Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Throne of Glass is the story of a female assassin named Celaena Sardothien, the most notorious assassin in Erilea. She is taken from her place in prison by the Crown Prince of Adarlan, the main conquering force of Erilea. Dorian Haviallard, the prince, offers her a deal. If she competes in a competition as his champion, she will be freed from the terrible prison after four years in the king's service. Celaena agrees.
From there, the story follows Celaena as she re-trains her body and becomes a great assassin once again. She competes in the contest to be the King's Champion along with twenty-three other people of various criminal professions, all while hiding her own identity.
Celaena trains with Chaol, the captain of the guard, in the mornings, and rarely sees the prince except for during the trials. Her bond with Chaol is predictable, as well as with the attractive prince. This is where my issue with the story comes in.
For starters, while I do enjoy the fact that Celaena is a female assassin, younger than anyone expects, she seemed very soft, had sort of lousy instincts for people creeping up on her, and after a certain point the story was all her thoughts about the prince, with the competition as a side event.
That being said, she spends most of the book indirectly flirting with Chaol, openly flirts with Dorian, goes out with Dorian while still flirting with Chaol, and then right after she gets together with Dorian she breaks up with him in favor of Chaol. This typical cliché love story narrative diverted from the whole assassin-contest-other evil-enemy or friend thing that the book had going on in the beginning.
Overall, while I enjoyed the story and will probably read the second book to see where Celaena goes since the competition ended in this book, Throne of Glass is a story that had so much potential in the beginning and was instead reduced to a love-triangle between the three main characters, a theme in stories that is becoming quite dull.
For more information about Throne of Glass and the following books in the series, click here.
From there, the story follows Celaena as she re-trains her body and becomes a great assassin once again. She competes in the contest to be the King's Champion along with twenty-three other people of various criminal professions, all while hiding her own identity.
Celaena trains with Chaol, the captain of the guard, in the mornings, and rarely sees the prince except for during the trials. Her bond with Chaol is predictable, as well as with the attractive prince. This is where my issue with the story comes in.
For starters, while I do enjoy the fact that Celaena is a female assassin, younger than anyone expects, she seemed very soft, had sort of lousy instincts for people creeping up on her, and after a certain point the story was all her thoughts about the prince, with the competition as a side event.
That being said, she spends most of the book indirectly flirting with Chaol, openly flirts with Dorian, goes out with Dorian while still flirting with Chaol, and then right after she gets together with Dorian she breaks up with him in favor of Chaol. This typical cliché love story narrative diverted from the whole assassin-contest-other evil-enemy or friend thing that the book had going on in the beginning.
Overall, while I enjoyed the story and will probably read the second book to see where Celaena goes since the competition ended in this book, Throne of Glass is a story that had so much potential in the beginning and was instead reduced to a love-triangle between the three main characters, a theme in stories that is becoming quite dull.
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For more information about Throne of Glass and the following books in the series, click here.
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