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| Categories | Fantasy |
| Author | Sarah J. Maas |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing (February 14, 2023) |
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 432 pages |
| Item Weight | 1.55 pounds |
| Dimensions |
6.5 x 1.37 x 9.62 inches |
I. Book introduction
Lethal. Loyal. Legendary.
Enter the world of Throne of Glass with the first book in the #1 bestselling series by Sarah J. Maas.
In a land without magic, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She has no love for the vicious king who rules from his throne of glass, but she has not come to kill him. She has come to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three murderers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she will be released from prison to serve as the King’s Champion.
Her name is Celaena Sardothien.
The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will protect her. And a princess from a faraway country will befriend her. But something rotten dwells in the castle, and it’s there to kill. When her competitors start dying mysteriously, one by one, Celaena’s fight for freedom becomes a fight for survival-and a desperate quest to root out the evil before it destroys her world.
Thrilling and fierce, Throne of Glass is the first book in the #1 bestselling series that has captivated readers worldwide.
Editorial Reviews
- “Action-packed . . . What a ride!” ―Booklist on The Assassin’s Blade
- “A thrilling read.” ―Publishers Weekly, starred review, on Throne of Glass
- “An epic fantasy readers will immerse themselves in and never want to leave.” ―Kirkus Reviews, starred review, on Crown of Midnight
- “Celaena is as much an epic hero as Frodo or Jon Snow!” ―New York Times bestselling author Tamora Pierce on Heir of Fire
- “Packed . . . with brooding glances, simmering sexual tension, twisty plot turns, lush world building, and snarky banter.” ―Booklist on Queen of Shadows
- “Tightly plotted, delightful escapism.” ―Kirkus Reviews on Empire of Storms
- “Turns a corner from sprawling epic to thrilling psychological fantasy.” ―HuffPost on Tower of Dawn
- “A worthy finale to one of the best fantasy book series of the past decade.” ―Time on Kingdom of Ash
About the Author (Sarah J. Maas)
Sarah Janet Maas, known as Sarah J. Maas (born March 5, 1986) is an American fantasy author known for her fantasy series Throne of Glass, A Court of Thorns and Roses, and Crescent City. As of 2024, she has sold nearly 40 million copies of her books and her work has been translated into 38 languages.
Sarah Janet Maas began writing what would become her debut novel, Throne of Glass, at age sixteen. After writing several chapters of the novel, then titled Queen of Glass, Maas posted them on FictionPress.com, where it became one of the most popular stories on the site. It was later removed from the site when Maas decided to publish the novel. The story line of the series is based on the story of Cinderella, with the premise of “What if Cinderella was not a servant, but an assassin? And what if she didn’t attend the ball to meet the prince, but to kill him, instead?” In 2008, Maas started sending the story to agents before signing with Tamar Rydzinski of The Laura Dial Literary Agency in 2009. Throne of Glass was purchased in March 2010 by Bloomsbury, who later purchased two additional books in the series. The series is available in 15 countries and 35 languages. While four prequel novellas set two years before the first novel were also published, these were later condensed into one book, The Assassin’s Blade plus an original novella. The second book of the series, Crown of Midnight was a New York Times young adult best-seller. The final book in the series, Kingdom of Ash, was released on October 23, 2018; the finished series comprised seven books plus the novella collection.
A Court of Thorns and Roses, Maas’ second fantasy series, is a loose retelling of the traditional Beauty and the Beast. The first book of the trilogy was written in 2009, but was not published until 2015. Due to the success and popularity of the original series, it was extended and a spin-off series was announced which would feature stories of other popular characters. The fifth book in the series and the first of the spin-offs, A Court of Silver Flames, was published on February 16, 2021.
On May 16, 2018, Maas announced her first adult fantasy series, Crescent City. The first book, titled House of Earth and Blood, was released by Bloomsbury on March 3, 2020. It was ranked one of the top twenty Science Fiction & Fantasy books of 2020 on Kobo. The sequel, House of Sky and Breath, was released on February 15, 2022 and won the Best Fantasy award for Goodreads Choice Awards in 2022. The third installation of the series, House of Flame and Shadow, was released on January 30th 2024.
The A Court of Thorns and Roses series was announced to be adapted into a television series for Hulu in 2021. In an interview with The New York Times, Maas confirmed that she was developing the project with the writers and the showrunner as executive producer.
In May 2023, The Verge reported that the cover of the UK edition of House of Earth and Blood uses an AI-generated image.
