In this second short story, Celaena is sent to the Red Desert as a punishment, to attend to the Silent Assassins, where she needs to train with them and bring home a recommendation letter from their master. Celaena is used to being alone, taking care of herself and not needing anybody, but there she...
The Assassin and the Desert is a decent novella but it did not draw me in as readily as the first. I still enjoy Celaena's strength as a character but I would have liked to have seen more character growth and more compelling characters surrounding her in this installment. Also, things get tied up ra...
After the events of the previous novella, famous teenage assassin Celeana Sardothien and her fellow assassin Sam Cortland have the crap beaten out of them by their master, the King of the Assassins. Celeana is then sent away, far into the desert. She has one month to convince the Master of the Guild...
The Assassin and the Desert was marginally better than the first prequel in the Throne of Glass series but not by much. The writing in this one was improved but still very problematic. The dialogue was cheesy and much too modern to fit with the renaissance-like fantasy world that Maas has created. T...
This episode takes place a couple of months after Celaena's adventures with the Pirate Lord. She needs to be trained by the Master and get a letter of recommendation from him before returning home. When she arrives, she is befriended by a young woman named Ansel who has been with the Silent Assassin...
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