Throne of Glass

I LOVED THIS BOOK. I love Celaena obviously but CHAOL makes my heart ache and DORIAN is such a good boy. For all I struggled to get pass through The Assassin's blade, I read Throne of Glass in 2 DAYS. kjhbvdf kj zv
I'm looking forward to the 2nd one!

“You could rattle the stars,” she whispered. “You could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That's what scares you most.”

This was a great book and I really enjoyed reading it. 
I thought the characters were brilliant and I was always wondering what going to happen next and who reading havoc. I wasn't however suprised to find out who it was though, both me and my friend saw it coming. 
Definitely going to carry on reading the series and would recommend to others

First read: September 2014Not a great start to the series. Celaena is a vain spoiled brat and the book is just soaked in overused tropes. After being brutally exploited in a mine as a slave, she only needs a good bath and a dress to look amazing, apparently. And she's very focused on this aspect and quite proud about it, despite the fact that she's not there to look good, ya know? Priorities. She reminds me of Mac from Darkfever. I could bet SJM was inspired by that series. I still can't fathom how she can be so chatty and flirty when she was just one step away from death at Endovier. Anyone going through that experience could've barely gathered their thoughts and summoned enough energy to open their mouths for a good while. I know it's fantasy, but does she have to be so blatantly unrelatable? Celaena wasn't the only thing that bugged me about this book. The love triangle is ridiculous. Dorian is so stale, I don't see what's so great about him. I also can't see why he fell for her so quickly. Why he trusted her immediately despite the fact that she was, supposedly, the kingdom's deadliest assassin. Then everybody is so bloody gorgeous and masters deadly skills at such a young age. But Chaol's and Nehemia's characters were better. I wasn't too invested in the plot because I was too put off by Celaena's irritating demeanor. I heard the next book's better, so I'm going to give it a try.Re-read: August 2021I finally read The Assassin's Blade novellas for the first time and the collection wasn't that bad so I thought a re-read of the first Throne of Glassmight be worth it. But my experience with it was no better than the first time, I can't bring myself to care about Celaena and her world. I have to accept these books are just overhyped and not for me.

Bem, os livros que tenho andado a ler devem estar amaldiçoados, ou então eu é que tenho andado exigente! Mas sinceramente, quando é que isto melhora...? Falando mais concretamente deste livro, a minha expetativa era ler fantasia cheia de história, aventura, romance, ação! Mas não, acabou por ser, monotonia, triângulo amoroso e vestidos vestidos vestidos! Este livro tinha tudo para dar certo, contudo dececionou-me imenso.

Começando do início, temos uma rapariga chamada de Celaena (WFT? que nome é este? acabei por chama-la Selena), ela é uma assassina badass pronta a matar qualquer um, no entanto, ela foi capturada e mantida na escravatura durante 1 ano. Ao fim desse tempo, ela é libertada pelo príncipe Dorian, que pede que ela seja assassina pessoal do seu pai, mas para isso acontecer ela tem que ganhar no torneio, onde vão estar outros 23 concorrentes igualmente prigosos. Se ela ganhar, ao fim de 4 anos é libertada e nunca mais tem que se preocupar em ser escrava, mas se perder nalguma das fases durante o torneio - volta de novo para a escravatura. Okay, estão a ver? Muito potencial!!! MAS NÃO!!! LOL!

Sim, há uma parte boa em que ela treina com o Chaol (meu amor pessoal), e vemos o corpo dela a recuperar da escravatura, mas ao fim de 50 páginas já estava aborrecida... A escritora nem teve a criatividade para descrever os desafios, limitando-se simplesmente por dizer, por exemplo: “nas últimas 3 semanas fizemos 3 desafios”. E a parte que mais me irritou foi a instabilidade da personagem principal, passava de uma assassina toda agressiva para uma menina bonita preocupada com o aspeto, de um momento para outro, literalmente! O que para mim não fez qualquer sentido.

I loved this book even more the second time I read it. I loved getting to know Celaena all over again, watching her grow and become better. I cried and I laughed with her, fell in love with Dorian, the blue-eyed Crown Prince, all over again.

Celaena is an assassin. The best one in Adarlan. She's also known as “Adarlan's Assassin”. Due to some unknown circumstances, she was captured and found herself in Endovier, a salt mine for slaves. Beaten, whipped and humiliated, Celaena struggles to survive in the awful prison. She is such a strong character and she is stubborn and selfish sometimes, she is smug and arrogant and I can see why some people don't like her. I couldn't like her at times, but because I now know her whole story, I can't help but love her.

