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Audrey and Bill: A Romantic Biography of Audrey Hepburn and William Holden
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The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
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Here is Douglas Adams's indispensable guide to life, the universe and everything. This sublime...
A Land without Jasmine
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A Land without Jasmine is a sexy, satirical detective story about the sudden disappearance of a...
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Chloe (778 KP) rated The Assassin's Blade: The Throne of Glass Novellas in Books
Apr 21, 2021
I really enjoyed the short stories, each different but with key links between them. I felt that many of the relationships were rushed and in the case of Sam and Caleana it was not believable. There was not enough of the silly cute relationship stuff that goes on, very business like rushed relationship.
However, I now have absolute hatred for Arobynn, I think the other books I'd red by this point hinted that it was him but now, I am definitely seething. I loved that Sarah J Maas was able to invoke that in me. Just a shame that the love relationship missed the mark.
I think reading it in this order does mean that you can see a change in writing style, if this is something that would bother you then I suggest reading it first. Also, there was consistent revisiting of facts through the shorts despite them all being compiled in one book. I see why this was done but it still irked me.