45.1k reviews for:

The Assassin's Blade

Sarah J. Maas

4.1 AVERAGE

suesstoryvibe's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

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I read this as the 3rd book in the series and am glad that I did. Everything made sense from the 1st 2 books, and I liked having some ah ha moments of understanding. I'm totally invested in Celaena's story now.

melabie's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective tense 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: Yes

mintymajesty's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional mysterious

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!