Throne of Glass #1
Publisher,Bloomsbury
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Meet Celaena Sardothien. Beautiful. Deadly. Destined for greatness. In the dark, filthy salt mines of Endovier, an eighteen year old girl is serving a life sentence. She is a trained assassin, the best of her kind, but she made a fatal mistake. She got caught. Young Captain Westfall offers her a deal: her freedom in return for one huge sacrifice. Celaena must represent the prince in a to the death tournament fighting the most gifted thieves and assassins in the land. Live or die, Celaena will be free. Win or lose, she is about to discover her true destiny. But will her assassin's heart be melted?
Staff Review
An assassin with a mysterious past,
Condemned to die, offered a way out but with strings attached.
A promising start to the series. The story gets interesting half way through – a good mix of warrior/ assassin, love/hate, secret/scandal and magic.
