Throne of Glass

Title: Throne of Glass

Series: Throne of glass (#1)

Author: Sarah J. Maas

Rating: 4/5

Reading Time: 5 hours ( without stopping )


Bookworm Appeal: Assassinations, frustrating romance, page                                        turner, bad ass protagonist



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NON SPOILER REVIEW AND SUMMARY

Before I say anything, I just want to thank Ms. Sarah J. Maas. I was pretty much in a reading slump until my cousin pretty much forced me to start reading this. So, I have to thank the author that blessed her writing upon us. (I'm exaggerating this a tad, aren't I)

 This book, is amazing I'm pretty much hooked on the series. (it's gonna be about 5-6 books)

There is just so much groundwork laid out, I  can barely understand half of it but you can't blame Sarah, I'm just slow. The world is amazing it's kinda like the early 1800s (I suck at history so forgive and correct the century yourself) when princes and princesses, kings and queens were around and they hadn't made jeans yet combined with fantasy elements, like fae and magic and witches. 

The main character's name is Calaena and she's so bad-ass. She's the world's most notorious assassin. When she was a mere babe (I'm using old talk) she was taken in by the King of assassins to be his prodigy. One day, she was caught and sent to a death camp, Endovier, she's been there for year, much longer than any normal human being has ever survived. She's 18 which means she was caught when she was 17. One fine eve, the King decides that he needs a Champion a.k.a. an assassin to do his dirty work for him. So instead of just hiring one he turns it into a contest, letting each member of his council choose someone to participate (kinda like The Hunger Games) in the contest, so that everyone can bet on who's gonna win and stuff. His son, Prince Dorian, chooses Calaena. The story is basically her journey on how she copes, kills people, wins the tests, finds her emotions and all that other stuff. 

GO READ IT! Then come back here, then we can discuss. (You can read my review and can you can post your opinions in the comments below.)


REVIEW (SPOILERS) 

1. Sam

I'm kinda curious about him. I'm guessing that he's another assassin that was being trained by the King of Assassins and was there throughout her entire training but, my question is what was the reason why they assassinated him, I mean what did he do to get himself tangled up in this mess, you know besides being an assassin. I can't say I'm upset with the fact that he's dead, in fact I'm scared that he isn't, not when we have the usual member of your family/friend isn't actually dead cliche that is commonly used by authors. Why? BECAUSE, it's gonna be hard enough for Dorian to get Calaena back with just Chaol and if you add in her past lover, Dorian would have no chance.

2. The Love Triangle

First we have Dorian, the prince of the country/continent or whatever. He comes of kinda arrogant and slutty but in reality he's just kinda lost. He just doesn't know how to stand up to his dad. I just really love Dorian, and if you still don't know I'm TEAM DORIAN and I ship Calorian for life. Don't get me wrong it's not that I don't like Chaol, I like him and at many points I was on the gate of who I wanted to win over Calaena but, Dorian won my heart. It's just because Choal seems so serious all the time and yeah, yeah he and Calaena do have their moments but Dorian...he's just end game. Dorian is just more open and he's funny and he teases her and their just sooo CUTE! And he got her a puppy and it was just so sweet or when they kissed and the next morning he's like I'm sorry if it was to aggressive I-I ju-just.... OMG I was fangirling like crazy. Choal I saw as a supportive trainer/friend cause he's just so professional you know and we don't see much of his actual personality also given the fact that we see more of Dorian's POV compared to Chaol's ( don't worry Team Choal people you'll get what you want in the second book )  I love when Dorian gave her the books and he was like these are books I've just read so you can read them then we can discuss. I just love it when our favorite characters love to read. The part where he gives her the candy and her teeth are red and he's like I gave you three pounds of candy and you already ate half of it and we haven't even eaten breakfast is so cute. I'll probably put the scene at the bottom.

For some reason I see Dorian as Peeta from the Hunger Games or Jeremiah from The Summer I Turned Pretty Series by Jenny Han which I should probably do a review about and I see Choal as Gale or Conrad respectively.

3. When she broke it off with Dorian

Some people (TEAM CHAOL PEOPLE) can argue that it's because Dorian likes her more than she likes him. Valid but, we see throughout the book that she holds herself back when she's with Dorian and tries not to get attached. She's just so busy with the tasks and figuring out tthe Wyrdmarks and stuff that she doesn't want that commitment and she's a smart girl and of course she realizes where Queen Elena is going with the whole you could do so much as queen and the you have to be the King's Champion and stuff and how she gonna be queen by marrying Dorian then overthrowing the arse of a King and become the warrior Queen like Elena. Or my other theory is that she's the heir of the Fae cause of the thrid book title also by the fact that Queen Elena said something about blood ties don't break. This story was influenced by Cinderella too and what does Cinderella do she marries the prince. So conclusion is Dorian is endgame and sorry Chaol. 

