** spoiler alert ** 
 I'M FINALLY DONE WITH THIS BOOK AFTER WHAT FELT LIKE FOREVER. 
 It took one me solid week to finish this book because of some issues. Firstly, I rated it 4 stars because again, in terms of reading it, it took me awhile to finish it. The story was basically divided into 3 parts (4 later on because of Chaol and Dorian). The three parts were Rowan and Celaena's story, Chaol and Dorian and then Manon's story. I always found myself stuck whenever it would be Manon's part, not that it was not interesting but while I was reading it, I felt like the pacing was rather slow and half of the time it took me awhile to process all of the things that were going on. I guess I'm not a fan of how this book was divided, like comparing it to ToG and CoM, I was expecting a reunion between the trio and it never happened so there's that. Although I really loved Rowan and Celaena's relationship, it was those chapters as well that made me learn more about her past and what really happened, and I loved it, honestly Celaena's past was very interesting for me and I wouldn't mind reading more about it. 
 In terms of Dorian and Chaol, both characters for me had a few problems as the story progressed. I felt like Chaol was so confused about where his true loyalty lies. I agreed with what Aedion said when he mentioned how Dorian and Celaena moved on already and he hasn't, hence it was just confusing on his part and I questioned some of his actions along the way. With Dorian on the other hand, I think it was too selfish of him to leave Chaol and Aedion, knowing what he truly was and knowing that there are conflicts coming, he was somehow out of the picture for awhile and it made me upset because I was really looking forward for Chaol and Dorian to work together, it's like they chose the wrong time to argue and ignore each other. 
 At the end, I was so so so shocked with Sorscha's death like damn it I was already shipping Dorian and her! :( And I low key am already somehow shipping Rowan and Celaena. Now, I'm hoping that Queen of Shadows will be a complete opposite of this book, I hope that the pacing will be just right and more interactions with ALL of the characters this time.