The Assassin's Blade (Throne of Glass #0.5) - The Throne of Glass Novellas

Sarah J Maas

Bloomsbury

2022

464 páginas

15h 28m

ISBN-13: 9781619635173

Celaena Sardothien is Adarlan's most feared assassin. As part of the Assassin's Guild, she's sworn to her master, Arobynn Hamel, yet Celaena listens to no one and trusts only her fellow killer for hire, Sam.

In these action-packed prequel novellas to Throne of Glass, Celaena embarks on five daring missions. They take her from remote islands to hostile deserts, where she fights to liberate slaves and avenge tyranny. But by acting on her own terms, will Celaena truly free herself from her master, or will she suffer an unimaginable punishment for such treachery?

This bind-up features all four of the previously published e-novellas along with a story now available in the US for the first time, The Assassin and the Healer.

Resenhas (78)

4 (Muito bom)

“I’m the world’s greatest assassin.” She lifted her chin. “I’m not afraid of anyone.”

Sempre fui apaixonada por livros de contos, então não poderia deixar de amar The Assassin's Blade, da Sarah J. Maas.

Muitas pessoas comentam que essa obra pode se tornar cansativa, mas, para mim, a melhor forma de aproveitá-la foi intercalar a leitura de cada conto com os demais livros da série. Dessa forma, além de não perder o ritmo, a leitura acabou se organizando em uma ordem cronológica muito satisfatória.

Percebi que os contos possuem um tom mais denso e dramático em comparação com os outros livros da saga. Essa característica trouxe ainda mais profundidade à narrativa, especialmente no desenvolvimento da relação entre Celaena e Sam, que se tornou um dos pontos altos da leitura para mim.

Acredito também que é nesses contos que Celaena aparece em sua essência mais pura: livre, complexa e contraditória, antes de todas as transformações que a jornada principal da série lhe impõe. Isso torna a leitura ainda mais emocionante, pois conseguimos compreender melhor quem ela é em sua origem e como suas escolhas moldam o futuro.

• SPOILERS | Quotes, Notes & Highlights •

"Some things are more important than death."

"(...) there was more to the world than that. Bigger things, more beautiful things, more real things."

“An apology from Celaena Sardothien?” His eyes danced with light. “Do I dream?”

“My name is Celaena Sardothien, and I will not be afraid.”

"She was fire, she was darkness, she was dust and blood and shadow."

"Tomorrow will be better. It might be only a foot more than today, but it will be a foot longer that you can run."

"(...) words could be just as deadly as steel."

"If you can learn to endure pain, you can survive anything. Some people learn to embrace it — to love it. Some endure it through drowning it in sorrow, or by making themselves forget. Others turn it into anger."

“You’re assassins,” she growled at him. “You’re supposed to be able to retrieve a body without being seen.”

“I’m the world’s greatest assassin.” She lifted her chin. “I’m not afraid of anyone.”

“We’re assassins. We kill people. We destroy lives every day.”
“We have a choice,” she breathed. “Maybe not when we were children — when it was Arobynn or death — but now… Now you and I have a choice in the things we do."

"She couldn’t bring herself to care, because those moments she spent brawling were the few moments she felt like herself again. When she felt like Adarlan’s greatest assassin, Arobynn Hamel’s chosen heir."

“Let me give you a bit of advice,” the girl said bitterly, “from one working girl to another: Life isn’t easy, no matter where you are. You’ll make choices you think are right, and then suffer for them.”

"There was such irony, she realized, in them working together — the assassin and the healer. Two opposite sides of the coin."