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Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)

Sarah J. Maas

Start date: July 1, 2014

Finish date: July 31, 2014

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Jun 27, 2012 Katie_la_geek rated it it was ok · review of another edition

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I cannot tell you how excited I was to read this book, I even did a little dance around my living room when I found out I had been approved for a review copy. My expectations for Throne of Glass were admittedly high. I had heard so many positive things about it, the synopsis made it sound like my kind of book. Who doesn鈥檛 want to read about a kick ass assassin who runs around on front cov For this review and more visit my

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I cannot tell you how excited I was to read this book, I even did a little dance around my living room when I found out I had been approved for a review copy. My expectations for Throne of Glass were admittedly high. I had heard so many positive things about it, the synopsis made it sound like my kind of book. Who doesn鈥檛 want to read about a kick ass assassin who runs around on front covers with daggers in her hands?!? I expected action, adventure and a female character that I would utterly adore鈥hat I got was something else and I found that all of my excitement and expectations were dashed pretty quickly.

The first problem I had was Calaena who is not very easy to like, I found her to be a little too perfect. She is the best assassin ever and is also extremely beautiful. She is smart, humorous and witty. She can put anyone in their place and most men appear to swoon in her presence. For me it was all a little too much. It was not the perfectness that made me dislike her sure it was annoying but what made her irritating was the one bad characteristic she appeared to be in possession of, her arrogance. Calaena knows she is an amazing assassin, she knows she is beautiful and she knows that she has amazing taste in fashion. She talks about these things a lot and I couldn鈥檛 help but hope someone would come along and knock her down a peg or to so she wouldn鈥檛 think so highly of herself.

Another problem for me was the action鈥r the lack of it. I found the cover (UK) and blurb to be a bit misleading. There is an overwhelming lack of action to be found here, this book is about an assassin but she doesn鈥檛 actually kill anyone, if fact she barely even hurts anyone. Instead she spends most of her time talking about or admiring pretty dresses, hanging out with royalty or thinking about boys.

Instead of there being written accounts of the trials and training Calaena has to go through there is romance, which was a lot more central than I thought it would be. The love triangle left me feeling a little confused. At first she has no feelings for either Price Dorian or the head of the kings guard, Chaol, then she has feelings for both of them, then she is making out with one of them鈥 lot and having a secret relationship with him. But at the end I am pretty sure she changes her mind and chooses the other one. At least I think she did. There were clues all a long about who she was going to end up with but it wasn鈥檛 explained very well at the end so I cannot be sure. She really struggles to make up her mind, which in a way I could understand but what it did for the book was create a really strong element of teen angst which I wasn鈥檛 expecting. In the end this book felt a lot more like a teen romance than anything else.

Despite appearances I didn鈥檛 hate this book. Calaena was arrogant and annoying but she did have moments of greatness and I really enjoyed the action scenes when they were there.

The best thing about this book was the male characters. Both Dorian and Chaol had great personalities. I think most readers will struggle not to like both of them. Dorian is a flirt and a charmer. He is sarcastic and humorous, I like him a lot but he was no match Chaol who I utterly adored. This guy just got under my skin and was by far my favourite character. He is the silent and deadly type but despite the cold exterior there is a wicked personality underneath and a sense of loyalty that Dorian just cannot match. I often wondered if he was too good for Calaena which is a first for me, normally I back the guy I like in the romance.

Is Throne of Glass a bad book? No, not really. Had I gone into this with no expectations then this review might be very different, but the fact of the matter is that there is a lot of expectations and unfortunately I felt this book groaned and struggled under its weight. This book could end up being a victim of its own hype.

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Aug 03, 2013 鈾モ櫋垄蟽蟽泻喂褦鈾モ櫋 (Krystle) rated it it was amazing

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This was so freaking good!!!!!

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Sep 23, 2012 Kimberly rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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(*Screams*)....this book is just wonderful...or awesome.....no words could really describe how much I like it. It has most of the stuff (*elements*) I look for in a book. There's romance, assassins, Faes, magic, prince/princess, a mask ball, puppy, competition....etc. Its like all in one. Love how the author merge all those elements together.

The story reminds me of Grave Mercy and The Inheritance Cycle. Grave Mercy because it revolves around an assassin, which is Celaena, who agrees to join a "c ...more

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Jan 23, 2012 Cassie rated it it was amazing

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Once Upon a Time, a little story was posted on fiction press. It was called Queen of Glass, and in the years that followed, the story gained thousands of loyal fans. I did not become a fan until back in 2007. I had never heard of Queen of Glass, and the summary was fairly vague. Admittedly, I was more curious about the number of reviews. I wanted to see what the rave was all about...

And I am SO glad I did.

My Senior year in High School was spent in the world Sarah had created, and the characters ...more

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Apr 22, 2012 Anna rated it it was amazing

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Wow, I was super obsessed with this book. I loved that fact that Celaena is the baddest assassin out that, she was a great heroine! I loved the concept of the story. I loved Nehemia, Dorian, Choal....

Speaking of, I'm kind of partial to Choal, not sure what that says.

I need MORE! 5 stars

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reread: All I gotta say is I still love it. Lol! ...more

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