Assassin's Apprentice

09/12/24 • 66 min

Train as a royal assassin!
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb is a classic fantasy novel and first in the Farseer trilogy. Train as an assassin, dodge political plots and hide the wrong kinds of magic.
Jen and Ellie review the world building, plot, language and characters (spoilers and all!) before creeping up on the challenges in the book. This book had them at their Wits end! 🗡️
Let's see if we survive this!

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If We Survive This - Assassin's Apprentice

Transcript

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Jen: [00:00:00] Hi, and welcome to If We Survive This, a podcast where we read fantasy books and discuss how likely we'd be to survive the challenges in them. A quick warning that this podcast is filled with spoilers for all aspects of the book. I'm Jen, the slightly more bookish side of the podcast, though I do have some fitness credentials.
Ellie: And I'm Ellie. I could survive in the wild for weeks, as long as I have a good audio book.
Jen