Crown of Midnight (2013)
Crown of Midnight is a 2013 kings and rulers book written by Sarah J. Maas.
Celaena Sardothien has won the king's deadly contest and taken the post of royal assassin, and now she must serve a crown she despises without letting anyone glimpse the truth. Every mission the king hands her tests how much of herself she is willing to spend, and one assignment threatens the few people she has let close. Sarah J. Maas follows the first Throne of Glass novel with a book of double lives and gathering menace, where court balls and blade-work sit beside a darker magic stirring on the horizon. Fast, romantic, and sharper-edged than its opener.
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What is Crown of Midnight about?
Celaena Sardothien has won the king's deadly contest and taken the post of royal assassin, and now she must serve a crown she despises without letting anyone glimpse the truth. Every mission the king hands her tests how much of herself she is willing to spend, and one assignment threatens the few people she has let close. Sarah J. Maas follows the first Throne of Glass novel with a book of double lives and gathering menace, where court balls and blade-work sit beside a darker magic stirring on the horizon. Fast, romantic, and sharper-edged than its opener.
When was Crown of Midnight published?
Crown of Midnight was published in 2013.
Who made Crown of Midnight?
Crown of Midnight was written by Sarah J. Maas.
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The obvious next stop is Assassin's Creed II, another tale of a charismatic killer moving through a beautiful, treacherous court. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt pairs monster-hunting with the same romance and moral grey. On screen, Killing Eve turns a lethal, stylish assassin into magnetic, dangerous fun these readers tend to love.
Assassins and spies who have to fake normal every single day
Crown of Midnight lives in the gap between Celaena's public role as the king's champion and the truth of who she still is underneath it. Killing Eve and Assassin's Creed II both build entire stories around that same tension, competence and violence hidden behind a normal face, and Mulan, Black Butler, and Smallville carry the same charge of a disguise that could unravel at any moment.
Serving a crown you have every reason to hate
Celaena serves a king she has every reason to despise, and Crown of Midnight spends its court scenes needling at how long she can keep pretending otherwise. House of the Dragon and Game of Thrones both stage that rot at the top of a throne, The Witcher 3 hands you a continent run by rulers worth distrusting, and The Cruel Prince turns a fae court into the same gilded trap.
A darker magic stirring beneath a glittering court
Beneath the court balls and blade-work, Crown of Midnight keeps hinting at a darker magic waking at the edges of the story. The Wicked King and The Queen of Nothing carry that sense of power stirring under a glittering fae court, Tithe works the same territory from a human girl's side, and Shadow and Bone and The Girl Who Drank the Moon follow their own dangerous gifts coming into focus.