Tim Clark
I audio-read the whole series while walking around - it was my first foray into the modern fantasy genre and I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. I remember this book as been solid - unspectacular but engaging - a page turner. Knowing there were loads of books in the series made me think it was going to be gloriously epic - and the first book did setup a series very well. Now I've read Sanderson and realise that it can be done _so_ much better - but at the time I felt it was good. Celaena was a decent heroine - she had agency - she was realistic - but she was kinda random in her decision making - and I think this gets worse as the series progresses. As a first installment though - I remember it fondly.
I audio-read the whole series while walking around - it was my first foray into the modern fantasy genre and I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. I remember this book as been solid - unspectacular but engaging - a page turner. Knowing there were loads of books in the series made me think it was going to be gloriously epic - and the first book did setup a series very well. Now I've read Sanderson and realise that it can be done _so_ much better - but at the time I felt it was good. Celaena was a decent heroine - she had agency - she was realistic - but she was kinda random in her decision making - and I think this gets worse as the series progresses. As a first installment though - I remember it fondly.
