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Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

34 reviews

horatolo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Sexual harassment, Death, Sexual violence, Cursing, and Gore

wickeddelights's review

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

This book suffered from a lot of editorial drawbacks.  There were inconsistencies that started from  the get-go and moments where little things like the severity of ailments or a characters stance on whether or not they would reveal something would change in the space of 1-2 pages. 
Some of the names of characters felt very out of place in a fantasy environment. And the characters could act downright cartoonish at times (ie, waving their arms wildly around, or quite literally rolling on the floor laughing) 
I don't think it is meant to be taken too seriously, but there were so many instances where it felt like there should be a Disney sitcom laugh track playing in the background. 
It just wasn't for me. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Violence, Kidnapping, Bullying, Torture, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Alcohol, and Blood

lisailacqua's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Cursing, Rape, Sexual harassment, Murder, and Blood

jess_thefacts's review

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The beginning of this was choppy. I struggled to relate to the characters. By the end however, I was invested. There were some things that irked me and I know shouldn't like the word "robotic" in a world that seemed to be tech free save the "bomb". I liked the premise and have high hopes for the second installment

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Gore, Murder, and Torture

Minor: Death of parent

kinsportch's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Sexual violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Blood, Genocide, and Grief

Minor: Cursing

boba_n_books's review

adventurous challenging dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I’m glad I went into this not knowing much other than the FMC is the assistant to The Villain and they fall in love. 

Assistant to the Villain is such a funny romantic fantasy. It leans heavily on the comedy, especially in the first half of the novel, while still being full of heart and character development. 

I highly recommend going into this book fairly blind and ready for a fun ride. I can’t wait to read book 2 and get more of The Villain!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Torture, Cursing, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

readsbymoonlight's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Charming, cute, adorable, fun...I just wish there was spice. Excited to see where the story goes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Murder, Death, Terminal illness, and Violence

Minor: Child death and Torture

lilawsahar's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I breezed through this book trying to figure out if the villian and sage would realize they’re in love, why did the villian hate the king, who was the leak!? We got all the answers but I’m not satisfied hopefully the second book will add more clarity to the situation.

I’m glad that the villian realized he’s in love but Sage is still in the dark. Hopefully she figures it out while she goes to rescue the villian. Next, I still don’t understand why the king was trying to control the Villian. What are his motives? Also what is he doing with the monsters? Is he trying to find a cure? Is the king actually bad? Lastly, I CANT BELIEVE THE DAD WAS THE MOLE!! Wtf. And I can’t believe he sold his daughter to the blacksmith. He is actually a villian. I hope the daughter tortures the shit out of him.

Also no spice!! The second book better have that too!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Cursing, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Alcohol, Torture, and War

neeeek's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence and Cursing

Minor: Torture, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

shinypurplepants's review against another edition

adventurous dark

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

The writing style and original concept reminds me of a (significantly) less spicy "Mead Misfits." Unfortunately, the humor fell so flat for me that it wasn't enough to make the book enjoyable and the premise is not enough to support as long a story as this is. It genuinely felt like this could have been a great novella but as it everything was super drawn out.

There's the feeling initially that you'll have a slow-burn romance between the villain and assistant through these random vignettes of their everyday life. That's not what carries the back half of the book, instead, there is supposedly a plot to find a traitor in their midst. It's poorly handled (and honestly very boring) in its execution and reveal. I wasn't shocked at all just annoyed by how round about it took to get there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Torture