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The Assassin's Blade

Sarah J. Maas

4.1 AVERAGE


can celaena sardothien get a fucking break
adventurous emotional sad 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: No
adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Reread; obviously a 5/5 but fun to read now that I know how the series goes!

My name is Celaena Sardothien and I will not be afraid.

This is more like a 4.5. Really interesting to read but just not the same wow factor as the rest of the series so far
adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-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: No

Building characters, emotions I feel for celeana much stronger with the backstory
adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional 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