Assistant to the Villain: No.1 New York Times bestseller from a TikTok sensation! The most hilarious grumpy sunshine romantasy book of 2023

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The last thing that really ground my gears was the author on TikTok alluding to there being any semblance of smut in this book in multiple videos and there was genuinely zero. the closest thing to smut was alluding to Trystan having a boner whenever Evie hugged him or something. Like listen, I get that you're trying to attract the TikTok girlie pops, and that the majority read smut or fantasy that has smut in it, but if you know that you're book doesn't have any smut in it, don't try a market to them, it's okay, there are other people who will enjoy this book! It's just not for them! But it weird when you try and gain this audience through deception... it's not like you can allude to this and magically edit the book after its been mass printed.

All the things that I normally love. Unfortunately, this book isn’t what I thought it would be. Instead of the reader getting to build up on the FMC & MMC’s relationship, we are thrust five months forward after them meeting and the ‘slow burn’ starts. One severed head was par for the course. A regularity that Evie had grown alarmingly accustomed to in the time she had been working here. But three male heads dangled there now, their mouths open in a silent scream, like they’d left this life in abject terror. And if she looked close enough… This book was so good! This was a entertaining and and interesting cozy fantasy about family, finding your true love, revenge and discovering your purpose in life. Assistant to the Villain follows Evie who recently left her previous job and then the Villain offers her a job after they meet during a mishap. Evie discovers someone is sabotaging the Villain and trying to kill him. Evie and will do anything to find out who is trying to kill the Villain. At the same time Evie is falling for her boss. Will they discover the mole before it’s to late?

Playing with much-loved romantasy tropes, Assistant to the Villain is the most fun you’ll have whilst reading a fantasy book. The story is split between Evie and the Villain’s perspectives, gifting readers with not one but two witty, daring and endearing characters to fall in love with. Evie is the devoted, kind-hearted daughter and sister who just wants to provide a good life for her family, whilst the villain more than lives up to his name, maiming, torturing and generally making those who wrong him suffer painfully. But the Villain might not be quite as evil as everyone thinks, and Evie might just share some of her boss’ more vengeful qualities. It’s these clever little twists to the characters and the wider tale that makes Maehrer’s debut such an engaging and inventive book. First, a slight disclaimer. I'm in my late 30s, so I might be slightly older than the target audience. Yet for me, that's part of the issue. I honestly thought Assistant to the Villain would be more adult-friendly, or a YA/adult crossover. That's how it was billed, at least. But at various points, Hannah's writing style and cadence pulled me between audiences so that I wondered who the real targets were. I love a YA story if it's done well and can "cross over," but that wasn't really what this book was. Well actually, when I read this book. But still, this villain is amazing. He is super evil in this one. Not an act like evil but isn’t really evil. He is a true evil but a heart of gold that only the love interest can touch in the deep depths of his soul. My heart.

Thank you Red Tower Books for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review! As always, all opinions are my own. But when Evie finds out there might be a traitor in their midst and wants to take The Villain down? Either the narrator's performance did the book zero favours, or vice versa. Either way, the narration was grating. She wasn’t light; she was color. Every single one, dancing otherworldly and bright over his unworthy eyes. She was the explosion of the vivid gleams and glows of the world around him, like a constant rainbow, shining not after the rain but during. Good morning, sir. Would you like me to work around this gentleman? Or is this your subtle way of telling me you’d like this body moved to a more appropriate location?” she’d asked with a friendly smile on her face.Assistant to the Villain is a comical fantasy story featuring Evangeline “Evie” Sage and The Villain. Evie worked hard to support her family after her father took ill. On one fateful day, after being jobless for a while, she accepts employment offer from The Villain. The Villain has a reputation in the city to wreak havoc, cause chaos and disrupt peaceful living in the town of Rennedawn. I've watched a lot of Hannah's Assistant to the Villain TikTok videos since the beginning, and was really excited about this book. Overall, it was pretty good for a debut novel. While it had its moments, I thought it was quite forgettable. So let's dive into the things I liked and didn't like: The dramatic slipping on a piece of paper and landing in the MMC’s arms? The looooooooong moon eyed stares and the barely touching hands before jerking away in embarrassment? Yeah it’s all in there. ok now Hannah? bestie? ( because we’re friends now remember? she said so remember? i promise she’s not tied up in my basement) if you’re reading this, kindly leave. i just got a couple things that i gotta be honest about. Ok gone? Here we go…

Ledge is an Adult Fantasy Romance, full of intriguing characters, original storytelling *Rolls up sleeves* *Wipes the sweat from my forehead*. Wow. So this is my first time ever publicly reviewing a book and if feels oddly right that this is the one. And then something mundane would be said and a character would weirdly overreact in offense or confusion or awe…whatever it was it would be too over the top for whatever was said.As for the characters, i really enjoyed them!! 🥰🥰 I really connected to our two mcs especially and i LOVED the dual pov omg 🤭😩 Trystan has a magical power that can sense your physical weaknesses and where the death blow is. Can use his magic to kill”