https://padlet.com/gor22873/i0z5t6pic5ed Kyle Gort - ORB Quarter 1 en-us 2016-10-31 11:50:09 UTC 2024-04-22 18:03:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Dootheets.png gor22873 https://padlet.com/gor22873/i0z5t6pic5ed/wish/134182499 by Sarah J. Maas.]]> 2016-10-31 11:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/gor22873/i0z5t6pic5ed/wish/134182499 gor22873 https://padlet.com/gor22873/i0z5t6pic5ed/wish/134183870 “My name is Celaena Sardothien. But it makes no difference if my name’s Celaena or Lillian or Bitch, because I’d still beat you, no matter what you call me.” (Maas, 352)]]> 2016-10-31 12:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gor22873/i0z5t6pic5ed/wish/134183870 gor22873 https://padlet.com/gor22873/i0z5t6pic5ed/wish/134183991 Celaena the protaginist, (if she really is one) is a fighter. She has fought in her past, present, and will continue to fight to survive. This quote is important to me her personality in one sentence. She being an assassin will always continue no matter how she tries to change it. Her hostile personality impacts the story, and this quote shows it. Throughout the story, she is always thinking "how can I kill these guards and escape", or "What's the quickest way he can die" ]]> 2016-10-31 12:05:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gor22873/i0z5t6pic5ed/wish/134183991 gor22873 https://padlet.com/gor22873/i0z5t6pic5ed/wish/134184580 A teenage assassin, a rebel princess, menacing gargoyles, supernatural portals and a glass castle prove to be as thrilling as they sound. Being the most feared assassin in Adarlan is a notoriety 17-year-old Celaena considers an honor, even though it has landed her in a slave-labor prison no one has ever survived. A year into her sentence, the Crown Prince offers to sponsor Celaena in a competition with 23 other criminals and murderers that, should she win, will result in her freedom. The only catch? She'll become the king's personal assassin for four years, the same dark-hearted king who sentenced her to imprisonment. Woven in the vein of a Tolkien fantasy, Celaena's world is one where magic is outlawed and power is snatched through greed and genocide. The third-person narrative allows frequent insight into multiple characters (heroes and villains alike) but never fully shifts its focus from the confident yet conflicted Celaena. And though violent combat and whispers of the occult surround her, Celaena is still just a teenager trying to forge her way, giving the story timelessness. She might be in the throes of a bloodthirsty competition, but that doesn't mean she's not in turmoil over which tall, dark and handsomely titled man of the royal court should be her boyfriend--and which fancy gown she should wear to a costume party. This commingling of comedy, brutality and fantasy evokes a rich alternate universe with a spitfire young woman as its brightest star. (Fantasy. 14 & up)(Kirkus Reviews, August 1, 2012)

]]> 2016-10-31 12:07:51 UTC https://padlet.com/gor22873/i0z5t6pic5ed/wish/134184580 gor22873 https://padlet.com/gor22873/i0z5t6pic5ed/wish/134188806 I feel that the person who made this book review was very accurate, and had great detail and description. However, he should talk more about the background of the character. How she is a feared assassin, how she was captured and sent to the salt mines to die, and how she was given the proposal of her freedom by the Crown Prince to become his Royal Assassin. The author of this review mostly focused on the development and characteristics of the main character Celaena. A big key event, is what it's like in those mines, and what it did to Celaena. The salt mines was a living hell, and she will have to go back there if she messes up this competition. ]]> 2016-10-31 12:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/gor22873/i0z5t6pic5ed/wish/134188806