Celaena Sardothien is a well-trained assassin known throughout the world at the young age of eighteen until she is captured and imprisoned in the salt mines of Endovier. When she is offered a chance of freedom by Prince Dorian of Adarlan, she jumps to take it, on the condition that she beats twenty-three other murderers in the King’s competition. If she successfully becomes the King’s Champion, Celaena will serve him for four years before she can gain her freedom.
A talented and feared assassin currently serving time in a labor camp, Celaena Sardothien, is only eighteen years old. After a rough childhood that forced her to grow up too soon, she became a revered murderer of the rich and terrible, all while keeping her identity a secret. At least, until she is caught. Thrown into Endovier, the cruel salt mines became her place of torture for a year. Everything changes when the Crown Prince shows up, needing a champion for his games. Dorian drives a hard bargain, and Celaena agrees to his terms.
Throne of Glass is the debut novel of arguably the best fantasy series of all time. Celaena Sardothien is a young woman who is brought out of a salt mine called Endovier in order to serve the King of Adarlan in a competition. She befriends the crown prince himself, Dorian Havilliard, along with the Captain of the Guard, Chaol Westfall. Celaena must compete against a variety of opponents in order to win the King’s favor, using her deadly assassin skills, for which she got arrested for in the first place.
The live-action The Little Mermaid (2023 version) is a Disney movie based on the original The Little Mermaid. The movie is about Ariel, a mermaid who dreams of living on land with humans. When she falls in love with a human prince, she makes a deal with the sea witch, Ursula, to trade her voice for legs.
So you know the basic idea of the fairy-tale and folklore-inspired fiction: Princess Aurore had a christening party which was interrupted by a slighted uninvited guest who casts a curse over the poor child. In the fantasy fiction curse when she turns 16 she will prick her finger and one drop of blood will fall and Aurore will die. Another guest utters a counterspell in the suspenseful tale, and the guest at least is not a fairy in this book.
