In Throne of Glass, Celaena smothers her personality and really holds back from being herself. She becomes way more of a boss character when she actually unleashes her power and starts acting like an assassin. I like Celaena’s character way more in the following books. This first book is slow but needed to build the story in the rest of the books. She could have showcased Celaena’s cunning or other skills instead of just putting it to the side. I really wish she had kept those parts in or even given a paragraph to each competition. Looking at that part after reading the entire series, I can understand why the author chose to spend more time on different elements. It felt so wrong to reduce half of the plot to a sentence. That part really threw me for a loop, and I had to reread that section a couple of times. We get a front-row seat to a few of the events, but half of the competitions are covered by a single line of text. That is not the case with Throne of Glass. I expected the competitive events to be laid out and for the story to revolve around what was happening. I thought Throne of Glass would kind of be similar to other competitive books. I didn’t start liking her until later books when she is brought low, and we get more insight into her past and why she acts the way she does.Īnother thing I found disappointing was the competition. Celaena is definitely one of those protagonists you dislike because of how prideful and stuck up she is. Is it sad that I was disappointed the best assassin doesn’t kill anyone in the book? Plus, she sparingly shows her skills even when she loves to brag about how good she is.
Throne of Glass just didn’t hold up to the hype for me, or at least the first book did not. For the most part, the adult scenes are easy to skip and not central to the plot or understanding the story progression. I also respect your judgment to not start the series knowing how it will change in future books.
Nothing is exchanged except a few heated kisses. There is a night that a guy sleeps in Celaena’s bed. There isn’t even a let’s “go to bed” and voila wake up in each other’s arms, but everyone knows what we were doing scene. One thing that pleasantly surprised me was no sex scenes. We don’t see her truly in her element until the next book, Crown of Midnight.
Several times though, she thinks through how she would kill someone. None are attributed to the main character Celaena and self-proclaimed best assassin. There are many deaths in Throne of Glass. When the main character is an assassin and involved in a deadly competition against other killers, you can expect violence and killing to be in the book. Celaena on the UK Cover of Throne of Glass
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