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Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)

Sarah J. Maas

Start date: June 1, 2022

Finish date: June 30, 2022

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Jun 16, 2020 Kim rated it it was amazing

Second time reading and reviewing: I agree with my 2020 self haha. Such a good story, amazing characters and a plot worth diving into!

So so good! A story centered on a notorious assassin. She’s elected by the crowned prince to participate in a competition to be the King’s Champion, aka personal killer. She’s trained by the captain of the guard. It’s great because there is this thread of story that connects everything without it being the total center of the story.

Celaena is bad ass. Legit. She ...more

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Mar 22, 2018 Ari ☾ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018-reads, ya, owned, fantasy-romance, paranormal, fantasy, favorites, reread, 2024-reads

Re-read August 2024

Original Rating (March 2018): 4 Stars
Re-read Rating (August 2024): 4 Stars

"You could rattle the stars."

Re-reading Throne of Glass was a pleasure and kind of hard if I am being honest. SJM's writing has come so far since this book. It is fun to look back and see her grow. Throne of Glass is still a worthwhile read and it's crazy how much I actually remembered about this book. Celaena was witty and badass which ofc she is. I remember how much I absolutely adored ...more

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Apr 27, 2017 Butterfly2507 rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Celaena ist so wundervoll! Ich mag Bücher mit Badass Frauen und das hier hat meinen Anspruch erfüllt! Eine perfekte Mischung zwischen Überleben, Kämpfen und Liebe. Bin gespannt wie es weiter geht und ob es was aus Celaena und Chaol wird... :D

UPDATE 04/10/23:
Ich mag es immer noch sehr sehr gerne :D Bin fro das Buch noch mal gelesen zu haben damit ich endlich mit der reihe weitermachen kann :D

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Apr 04, 2020 Ashleigh rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: buddy-read, series-books, rfantasy-bingo-2020, fantasy-sci-fi, uno-2020

Why did it take me this long to start this series??

Celaena Sardothien is a world-famous assassin who, prior to this book, was sentenced to a lifetime of living and working in the Endovier Salt Mines as punishment for her crimes, personally sent there by the King of Adarlan himself. So when his son, Crown Prince Dorian shows up at the Salt Mines along with the Captain of the King's Guard, Chaol Westfal, Celaenia is intrigued.

They offer her a chance she can barely refuse: compete in a contest to ...more

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Dec 26, 2020 Linda C rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, romance-historical, suspense-thriller, young-adult

Celaeron is retrieved from imprisonment at the salt mines by Prince Dorian to be his Champion in a contest for becoming the King's Champion, i.e. his private assassin. If she wins she will be contracted for 4 years and then given her freedom. The contest involves 24 contestants with a series of tests and eliminations. The story also evolves into encounters with monsters from an Other World and an underground of rebellion in the Kingdom. Altogether a great action-packed adventure and start to a s ...more

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