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

adventurous emotional sad tense slow-paced

3.5

I'm feeling a bit meh about this book. I knew it was a prequel, but I didn't realize it was five short novellas. For the most part, they were a bit boring. They’d pick up towards the end, but I kept wanting more. I was also excited to finally learn about the great romance with Sam, but there was barely enough of Sam, and their love felt rushed and more tragic than anything else. 

I'm content with my decision to start this series with "Throne of Glass." Caelena felt so young and arrogant in this book, and it made me realize I’m really glad I met her with more maturity (not that 18 is that much better, lol). I don’t think I would’ve liked this series as much if I had started with this book. I also liked how "Throne of Glass" started by just throwing me into the story. I didn’t enjoy pausing the main storyline and will have to see if taking a break from it to read these prequel novellas really matters in the long run.

I really do like Caelena, so I'm still glad I read this book and got to know her better. I'm very excited to keep going with the main story!