I started re-reading Beautiful Creaturesby Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. I read the first two books years ago and I
just never got around to reading the rest of the series. I decided to re-read
the first two books to see if my opinion had changed and to refresh myself on
all of the details. I intend to review these books on my blog very soon. So
far, I am still enjoying Beautiful Creatures and as a re-read it is a faster
read.
I also picked up Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas. I started
reading this book years ago when it first became popular but I was studying and
just ended up putting it down and not going back to it. As part of my TBR purge
I decided to pick it up and read through the series. However, I did not get
far. The main character, Celaena was brought up to be an assassin, she has been
captured and believes that she is going to her death and what does she do? She
remarks on the attractiveness of the Captain and the Prince and how her
appearance is poor due to her being imprisoned to work in the mines for a year.
I couldn’t help but compare this to Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder. I
absolutely loved that book and reviewed it here. In that book, Yelena has been
imprisoned but she acts completely differently and how you would expect a
prisoner to behave. I find it frustrating when books focus on the ‘attractiveness’
of other characters. I love a good romance but written well. I don’t want to
read about a ‘badass assassin’ who is thinking about appearances when she is
going to die. She should be plotting her escape or a way to avoid execution,
the rest can come later. That is just my opinion anyway. So I decided to DNF
this book.
After this, I went back to Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson,
a book I had begun reading last year. I am currently still reading it and I am
so far finding it very interesting. I will keep you updated!
And if you got to the end of this post… What do you think
about Throne of Glass/ The Assassin’s Blade? I would love to hear your
opinions!
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