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The Assassin Thief by Madeline Te Whiu

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g_c_geeks's review

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

This was a really solid debut book!! The world building was gorgeous, and the politics were interesting. Loved the character dynamics, and especially loved how strong telium was. I really appreciated that she was still flawed though, despite being super powerful, and that you can see she still has places to grow in to the character she hopefully will become. 

That fricking ending though I stg, around 3/4 of the way I was like hmmmm smt fishy is going on and OH MY LORD DID IT FISH!!! I called one of the plot twists but not the others and ahhh.


Very much looking forward to the next book, well done Maddy x
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samantha_ellen's review

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

4.0

This was a fabulous debut by author Madeline Te Whiu.
A unique & well developed magic system that I haven’t seen before, with a TRUELY morally Grey FMC who struggles with her power & owns her faults. 
I found the world building easy to understand with some beautiful prose but not overly complicated. 
The beginning & ending where fantastic, action packed with lots of twists & turns that made it a really enjoyable read. 
The middle lacked a bit of push forward - the relationship between the 2 mc’s felt a bit lack lustre - but by the end & with the twists, I can look back & see why things played out the way they did. 
It is steamy not spicy but I’m hoping that picks up in the next books - along with more banter between the love interests. 

There are some very dark themes throughout so please look up CW’s before reading.  
There is one aspect that I’m still unsure how I feel about how it was handled. It’s a major plot point & the way the FMC reacts to the situation & the way that character is represented felt a bit ….judgy(?) to me… but that could be coming from my own lens / trauma with this subject? 
I’m still unsure. 

There was good rep with POC - although the 2 characters who are LGBTQI were both in the story for 2 pages each, which felt a bit tokenism - I’m hoping their characters are included more in the future & that was merely their introduction. 

Overall it’s a very strong story, intriguing plot & I loved the FMC. A lot of her attributes are what we see given to mmc’s so it was very refreshing to see them given to a FMC. 

I will be continuing the series to see how it expands. 

Thank you New Dawn Publishing for my advanced reviewer copy 
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