Info:
Title: The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Rating: 3/5 stars
Synopsis:
Celaena Sardothien is her kingdom’s most feared assassin. Though she works for the powerful and ruthless Assassin’s Guild, Celaena yields to no-one and trusts only her fellow killer-for-hire, Sam.
When Celaena’s scheming master, Arobynn Hamel, dispatches her on missions that take her from remote islands to hostile deserts, she finds herself acting independently of his wishes—and questioning her own allegiance. Along the way, she makes friends and enemies alike, and discovers that she feels far more for Sam than just friendship. But by defying Arobynn’s orders, Celaena risks unimaginable punishment, and with Sam by her side, he is in danger, too. They will have to risk it all if they hope to escape Arobynn’s clutches—and if they fail, they’ll lose not just a chance at freedom, but their lives…
A prequel to Throne of Glass, this collection of five novellas offers listeners a deeper look into the history of this cunning assassin and her enthralling—and deadly—world.
Review:
Listen these are short stories so let me just say I really didn’t expect much from them.
The first half of this book was pretty boring.
Ill be honest I really had to power through this one.
With that being said the last half was really good.
It really redeemed itself.
People have told me that this book really add something to the story and I was just like yeah okay not seeing it though.
After finishing I totally agree.
The last story is a must and I think thats mostly because I’m hoping we get some sort of resolution there. If we revisit this topic I will for sure feel like I haven’t wasted my time.
Is it a must read? No.
Do I recommend it? Yeah.
Its not the greatest book but there is something valuable in it.
It is also fun to read about Celaena before all the events of the first two books happened.
Overall it was pretty okay, I have read a lot of SJM and I know she writes better than this so I am curious to see how the rest of the series goes.
Im also really happy I decided to read it in publication order. I think I appreciated some parts a little more. Like when little details about Celaenas personality came out.
I also feel like we got more development into her characters and I like her so much more.
She’s a realistic person in my opinion. The little details like her complaining about little luxuries. Its such a human thing to do.
Also, her relationship with sam is more realistic than a lot of what I read (not that im hating I love me some Feysand).
In the end I did enjoy it, I did get something from it but it was just an okay book.
Now onto Heir of Fire lets see how that goes!
See you all next time!
everyday_reader 