SYNOPSIS: 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. Rating: 5/5
Wow, I LOVED this!! Throne of Glass is a super thrilling and exciting story and I was so into it that I got annoyed with myself for being hungry and having to get up to eat because that meant I had to stop reading. It started as a nice action novel, but as it went on more and more mysteries were introduced that kept calling me back to the story and gripping my attention. I was a bit disappointed that not all mysteries were solved at the end of the book, but I suppose there's a whole series of books to follow that will hopefully answer all of my questions! I loved Caelena, as she was super fierce and awesome but also had feelings and depth to her character. Also, she was described as being sickly thin and she gained weight throughout the story! Being very thin was not seen as ideal! Fantastic! I'm generally not a fan of love triangles and relationships where the boy is way too old for the girl, so if you've read Throne Of Glass you can guess which couple I'm rooting for. I liked Chaol more as a character than Dorian, but Chaol is just too old for Caelena so they'd be better off as friends. Nehemia was also an excellent character, as she showed that you don't just need one good female character to make a book nice and diverse; women are just as much capable of taking on ANY role in a book a man could, and Nehemia was the awesome sidekick whom I hope to see lots of in the rest of the series. The story itself was thrilling and gripping and kept me on the edge of my seat, which I suppose I could've expected from a book with a character called "Eye Eater". Seriously, this book is not for the weak of heart as it has some gruesome descriptions of murders and does not shy away from the gross and scary. I'd recommend this book to anyone who is of an appropriate age (I don't think this book fits a younger Young Adult audience) and likes Fantasy! Definitely let me know if you've read this book and what you thought of it! Did you love it as much as I did? Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/7896527-throne-of-glass?from_search=true Amazon: www.amazon.com/Throne-Glass-Sarah-J-Maas/dp/1619630346
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