Throne Of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Genre: Fantasy
Style: Magic and Mystery
Recommended: Teenagers 
Other: First in four book series

These kind of books are my personal favorite. I love fantasy books about Magic and Mystery and this book incorporates both those things. If you are into the Hunger Games then you'll love this series. If you are feeling unsure weather or not you want to read it just read the first chapter. This is the kind of book which grips you straight away and you cannot put it down which sounds really cliche but it's true. I love this book and recommend it to anyone into fantasy fiction although because of its nature I recommend it mostly to teenager (12-17). There are two further books in the series with at least one more to come and each book seems to be better than the first. It also contains a little romance which I love. Maas is a very good author and if you liked this books she does more assassin based books which I am sure are very good although I have not read them. 

Blurb
After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom. Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilarating. But she's bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her... but it's the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best. Then one of the other contestants turns up dead... quickly followed by another. Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined. 

Other books in Throne Of Glass series:
Throne Of Glass (#1)
Crown of Midnight (#2)
Heir of Fire (#3)
Queen of Shadows (#4)
Untitled (#5)