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The Assassin and the Pirate Lord: A Throne of Glass Novella
The Assassin and the Pirate Lord: A Throne of Glass Novella
The Assassin and the Pirate Lord: A Throne of Glass Novella
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The Assassin and the Pirate Lord: A Throne of Glass Novella

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Celaena Sardothien, feared assassin, has come for retribution.

Celaena Sardothien has been sent by the Assassin's Guild to a remote island in a tropical sea in order to collect on a debt owed by the Lord of the Pirates. But when Celaena learns that the agreed payment is not in money, but in slaves, her mission suddenly changes-and she will risk everything to right the wrong she's been sent to bring about.
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Release dateJan 13, 2012
ISBN9781599909547
The Assassin and the Pirate Lord: A Throne of Glass Novella
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Sarah J. Maas

Sarah J. Maas is the #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the Crescent City, Court of Thorns and Roses, and Throne of Glass series. Her books have sold millions of copies and are published in thirty-eight languages. Sarah lives with her family in New York City. sarahjmaas.com facebook.com/theworldofsarahjmaas instagram.com/sarahjmaas

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    New read date June 5th-6th, 2016

    Original read date March 9th-10th, 2013
    Celaena Sardothien is doing hard labor for being the Assassin of Ardalan when she's given the opportunity to earn her freedom. Crown Prince Dorian offers her a deal she can't afford to turn down, if she refuses it would mean spending what's left of her life in the Salt Mines of Endovier. Prince Dorian asks her to enter a competition to become a Royal Champion, upon winning she will serve a term as the Kings personal Champion and earn her freedom in a matter of years. As much a Celaena hates the idea of having anything to do with a King she despises with all her soul she knows she has no other choice, it's a lot better than dying a sad death in one of the most horrible work camps. She accepts and begins her journey to becoming a Royal Champion.

    Celaena quickly realizes things aren't as they seem when the competition starts and the contestants are dying in the most horrible ways imagined or unimagined. She starts to fear for her life and the other competitors as well, even though there is no love lost between her and most of the competitors, she just can't stomach the idea that someone is trying to eliminate them.

    Celaena is a hot head who doesn't realize her own arrogance, her trainer Captain Westfall and the Prince's best friend has to deal with her impatience and anxiousness to show she's the best. Their distrust for each other was strangely funny, they kept playing an unspoken cat and mouse game with each other. Celaena's mind can be very toxic at times but kind of amusing, she is constantly thinking of ways to kill someone who annoys her, I guess I shouldn't expect anything else from a former assassin. I'm sure she still thinks of herself as one though.

