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Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)

Sarah J. Maas

Start date: April 1, 2022

Finish date: April 30, 2022

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Jan 01, 2014 Vanessa Gayle ⚔️ Fangirl Faction rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: cover-love, romance, reviewed, young-adult, own-ebook-read, fantasy, tortured-hero-or-heroine, favorites, own-physical-read, reread

11/11/2020: Reread! (Read to my son, Maddox.)

I am so late to jump on the Throne of Glass bandwagon. I am seriously kicking myself for not reading this sooner! I blame my love for serial series binge reading. At any rate, I finally decided it was time to sit down and see what all the fuss is about. I was gratifyingly astonished. This is a story that grips you right from the start.

The characters in this book are so complex. They are fleshed out extremely well. There is so much involved with each ...more

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Dec 06, 2012 Trisha rated it liked it · review of another edition

this one suffered from wrong timing for me. I was reading another assassin book at the same time. It was hard to keep the story lines separate and I think I can blame at least some of my "not loving this book" on that.

the other part, were some surprises in the story itself. I didn't expect a paranormal/magic kind of element in here.

I also didn't think she was a very good assassin. She drank whatever was given to her, she was loud, boastful and loved being the center of attention. She woke up to ...more

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Sep 30, 2018 Susan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I think this might be my 4th time reading this book. Not the whole series but definitely this book. I really like it. If I didn't love it I guess I wouldn't pick it up every time I feel a reading slump coming on.

I love this book more the second time around and I really REALLY loved it the first time. The characters were what I looked forward to the most. I didn't remember a lot about this book because the first time I read it I think I read it to fast. This time I took my time and really got to ...more

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Sep 08, 2012 Barbara ★ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: paranormal-demons, fantasy, paranormal-fae-faerie, read-2015, young-adult, paranormal-magic, zzz-cover-building, h-h-abused-tortured, zz-cover-blue, zzz-cover-body-part

I have a love hate relationship with YA books though I find I'm more partial to the fantasy quest-related ones.

We start out with Celaena being taken from slavery in the salt mines with an offer she can't refuse. Win a competition against 23 other bad ass guys and become the King's Champion for four years and then freedom. Honestly what person scheduled to die in the salt mines could refuse such an offer? Resident bad ass Celaena certainly couldn't and she's determined to win no matter what.

I lo ...more

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May 03, 2016 Susan rated it it was amazing

March 9th 2022
I am reading this book for the 3rd time and I'm more excited to be reading this round then the first 2 times I read it. So many start becoming upset with Celaena because she is more focused on gowns, shoes, sweets and being a true girly girl and not the badass assassin the description says. I happen to love the fact she can train as hard if not harder then the men in the champion competition and kick most of their buttons and yet away from training she is this soft 18 year old girl ...more

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Sep 06, 2012 Kate rated it it was amazing

So good! I really enjoyed this one. #readathon

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Sep 16, 2014 Avigail rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: physical-book, 2014, own

The story and its development was done amazingly. The story gets better and better the further you read.Sarah J. Maas writes a story full of action, adventure and mystery yet with all that, there is still time for a lot of romance.
Celaena is a strong-willed female protagonist for the modern world. She's immensely complex from the start; alternating between a young woman who can easily find 6 ways to kill you before you even take a breath, to a slave yearning for freedom, to a girl still mourni ...more

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Nov 17, 2021 Hayley rated it really liked it

4.5 stars. I get it now. It's a near perfect. Loved the characters, loved the pacing, loved the plot. (view spoiler) There isn't much i can say that hasn't been already said, and more eloquently by others. I will definitely be continuing on with the series. So many questions i need to know the answers to, I also need to know if i'm right about (view spo ...more

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