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Bookish Monday ~ The Assassin's Blade

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Author: Sarah J. Maas
Pages: 448
Published Date: March 4th, 2014
Genre: Fantasy
Status: Prequel to the Throne of Glass series

Synopsis from Goodreads: 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.

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I know I am quite late in starting this series because it is all the rage at the moment. Let me tell you, this book will rip your heart out and stomp on it until it is bruised in ways you have never heard of till now!

The action in this book (the violence) is amazing, because you will get a badass girl who does things that will make anyone’s toes curl. (Let me highlight a part from the synopsis, it was certainly a very dark story).

There is a bit of romance in the novel, which was well appreciated at times until it wasn’t anymore.

If you haven’t read this book I would recommend you to do it. But be forewarned that once you read it, you might go into existential crises for quite a while because of the events that clearly occur in this book.

It is indeed a fantastic read. It will kill you, but still fantastic. J
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