Review: Throne of Glass

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

My rating: 3 of 5 stars






Throne of Glass has been on my to-read shelf for 3 1/2 years.. I thought it was about time I either read it, or delete it from the shelf. Several friends had read, and rated it highly, and I understand their love of this book. Throne of Glass is a difficult book for me to rate. I really enjoyed it, as the plot, characters, and setting were all captivating. With all of these positive things, why then did it drag on forever? I honestly cannot answer that, other than the fact that I kept losing focus, and falling asleep. If a book is really good, you don't fall asleep. You stay up all night just to read one more chapter, and in the end finish up leaving yourself only two hours of sleep before work. When that happens, when one more chapter turns into finishing the book, regardless of the time, and what you have going on the next day, that is a five star book. So even though Throne of Glass was a good book, and an enjoyable one at that, it is no where near a five star, or even a four star book.

Celaena is still a young women at only eighteen, but her life as an assassin, and the last year spent at the hard labor camp Endovier are enough to break even the strongest man. Most prisoners of Endovier, working the salt mines last only a few months, but Celaena has endured a year of her sentence when Prince Dorian retrieves her, and offers her a deal. He wants her to represent him in a competition in which the winner will be the Kings Champion. If she does this, and wins she must serve as the champion for four years, before gaining her freedom. Obviously she doesn't refuse, as staying in the salt mines will mean a sure death. While competing with fellow criminals for the position of the Kings Champion, something sinister is stalking the castle and killing the competition. Celaena knows that the evil could come for her at any time, and hopes to defeat it before it finds her.



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