I'm sorry, but I can't continue it anymore. 
 After reading a lot of positive reviews about this book, I thought it might finally be a young adult fantasy book with convincing characters. It wasn't. 
 Maybe I'm totally wrong. Maybe this will turn out to be made of awesomeness, maybe Celeana will become a believable assassin, but I guess I won't be there to read it. I stopped reading about 30% into the story and couldn't bear anything more about this annoying badass heroine. 
 Celeana Sardothien is eighteen and the most talented and famous assassin this fantasy world knows. Nothing against talented women, really. But so far, she has half the time done nothing except to emphasize her talents as the world-best assassin (rather than actually acting anything like this to underline her reputation) and to admire herself in front of the mirror and think of her own beauty. Oh, and to fear falling off a horse because she would die because of the humiliation. I've read quite a few reviews criticising how the heroine did not develop at all, so I probably can't expect this to change in the course of the story. 
 One quote to accentuate my feelings about the heroine: 
 "Crime isn't an accomplishment, Sardothien." 
 "Yes, but becoming the world's most famous assassin is!" He didn't respond. "You might ask me how I did it." 
 "Did what?" he said tightly. 
 "Became so talented and famous so quickly." 
 "I don't want to hear about it." 
 Those weren't the words she'd wanted to hear. 
 No, she really does not at all think of herself as the most talented person in the world and does not want to express her true feelings about her abilities so that everyone would think of her exactly the way she thinks of herself. No, not at all. 
 *sigh* 
 The captain who has been introduced among with the Crown Prince so far felt like a rather interesting character, but I can think of a lot of other books to spend my time with. This one is not for me. I am glad if others are able to enjoy the series and the writing ... but I can't. Not recommended to anyone.