29 DAYS UNTIL TBF! I CAN'T CONTROL MY EXCITEMENT!
My last book review was on Sarah J. Maas’s highly anticipated
new book called A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES which comes out May 5th
(Make sure you pre-order this book! When you pre-order A COURT OF THORNS AND
ROSES, you will receive special book swag from the publisher. The swag includes
a bookmark and a temporary tattoo. For more information on how to receive the
book swag check it out here). In case you missed the book review, you can read
it here. I had briefly talked about Sarah’s other series, THRONE OF GLASS and I
thought that didn’t elaborate why this series is incredible. So today’s book
review is all about the first book in the THRONE OF GLASS series.
After serving out a
year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old
assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian
offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a
competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men-thieves and
assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of
the king's council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations,
she'll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom. Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilarating. But she's bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her... but it's the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best.
Then one of the other contestants turns up dead... quickly followed by another.
Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined.
Although I’m going to be talking about the first book in the
series, I recommend reading THE ASSASSIN’S BLADE before starting the THRONE OF
GLASS series. THE ASSASSIN’S BLADE is a prequel book filled with five novellas.
The prequel novel will get you familiar with the world, the characters and will
give readers insight as to why Celaena, the main character, is the way she is
in THRONE OF GLASS.
While there are several reasons why THRONE OF GLASS was
fantastic, I’ll talk about the two big things that stood out to me. One reason was
Erilea, the world that the THRONE OF GLASS series is set in. I praise high
fantasy writers because of the creativity that goes into world-building. I am
baffled at the different character names, city names and country names
that Sarah made up. I constantly looked up the THRONE OF GLASS pronunciation
cheat sheet which you can check out here. When I was reading THRONE OF GLASS, I
was completely mesmerized by the few places Celaena describes. The first book primarily
focuses on Rifthold, the city where the King of Adarlan lives as well as where
the competition takes place. I am hoping as the series continues, we will learn
more about the different cities in Erilea.
The second reason why I loved THRONE OF GLASS is the main
character Celaena Sardothien. I love the fact that Celaena Sardothien is
incredibly flawed. She is very stubborn, headstrong, arrogant and sometimes
vain. I feel that negative personality traits are not highlighted enough in
books, especially with the protagonist. Celaena is a different case. She is aware
of her flaws but accepts them. I’m not saying that Celaena is unlikable main
character, she is. While Celaena is physically strong since she is a trained
assassin, she is strong emotionally, mentally and morally. She is very
intelligent, brave and passionate. These positive personality traits are what
attracts the attention of a foreign princess who wishes to be friends with Celaena
as well as the possible love interests. There are also some secrets that
Celaena has but does not share them with the other characters including the readers. We
just have to continue reading the THRONE OF GLASS series to figure out this
mysterious assassin.
I highly recommend the THRONE OF GLASS series to readers who
want to read about a strong heroine, a high fantasy series and a thrilling
plot. Readers who enjoyed HIS FAIR ASSASSIN trilogy and the GRACELING REALM novels
will also love this series.I also urge you to check out Sarah J. Maas's THRONE OF GLASS Pinterest board. By looking at the pins you may figure out what is in stores for Celaena and come up with guesses for what will happen in the next book (By the way, the fourth book in the series, QUEEN OF SHADOWS will be released in September of this year so make sure you remember to have a bookplate signed by Sarah! Bookplates will be sold at the TBF merchandise booth, right next to the Barnes and Noble table.) And to all of you soon-to-be THRONE OF GLASS fans, the somewhat official fandom name is Firehearts. You'll understand why when you read the third book, HEIR OF FIRE.
That’s it for today. Be sure to check out the blog again for
more book reviews, author interviews and more!
Miranda
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