Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

36 reviews

hjb_128's review against another edition

Go to review page

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

1.5

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

lucha0s's review

Go to review page

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

tinkerthereader's review

Go to review page

adventurous emotional funny sad 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

4.5

This book had me on edge the entire time. You care SO MUCH for these characters and it really shows towards the end and there are twist galore in this book I loved it and this book has left me broken! Thankfully I pre-ordered book 2 ages ago but waiting is gonna be painful. I just wanted them to be happy 😫😭
Expand filter menu Content Warnings

gracerice's review

Go to review page

adventurous dark funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

questionable_reader's review against another edition

Go to review page

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

1.25

It's simple read, melodramatic, plays on troops not in a good way. Writing feels unfinished in a way.
Expand filter menu Content Warnings

_charliesbooks_'s review

Go to review page

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

I ate this up following a huge reading slump and cried when I finished it and realised that the next book isn't out until August. I have NEVER found a better FMC than Evie. I adore her, maybe even more than Trystan. And having read just about every single adult romantasy I can get my hands on this book had me giggling and kicking my feet and they only kissed once. ONCE. AND IT WAS PRETENDING. I preordered the next one the minute I finished it.
Expand filter menu Content Warnings

mfsquared's review

Go to review page

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

quiet_reader's review

Go to review page

adventurous dark funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

abicaro17's review

Go to review page

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-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

3.5

This is a hard book to rate. I really enjoy the concept and a lot of the plot points. An grumpy evil villain with a sunshine down on her luck assistant? Amazing! I think the issue is execution. The book is incredibly slow and any story advancement is basically in the last 50ish pages. The characters are also relatively flat and boring. Like Evie got a blip of development past the box she was shoved in during the last 5 pages. Becky and Blake are the worst examples of this because they're exclusively office suck up and the goofy guy. I tried to give this book grace because its part of a series but a lot of content could have been added to create context for a lot of things we're just like asked to believe. Like the Villian being a village terror (
he basically only beheads people who work for him, people trying to kill him, or anyone who disrespects people he cares about
), King Benedict being a "hero" in literally anyones eye??, or the lack of world building (where are they, how far away is the palace, is it like a fairytale kingdom or am I supposed to be imagined King's Landing from GOT?) This just needed more world building content, more contextual characterization, and a story restructuring for me.
Also when the Villian is like I love Evie! I literally closed my book and rolled my eyes. WDYM? This is a slow burn bro you aren't supposed to know that yet.
Expand filter menu Content Warnings

mangela_28's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous mysterious
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.0

Not every book is for every reader.

What I liked: Evie's personality. She's relatable, even if she has a "whelp, what's a girl gonna do" attitude. I liked that each character was unique and well written, for the most part.

What didn't hit with me: the book is long and very plot driven. There are throw away lines to close plot holes, but they don't feel genuine. The romance build up is just a simmer the entire time. It's a lot of "his expression was unreadable" when he's just trying to hide his feelings.
There is no pay off.
Even the plot twist at the end felt forced.

The audiobook narrator has weird inflections and pauses that made it hard to pay attention so I switched to the hard copy.
Expand filter menu Content Warnings