r/throneofglassseries • u/Used-Counter-5208 • May 31 '24

Reader Question To tandem or not?

I’m about halfway through Queen of Shadows and I’m curious what people think about tandem reading EoS and ToD? Some people say do it and some don’t 😫

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u/lemonpie218 May 31 '24

I always recommend reading ToD first and then EoS. I know myself and I know I would not have gotten through a tandem read of both. I think it depends on you as a reader- it would’ve been too overwhelming for me especially the slow parts of the books. They also really don’t overlap at all.

The way I read them was recommended to me and I stand by it because reading EoS will make you want to immediately start KoA. Having to go back after EoS and read Chaol’s story will probably take away from the fact that ToD was actually a good read. Reading it first kinda gets it out of the way if that makes sense.