Throne of Glass is about a girl named Celaena Sardothien, who is an assassin. The most feared in whole Erilea, actually. But she made a fatal mistake; she got caught. As punishment she got put to work in the salt mines, where people rarely survive more than a month. But she did. She survived long enough for the crown prince to find her. And why was he looking for her, you might ask? Because he needed a champion to represent him, in his father's competition. A competition where the winner would serve the kingdom for a couple of years before they earned their freedom.
And as the contest starts, one by one people are eliminated. But also, one by one the contestants are mysteriously and brutally murdered, and Celaena finds out from a long dead ancestor to the royal family, that there is a greater darkness lurking within the castles walls that she must stop, before it kills her.
Determined to win the contest, and to win her freedom, Celaena fights until the very end, for herself, and the ones she loves. That is, she's growing feelings for the crown prince, and he is getting feeling for her. Although they know that they cannot be together; she's the most famous assassin and he's the crown prince.
At one point of the book she finds a secret path from her chamber; a door that leads down to many different halls and room and tombs, and even an escape way unguarded, that leads out of the castle. Down there she also finds one of the contestants fetching some sort of demon that's responsible for all the murders that's been. But she doesn't tell anyone, because then they would find out about her secret escape way from her bedroom, which she may need for some other time.
So instead she just continues to keep a low profile and make it through the competition. When she had finally gotten to the final test, where she was supposed to fight in a combat against Cain (the contestant that had raised the demon) she got poisoned right before the test. The poison made her dizzy and hallucinating and she was about to lose, when suddenly the same spirit that had told her that there was a greater darkness lurking in the castle, removed the poison from her body, and finally she won.
After the gain, she and prince ends things before it becomes to serious. The whole book ends with her becoming the king's very own champion, and she will serve the kingdom for four years before she's free.
So that was a summary I made of the book. God that took some time...
What I really liked about this book was all the things that I understood even though it wasn't said directly. Like for example in the beginning when Chaol brought Celaena to the prince you could tell that she was very observant and smart when he was trying to confuse her, since she instead only got to memorize the hallways better. You also found out how sassy and bold she was, and that she always thought one step ahead.
I also really liked how the triangle drama in the book was. It wasn't like every other drama, because here you barely noticed it. You always knew that the prince and the assassin fancied each other, but what I almost missed was it kind of seemed as if Chaol also fancied Celaena, although he kind of never expressed his feelings in front of anyone.
I also just in general loved the whole Idea of this world and this story. I love where the storyline is going and how the characters developed through the book. I can pretty much imagine how they will continue to develop in the other books.
Was there anything I didn't like? No, not really. The whole thing about the book's just amazing, the plot's amazing, the characters were amazingly well thought through and everyone had a purpose. I've never read a book about assassin's before, but I think I will start to read more of that from now on.
I would give this book a 8.5/10. I know it's kind of low since I've described this book as incredibly fantastic, but my sister told me that the second book is better, and the third even better than that one, so I have to be able to give higher scores for the sequels. And of course I'm really looking forward to read the sequels, but I took a little break to read the Fault in our Stars (I know, I haven't read that book yet, I'm a terrible person, I even watched the movie without reading the book). But after TFIOS I will read the second book in this series.
I would totally recommend this book to anyone who likes fantasy. If you're not into the least bit of fantasy, then don't read it, because the whole world is made up, and the names and country's may have some weird names, etc. But if you like fantasy I don't think it really matters how old you are. It is a YA book, but really, I believe you could read it as long as you're at least twelve or something.
~ Filippa ~
At one point of the book she finds a secret path from her chamber; a door that leads down to many different halls and room and tombs, and even an escape way unguarded, that leads out of the castle. Down there she also finds one of the contestants fetching some sort of demon that's responsible for all the murders that's been. But she doesn't tell anyone, because then they would find out about her secret escape way from her bedroom, which she may need for some other time.
So instead she just continues to keep a low profile and make it through the competition. When she had finally gotten to the final test, where she was supposed to fight in a combat against Cain (the contestant that had raised the demon) she got poisoned right before the test. The poison made her dizzy and hallucinating and she was about to lose, when suddenly the same spirit that had told her that there was a greater darkness lurking in the castle, removed the poison from her body, and finally she won.
After the gain, she and prince ends things before it becomes to serious. The whole book ends with her becoming the king's very own champion, and she will serve the kingdom for four years before she's free.
So that was a summary I made of the book. God that took some time...
What I really liked about this book was all the things that I understood even though it wasn't said directly. Like for example in the beginning when Chaol brought Celaena to the prince you could tell that she was very observant and smart when he was trying to confuse her, since she instead only got to memorize the hallways better. You also found out how sassy and bold she was, and that she always thought one step ahead.
I also really liked how the triangle drama in the book was. It wasn't like every other drama, because here you barely noticed it. You always knew that the prince and the assassin fancied each other, but what I almost missed was it kind of seemed as if Chaol also fancied Celaena, although he kind of never expressed his feelings in front of anyone.
I also just in general loved the whole Idea of this world and this story. I love where the storyline is going and how the characters developed through the book. I can pretty much imagine how they will continue to develop in the other books.
Was there anything I didn't like? No, not really. The whole thing about the book's just amazing, the plot's amazing, the characters were amazingly well thought through and everyone had a purpose. I've never read a book about assassin's before, but I think I will start to read more of that from now on.
I would give this book a 8.5/10. I know it's kind of low since I've described this book as incredibly fantastic, but my sister told me that the second book is better, and the third even better than that one, so I have to be able to give higher scores for the sequels. And of course I'm really looking forward to read the sequels, but I took a little break to read the Fault in our Stars (I know, I haven't read that book yet, I'm a terrible person, I even watched the movie without reading the book). But after TFIOS I will read the second book in this series.
I would totally recommend this book to anyone who likes fantasy. If you're not into the least bit of fantasy, then don't read it, because the whole world is made up, and the names and country's may have some weird names, etc. But if you like fantasy I don't think it really matters how old you are. It is a YA book, but really, I believe you could read it as long as you're at least twelve or something.
~ Filippa ~
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