Review: Celaena and Sam.....How I Love/Hate to see your yound romance.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 6, 2013
The hardest thing about reading these prequel novellas is I know what will happen to a few characters and I really like them so I don’t want to get to attached. But let’s face it Sam is pretty adorable, in an I can kill you kind of way, so it is impossible to not get a little attached to him.Celaena is back from her time in the desert certain that she will pay off her debt and leave Arobynn. At least that was the plan until she sees him and he apologizes for beating her. It is complicated thing when someone saved your life and treated you like a daughter for so long.This was another great tale centering mostly on Celaena finding a way to break free from Arobynn and become an independent young woman. She has looked to him for so long for reassurance and support but now her feelings for him have changed. Also changed, are the feelings she has for Sam and Celaena isn’t quite sure what to do with those.Arobynn seems genuinely sorry for the way he treated her. He gives her gifts and a great contract for a job that is supposed to be to stop a slave ring from happening. But is it what it seems or something else entirely. The King of Assassins doesn’t seem like the sort to forgive and forget.I love Sam in this novella. He really comes across as a three dimensional character and I love/hate that I know his fate. You can really see in this one all the ways Celaena will fight for those she loves and how what sacrifices she is willing to make. She has such a strong heart for someone trained to kill. I really like there love story and everything Sam tells her about his feelings for Celaena.He brushed his lip against hers. “I love you,” he breathed against her mouth. “And from today onward, I want to never be separated from you. Wherever you go, I go. Even if that means going to hell itself, wherever you are, that’s where I want to be. Forever.”This novella is another great glimpse into our assassin with a heart of gold. I’m reluctant to read the next novella just because the happiness can’t last and we all know it. But I also can’t wait to see how events led up to before Throne of Glass.