Cassandra Rose Clarke
Paperback | Pages: 298 pages Rating: 3.69 | 17662 Users | 2168 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Assassin's Curse (The Assassin's Curse #1) |
| Author | : | Cassandra Rose Clarke |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | 1st Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 298 pages |
| Published | : | October 2nd 2012 by Strange Chemistry (first published October 1st 2012) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Young Adult. Romance. Magic. Adventure. Pirates. High Fantasy |
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This is an accurate portrayal of me after reading The Assassin's Curse:
In fact. You know, what? Hit it:
Ananna is a pirate, born and raised
and on the high seas is where she spends her days.
Sword fightin', riggin', stealing your loot.
Handy with a lie and a knife in her boot.
All she wants is to travel to distant lands,
but her mom and pop are plotting marriage plans.
She'll take adventure over a relationship,
so on the big day gives her fiance the slip.
She has no idea just what trouble she's in,
turns out he wasn't joking about that assassin.
Naji's an assassin with a capital A.
He's got a new target, he's stalking his prey.
He's the shadow behind her in the dead of night,
knows eighty ways to kill, never lost a fight.
All covered in blood magic, scars and tattoos.
He'll meet her in the desert for a midnight duel.
But versus Ananna, he experiences a first:
instead of an easy kill they both get cursed.
Enemies become allies if only to survive.
The Curse is Impossible but they still have to try...
Dance Break!
There are few things I like better than reading about two adversaries forced to become allies in pursuit of some higher goal. When Ananna accidentally triggers a curse binding herself with her would-be assassin, Naji, they quickly become one of my most favorite Buddy Cops of Convenience of all time. The awkward teamwork! The reluctant bonding! The coordinated sword fights! Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter!
What makes this particular team so perfect is that both sides of the partnership hold equal weight. You'd think that might be hard to pull off with one side being a legendary blood magic assassin and all, but Ananna is no wilting flower either. In fact one of the most enjoyable parts of the book for me was how often Ananna nonchalantly saved Naji's ass. Perfect heroine is perfect. Etc. Etc.
As much as I enjoyed this first book, I can already tell the sequel is going to be even better. I cannot wait to get my greedy hands on it. As is, though, The Assassin's Curse is a gem and has the perfect blend of hijinks and high stakes.
Rating: 4/5 stars.
Warning: I bought the paperback and the back cover copy includes developments that happen within the last 10 pages or so of the book so just go ahead and stick with the Goodreads summary if you don't want to know the set up for the next book until you get there.
This review originally appeared on Young Adult Anonymous.
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| Original Title: | The Assassin's Curse |
| ISBN: | 1908844019 (ISBN13: 9781908844019) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://strangechemistrybooks.com/books/the-assassins-curse-by-cassandra-rose-clarke/ |
| Series: | The Assassin's Curse #1, Magic of Blood and Sea |
| Characters: | Ananna, Naji |
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Ratings: 3.69 From 17662 Users | 2168 ReviewsJudge Containing Books The Assassin's Curse (The Assassin's Curse #1)
Do you love Grave Mercy, Blood Red Road, or The Bloody Jack series? Then you need to read this book.Do you like Grave Mercy, but wish it had more actual murder and a less prim heroine?Do you like Blood Red Road but wish it had a plot that actually made sense?Do you like Jacky Faber, but wish she would just grow up already?Then you definitely need to read this book.This book is an absolutely entertaining, fun ride that swept me up onto the back of a stolen camel and never let me go. I finished itI read about 30% of this before I did some severe skimming. The heroine speaks like this "I ain't had no dreams." the whole way through the book, personal dislike. The magical world, the magical associations, characters, and pretty much everything makes no sense to me. I'm not a usual YA reader, not sure if that is the problem here but I did not like the writing style, flow, or point of the story. It looks like 90% of my friends really liked this, I'm definitely in the minority here. I've read
2.5 STARSWell, look whos on my front porch, he said, speaking Empire with this odd hissing accent. A murderer and a cross-dressing pirate. Im still having a hard time figuring out how a book from this author, with this kind of premise, in my go-to genre could have failed me monumentally. A sassy seventeen year old pirate bride ditches her groom who in turn sends a deadly assassin after her to well, kill her. By some brilliant turn of events, the pirate bride saves the assassins life, binding
Pirates? Assassins? Take all my money now and feed me badassery.
This book was okay. And okay, sometimes, it's not enough.
A really fun read! The world may not have been explained all that well but the characters were awesome! I love where this story and adventure is going to go!
When I first read the synopsis for Cassandra Rose Clarke's The Assassin's Curse, I was very intrigued. Pirates? Assassins? Magic? Curses? Yes, please! Who wouldn't want to read a novel that seems like what might have happened if someone like Tamora Pierce had written Pirates of the Caribbean? As often as I've been burned by false promises in novel synopses, I need not have worried with this novel: The Assassin's Curse fulfilled its promises and managed to soar above and beyond my expectations.
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