REVIEW: Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

Title: Heir of Fire (Throne of Glass #3)
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy.
Publication Date: September 2nd 2014
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Format: Paperback
Pages: 562
Rating: 5/5

Consumed by guilt and rage, Celaena can't bring herself to spill blood for the King of Adarlan. She must fight back...

The Immortal Queen will help her destroy the king - for a price. But as Celaena battles with her darkest memories and her heart breaks for a love that could never last, can she fulfil the bargain and head the almighty court of Terrasen? And who will stand with her?

 Any of you who know me at all will know that Throne of Glass is one of my all-time favourite series. If you know that, then you probably know how long I’ve been putting this off.

For those of you who don’t know, I bought this the day it came out, literally treasured it — it sat beside me on my bed for like three weeks so I could look over at it and get excited again. I read 240 pages that September… and then nothing.

Yep, I just left it there until now. The thing is, I wasn’t doing that because I didn’t like it but I just knew what was going to happen. If you’re a fan of SJM then I’m sure you are well acquainted with PAIN. That’s why I put this off, because I knew that it would absolutely destroy me and I would just spend the rest of my life crying about (or at least, until the next book came out).

It wasn’t actually that bad. I don’t completely feel as if my heart is going to shatter into a million pieces, which is actually a pretty good feeling, you know? Mainly the ending just made me want to go start a war or something, because I’m a badass assassin.

On another note. Celaena, oh my god. I honestly adore Celaena more than anything in this world. If I could bring one fictional character to life (let’s ignore Sirius Black here, shall we?) it’d be Celaena. Sure, lots of people would die but I reckon we could be pretty good friends.

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Also, I can’t believe the complete 360 I made with some of these characters. I loved Chaol in Crown of Midnight but now I’m like ‘meh, you’re here, whatever’. I actually liked Dorian again which I did not see coming at all. Words cannot describe Rowan. They really can’t… at least not without spoiling anything. Can I just say, I didn’t expect a new OTP in this novel but here I am, crying again.

So yes, basically — I’m an idiot for having not read this soon. Yes, I want the next book right this second. No, I am not entirely okay.

Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon TBR

I know this is cutting this a little fine on the account that the read-a-thon starts in less than three and a half hours, but yes — I am participating in Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-thon tonight and this is my TBR!

Firstly, I'd like to read Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins. No, I haven't read it before. I'm pretty sure I can actually speed through this one so it's going to be the first one I start with.

Secondly, I'd like to continue/finish The Mirror Crack'd Side to Side by Agatha Christie. I'm already 77 pages into this so hopefully I can knock it over in an hour or two.

Thirdly, I want to read more of Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas. I've been on page 250 of this since it came out in September last year and I'd actually like to finish it before this September. I'd honestly be happy to just read another 100 pages of this.

Finally, the same thing with The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. I've been slowly making my way through this and I'd like to just get another 100 pages read.

I don't have any plans while the read-a-thon is on. I did all of my assignments today so that I didn't have to worry about any of those and I could just spend all day reading. Also, I won't be staying up all night since the read-a-thon starts at 11pm for me and I do really need some sleep!

Who else is participating?

Fantasy Favourites Read-A-Thon Days 1 & 2

This week I'm participating in the Fantasy Favourites Read-A-Thon hosted by Inge and Karolina of Bookshelf Reflections and Olivia of Olivia's Catastrophe. As you can guess by the title, it's a week read-a-thon focusing on fantasy books. I own a lot of unread fantasy books that I've really wanted to get through lately, so this was absolutely perfect timing for me.

Each day during the read-a-thon there will be a set of prompts. I won't be doing every one because I'm too lazy for that, but I thought I should do the first one at least! Today, we had to provide photographic proof of these things.

Your Bookshelf.

I know this looks like an absolute mess in this photo, but I think the weird lighting makes it look a lot worse than it actually is... or at least, I hope it does.

Your TBR pile.

See above photo. Seriously. That is the majority of my TBR pile.

Where you will be reading this week/ Your blogging space.

