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A review by despinareviews
Mistress of Death by Kathryn Trattner
4.0
Plot:
Gabriel is an assassin, and apprentice of the most well renowned assassin, Arno Mercer (aka Death). When her first solo assassination goes wrong, she encounters a police officer, Matthew, who is intrigued by her and helps her despite his logic telling him otherwise.
Review:
This book was really enjoyable. It was steampunk vibes with an unapologetically badass female MC. Gabriel really made this book pleasant, and the worldbuilding of society was pretty well-developed. There was politics and betrayal and a lot of growth for our main character. The story is medium-paced (though I did find some parts of the book got a lot slower) but it starts and ends with a good amount of action.
High key - this is a Vivian stan-account, she was my favourite character by a mile.
I will say the main reasons I didn't give this a 5 star review are:
- I am not a fan of and this trope is prominent in this book in my opinion
- I didn't quite feel like I understood the main couple's romance and motivations ... I didn't mind it, but I didn't feel like I fully understood them, or that they had the depth I wanted them to have.
- There were a very small number of typos which should have been caught in a proofread but were not [I want to note that this book was indie published and that may explain it - none of the typos impacted my reading experience honestly]
Overall this was a good experience and I'm glad it ended the way it did, despite the fact that isn't where I thought it would go - I thought this would be the start of a series but the way it ended, I think it is a stand-alone with a definitive ending.
I received an advance review copy via BookSirens in exchange for an honest review, which I am leaving voluntarily.
Gabriel is an assassin, and apprentice of the most well renowned assassin, Arno Mercer (aka Death). When her first solo assassination goes wrong, she encounters a police officer, Matthew, who is intrigued by her and helps her despite his logic telling him otherwise.
Review:
This book was really enjoyable. It was steampunk vibes with an unapologetically badass female MC. Gabriel really made this book pleasant, and the worldbuilding of society was pretty well-developed. There was politics and betrayal and a lot of growth for our main character. The story is medium-paced (though I did find some parts of the book got a lot slower) but it starts and ends with a good amount of action.
High key - this is a Vivian stan-account, she was my favourite character by a mile.
I will say the main reasons I didn't give this a 5 star review are:
- I am not a fan of
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the instalove trope- I didn't quite feel like I understood the main couple's romance and motivations ... I didn't mind it, but I didn't feel like I fully understood them, or that they had the depth I wanted them to have.
- There were a very small number of typos which should have been caught in a proofread but were not [I want to note that this book was indie published and that may explain it - none of the typos impacted my reading experience honestly]
Overall this was a good experience and I'm glad it ended the way it did, despite the fact that isn't where I thought it would go - I thought this would be the start of a series but the way it ended, I think it is a stand-alone with a definitive ending.
I received an advance review copy via BookSirens in exchange for an honest review, which I am leaving voluntarily.