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Warrior Princess Assassin
by Brigid Kemmerer
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC! All opinions in this review are my own.
3.25 stars. Tandem read with audio of which I bought myself. The narrators were great and really added to the story.
About the book, this had an intriguing premise, a good start, but then fizzled to ashes by the end. Maybe a spark could reignite it into something in the next book but I am unsure whether I will read it or not.
Let me start with what I liked:
- Ky. He was smart, capable, and had emotional intelligence. He was literally perfect other than his one flaw of finding Asher and Jory attractive as partners in this throuple (I also blame the short lived character assassination of his around 75% in). Regardless, I just wanted to read about him and his kingdom and everything he was willing to do to protect his people and his sister. He had a drive, growth, and personality that shined.
- I was entertained. It is very easy to get lost in the book and the different POVs happening so there is that.
Now lets move to the negatives which unfortunately had quite a bit.
- Asher and Jory were both childish and paled in comparison to Ky. Asher less so and had the explanation of very heavy trauma that at least explained why he acted the way he did but Jory was both naive and reckless which makes for an annoying FMC. You can be one or the other and get away with it but not both. For age comparisons, Asher and Jory are 26 and 25, respectfully, and Ky is 30.
- The plot, where? Other than some vague background movements that set up the book, there is nothing to really go off of. Nearly the entirety of the book is the characters bickering from location to location dodging assassins while discussing their alliance and falling in love or at least heavy attraction by the end. Which leads me to my next point...
- The romance. Look, I still don't understand what Ky sees in them other than having a desire, I guess, to guide and protect but either way, its heavy insta lust on all sides and not really a strong romance. Asher and Ky at least have somewhat of a foundation they could lay to build a fire but Jory in any combination was like a wet blanket smothering all of it. It honestly had nothing to do with her inexperience compared to either of them and all to do with her personality being close to cardboard.
- The worldbuilding and the magic system. Its vague and there is nothing there. Lots of the same one-note facts you learn early on are repeated continuously throughout the novel in the same manner and are never built upon. I don't understand how the plot is going to move forward with as sparse as everything is.
All and all, I was excited for this but then by the end, disappointed. I was at least entertained and I love Ky but I am not sure he is enough to want to read the sequel. This all needed more time to stroke from a simmering to a roaring fire that catches everything ablaze.
3.25 stars. Tandem read with audio of which I bought myself. The narrators were great and really added to the story.
About the book, this had an intriguing premise, a good start, but then fizzled to ashes by the end. Maybe a spark could reignite it into something in the next book but I am unsure whether I will read it or not.
Let me start with what I liked:
- Ky. He was smart, capable, and had emotional intelligence. He was literally perfect other than his one flaw of finding Asher and Jory attractive as partners in this throuple (I also blame the short lived character assassination of his around 75% in). Regardless, I just wanted to read about him and his kingdom and everything he was willing to do to protect his people and his sister. He had a drive, growth, and personality that shined.
- I was entertained. It is very easy to get lost in the book and the different POVs happening so there is that.
Now lets move to the negatives which unfortunately had quite a bit.
- Asher and Jory were both childish and paled in comparison to Ky. Asher less so and had the explanation of very heavy trauma that at least explained why he acted the way he did but Jory was both naive and reckless which makes for an annoying FMC. You can be one or the other and get away with it but not both. For age comparisons, Asher and Jory are 26 and 25, respectfully, and Ky is 30.
- The plot, where? Other than some vague background movements that set up the book, there is nothing to really go off of. Nearly the entirety of the book is the characters bickering from location to location dodging assassins while discussing their alliance and falling in love or at least heavy attraction by the end. Which leads me to my next point...
- The romance. Look, I still don't understand what Ky sees in them other than having a desire, I guess, to guide and protect but either way, its heavy insta lust on all sides and not really a strong romance. Asher and Ky at least have somewhat of a foundation they could lay to build a fire but Jory in any combination was like a wet blanket smothering all of it. It honestly had nothing to do with her inexperience compared to either of them and all to do with her personality being close to cardboard.
- The worldbuilding and the magic system. Its vague and there is nothing there. Lots of the same one-note facts you learn early on are repeated continuously throughout the novel in the same manner and are never built upon. I don't understand how the plot is going to move forward with as sparse as everything is.
All and all, I was excited for this but then by the end, disappointed. I was at least entertained and I love Ky but I am not sure he is enough to want to read the sequel. This all needed more time to stroke from a simmering to a roaring fire that catches everything ablaze.