Okay, so I know I'm late to the Throne of Glass hype. I've had these books for almost a year and in that year my expectations for the series were constantly rising. Maybe not reading these books immediately after receiving them was a mistake. 
 Now don't get me wrong: I can totally see why Throne of Glass is so popular and loved. It has a lot of potential to become something awesome. Unfortunately, it takes ages for this potential to be met. I've always been a person who couldn't drag out anything I write. When others wrote 12 page essays in school I struggled to fill out more than 4. I'm just not a fan of unnecessary explanations, repetitions and plot points. But that's exactly what this book does. If I had written it, it probably would've only had 100 pages. 
 That's not to say I didn't like it. I know that for a six book series you have to save some surprises and plot lines for later. Nevertheless I still would've like a bit more fantasy and a bit less love triangle drama. In fact, the fantasy element of this story seemed to be more of a subplot inbetween all the fighting and kissing that needed to be done first. I really hope I get to see more of it in the following books. 
 Speaking of things that were underappreciated: The map! So you have this giant map in the front of the book but the whole story takes place at ONE location? What's up with that? I can imagine so many ways in which you could incorporate that map and I really want it to be taken into consideration otherwise I might die of boredom soon. 
 One thing I really loved were the characters. Celaena is an awesome female character and I definitely need more of Nehemia! Dorian got on my nerves from time to time but Chaol's character development was very nice to witness. I still didn't like the love triangle, especially because that was the main reason I couldn't warm up to Dorian. His "love" for Celaena was almost on an instalove level which I'm not a fan of. (I'm Team Chaol all the way tbh and I hate that I even have to use this ridiculous "Team ___" terminology. Why do authors still do love triangles?) 
 The evil characters, on the other hand, were also very fascinating. Kaltain intrigued me and when I first thought Cain was just a typical muscle-but-no-brain villain he turned out to be a lot more interesting. 
 In conclusion I have to say that my expectations weren't met but I will still continue with the series. I just want to see a lot more "magic" because what I read so far has so much potential to be awesome. Now off to Crown of Midnight...