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A review by caitsbookrecs
The Assassin Thief by Madeline Te Whiu
1.0
I’ve been trying to decide if I wanted to write a review for over a month and finally decided to bite the bullet.
I did not enjoy this book. I finished it because I had such high hopes and still believe that it could’ve been great.
In saying that, it wasn’t.
I buddy read this with a friend and we both struggled and had very similar complaints.
Everything was very predictable and obvious I felt and some things seemed to be rip offs of other, popular series.
The spelling and grammatical errors were constant and very distracting.
Every time Telium was in danger, something would conveniently save the day (like growing gills when you’re being drowned on land), or the walls giving you the power to understand a language for a limited time only.
The amount of dream/flashback scenes were excessive, especially when it would share something (like Telium being half-fae) but then have her deny it until the very end of the book, despite it being screamed at her by the Queen in the early chapters.
I still think the bones of this book are good and there’s potential for it to be great, but it really missed the mark for me.
I did not enjoy this book. I finished it because I had such high hopes and still believe that it could’ve been great.
In saying that, it wasn’t.
I buddy read this with a friend and we both struggled and had very similar complaints.
Everything was very predictable and obvious I felt and some things seemed to be rip offs of other, popular series.
The spelling and grammatical errors were constant and very distracting.
Every time Telium was in danger, something would conveniently save the day (like growing gills when you’re being drowned on land), or the walls giving you the power to understand a language for a limited time only.
The amount of dream/flashback scenes were excessive, especially when it would share something (like Telium being half-fae) but then have her deny it until the very end of the book, despite it being screamed at her by the Queen in the early chapters.
I still think the bones of this book are good and there’s potential for it to be great, but it really missed the mark for me.