45.2k reviews for:

The Assassin's Blade

Sarah J. Maas

4.1 AVERAGE

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

accarani's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

jilliandollarbills's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes