Publication Date: August 7th, 2012
After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin.
Her opponents are men—thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the kings council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she’ll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom.
Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilirating. But she’s bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her... but it’s the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best.
Then one of the other contestants turns up dead... quickly followed by another. Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined.
OHMYGOD! Just read the blurb. Then you'll understand. Words cannot describe how excited I am for this book. I read all three of the e-novellas within a few hours and I WANT TO GET MY HANDS ON THAT BOOK SO SO SO MUCH. August, why are you a little more than a month away?
I think this is definitely one of the most waited for book this year! I already heard many great things about it!
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I come across this book more and more, I'm still not certain if I want to read it, but maybe I'll just give it a try when it's published. New GFC follower.
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Happy Reading!
Eeeppp!!! I JUST got this from NetGalley so I'm totally up to read it. Awesome pick! :D
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I got this from NetGalley and I am HAPPY to say that it deserves ALL OF THE SQUEALING. It is SO UTTERLY FANTASTIC I can't stop using CAPS lock. :P
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I can't wait for you to read this, Julie! I LOVED it! I think you will too if you enjoyed the novellas! :) Lovely WoW choice!
ReplyDeleteI got this from NetGalley yesterday, and I can't wait to dig into it! It sounds AMAZING. I can't express how excited I am for it!
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I'm pretty excited for this one, too! Also, WHAT, there are novellas somewhere...well I'm off to hunt those down. Great pick!
ReplyDeleteI have this book but I haven't read it yet. I cannot wait to start!!! Love the blog! I followed on GFC.
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I got an ARC for this book. So excited for this.
ReplyDeleteA lot of people are so lucky, because they can read this one so soon. I can't wait :D
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