Celaena, the protagonist of Maas’ Throne of Glass series, does start off as a newly sixteen to seventeen year old, but ages as the series progresses. Since her leading ladies are older than the YA norm, they are far more relatable than the average fourteen to sixteen year old bombshell that has to save the world from impending doom. Maas writes strong female characters that have entirely believable personalities. That’s over 3,500 pages of material to blast through. Both series are scheduled to wrap up this year, with spin-off novels of the latter, ACOTAR, in the future works. Throne of Glass, which currently sports six novels (one of which is a little collection of short stories that take place before the events of the first novel), and A Court of Thorns and Roses, which currently has two.

I even included her debut novel, Throne of Glass, as a part of our 2016 Holiday Gift Guide out of admiration.Ī manifesto of sorts, I’m going to do my darndest to tell you why these books are absolutely fabulous, and worthy of a good read ( all spoiler free!):īoth series take place within the same meta-universe, and are high fantasy “epics” about some pretty stellar girls doing some pretty stellar things. To date, Maas has written two stellar young adult series that are ongoing, currently totaling in eight novels, that are bound to interest readers young and old - she’s easily become one of my favorite modern authors. I was immediately enamored with her work, and read everything that she had published (at the time) in the span of one month. Last summer I was introduced to the world of Sarah J. Whether it’s a more thoughtful memoir by someone I admire, an educational anthology that’ll help inform my work, or an epic fantasy for pure leisure, I want to make sure that I’m actively enriching my mind with a good book.įor those of you who share my love of reading, and have set similar goals for yourselves, I’ve come with an author recommendation that is bound to keep your reading time well occupied. I set this resolution in order to force myself to rethink how I utilize my downtime. In celebration of a fresh start as we welcome 2017, I set a fairly lofty goal for myself: to read at least one book per week, aside from the arsenal I already read in professional pursuits.

MaasĪs a writer, and a fictional writer at that, reading takes up a great deal of my time. I love perusing the shelves at the local bookstore, searching for new books to add to my library.

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