This novella takes place right after the first novella, The Assassin and The Pirate Lord. Celaena is punished because of what she did in Skull's Bay.I see her as a different person here, brooding and all emo. And seek troubles to make her day. Basically she's bored and yet she makes me bored too. There aren't much happen in this story, only two fighting scenes to ease her boredom but not much for me to enjoy it.However I'm quite like Yrene Towers. I think she's a good character and has so much potential as an interesting character. I hope she has bigger role in the series. This short actually comes in between #0.1 and #0.2To me this short was actually a short within another short. Part of Celeana her way to the dessert.You see in the first short she sets free about 200 slaves instead of bringing them to the King of Assassins. She does this together with Sam which put them on common ground and made them like each other more than before. As punishment she is send to the dessert and on her way there lands upon a city where she has to stay for a few days, waiting for her boat-ride to the another part of the continent. In this place she meets a woman with her own story whom she helps on her way. Some people still need more help than she does, apparently. I didn't find this short significant as the others. It sure sets tone for who Celeana is, but other than that not so much.
Me encanta la cantidad de feminismo y girl power que rezuma el personaje de Celaena.
—nightcrawler
A very short story, but a good window into Celaena's life.
—Allanrob
i like this one ..I hope we get to see Yrene again :)
—facepoo
Very good, but so short! I wanted more!
—Sahilm97
