Throne of Glass is everything YA should be. Wonderfully written with engaging characters and enough mystery and intrigue to keep you guessing while the pages fly by. Add a couple handsome heros to keep things interesting and several mysterious murders and you have some fine reading here.
Adarlan is a realm under the thumb of a tyrant bent on world domination. Celaena Sardothien is a master assassin or at least she was -until she was betrayed. Now she spends her days swinging a pick ax (hard labor) and nights avoiding an early death (you just don't meet decent people in prison) Few people last long, she has made it a year. Holding on by sheer force of will, but how much longer can she hold out?
When she is given the opportunity to earn her freedom. (by competing for the right to become the King's champion) she takes that chance. Even tho it means working for the man she and most of the realm hates. She'll do anything to earn her freedom. I know, I know - lame premise but this is youth orientated fantasy here. Just go with it - it works.
It's a good thing Celaena is tough. She'll need every bit of her strength. Not to win the competion she figures she has that in the bag. No Her biggest challenge will be staying alive long enough to make it to the final round because Court politics are a Killer and something is killing the challengers off.
Adarlan is a realm under the thumb of a tyrant bent on world domination. Celaena Sardothien is a master assassin or at least she was -until she was betrayed. Now she spends her days swinging a pick ax (hard labor) and nights avoiding an early death (you just don't meet decent people in prison) Few people last long, she has made it a year. Holding on by sheer force of will, but how much longer can she hold out?
When she is given the opportunity to earn her freedom. (by competing for the right to become the King's champion) she takes that chance. Even tho it means working for the man she and most of the realm hates. She'll do anything to earn her freedom. I know, I know - lame premise but this is youth orientated fantasy here. Just go with it - it works.
It's a good thing Celaena is tough. She'll need every bit of her strength. Not to win the competion she figures she has that in the bag. No Her biggest challenge will be staying alive long enough to make it to the final round because Court politics are a Killer and something is killing the challengers off.
