Review: A wonderful addition
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 5, 2012
THE ASSASSIN AND THE DESERT (YA novella #2) by Sarah J MaasThe second novella The Assassin and the Desert(Mar 30, 2012) in the Throne of Glass series finds 17year old Celaena Sardothien-Adarlan's greatest assassin severely punished and sent to train with the Silent Assassins in the Red Desert. For defying the King of the Assassins, Celaena is ordered to earn the trust and respect of the Mute Master before returning to Adarlan.  But her hopes of an audience with the Mute Master soon vanish when she is forced to undergo the training regimen of the other Silent Assassins.  When Celaena catches the eye of the Master's son, she is suddenly saddened by the memory of her best friend Sam.  Not knowing what ever happened to Sam eats away at Celaen's conscience.Celaena finds a friend and roommate in Ansel.  A young woman with a few secrets of her own, Ansel helps guide Celaena on their daily duties and introduces Celaena to some of the others.Lord Berik is the cruel and abusive ruler of Xandria.  Berik's men routinely attack the hall of the Silent Assassin, but following the latest attack, Ansel is ordered to seek out the Lord to discuss a form of cease-fire.  But Ansel has other plans that do not include a friendly form of peace.  When Celaena finds herself drugged and abandoned in the Red Desert, she knows that Ansel's true intentions were never to protect the Master, but to bring his head to the Lord. Betrayal and death at the hand of a friend, force Celaena to make some decisions that could affect her career as an Assassin.The Assassin and the Desert continues to tell the story of Celaena as she traverses the pitfalls and traps in her life as an assassin.  Building on the premise of her upcoming storyline, Sarah J Maas once again introduces a cast of characters that we will assuredly meet in the new YA release of Throne of Glass.see all of my reviews at : thereadingcafe.com