Author: Sarah J. Maas
Type: Young Adult Novel
Genre: Fantasy
Series: Yes. A Throne of Glass Novel
Pages: 418
Copyright: 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Summary: from Good reads.
After a year of hard labor in the Salt Mines of Endovier, eighteen-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien has won the king's contest to become the new royal assassin. Yet Celaena is far from loyal to the crown – a secret she hides from even her most intimate confidantes.
Keeping up the deadly charade—while pretending to do the king's bidding—will test her in frightening new ways, especially when she's given a task that could jeopardize everything she's come to care for. And there are far more dangerous forces gathering on the horizon -- forces that threaten to destroy her entire world, and will surely force Celaena to make a choice.
Where do the assassin’s loyalties lie, and who is she most willing to fight for?
Feelings:
The second in the Throne of Glass series carried on the story of Celaena after she becomes the Kings Champion. I wondered if the second would hold together as well as the first and it did. The story was intriguing and the characters continued to grow and changed.
Without giving away to much of the plot from the first book I would say that the story after the competition is really much more political than the first book. While characters have developed in different ways we see more of Prince Dorian and from his point of view as well. In the first book he was a good character that we grew to like but this book really looks at who he is and I think that was a good thing. Captain Westfall is also expanded as a character which was necessary for the story. Celaena has more of a back story in this book as well. The past which was largely over looked in the first book is delved into in this one which helps us to understand the characters.
I would recommend this book to those who enjoyed the first in the series as well as people who love a strong young female character.
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