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Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)

Sarah J. Maas

Start date: July 1, 2014

Finish date: July 31, 2014

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Mar 12, 2014 Sarah rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Mass follows Celaena, one of the best assassins in the world. However, Celaena was captured and sent to work in a death camp, until one day she is given a shot at freedom, in which she has to win a competition to become the King’s assassin, and, after 4 years serving him, will be given her freedom.

Let me start by saying that I am so glad I picked this book up, because I loved it so much, and hal You can also read this review at http://toallthebooksivelovedbeforeblo...

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Mass follows Celaena, one of the best assassins in the world. However, Celaena was captured and sent to work in a death camp, until one day she is given a shot at freedom, in which she has to win a competition to become the King’s assassin, and, after 4 years serving him, will be given her freedom.

Let me start by saying that I am so glad I picked this book up, because I loved it so much, and halfway through I decided it was one of my new favourites. Sarah J. Mass has such a talent for writing so it is so easy to get sucked into one of her books. The world building and detail of everything was absolutely incredible, and her writing is so descriptive. She really has a way of making sentences stand out and impact readers:

“The moans of agony amongst the clank of chains made a chorus as familiar as the dreary work songs they sang all day. The occasional solo of the whip added to the symphony of brutality Adarlan had created for its greatest criminals, poorest citizens, and latest conquests.”

Celaena is one of the most kick-ass characters ever. She is such a strong female character and its just awesome to read from her perspective. She also has so much depth and personality to her. Definitely a new favourite.

Chaol is also a new favourite of mine. I just want to give him a hug. From the start, I preferred Chaol to Dorian. Don’t get me wrong, I like Dorian, but I feel like Chaol understands Celaena better and has been through more in life and worked hard to get where he is. I loved Chaol and Celaena’s banter towards one another:

“Idiot,” she said, grinning now.
“Crazed criminal,” he returned, grinning, too.
“I really do hate you.”
“At least I didn’t come in eighteenth place," he said.

God they are just so cute. I also loved when she was fighting Cain and Chaol was on the sidelines telling her to get up, because he had so much faith in her and he cared about her so much. As if you couldn’t guess, I am definitely team Chaol.

Celaena’s fight with Cain was one of the most stressful things I’ve read. It went on for so long and I thought she was going to die, and he was using demons to torture her and it was so horrible. But I guessed early on that (view spoiler) so it wasn’t that big of a surprise. Also, the King needs to go. I do not like him one bit. He is power-hungry and cruel and needs to be taken down.

As I am sure you can guess, I loved this book and am very excited to continue this series. ...more

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Nov 28, 2013 Sarah rated it it was amazing

This book was just fantastic! I have heard SO many amazing things about it, and every single thing lived up to it. The characters, plot, setting, and writing style were just outstanding! I loved every single thing about this book and plan to write a longer review sometime this week!

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