Rating: 4.5/5 
 ***Minor spoilers, spoilers for book 1*** 
 I want to start off this review saying that I went into this book knowing two major spoilers, but still ended up enjoying this book more than Throne of Glass. Perhaps if I didn't know these things I would've rated the book higher. The two things I went in knowing (not purposefully) were (view spoiler)[ that at some point in the book, Celaena would attempt to kill Chaol, and that Celaena's real name was Aelin. The first I was spoiled by someone including spoilers for this book in their review of Throne of Glass, and the second I was spoiled by reading Sarah J. Maas's interview on Goodreads. However, I'd like to think I would've figured the Aelin thing out on my own. (hide spoiler)] 
 Crown of Midnight begins not too long after Throne of Glass left off. Celaena has completed a handful of "assassinations" that she was ordered to do by the king. However, secretly, Celaena hasn't been killing her targets. Instead, she instructs them to fake their death and run away forever. Except next, she gets an order to take out a target closer to the palace, which would make it harder to fake their death. Even more concerning to Celaena, the target is a man named Archer, who was her friend back with Arobynn. Meanwhile at the palace, Celaena's relationship with Chaol is growing, and Celaena uncovers more secrets about magic in the kingdom. 
 As I mentioned, I enjoyed this one more than Throne of Glass. I felt like this book had much more action and suspense. I find that when a novel has a competition (The Hunger Games, Throne of Glass, Red Rising, etc.) it isn't as exciting as it could be because there's pretty much a 90% or more chance that the protagonist will win. I went in expecting Celaena to win, and she did, so it wasn't as suspenseful, whereas this book was a lot more unpredictable because there was nothing of that sort. 
 In this book we see a lot of romantic development between Celaena and Chaol, which made me pretty happy. I just felt like Celaena as better off with Chaol than Dorian. However, this is still a bit of a love triangle, but it wasn't really Celaena's doing, but rather each man was jealous when the other got her attention. It was quite annoying to be honest, but since this is mainly told from Celaena's perspective, we didn't see too much of it. Love triangles don't bother me as much when the female isn't obsessing over the two boys she can choose from. Obviously, Celaena isn't one to obsess over boys when she could be slitting throats. 
 Speaking of slitting throats, one of my favourite things about this book was that we got to see badass assassin Celaena. In book one, we got the Celaena who knew her way around a fight, but we didn't see much killing, since she wasn't supposed to kill her competitors. In this one, she's ruthless, and she knows no bounds. She does what she wants and knows how to get away with it. She's the assassin I was waiting to come out in Throne of Glass, and it was amazing. 
 Overall, this book was awesome. We got the things that we wanted but never got in Throne of Glass. There's suspense, drama, tension, and of course, dead bodies. If you've read Throne of Glass, you NEED to pick this book up and read it ASAP. If you're on the fence because you didn't enjoy Throne of Glass that much, I can guarantee that you'll like this one better.