Friday, January 2, 2015
Book Review: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
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Angie
Title: Throne of Glass
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Publication Date: August 2nd, 2012
Synopsis (Goodreads):
In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she is released from prison to serve as the king's champion. Her name is Celaena Sardothien. The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will protect her. But something evil dwells in the castle of glass--and it's there to kill. When her competitors start dying one by one, Celaena's fight for freedom becomes a fight for survival, and a desperate quest to root out the evil before it destroys her world.
Throne of Glass was a book that I kept hearing about.
Everyone seemed to love it. I got the feeling this one was a must read. They
were all right. Why did I wait nearly to the end of the year to read it? I tend
to do dumb things sometimes.
The story is told in the third person POVs of several
characters, namely: Calaena, Dorian, and Captain Chaol, and other secondary
characters. Most of the chapters were in Celaena's view, though. It's fun
reading about Celaena's thoughts and feelings because beneath her fearsome
character, she is just a girl who wants pretty things and has a weakness for
pretty boys (I can totally relate)! The chapters narrated by Prince Dorian and
Captain Chaol were just as great! The
Prince is inexplicably drawn to Celaena, and the Captain is unwittingly
attracted to her despite Celaena's arrogance.
The world is wonderfully done, complex and epic. Celaena
has to compete in a Champions duel to win her freedom from slavery. During the
duels her fellow competitors start mysteriously dying. But when Celaena stumbles upon Wyrdstones
throughout the palace she finds that Magic is still present in secret ways. Magic
is forbidden in this world by order of the king. Watching Celaena try to unravel the mystery
behind this magic was fascinating; magic is present in a fairly subtle way but
has a huge impact on what happens in the story.
I don’t want to say too much about the book itself
because that would just ruin it. I barely knew anything about it when I read
it. All I knew was what was on the back of the book. Trust me when I say this
book has to be on your TBR if it isn’t already. If you love fantasy and a kick
ass heroine then this is your book by far. You will not be let down by this
book.
Rating:
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