She was the heir of ash and fire, and she would bow to no one. Celaena Sardothien has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak—but at an unspeakable cost. Now she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth...a truth about her heritage that could change her life—and her future—forever. Meanwhile, brutal and monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world. To defeat them, Celaena must find the strength to not only fight her inner demons but to battle the evil that is about to be unleashed. The king's assassin takes on an even greater destiny and burns brighter than ever before in this follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Crown of Midnight.

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Writing reviews for Sarah J Maas books are going to be hard, I can tell. Heir of Fire was a read that is definitely not one of my favorites. Oh, don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed reading this book but it did get a bit slow at some parts. Other than that, the characters, plot, writing, was great and so enjoyable to read about. I really loved the new characters that Sarah introduces in this book and I am really excited to see where they go in the rest of this series!

I really noticed change in Celaena throughout this book. Due to events that took place in Crown of Midnight, the place she has been left in Heir of Fire in definitely an interesting one. Reading about Celaena be put in these situations she has never been in before really brought out cool aspects of her that I never knew she had. She is no longer the same Celaena she was when she entered the King’s Competition and I am really excited to see further into that change in Queen of Shadows.

As for the new characters! I am beyond excited to see where they’re character arc will lead to and what kind of things they will do to affect this story. I already have an idea of what one character may do to affect this book but the other, my mind is still working that out.

Now, for plot…this part was the tougher part to get through. I loved it and how it really set’s up Queen of Shadows nicely but it did get slow, and that is what brought my rating down. Let’s just say by page 100, I was kind of bored. (Glad I pushed through that though!) Pacing was a little off but by the last 200 pages, that really changed and I was definitely able to get back into the book at that point. This plot also brought more information about magic and the different kinds of it, which is something I definitely appreciate. Along with more information, the plot and story also meant for such great action/battle scenes! For one thing, it is always awesome to see fighting in these series, because Celaena is so great at it and that really contributes to Sarah’s ability to keep me on my feet with so many plot twists and turns and I really love that.

I gave this book 4 stars because even though the pacing was a bit slow, I still really loved this book.