I want to start reading the throne of glass series by Sarah J Maas. Do you recommend starting with Assassin’s blade or Throne of Glass?
I want to start reading the throne of glass series by Sarah J Maas. Do you recommend starting with Assassin’s blade or Throne of Glass?
Tog.
I started with assassins blade. I was really happy I did it that way.
Same here. Planning on rereading the series because I haven’t read the last book yet, will be starting with The Assassin’s Blade again.
Assassins blade!! It is written better so will get you hooked and it has important context. I really wish I had read it first
Assassins blade
Throne of Glass
Assassins blade
Assassin’s Blade. Read it first and was hooked immediately
I started with Assassin’s blade and it was really good when some of the characters popped up later in the series and you already knew the backstory of them
Assassin’s Blade
personally found assassins blade hard going but it was the 2nd last one i read
Assassin’s Blade first
I haven’t read assassin’s blade yet, but I feel like its ment to be read first
throne of glass.
Throne of Glass!! ??
Throne of glass!
Assassin’s blade for sure.
Throne of glass. Assassins blade was made to be read either between 1&2 or between 2&3
Throne of Glass
I read many posts to read it before QOA, but I wished I read it before TOG. It would’ve helped me a bit better.
Read throne or glass first. Read in order of publishing. That way assassin’s blade is deeper more meaningful story.
Agree with @Amelia!!
Assassin’s Blade first.. I know its novellas but believe me nothing is spoiled and you’ll understand more why Celaena is where she is at the beginning of Tog.
TAB first…
Throne of glass, and then ready assassins blade before heir of fire, that way you won’t get to many spoilers
My vote for TOG first and TAB before QOS
TOG first!
Assasin’s Blade. The background is vital to understanding and fully appreciating Celaena’s evolution.
Everyone has different opinions on this. Depends on you as a reader. How do you feel about novellas? I started with Throne of Glass and read AB after Crown of Midnight. I’m SO glad I did because I felt like AB was pretty dull. I probably would have DNF it had I not already been connected to the characters and story.
Start with Throne of Glass, before Queen of Shadows read Assassin’s Blade.
Throne of glass
Throne of glass.
TAB for sure.
Throne of Glass. You shouldn’t read a prequel first.
Read Assassin’s Blade before Queen of Shadows though, or you’ll be lost.
Assassin’s prenovellas defo
Assassins blade
Assasins blade first for sure!!
I read tog then assassins blade… I liked not knowing any details about her before
I read them in publication order, and was really happy with that 🙂
Start with throne of glass x
I started with tog
I started with assassins blade ?
I read The Assassin’s Blade first, and I preferred doing it that way as I felt more of a connection with Celaena that way for Throne of Glass and Crown of Midnight. If I hadn’t read the prequel first, I think I wouldn’t have liked as her character as much in those first 2 books. It doesn’t spoil anything that happens in the series, so I say go for it if you want to!
@Amy-Louize totally yes! This is what I felt too
Throne of Glass. I enjoyed Assassin’s Blade but feel if I’d started with that it may have turned me off the series. It was good, but only as a ‘fill in the gaps’ set of stories, rather than something that is really strong or sets the tone in any way.
Thank you for all the comments. I think I’m going to start with Throne of Glass and read The Assassin’s Blade after Heir of Fire ?
TOG
Read both at the same time.
TOG
Assassins blade
Throne of glass
Throne of glass. I’d read assassins blade after crown of midnight ☺️
id reccommend not reading it ?
@Amelia ??? I didn’t like the acotar series so I’m going to give this one a try.
Honestly, its better than acotar but its still pretty bad.
Imma get attacked for this but theres a lot thinly veiled racism/misogyny/homophobia etc in it, and the writing gets worse as the series progresses.
Good luck, though
@Amelia that was one of the (many) reasons why I didn’t like acotar; I was hoping tog might be different.
I read Assassins Blade between book 4 and 5.
Assassins blade
Assassins Blade
Throne of glass. Assassin’s blade introduces new characters from celenas past and relevant plots for the books after heir of fire
I recommend Throne of Glass first just to get introduced to the characters and what’s happening and then read Assassin’s Blade as kind of a backstory to explain why Celaena (*wink* *wink* to my post Crown of Midnight friends who laugh at this) is such a big deal.
Assassins blade gives some good background info without spoilers and it’s a quick read so I’d start with it
TAB first, that way you’ll understand ToG
TOG!!!!?
TAB
Necessary for Celaena’s background and secondary characters
(Plus there’s a spoiler for it in TOG, so just go with TAB first)
Assassins Blade!!!! It gives so much context to tog, without spoilers, if you read tog first the tone will feel completely different and may even be off-putting. Assassins Blade happens fisst so it should be read first.
@Bianca the same goes for the other way around. Some people found tab so boring they didnt continue the series
Tog. But if you cant get into it, then read tab.
Some people started with tab and didnt like is so didnt read on.
So if you start with tab, skip it and read tog.
Its not a neccecairy book to read.
You wont get a straight answer to that question
It really doesnt matter. I know plenty of poeple who did it in between every book or after the whoole series. Or at all. Like it really doesnt affect the story. IT will just give you some more back story. If you want to read it tho i would reccomend before empire of storms
To each their own. I read after book two
I started reading assassins blade but life got to hectic. Now I plan to buy the books instead
I’m going to start with Throne Of Glass. I’ll read AB after book 3.
@Hannah THIS!
I read The Assassin’s Blade after Heir of Fire. I like starting a series with its first book, not the prequel. So going to suggest the same for you.
I recommend ToG then AB then the rest of the series.
Definitely start with Throne of Glass..
Just read assassin’s blade before starting Queen of shadows.
Throne of glass, crown of midnight, heir of fire, assassins blade, queen of shadows, empire of storms, tower of dawn and kingdom of ash. That’s how I read it and that’s how sjm recommends as well
@Sammy-Jo Actually, SJM specifically recommends Assassin’s Blade first.
@Sammy-Jo I read then in that order too, and I really liked reading them in the order they were published! I also liked starting TOG and not knowing much about the past and letting things fall into place
The Assasins Blade first. You need to know why Caelena acts the way she does other wise you might want to punch her in the face
I started with throne of glass and read the assassins blade after crown of midnight but as others have said, as long as you read it before queen of shadows you should be alright
I don’t think it really matters. But after reading assassins blade I reread throne of glass and it had so much more emotion in it because you understand her feelings and actions.
Throne of Glass. Don’t read AB until you’ve read Queen of Shadows (in my opinion)
@Amie really??? What after QoS?
@Hannah I feel like by that point I’d developed strong emotions to the characters and it made going back more enjoyable for me personally
@Amie same for me
@Amie, so nothing in the plot is a spoiler?
@Hannah I wouldn’t say so, AB just gives more in depth connection stories to characters you’ve come across
@Amie, okay! Thanks.
Personally I read TOG first and then the Assassins Blade then went on to the others.
I read Throne of glass series first then Assassins Blade, i enjoyed reading it that way.
Sarah J. Maas has suggested starting with Assassins Blade.
I started with assassin’s blade!
Assassin’s blade! U will have more of a background going into the first book. Also, lots of important characters are introduced that u will need to know later anyway…
I always read in the order that they were released. I feel like the author did it like that for a reason ??♀️ Which would have you reading ToG first
I would definitely read Assassin’s Blade first. It will help piece together things that are said throughout the first few books