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The Assassin's Blade

Sarah J. Maas

4.1 AVERAGE

adventurous sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional sad tense
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous emotional medium-paced

First time reading this series. 
Reading chronologically.

Celaena is an absolute powerhouse while simultaneously being a young lady that enjoys the finer things in life. Skilled, unassuming, and deadly. 

The relationships she cultivated through the story are sure to make an impact on why Celaena is how she is. I will always hold a soft spot for a character that is stripped of her hope and love too soon…I’m interested to see how she blooms from all this through the series. 
adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-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: Complicated

To myself: 

Ok, here we go. 

Yeah, um, it's just not going to reach ACOTAR quality, but I will happily read it. 

Ok. I'm here for it. 

OMG I'm strapped in, this is GOOD! 

No, I just thought it was good. This is AMAZING! 

Yes, SJM, you can still take my breath away, make me chuckle, make me yell out loud, want to throw the book in anger, cry. 

Sob. Sob. Seriously, sob. 

If you happen to be reading this, and are on the fence about reading this book/series, just do it. Read the book. 

Thank me later. 😉
adventurous emotional funny sad tense medium-paced
Loveable characters: Complicated
dark emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes


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