    A very unexpected event took place when Celaena was tasked with ridding the evil that is killing the competitors. I thought it would just be her journey for her freedom and a love triangle, but I was very surprised with the twists and turns of this story. I was already loving the story and was even more captivated when all the extra elements of the story started to pop up and added more layers and depth to a very interesting concept. Definitely a must read.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I picked this up because several friends are reading it, and have highly recommended it. It's the first book in a series. Some points in its favor include a strong female lead, good character development, interesting conflict situation, and use of cool symbols (the pysanky artist in me adores that.) It was a good book. I enjoyed reading it, but didn't fall in love with it. I'll probably read another book in the series (after all, I've done that for books I like far less) and maybe that'll be the ticket to make me adore the series. Still, Sarah J Mass has done a really fine job with her story, characters, and arc building.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This was my first time reading a fantasy and I instantly fell for Celaena from the beginning. The way she changes throughout the story is amazing and the friendships she developed made me so happy. I laughed, tensed up, and got hyped up throughout this last half of the book and I can’t wait to read the next one, so I can possibly do the same again.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A fun, exciting chapter a day read on my Nook!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Okay I'm all over this bandwagon. This was such a fun, fast paced, exciting book. Celaena is a bada** that doesn't back down. So many characters that I wanted to punch in the face, but others that I wanted to hug and never let go. I will say I am team Chaol
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    One sitting......that's all I need to say!!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I would have given this a 4 but I hated the love triangle and wish that teen authors would let it go. It was a fun book. Not great but a solid read.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    It took me two years to finish this book. Two years. I'm not exaggerating.
    I am astonished at how bad this book is. It really should have been better. There were times when it was actually pretty decent, borderline good, but then it went and did things like this: "There was beauty in Chaol's face--and strength, and honor, and loyalty. She stopped hearing the crowd, and her mouth became dry as he stared at her. How had she missed it for so long?" only to go a head and do this on the very next page: "Her heart jumped into a gallop, and Chaol dissolved from her thoughts, like dew beneath the morning sun. She felt bad for forgetting him--but...but...Oh, she wanted Dorian, she couldn't deny it. She wanted him."
    😒😕 She literally looks at another man and forgets about the love epiphany she just had? And she's supposed to be a very smart and very cool assassin (who never actually assassinates anyone other than Doneval in the prequel)? I doubt that.
    Also, I thought there was going to be a competition in this book, but there were mentions of and brief scenes from the competition but since Celaena didn't really care, I guess it wasn't worth keeping in the book, was it, Sarah J Maas? I mean, Celaena is the best assassin in the whole world and is most definitely not Aelin or connected to Elena because that would be obvious.
    😒😑
    The world was cool though. I liked the vision parts. I liked the sleuthing and sneaking.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book is epic level goodness. I'm not even going to waste my time writing a big review, for I have book 2 to read!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Wow, this is a compelling read. The story, the characters, the suspense... I loved every minute of it. It's an action-packed book with just a touch of romance tossed in. The twists included several things I never saw coming, and it ends on a high note with great potential for the future books. This is one of those that I wasn't sure about, but kept hearing so much about that I finally caved and decided that I had better read it. I was definitely not disappointed, and will be working my way through the rest of the series ASAP.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This book was really good, interesting characters and plot. In my opinion though it wasn't perfect or a complete 5 stars, I'd give it 4.5.

    The things that I didn't like where, that there was a little to much description of the dresses and such. Nicely worded, just wished less wordy. Second, there was one chapter, chapter 40ishsomething, it was a 3-4 page chapter that was completely redundant as it added nothing to the story just went on about the exact thing the previous chapters were about. And lastly, my biggest gripe is with the first 3/4 of the book. Things were happening to keep me reading but nothing was blowing me away, it was just just meh. The last 1/4 of the book is where it really picked up and blew me away. Just wish there was more excitement during the first 3/4 of the book.

    All in all though, I did really enjoy this book. The female character was fun to learn about, and the male characters were interesting enough. Just find it funny how for some reason in these kinds of books, all the males fall for the girl even though she spends pretty much the entirety of their time mouthing off and being as belligerent as possible.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I absolutely LOVED everything about this book, the characters, the plot, the action and the designed pages of each chapter. I will follow with a review at a later date.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I wasn't sure about this one when I started but I kept being drawn back in. I liked the stories and the characters. I'm interested to see where this goes in the second book.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I read this awhile ago but was thinking about it just now when I saw that a sequel is coming out. I have a number of issues with this book, but I will mention one specific instance where it differs from other more successful books about fantasy-ish medieval-ish kickass teen girl assassins (Grave Mercy, Dark Triumph, and Graceling).

    There is one scene where Celaena wakes up and finds someone has left her some candy next to her in bed. Would Ismae, Sybella or Katsa have slept through someone getting close enough to them in their beds to kill them? How is it that Celaena, the best assassin EVER, wouldn't notice that or have functioning precautions to warn her something like that may happen? And not only that, she immediately begins to eat the candy without checking it for poison. They say over and over again that she is the greatest assassin EVER EVER EVER OMG EVER but like... seriously?
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    I'm quitting this one. I read 50 pages, and did not care much for the main character. I would have liked tighter writing, but I can see the appeal for teens. I was curious about what would happen next, but not curious enough to stick with it.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Interesting character and world.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I loved this book!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    SPOILER ALERT!! I just finished this book and I have so many questions! What will happen to Celaena as the king's champion? What is going to happen between her and Dorian and Chaol? What's going to happen to Nehemia? Ahhh! just can't wait to read the second book. Unfortunately I don't have money right now:( I'm saving up to buy A Song of Ice and Fire series so I'll probably have to wait till next month to buy the second book:'( Noooooo!!!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I decided to give this book a try because I kept hearing so much about it, but honestly it just wasn't for me. I did really get into for a little while, but then just lost interest. I am not a fan of fantasy and I don't read a lot of YA, so while this book may be great to a lot of other people, it just wasn't my cup of tea.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    13/6/2014

