Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas on October 1, 2020
Genres: Fiction / Fantasy / Epic, Fiction / Fantasy / Paranormal, Fiction / Fantasy / Romance, Fiction / Romance / Fantasy, Fiction / Romance / General
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
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“My name is Celaena Sardothien. But it makes no difference if my name’s Celaena or Lillian or Bitch, because I’d still beat you, no matter what you call me.”
“We all bear scars,… Mine just happen to be more visible than most.”
This novel follows Calaena Sardothien, a teenage assassin who, after a year enslaved in the Endovier Salt Mines is brought before Dorian Havilliard, the Crown Prince of the country of Adarlan. The King of Adarlan is holding a tournament to determine his Champion–really a personal assassin on retainer—and members of the court have been invited to sponsor competitors. Dorian proposes to sponsor Celaena, notorious for assassinating many members of the King’s court before her imprisonment, in order to annoy his father. In return, Celaena will be free after four years of service. Celaena agrees and journeys to the glass castle at Rifthold, Adarlan’s capital, to compete. 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.
It was so hard to put down!! I was fully invested. The characters are so perfectly written, they’re not perfect but they’re so easy to like. The chemistry is so amazing. The plot is intriguing, genuinely kept me thinking and flipping the pages to find out what happens next. It does at times however slow down a bit, but it’s nothing to fret over. The way Maas describes the fighting scenes and worlds just blows my mind. She is so creative and has the perfect way of making you feel as though you are there.
I gave this novel a four-star rating. The main character proves everyone that, after all, no matter how hard life beats us down, we must raise our head high up and keep fighting, because we all are beaten down by life, but not all of us show this the same way. If you really enjoy reading about badass female protagonists, then this is the perfect book for you! I can’t wait to start on the next book!