3.5
adventurous fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous hopeful fast-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

Ok, this was all right, but this is far from literature. Are there no other topics except for killing and fighting? The story was also too simple for my tastes. Won't be reading this series.
adventurous medium-paced
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

It’s impossible to not like celaens during these novellas, because I haven’t read the rest of the series or really remember the first book (I read it several years ago) I hope we get to see more of Celaena’s female friendships or even Yrene in one of the books.
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3.0

Celaena Sardothien 

Arobynn is making Celaena stay in a dingy port town called Innish after the fiasco she pulled in Skull’s Bay. He beat her for it, but that wasn’t enough, in his opinion. She is staying at an awful inn/tavern called White Pig’s Inn. The barmaid, Yrene Towers, watches Celaena closely as she sits and drinks quietly, hood drawn, for two days straight. Yrene is a smart girl who grew up in a family of healers who were killed by the king of Adarlan. She has been on her own since then. She is trying to save enough money from this job to journey to Antica to train at a school for healers. When Yrene takes the trash out after the bar closes that night, four men attack her. Celaena saves her life and then teaches her how to fight. Before Celaena leaves on a ship the next morning, she leaves a pouch of gold in Yrene’s room so she can go follow her dream
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

3.5 ⭐️ Love a good women empowerment moment. Not a ton to this short story but it’s good nonetheless.