    ITS SO GOOD
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Fast paced and exciting, with just the right touch of romance and danger, this is one of the best YA Fantasy novels I've read.The main character Celaena is fully developed. But Maas also keeps enough of her personality a mystery that the reader can't help but be intrigued by who (or what) she is. A strong female protagonist who is a match for any of the male characters in the book, Celaena is easy for the readers to root for. And at the same time, there is enough of a romantic, girlish streak in her personality that one can't help but like her.The secondary characters in the novel are developed enough that the reader can clearly see them as people. They are believable and intriguing.The book is perfectly balanced with backstory, danger, and action that I really couldn't put it down. I love when I fall into a story and can't stop reading it.I will definitely be checking out the rest of the Throne of Glass series. I strongly recommend you do as well!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I have heard about this series from friends and students so I was ready for a great read. And I was not disappointed. Calaena Sardothien is an assassin who was serving a sentence in the Salt Mines of Endovier, a truly horrendous place. She is removed by Prince Dorian and Captain of the Guards Chaol, and taken to the capital as the chosen representative in a competition to chose the King's Champion. She must beat other representatives in trials until only four remained and then duel for the winner. Someone or something else is killing the representatives. Magic had been wiped out of the kingdom so what could be going on?Of course, both the prince and the captain become infatuated with her and she is torn between the two of them. Late to the show, I look forward to reading more from this series.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    While it was difficult for me to get into at first (which is partly my fault, since I had just finished a series that I absolutely loved. So I found it difficult to get into this story at first.), by the time I was 20 chapters in, I NEEDED to find out what was going on, and who was doing what. I had a feeling I knew who the culprit was, and was mildly amused when I was right. Well told story, even with a slow start. But not all books can be action packed from the get-go, and I'm not a quitter. While I can't say this will be added among my list of favorites, it was was still a very good story. Very well told, and detailed.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Drama, suspense, secrets, abuse, friendship, and hope abound in this story. A testament to never quiting, never giving up hope. A well written story with good plot and character development
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    It was a good thing I had today off. I picked this up for a half hour of reading at 8am I finished the book at 2.30pm. I'm looking forward to the next one!!
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    So this review is probably going to be brief, at least by my standards, because 1) I'm as sick as a dog right now and 2) I just don't care enough to write a long review.If you thought, like I did, that this was going to be a book about a badass assassin who kicks ass and takes names...you're not going to find that here. If you're wanting a book about a spoiled brat who spends most of the book whining, well golly gee, do I have a recommendation for you (hint: it's this book). Celaena might be billed as a badass extraordinaire who survived a horrible prison experience for a year, but...she just isn't written that way. Show me, don't tell me. Instead, she whines about her life, her attire (not fancy enough for her, apparently), the fact that the crown prince wants her, etc, etc. Ugh. I hated her.I liked Chaol (and that's why I ended up giving the book two stars instead of one), and I felt quite sorry for him to be stuck around such dismal characters. Not a huge fan of Dorian, but let's be honest, anyone is better than Celaena. Calaena is awful.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    ...This book. There is something about this book.

    On the surface, it's what I would call a typical YA Fantasy novel you'd find on the shelf these days. Sarcastic-and-dangerous-but-somehow-likable-teenage-heroine? Check. A fantasy world that is rather vaguely built but is solid enough that you could live with it? Check. Two equally-attractive-but-different-in-their-own-way males vying for the heroine's attention? Check.

