Throne of Glass Review
Throne of Glass is the first book in the fantasy series by Sarah J. Maas.
"After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin.
Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for four years and then be granted her freedom. Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilarating. But she's bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her ... but it's the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best.Then one of the other contestants turns up dead ... quickly followed by another. Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined."~Goodreads
I was worried when I first started the book that it would just be the competition (because I refused to reread the premise). So I was very happy when all these different aspects started coming in that were related to that but was not the games itself. The fantasy and magic in Throne of Glass is simply amazing.
I loved Celaena. Her personality was fantastic (her sass in on point). And adding to that, the fact she's a reader and plays the piano (though they call it a pianoforte), I find her hard not to love. Miss Sardothien is definitely a force to be reckoned with. The love interests were adorable and I find it very hard to pick a side. Even though the already good characters are, well, good, I like how they still undergo character development of their own. But I hated Kaltain with a strong passion ever since she was introduced. I reserve this kind of hate for a few characters and she's unfortunate enough to make the list (there were a few other spiteful people as well but I still don't understand them as well).
The plot was so intricate and well interwoven that I can see how it carries on into the other books where part of it has been fulfilled. Though Celaena is a bright girl I still wanted to slap her with a book when she wasn't as clever as she could have been. Her fight for freedom is another thing in itself.
I read it as an e-book because it was eight dollars cheaper at the time. Despite this, it didn't fail to cast its own charm over me. Yes, I'm in love with this series. So not sorry at all.
"We all bear scars, Dorian. Mine just happen to be more visible than most."
"No, I can survive well enough on my own if given proper reading material."
"Libraries were full of ideas--perhaps the most powerful and dangerous weapons of all."
Rating:
"After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin.Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for four years and then be granted her freedom. Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilarating. But she's bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her ... but it's the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best.Then one of the other contestants turns up dead ... quickly followed by another. Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined."~Goodreads
I was worried when I first started the book that it would just be the competition (because I refused to reread the premise). So I was very happy when all these different aspects started coming in that were related to that but was not the games itself. The fantasy and magic in Throne of Glass is simply amazing.
I loved Celaena. Her personality was fantastic (her sass in on point). And adding to that, the fact she's a reader and plays the piano (though they call it a pianoforte), I find her hard not to love. Miss Sardothien is definitely a force to be reckoned with. The love interests were adorable and I find it very hard to pick a side. Even though the already good characters are, well, good, I like how they still undergo character development of their own. But I hated Kaltain with a strong passion ever since she was introduced. I reserve this kind of hate for a few characters and she's unfortunate enough to make the list (there were a few other spiteful people as well but I still don't understand them as well).
The plot was so intricate and well interwoven that I can see how it carries on into the other books where part of it has been fulfilled. Though Celaena is a bright girl I still wanted to slap her with a book when she wasn't as clever as she could have been. Her fight for freedom is another thing in itself.
I read it as an e-book because it was eight dollars cheaper at the time. Despite this, it didn't fail to cast its own charm over me. Yes, I'm in love with this series. So not sorry at all.
"We all bear scars, Dorian. Mine just happen to be more visible than most."
"No, I can survive well enough on my own if given proper reading material."
"Libraries were full of ideas--perhaps the most powerful and dangerous weapons of all."
Rating:
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