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The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas

25 reviews

merrow's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

It was nice to have some background on this series, but it didn’t really deliver on showing us Adarlan’s Assassin, who

got into trouble and tricked every assassination we were shown

. It’s the same for her first true love, who’s just another enemies to lovers and

lovers for only a month off screen before he’s killed

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Blood, Alcohol, and Colonisation

bookedandbusy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I really enjoyed these novellas. I’m doing the reading order where you read Assassin’s Blade for the most emotional impact and PHEW. Some scenes felt like a gut punch. I really enjoyed each story and felt that they allowed me to learn more about Celeana!  But I did feel as if some of them dragged on at times, particularly “the assassin and the desert.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery

amandafitz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I read this book fourth in the series and I’m so glad I did because I caught a bunch of references and it was so emotional.

It was nice to go back and see how Celaena started after seeing how much she’s grown in the first three books. She was immature and impulsive and her actions in the first book make so much more sense. 

I did think some parts of the book were a bit slow but the emotional hit is so impactful.

I loved Sam and hated Arobynn. I constantly just felt so bad for Celaena. These novellas were great

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Child abuse

Minor: Animal death, Stalking, and Alcohol

booksalacarte's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Assassin’s blade- 4⭐️ 2🌶️

Ya Romance

Morally grey FMC

Novella collection

Secrets

Training

There is almost NO fantasy elements to this book. The only thing that mentions magic or mystical things is the pirate captain’s map tattoo.

It was so interesting to see the before tog starts. I feel like this is a far better start than tog. Sam’s character was fine, but I don’t think he would have been anything special if he had lived. It would have been the run of a mill romance type situation… I don’t think that has much competition to fared mates. We will see how much he comes up and how he ties in. I remember him being talked about. 

It was good to see the characters that seemed to come from no where to help in the end. It makes way more sense now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

mblanke's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Stalking

Minor: Confinement, Rape, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

britwalsh16's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Gahhh!!! Sooo good!!! 
Now I’m glad I waited to read this one after reading books 1 & 2, so I know who Celaena is now, & then reading this book gave me more of an insight into why she is the way she is. And I just love it! I love her!  Amazing!!! 
But also, a part of me wishes I started with this book, because falling in love with Sam & his character, knowing that by the end he is going to die, is pure torture! It just made finishing the book so much harder! & yes I cried when he died even knowing ahead of time it was going to happen!
And Arobynn, I never liked him, and always had an inkling he was the one that betrayed Celaena, but to actually meet him, & get to know him, gah! He’s despicable! He might actually be worse then the King of Adarlan! Keyword, might. We’ll have to see what happens as the rest of the books play out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

aammeess's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Vomit

ashleynp24's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I really enjoyed that it was cut up into smaller stories with subplots with so many different characters. I’m really excited to see how they play into the series later. 

I knew Sam died because I read Throne of Glass first, but the death was still so sad it had me sobbing. I didn’t expect her to get betrayed like that with him being the bait. It ruined me. I’m interested to see her relationship with Arobynn later because of it.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail