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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
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Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was my first re-read of the series and it was sooo good to re-read book 1 because I forgot so much about what happened (such as Kaltain). This series is my fav one by SJM as the writing is amazing, the characters are amazing and have amazing growth, and the multiple povs are to die for. I highly recommend this series to everyone, it is the best SJM series and it is the best written one too. 

Quotes: 
  • “Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.”
  • “You could rattle the stars," she whispered. "You could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most.”
  • “We all bear scars...Mine just happen to be more visible than most.”
  • “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.”
  • “I like music," she said slowly, "because when I hear it, I . . . I lose myself within myself, if that makes any sense. I become empty and full all at once, and I can feel the whole earth roiling around me. When I play. I'm not . . . for once, I'm not destroying, I'm creating.”
  • “Second place is a nice title for the first loser.”
  • “She'd survived Endovier, yet she could still laugh.”
  • “Don't you ever do anything other than read?" said Chaol.”
  • “When she awoke every morning, she repeated the same words: I will not be afraid.”

Tropes:
  • Assassin FMC
  • Found Family
  • False Identity
  • Competition + Trials
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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes