(Summary from Goodreads). After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom.
Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilarating. But she's bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her... but it's the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best.
Then one of the other contestants turns up dead... quickly followed by another.
Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined.
I'm torn on this book. I want to say I didn't like it… because it was just hard to get through. The writing was really good and I loved the characters, but it was not my favorite book to read. I wanted it because I've heard really good things about it. I liked the idea and story though. It got confusing when the POV would change. I am going to read the rest of the series because I really liked the plot and characters… but it just isn't the type of book I normally read.
The blurb on the front says it's for fans of The Hunger Games and Game of Thrones…and I completely agree with that. It has the royal system of Game of Thrones and the "fight to the finish" of The Hunger Games (if that makes sense?). Haha.
Even though it wasn't my favorite book to read, I give it four out of five stars. The writing was really good and the characters were great.
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