Caffeinated Coffee Lover: Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass #1) by Sarah J.Maas

Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Fiction | Magic, Young Adult, Series

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Synopsis

After serving out a year of hard labour in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin.

Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for four years and then be granted her freedom. Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilarating. But she's bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her ... but it's the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best.

Then one of the other contestants turns up dead ... quickly followed by another. Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined.

Review

I really enjoyed this book. The characters were well formed and excellently developed. There are recognisable and enjoyable twist on the classic Cinderella. Example Celaena Sardothien's fairy godmother is a ghost of an ancient warrior queen. There are also slight touches such as Celaena has an innate charm with animals.

I was also very impressed with the pacing and evolution of the story. Honestly the 406 pages just seem to fly by. Just because Celaena was the greatest of assassins after being in a death camp for over a year she needs to capture her old form, but her skills are still intact. Also, I like the way the author plays with her feeling even though she is an assassin she is still very young and prone to her feeling and ego getting hurt.

So, Calaena is actually such a true bad-ass. Generally, I love characters who begin to develop as a stronger heroine, however, I can respect one that begins at the very start, specifically this book. Calaena is so strong, so determined, so fierce that you can't help but admire her for her tenacity. Oh, let's not forget her wit. Many would guess that Calaena, who has been in Edovier's mine prison, would be very broken. However, that's not the case. Along with the book, we see the snarky and lovable side that just makes her so humane... it's amazing. But anyway, back to what I previously said, Calaena is the shit, like she's such a badass assassin...like what the fuck you have no idea.

The book does leave a lot of questions many of which are for the second novel, but as much as I hate prequels I will have to read the backup stories on the kindle version. I cannot wait for the next book and am really looking forward to what is going to happen next. Like I said earlier this book was more about Celaena recapturing her old form and claiming a position of power, also setting up her side cast, I am expecting a lot more action in the next book after all the training in this book.