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An Assassin's Guide to Love and Treason by Virginia Boecker
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.75
I loved loved the whole premise. a murder plot on the stage of Shakespeare?
yes please
it makes me want to read all of Shakespearean plays. honestly, just that is a worthy accomplishment, i thought i had sworn off Shakespeare after i had to do it for school but now this made me willingly read more Shakespearean dramas and that language and that's an huge thing
i also kinda want to go see plays now, the whole behind the scenes view really makes it all the more enchanting.
it also got me out of a huge huge slump
this book had everything, adventure,mystery, love, drama of course, spies, plots, and did i mention love?
but it needed more. like. it had everything but i just wished there was more. maybe a little more plotting, more behind the scenes and more of Kit and Toby's practices more of Shakespeare, more of spy business. just more. and it felt the lacking kind of more, not the sequel kind of more if that makes sense. i personally think if the book had been a bit longer it would've worked better for me
but overall it was an amazing book and i really loved it.
the characters, the setting, the scene, the very very very cute scene of them in the market and the almost end scene in the costume, just every interaction really.
basically: wjhbfzfbzruh.
100% recommend if you like historical fiction and drama.
yes please
it makes me want to read all of Shakespearean plays. honestly, just that is a worthy accomplishment, i thought i had sworn off Shakespeare after i had to do it for school but now this made me willingly read more Shakespearean dramas and that language and that's an huge thing
i also kinda want to go see plays now, the whole behind the scenes view really makes it all the more enchanting.
it also got me out of a huge huge slump
this book had everything, adventure,mystery, love, drama of course, spies, plots, and did i mention love?
but it needed more. like. it had everything but i just wished there was more. maybe a little more plotting, more behind the scenes and more of Kit and Toby's practices more of Shakespeare, more of spy business. just more. and it felt the lacking kind of more, not the sequel kind of more if that makes sense. i personally think if the book had been a bit longer it would've worked better for me
but overall it was an amazing book and i really loved it.
the characters, the setting, the scene, the very very very cute scene of them in the market and the almost end scene in the costume, just every interaction really.
basically: wjhbfzfbzruh.
100% recommend if you like historical fiction and drama.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Religious bigotry
Moderate: Death of parent
i think it will come under the religious bigotry tag only but im not sure so im putting it here as well. it includes death and torture of catholic christians by a protestant christian monarch. the torture is not shown in detail. but it is mentioned