmade me and forged me. It hated it, because I knew I couldn't escape it, and knew it would forever change me" (Asterin)
"She was death, devourer of worlds"
"You make me want to live, too, Aelin Galathynius. Not exsist - but live. I spent centuries wandering the world, from empires to kingdoms to wastelands, never settling, never stopping - not for one moment. I was always looking toward the horizon, always wondering what waited across the next ocean, over the next mountain. But I think...I think that whole time, all those centuries, I was just looking for you"
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