The Throne of Glass

Characters

• Celaena Sardothien is 18 years old, her personality is considered as stubborn and head-strong but also very passionate about certain things. Celaena is the protagonist of the story and is a round character.

Characters

• Prince Dorian Havilliard is 19 years old and is the Crown Prince of Adarlan. He is known as a ladies man but that is merely an act. Dorain is loyal, kind and is often misunderstood he also loves to read. Dorian is a round character.

Characters

• Chaol Westfall is 22 years old and is captain of the Guards. He is respected by many of his guards for his abilities and is loyal to Dorian as well as Adarlan. Chaol was cold towards Celaena in the begining but is friendly now. He is a round character.

Characters

• King of Adarlan, Dorian's unamed father is the current Emperor of Adarlan and is in his late 40's. The King can be considered as tyrannical ruler and as well a skilled manipulator when it comes to people. He is the antagonist of the story and is a stock character.

Setting

• The book takes place in the Kingdom of Adarlan but in Celaena's point of view starts off in the prison known as Endovier where many of the Kingdoms criminal's are sent to and are punished on a daily basis.

INtroduction

• Celaena was once the Assassin of Adarlan, who defied the king and earned the reputation of the deadliest assassin in the world, but wound up imprisoned and enslaved to work in the Endovier salt mines for the rest of her life after losing her beloved and suffering through incredible loss.

inciting incident

• A year after her sentence is declared, she is summoned by the Crown Prince, Dorian, who convinces her to make a deal. Celaena agrees to test her abilities against dozens of opponents in competition for the title of King's Champion.

Rising Action

• When she arrives at the castle, she quickly begins training to best the other contestants while struggling to keep her identity a secret. Meanwhile, her relationships with both Dorian and Chaol begin to take on romantic leanings, even as the other Champions are being discovered dead one by one, and appear to have been ripped apart.

Climax

• She attempts to uncover secrets about Wyrdmarks, magical writings, which she suspects are responsible for the bizarre killings of the other champions. Just as she begins to link someone to the killings, her searchings bring her face to face against Cain and a terrible monster known as a ridderak, which she barely escapes with her life. This occurs just before the final duel.

REsolution

• Celaena is poisoned just moments before facing off with Cain, who has been using the demons he summoned in order to steal the strength of other contestants. Celaena is suddenly rescued when Nehemia manages to summon Queen Elena to the assassin's side. The spirit quickly rids Celaena of the poison and takes Cain strength away, and Caelana emerges victorious as King's Champion.

narration

• The story is mainly told through Celaena in Third Person-Omniscient, but is also told through the eyes of Dorian and Chaol also using Third Person-Omniscient. It is also told in Personal Narration since all of them are characters in the story.

Theme

• Celaena desires freedom above all else. The King is seen as the embodiment of tyranny, and has used military force and magic to dominate most of the world. The characters desire freedom in many ways. Nehemia desires her homeland to be free from the king's rule, Dorian wishes to be free in whom he chooses to marry, and Celaena herself has never known what it is like to be free.

Reflection

• I thought that this book was very good. I really enjoyed how the characters were portrayed and the conflicts that mainly, Celaena had to go through in order to work towards winning her freedom. As well as the relationships she built on the way, such as Dorian and Chaol.

Reflection

• I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys either the supernatural/magic sort or for those who enjoy action with slight romance in the beginning. This book incorporates all of these themes really well and was enjoyable to read.