The Quiet Concert: Queen of Shadows Blog Tour: This One's For the Girls

I am so incredibly honored to be a part of the #MassThirteen and to be participating in this blog tour for the second year in a row. I have been championing this series for 3 years now and will continue to do so as it only gets better and better. Sarah J. Maas is my queen and I will swear a blood oath to her. Also, a huge thank you to Alexa, Jaz, Judith, Katie and Rachel for creating this unofficial street team and a way for us to share our love of this series with you all.

The Book...

Title: Queen of Shadows
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Series: Throne of Glass #5
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Pages: 665
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult

Summary from Goodreads:
Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she's at last returned to the empire—for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past...

She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die just to see her again. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queen's triumphant return.

Celaena’s epic journey has captured the hearts and imaginations of millions across the globe. This fourth volume will hold readers rapt as Celaena’s story builds to a passionate, agonizing crescendo that might just shatter her world.
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About the Author

Sarah J. Maas is the author of the New York Times, USA Today, and internationally bestselling Throne of Glass series–Throne of Glass, Crown ofMidnight, and Heir of Fire, and the series’ prequel, The Assassin’s Blade–as well as the New York Times and USA Today bestselling A Court of Thorns and Roses. She wrote the first incarnation of the Throne of Glass series when she was just sixteen, and it has now sold in twenty-three languages. Queen of Shadows, the fourth book in the Throne of Glass series, will release worldwide on September 1st, 2015.

A New York native, Sarah currently lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and dog. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Hamilton College in 2008 with a degree in Creative Writing and a minor in Religious Studies.

For my stop on the tour...

Last year I listed 5 reasons why I love this series and they all still stand. This year I wanted to do something different and decided to highlight some of the many wonderful (secondary) female characters in this book and have y'all vote on your favorite, if you can choose! We all know that Sarah is pretty skilled at creating swoon-worthy males, but she is as equally skilled at creating inspiring females, all of whom will stay with me forever. So without further ado, her are some of the badass ladies we have the privilege of reading about and why I love them...

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Time to choose!

I didn't know who I was going to choose as I was making this list, and I still could go back and forth between all of these characters because they are all amazing, but right now I am leaning towards...

*drum roll please*

Asterin

Love and loyalty are two of the things I value most in this world and Asterin is the epitome of both. I also love that she was willing to stand up for what she believed in even if it would cost her.

Now, it's your turn!