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The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas

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mrsjburgin's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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_thugbug_'s review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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belletheblogger's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I really liked this book and I’m happy I read it after heir of fire because I think it really showcases a lot of celenas positive traits and reasons for why she made certain decisions in the previous books. I really hope all the characters
minus Sam
show up in the next few books. I am nervous about her having to see
Aroben Homel (I read the audiobook so idk how anything is spelled) again because he’s a traitorous asshole
especially now that we know that
he has one of the word keys
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bigg_kidd's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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eemi42's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I know there are a few options of when to read this book in the lineup. I read this after Heir of Fire.

I'm glad I chose to read it now, after seeing some of Celaena's character development. It took a little perseverance to go back to the old Celaena, with the unchecked anger, rash decisions, and naivety. It would have been much harder to get through if I hadn't had a glimpse of who she'd become.

I get that there's some important backstory here, though. I'm guessing
the information about Arobynn's betrayal will be important in Queen of Shadows, and maybe Ansel will even make an appearance?
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indigo_fox's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a fun read! I found that it easily captured my attention and there were times when I didn't want to put it down. I love the writing style, and the characters were very interesting. I didn't like the MC at first but she grew on me. I think out of the four novellas The Assassin and the Deseret was my favorite. A lot of the characters there were odd and I found that enjoyable. 
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cxsmiccxtie's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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livlovread's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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literarymary95's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

(I don't remember reading this book when I did and I probably read it after the full series was complete in my first time reading 6 years ago.)

First off, I am reviewing this book as a prequel rather than novellas because the individual short stories come together as 1 larger story. it shows the people, reasons, and events that lead Celaena to the Endovier Salt Mines.

This time I read it in the order Sarah J. Maas recommended, which is to read this after Crown of Midnight (Book #2). Reading the prequel/novellas made so much more sense since you understand Celaena and it helps you see why she makes decisions in the way she does. You also see some important context to characters and events that were mentioned in the first 2 books. If I remember correctly, some of the key characters in the short stories appear later on in the series.
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natalierfields's review against another edition

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adventurous dark sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

I like that this book gives the reader the backstory of what made Celaena the way she is by the time period of Throne of Glass. It enlightens the reader and everything makes more sense (not that it didn’t before, just fleshes things out now).
Some of the events of the story are so heartbreaking to imagine; makes the reader completely understand Celaena’s character growth in later years.
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