Diving Deep into Kingdom of Ash: A Raw Review

We’re diving deep into Kingdom of Ash, Sarah J. Maas’s epic finale to the Throne of Glass series. This episode is packed with big emotions, the moments that broke us (and the ones that healed us), hot takes you might not see coming, and all the reasons this book still lives rent-free in our heads.

Whether you sobbed through the last chapters or had strong feelings about certain character arcs, we’re talking about it all.

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🖤 Chapters
0:00 – 1:18 | Opening & First Impressions — Why Kingdom of Ash hit us with every emotion.
1:18 – 2:30 | POVs & Pacing — How Sarah J. Maas balanced so many characters perfectly.
2:30 – 4:59 | Where this finale stands in Throne of Glass.
4:59 – 6:41 | First Read vs Reread
6:41 – 8:28 | Picking up after Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn.
8:28 – 11:17 | Aelin’s T0ture & Escape
11:17 – 15:09 | Aftermath & Character Arcs
17:22 – 21:15 | The 13 & The Yielding
21:15 – 24:49 | Manon’s Grief & Mirrors with Aelin
27:01 – 30:11 | The Lock Vote
34:14 – 35:42 | Other Standout Moments
35:56 – 39:02 | Friendship, victory, and “For a better world."

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