The banning of many is her books in Utah public schools has led to a surge in their popularity.
II. Reviewer: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
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1. RICK RIORDAN reviews for Throne of Glass
Caleana Sardothien, young woman assassin, is betrayed and sentenced to the salt mines of Endovier. After a year, however, she is given an opportunity: If she wins a contest to become the king’s champion, she will be granted a four-year contract, working as an assassin for the empire she hates, at the end of which time she will be freed. After reading the premise of the book, I thought, “Sign me up!” After the first chapter, I knew I was in good hands. This book has plenty of mystery, magic, humor and romance — a perfect brew for fans of good YA fantasy. If you liked Graceling, Grave Mercy, Shadow and Bone or other fantasies featuring strong female protagonists with scary good skills, I think you’ll enjoy this quite a lot. And it’s the first of a series!
2. KHURRAM reviews for Throne of Glass
I really enjoyed this book. The characters were well formed and excellently developed. There are recognisable and enjoyable twists 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 having 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 needed to capture her old form, but her skills are still intact. Also, I like the way the author plays with her feelings. Even though she is an assassin, she is still very young and prone to her feelings and ego getting hurt.
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 can’t 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.
3. JESSICA reviews for Throne of Glass
upon reread, i am going to bump up my rating. knowing how the story plays out over the span of 7 books, its allowed me to view this with a different perspective and im able to appreciate this more than when i started the series for the first time.
what i thought was simplistic storytelling, i now see humble beginnings. what i thought was lack of plot, i now see subtly laid foundations. and what i thought was a predictable ending, i now see necessary building blocks.
i think this will still remain my least favourite book in the series (which really isnt saying much) but its nice to know that i enjoyed this more than i did the first time, if only for sentimental reasons.
↠ 4.5 stars
4. WARDA reviews for Throne of Glass
It’s been 6 years since I first picked up this book and discovered this series. I’ve read it 6 times since.
All the feelings continue to exist and intensify each time.
I’m gonna love this series till I’m old and grey.
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Reread x5! And that’s the review.
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Reread x 4!
I can’t believe this series is coming to an end. 😢
It’s brought me so much comfort and happiness.
Obsession isn’t enough of a word to describe what I feel towards Sarah J Maas and these books. Fandoms have never been my thing. Well, since Harry Potter. Then I came across her books because of the hype and I am grateful to have found people as loony over it as I am.
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This series seems to be getting better with every reread! And this book in particular as it was my least favourite. But it helped reading The Assassin’s Blade before Throne of Glass as it delved deeper into Celaena’s character and through that book one was able to form a connection with her.
Her skills as an assassin aren’t really explored in Throne of Glass, it’s all talk and no action. But reading the prequel novellas, you are able to see how hardcore she actually is, thus accepting the all talk and no action that happens in Throne of Glass.
I love the characters, the world and Maas’s writing. I always feel so wrapped in it!
So many hints were dropped in this book that are explored in the other books. I loved being able to pick up on them this time round and appreciate that Maas cleverly plants those points in her books and later builds up upon them so thoroughly.
5. KRIS reviews for Throne of Glass
Better during the second read
-2023 reread-
I will start off by saying that I enjoyed my reread far more than the first time I read the book. Celeana is a little spit fire and I am here for it! Her and Dorian’s banter? God I lived for every line of it, I ate that up.
I decided to give this series another try since I’m attending a ToG event with some friends in a few months and would like to not be completely lost when I show up… and also I’ve devoured all other SJM books within the last two years so it was time to come back around to this one.
ToG has been around for a hot minute and is a beloved series by many so spoilers were inevitable, though I wasn’t trying to stay away from them since I didn’t plan on picking the series back up. I will say knowing some spoilers and seeing cosplays of characters from the series helped me get more into the book and enjoy it more. I am not prepared for the emotional damage I will be dealt in this series.
-2018 read-
This was not the best fantasy but it also wasn’t the worst fantasy book I’ve read. I think this book would make a good starter book for someone that wants to get into YA fantasy but doesn’t want to jump straight into a heavy fantasy. There are quite a few similarities between the world in the book to our world, such as holidays and certain pass times.
Things I didn’t like so much:
The love triangle. I almost put the book down after I started to see the love triangle coming into the story, I am so tired of reading love triangles.
All the mentions of Celeana being extremely attractive. Like I get it she’s good looking, move on.
