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Throne Of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Feb. 24th, 2013 11:08 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Meet Celaena Sardothien.
Beautiful.
Deadly.
Destined for greatness.
In the dark, filthy salt mines of Endovier, an eighteen-year-old girl is serving a life sentence. She is a trained assassin, the best of her kind, but she made a fatal mistake. She got caught.
Young Captain Westfall offers her a deal: her freedom in return for one huge sacrifice. Celaena must represent the prince in a to-the-death tournament – fighting the most gifted thieves and assassins in the land. Live or die, Celaena will be free. Win or lose, she is about to discover her true destiny. But will her assassin’s heart be melted?
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Sarah Maas’s debut YA fantasy, the first in a trilogy, is full of plot holes, follows a main character who never convinces either as an assassin or as the focus of a love triangle and is set in a world populated with elements that have been done better elsewhere. Although this started life as a free work on fictionpress, there’s nothing here that makes me want to continue with the trilogy or accompanying novellas.
Beautiful.
Deadly.
Destined for greatness.
In the dark, filthy salt mines of Endovier, an eighteen-year-old girl is serving a life sentence. She is a trained assassin, the best of her kind, but she made a fatal mistake. She got caught.
Young Captain Westfall offers her a deal: her freedom in return for one huge sacrifice. Celaena must represent the prince in a to-the-death tournament – fighting the most gifted thieves and assassins in the land. Live or die, Celaena will be free. Win or lose, she is about to discover her true destiny. But will her assassin’s heart be melted?
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Sarah Maas’s debut YA fantasy, the first in a trilogy, is full of plot holes, follows a main character who never convinces either as an assassin or as the focus of a love triangle and is set in a world populated with elements that have been done better elsewhere. Although this started life as a free work on fictionpress, there’s nothing here that makes me want to continue with the trilogy or accompanying novellas.
