Review: Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas

"I claim you, Aelin. To whatever end."

Heir of Fire is the third instalment of the Throne of Glass series. Throughout this novel we continue the journey of the formally known Celaena Sardothian aka Aelin Galathynius.

Name: Heir of Fire

Author: Sarah J. Maas

Pages: 565

Publisher: Bloomsbury, September 2nd 2014

Genre: YA Fantasy

Purchase: Chapters, Amazon

Series: Throne of Glass: Book 3

"She was the heir of ash and fire, and she would bow to no one"

A new character is introduced into this series, and his name is Rowan. Rowan makes you completely forget about all of Celaena/Aelin's past relationships. I just want to take a moment and talk about Rowan Whitethorn. He is amazing, a warrior prince, who took the blood oath to the cruel and evil Maeve. He trained Celaena who later accepts herself once again as Aelin.

"You cannot pick and choose which parts of her to love"

I really thought that Celaena and Choal were suppose to end up together, and sometimes I feel as if Sarah is trying to make extra drama then need be. But I have begun to realize that:

Dorian loved Lillian, he loved the girl pretending to be something she wasn't, and when Celaena could not longer be with him. He stepped aside, remaining her friend. Thus proving why I love the quote from heir of fire so much " You cannot pick and choose which parts of her to love." Dorian still loves and accepts Celaena, despite the fact that she has magic, and that she is actually fae. This is something that Choal cannot come to terms with.

Choal loved Celaena, the swaggering assassin that is always strong. But as soon as she changed, his mind changed too. Choal cannot wrap his brain around magic, because he never grew up with it. He doesn't understand it. He can not accept the fact that Celaena is actually Aelin, and cannot accept her for what she is. He wants to love her for her human assassin side of her life. Which is why Choal will never be able to love her completely.

Rowan, however, loves Aelin. He has seen all her sides. They made it back to the light together, and with Aelin making Maeve free Rowan from the blood oath by setting her whole fricking kingdom up in flames, it proved, Rowan and Aelin need each other. That just makes the whole story.

I absolutely love Sarah's writing style, and how even though Aelin was no longer with Dorian and Choal we were still able to follow their side of the story without feeling like we were missing bits and pieces. I also love how Aelin has jumped from Dorian, to Choal, to now what looks like will be Rowan, and I'm 100% okay with that decision. I think each love represented something different in the stages of Aelin's life.

Would I recommend?

As always I do recommend anything by Sarah J. Maas. Obviously read the first and second before reading the third instalment of the series. If you don't you will be terribly confused as to what is going on.