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The Assassin and the Underworld (Throne of Glass, #0.3)
by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
Janus Vielle (The Blair Book Project)'s review
bookshelves: owned-ebook, series-short-story
May 27, 12
bookshelves: owned-ebook, series-short-story
Read from May 01 to 15, 2012, read count: 1
Ooooh! This just keeps getting better and better!
The first two novellas of the Throne of Glass was indeed amazing adventures. Now with the Assassin and the Underworld, that idea kind of changes a bit. Of course they’re all still connected but this time Celaena’s mission is not a travel away from home but within Rifthold where she grew up and became the deadliest assassin.
Celaena has just returned from her trip to the Red Desert where she trained along with the Silent Assassins. She was about to do an “in your face” moment to her master after serving her punishment with grace and dignity, but then she falters. Seeing her master apologize and be all sweet and caring, she goes soft. Ugh! This is one of those moments that I hated Celaena, she can be gullible at times. Then again I guess having that man to be the only father figure she had (at least that’s what I think of him to her, ‘coz if it was something else that would be really awkward, the guy’s way, way older than her, c’mon!) I couldn’t blame her for giving him a chance to make up for what he did to her.
The Assassin and the Underworld is milder on the action part compared to the other two but doubles on the deception and betrayal experience so you won’t see me complain. Add the fact that the romance brewing between Celaena and Sam has finally come about. Yehey! I totally approve their relationship.
This may be a slower story than the first two novellas but I could say this is my favorite among them. Let’s see if that’ll change when the fourth novella comes out.
I’m still playing with the title of this book in my head; why is it called the Assassin and the Underworld? I mean I get the Assassin and the Pirate Lord and the Assassin and the Desert, they both speak for themselves but Underworld? I expected it to be the mythological thing we commonly know and not the… sewer?
O well, at least we had a good story out of it. And the scene where Sam desperately wanted to save Celaena when she got locked there… Priceless!
For more of my reviews, please visit my blog:
The Blair Book Project @ www.theblairbookproject.blogspot.com/
The first two novellas of the Throne of Glass was indeed amazing adventures. Now with the Assassin and the Underworld, that idea kind of changes a bit. Of course they’re all still connected but this time Celaena’s mission is not a travel away from home but within Rifthold where she grew up and became the deadliest assassin.
Celaena has just returned from her trip to the Red Desert where she trained along with the Silent Assassins. She was about to do an “in your face” moment to her master after serving her punishment with grace and dignity, but then she falters. Seeing her master apologize and be all sweet and caring, she goes soft. Ugh! This is one of those moments that I hated Celaena, she can be gullible at times. Then again I guess having that man to be the only father figure she had (at least that’s what I think of him to her, ‘coz if it was something else that would be really awkward, the guy’s way, way older than her, c’mon!) I couldn’t blame her for giving him a chance to make up for what he did to her.
The Assassin and the Underworld is milder on the action part compared to the other two but doubles on the deception and betrayal experience so you won’t see me complain. Add the fact that the romance brewing between Celaena and Sam has finally come about. Yehey! I totally approve their relationship.
This may be a slower story than the first two novellas but I could say this is my favorite among them. Let’s see if that’ll change when the fourth novella comes out.
I’m still playing with the title of this book in my head; why is it called the Assassin and the Underworld? I mean I get the Assassin and the Pirate Lord and the Assassin and the Desert, they both speak for themselves but Underworld? I expected it to be the mythological thing we commonly know and not the… sewer?
O well, at least we had a good story out of it. And the scene where Sam desperately wanted to save Celaena when she got locked there… Priceless!
For more of my reviews, please visit my blog:
The Blair Book Project @ www.theblairbookproject.blogspot.com/
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Hi Jorge, I recommend you start off with the first novella entitled Assassin and the Pirate Lord. I love it!
But even if you read this before the first two, it won't be a problem to understand the story. It's just that I feel all the books have such a rewarding experience especially when you read them consecutively, but then again that's just me.
I'm really liking how Sarah Maas writes her books so I hope you like them too.
Happy reading! ^_^
If you start reading this book, let me know what you think? Thanks.
Jorge