44.9k reviews for:

La espada de la asesina

Sarah J. Maas

4.1 AVERAGE

alexjprahl's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hufflefluff's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

filipa00's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

thebookishhawaiian's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous slow-paced

leannmarie19's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ashleyfowler's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

talpal25's review against another edition

4.0

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I was recommended to read this book after Heir of Fire, and I stand by that. I loved learning the backstory. I feel like I would have been spoiled on a lot of things if I had read this first. Enjoyed this book, but I’m excited to return to the current events in the series!

lvl99reading's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This felt like an anthology capturing critical moments in Celaena's early life, memories that she teases in the first two books, particularly her haunting relationship with Sam and how she came to be in Endovier. For those who were slightly turned off by her arrogant personality in the first two books (me!), this prequel helps understand her character and choices a little bit better. A lot of character development is shown in this book, mainly demonstrating where Celaena's "strike now ask questions later" attitude stems from, but we also witness her learning to apply empathy; not seeing mercy as a sign of weakness, but a virtue of strength. While I enjoyed this book more than the first two, it was a little bit predictable and not that engaging to me.

sjene's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ashweesabrina's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated