Take a photo of a barcode or cover
storyandadventure 's review for:
Warrior Princess Assassin
by Brigid Kemmerer
I DEVOURED this book. I stayed up till 3AM. I took a long lunch break. I was done in less than a day. It was my favorite read of the year so far. Six stars. Do I even need to keep going??
This book is highly character driven and I fell head over heels for my SWEET STABBY BABY ANGEL. I’ll let you guess which one that is.
🩷 Jory is equal parts courage and naïveté. It’s not her fault that the patriarchy has sheltered the world from her fury.
🖤 Asher has been broken by the world repeatedly, but his devotion is unwavering and rather than shatter he became sharper.
💙 Ky is our catcher of fists and hair pins, but just because he sees a battle everywhere he turns doesn’t mean he’s not a romantic.
The relationship dynamics? Yes please! The motivations and miscommunications were so believable / relatable. I felt their pain and struggles deeply. The plot was decent, but it was the character actions, conversations, trauma, tenacity, and optimism that had me in a death grip. The way the characters drew out one another’s stories and brokenness broke my heart for them. There are pieces of dialogue repeated in different contexts that really got me in the feels! Oh and the slow burn is worth the wait.
Plot wise, there were a few false starts that kept me guessing and the beginning and feeling like there was no way out of the mess. That helped pull me in. Some of the twists I guessed because there were good breadcrumbs. Overall, I thought the story built up well to the next book.
Cliffhanger warning: I was very satisfied with where we left off but this book definitely set the stage for a larger arc and there are some big questions at the end.