Review: Wonderful!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 29, 2012
I was loaned this book through lendle.I was teetering between 4 stars and 5 stars, but 5 won out when I though about how this was just a novella, but the characters were so wonderfully done is such a short time span!Celaena (I am not sure quite how to pronounce this name so that isn't the best, but once I decided on how I wanted to pronounce it, the reading went smoothly) is an assassin and to here her say it, she is the best.  We are introduced to her at the age of 16 and at first there is nothing loveable about her.  Through this short novella we see her character grow (another reason it gets 5 stars).  Celaena is thrown into a mission with Sam (we learn at the beginning that Celaena doesn't think much of Sam) in what is quickly learned to be under false pretenses.  Neither Celaena nor Sam are ok with getting into the Slave trade and devise a plan to help the slaves escape.  The Pirate Lord is at times likeable, and it seems that it is left open for him to come back as an enemy/ally later.  He was a gentleman and also an enemy (a gentl-emy?).  He was a bit of an enigma but it is clear they are not on the same side here.I can't wait to read the next one and see how Celaena progresses.  I am not sure if I am supposed to but I am rooting for Sam right now.