Name: The Assassin’s Blade
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Summary: Celaena Sardothien is
Adarlan's most feared assassin. As part of the Assassin's Guild, her allegiance
is to her master, Arobynn Hamel, yet Celaena listens to no one and trusts only
her fellow killer-for-hire, Sam. In these action-packed novellas - together in
one edition for the first time - Celaena embarks on five daring missions. They
take her from remote islands to hostile deserts, where she fights to liberate
slaves and seeks to avenge the tyrannous. But she is acting against Arobynn's
orders and could suffer an unimaginable punishment for such treachery. Will
Celaena ever be truly free? Explore the dark underworld of this kick-ass
heroine to find out.
Review: Packaged
together, these 5 novellas are all prequels to Throne of Glass and tell the
reader more about Celaena’s backstory, how she ended up in the salt mine’s of
Endovier and why she is the way she is. I have to admit I didn’t expect much from
the book, but as I started reading it I became absolutely absorbed in it – the
stories ran smoothly into each other (I can see why they have been packaged as
one book), there was action, suspense and romance – I was captivated from page
1.
From
plotting against pirates, training with the Master of the Silent Assassins,
becoming more independent and finding love, Celaena grows into her own in these
stories whilst fighting and kicking ass. Having been brought up by Arobynn,
master of assassins in Ardalan, she has always lived by his rules and tried to
be the best assassin. But on meeting the pirate lord she discovers there is
more to life than just killing on demand, and she decides to rescue a shipload
of slaves, which sets a series of actions into play that affects the rest of
the plot and Celaena’s very future. For me though the fact that she has morals
and only goes after the ‘bad guy’ makes me feel better about her being an
assassin and puts me 100% on her side throughout the story.
Although
I pretty much knew where the story was going (having already read Throne of
Glass), the ending blew me away! I just wasn’t prepared for how it would affect
me and it honestly broke my heart. It was a complete emotional rollercoaster.
Whether
you’ve read Throne of Glass or not this is a fab read!
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