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The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas

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sydneykidny's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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bookedandbusy's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I really enjoyed these novellas. I’m doing the reading order where you read Assassin’s Blade for the most emotional impact and PHEW. Some scenes felt like a gut punch. I really enjoyed each story and felt that they allowed me to learn more about Celeana! But I did feel as if some of them dragged on at times, particularly “the assassin and the desert.”

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g_monaghan's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

I love this series and this book was no exception, i was anticipating a very detailed description of a character death - whilst the scene was incredibly sad, thankfully it was relatively brief. Overall a great addition to the series and a highly emotional (but worth it) read

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ladypalutena's review

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Celaena is, once again, working against herself by just opening her mouth in every single story in this book.

By the end of the final short story, the one that

tells how Sam died (which we learned from Throne of Glass) and how Celaena was shipped off to the salt mines

, I found myself feeling slightly sorry for her, but also wondering how she managed to make it to the age of seventeen before being run through by one of the other assassins in her guild.

She's thorny, she's arrogant, and she thinks that just because she's Adarlan's Assassin, that should be enough to either keep people away or keep them scared enough that she's able to finish her mission. She's also really bad at being an assassin - twice in these stories, she lets someone go that is ABSOLUTELY going to show up again in the rest of the series. And if they don't, well, I'll eat my boots.

The one thing I'm uncertain about is in the fourth story, The Assassin and the Underworld, Arobynn

tells Celaena of his entire plan to start up his own slave trade? Why, after knowing what she did to the Pirate King in the first book, would he let her in on his own secret? He's kept so many other secrets all this time, and you cannot tell me that he just took this opportunity to gloat just to see her face.

Yes, Celaena has had a hard life. She's made it harder on herself, though.

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