In my book, Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Mass, there is an eighteen year old girl named Celaena Sardothien who is the King’s assassin. She just outwitted, outfought, and outlasted twenty four brutal men to be the King’s most feared assassin. If you won, you would be rewarded with a large salary, being able to live in the castle, and most important to Celaena, freedom after 5 years if you kill everyone on the list that the King gives you. Celaena stalks her victim and scales roofs, but Celaena has a two secrets, she has never killed anyone on the list. She gives them two options, you can either have her kill you or you leave in the night, never come back to your home, and never use your name again. Everyone has gone with the ladder. Also, Queen Elena has left her with a labyrinth of a maze that drives her to uncertainty about others. Celaena despises the King and all of his evil acts, but she will go high and low to get her freedom. When her swain is captured she arms herself to the teeth to get him back, but when she does, secrets spill out that make her heart ache and reality hit. As all of Celaena’s lies pile high and her dignity lowers she has to figure out …show more content…
Crown of Midnight offers so much more than just drama and fantasy. It offers action packed fighting, girl power, love triangles, and conniving characters. All of the riddles and ancient learnings in this book, has you page after page non-stop just to get a taste of an answer. I was very fond to this book because the characters had the same emotions and problems any normal girl or boy would have so it was very easy to feel and grasp the concept of the characters actions. If you need an adventurous, mysterious, passionate book, I would definitely try to get my hands on Crown of