Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas-5 Stars (A Bazillion-Kajillian Stars)

(reposting from Goodreads)

Do you like screaming at books when bad things happen to characters you like and then crying for a long time afterward? Because I obviously do. All of my favourite books seem to have instances of horrible things happening to characters I love that leaves me screaming out loud and crying (I'm sure my neighbours think I'm a crazy person but oh well. They'll get a whole new taste of things when The Walking Dead comes back on, I'm sure). I just seem to really love books that are beautifully written and with amazing characters who completely break my heart into itty bitty pieces and then leave me in a puddle of feels all over the floor. Seriously I spent most of the last half of this book crying...and I absolutely loved it. Maas has managed to create fictional people that I care deeply about and want to pull close and hug for a while to try to make the crappy things they're going through a little better. She hurts them and beats them down and then helps them put themselves back together (at least most of the time...seriously, this series has a good deal of heartbreak in it but it's totally worth it for the amazing story). And while it is horrifyingly sad that I now have to wait another year until book 4 is out...I will endure because I have faith that Maas will bring more awesomeness and probably blow me out of the water again. Also...I can just reread the first three books again to tide myself over until then (or, you know, if I feel like crying buckets of tears again. Seriously, I have a feeling that Heir of Fire will be like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 in that I'll think I can read it again and be fine and not cry nearly as much...and then I'll find myself in a puddle of my own tears while yelling at myself for how this was not a good idea). :)

And even though Goodreads caps me at 5 stars...this books deserves all the stars, a million trillion bazillion stars...for Celaena to rattle to her heart's content.