I don't know where to begin... Well, I'm still not sure if it's better to read this first or starts with Throne of Glass. Both ways have their own pros and cons. I started with Throne of Glass and then read this. I'm sure Throne of Glass would have been much more painful to read if I had read this first, because THIS, this was so painful, or actually the last novella, The Assassin and the Empire. Because I had read Throne of Glass I knew I was going get my heart broken, but I didn't know it was goign to be that painful. I just can't handle that last novella. Woah, I admire how Sarah J. Maas doesn't hold back with her descriptions. Depending on the scene, they can be very beautiful or so, so gory. Also, emotions of all of the characters are portrayed so well and I was experiencing all of Celaena's feelings. 
 Based on Throne of Glass I don't know who I like more, Dorian or Chaol, but I know that based on The Assassin's Blade I love Sam. The couple of assassins...perfect. So I'm definitely Team Sam, except... (view spoiler)[*sobs in the corner* (hide spoiler)] 
 All of these five novellas added so much depth and meaning to the whole story, I'm just amazed by it. And oh Celaena, she goes through so much in The Assassin's Blade, and it's not even the story about how she ended up with Arobynn (view spoiler)[(btw, a new character to add to my hatelist) (hide spoiler)] when she was just a child. 
 My favorite of the five novellas was the third one, The Assassin and the Desert. It had some amazing characters and so much going on. That story also explained so much of Celaena's behaviour in Throne of Glass. 
 Bonus, here's the exact moment I really, REALLy started crumbling while reading the last novella (just because I knew what was going to happen because of Throne of Glass): 
 (view spoiler)["We have all the time in the world." 
 Maybe he was right. And spending all the time in the world with Sam... 
 That was a treasure worth paying anything for. 
 *cue for ugly tears* (hide spoiler)]