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A review by christine_aru
How to Shield an Assassin by A.J. Sherwood
5.0
Found family is my weakness.
I love this about A J Sherwood. I love that her stories are consistently good, all warm and fuzzy, and very wholesome even when the premise could be bleak. She just refuses to be bleak and dark. And I LOVE how unapologetic she is about it.
This book is no different. Looking a premise about the life of an assassin, you'd think it'd be all dark and gloom. But it's A J Sherwood, right???? So everything bleak doesn't have place in here. Instead, she presents you a very wholesome dish: found family between experienced criminals, a smart orphaned daughter adopted by an assassin, said daughter is actually involved in missions because she's great at it, said daughter is adored and spoiled rotten (!!!!) by the criminals, a gentleman pseudo-criminal love interest who understands boundaries and has the patience of a saint.
Or in short: *dreamy sigh*
I LOVE IT OKAY? I mean, people who know me would know that I live for angst and I always read tragic depressing stuff but!!! I need books like ones A J Sherwood wrote. I NEED it to survive the bleak ones out there, okay? Let me just say she's one of my most anticipated authors. It also helps that I always love her characters.
I love this about A J Sherwood. I love that her stories are consistently good, all warm and fuzzy, and very wholesome even when the premise could be bleak. She just refuses to be bleak and dark. And I LOVE how unapologetic she is about it.
This book is no different. Looking a premise about the life of an assassin, you'd think it'd be all dark and gloom. But it's A J Sherwood, right???? So everything bleak doesn't have place in here. Instead, she presents you a very wholesome dish: found family between experienced criminals, a smart orphaned daughter adopted by an assassin, said daughter is actually involved in missions because she's great at it, said daughter is adored and spoiled rotten (!!!!) by the criminals, a gentleman pseudo-criminal love interest who understands boundaries and has the patience of a saint.
Or in short: *dreamy sigh*
I LOVE IT OKAY? I mean, people who know me would know that I live for angst and I always read tragic depressing stuff but!!! I need books like ones A J Sherwood wrote. I NEED it to survive the bleak ones out there, okay? Let me just say she's one of my most anticipated authors. It also helps that I always love her characters.