Name: La Espada de la Asesina. Relatos de Trono de Cristal / the Assassin's Blade: the Throne of Glass Novellas
Rating: 4.189435199193142 (1983 reviews)
ISBN: 9786073814423

Sarah J. Maas

La Espada de la Asesina. Relatos de Trono de Cristal / the Assassin's Blade: the Throne of Glass Novellas

The action-packed introduction to the legendary Throne of Glass series - an irresistible bind-up of all five of #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas's Assassin novellas Celaena Sardothien is Adarlan's most feared assassin. As part of the Assassins' Guild, her allegiance is 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 – together in one edition for the first time – Celaena embarks on five daring missions. They take her from remote islands to hostile deserts, where she fights to liberate slaves and seeks to avenge the tyrannous. But she is acting against Arobynn's orders and could suffer an unimaginable punishment for such treachery . . . Explore the dark underworld of this kick-ass heroine and find out how the legend begins in the five page-turning prequel novellas to the New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series.

The Throne of Glass Novellas

The Assassin's Blade

I read this book after the first 2 and I did not expect to like it so much. 

Now i feel like i know Celeana much better.

Although i understand people start the series with this one, for me personally if i started with this i would not have understood much, but on the other hand now i want to replay all the scenes from the first 2 books having this version of Celeana in mind.

taci

I read this book after the first 2 and I did not expect to like it so much. 

Now i feel like i know Celeana much better.

Although i understand people start the series with this one, for me personally if i started with this i would not have understood much, but on the other hand now i want to replay all the scenes from the first 2 books having this version of Celeana in mind.

My heart is hurting for Sam🥺🥺

Is was a beautiful collection of short stories that definitely enhance and add to the world that Maas has created. It made me absolutely weep and I am so glad that I decided to finish the series before reading this book.

Madeleine Rose

Chase Leitner

I read this book as an assignment for my AP English class and I didn’t expect it to be as phenomenal as it was. I’m a slow reader and often struggle to start books but this book was much different, I’m absolutely in love with it.

Emmie Ervin

Loved all the back story and lore, so glad I decided to read third as I felt it impacted me more emotionally 

Kira Louise Morris

Read 3rd so in publishing order. Very glad that I did. I couldn’t wait to read it after finishing Crown of Midnight. I loved being able to tie the stories together and get a better understanding of why she is the way she is/does the things she does. Can’t wait to get back into the current storyline now! 

Leah Diaz 

Read this after ToG and CoM and I liked how you saw a lot of parallels into what Celaena did in those books. It definitely hindered the emotional impact of Sam’s death as I knew the whole time that he was dead from books 1 and 2, but it was still nice to see their little love story. Can’t wait to see how all of the characters that were introduced play out in the series. 

Paige Paul

Loved! The third novella absolutely broke my heart. As did the fifth one. Such amazing character and world building. So glad I read it first.

Allison

soooo good. I definitely loved going back in time after knowing information ab the characters and stuff. Reading it 3rd was def a good call ONTO THE NEXT

Allysen

Good… but I wanted more!! Excited for sequels 

Frankie Fleming

i cared more about sam in one book than i have for anyone else halfway through the series. i knew it was coming and still wasn’t prepared for it. if i were her, i would’ve killed myself romeo and juliet style idc.

julie reads

I read AB as the 4th book in the series and I'm glad I did. I've had people recommend me to read it as the first of third(which I probably would have liked as well) book in the series but I was too much into the story to read this book after CoM. 

While I thought the first couple of short stories were a bit boring sometimes, I really enjoyed learning about Celaena's past. In the three books I've read, there were multiple things hinted from her past (like stealing an Asterion mare or spending time in the Red desert) and I really liked that I already sort of knew how these things affected Celaena. 

I think that I wouldn't have enjoyed this book as much if I had read it as the first book in the series, simply because I wouldn't have had an idea of Celaena herself and her 'mysterious' backstory in Rifthold. I also think it adds to your reading experience if you already know she's originally from Terrassen, even if (SPOILER) you don't know she's Aelin yet. 

Overall, I really enjoyed this book, even if at some points it was a bit to slow for my liking. 

Isabelle

I read AB as the 4th book in the series and I'm glad I did. I've had people recommend me to read it as the first of third(which I probably would have liked as well) book in the series but I was too much into the story to read this book after CoM. 

While I thought the first couple of short stories were a bit boring sometimes, I really enjoyed learning about Celaena's past. In the three books I've read, there were multiple things hinted from her past (like stealing an Asterion mare or spending time in the Red desert) and I really liked that I already sort of knew how these things affected Celaena. 

I think that I wouldn't have enjoyed this book as much if I had read it as the first book in the series, simply because I wouldn't have had an idea of Celaena herself and her 'mysterious' backstory in Rifthold. I also think it adds to your reading experience if you already know she's originally from Terrassen, even if (SPOILER) you don't know she's Aelin yet. 

Overall, I really enjoyed this book, even if at some points it was a bit to slow for my liking. 

tbh the only novella worth it in this collective is the last one, the others were fun but also boring and distracting ? idk the final one was the only one that lent anything to the over all

Cici Pearson

Ok, the first three novellas were sooo good, I loved finally seeing all the adventure and swash-buckling bad-assery I expected when first introduced to Adarlin's Assassin in Throne of Glass. The last two novellas, however, were excruciatingly slow with all the dialogue and meandering around Riften, especially in the last novella when we already knew Sam's fate. I know it's because there needed to be a relationship fully established with Sam before the finale since we didn't see much of him until the 4th novella, but the plot underneath felt repetitive and pointless--ESPECIALLY since Arobynn's betrayal (BOTH times) was so comically obvious that I lost complete faith in Celaena's supposed intelligence. It was nice to finally know the exact events leading up to Celaena becoming a slave in Endovier, so it was definitely worth the read for the backstory; I just wish the last two novellas weren't so long or predictable.

La Espada de la Asesina. Relatos de Trono de Cristal / the Assassin's Blade: the Throne of Glass Novellas

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