Throne of Glass: Review, Rambling, and Thoughts! :)

Celaena Sardothien, after serving for a year in Endovier, is dragged to take part in a competition to become a royal assassin of the King in exchange for her freedom after a period of time. Throughout the competition there is a series of murders of the Champions -- competitors -- and a possibility of both friendship and romance, and Celaena must figure out who is murdering her fellow competitors, and where she stands in relation to her new-found friends for the sake of her freedom, and possibly for other reasons. ;)

Our main character is this book is Celaena, and something that I love most about her is that she is multi-dimensional and relate-able;  Probably just as much to you as to me. Celaena Sardothien, as well as an assassin is a reader. Something admirable about this is that she isn't a stereotypical reader in a young adult novel, she was somebody who read avidly and in variation, and discussed them with real feeling and emotion, which isn't something I've personally seen often in  YA characters. Celaena doesn't spend the whole time at the castle worrying about nothing but the competition, but she spends her time doing other things and becoming comfortable, just like -- face it -- we all would do. These realistic qualities all add up, and include even more that just her interests: Celaena, while being an assassin and having a really harsh history, is a softie, is sensitive, and someone who cares in ways others don't expect. She earns trust of some who refused to trust her before with her ability to relate and her humanity, and I love that even though she's an assassin, she has a past and a heart and it shows through how she acts and reacts to things that happen throughout the story.

Celaena isn't the only multi-dimensional character I enjoyed reading about. This story also includes Chaol, Dorian, Nehemia, and other characters. Nehemia as well as Celaena was very interesting to read about, and had a great personality that I liked to have in the story alongside Celaena and the other characters.

Chaol and Dorian are two male characters that contribute to this story; Dorian being the Crown Prince, the reason Celaena is thrust into this world, as well as her love interest. And Chaol, the Captain of the Guard, Celaena's personal guard and close friend, whose hesitance to trust her becomes love over time. Something I appreciate about Throne of Glass is that Chaol and Dorian are most definitely not an Edward and Jacob of her story; there isn't a basis on competition between either of them, or a choosing between one and the other; not in the first book at least.

All of the events in the story, that contribute to the main plot of the story and add up to subplots and things that are going to be important later on, are well-written and keep a consistent story line that is wonderful to live in. The best thing about the world Sarah J. Maas has created is that it isn't perfect, but it is beautifully written and is an amazing place to live in and think about. This world kept me up late reading past 2 am, and when I set the book down I was still thinking about it, and still thinking about the characters and what would happen to them.

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I definitely give this book a four out of four stars, and recommend this to anyone who loves YA fantasy and hasn't yet read it!

xoxo,
Unicorn Cupcake

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