I am so excited to read the other books for the second time and see if my opinions on them change.

i'm sorry but this was so BORING and i couldn't get through it

3.5 stars
This started slow and Celaena's inner monologue was annoying at times.
However, it got better and I ended up really enjoying this world.
I'm very intrigued for what may come in the next book, so I'll definitely keep reading this series.

un 1e tome prometteur qui laisse présager une suite de dingue !
J'ai passé un bon moment de lecture avec ce roman, le personnage de Keleana m'a conquise dès les premières pages. Une femme forte, intelligente, redouté de tous et avec du mordant ! Tout ce que j'aime

0/5 stars 5,000/5 stars

“Still, the image haunted his dreams throughout the night: a lovely girl gazing at the stars, and the stars who gazed back.”
warning: anything marked spoiler is a spoiler for the entire series. so maybe beware or something if you are that one person who hasn't read up to Empire of Storms okay? there may also be some unmarked spoilers bc this review is 3,000 words long and i'm too lazy to read through it a thousandth time.

So even though I am certified trash™ for the ToG series, and will actually die for any SJM book even if they have the most fulgiest cover I have ever seen cough tower of dawn cough , this rude elf decided that I remembered absolutely nothing about the series and roped me into a reread.

Which was probably for the best, considering it's been two years since I first read Throne of Glass and all I remembered going into this book was

• Celaena gets her period
• There's a dog
• Talking doorknob aka bae
• Celaena dies and is overtaken by some snowflake named Aelin
• Rowan is the worst thing to ever happen to me

And after rereading, i realize now that only two of those things even happen in this book. I know, I know. I am such a fake fan. but considering this book is so unnecessary to the rest of the series, who hasn't forgotten a detail here and there????

And I was promised a talking doorknob and the fact he isn't in this book is so insulting. THe only reason I agreed to this reread was for him and i'm mort-ified rn. Sarah J Maas will be hearing from my lawyers any day now.

I'm also suing because not once is there a throne mentioned that is made out of glass. the title is misleading and i'm triggered. What is next? Are you going to tell me there are no crowns made out of midnights???

things that did happen in this book that I totally forgotten about:

• Dorian having a brother? like wtf since when?
• Kaltain??? i swear she wasn't in the book the first time i read it
• the castle is actually made of glass.what kind of architectural advances are in this regressed society? also that can't be safe? one dropped item and the entire castle is broken. how do you even get enough glass to make a castle? Like i understand maybe an accent wall of entirely windows but an entire building? that would be like a giant pain in the glass??? Also is there any privacy? what happens when feyre and rhysand visit and need some alone time? everyones gonna see them get naked.
• there's no manon and i'm still crying over that
• cain and how obvious it was that he's the villain. honestly the entire book you are like “cain is acting really suspicious, it is way to obvious that he's the bad guy” and guess what? he is.
• mort the doorknob doesn't show up until book 2 and i'm still upset
• there was a time when celanea was a normal human being who wasnt' magical at al
• i would literally predict this series to go in any direction except the direction it went.

but those things actually happened and I'm still in shock? It's only been two years since I first read this book and I can't believe how forgetful af I am. What did I forget in the later books? Am I imagine things? I am really such a fake SJM fan. Is there even a talking doorknob at all or did I just make him up????



URgh this book is so cliche and tropey and so predictable why am I such trash for it? Since this review doesn't already have enough lists, here's another to get you through the day.

This book contains the following:

• long lost princess Celaena who is both beautiful not like other girls
• the amazingly young and single and hot bachelor prince Dorian who is not like his tyrant father
• the young and successful and hot best friend guard prodigy Chaol with family issues
• the mean tyrant king who is so unimportant to the plot SJM forgot to give him a name but he's mean and hates life
• a love triangle bc all YA fantasies published in 2012 need a love triangle
• also bc it is 2012 and we are trying to leech off the success of the Hunger Games probably there is a lot of weapons and archery and “will she survive” stuff going on
• the beautiful princess, Nehemia, who's somehow still a princess even though her country was overtaken like five years before that seems to have ulterior motives but we also need her bc friendship
• The main character is a strong independent women who don't need no man so obviously she needs a man
• Forbidden magic bc that's such a game changer. never before seen in a book ever.
• ALso smart, beautiful rich girl is also a really big bitch



If this book was written by anyone but SJM I would probably just shrug it off and be like “nope” and forget it even exists but of course it's SJM and her writing and stories and characters are addicting af. I want rattle the stars tattooed on my forehead and i cry everytime i hear the words “will not be afraid” and will probably ship Celaena and Sam until the day I die. #SamDeservedBetter

this book is the absolute worse don't read it

I love this book. How could anyone ever give it less than five stars??????

