The Assassin and the Underworld A Throne of Glass Novella

Girl if you don’t start being nice to Lysandra………….

No I didn’t like this one. Celaena is just rude for no reason to Sam

I loved this! I loved the budding romance and thseries development of the characters.

Arobynn is an abusive dickfuck and I sincerely hope she kills him in the later books.

—Te quiero —susurró contra la boca de Celaena—. Y de hoy en adelante, no quiero separarme de ti. Allá donde vayas, iré yo. Aunque tenga que ir al mismo infierno, allá donde tú estés, quiero estar yo. Por siempre. SAM TE AMO NO TE MUERAS PORFAVOR, YA NO AGUANTO MÁS

“I have no name, I'm whoever the keepers of my fate tell me to be.” #0.1: The Assassin and the Pirate Lord ★★★★★ #0.2: The Assassin and the Healer ★★★★★ #0.3: The Assassin and the Desert ★★★★★ #0.4: The Assassin and the Underworld ★★★★★ #0.5: The Assassin and the Empire ★★★★★ #1: Throne of Glass ★★★☆☆ #2: Crown of Midnight ★★★☆☆ #3: Heir of Fire ★★★★★ #4: Queen of Shadows ★★★★★ #5: Empire of Storms ★★★★★ #6: Tower of Dawn ★★★★★ #7: Kingdom of Ash ★★★★★

This is the most emotional novella so far, emotional to the point where I couldn’t think straight and I was turning the pages so quickly to see what would happen next. I felt sad, thrilled, excited, anxious, angry, swooning– everything. I’ve never felt these mixed emotions in a long while but in this novella, I experienced such a ride. Celaena is more bearable than she has been every other time I’ve read about her, mostly because this remains the only story where an anti-slavery viewpoint is actually woven into the character. Plus, we get actual backstory on Celaena, which is actually sort of a problem as we should have this information in the series, not have to read companion novels for it. The pacing of this novella is also plus. It’s fast paced, and the important details were perfectly framed together, as well as the descriptions of the city and the sewage systems. Also, flawless plot! There is a lot of trickery in this book, but there is a lot of satisfaction as well. Although, by now, it’s almost common sense that some kind of betrayal will happen. The twist and turns and the ending were a bit too predictable, but I still couldn’t put it down. I can’t help but love the way that Arobynn Hamel is written. I want hate him just as much as everyone else who has read these novellas, but I love a good villain. He is so evil that he makes everyone else better characters. I also loved the development of the romance between Sam and Celaena. It was so genuine and sweet and not forced. It hurts so bad knowing how it ends. “I love you," he repeated, shaking her again. "I have for years. And he hurt you and made me watch because he's always know how I felt, too. But if I asked you to pick, you'd choose Arobynn, and I. Can't. Take. It.”

I forgot a lot about this as well, haha. Of course I remembered the big picture, but the little details were missing. Reading these again after the main books helped a lot as well. It helped to read before for background story, but now I understand Celeana more!

4.5/5

3.25

Finally I am getting around to reading the adventures of my dear Celaena Sardothien. LOWKEY, I kind of love the assassin more than the queen, but that doesn't mean that I don't love the queen. I wanted to read it before I read Empire of Storms BUT I kind of got distracted with other books that were coming out around the same time. I am not a huge fan of novellas, but I do know that some of the characters introduced in the last book were first introduced in some of these novellas in The Assassin's Blade. And because I love Sarah J. Maas's story telling and her writing, I am going to go ahead and read these beauties. So, with that said, I am going to read and rate these so I can finally be completely caught up on The Throne of Glass Series: Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, Heir of Fire, Queen of Shadows, Empire of Storms, and Tower of Dawn. The Assassin and the Underworld (Throne of Glass, #0.4) I am set up for such heart break right now. I am completely and utterly in love with Sam. SPOILER ABOUT ME: I never really have shipped anyone with Celaena Sardothien. Dorian was cool and adorable, Chaol was a great rock for Celaena's personality, Rowan was LIFE to begin with, but then he kind of became "ehhh" to me. I mean, I am so happy that Celaena/Aelin is happy and with someone who cares about her and such, but I never really had an opinion if that makes sense. Well, I have an opinion now. His name is SAM Well, not that Sam but you know who I am talking about. He cares SO MUCH for her, even when she is a little brat (which is most of the time). "The moment I woke up after he beat me, I realized I had to leave. Because I was going to kill him if I didn't. But I couldn't." He studied her face. "Not until you came back. Not until I knew you were all right - until I saw that you were safe." Just slit my heart open, Sam. There is a lot of trickery in this book, but there is a lot of satisfaction as well. You'll want to kill Arobynn even more than you wanted to before you read this, but that is to be expected. Oh and you'll also be setting yourself up for the worst thing in the world to happen, according to everyone I have talked to who has read the 5th installment of The Assassin's Blade. This should be horrible.

“And from today onward, I want to never be separated from you. Wherever you go, I go. Even if that means going to hell itself, wherever you are, that's where I want to be. Forever.” *calls therapist*