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  • Throne of Glass, Book 1
  • By: Sarah J. Maas
  • Narrated by: Elizabeth Evans
  • Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (1,761 ratings)

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Summary

Bloomsbury presents Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas, read by Elizabeth Evans.

Enter the realm. Unleash the darkness. Live the legend.

In a land without magic, an assassin is summoned to the castle. Celaena Sardothien 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 deadly competition, she will be released from prison to serve as the King's Champion.

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, and the people she has come to love.

Thrilling and fierce, Throne of Glass is the first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling series that has captivated listeneres worldwide.

©2012 Sarah J. Maas (P)2021 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

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Great read!

As I'm finding with all Sarah J Maas books, the first one in the series is always slow and hard to get in to, but if you stick it out. The second and subsequent books are incredible!!!

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Stunning first book in this series

I love, love, love the worlds, characters and stories Sarah J Maas creates. Can’t wait to start the second book in this series

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A good start

I liked it. I started reading SJM from the acotar series so I was surprised at how pg this was in comparison. I look forward to seeing where this story goes.

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Sarah doing her thing

This is a great start of the series, So much foreshadowing and good building towards what comes next. I’ve read this series before, but first time listening to it. Enjoyed the reader a lot!

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Overall a good start

An exciting start to Book One and I felt more invested as I read 'The Assassin's Blade' first...it's an important introduction. I felt I already knew what Celaena Sardothien was about.
Why 4*'s for the story....I was initially disappointed with Celaena's attitude after what happened to Sam in the afore mentioned book. I was still grieving and yet she seemed to have moved on but this did improve somewhat as he got a few mentions. I also found her a bit shallow, surely after a year of back breaking work alongside other poor prisoners in the salt mine would have given her more humility. Having said all that this is SJM's early books so she is still finding her style.
All in all I'm invested and will continue the series...

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Brilliant

I have read this series a few times and equally enjoy listening to it on audio. Elizabeth Evans does an absolutely amazing job narrating!

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Well written

The author has a way with words, its very well told. and the story is interesting. I very much enjoyed it.

Reason for only four stars is. Celaena's personality, it does not fit the character she is portraying, she is an assassin, whos been through punishment in a horrible jail. and she acts like a high school girl. she mentions so often she is an assassin, so much as it sound like the author is trying to convince us readers it, because the personality of Celaena is not cable of doing it.

maybe Celaena would have been more boring to read about if she was more like I expect an assasin, with tourture trauma to act. but its feels more like she is pretending to be an assassin. than actually being one.

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shattering

Very easy to listen to, the story flowed like a stream. The narrator takes you into the story, she's a good actress and pleasant to listen to.

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Amazing story!

I love this book and it's been amazing to listen to it while I work. I'm excited to listen to the rest of the series.

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loved it

I really enjoyed listening to this while driving up and down the country, it definitely made the traffic jams less bothersome.

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