A review by obsidian_blue
Grimalkin the Witch Assassin by Joseph Delaney

5.0

 

Wow. Just wow. This honestly is the best book I have read in the series and it is now my favorite. This book had everything and even at one point had me in tears. I loved the insight it gave us to Grimalkin, why she was so focused on destroying the Fiend, and what it means to her to be a witch assassin.

"Grimalkin the Witch Assassin" is told in the POV of Grimalkin. Each chapter has her talking to someone (you quickly find out who) and you find out her philosophy on what it means to fight your enemies and do so in honor. This follows Grimalkin as she does her best to stay ahead of the Fiend's followers who want to take the bag she carries with the Fiend's head in it. We all know that Grimalkin is doing what she can to give Tom Ward time to figure out a way to completely destroy the Fiend, but now with her pursuers and something that may spell death for Grimalkin, she may be out of options soon.

Grimalkin is awesome. I really would just like a book detailing all of the things she gets into in the future, but this was good enough. Delaney uses this book to show how she first met and was tricked by the Fiend, what caused her to turn on him, and how she has been secretly training someone to one day take her place. We also have her interacting with Tom's mother's sisters (the lamia still in the tower) and how she seems more than aware of what Tom's mother really was even more than the Spook and Tom.

The plot moves very fast and you really just have one big bad in this one with a monster at it's side so it was easy enough to follow. Of course you also get some hapless humans (per usual).

The ending was devastating and again, we get to see how strong Alice really is.