I enjoyed the first three stories, but the last two just never grabbed my intention, and I expected to care more with them so focused on Celaena and Sam. I chalk it up to probably because I have read about his death so much, that I knew what was coming and after reading up to Empire of Storms, it just didn't connect. I would recommend reading this prequel of stories after the first or second novel, if you don't jump in to it first. Overall this is a really good book that will provide backstory in to events that happen later in the novels. Similar to Heir of Fire, I wish Goodreads did ratings in half stars. This is a 3.5 star book, that will be rounded up to 4.