That's not even the best part!
Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas
TOG, book one
Hardcover, 406 pages
Published February 14, 2023 (reprint)
ISBN 9781639730940
In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she is released from prison to serve as the king's champion.
Her name is Celaena Sardothien.
The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will protect her. But something evil dwells in the castle of glass—and it's there to kill. When her competitors start dying one by one, Celaena's fight for freedom becomes a fight for survival, and a desperate quest to root out the evil before it destroys her world.
I have no intention of reading this entire series. Actually, I'm skipping to book three. Because, frankly, I don't give a damn about book two. I'm more than ready for Rowan to punch Calaena in the face.
"I hate women like that. They're so desperate for the attention of men that they'd willingly betray and harm members of their own sex."
Oh, Calaena. We do not owe loyalty to people because we are of the same sex. This 'women supporting women' bs needs to die and rot. Gender is irrelevent to being a decent person. Betrayal is betrayal.
So when Calaena isn't pissing me off... I like her. The woman can banter with the best of them. Even if her go to is always and forever going to be threatening bodily harm and she uses the same tactic to flirt with just about every human male that gets close to her. These Maas FMCs be on my nerves like it's their own personal vendetta.
Chaol. Dorian. Both have their merits. Both also have their faults, and the greatest of those was their responses to Calaena's menstrual cycle. Chaol ran away and Dorian, the damned idiot, thought his best course of action was to antagonize her. Oh hell no! Stab him. Stab, stab, stab!
In the garden, the Captain of the Guard stared up at the young woman’s balcony, watching as she waltzed alone, lost in her dreams. But he knew that her thoughts weren’t of him.
She stopped and stared upward. Even from a distance, he could see the blush upon her cheeks. She seemed young—no, new. It made his chest ache.
Still, he watched, watched until she sighed and went inside. She never bothered to look below.
She stopped and stared upward. Even from a distance, he could see the blush upon her cheeks. She seemed young—no, new. It made his chest ache.
Still, he watched, watched until she sighed and went inside. She never bothered to look below.
Chaol was the better of the two. Although... his "What did you do to deserve it?" comment really did sum up what his mentality was towards her. Truth be told, I would have phrased it the exact same way because let's not pretend Calaena doesn't knowingly put herself in consequential situations.
Dorian's "Your scars are awful" was far worse.
How does one become the Captain of the King's guard without ever taking a life? That's some serious nepotism right there.
After The Assassin and the Empire, I did expect that losing Sam would have haunted her more. Granted, it's been a year and I suppose her hormones wield more power than her heart and brain at this age. Just a bit disappointed there. I do need her to learn how to just be friends with a male. There’s no need to keep kissing everybody.
She actually made me miss Feyre with that crap. And that, I will not abide.
4 out of 5 stars. I didn't feel the need to rip out the first seventy percent of the book. Progress!
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