This collection of stories about Calaena before the Throne of Glass events was harder to get through than I thought, and I think it’s because I knew the eventual outcome for both Calaena and Sam 😭 I really enjoyed the second and third stories though. I saw the “twist” of whose to blame from a mile away and felt like this grouping of prequel stories didn’t add a lot to the series as a whole, but gave me more time with Calaena’s character. I was really hoping for more info about the HUGE spoiler revealed at the end of Crown of Midnight, but all we got was an allusion to Calaena keeping secrets about her past 👀 So while I enjoyed this read, it didn’t meet my expectations in a couple ways. I am excited to get back into the rest of the series!

Holy shit

SAM 😭😭😭

I haven’t cried like that in a good long while— & to think I KNEW THE ENDING ? 😭🫠🥸

Definitely fills in some gaps and answers some questions you may have through out the stories of Throne of Glass but overall compared to the rest of the books this one fell flat for me.