"My name is Celaena Sardothien and I will not be afraid." 
 If you think of Celaena Sardothien, the word fierce probably comes to mind pretty quickly. Everything about her is fierce, from her desire to free her people to her lethal abilities as an assassin. From other books in this series, we know a lot about Celaena after she has spent a year as a slave in the salt mines of Endovier, but little about what brought her there. If you've read other books in this series, this collection of stories is especially hard to read because while you journey with Celeana through the desert and through the streets of Adarlan, you know the loss she will face by the end of the last story, like waiting for a second shoe to drop. 
 Reading these prequel stories makes me want to re read the entire series, but I don't have time before the 4th book comes out. In book 4, I can only hope Celaena gives Arobynn whats coming to him and that she can take back whats truly and rightly hers. For Adarlan, for Terrasen, for Sam, and most importantly for herself.