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Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
5.0
adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
This book had everything I love in a series and it was honestly brilliant!

Evie Sage is the main provider for her little sister and ill father. Having employment isn’t just important, it’s vital, so when a vacancy for the infamous Villain opens up, Evie takes the job. After all, she’s just his assistant. Despite their positions, Evie and the Villain can’t help but feel drawn to one another, and with someone out to get the Villain, it’s a dangerous time in Rennedawn. 

I absolutely adored this book! Evie and the Villain were so enjoyable. Evie is the epitome of a sunshine character, she’s amusing and selfless, adorable and optimistic. Her humour and rapport she had with the other characters was so lovely. Despite her overall positive and happy persona, we get to see darker and more serious sides to her as well. 

The Villain is my favourite kind of love interest. Broody, grumpy and hates everyone but her. He’s stubborn, protective and obsessed with Evie and I love it. 

I also really enjoyed the side characters and the relationships that we got to see. Evie’s relationship with Lyssa was the sweetest, Evie and Becky’s frenemy relationship was so entertaining. I also really liked Blake, Tatianna and Clare. 

I loved the slowburn between Evie and the Villain, I love when a romance takes multiple books to develop and I can’t wait to continue seeing it grow. 

I found the storyline to be simplistic in the best way, oftentimes fantasy books really lean into the complex world building, however sometimes I just want something that’s easy to read and this definitely fits that. 

Overall, I loved this book and I’m diving right into the next one!
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