I mean i did consider giving it 0 stars bc I was misled to believe mort was included in book #1, but then I remembered rowturd doesn't exist yet in this series and obviously, that is the greatest thing ever and I'd give it a billion stars if I could

Let's discuss some things I just don't understand for a minute, okay? I tried my hardest to either ignore these things or pretend they make sense but I can't let it go. They all make absolutely no sense.

1. Dorian, the Crown Prince of Adarlan, travels in person to Endovier go recruit Celaena to be his champion. He abandons all his princely responsibilities to make the long trek to a concentration camp to personally invite a notoriously dangerous criminal that could very well have died months prior to compete in a tournament thrown by his asshole of a father. Obviously, this is a ~great~ idea.

2. Also, who's brilliant idea was it to recruit a notoriously dangerous criminal to compete? It only took your country years to capture her, so why not? All that time and money and effort that was spent trying to arrest her will be wasted, but it's not a big deal right? Honestly, thank god Dorian ends up being run out of Adarlan in book five because he'd be a horrible king

3. The king may be a horrible man throughout this entire series, but at least he has some heart in between prequel and series to not murder the infamous assassin that has been wreaking havoc on his streets like any intelligent ruler would and instead send her to a concentration camp where she won't die instantly or else we'd not have any series to be trash over

4. Chaol is like 19? 20? in this book, but somehow he is able to snatch the highly elite job of Captain of the Guard. I'm sure he's great and all, but what about Joe or Frank over in the corner who's been working at the palace for twenty plus years, has a family of five to feed, and learns that they lost their promotion to some inexperienced teenager????

5. The entire love triangle thing why even waste the words when rowturd shows up in book three and ruins everything

6. Also Celaena agreeing to serve as the king's champion? This man killed your entire family and overtook your country. Just kill him in his sleep and get the hell out of that castle you idiot. don't just stand there and take his orders HE MURDERED YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY GET YOUR REVENGE

7. The book kept on mentioning that Sam is dead????? Sam isn't dead. He's alive. The events in The Assassin's Blade never happened. He was never killed. He's happy and alive.



But anyways, let's ignore all those for a second because I haven't even started talking about the plot of this book. Which is soo innocent compared to the rest of the series. Like what do you mean this fire breathing bitch queen was once a small naive girl who liked puppies, cake, and books??? What do you mean her only issues involved beating a bunch of boys she was already way more talented then??? Where's the evil fae queen tryign to kill her? where is some old ass white boy who needs a haircut proclaiming he's her mate????? where's the awkward sex on the beach????

If you somehow don't know, which I strongly doubt, this book starts out with the infamous Celaena Sardothien imprisoned in a concentration camp bc of some shit that went down in books prior. Then she's rescued by Crown Prince Dorian and Captain of the Guard Chaol in order for her to compete in this competition to become the king's personal assassin. Both boys eventually fall in love with her. Someone's killing off other competitors. If you haven't read this yet, ignore all the obvious tropes and go read it bc don't judge a series by its first book.

Let's talk about characters now shall we?

“My name is Celaena Sardothien. But it makes no difference if my name's Celaena or Lillian or Bitch, because I'd still beat you, no matter what you call me.”

Celaena Sardothien.

Like, Aelin Ashryver Galythinus who? I only care about Celaena.

having her entire family murdered by the dude she's competing for

When I first read this book, I was pretty quick to guess that Celaena was the long lost Queen of Terrasen bc it mentioned A) she's 18 B) her parents died when she was 8 and C) The royal family of Terrasen were killed ten years prior. Also it's a YA book.

But during this reread, I was actually shocked about how obvious SJM makes it without explicitly stating it. For example, there is a quote on 37 pages into the book that left me so shook.

Magic was dead, the Fae were banished or executed, and she would never again have anything to do with the rise and fall of kingdoms.

Dorian Havilliard.

I know he gets magic in book 2 but that still doesn't add much to the plot tbh

August 16, 2022 edit:

“You look radiant, he said. “And you look radiant as well, Chaol.” He winked at his friend.

Chaol Westfall.

Sam Cortland.

Nehemia Ytger.

Honestly I can't look at her the same after that one scene from Empire of Storms. Like stop your lying girl. You know Celaena is Aelin. You know you are gonna die in a few months. You probably even know Rowturd is gonna show up in book three and ruin everything.

She didn't deserve to die in book two and I will never, ever be over it

Nox.

Sam.

Manon.

The King.

it takes way too long into the book series for him to finally die

Duke Perrington.

Still waiting for him to die....

in conclusion...

I have read this series and discused it with so many people and yet I still don't understand how we go from infamous assassin who likes puppies to fae warrior fire queen trying to take down a country and marries a bird

I went into this thinking I wasn't going to enjoy it that much, mostly because a couple other books on this YA list, that I'm slowly going through, haven't been all that great, coughGracelingcough, and admittedly, for the first few chapters I was checked out because I genuinely thought it was going to be the same as the other newer high fantasy YA that've been on this list.
But it surprised me and I found myself actually invested in the story and completing the whole thing at 3 a.m. because it kept me intrigued till the last page.

