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The Assassin's Curse
by Cassandra Rose Clarke
Oh, this book was fun!
Okay, so the heroine was a little prone to being incredibly stupid, but a heroine or hero isn't quite the same if they aren't a bit foolhardy, now are they?
The world is interesting, and it's easy to sympathise with Ananna's desire to seize her own destiny in her hands and be in control for once. In doing so she insults the family of her intended betrothed, and that in turn leads her fate to be entwined with that of the assassin sent to kill her for said insult.
The book is very character focused, in a lot of ways - the world is there and intriguing, but the people in it take the focus, from Ananna and the pirates she grew up with, to Naji and the mysterious Jadorr'a that he is a member of, and all the people they meet along the way.
I don't know about everyone else, but that's the sort of story that I enjoy. While I said above that Ananna had moments of being stupid, I still liked the character that the author has built, here - someone independent but caring, a little afraid but brave in spite of it, and stronger than she realizes it. I'll be checking out the second book in this series :)
Okay, so the heroine was a little prone to being incredibly stupid, but a heroine or hero isn't quite the same if they aren't a bit foolhardy, now are they?
The world is interesting, and it's easy to sympathise with Ananna's desire to seize her own destiny in her hands and be in control for once. In doing so she insults the family of her intended betrothed, and that in turn leads her fate to be entwined with that of the assassin sent to kill her for said insult.
The book is very character focused, in a lot of ways - the world is there and intriguing, but the people in it take the focus, from Ananna and the pirates she grew up with, to Naji and the mysterious Jadorr'a that he is a member of, and all the people they meet along the way.
I don't know about everyone else, but that's the sort of story that I enjoy. While I said above that Ananna had moments of being stupid, I still liked the character that the author has built, here - someone independent but caring, a little afraid but brave in spite of it, and stronger than she realizes it. I'll be checking out the second book in this series :)