The similarities to our world. Personally, I like my fantasy that is completely unconnected to our world, but that’s just me.
I found the whole competition boring.
I guessed who was behind everything like halfway through the book.
On the other hand, there were elements that I did like. The fact that magic is missing for the world, I’m a sucker for this troupe, I kept reading to find out what happened. I really liked Chaol and Dorian.
6. CIRSTEA M reviews for Throne of Glass
This series dragged you in and doesn’t let you go
There’s so much good to say about the series in a whole bit Throne of Glass is the start of an epic journey.
Something important for readers to know is the more you read the series the more you get hooked. There’s a lot of twist and terms and throne of glass is the hook it’s the start and has very important details you won’t know you needed till later. I’m now rereading the whole series including the prequel. Also note you can tandem read EoS and ToD when you get to those is something I wish I knew before starting the series.
I say if you like fantasy adventure and a lot of unexpected twists this book is perfect.
7. EMSARA reviews for Throne of Glass
My thoughts on Throne of Glass
I really enjoyed this book! Celaena Sardothien is a feisty and believable heroine.
The plot of Throne of Glass drew me in: forbidden magic, a ruthless and evil King, Celaena’s hidden identity, the King’s Champion trial, the mysterious Wyrdmarks and Wyrdgates, otherworldly beings, horrible murders, a beautiful princess and a love triangle!
I liked both Chaol and Dorian, and it will be interesting to see how things develop between them and Celaena. Nehemiah is an interesting character as well, and not who she seems to be.
This book sets the stage for what looks to be an awesome, world building series!
8. KENNEDY reviews for Throne of Glass
I absolutely love this series, the first book was wonderful world building, and that continues throughout the whole series. The character development was spot on, every time I finished a book I had to jump right into the next. This series definitely kept me captivated and wanting more.
Now if you are coming from reading her series A Court of Thorns and Roses this is not the same in writing style, this series is in third person, I do personally more so enjoy first person perspective books, however this being in third person was not a deterrent for me.
I will always recommend this series, loved it so much!
9. REGAN reviews for Throne of Glass
This book was sooooo goood! The main female character is amazing, SHE WAS PRACTICAL. Not to mention completely badass, and could kill anyone with a hairpin if she wanted to. Great high fantasy, i cannot wait for the next in the series! HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
10. SK reviews for Throne of Glass
OH MY GOSH
I finally understand why almost everyone on GR loves this series. It was so hard to put down!! I was fully invested.
The characters are so perfectly written, they’re not perfect but they’re so easy to like. Celaena, Chaol and Dorian. The three work together so perfectly. The chemistry is so amazing. Felt a bit bad for Dorian towards the end. But I want my man Chaol to be the guy who gets the girl 👀
The plot is intriguing, genuinely kept me thinking and flipping the pages to find out what happens next. It does at times however slow down a bit, but it’s nothing to fret over.
I wish I had read it sooner!
III. Throne of Glass Quotes by Sarah J. Maas
The best book quotes from Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
“You could rattle the stars,” she whispered. “You could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most.”
“Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.”
“Freedom or death lay at this table. Her past and future were seated on a glass throne.”
“No. I can survive well enough on my own— if given the proper reading material.”
“We all bear scars,… Mine just happen to be more visible than most.”
“My name is Celaena Sardothien. But it makes no difference if my name’s Celaena or Lillian or Bitch, because I’d still beat you, no matter what you call me.”
“How long was I asleep?” she whispered. He didn’t respond.
“How long was I asleep?” she asked again, and noticed a hint of red in his cheeks.
“You were asleep, too?”
“Until you began drooling on my shoulder.”“Names are not important. It’s what lies inside of you that matters.”
“Still, the image haunted his dreams throughout the night: a lovely girl gazing at the stars, and the stars who gazed back.”
“Sometimes, the wicked will tell us things just to confuse us–to haunt our thoughts long after we’ve faced them.”
“I like music,” she said slowly, “because when I hear it, I . . . I lose myself within myself, if that makes any sense. I become empty and full all at once, and I can feel the whole earth roiling around me. When I play. I’m not . . . for once, I’m not destroying, I’m creating.”
“No matter what happens,” she said quietly, “I want to thank you.”
Chaol tilted his head to the side. “For what?”
Her eyes stung but she blamed it on the fierce wind and blinked away the dampness. “For making my freedom mean something.”“She moaned into her pillow. “Go away. I feel like dying.”