The majority of my reading will take place here, on my bed. I do actually have a desk sort of thing where I could blog but that's currently covered in stuff. Some other reading might occur at Uni, if I can be bothered to take one of these books with me.

Your favourite fantasy book.

Puts your hands up if you were too lazy to get and get your copy of Throne of Glass/Crown of Midnight from the other room.

A book in your bookshelf that includes: aliens, magic, dragons, mythology or is steampunk.

I have heaps of books that fit all the other categories, but I thought it would be cool to share this one because it's the only one that is steampunk.

Your fantasy books sorted by colour.

Fantasy is probably my most owned genre. You saw my shelves. Nope.

Your reading material for this week.

Now for the exciting bit - the TBR! So I picked out these five. From the bottom, we've got The Poison Throne by Celine Kieran, Graceling by Kristin Cashore, Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder, The Assassin's Blade and Heir of Fire (finally) both by Sarah J. Maas.

DAY 1

I started off today with The Assassin's Blade and I read the first three novellas which is 224 pages in my edition. I decided to start with this because I've read the first 240 pages of Heir of Fire back when it came out in September and then haven't read it since, because I'm terrified of the feels and I thought this would be a nice way to ease back in. 

DAY 2

I haven't got any classes today which means I can do as much reading as is humanly possible. I finished the last two novellas in The Assassin's Blade this morning, and I'm hoping to start Graceling now. I've got a few other things I need to do, so we'll see how that turns out. 

2014 Releases I Still Haven't Read

If you know me at all then you know that I am completely terrible at keeping up to date with things - books, TV, everything! So I thought I'd share with you all six 2014 releases that I still haven't read.

1. Cress by Marissa Meyer

The sad thing about this one is that I'm only now reading Scarlet after I stole it off Chami's shelf. (Yes, this is my favourite story to tell.) It's waiting for me on my shelf but...it's so long until Winter. I don't know if I can!

2. Toxic Heart by Theo Lawrence

I was really, really obsessed with Mystic City so this was one of my most anticipated books of 2015. I did actually pick this up from the library a while back but unfortunately, I think I've decided not to finish this series.

3. To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

This is probably the book I've stayed the most excited about throughout the year. I haven't had the chance to pick it up yet but it's third on my list (after Every Move and The Winner's Crime, of course!)

4. Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

Yep, judge me! I still haven't gotten to this yet and it's killing me. The thing is, I own the first book in hardback which means I need to own the whole series in hardback. It's expensive :( Oh, the hoes of being a booklover!

5. The Murder Complex by Lindsay Cummings

Does that cover not make you want to desperately pick this up? I've almost ordered this off the Book Depo a few times, but I always end up getting something else instead. 

6. Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

And the most embarrassing of all! You might be like, but Ely didn't you practically cry when you picked this up in Sydney? Why yes, yes I did and I cried my way through the first 250 pages or something back in September. Now it just sits there and judges me. IT JUDGES ME.

There we go! I am full of shame for not being able to keep up with books, but I am really trying to keep up with those 2015 releases. Trying is the key word there. What 2014 books have you not got around to yet?

COLOUR SCHEMES #1

Firstly, I'm so sorry for not being active around here lately. I've been really busy with Uni stuff and I'm sort of in a blogging rut lately- it's terrible. Anyway, today I have something a little different- I don't know exactly what to call these other than book colour schemes or something ridiculous like 'ooooh, pretty colour things'. These are on Tumblr all the time so I thought I'd give them a go and as it turns out...I LOVE THEM. They're way more addictive than I thought they would be! Anyway, let's just skip the part where I ramble and get onto the actual images.

 I mean, how was I supposed to resist getting the chance to stare at James Mycroft?

I wanted to see the difference in colours between these two, and I love it.

Did you actually think we make it through a post on this blog without mentioning Ignite Me at least once?

I love this colour scheme almost as much as I love this book (which a lot, seriously, I love this book A LOT.)

And the one that started it all. I used the back cover as well because...that dress. *dies*

That was it! I hope you guys liked the post and let me know if you'd like to see more like this in the future.