    And, there are definitely some obstacles in this book. Especially in the beginning, the reader will have to do quite a bit of work to get past and/or get used to the sometimes unpolished prose, which in parts get stilted and a little dull. The dialogue is cute and snappy, but nothing to cry home about.

    But then, it morphs. You start to see fragments of Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness Quartet (which, if you grew up loving those as fiercely as I did, totally softens your heart - no matter how stilted the writing gets). And then you see threads of The Hunger Games intertwine, weaving in and out of the storyline. It's as if Alanna and Katniss crashed head-long into each other and somehow created this weird but wonderful Picasso-and-Jackson-Pollock tone. And as the writer gains more steam and finds her feet, the other characters sharpen in focus, and you stop minding that the names in this world are kind of silly-sounding (Except Chaol. I LOVE that name). After some time, you even stop minding that there is yet another love-triangle, because the rest of the story is really starting to move forward, and you start to care about things like the enslavement of the people of a place that has a nonsensical name. You start to care about whether or not the one friend the main character has might or might not be evil. And then you start to care about what will happen after she wins (because, obviously, she wins).

    And then there is that climactic last fight itself. Despite the fact that it was so OBVIOUSLY coming, despite the fact that the author somewhat crudely shoved all of the pieces in place so that really, you'd have to be a total buffoon not to see how the end would play out, it was one of the most GRIPPING things I have read all year. I feel like those couple of chapters were where we got to see the true, quite amazing, potential this story has.

    ...Lol okay. After that completely nonsensical review, I guess what I'm trying to say is - give this book a chance. Don't let the novice writing style stop you from enjoying strong characters and a plotline more fascinating than you'd think at first glance - which makes for a really fun, fantastic story.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Wow! I purchased this book and left it on my shelf collecting dust for weeks. Not sure what compelled me yesterday to pick it up with the intention of "only" reading for a few minutes. The "only for a few minutes" dragged to a full day and eventually I spent the entire weekend curled up in my bed devouring this book. It's not a masterpiece, mind you. There are loop holes and slight inconsistencies here and there but overall compared to what is available in the market these days, this by FAR, surpassed my expectations and is well worth the 4 stars and a half I rated it. I'm impatiently waiting for the bookstore to open to get my hands on the sequel.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    It felt slow to really grab my attention. At 50% of the way through I just about gave up but then it pulled me in and kept me up till the very end. Loved the mystery, the friendships, the building of a new world and all its culture. That second 50% was fantastic and I can't wait to read the next one!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I absolutely loved Throne of Glass! I fell in love with the characters and the story itself. It was like a mixture of The Selection, The Hunger Games, and Game of Thrones, except much better. Beautiful.

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The Assassin and the Pirate Lord - Sarah J. Maas

Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Crown of Midnight Teaser

Chapter One

Seated in the council room of the Assassin’s Keep, Celaena Sardothien leaned back in her chair. It’s past four in the morning, she said, adjusting the folds of her crimson silk dressing gown and crossing her bare legs beneath the wooden table. This had better be important.

Perhaps if you hadn’t been reading all night, you wouldn’t be so exhausted, snapped a young man seated across from her. She ignored him and studied the four other people assembled in the underground chamber.

All male, all far older than she, and all refusing to meet her stare. A chill that didn’t have to do with the drafty room ran down her spine. Picking at her manicured nails, Celaena schooled her features into neutrality. The five assassins gathered at the long table—including herself—were five of Arobynn Hamel’s seven most trusted companions.

This meeting was undeniably important. She’d known that from the moment the serving girl pounded on her door, insisting Celaena come downstairs and not even bother to get dressed. When Arobynn summoned you, you didn’t keep him waiting. Thankfully, her sleepwear was as exquisite as her daytime wardrobe—and cost nearly as much. Still, being sixteen in a room with men made her keep an eye on the neckline of her robe. Her beauty was a weapon—one she kept honed—but it could also be a vulnerability.

Arobynn Hamel, King of the Assassins, lounged at the head of the table, his auburn hair shining in the light from the glass chandelier. His gray eyes met hers, and he frowned. It might have just been the late hour, but Celaena could have sworn that her mentor was paler than usual. Her stomach twisted.

Gregori’s been caught, Arobynn finally said. Well, that would explain one person missing from this meeting. His mission was a trap. He’s now being held in the royal dungeons.

Celaena sighed through her nose. This was why she’d been awakened? She tapped a slippered foot on the marble floor. Then kill him, she said.

She’d never liked Gregori, anyway. When she was ten, she’d fed his horse a bag of candy and he’d thrown a dagger at her head for it. She’d caught the dagger, of course, and ever since, Gregori had borne the scar on his cheek from her return throw.

"Kill Gregori?" demanded Sam, the young man seated at Arobynn’s left—a place that usually went to Ben, Arobynn’s second-in-command. Celaena knew very well what Sam Cortland thought of her. She’d known since they were children, when Arobynn took her in and declared her—not Sam—to be his protégée and heir. That hadn’t stopped Sam from trying to undermine her at every turn. And now, at seventeen, Sam was still a year older than she, and he still hadn’t forgotten that he would always be second best.

She bristled at the sight of Sam in Ben’s seat. Ben would probably throttle Sam for it when he arrived. Or she could just save Ben the effort and do it herself.

Celaena looked to Arobynn; why hadn’t he reprimanded Sam for sitting in Ben’s place? Arobynn’s face, still handsome despite the silver starting to show in his hair, remained impassive. She hated that unreadable mask, especially when controlling her own expressions—and temper—remained a tad difficult.

If Gregori’s been caught, Celaena drawled, brushing back a strand of her long, golden hair, then the protocol’s simple: send an apprentice to slip something into his food. Nothing painful, she added as the men around her tensed. Just enough to silence him before he talks.

Which Gregori might very well do, if he was in the royal dungeons. Most criminals who went in there never came out again. Not alive. And not in any recognizable shape.

The location of the Assassin’s Keep was a well-guarded secret, one she’d been trained to keep until her last breath. But even if she told anyone, they were unlikely to believe that an elegant manor house on a very respectable street in Rifthold was home to some of the greatest assassins in the world. What better place to hide than in the middle of the capital city?

And if he’s already talked? challenged Sam.

And if Gregori’s already talked, she said, then kill everyone who heard. Sam’s brown eyes flashed as she gave him a little smile that she knew made him irate. Celaena turned to Arobynn. But you didn’t need to drag us here to decide this. You already gave the order, didn’t you?

Arobynn nodded, his mouth a thin line. Sam choked back his objection and looked toward the crackling hearth beside the table. The firelight cast the smooth, elegant panes of Sam’s face into light and shadow—a face, she’d been told, that could have earned him a fortune if he’d followed in his mother’s footsteps. But Sam’s mother had opted instead to leave him with assassins, not courtesans, before she died.

Silence fell, and a roaring noise filled her ears as Arobynn took a breath. Something was wrong.

What else? she asked, leaning forward. The other assassins focused on the table. Whatever had happened, they knew. Why hadn’t Arobynn told her first?

Arobynn’s silver eyes became steel. Ben was killed.

Celaena gripped the arms of her chair. What? she demanded. Ben—Ben, the ever-smiling assassin who had trained her as often as Arobynn. Ben, who had once mended her shattered right hand. Ben, the seventh and final member of Arobynn’s inner circle. He was barely thirty years old. Celaena’s lips pulled back from her teeth. What do you mean, ‘killed’?

Arobynn eyed her, and a glimmer of grief flashed across his face. Five years Ben’s senior, Arobynn had grown up with Ben. They’d been trained together; Ben had seen to it that his friend became the unrivaled King of the Assassins, and never questioned his place as Arobynn’s Second. Her throat closed up.

It was supposed to be Gregori’s mission, Arobynn said quietly. I don’t know why Ben was involved. Or who betrayed them. They found his body near the castle gates.

Do you have his body? she demanded. She had to see it—had to see him

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