Review: The Assassin's Blade

The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

My Review: WOW JUST WOW!! I am not one that normally enjoyed novellas but this one hit it out of the park! I love how each one continues off of the other and this is really a full-fledged novel. I enjoyed learning more about Celaena with her being just 16/17 years old. As well as the story leading up to the first book which is what this is really about. You lean so much about the character and her strengths and what she has been through as well as why she spent that year in the Salt Mines. This set of novellas is something you really should read before the first book in the series.

I hadn't read the orginal story to Throne of Glass in sometime so I totally forgot how the first book started. So reading this one I was worried I was going to leave behind a lot of the connections but I didn't at all.

If you are going to read this series now that all the books are out I would start right here first. Because these novellas give you information that you will need before starting book one as well as make you fall in love with Celaena.

I will say one thing though parts of these novellas really kind of made me want to slap Celaena up side the head. A lot of time she was way more focused on her looks than what was going on and it made her sound very shallow and vain. I am interested to see how that year in the Salt Mines does for her ego since it's been a very long while since I last read it.

Although these are novellas it really one full story that I could not put down. I would totally recommend this to those who are fans of this series.


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