A review by rehtaehwashere
Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 
  • What I liked: The story concept, the addition of magical creatures (really wasn't expecting that at all), family dynamics, a realistic feeling sibling relationship (even if it was minimal). The slow burn romance and will-they-won't-they, and the thirsting wasn't excessive at all
  • What I disliked: the twist where
    the villain isn't actually the villain (that's what SOLD me on the book)
    , that the character was an obvious author insert plus the cringey quirkiness (typical romance-fantasy style) and inserting outfits randomly everywhere. Plus the
    <'dating her boss' /spoiler>  trope was kinda eh
  • Overall thoughts: really cool story and I love the concept! Much better writing than fourth wing even if the characters are still the author-insert quirky girl thing which was less bothersome here because the story was interesting and was advertised PURELY as a romance so it is almost expected. Crabby male characters will always win me over because it's funny. The
    fake-trustworthiness of the 'good' people being pretty convincing 
      was good too.
  • Recommend to a friend? Y

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