I know Tower of Dawn is seen as a side story in the series, but I actually really recommend it. I was convinced I would hate it when it came out, but it actually ended being one of my favorites in the series. I thought Chaol's character arc was really well done, and the disability rep felt genuine and realistic (that being said, I'm not disabled so I can't speak from personal experience). I felt that my reading experience of KoA was better because I read it.
I mostly agree. I enjoyed ToD and there's some very vital information revealed in that book. I didn't care for Nesryn's chapters, but I do like Sartaq and the Ruk riders so at least her chapters had some of that. I found the Khagan's family to be interesting as well, particularly Hasar and Sartaq. Kashin was too one dimensional for me to be invested in and Duva was hardly in it until the end, and even then it wasn't really her. Yrene, though... definitely loved her
I am SO excited to see you read Kingdom of Ash. It’s been almost 2 years since I read it, but I still remember every emotion. It was an absolutely wild and amazing ride. One of the best reading experiences of a fantasy novel I’ve ever had.
living my best soup season and book readin' life with this Texas weather. It is a crime that it's supposed to be in the 80's today (SATX). On my reread of TOG, I really love Lorcan and Elide's story, and of course, Manon and the 13. I need origin stories or novellas, something!!
i’m interested in your opinion about how aedion was behaving in this book! he was such an ass to everyone, or even how they used lysandra in the pirate islands!
I hated TOD so much I put the whole series down for 8 months in first read 😂 If ended up being fine in the end but man I was brutally disappointed when I found out.
lol I was always deeply confused by your goodreads review of this book, happy to see you enjoy it this time around! Did you say you're going to do Tower of Dawn? When I read the series the first time, I read it begrudgingly, but I actually enjoyed it the second time I read through the series; it's super different from the rest of the books and I love the setting of that one
You should've done the tandem read! 😭EOS and TOD are 'meant' to be read together, I just finished reading them both and I FOR SURE would've never finished if I had read Tower of Dawn right after Empire of Storms.
i am very adamantly anti-tandem read or complicated reading order for any book series. hate hate hate it lol. imma read them in series order and that's about it
@@chandlerainsleyit doesn’t really feel like a tandem read though due to the multiple POVs that the books already have. I really enjoyed reading it at the same time. I would read 10 chapters each until TOD mentions something that I didn’t get to in EOS yet so I would read EOS until I got to that point. It felt like I was reading one big book and not two.
I’m so tempted to skip tower of dawn bc I just sobbed violently at the end of empire of storms and I absolutely need to know what happens with Rowan “where is my wife” Whitethorn
I've been following all your vlogs for the ToG series since I started reading the series. But did you ever continue to ToD or KoA?? I can't find the videos! 😢 Or are they on your Patreon?
Still hurt by how SJM did dirty to Chaol's character in Queen of Shadows. Aelin and Rowan's relationship felt forced. To me they were more like brother and sister or even close friends. Sadly I could not continue the series, which was a bummer because this has to be one of the best series I have read. It was well thought out and I loved how the world building was coming together.
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I know Tower of Dawn is seen as a side story in the series, but I actually really recommend it. I was convinced I would hate it when it came out, but it actually ended being one of my favorites in the series. I thought Chaol's character arc was really well done, and the disability rep felt genuine and realistic (that being said, I'm not disabled so I can't speak from personal experience). I felt that my reading experience of KoA was better because I read it.
same for me! and there's also a ton of super important information for Kingdom of Ash and the main plot of throne of glass overall!
I loved Chaol so much and I was devastated with what was done to his character in Queen of Shadows. I never continued the series.
I mostly agree. I enjoyed ToD and there's some very vital information revealed in that book. I didn't care for Nesryn's chapters, but I do like Sartaq and the Ruk riders so at least her chapters had some of that. I found the Khagan's family to be interesting as well, particularly Hasar and Sartaq. Kashin was too one dimensional for me to be invested in and Duva was hardly in it until the end, and even then it wasn't really her.
Yrene, though... definitely loved her
I am SO excited to see you read Kingdom of Ash. It’s been almost 2 years since I read it, but I still remember every emotion. It was an absolutely wild and amazing ride. One of the best reading experiences of a fantasy novel I’ve ever had.
Will be coming back to this AFTER I finish the series myself..so far behind but other books keep taking priority on my TBR! lol
living my best soup season and book readin' life with this Texas weather. It is a crime that it's supposed to be in the 80's today (SATX). On my reread of TOG, I really love Lorcan and Elide's story, and of course, Manon and the 13. I need origin stories or novellas, something!!
i’m interested in your opinion about how aedion was behaving in this book! he was such an ass to everyone, or even how they used lysandra in the pirate islands!
Hands down best book in the series
Totally agree with you! The pacing and tension is too notch and the ending is such a gut punch
Been waiting for this one ☝🏼 🌟 💖
I’m glad someone else enjoyed the other couples more than Aelin and Rowan. I thought I was the odd one out
I did too tbh I thought Aelin and Dorian were a more interesting couple 😂
I hated TOD so much I put the whole series down for 8 months in first read 😂 If ended up being fine in the end but man I was brutally disappointed when I found out.
Apparently I read this book 4 years ago…. And yet I remember not a single iota so thank you for this even though I still… don’t remember anything 😂
lol I was always deeply confused by your goodreads review of this book, happy to see you enjoy it this time around! Did you say you're going to do Tower of Dawn? When I read the series the first time, I read it begrudgingly, but I actually enjoyed it the second time I read through the series; it's super different from the rest of the books and I love the setting of that one
Empire of Storms was great! I also stand by my opinion that Tower of Dawn should of stayed a novella. 🙄
Am I watching this having no idea about anything cos I’ve not read any of these books ? Yes , but I just find chandlers voice relaxing x
lol ty for sticking around
I'm pretty sure Morath was built on the idea of Mordor as SJM is a huge fan of LOTR :)
You should've done the tandem read! 😭EOS and TOD are 'meant' to be read together, I just finished reading them both and I FOR SURE would've never finished if I had read Tower of Dawn right after Empire of Storms.
i am very adamantly anti-tandem read or complicated reading order for any book series. hate hate hate it lol. imma read them in series order and that's about it
@@chandlerainsleyit doesn’t really feel like a tandem read though due to the multiple POVs that the books already have. I really enjoyed reading it at the same time. I would read 10 chapters each until TOD mentions something that I didn’t get to in EOS yet so I would read EOS until I got to that point. It felt like I was reading one big book and not two.
I’m so tempted to skip tower of dawn bc I just sobbed violently at the end of empire of storms and I absolutely need to know what happens with Rowan “where is my wife” Whitethorn
I've been following all your vlogs for the ToG series since I started reading the series. But did you ever continue to ToD or KoA?? I can't find the videos! 😢 Or are they on your Patreon?
i didn’t finish lol
Oh no!! 😢😢
UR CAT IN THE LAST FEW MINITS OF THE VIDEO IF so fucking cute
Still hurt by how SJM did dirty to Chaol's character in Queen of Shadows.
Aelin and Rowan's relationship felt forced. To me they were more like brother and sister or even close friends.
Sadly I could not continue the series, which was a bummer because this has to be one of the best series I have read. It was well thought out and I loved how the world building was coming together.
I did not wholly enjoy Towner of dawn but I get why it was apart of the whole story..... Bt kingdom of ash was the shit lol