Book Review: Throne Of Glass By Sarah J. Maas

Main Characters

Celaena Sardothien
Chaol
Dorian

Publisher’s Summary

In a land without magic, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She has no love for the vicious king who rules from his throne of glass, but she has not come to kill him. She has come to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three murderers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she will be 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. And a princess from a faraway country will befriend her. But something rotten dwells in the castle, and it’s there to kill. When her competitors start dying mysteriously, 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.

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My Thoughts

This book did not hook me either LOL. But I am hooked now so do not come for me. (Currently reading “Empire of Storms”) but real talk: this started off painfully slow. Like, where-is-the-battle-to-the-death slow. I was promised assassins and a deadly competition, not a fashion show and flirt fest.

The first 70% was just Celaena being like:

“I’m an assassin but also—OMG this dress!!”
“I’m hot, I know it, but let me pretend I don’t while I toy with two men like it’s a sport.”
Whispers “Oh right… that competition we’re all pretending is the plot? Still happening. Kinda.”

BUT THEN—it actually got good. Like Under the Mountain in ACOTAR-level good. I’m annoyed I’m hooked now, but here we are. 3 stars. SJM, you win again.