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caitbreads's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
3.75
greek_myth5's review against another edition
5.0
Loved, loved, loved!
I have loved Morgan and this story from book 1, page 1. This ending was perfect and true to her as a character. Morgan has always done what is right, a savior at heart and her men are her heart and soul. So this ends on another epic adventure full of danger but once again Morgan prevails and that epilogue...well it had be cackling. Well done Stacey Brutger and thank you for sharing such a great and strong FMC and her obsessed warrior mates!
I have loved Morgan and this story from book 1, page 1. This ending was perfect and true to her as a character. Morgan has always done what is right, a savior at heart and her men are her heart and soul. So this ends on another epic adventure full of danger but once again Morgan prevails and that epilogue...well it had be cackling. Well done Stacey Brutger and thank you for sharing such a great and strong FMC and her obsessed warrior mates!
tragicwarlock's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
bunnerz's review against another edition
3.0
The story was full of action, and the fae and god backstories and societies were expanded a bit more, but the overall character development continued to be very shallow. It had been a significant period of time since I had read the original series other than a short story in an anthology, and I found it hard to distinguish between each of the men in the harem. Most of them barely got any screen time and didn't do much other than protect and kiss/smut up the FMC Morgan.
Morgan was quite the Mary Sue with an absurd amount of magical abilities and rankings, and it didn't make sense how often she showed a lack of self-confidence and needed to rely on the men around her for decisions. I liked the addition of the new ancient fae to her harem, but I didn't really feel much deep emotional connection to them.
The ending was quite rushed, and I didn't really get the point of this book in the series tbh. The Faerie side plot came out of nowhere, and the resolution was super random and didn't do anything but add another power to Morgan that she didn't do anything about. Many connections like the new vampires and feral wolves she added to join her to live around the house and the magically-protected house itself with and Academy itself weren't really fully explained and resolved.
The epilogue was cute, and I'd probably be interested in reading about the other reverse harems in the world for curiosity's sake, but on its own, the book really wasn't a great story or a good series finale.
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Ratings - completed series:
#1 Academy of Assassins: ★★★★☆
#2 Heart of the Assassins: ★★★☆☆
#3 Claimed by the Assassins: ★★★★☆
#4 Queen of the Assassins: ★★★☆☆
#4.5 Menace to the Assassins: ★★★☆☆
#5 Guardians of the Assassins (this book): ★★★☆☆
Morgan was quite the Mary Sue with an absurd amount of magical abilities and rankings, and it didn't make sense how often she showed a lack of self-confidence and needed to rely on the men around her for decisions. I liked the addition of the new ancient fae to her harem, but I didn't really feel much deep emotional connection to them.
The ending was quite rushed, and I didn't really get the point of this book in the series tbh. The Faerie side plot came out of nowhere, and the resolution was super random and didn't do anything but add another power to Morgan that she didn't do anything about. Many connections like the new vampires and feral wolves she added to join her to live around the house and the magically-protected house itself with
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the transferred phoenixThe epilogue was cute, and I'd probably be interested in reading about the other reverse harems in the world for curiosity's sake, but on its own, the book really wasn't a great story or a good series finale.
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Ratings - completed series:
#1 Academy of Assassins: ★★★★☆
#2 Heart of the Assassins: ★★★☆☆
#3 Claimed by the Assassins: ★★★★☆
#4 Queen of the Assassins: ★★★☆☆
#4.5 Menace to the Assassins: ★★★☆☆
#5 Guardians of the Assassins (this book): ★★★☆☆
bookoutlier's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
evietome's review against another edition
2.0
definition of assassin in merriam-webster:
the assassins in this book:
yeah, that pretty much sumps up the book.
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overall series rating: 4 ⭐
why four stars, you may ask, if I rated most of the books lower than 3 stars? well, to say the least, i loved and definitely ENJOYED ranting about this book. the series was good honestly; it's just that the execution failed. i could just stop after reading book 1, but I didn't. So i guess that's on me.
I just loved Ryder and Ascher's character and how they are so protective of Morgan. Yey to that. Atleast the three of them made the series tolerable LOL
there were definitely more CRINGE as fuck moments rather than sweet cheesy vanilla moments ,, but this was like the first series who exerted so much negative emotion criticism in me, so I'll give Stacey that LOL i learned something new about myself after this :D
though, are we ignoring the fact that Morgan and Atlas was eye-fucking and crotch-touching while MacGregor was in the same room as them?
a person who commits murder
especially : one who murders a politically important person either for money or from fanatical adherence to a cause
the assassins in this book:
[...] but she was an assassin to the core, born and raised, which meant she couldn’t turn her back on people in need…especially children.
yeah, that pretty much sumps up the book.
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overall series rating: 4 ⭐
why four stars, you may ask, if I rated most of the books lower than 3 stars? well, to say the least, i loved and definitely ENJOYED ranting about this book. the series was good honestly; it's just that the execution failed. i could just stop after reading book 1, but I didn't. So i guess that's on me.
I just loved Ryder and Ascher's character and how they are so protective of Morgan. Yey to that. Atleast the three of them made the series tolerable LOL
there were definitely more CRINGE as fuck moments rather than sweet cheesy vanilla moments ,, but this was like the first series who exerted so much
though, are we ignoring the fact that Morgan and Atlas was eye-fucking and crotch-touching while MacGregor was in the same room as them?
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