Let me get this straight at the very beginning that I can get a bit fanatical about a series and characters when I LOVE them. So much so that if I ever met J.K Rowling, I would probably bombard her with a million questions down to what shampoo did young Sirius Black use... Yeah, that fanatic! Besides Harry Potter Series, Throne of Glass Series is the only one that has managed to capture my heart that bad. So, needless to say, when I started reading Throne of Glass, I wanted to know more about Celaena, how she ended up in the salt mines of Endovier in the first place and more about her relationship with Sam. It was only when I read the five novellas included in 'The Assassin's Blade' that some of my questions were answered. 
 In The Assassin and the Pirate Lord, the first novella, Celaena and Sam go against their orders to free the slaves they were supposed to claim and try and get away with it all. 
 The Assassin and the Healer is the second novella in the series. It tells us the story of Celaena and Yelena and what happened when these two very different yet similar girls met. 
 The Assassin and the Desert takes Celaena into the Red Desert as a punishment for going against Arobynn's orders. It turns out to be a boon in disguise. 
 The Assassin and the Underworld tells us the story of Celaena's last mission for Arobynn Hamel that takes the stakes to whole new level. 
 The Assassin and the Underworld, the last novella in the series, tells us the story of Celaena and Sam trying to survive after they have bought their freedom from Arobynn. 
 All these novellas have one thing in common - they tell us more about Celaena before the Throne of Glass series started. They show us different sides of Celaena - one who can empathize, who loves music and theatre and appreciates the finer things in life. It also gives us a look into the kind of training that Celaena received and her overall upbringing since the death of her parents. They also introduced a few new characters to us and I really loved 'The Master' of the assassins of the Red Desert. I hope we will see more of him. 
 Action packed, these are tales of a valiant girl - her fears, her losses, her love and her survival.