Throne Of Glass

Throne Of Glass

Author: Sarah J. Maas
Pages: 404
Published By: Bloomsbury USA Children's
Published On: August 7, 2012

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 exhilirating. 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. 

I'm not kidding when I say this. I almost didn't read this book! Oh my gosh! What a tragedy that would've been. Once I gave it a second chance, I could literally not put it down. It was amazing. Special thanks to Kaitlin for strongly encouraging me to give this book a second chance. I will never regret it. 

So this book is about a girl. Not just any girl. Celaena Sardothien. She's the most famous assassin in all of the land. She can kick butt, good. She actually has a heart which many people are surprised about. I love her because I always love those characters who are against the flow. She's not afraid to enter a competition where she's the only girl. She last a whole year in a death camp without losing her soul in the process and she is sassy. She's sassy to high end people. She reminds me of America from The Selection except America is not a famous assassin. I've always admired characters with a kicka*s spirit! 

Then there is Chaol and Dorian. They were best friend since birth and still are. Let's start of with Chaol. He's the captain of the royal guards. No biggie. He was assigned to watch Celaena. He grew fond of her. Chaol has this giant wall between his heart and the outside world it seems. He is always so mean and when he does thoughtful things, Celaena usually messes it up. Chaol is very closed off but genuine even when it seems as though he's not. Okay now Dorian. Ah the prince. He is very open and what I read a player. Hops from girl to girl. Except gets knocked down by Celaena because of course that's what she'd do. Well he doesn't actually get knocked down. Just figure of speech. Anyways. Dorian is a very open person, which I now realize, is basically the opposite of Chaol. He loves Celaena and is not afraid to show it. He is very nice and kind. He is kind of the coward. 

The plot of this story was very good. I mean the only assassins I've ever heard of is Black Widow and the ones from the Arrow. This book is very interesting and definitely a page turner. I give this book a 5/5! It was good and different. But different is good. 

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