Throne of Glass, by Sarah J. Maas

In this episode we recommend Throne of Glass. A young adult book about a female assassin who is summoned  to the palace from the slave mine she was sent to after her capture. She is in the palace not to kill the vicious king, but to enter his contest to win her own freedom. Magic was lost 10 years prior. This is book 1 of 7 in New York Times Best Selling Series, The Throne of Glass, by Sarah J. Maas.