Reviews - The Assassin and the Healer (The Assassin's Blade)

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The Assassin and the Healer (The Assassin's Blade)

I feel like I should of read the series before the prequels, none of these stories seem consequential and I have no connection to the characters, I think it would be better if I knew the significance of them

shadow_rose_'s review against another edition

3.0

3.5 stars
This one is the shortest of the Assassin's Blade novellas but is still good and I assume will be necessary at some point later in the series as we are introduced to a character Yrene.

sofiarussillo's review against another edition

3.0

emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

kerstin_la's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

paladinphantom's review against another edition

4.0

More of a short story than a true novella (it was only about 40 pages), but either way, enjoyable. I liked it more than The Assassin and the Pirate Lord, partially because Celaena seemed a teensy bit closer to her character in Throne of Glass. She'd lost some of the unbecoming arrogance her personality was saturated with in the previous story (though she does struggle with it regularly throughout the series proper), so she was more enjoyable to read about. I also liked that this story included a second viewpoint, which was more similar to Sarah J. Maas' writing style in the main series. Having the two perspectives gave that same feeling of wide-scale, world-changing action to this story, and made it seem much longer--in a good way. I would have loved for this to have been expanded into a full novella if it was possible, but the story is complete as it is.