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4.0
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣'𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙑𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚, 𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙚.
The world inside Assasins Mercy is wonderful. I absolutely love that it has bisexual representation, the book is full of emotion, and diversity. Following Verve through this story was fun, and emotional. I really liked the found family, and I just enjoyed being in the world.
✔️ Found Family
✔️ Rivals To Lovers
✔️ Grumpy/Sunshine Romance
✔️ Opposites Attract
✔️ Assasins and Magic
"𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨, '𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙' 𝙞𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝," 𝙑𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙙. "𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤; 𝙬𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙨."
The majority of the book is full of Verve being an Assasin (zero complains about that), and her interactions with the mages. The romance takes more of a backseat for the majority of the book in my opinion, and I would say it's pretty slow burn. I didn't mind that at all, I felt it was more realistic relationship building and I liked it. It does have a couple spicy momens though, it's slow burn, but not closed door. All you spice fans, I'm looking at you. 😆
𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚, 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧, 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙣.
I really enjoyed all of the characters we meet in the story. Verve and Alem give grumpy and sunshine vibes and are just so opposite. It was fun to see them slowly get together. The growth from both characters was nicely done as well. The story did feel a bit slow in a couple parts, but it was a fast read. I didn't find that slowed me down. If I had more time to focus on the book today, I could have finished it in one day. I'm very interested to see what happens in book 2! How the author and story grow, I can only see things getting better.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/5
𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘙𝘊, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯.
The world inside Assasins Mercy is wonderful. I absolutely love that it has bisexual representation, the book is full of emotion, and diversity. Following Verve through this story was fun, and emotional. I really liked the found family, and I just enjoyed being in the world.
✔️ Found Family
✔️ Rivals To Lovers
✔️ Grumpy/Sunshine Romance
✔️ Opposites Attract
✔️ Assasins and Magic
"𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨, '𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙' 𝙞𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝," 𝙑𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙙. "𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤; 𝙬𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙨."
The majority of the book is full of Verve being an Assasin (zero complains about that), and her interactions with the mages. The romance takes more of a backseat for the majority of the book in my opinion, and I would say it's pretty slow burn. I didn't mind that at all, I felt it was more realistic relationship building and I liked it. It does have a couple spicy momens though, it's slow burn, but not closed door. All you spice fans, I'm looking at you. 😆
𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚, 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧, 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙣.
I really enjoyed all of the characters we meet in the story. Verve and Alem give grumpy and sunshine vibes and are just so opposite. It was fun to see them slowly get together. The growth from both characters was nicely done as well. The story did feel a bit slow in a couple parts, but it was a fast read. I didn't find that slowed me down. If I had more time to focus on the book today, I could have finished it in one day. I'm very interested to see what happens in book 2! How the author and story grow, I can only see things getting better.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/5
𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘙𝘊, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯.
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