The Assassin's Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke was simply a fantastic read. It had senses of adventure, danger, and a hint of romance. It's totally worth a score of 4 bright and shining stars out of 5.
Ananna is the daughter of the main captain of a pirate clan who is being coerced into an arranged marriage with another pirate clan by her parents. So, what's a girl to do? Well, she decides to throw caution to the wind and to leave everyone behind to gain her freedom. However, this does not happen without consequence. The other pirate clan sends out the infamous assassin who is rumored to have never failed an assassin mission. This is where the main story begins.
The beginning of the book did not fail to make me interested right off the bat. A girl escaping an arranged marriage? Never fails to keep my eyes glued to the page, all two to three times. I loved the adventure in this book; it takes you numerous places that are filled with magic, mystery, and intrigue. It takes place in an imaginary world filled with permitted, and of coarse some forbidden, magic.
What I loved the most about this book is the relationship between Ananna and Naji. It's unique in how it was Naji's original intent to murder Ananna, then from there their relationship grows and moves into different stages. I admire that, no love at first sight crap. Of coarse, it does grow eventually. It's not fully realized on both parties in this book, however. They are absolutely great as a pair! Especially, taken into account the struggles they have to go through together. Including, betrayal, sense of hopelessness, being forced together by a curse, and the uncertainty of reciprocated feels, or feelings that lie elsewhere.
I would recommend this book to those who are within the middle school range to about fifteen or sixteen. The book's main demographic seems to be this age group as it doesn't have too mature themes within it. For similar reads, I suggest: Alice in Zombieland (link here) and Between the Lines (link here).
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