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A review by chaptersofamylea
The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
“My name is Celaena Sardothien, and I will not be afraid."
4 ⭐️
I’ve never read this all the way through as I knew the novella ‘The Assassin and the Empire’ was where Sam would start being a memory and becomes this grief you as a reader see so intensely in the other books, and I wasn’t ready for that. But alas, the Maas mass reread and it needed to happen.
Although, not going to lie… His end, though I knew it was coming, could’ve been worse… And I imagined it being a lot worse.
Favourite novella was probably ‘The Assassin and the Desert’ with ‘The Assassin and the Pirate Lord’ being a close second.
Sam buying her sheet music though so she could pay pieces whenever she wanted tho 🥺
TWs: slavery, torture, detailed depictions of gore and violence, forced sex work.
4 ⭐️
I’ve never read this all the way through as I knew the novella ‘The Assassin and the Empire’ was where Sam would start being a memory and becomes this grief you as a reader see so intensely in the other books, and I wasn’t ready for that. But alas, the Maas mass reread and it needed to happen.
Although, not going to lie… His end, though I knew it was coming, could’ve been worse… And I imagined it being a lot worse.
Favourite novella was probably ‘The Assassin and the Desert’ with ‘The Assassin and the Pirate Lord’ being a close second.
Sam buying her sheet music though so she could pay pieces whenever she wanted tho 🥺
TWs: slavery, torture, detailed depictions of gore and violence, forced sex work.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Slavery, Torture, and Violence