I don't remember when or how it was that I came across this book. If I recall correctly, I was looking through Amazon's list of recommended fantasy books and this came up. Bored at the time and just needing new reading material (I had been reading way too much vampire-related stuff and needed something with less or none of the bloodsucking) I figured why not. Wasn't a disappointment, in fact, the book ended up being quite a pleasant surprise.
Celaena Sardothien is a bad-ass assassin. Trained to be one at a very young age, she was the best. Maybe second to the man who had trained her to become an assassin. She kept her identity a secret, such that all who have heard of her and feared her, didn't know that she was a woman and barely even into womanhood. As a result, it's led to quite a number of bounties on her head and she does come off a little arrogant in some parts of the story.
There are two books in this 'series', if you could call it a series. The first one introduces Celaena as a prisoner in a slave camp, sentenced to a lifetime imprisonment for all the crimes and deaths she's committed under the name of Adarlan's Assassin. The crown prince himself comes to free her from one slavery to another.
There's romance (and the kind that strangely was appealing because it was more of a witty kind of courtship and flirting than the full on harlequin crap), a lot of fighting, mystery and intrigue. I grew to love not just Celeana but the others as well - Chaol and Dorinthian - because of the eventual plot progression and chemistry between these three.
Several side plots in the book that leads rather nicely to the main theme. The ending of Crown of Midnight had me re-reading it thrice because I had suspected of Celaena's true identity and wanted to make sure that my own predictions were true.
Despite how the books may seem light-hearted with the humour and flirting, there are moments of seriousness and thought. Though you may not want to, you might find yourself being swept along with Celaena's emotions - happiness, sadness, anger and hurt.
Let's hope the third book, when it comes out, can maintain the tempo and finish off with a bang.
Several side plots in the book that leads rather nicely to the main theme. The ending of Crown of Midnight had me re-reading it thrice because I had suspected of Celaena's true identity and wanted to make sure that my own predictions were true.
Despite how the books may seem light-hearted with the humour and flirting, there are moments of seriousness and thought. Though you may not want to, you might find yourself being swept along with Celaena's emotions - happiness, sadness, anger and hurt.
Let's hope the third book, when it comes out, can maintain the tempo and finish off with a bang.
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