Review: Fast paced, interesting, with enough character and world background to hook you and never let you go!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 19, 2012
Celaena Sardothien is Adarlan's Assassin. To say her name is enough to instill fear into the hearts of people, even if they've never laid eyes on her. If they did, they'd never believe her because Celaena is a very cocky and very confident sixteen-year-old girl assassin. Trained by the best, her skills are unmatched by other member of the Assassin's Guild.In this first novella, Celaena's skills are wanted to deal with the Lord of Pirates, who owes money to the guild. But paying the debt involves trading slaves, something that doesn't sit well with Celaena at all. She's going to have to learn to work with her fellow assassin and nemesis, Sam, if she hopes to do the right thing.Celaena is the strongest heroine I've seen in a while, and her cockyness makes her annoying...until she proves she can do all that she boasts about and more. She knows she's getting into a lot of trouble by defying her master, but she does it anyways. Saving the lives of those people is more important than anything he could do to her. I so wasn't expecting a romantic element in this novella, and so was pleasantly surprised by it. I wasn't sure if he was a bad guy or a good guy. He's very set on following the rules and that made him a pain in the butt, but he's just trying to keep Celaena safe.This might be a novella but to me it read like a complete book. It's fast paced, interesting, with enough character and world background to hook you and never let you go!Best scene: Tavern brawl.