Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass, #3) in What's the Name of That Book???

Aug 10, 2015 Liz rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, 5-star, fantasy

Check out my full review of HEIR OF FIRE here:
http://www.consumedbybooks.com/2017/1... ...more

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Jul 13, 2015 Nadine in NY Jones rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-and-sci-fi, young-adult, fairies, dragons, series-i-don-t-love-but-keep-readin

“Once upon a time,” she said to him, to the world, to herself, “in a land long since burned to ash, there lived a young princess who loved her kingdom.... very much.”

These books are like Hershey kisses for me: I like them, I inexplicably can't stay away, but I don't really think they're good, and I wouldn't recommend them to others.

12 pages in and I'm remembering why I lost interest in this series. Ugh, all the posturing!!

It would have been a mistake to call him young—just as it would ha

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Jul 08, 2018 emily rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-high-fantasy, spies-and-assassins, fairytales-fae-werewolves, 2018, problematic-authors, fantasy-romantasy

2024 - seven years on, this has not weathered well. after reading all of TOG i begin to see that maas's writing is decent, but her characters are extremely formulaic and the ships all start to feel incredibly samey after awhile. and combined with maas being a zionist and the lack of any substantive queer rep in any of her books, she just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. i won't be reading any more of her stuff. ...more

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Mar 27, 2017 Kate rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, age-ya, 2017

This book was basically four different stories happening at the same time.

First, Celaena: At the end of the last book, Celaena was sent off to a distant kingdom. She finds herself in the hands of the fae. Their leader, Maeve, Celaena's aunt, demands that Celaena learn to use her magic before giving her any information on the Wyrdkeys, so Celaena is forced under the apprenticeship of Rowan. After weeks upon weeks of agonizingly slow progress in her training, she eventually learns to shift and co This book was basically four different stories happening at the same time.

First, Celaena: At the end of the last book, Celaena was sent off to a distant kingdom. She finds herself in the hands of the fae. Their leader, Maeve, Celaena's aunt, demands that Celaena learn to use her magic before giving her any information on the Wyrdkeys, so Celaena is forced under the apprenticeship of Rowan. After weeks upon weeks of agonizingly slow progress in her training, she eventually learns to shift and control her magical fire.

Then, Chaol: Chaol misses Caelena, but more importantly he needs to figure out Aedion, who is clearly fae and has magic and figure out why he has ingratiated himself into the court.

And Dorian: Dorian is slowly falling for one of the healers, Sorcha, and she is helping him learn how to control his own magic.

Finally, Manon: She's one of the Ironteeth witches, all of whom were thrown into a frenzy at the death of the Yellowlegs witch by Celaena's hand. They are organizing to fight, training on wyverns so they can fly given that their magic is suppressed.

This book felt like I had read 4 books. It's about a hundred pages longer than any of the other books in the series so far, and so much of the book is training and groundwork for what I assume will be a full out three-way war in the final book. I found myself more interested in Manon's story (as Celaena was too busy whining/overcoming her grief and Chaol and Dorian's stories were rather short and... kinda boring). Her intro is fairly awesome, and then the infighting and betrayals between the witches kept my interest, and then came the wyverns. I loved when Manon chose a bait beast over the most powerful and unpredictable of the wyverns, because she knew he was looking for revenge in the same way she was. Abraxos is a survivor, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have some fears still in him, and I feel like he made Manon a better person. Honestly, I can't wait to see how he affects Manon's loyalties in the coming war.

But yeah, I wasn't as interested in all the rest of it until closer to the end, when Celaena can finally control her powers and her and Rowan's relationship develops more. I suppose I shouldn't be concerned about "who will Celaena end up with??" because at this point I feel like she could end up with Chaol, Dorian, Rowan, OR Aedion. Or maybe she should end up alone, because I'm not sure any of these dudes is interested in both Celaena and Aelin (her fae identity). I definitely want her to end up as queen, but like I said, I'm pulling a little for Manon. ...more

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Oct 04, 2020 junia rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Ooo. I liked this one best so far. I loved all the different stories and at this point I'm used to Maas pulling out random romances out of her butt and then discarding them. I'm also used to her random seriousness/language.. (like what's up with all this claiming and "knowing" language between humans and creatures?).

Also the "reveals" at the end for me was really rewarding. Like I knew all the parts led to something but she didn't give enough away for me to guess.

I would read novellas on Manon ...more

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Apr 20, 2025 Melissa Rochelle rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-2025, scifi-fantasy

NOW we're really moving toward a goal, a conclusion, a purpose! The first few Celaena chapters were rough (but depression is ALWAYS hard for me to read). Really enjoyed the new perspectives, I can't wait to see what happens with Manon, I feel she's got more depth than even she knows. I'm glad I read the novellas because I know more about who the witches are going after next (and...OK, Ansel, not sure how she managed that victory so quickly). ...more

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