Published: August 7 2012 by: Bloomsbury
Pages: 404
Rating: 5/5 stars
After going through intense labour in the salt mines of Endovier, notorious assassin Celaena Sardothien has been offered freedom by the king; but only if she can win a competition to become the king's new assassin. She must compete against men from across the empire, and beat all odds. But things get complicated when a love triangle heats up, and suddenly her competitions start showing up murdered. Will she be able to find the killer, or will she become a victim herself?
I FINALLY DID IT!!!!! After months of contemplation, I can officially say that I have started The Throne of Glass series, and boy was I satisfied with the first book. I honestly thought that it would be a very heavy and over bearing fantasy, but what I got was more of an extreme kickass version of The Selection by: Kiera Cass. I was hooked!
Celaena is probably one of the best female protagonists of all time, and she puts the males in the novel to shame! She was cunning, brave and extremely loyal. I loved how she never gave up. I also rather enjoyed the males in the novel as well *cough* Chaol *cough*. They cared for Celaena deeply but at the same time never got in her way.
Sarah J. Maas had sort of a poetic way of writing this book which captivated me. It was so weird, but the writing seemed so lyrical. She used descriptive words without going overboard, and overall the writing was so intriguing! I kept wanting to read more and more.
My advice to anyone who has trouble with fantasy novels like I do, is to still give this a try! I didn't feel heavy or uninteresting one bit, and everything was just so original. This series is a must read!
Have you read Throne of Glass? What did you think?
Emily @ Paperback Princess
YAAS! You DID finally do it! I WOULD have liked it if Celaena showed more of her assassin skills (like, she ate a whole bag of candy that an UNKNOWN PERSON left for her when people are dying left to right. Did she think that poison is not a way to bite it? XD) but YES this book is great. And Chaol. Enough said.
ReplyDeleteHaha yes, Celaena was brave to say the least! I'm so happy I read it :)
DeleteI think I ended up giving it a 4/5 on goodreads when I read it. I loved it, but my main problem was that I felt like we were being told to believe she was this kickass assassin, but were not shown enough. I still haven't read Crown of Midnight, but I want to because I've heard it gets a lot better as the series goes on.
ReplyDeleteI just really enjoyed reading about Celaena's story in TOG, but you get to see a lot more of her fighting in Crown of Midnight, so I would definitely recommend it!
Delete* Jumps up and down! * Yes, Yes, Yes! I'm really excited that you loved this. TOG didn't blow me away like I wanted it to, but for what TOG was lacking, COM definitely made up for. Wait until you get to the second book girl, you haven't seen anything yet. & Chaol is baeeeeee!
ReplyDeleteI read the second book just recently and I was blown away by it too!! Chaol is just the most amazing character, I can't even deal with him!
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