Thone of Glass: so much wasted potential

Assassin's Blade (prequel): 

This one has great writing and character development, but after reading the entire series before the prequel, it did not really have any meaning to me. RIP Sam though.
6/10

Throne of Glass: 

It's not the best one in the series, but not the worst one either. It felt kind of like a vague Hunger Games-y vibe, just with assassins. I will admit,  upon meeting Celaena for the first time, I knew something was up with her. No random assassin out of nowhere gets picked to compete against other warriors and assassins in a palace (or maybe I am just projecting my perpetual desire to be picked as an assassin to compete in potentially fatal trials at a palace onto Celaena).
7/10

Crown of Midnight:

This book has a good advancement of Celaena's story, but it's not memorable at all. All I can remember is Chaol (blargh).
6/10

Heir of Fire:

This one has the introduction of the 'bad boy', Rowan of the series. Lots of people hate this one, but I like it! It adds some depth to an originally shallow character, and forced empathy out of me for Aelin. However some of the themes in this particular book can be unsettling, so I want to warn you that there is recollection of abuse and trauma.
7/10

Queen of Shadows:

My favorite scene in the whole series is in this book, which made me love it even more! While most of it is only relevant to the advancement of the story and not much else, it's still my favorite in the series. It's my go-to book when I want to re-read TOG, I always start from this one.
8.5/10

Empire of Storms:

This one in particular, being the longest in the series, has absolutely amazing writing, storylines, and character development. Aelin and Rowan finally quench the slowburn romance trope that Maas had been torturing me with. It is my second favorite in the series.
8/10

Tower of Dawn: 

I hate Chaol with a burning. Yrene's no better; she's pretty but boring and adds no interesting plots or characteristics to the story. This book was good for Chaol's character development, but not necessary to read if you don't want to.
5/10

Kingdom of Ash:

Honestly, this was one of the lower books on my list out of this series. The ending is fine and dandy and all, but the series felt kind of saturated at this point, so any other plotlines/characters that were introduced to me during this book went over my head.
6/10