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The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas
3.5
adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I don't know why I'm struggling to read this series; it's been rough.  It's not that I dislike the books, they are just not clicking with my brain like ACOTAR did.  I did enjoy the short story format for this as they were drastically different and would have felt weird as one book.

I've read these out of order (read books 1 and 2, then these stories) and I'm not sure how I feel about this order.  On one had it was nice to get into the main story without too much of Caleana's background, but I think I would have enjoyed the 2nd book more knowing about her history.