Emily answers “I've heard that this book wasn't very...”

Ariana Jashari asked this question about Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1):

I've heard that this book wasn't very good, but I've also heard that the second book is Amazing. Is this series Worth Reading at all?

Emily WARNING: This answer contains spoilers. It is almost impossible to give a full review without spoilers, so sorry in advance.

OMG! Major fangirl here! I…moreWARNING: This answer contains spoilers. It is almost impossible to give a full review without spoilers, so sorry in advance.

OMG! Major fangirl here! I don’t know, I’m 11 years old, just finished reading the series for the second time, and maybe my view is biased but I love this so much! Of course there are better books out there, go read War and Peace if you have so much time to come here and be overly negative over someone’s life’s work. In the first book sure, maybe she’s a bit whiny but the over-description of pretty dresses marks Aelin (then Celaena) out as a badass, talented assassin who has a soft spot for clothes and food—one of the ways people like Legally Blonde’s Elle Woods—super smart but is frilly and feminine I guess.

I also don’t get why people are annoyed by the amount of witty banter and ‘scripted sentences’, after all Aelin had both a royal and a strict upbringing and is very intelligent so I feel that is quite justified. Assassins like her also have the power to remove someone from life, why shouldn’t they be arrogant? I do like humour in my books. Very moving too, last few books had me tearing up a couple times and I don’t cry easily.

It is so intense, confusing at first with the Wyrd and stuff but I promise it will get better. Especially where the parts about Celaena’s true identity is revealed. Perhaps the way that so many of the characters end up mates is a bit cliche, but although this may be inappropriate for an 11 year old all of the love scenes were steamy with anticipation. Don’t worry, there aren’t many. Other than that I also love the world building and character growth, for example Maeve’s story of walking between worlds. I also love how Aelin and Rowan pretty much hate each other at first, but don’t realise they’re mates until later in the series, breaking Rowan with Lyria was an amazing example of character development.

Characters are also introduced along the way, such as Manon and Yrene, and though they’re stories might not be as thrilling to read about they play vital roles in the destruction of Erawan. I’m sorry if you don’t like spoilers but there’s that, I could go on forever with reasons I love ToG(less)

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