u/CinnabonBinge

Does the story get better the further down the book you go?

I just started ToD and I am already loving it so I am hoping it will keep up with the pace.

Spoilers ahead.

I am just wrapping up Empire of Storms, and while I did enjoy the book, I am finding myself more and more frustrated with the fact that Aelin always somehow magically figures it all out before everyone else does and takes steps towards the solution without telling anyone. Then there's always this a-ha moment where it's all explained (it also annoys me that it's explained and not shown - we don't really get a proper glimpse in Aelin's head at all).

And then by the time it's all revealed I've already pretty much forgotten how, in that one passage where you barely notice it, she secretly sneaks out to do something mysteriously described in two lines, which turns out to be a great deal in the end.

I also feel like it takes away a bit from human part of Aelin, and that part of personality that was Celeana. It kinda makes me feel like Aelin and Celeana are two completely different people, and not parts of the same woman.