gabydarling 's review for:

Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

4.75

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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A cute, campy, funny, lighthearted fantasy. One of the main characters is “the villain” so you must know going into this that the book isn’t meant to be taken very seriously. Writing isn’t prize winning, but it’s easy to read and fast paced. Starts off slow and a little odd, but once I fell in love with Evie and Trystan I couldn’t put it down. Halfway through the book I was fully onboard with murder and torture being cool. “Little tornado” 🥵🥰

Grumpy-Sunshine, morally-grey, unique idea, slow burn, no spice, cozy, dragons, high fantasy.

Serious adult Ella Enchanted vibes. Like Ella Enchanted, it’s almost spoofing at fantasy tropes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content