A review by juliapatt2007
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous dark funny inspiring tense fast-paced

4.0

I've heard about this series so much! I’ve never read anything by Maas before and her writing style is a little bit different. I immediately liked the main character Celaena. Some reviews have pointed out that for an assassin she is “off her game” several times throughout the book. Most noticeably when

people enter her room at night and she doesn't notice them. I wasn’t bothered by this and I attributed this deadening of her sense to her time spent in the mines. I felt that her awareness increased as the book progressed as she grew healthier and exercised her abilities more.

I was a little disappointed how fast the relationships move in this book as I thought Celaena’s main focus should be the competition but overall it was a believable romance for an 18 year old girl. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Rape and Sexual content

There is a good amount of language (bitch, hell). There are a few kisses but nothing sexually explicit. There are a few sexist jokes and an implied mention of rape. Of course with the plot being about assassins there is some gore and death but nothing that bothered me too much.