1st read: December 2019
2nd read: September 2023

I liked this short novella much better than the first one. Celaena was better in this story. And I liked that Yrene's POV was included. ( )

I liked Yrenne. I don't know about this series but. I'm not sure if it's just me or if the writing falls kind of flat. There just doesn't seem to be any emotion and I'm finding it hard to connect to the characters. Celaena is kind of a bitch and usually I love that but something about her kind of annoys me too. It was short though and I enjoyed it well enough. ( )

As per usual, the story was good and the characters were good, but the last page is unnecessary. Ms. Maas could have deleted that last little section and the book would have felt complete. Less is more in this case! Still looking forward to reading the Throne of Glass, now that I have read all of the prequel stories. ( )

Nothing special, but still a nice story. ( )

It was an interesting story with stronger character elements than action. The new addition of the southern continent with Torre Cesme was interesting, but I can't help but wonder why it hasn't been mentioned in the main series yet (unless it has and I just don't remember; I'm only up to Heir of Fire) ( )