“No fair maiden should die alone,” he said, putting a hand on hers. “Shall I read to you in your final moments? What story would you like?”
She snatched her hand back. “How about the story of the idiotic prince who won’t leave the assassin alone?”
“Oh! I love that story! It has such a happy ending, too—why, the assassin was really feigning her illness in order to get the prince’s attention! Who would have guessed it? Such a clever girl. And the bedroom scene is so lovely—it’s worth reading through all of their ceaseless banter!”“I name you Elentiya.” She kissed the assassin’s brow. “I give you this name to use with honour, to use when other names grow too heavy. I name you Elentiya, ‘Spirit That Could Not Be Broken.”
“Of course.” He picked up the brown bag of candy on the table. “What’s your . . .” He trailed off as he weighed the bag in his hands. “Didn’t I give you three pounds of candy?”
She smiled impishly.
“You ate half the bag!”
“Was I supposed to save it?”
“I would have liked some!”
“You never told me that.”
“Because I didn’t expect you to consume all of it before breakfast!”
She snatched the bag from him and put it on the table. “Well, that just shows poor judgement on your part, doesn’t it?”“In the garden, the Captain of the Guard stared up at the young woman’s balcony, watching as she waltzed alone, lost in her dreams. But he knew her thoughts weren’t of him.
She stopped and stared upward. Even from a distance, he could see the blush upon her cheeks. She seemed young—no, new. It made his chest ache.
Still, he watched, watched until she sighed and went inside. She never bothered to look below.”“With each day he felt the barriers melting. He let them melt. Because of her genuine laugh, because he caught her one afternoon sleeping with her face in the middle of a book, because he knew that she would win.”
“We each survive in our own way.”
“As my friend, you should either bring me along, or keep me company.”
“Friend?” he asked.
She blushed. “Well, ‘scowling escort’ is a better description. Or ‘reluctant acquaintance’, if you prefer.”“Second place is a nice title for the first loser.”
“Celaena,” Chaol said gently. And then she heard the scraping noise as his hand came into view, sliding across the flagstones. His fingertips stopped just at the edge of the white line. “Celaena,” he breathed, his voice laced with pain—and hope. This was all she had left—his outstretched hand, and the promise of hope, of something better waiting on the other side of the line.”
“I wasn’t going to kill him, you buffoon.”
“Enjoyed that, did you?” Chaol growled.
“Immensely.” Celaena patted Chaol’s arm as she took it in her own. “Now you must pretend that you like me, or else everything will be ruined.”“I’m not married,” he said softly, “because I can’t stomach the idea of marrying a woman inferior to me in mind and spirit. It would mean the death of my soul.”
“Apparently, a woman can only go so long without a sword between her hands.”
“You have the skills,” Chaol said, “but some of your moves are still undisciplined.”
“That’s never stopped me from killing before,” she spat.
Chaol chuckled at her agitation and pointed his sword at the rack, allowing her to get to her feet.
“Pick another—something different. Make it interesting, too. Something that will make me sweat, please.”
“You’ll be sweating when I skin you alive and squish your eyeballs beneath my feet,” she muttered, picking up the rapier.
“That’s the spirit.”
She practically threw the rapier into place, and drew the hunting knives without hesitation.
My dear old friends.
A wicked smile spread across her face.”“You could be great. You could rattle the stars. You could do anything if only you dared.”
“He won every game, yet she hardly noticed. As long as she hit the ball, it resulted in shameless bragging. When she missed – well, even the fires of Hell couldn’t compare to the rage that burst from her mouth. He couldn’t remember a time when he’d laugh so hard.”
“His breath was warm on her neck as he bent his head, resting his cheek against her hair. Her heart beat so quickly, and yet she felt utterly calm—as if she could have stayed there forever and not minded, stayed there forever and let the world fall apart around them. She pictured his fingers, pushing against that line of chalk, reaching for her despite the barrier between them.”
“After a too-long moment, the crown prince spoke. “I don’t quite comprehend why you’d force someone to bow when the purpose of the gesture is to display allegiance and respect.” His words were coated with glorious boredom.”
“A lovely girl gazing at the stars, and the stars who gazed back.”
“You’re a girl?”
“Surprising, I know. Everyone thinks I’m older.”“He was done with politics and intrigue. He loved her, and no empire, no king, and no earthly fear would keep him from her. No, if they tried to take her from him, he’d rip the world apart with his bare hands. And for some reason, that didn’t terrify him.”
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