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Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)

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Kirra said: " The book begins with eighteen-year-old Celaena Sardothien, described as the best assassin of her kind and time. She was trained from the age of eight but now she's been in the salt mines of Endovier for a year so far as she serves a life sentence aft The book begins with eighteen-year-old Celaena Sardothien, described as the best assassin of her kind and time. She was trained from the age of eight but now she's been in the salt mines of Endovier for a year so far as she serves a life sentence after just a few years of building up her reputation as a fierce and ruthless killer. Not many people know of her true identity because she always kept herself covered while she was on the job and killing but the guards in the prison still know she's not to be messed with and everybody knows her name. When Captain Westfall takes her away and the Crown Prince offers her a deal in exchange for her eventual freedom she really doesn't have another choice and the threat of going back to that prison is too fearsome to think of. After they agree on a time-frame for her serving time it comes to light that it's not just a straightforward deal and if she wants to have her freedom after a few years of serving the King she'll have to fight and kill for it in an assassin's competition.

When Captain Westfall takes her away and the Crown Prince offers her a deal in exchange for her eventual freedom she really doesn't have another choice and the threat of going back to that prison is too fearsome to think of. After she agrees it comes to light that it's not just a straightforward deal and if she wants to have her freedom after a few years of serving the King she'll have to fight and kill for it in an assassin's competition.

I enjoyed this book a lot and I tried to not spend all my time reading it but I couldn't resist putting everything aside to focus on it. I did have some issues with it that I discuss below in the spoilers section but overall I'm loving the series so far and I can't wait to start the next one. It's different to other books due to the main character not being like many others but it still has all the key points that readers love.

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- "Libraries were full of ideas–perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons."
- "You could rattle the stars. You could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most."
- "I wasn't going to kill him, you buffoon."
- "As you wish."

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(view spoiler)[It's refreshing that she still has such a girlish personality despite being an assassin since most assassins and fierce women I've read about don't care much for their appearance or men but it seems to me like Celaena is boy-crazy and in the height of her youthful stage. In the first chapter alone there are countless thoughts of her appearance and how handsome the prince is and she seems like a very giddy character that I couldn't imagine killing and being frightening. She has every right to love herself and find men attractive of course but it just wasn't what I was expecting from the look of the books.

I love the banter between Celaena and Chaol (and their names are so perfectly matching) but clearly, I want her to be with Dorian since he's the prince!

So is Celaena a true fae or does she just have the blood of the fae? Since it sounds like she did have the abilities when she was younger before the magic left she must be a real fae which would explain her elf-like appearance and maybe attribute to how good she is with weapons and stealth. We all know she's gonna bring that magic back and bring the King and his corrupt kingdom down with it or something like that!

It's so adorable that Celaena loves reading and libraries because it makes her relatable to all the readers because we're not all assassins (but I could imagine a real-life assassin reading this book and pointing out flaws!) but things like this give us something to connect to and it instantly makes me like her.

Now assassins in the competition are turning up dead and in horrific shape, excellent! Then Queen Elena comes to her to be her helpful queen-in-shining-armour is awesome and she seems like a great lady but giving her the news that she'll be in grave danger is a bit of a damper for Celaena. It's good for us though because it adds to the excitement of the story. Also, Nehemia is an excellent friend and she's so helpful and supportive but I've yet to really connect with her but I'm sure I'll grow to like her more in the coming books.

Celaena crashing the ball. The flirting with Chaol. That snake Kaltain plotting to harm her and get Dorian. Then DORIAN AND CELAENA KISSING! What an excellent couple of pages. I'm so glad they kissed and I love that Dorian is so in love with her and I want them to be together forever and have cute little assassin babies!

You know, I actually didn't suspect Cain as the crazy demon worshiper because he was such a brute but then again I didn't think of anyone because I was just reading and absorbing it all so fast. Perrington is definitely going to be trouble in the future.

It's so depressing that Celaena had to break Dorian's heart but she is being very sensible so we can't be mad at her and I was wondering how it would work out for pace if they were together from the first book so there's obviously going to be a lot of blocks until they (hopefully) end up together!

So I finished the book and now I just desperately want to start Crown of Midnight but first I need to talk about Celaena. I love her and she's awesome but doesn't she seem a bit over-hyped? There is all this talk about her dangerous and lethal she is but then she just seems to be stumbling through the tasks and a bit helpless at times. I get that she's rusty after her year of torture and starvation but if she had been training since she was eight she wouldn't have lost those skills. She also seems far too kind to be an assassin so I'd like to see her come into the assassin role more in the next book which I'm sure she will since she'll be the King's killer now. (hide spoiler)] ...more "

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""Celaena Sardothien, the King's Champion."" — Aug 23, 2016 04:33AM

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