Beware subtle spoilers!!!!!! 
 Queen of Shadows was very quick to get into motion from the get go. From the very start of the book Sarah J Maas got right into the beat of things and had things going at a ver quick pace. There were a few things I guessed before they occurred, but still quite a few surprises. Throughout the book there were moments of intense emotion from joy to shock to worry and everything in between for me. The only "downside" I felt/saw was that the end felt a little rushed. So much happened and was resolved so quickly that I felt like this was the last book in a series and that the author was just trying to tie up loose ends. Seeing how two more books are scheduled for the series, I think things could have been a lottle more drawn out and explained. Sarah makes it clear that there are more and bigger problems to come, but the way the book ended felt like the end of a series. Still, this was just my opinion. No hate to Sarah as an author, I still give it a 5 star review and definitely recommend it to everyone.