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LOVED this book. I like that it could stand alone or can really hook you into the series. The main character is a bada$$ and I even like how the sideline characters support her arch. Big fan and would highly recommend to most people, though it does get pretty dark at times.

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tguccione's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

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annadelreads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

“We all bear scars. Mine just happen to be more visible than most.”

Celaena Sardothien, a bad-ass female assassin. Whenever she thinks about killing someone with x steps, I get the shivers because I know that she definitely can. That's how bad-ass she is even though she was a salt miner for almost a year.

So this story is the continuation of The Assassin's Blade story if you end up reading it first (which I did hehe). It showed the challenges Calaena faced in order to win the competition and be the King's Champion. As I've previously mentioned in the TAB's review, the world-building was pretty fast: here's a world where there used to be magic but then ten years ago, Adarlan's king banned it and kill people who does, but he's currently holding a competition where different types of people, specifically killers and murderers, have to compete to be the King's Champion. They literally shoved us into the world just like that. I did have fun though specially since I'm able to jump from one character to another - the POV changes every once in a while although the focus would be Calaena's. I love the love triangle between Calaena, Dorian and Chaol, so that's a nice touch. It's an adjustment for me since I pretty much live for romance books but this one is fantasy and plot heavy. I also get to see the Adarlan's assassin befriend someone. I know it's an eight-book series so I guess there would be blanks here and there that would be solved in the later part of the series but there's so many questions that I'm so tempted to just search off the web and it's itching my curiosity so much. Lesson learned from ACOTAR though, try not to because you wouldn't know if someone had died and you'll be spoiled.

Got a little question at the end of the story:

When Chaol killed Cain and he was stunned and afterwards, he was traumatized by it. I was wondering how a captain of the guards not killed someone yet. It just bugs me so much because it was explicitly showed how it bothered him.

Also, I can see why The Assassin's Blade should be the first book to read. There has been parts in the book where Calaena was pertaining to certain events that were explained/told through the five short stories of TAB.

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inkysplodge's review

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adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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