I’ve been waiting for this one! Bring the beat in, indeed, Queen Bey! I swear I’ve been wanting to read Throne of Glass since I found out that SJM had another fantasy series apart from ACOTAR. And, I know, my ratings and opinions on it may be controversial, but everyone is allowed to have an opinion—especially me—and we are all equal here.
I absolutely loved ACOTAR. Hands down. No questions asked. It had been on my list for a while, but then I found a used copy of the first book and absolutely needed the get the rest. I have been nonstop thinking about it since, like, November, when I read it! That’s how much I love this series and these characters. I’ll say it: Feysand is 100% my OTP!
So, when I heard that SJM had another series, I was excited, but not certain that I would love it. Don’t get me wrong, I definitely loved ACOTAR and SJM enough to try Throne of Glass, but I wasn’t positive I’d love it. I’ve read stuff from authors that I loved, then tried other books from them and not loved them at all; in my opinion, it’s a hit-and-miss.
But, I definitely wanted to try it, and I saw that my sister had pirated a copy of it onto our kindle account. Ugh, I know. I hate reading on the kindle and I love that I have paperbacks of ACOTAR to reread, but you gotta do what you gotta do when it comes to fantasy.
Reading it, I loved the writing and the third-person narration. I instantly fell in love with how strong Caleana was, and I’m like 98% a Chaol shipper—the thing is, that other 2% is pretty important because how in the heck do you pronounce his name? Ch-uh-oll? ChAol? Is it like a funny spelling of Coal? Anyway, I just had so many reactions when reading ToG that I knew it was a good book. You know when you have those moments where you smile and giggle to yourself, have to put the book down and fume to yourself, or rant about certain characters not confessing their true feelings? Yeah, those are always indicators of a great book that connects with a reader and I felt those when reading ToG.
The only downside (and I’m not even sure if it’s a downside) is that I have a bad tendency to search up fanart or TicToks on Pinterest of something I’m reading to get a reference to appearances or simply to feel closer to a book. But, this is bad because sometimes I see spoilers (which I’m usually fine seeing) but proved fatal when reading ToG. I realized my mistake when I saw stuff on Pinterest about characters I didn’t know yet and now I’m super confused about who Aelin, Rowan, and others are. So, the series isn’t ruined for me, I’m just now at a confusing crossroads where I don’t have any more books in the series but still have a lot of questions. I should probably stop going on Pinterest when I’m reading a new series, especially because then I have so many wonderings I end up reading the whole series just to find out the full story. Nevertheless, I’ll definitely find a way to get the rest of ToG (cheaply)and read it, right after I finally read A Court of Silver Flames at long last!! Now that’s definitely been a long time coming!
Genre: fantasy, fiction, Y/A
Age: 13/14+
Rating: 9/10