'𝑴𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝑪𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒆𝒏𝒂 𝑺𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒏. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆'𝒔 𝑪𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒆𝒏𝒂 𝒐𝒓 𝑳𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒓 𝑩𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝜤'𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆.'

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Somehow, I have managed to arrive at reading Throne of Glass without discovering too many spoilers. Consequently, I don't actually know what it's about...

This first one is a solid starter - though my initial thought that it was a kind of games and trials sorta deal doesn't really represent what it's about because the actual trials themselves are kind of lame.

So. Firstly, Sardothien's got sass. She's definitely got more about her than Feyre ( thank GOD). But this is tempered by her being kind of immature and annoying. I get it, she's basically a child. I'm hoping this is going to develop and we'll see some decent development. For a smartass assassin she's a bit of a captain obvious at times as well. Some of the things she 'discovers'? Yeah, duh.

I'm kind of struggling with Chaol - not that I hate him yet like everyone seems to - but a Captain of the Guard who gets that worked up about killing someone? Not buying it.

I'm liking the multiple POVs. Dorian is fine, I'm not obsessed with him yet but he's inoffensive. 

I feel like I've guessed half the plot already though - some of that gleaned through the bits of info I've seen online but also just kind of obvious orphan tropes that have been done before. I'm hoping the magic system captures me and all the lore that we're hopefully going to get us going to ramp up. 

This dragged quite a bit, not much really happened. I'm hoping this is an SJM thing because ACOTAR 1 was basically the same.

I'm intrigued enough to give the next one a go though.

*Is SJM obsessed with vomiting? Like why do of her heroines spend half these books chucking their guts up. Do not get it?