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The Assassin and the Desert by Sarah J. Maas
5.0
“Where do men find it in themselves to do such monstrous things? How do they find it acceptable?
"We'll make them pay for it in the end." Celaena grasped Ansel's hand. The girl squeezed back. "We'll see to it that they pay."
"Yes." Ansel shifted her gaze back to the stars. "Yes, we will.”
This novella follows the story of Celaena Sardothein and her time with the silent assassins of the red desert. The story is filled with mystery, conspiracy and intrigued but I gave it a five star for two main reasons. First, I thought Maas did an amazing job in portraying the female friendship between Celaena and Ansel of Briarcliff. Celaena never really had a female friend because she never trusted anyone to call them her friend but it’s different when she meets Ansel and it was amazing to read about their time together. I know things didn't really go down well with these two girls at the end but they did love each other in their own twisted ways and it really help bring out Celaena as someone who can be compassionate and forgiving. Once again, Ansel’s story does a lot of foreshadowing about Celaena’s own personal history and I loved every moment of it.
The second reason I gave this book a 5 star is because Maas’s take on abuse in this novel. Celaena is physically abused by her master Arobyn Hamel after she destroys his slave trade agreement and then she is sent to train with the Silent Assassins. When she arrives in the fortress of the silent assassin, she expects the worst but to her surprise things aren’t as she thought, in fact, she is surprised by how humble the mute master is. She begins to understand herself better and what she needs to do with herself and her life. She begins to understand that she can be a better person and that physical abuse is absolutely not acceptable. Honestly, it’s heartening to see all the people that Celaena meets in these novellas because somewhere all of these characters help mould her personality and readied her for when things literally went to hell.
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"We'll make them pay for it in the end." Celaena grasped Ansel's hand. The girl squeezed back. "We'll see to it that they pay."
"Yes." Ansel shifted her gaze back to the stars. "Yes, we will.”
This novella follows the story of Celaena Sardothein and her time with the silent assassins of the red desert. The story is filled with mystery, conspiracy and intrigued but I gave it a five star for two main reasons. First, I thought Maas did an amazing job in portraying the female friendship between Celaena and Ansel of Briarcliff. Celaena never really had a female friend because she never trusted anyone to call them her friend but it’s different when she meets Ansel and it was amazing to read about their time together. I know things didn't really go down well with these two girls at the end but they did love each other in their own twisted ways and it really help bring out Celaena as someone who can be compassionate and forgiving. Once again, Ansel’s story does a lot of foreshadowing about Celaena’s own personal history and I loved every moment of it.
The second reason I gave this book a 5 star is because Maas’s take on abuse in this novel. Celaena is physically abused by her master Arobyn Hamel after she destroys his slave trade agreement and then she is sent to train with the Silent Assassins. When she arrives in the fortress of the silent assassin, she expects the worst but to her surprise things aren’t as she thought, in fact, she is surprised by how humble the mute master is. She begins to understand herself better and what she needs to do with herself and her life. She begins to understand that she can be a better person and that physical abuse is absolutely not acceptable. Honestly, it’s heartening to see all the people that Celaena meets in these novellas because somewhere all of these characters help mould her personality and readied her for when things literally went to hell.
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