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A review by caitandthelibrary
Warrior Princess Assassin by Brigid Kemmerer
5.0
Thank you Avon and Harper Voyager for the review copy!
I am a big fan of Brigid Kemmerer's YA backlist, and was incredibly excited to read her adult debut. So excited that I read the entire thing in less than 24 hours, and if I didn't have a pesky job, and a need to sleep (insert eyeroll here), I would have finished it even faster than that. It was so good I even debated starting again immediately after I finished. I didn't do that, but I am anticipating MANY re-reads of this book and likely the rest of the series as they come out.
Jory, Ky and Asher are my dream team, my OTP, my EVERYTHING. Their journeys are largely unfinished, but Kemmerer accomplished immense character growth for all three of them as a unit, and as individuals while setting the stage and leaving me, as the reader, hungry for more. The story was so fun and exactly what I needed in this hellscape of a world. Kemmerer achieved the perfect balance of lightness, emotional trauma, political intrigue and danger for the story to remain face paced, but with plenty of details to introduce the reader to the characters, the world and create an intimate bond. But the true masterpiece of this story is the tension. Par for the course we were gifted a slow burn from one of the masters of the trope, but the tension is unlike anything else we've seen from her. The shift into the adult romance space has gifted Kemmerer even more language and tools to create tension that leaves the characters hot and wanting, and well the reader too. Only in the best way of course. Because trust me. It is unbelievably worth it. A truly fantastic debut into adult romance and a magnificent opener to what is set to be a hot and thrilling series.
I am a big fan of Brigid Kemmerer's YA backlist, and was incredibly excited to read her adult debut. So excited that I read the entire thing in less than 24 hours, and if I didn't have a pesky job, and a need to sleep (insert eyeroll here), I would have finished it even faster than that. It was so good I even debated starting again immediately after I finished. I didn't do that, but I am anticipating MANY re-reads of this book and likely the rest of the series as they come out.
Jory, Ky and Asher are my dream team, my OTP, my EVERYTHING. Their journeys are largely unfinished, but Kemmerer accomplished immense character growth for all three of them as a unit, and as individuals while setting the stage and leaving me, as the reader, hungry for more. The story was so fun and exactly what I needed in this hellscape of a world. Kemmerer achieved the perfect balance of lightness, emotional trauma, political intrigue and danger for the story to remain face paced, but with plenty of details to introduce the reader to the characters, the world and create an intimate bond. But the true masterpiece of this story is the tension. Par for the course we were gifted a slow burn from one of the masters of the trope, but the tension is unlike anything else we've seen from her. The shift into the adult romance space has gifted Kemmerer even more language and tools to create tension that leaves the characters hot and wanting, and well the reader too. Only in the best way of course. Because trust me. It is unbelievably worth it. A truly fantastic debut into adult romance and a magnificent opener to what is set to be a hot and thrilling series.