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The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J Maas Book Review

The Assassin's Blade 
(THRONE OF GLASS #0.1-0.5)
By Sarah J Mass 

Published Year : 2014
Page count: 438 pages 
Medium Used : Paperback 
Genre : Fantasy, Adventure, Celeana Sardothien, Science Fiction, Magic, 2024-read. 
Rating : 5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐






I read this book after the sequel Throne of Glass. I enjoyed it very much. In the Throne of Glass, we see the main character, Celaena Sardothien, as an indomitable, somewhat ruthless and very, very hard at the core fighter. That is because she is pitted to fight the games which are life / death and has sworn to herself to win. In this prequel book, we see a Celaena with a more realistic personality. She loved someone very deeply and lost them to betrayal, torture and brutality. She resolves to keep that caring and vulnerable part of her being under subjugation to her will. It was caring too much for him and getting carried away with rage, righteousness and vengeance that got her into her current predicament. 


I enjoyed every page of this book. The writing is solid. The picturization is cinematic and dream like. We follow the journey of Adarlan's assassin Celaena Sardothien - just seventeen years old - as she makes some moral choices and makes heavy bargains in their wake. She is punished, ordered by her protector to spend months in a desert,learning tricks and getting trained for impossible missions. Upon her unexpected,  successful return, he assigns her to a chore based on lies and furthers alienates her. In an act of ultimate betrayal, he puts her - a bonded, anarchic element - before a ruthless king who doesn't hesitate to torture and punish her in anyway imaginable. The king  condemns her to  a life of slave under the most harshest living  conditions - the Salt Mines of Endovier. The Throne of Glass picks for here - in which she has to win the games to release/free herself from slavery.



I am very eager to pick the third book in this series. I just love the writing of Sarah J Maas so much. She is true , pure and raw talent waiting to be devoured! Cheers to this book! 🥰🥰🥰

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