A review by ellasenchantedreads
Warrior Princess Assassin by Brigid Kemmerer

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense slow-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

5.0

Warrior Princess Assassin is an enchanting adult debut romantasy filled with adventure, royal alliances and secrets, court intrigue, elemental magic and slow burning romance. The premise of this character-driven story follows two royals pushed into a political engagement, and the assassin tasked with hunting them down (who is also the princess’s childhood bestie). There are many twists and turns along the way as well as themes of survival, trust and hope. 

I loved Brigid Kemmerer’s Defy the Night series and hearing about her debut adult romantasy piqued my interest. To be honest, I was really hesitant in the beginning and didn’t know what to expect going into this as a first time reader of why choose, but Brigid Kemmerer wrote a romance with a delicate complexity that felt very natural and balanced, and I ended up loving it. 

This page turner of a book captivated me with its addicting top tier banter, emotional depth, multifaceted characters, dangerous cinnamon roll vibes, and a glacial slow burn that really strengthened the relationship dynamic of the princess, warrior king and assassin. There is some minor disability representation of a side character that intrigued me, and I am looking forward to seeing how that will be explored more of in book two. I am also excited to see how the character arcs develop more as the trilogy goes on! 

Thank you Netgalley, Avonbooks and HarperVoyagerUS for a copy of this ARC!