After looking through the reviews I feel like a lot of people's critiques are that they found the heroine to be too ‘not like other girls' and I get why they feel that way however, I felt like that trope was done in a way that I didn't find Celaena to be annoying. It wasn't like crazy good assassin from birth, somehow gets plucked off the street by prince to compete in competition, being a crazy good assassin was something that took years of training and didn't come easy and she wasn't plucked off the streets, she was dragged out of a death camp where she was imprisoned.

Another criticism was too much show not enough tell, that one has merit in some aspects but, I was okay with it. It allowed for the story to move along. Calaena was malnourished and emaciated from being in the camp how are you going to ‘show' that she's highly trained right away, in a way relevant to the plot? could it be done? sure, maybe, I'm not a writer, but I was fine with just being told she's a ‘amazing assassin' until it could actually be shown.

Low key feel that a sizable portion of bad reviews are from people who just don't like Sarah. J. Maas, and hate read this, Which, hey, whatever floats your boat man, if that's not the case then I'd be surprised. It's a really good YA fantasy (I'm looking at you, the reviews that thought it was going to be GoT, why would you think that? GoT is 600+ pages of adult fantasy told from like 15 PoVs. If someone told you this was gonna be that, then they don't read fantasy at all). I don't know, maybe it's because I didn't read the synopsis or watch any in depth reviews before I started it but, I thought this was an intriguing story and paced really well. I thought it better than most other YA fantasy that've read. 

I'd give it a solid 4 1/2 stars.

I am trying to do a SJM marathon, and I decide to start with throne of glass. As much as I love SJM books, this one wasn't it. I know a lot of spoilers and that this is "just" a setup, but still.... Most of the book Celaena resembled a 14 year old girl. Besides that, I have never read so many exclamation points in a book or dash marks.

The last 100 pages made up for quite a bit and I can't wait to start the next book.

Love it! Mystery, Suspense, Romance, and Fantasy all in one! I am so inspired by the perseverance and courage that “Lillian” showed throughout the whole book. She is definitely one of my favorite heroines. I love how she's rebellious, but not overly so; and cares about her appearance, but isn't like those “pompous buffoons” in the court. All-in-all, Celaena Sardothien is a wonderful role model for young woman today (aside from the killing part, of course). She doesn't give up even when it seems like it's the end. She's smart and funny and enjoys teasing others. I can't say enough about her, she's just awesome.

Thank you Sarah J. Maas for giving me a character to relate to, a character that leaps out of the page and reminds me that life has its many ups and downs but I can still smile and laugh through it all.

I know who I am and “I will it be afraid.”

P. S. I love the name Nehemia gave Celaena so much it's going to be part of my pen name! Yes!

It's so sad how far literacy skills have fallen.

This has been on my tbr for years. I honestly didn't think I would like it. I absolutely loved it! I finally understand the hype. Sure it's tropey, but in a good way. I am in love with these characters and can't wait to see where the story goes. The narrator is also fantastic.

4/5 stars

At first, I didn't think I would like this book. Celaena is a vain, arrogant and a sometimes unlikable character. The book starts to get interesting about 200 pages in. A fun read that captures my interest enough to pick up the next book in the series to see what happens next.

on reread, still 4 stars

I love the premise of this story. Cinderella as an assassin. The premise alone sold the story too me. I am quite late to the party for Sarah J. Maas. This is the first story of hers I have had the pleasure to read. Often I am quite dismissive of YA, but this was a YA story that grabbed me as an adult to. Genuinely an entertaining tale. Yes, it has some of the teen angst that all YA books have, but this was in the background. The story took the front stage and the story shone.

Maas has a very readable writing style. It draws you in a nice easy way. The characters are likable, but with depth and nuance. This elevates the writing to a much higher level, really allowing the story to come to the fore.

It is nice to start with a character who is already a fully trained and adept assassin. Coming of age stories are very much a trope, so this neatly does away with that.

I thoroughly enjoyed Throne of Glass. I will have to pick up the rest of the series and where this goes!

(might demote this to 3 stars)

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Still love it as much as the first time I read this. Sarah just knows how to capture the reader's attention and keep it, while throwing in different cliffhangers and plot twists. Absolutely love this series with all my heart.

CELAENA + CHAOL 4EVA.

DNF al 50% del libro
Mejor explicación pronto.

I was super excited but it was a huge disappointment ☹️ was it really a Maas book? Maybe it gets better in other books but I don't think I will read them :(