“Some people just need a high-five. In the face. With my knives.”

Celaena Sardothien is a convicted assassin. And since then she is imprisoned convicted to hard labour in the mines. When suddenly the Crown Prince asks her to join a dangerous competition to win back her freedom and if she wins become the Kings Champion. She agrees, but when the competition starts other participants are being brutally murdered. But by who? Celaene is determined to find out.

It finally happened. I started the ToG series. I was so excited to pick this up and it did deliver. It was everything that I expected. It was a fun read with humor, action, mystery, excitement and magic. Was it the best book I read? No. Did it have an immense worldbuilding or extremely likable characters? Also not so much. But it was fun. It made me laugh. It had some quirky characters, some romance and it had a, slightly, pretentious main character that grows on you. All in all this book just gave me what I needed. A nice fantasy book that didn’t ask much in return and that made curious for the rest. I ended up rating it 3,5 stars.