A review by trivial_reads
The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas

3.0

"The Assassin's Blade" by Sarah J. Maas is a challenging book to rate because it is a compilation of several short stories, and some are much better than others. The stories follow Celaena Sardothien from being "just" an assassin to trying to make a difference and learning that no good deed goes unpunished. "The Assassin and the Pirate Lord" was good, but it took me some time to get interested in the story. "The Assassin and the Healer" is fine, and I hope that we see the healer again in the series. I loved "The Assassin and the Desert". At this point, I wanted to know more about Sam, and the remaining stories "The Assassin and the Underworld" and "The Assassin and the Empire" gave me what I asked for. The last one is quite good; I read it the fastest. It paves the way for the series, and though it doesn't start strong, the ending is powerful. A friend and I read the first three books of this series; then we returned to this one based on the internet's suggestion for "romantic" reading. It took me a long time to finish this book, perhaps because I already knew that Sam died long before I picked up this book.