The World of Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

The (only) juicy actiony bits of the book become the duels. I'll let you decide, fellow reader, after all, you bought the book.Īnd yet she needs to win the tournament to be crowned as Champion (obviously) and apart from a multitude of references as to who is wearing what corset, what colour is *her* corset, and how on earth can she squeeze herself into *that* corset, oh it must be excruciating.

So has anything changed? Her previous life was assassin by choice, and this new, proposed one, is assassin by order.

but only after four years of soul destroying and utter obedience playing the role of King's assassin. The prize is a promised life of complete and utter freedom. It turns out the King in question is the leader of Celaena's own mortal enemies, and it is the King's own Princely son (Darian) who has brought her to the royal court in order to compete. Even in the fictional world, irony is often your closest companion, and this adage holds true for our heroine. She manages to survive long enough to make friends, and she is miraculously whisked away from this brutality to compete in a tournament to determine the 'King's Champion'. Somehow, she finds herself in a death labour camp (prison) and initially, her life is a living hell. For something that started out so slowly, and, dare I say it, so tediously as this one did, the second half was so startingly different, so refreshingly paced and plotted, that it more than made up for the indifferent beginning.Ĭelaena Sardothien is known as the world's most gifted, and most brilliantly effective assassin. WITH THE THRONE OF GLASS, SARAH J MAAS HAS GIFTED THE WORLD WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY BOOK.

The World of Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas