Friday 56: Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas

This is a weekly meme hosted by Freda's Voice

These are the rules:

1. Grab a book, any book.

2. Turn to page 56, or 56% on your eReader.

3. Find any sentence (or a few, just don't spoil it) that grabs you.

4. Post it.

5. Add the URL to your post in the link on Freda's most recent Friday 56 post.

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I keep forgetting to do this the night before, I've been playing a lot of various computer games lately, namely LEGO Marvel. Fun game. I'm also not really reading at the moment, so this is a book I read most of the novellas in the bind up before I read the first book in the series, only one I hadn't read before and that's because it didn't exist before the bind up. 

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Synopsis:

          "Celaena Sardothien is her kingdom's most feared assassin. Though she works for the powerful and ruthless Assassin's Guild, Celaena yields to no one and trusts only her fellow killer for hire, Sam.

When Celaena's scheming master, Arobynn Hamel, dispatches her on missions that take her from remote islands to hostile deserts, she finds herself acting independently of his wishes—and questioning her own allegiance. Along the way, she makes friends and enemies alike, and discovers that she feels far more for Sam than just friendship. But by defying Arobynn's orders, Celaena risks unimaginable punishment, and with Sam by her side, he is in danger, too. They will have to risk it all if they hope to escape Arobynn's clutches—and if they fail, they'll lose not just a chance at freedom, but their lives..."

     A prequel to Throne of Glass, this collection of five novellas offers listeners a deeper look into the history of this cunning assassin and her enthralling—and deadly—world.

Included in this volume:

The Assassin and the Pirate Lord

The Assassin and the Healer

The Assassin and the Desert

The Assassin and the Underworld

The Assassin and the Empire

Page 56 of the Hardcover:

     Ahead of them were the golden lights of Skull's Bay. Hoots and cheers echoed across the water. Word had spread about the free ale.

     She smiled slightly. "Get ready to unleash hell."