Demons, ghostly queens, realms of the Otherworld, and symbols that hold a special kind of power: these are just a few of the components of this spellbinding work of fantasy. Stepping into Sarah J. Maas's Throne of Glass is to give yourself over to another dimension. A frightening and exciting one.
Celaena Sardothien is an assassin that's been held prisoner for a year in a death camp in the land of Endovier. She has been chosen by the Crown Prince of Ardalan, Dorian, to participate in a competition. Whoever wins the competition, set up as a series of arduous tests, will work for the King, Dorian's father, as his lackey and assassin for four years. After that they will gain their freedom and have their name cleared.
After arriving at the castle, Celaena must work to get herself in fighting shape to stand a chance against the fierce twenty-two other competitors. Her personal guard, Choal, eventually shows himself to be an ally as well as Prince Dorian and Princess Nehemia who hails from another land, Eyllwe, and is a sympathizer of the rebels there. After her fellow competitors start being brutally murdered one by one leading up to the competition, Celaena finds herself in a position where she needs all the friends she can get.
The King is trying to take over every area of Erilea and making life for its residents unpleasant to say the least. If Celaena can become the King's champion and become an insider, perhaps she can steer things in a way that will help the people of Erilea.
First in a series of several, Throne of Glass paves the way for a magical world of adventure with a fiery, powerful protagonist in Celaena. The novel hints at Celaena's traumatic past which leads her to become an assassin; readers can look forward to learning more of what becomes of Celaena in future novels. This is escapism at its best and I give this wonderful book of fantasy five stars out of five.
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