45.1k reviews for:

The Assassin's Blade

Sarah J. Maas

4.1 AVERAGE

paulina99's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

usreylyndsey's review against another edition

4.0

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3.5 leaning 4 stars. I read this one before Throne of Glass because I’ve heard you should. Altogether I enjoyed the sorry, but I didn’t really love the breakdown of each part. I think that’s just a preference thing truly, but ultimately liked the book. I’m hoping things pick up the pace moving forward with the rest of the series!

brookesbooks23's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence

lea367's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional sad 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: N/A

erin_kate21's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous 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: Complicated

marissas_library's review against another edition

4.0

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3.5. My first Sarah J. Maas. I started with the series least likely to annoy me, lol. I didn't realize this was a collection of novellas until I reached the acknowledgements, but it worked well as a standalone. It piqued my interest enough to put the first book from the main series on hold at the library!. Also

Spoiler

I knew Sam would die, because this is a prequel and I assumed we'd need to fuel Celaena's tragic backstory for the main series. RIP!

courtpera's review against another edition

5.0

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I may never recover 😭

I knew the pain was coming but it still HURT 

cmross722's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

chloeailes's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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: Yes

shawng's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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: Complicated