Monday, March 3, 2014

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas Review

Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)


Meet Celaena Sardothien.
Beautiful. Deadly. Destined for greatness.

In the dark, filthy salt mines of Endovier, an eighteen-year-old girl is serving a life sentence. She is a trained assassin, the best of her kind, but she made a fatal mistake: she got caught.

Young Captain Westfall offers her a deal: her freedom in return for one huge sacrifice. Celaena must represent the prince in a to-the-death tournament—fighting the most gifted thieves and assassins in the land. Live or die, Celaena will be free. Win or lose, she is about to discover her true destiny. But will her assassin’s heart be melted?

I've come to realize that I'm 100 times more patient with audiobooks than with regular books. With audiobooks,  I can just put my headphones on, and workout, do chores around the house, drive etc etc. If I don't like the book, then I least I didn't waste my time. I thought that Throne of Glass was a perfect example to my weird logic. I'm not saying that Throne of Glass was bad, but I'm the kind of person that to finish a book I have to be engaged pretty early on in the book. The first time I tried to read ToG I didn't feel a connection towards the characters or the plot.

But this review right here of the sequel to Throne of Glass by Kim from The Midnight Garden made me want to give this series another try. I don't regret it guys! This was such a great and entertaining read! 

First of all I have to tackle the love triangle situation going on. The romance in ToG is not as in your face as I thought it was going to be. I'm glad for that. With everything that was going on in the book I wouldn't have liked Celaena to be all: "I love the Prince, but the captain of the guard is so hot that I think I love him too." No. Celaena did enjoy flirting with both Chaol and the prince and got really close to one of them BUT her priority was herself. Winning the tournament and eventually her freedom. I appreciated that. I can't say which guy I prefer because I really don't know who to pick. My heart wants to go with Chaol because Dorian is already a prince it wouldn't be fair for him to get the girl too. Dorian is so adorable, though. I'm Team Celaena...for now.

My favorite part about Fantasy books are the politics and conflicts between kingdoms. I absolutely enjoy a book with complicated plots and evil kings and whatnot. Throne of Glass has this whole thing going on, but it moves a bit slow for my taste. Take the Lumatere Chronicles or  The Seven Kingdoms series. These series moved along pretty fast and something mayor was accomplished in each book. So if what I heard is true and this series will be six or seven books long then I'm afraid I will lose interest in it as time goes on. Let's hope not. I definitely love the characters, and I think the next books in the series will be a lot better and have a lot more magic in them than this one. 

I loved Throne of Glass. Celaena and the rest of  the characters are amazing. The writing was excellent and the author did a great job with the world building. I think fans of YA fantasy will enjoy this one.


17 comments:

  1. I bought this book recently and I really hope I enjoy it!

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    1. I hope you like it too! I'm in the second book right now and it gets even better!

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  2. Aw, yay! I'm so glad that Kim convinced you to give THRONE OF GLASS another try, she convinced me of the same thing. Although you are much faster than I am and you have already done it, hah. Apparently she will fight you for Chaol though, so...just watch out for that. ;)

    Wendy @ The Midnight Garden

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    1. Haha! I hope Kim doesn't mind sharing because I want me some Chaol. I hope you get to read this one soon, Wendy, because it is really really good! Chaol is even hotter in book 2!

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  3. This is a series that I need to read!
    Missie @ A Flurry of Ponderings

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  4. Definitely Missie! Celaena is such an amazing heroine! Let me know if you end up reading it!

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  5. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS MADE MY DAY!!! I'm so glad I convinced you and you LIKED it!!!! :D Book 2 is just a world of heartbreak. Prepare!!

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    1. OMG girl! I'm on book 2 and almost done. My heart broke into tiny little pieces already I don't think I can handle any more. But you were so right about book 2 being better than the first one. I'm so amazed! I can't wait to see where this series goes!

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  6. This is one of my most favorite YA series, I just love it and that is saying a ton because fantasy normally isn't my thing at all.

    If you haven't read all the novellas I highly recommend them as well, they add so much to the story and to Calaena's character.

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    1. Yay!!!! As soon as I finish Crown of Midnight I'm definitely reading the novellas! I can't wait!!

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  7. Thanks for this review! I have Throne of Glass on my shelf, and wasn't really sure if I should read the book or not! Great review! :)
    -Marianne

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    1. I can't wait for you to read it! I'm looking forward to see what you think!

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  8. I'm the same way! I like books on audio sometimes that I'm not sure I would have liked as much if I had read it and one example of that is Graceling which is also a fantasy. Maybe this is the format I'll try for this series, too! I have been meaning to try it bc of the rave reviews. It sounds like it has a good political storyline and I enjoy those too if they don't become too complex with too many players then I get lost lol. (Fantasy is not my go-to genre obv >.<)

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    1. I love Graceling!!! I think you'll love this one. I don't think the politics get too complicated. I do recommend the audiobook. The narrator is really good! I can't wait for you to try it!

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  9. I have heard sooo many things about this series. I was actually supposed to read it in 2012 for my book club but I had a family emergency and ended up missing out on that month's book. I still need to get around to read it

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    1. I hope you get to it soon! You won't regret it!

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  10. I'm glad you ended up enjoying the audio book. I've had this one for a long time and it's one of those series I've been meaning to start, but haven't gotten around to. Great review!

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