The Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas is this week’s staff pick of the week. Below is the synopsis for the first book, and the series just gets better with every installment. Our staffer says that the first book is pretty decent, the second is very good, and the third is great. Celaena is a strong, complicated heroine who develops a lot over the course of the series. The secondary characters are also well done, and our staffer highly recommends the series for all lovers of fantasy/adventure/epic fiction. Strongly recommended for fans of Garth Nix, Tamora Pierce, Mercedes Lackey, Robin McKinley…
The series in order so far: Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, and Heir of Fire. We also have the set of prequel stories, The Assassin’s Blade.
“After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king’s council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she’ll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom.
Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilarating. But she’s bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her… but it’s the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best.
Then one of the other contestants turns up dead… quickly followed by another.
Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined.” –Taken from Goodreads.com
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