Throne of Glass
Lethal. Loyal. Legendary.
Enter the world of Throne of Glass with the first book in this complete, #1 bestselling series by Sarah J. Maas, author of the Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) series.
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.
Thrilling and fierce, Throne of Glass is the first book in the #1 bestselling series that has captivated readers worldwide.
Other books in this series include:
Crown of Midnight
Heir of Fire
Queen of Shadows
Empire of Storms
Tower of Dawn
Kingdom of Ash
The Assassin's Blade (prequel novellas)
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Readers say *Throne of Glass* offers a fast-paced, gripping start with vivid worldbuilding and a kick-ass heroine whose maturity and age spark debate....
I'm always in favor of kick ass heroines, but Celaena's young age is completely not believable. She wouldn't even have matured enough to have the strength to achieve the deeds she was famous for until she was 16, and yet she supposedly spent a fair amount of time in the salt mines as punishment for those deeds. So how is she now only 18? She seems more like 25 (except perhaps when she dives into a bag of candy!)
I read an average of one book every three days, and they don't all stick with me, but this one was vivid enough and just a bit different enough from the other books I read to stand out. I almost feel as though I watched the movie version, given how vivid the characters and setting are in my mind. I'm not crazy about love triangles, but there's enough other material of interest in this story to make me look forward to reading the next one.
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