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Originally Posted by apesmom

Has anyone here read the Sarah J. Maas Throne of Glass series? It's one of the few potentially good deals I'm seeing today. I haven't read anything by her yet but she gets crazy good ratings.

Amazon has the 8 book bundle for $5.99 and Kobo has it for $5.39 which drops to $3.23 with the still working "partners" code.

Originally Posted by sufue

I've read and liked several of them, and the bundle was cheap enough I snagged it to get the remaining ones. (Also, a couple of them I had gotten from my library, so now I'll have my own .) I think of them as a bit more fantasy than romance, but in the grey area in-between.

I tried this series but I guess it's just wasn't for me. I think I stopped at book 2 or 3 and just couldn't continue. One particular reason is that I find myself hard to connect with the female protagonist.

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The female protagonist was described as the best assassin in the nation, but somehow for a large part I only see her trying to adorn herself with beautiful stuff. I mean, I don't judge anyone for wanting to be pretty, but for a so-called best assassin, I really don't see how she had earned that title in the first place. I think my main issue is that the author didn't try to build up her bad ass reputation in a convincing way.

I love books like Kate Daniels and Hidden Legacy series in which the heroines are strong and although I may not agree with all their actions, I empathize with them a lot by going through all their ups and downs, and I'm greatly convinced that they are what the authors described them to be. Somehow Sarah J. Maas wasn't able to do that for me in this Throne of Glass series. I hate not finishing a book or a series, but somehow I just couldn't continue with this series.

Of course, your miles may vary. I'm just sharing what I thought of this series.