Throne of Glass
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In honor of the 10 year anniversary of this book blog, I’ve asked a few VIP book lovers to write guest reviews. This review is by Joey DeRosa, who is an avid reader when he’s not occupied with doing the worm at weddings. Here’s his review of Throne of Glass:
I had heard of Sarah J Maas and everyone seemed to have been reading or have read ACOTAR (A Court of Thorns and Roses) but from the reviews, it seemed a little too promiscuous for my taste. After reading a couple of reviews, the Throne of Glass book, and series, seemed more in my wheel house and that is where we will begin.
This book is a young adult fantasy series that kicks off with the main protaganist, Celaena Sardothien having been in prison for the last year of her life being escorted into a room that Crown Prince Dorian. A strong female character and presence, she is in shock as to why the Crown Prince would venture all this way from his home in Adarlan to the prison of Endovier to see her. He has an offer; become the King's Champion and gain her freedom.
While learning of the details of how the become the King's Champion, you also learn that Celaena is an absolute bad-ass and is a teenage assassin (or was, until she was imprisoned). The task at hand for Celaena to win her freedom is to go up against 23 other assassins in a competition. The competitions is a slew of tasks to prove to King of Adarlan who is the greatest assassin across his lands. Of course she ends up having a rival, some of the assassins end up dying due to unforeseen circumstances that nobody can seem to figure out, and there is a strong love interest along the way.
Celaena proves to be strong, funny, quick witted, competitive and doesn't abide by anyone's rules but her own. She has a thirst to prove herself and show the world and herself that she truly is the best of the best. The world building by Sarah J. Maas is a strong foundation for the story and the level of detail can sometimes go on a little too long at times. There were some good twists and turns but if you only plan to read this one book and not the rest of the series, I wouldn't consider this a strong stand alone book.
Does Calaena end up winning the competition? How did Celaena get captured and thrown into prison? Why didn't she try to escape? Will she actually be granted her freedom if she is to win the competition? What does it actually mean to become the Kings Champion? Read the Throne of Glass to find out. It receives 4 out of 5 flames.