4. Nox

I like Nox. I do and although some people are kinda upset by the fact that she trains him, we all know that she's better so I didn't...really mind and plus she needed an ally. (again getting this whole Hunger Games vibe again) and she asked him to escape and I'm kinda hoping that we get to see him again maybe in the 3rd or 4th book.

5. Arrogance 

I'm surprised that she didn't realize what they were doing when they asked her to keep in the middle of the pack she didn't even realize that she couldn't be awesome as to not draw attention to herself and make her a threat to others so they would focus on taking out the other competition until she unmasked herself and show her true awesomeness. It was kinda entertaining to see how much it stifled her progress.

6. Hollin 

Hollin is Dorian's younger brother and from what I've read he's a little brat just like my younger brother, jk, not really. It seems like he's gonna wreak havoc if he ever comes home and throw amazing Temper Tantrums like the boy is it Collin, from The Secret Garden. Thank god there was a snow problem or something making him unable to come home. I might not want him to come home but I guess it would be kind of fun to see how Dorian reacts to a temper tantrum.

7. Nehemia

The princess of Eyllwe. I knew she was hiding as soon as the part where they stop at the Wyrdmarks and she's just like let's go do something else does things are probably not important at all. Like that pretty much gave away. I knew she knew about them but I didn't know to what extent and apparently she's pretty much a magician and her whole family are magicians and it's a talent that has been passed down for generations in her fam. I like how she an Calaena are able to bond and how Calaena were able to bond and she doesn't just have two boys to talk to but an actual girl.

8. The Murders

So we have the murders of her fellow champions. I did not expect Cain, for some reason I didn't even guess that it was Cain, I was actually picturing Nox as the murderer, I know DUMB! But,... I have no good excuse but, I know he was using some sort of creature that concerned the Wyrdmarks and Wyrdgates.

9. Wyrdmarks/Wyrdgates

I was already sure that these two were linked because of the names and also because of Queen Elena. Because when they said that the Wyrdgates are actually portals and that Elena was actually from a different universe? I thought that maybe the tomb was under the part of the garden that had the Wyrdmarks near the clock tower.

10. Kaltain

So throughout the book she has these horrible headaches and has to take Opium and I'm wondering if she has it due to her Opium addiction but, there's a part where it mentions that the headache gets worst when the Duke twists his ring that both he and the King have.

11. The absence of magic

So in this book magic has been outlawed and there was this huge mass murdering or genocide of anything magic but in the end of the book you know that the king knows his stuff and is also apparently using magic himself so it's basically like in the stereotypical high school where the cool kids are like me and my posse can use magic but you can't cause you aren't fab like us.

12. The EPIC end BATTLE

Before I get into that I just have to mention the tasks where they get paired up and have to spar and she's paired up with Verin. So Verin is in there ready to fight he's got his knives and swords out ready to attack and she's just like I don't even need weapons and she beats him down and it was so awesome and the whole handkerchief part at the end was just the icing on the cake, the cherry on the sundae (sorry i'm just really hungry) But, back to the final battle, it was kinda hard to keep track of what was happening but like I said I'm just kinda slow.

There is so much more I wanna write but this is already so long and like me we have very short attention spans so I hope you like my review. Remember to comment who you ship, do you think Calaena is the heir and no spoilers about book 2 and the rest of the series. Remember to SUBSCRIBE and blog ya later (that was lame)

Love,
Leeya


"Cause its you and me and all of the people with nothing to do, noting prove"
                                                                                                        - Lifehouse, You and Me




“Of course." He picked up the brown bag of candy on the table. "What's your . . ." He trailed off as he weighed the bag in his hands. "Didn't I give you three pounds of candy?"
She smiled impishly.
"You ate half the bag!"
"Was I supposed to save it?"
"I would have liked some!"
"You never told me that."
"Because I didn't expect you to consume all of it before breakfast!"
She snatched the bag from him and put it on the table. "Well, that just shows poor judgement on your part, doesn't it?” 
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass







“You like to read?” She raised an eyebrow. “Don’t you?”   


 “She moaned into her pillow. "Go away. I feel like dying."
"No fair maiden should die alone," he said, putting a hand on hers. "Shall I read to you in your final moments? What story would you like?"
She snatched her hand back. "How about the story of the idiotic prince who won't leave the assassin alone?"
"Oh! I love that story! It has such a happy ending, too—why, the assassin was really feigning her illness in order to get the prince's attention! Who would have guessed it? Such a clever girl. And the bedroom scene is so lovely—it's worth reading through all of their ceaseless banter!” 
― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass