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archaeomancer 's review for:
Daindreth's Assassin
by Elisabeth Wheatley
DID NOT FINISH: 56%
It wasn't bad, or poorly written, it just didn't really grab me. I was only listening in order to finish, but I've got loads of other books to read. The characters mostly fell flat, there was very little chemistry between the two leads, and the narrator didn't really help. I know the assassin was supposed to be mostly outwardly emotionless, and while she wasn't too far into the "I'm a tragic badass who says I can kill everyone but don't do much killing or showing of my talents actually", she was definitely in that category. She didn't really do anything at all, just walked from set piece to set piece.
I started this book because the author herself billed the story as a switch on tropes, namely the grumpy/sunshine one, but where the woman is the grumpy one and the man is the sunshine one. The woman was bland the the man was, well I dont even know we don't see him that much, but a little cowardly if nice, sort of, seems the best way to describe him.
The assassin also was not TOO far into the "For some reason I can't see obvious clues and draw obvious conclusions" category that for some reason women character are forced to inhabit in romance and YA a lot (not that this is YA), but she was definitely toeing the line. I expected an assassin to make able to make more leaps in logic, assess political situations, and follow basic clues more readily.
I started this book because the author herself billed the story as a switch on tropes, namely the grumpy/sunshine one, but where the woman is the grumpy one and the man is the sunshine one. The woman was bland the the man was, well I dont even know we don't see him that much, but a little cowardly if nice, sort of, seems the best way to describe him.
The assassin also was not TOO far into the "For some reason I can't see obvious clues and draw obvious conclusions" category that for some reason women character are forced to inhabit in romance and YA a lot (not that this is YA), but she was definitely toeing the line. I expected an assassin to make able to make more leaps in logic, assess political situations, and follow basic clues more readily.