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Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Published by Bloomsbury on August 2nd, 2012
Genres: Young Adult, High Fantasy
Pages: 404
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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.
This book blew me away.
From the first chapter I was swept away by the story and the characters and the vivid imagery. Celaena is taken from the salt mines of Endovier, where she was kept as a slave for a year, to the royal palace, where she is forced into a competition to be the champion for the King. I know some people have an issue with Celaena’s empty threats and lack of action, but I actually liked that. It showed me a lot of who she is as a character: she has a quick temper and even at her worst she still wants to fight.
All of the characters in this book were so dimensional and intriguing. They each had their own unique voices, and I had no problem differentiating between even the smallest of characters. I loved Dorian and Chaol especially, and they both were such strong characters, yet in very different ways.
Another thing I loved about this book was even though there were some “romancy” moments and plot lines, there was no “insta-love” or anything like that. What romance there was was very organic.
I honestly would recommend this book to everyone. It’s a book that I went into thinking I wouldn’t enjoy at all, and then loved more than I thought was possible. I know that this series is super hyped up (another reason why I put off reading it for so long) but THE HYPE IS REAL GUYS. IT’S REAL.
I am going to give Throne of Glass five out of five hearts.
I adore this book. I’m reading the newest book in the series right now!
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Ahhh Tower of Dawn?! I can’t wait to start that one!! I need to order a copy or get myself to B&N ASAP!!
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Yep! Honestly I had forgotten it was coming out, but I had preordered it months ago, so that was a pleasant surprise. 🙂 So far, so good! She’s an excellent author.
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She really is!! I can’t wait to hear what you think of it when you’re done!
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yaaay, great review! 🙂
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Thank you!!
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Great review I’m glad you enjoyed this book and I hope you like the rest of the books as well ☺☺
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Thank you!! I’ve actually read all of the published books and the reviews are going to be posted soon!!
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I can’t wait to read them ☺
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Somehow I still haven’t managed to read this book, even though it’s been on my shelf foreverrrrr. Glad to see it’s got a lot going for it!
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Aaaah you should totally read it!! I put it off for so long because I was scared of all the hype but I’m so glad I finally decided to read it!!
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I miss the old Dorian! :’) Would read the first book (only) again just for his character. ❤
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Yesssss Dorian was amazing in the first book!! I like his character development, but his character in ToG is my favorite version of him ❤️
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He undergoes a huge character development in the future books, which I still refuse to accept. 😂
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Isn’t Sarah J. Maas amazing!!! Her writing is just so fantastic I can’t get over it! If you loved this book (which I haven’t read yet.. I know sad, I should get on that) then I swear you will LOVE her Court of Thorns and Roses series! The second one is what rekindled my love for reading! (Court of Mist and Fury) Plus the third book is a big thumbs up!
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Yes I love her writing!! I actually haven’t read the Court series yet but I have the first one and it is next on my TBR!!
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Glad you loved it! When do you plan to read book 2? I will be having a buddy read in October if you can wait until then and want to join?
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I actually read all the way up to Tower of Dawn!!! Otherwise I would love to!! I might do a reread though, so maybe I will join in the buddy read! Let me know when it’s getting close and how I can join!
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Oh wow! Yeah I will let you know ahead of time when we decided to start it. Have you read the novellas?
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Haha I have read the novellas too! And I’m planning on starting Tower of Dawn soon. But I do want to do a re read of them (because I am reading them so fast and I just want to make sure I don’t blur the plots!!).
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I am trying to decide if I want to read the novellas in order with the books or not.
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I read them last and I liked it that way
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Interesting. Okay. I had another blog friend suggest waiting until after book 4 or 5. I can’t remember, and of course can’t find the comment, lol. I will keep both ideas in mind and see how I feel. I definitely don’t want to try to read any right now before book 2.
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I read them after book 5 (so after I finished the then-published ones) and it just makes so much more sense because you know the characters that the novellas are about then
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That may have been what they suggested too then. Sounds like I have a plan! 🙂
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Good review. This book is definitely on my list. I have yet to read a Sarah J Mass book.
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Thank you! I really hope you love this book when you get to it!
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If you loved this book, you will definitely love all her other books! For me this was my least favourite book of Sarah J. Maas (but I still loved it though!).
Enjoy reading the rest of the books! 🙂
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I’m on Tower of Dawn now and I’m loving them so far!! I can’t wait to see what happens next!
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One of my favorite series! Hope you enjoy the rest of the series just as much 🙂
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Thank you!!
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